Fara Palmer: Music

Prettybrown

(Fara Palmer)

Smooth brown skin, big brown eyes/the most special thing Pretty Brown holds inside, Oh what no one ever noticed was your pride/

Prettybrown you've been on my mind a long, long time/head held high when any other woman would have cried, prettybrown you 're so beautiful i don't know why all the others tried to make you feel bad inside/

Long black hair, strength within, can you tell me why all they see is the colour of your skin/Oh, when all you ever wanted was to be let in/

Chorus repeat

I remember growing up, how i watched you all those years/ I want to thank you prettybrown, you helped me work through all my fears/ now i look into the mirror and i'm proud of who i see/ i hope somewhere some little girl is thinking the same thing of me/

Chorus out
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Personal Note:

I wrote Prettybrown to acknowledge that we are all special and beautiful, specifically because of our color, race, and cultural backgrounds. That's how we were born. This song is about a girl who starts out being ashamed of the color of her skin and of her heritage. As she matures, she realizes that she is just fine the way she is and proudly embraces her roots.
I think of Prettybrown as a womans warrior song. The message is: I'm brown, I'm beautiful, i'm strong, i'm a woman and I BELONG!!!!