Beautiful, In My Skin

Cursed from the day that I left the womb

To live out my days in this whitewashed tomb

Every day's a struggle for equality

I can't give up, or else I'll lose this part of me

I just wanna feel beautiful

In the skin that I'm in

I just want to do natural

Is that too much?

I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be beautiful

I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be beautiful

I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be beautiful

Shades of cocoa, olive, cinnamon, and gold

Beneath this epidermis, quiet strength, untold

And for my coat of color

I'd like to thank my mother

I just wanna feel beautiful

In the skin that I'm in

I just want to do natural

Is that too much?

I just wanna feel beautiful

In the skin that I'm in

I just want to feel visible

Is that too much?

To be more than an object of pleasure

To be more than my mathematical measure

To be more than an object of pleasure

To be more than my mathematical measure

I just wanna feel beautiful

In the skin that I'm in

I just want to do natural

Is that so

I'm just gonna feel beautiful

In the skin that I'm in

I just want to do natural

Is that so hard?

I'm just gonna feel beautiful

In the skin that I'm in

I just want to do natural

Is that so

I'm just gonna be beautiful

In the skin that I'm in

I'm just gonna do natural

Is that so hard?

I'm gonna be, gonna be, gonna be beautiful

I'm gonna be, gonna be, gonna be beautiful

I'm gonna be, gonna be, gonna be beautiful

I'm gonna be, gonna be, gonna be beautiful

I'm gonna be, gonna be, gonna be beautiful

I'm gonna be, gonna be, gonna be beautiful

I'm gonna be, gonna be, gonna be beautiful

I'm gonna be, gonna be, gonna be beautiful

I'm gonna be, gonna be, gonna be beautiful

Beautiful