Chords for Brown Girl

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I'm more than the color of my skin I'm a girl that likes to sing
[B] All I know is what's within [A] Not just a brown [G#m] girl in the ring
[F#m] Go to school and learn their ways Told how to think and what to say
[B] While my mother says to pray [A] I pray for a better [G#m] _
[F#m] day
God please help them see They ain't no different from [B] me
Not above, not beneath [A] Teach them equality
[F#m] _ _ I'm not just [Bm] a brown _ _ [F#m] girl _ _ [Bm] That _ _ [F#m] likes to sing
I'm not just [Bm] a brown _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ girl [D] I'm a girl [C#] that [Bm] likes to [E] sing
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_ _ _ _ [F#m] I'm more than what they think of me More than the color tones
What they [B] see More than urban R&B
[A] More than the slang [F#m] that I speak Close your eyes, don't say a word
Don't speak about what you see, no [B] Let's pretend that it's [A] okay
Just the way the devil likes [F#m] Look in my eyes, look in my eyes
I can't lie, I can't [B] lie All these years, all my [A] life
Judged from the [F#m] outside
_ I'm not just [Bm] a brown girl in [F#m] the ring _ [Bm] I'm a girl that [F#m] likes to sing
I'm not just [Bm] a brown girl in [F#m] the ring I'm [D] [C#m] a girl that [Bm] likes to [E] sing
[F#m] If _ _ [C#m] you don't [Bm] know [C#m] by now Time will show you what I'm talking [F#m] about _ _
_ _ Said [C#m] if you don't [Bm] know [C#m] by now Time will show you what I'm talking [F#m] about
_ I'm talking about
_ I'm not just [Bm] a brown girl in [F#m] the ring _ [Bm] I'm a girl _ [F#m] that likes to sing
I'm not just [Bm] a brown girl in [F#m] the ring I'm [D] a [C#] girl [Bm] that likes to sing
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