Key: F#m ♫ Intro: F#m E ♫ Verse 1: F#m E I'm more than the colour of my skin F#m E I'm a girl that likes to sing A All I know is what's within E Bm/E Not just a brown girl in the ring F#m E Go to school and learn their ways F#m E Told how to think and what to say A
While my mother says to pray E Bm/E I pray for better days F#m E God please help them see F#m E They ain't no different from me A Not above, not beneath E Bm/E Teach them equality ♫ Pre-Chorus: F#m ♫ Chorus: Bm I'm not just a brown girl A F#m In the ring Bm Bm/A I'm a girl F#m That likes to sing Bm I'm not just a brown girl A F#m In the ring Bm Bm/A I'm a girl F#m Bm/E That likes to sing ♫ Instrumental: F#m E x2 ♫ Verse 2: F#m E I'm more than what they think of me F#m E More than the colour tones that they see A More than urban, R&B E Bm/E More than the slang that I speak F#m E Close your eyes, don't say a word F#m E Don't speak about what you seen or heard A Let's pretend that it's okay E Bm/E F#m Just the way the devil likes to play F#m E Look in my eyes, look in my eyes F#m E I can't lie, I can't lie A All these years of my life E Bm/E I'm judged from the outside ♫ Pre-Chorus: F#m ♫ Chorus: Bm I'm not just a brown girl A F#m In the ring Bm Bm/A I'm a girl F#m That likes to sing Bm I'm not just a brown girl A F#m In the ring Bm Bm/A I'm a girl F#m Bm/E That likes to sing ♫ Bridge: C#m F#m And if you don't know by now (if you don't know by now) C#m D Time will show you what E F#m I'm talking 'bout C#m F#m Said if you don't know by now (if you don't know by now) C#m D Time will show you what E F#m I'm talking 'bout E F#m I'm talking 'bout ♫ Chorus: Bm I'm not just a brown girl A F#m In the ring Bm Bm/A I'm a girl F#m That likes to sing Bm I'm not just a brown girl A F#m In the ring Bm Bm/A I'm a girl F#m Bm/E That likes to sing ♫ Outro: F#m E x2 F#m
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