Before democrat indoctrination in enslavement to white liberal pride and privilege, feminist privilege and when superior black masculine righteousness was celebrated rather than competed with in spiteful servitude to simps and whitewashed losers
Seriously Sista* I remember when the music was empowered by self respect and morals. Not to mention raw talent* Every artist sang, danced and also played instruments.
@@Thecoolesttdy lmao for real though. that's why we're here after so many years because Summer walker and SExy Red are NOT going to sing or rap about positive uplifting things. They are the new norm for black people, this was our norm, this and R&B
As it should Goddess we all are so much more than they could ever "Describe" so they just labeled it as "black folk" 😒..we are a different type of 🌬Special🧚🏿♀️🧚🏽♀️🧚🏾♀️ we come from the Sta-⭐ 's 🫂🥰
As a black girl living in a dominantly white neighborhood, this song is a lesson about black love that I needed to hear. Puts more inspiration into my soul to just be myself every time I hear her music. Thanks, India.
I was a white girl who grew up in a black neighborhood. Always be unapologetically you!!! Even when you get those "Why the hell is SHE here?" glances that make you really conscious of the fact that you're the outsider, realness will get you through. Sincerity and honesty can win over some of the hardest of hearts. Be you, girl. It's all you've got in this world.
Onlybou that’s good love. Love whatever God made you to be. The reason why we say we love our skin so much though is because society told us our skin wasn’t right because it wasn’t white. But you were aware of that I’m sure
After being told that I was ugly because I have dark skin since I was little.... its songs like this that makes me feel so good and admired.... thank you my black queen for this beautiful song. Flowers 💐
I remember listening to this skin before school. Being the only Indian girl at my school... I know it's intended for people of African descent but I claimed it at a song for me too. I used to be so ashamed of my skin... but this song use to make me feel me so much better.
The most underrated song.. this song celebrates an unfettered love and appreciation love of the black skin. It celebrates black love in the most sensually intense yet humble manner.. India is a Queen
i know its gonna sound weird but as a white woman iam really thankful to my black sisters (yes i said sisters ♥) for empowering me ...they give me the confindence and they are inspiring me to be better and stronger every day ....wheter its India Arie, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah, Beyonce or even Rihanna you guys have something special what only you can have and nobody else!! Its the power, strength, elegance, fierceness,sexappeal and attitude .Thank you again!! :)
Thank you Sister.... We sometimes have no other choice. It's a challenge being a woman & even more to be a Black woman. We all need to stay strong be empowered & come together.
Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends Brown skin, up against my brown skin Need some every now and then, oh hey Where are your people from? Maybe Mississippi or an Island Apparently your skin has been kissed by the sun You make me want a Hershey's kiss, your licorice Every time I see your lips, it makes me think of honey-coated chocolate Your kisses are worth more than gold to me I'll be your almond joy, you'll be my sugar daddy Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends Brown skin, up against my brown skin Need some every now and then, oh hey Every time you come around, something magnetic pulls me and I can't get out Disoriented, I can't tell my up from down All I know is that I want to lay you down Every time I let you in, abracadabra magic happens as we swim Higher and higher finally we reach heaven Come back to earth and then we do it all again Yeah Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends Brown skin, up against my brown skin Need some every now and then, oh hey Skin so brown, lips so round Baby how can I be down? Beautiful mahogany, you make me feel like a queen Tell me what's that thing you do that makes me want to get next to you, yeah Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends Brown skin, up against my brown skin Need some every now and then, oh hey Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends Brown skin, up against my brown skin Need some every now and then, oh hey
India and Lauryn were and was 🔥🔥🔥 truly beautiful dark skinned women who showed the music industry you ain't had to sell yourself out and shake some ass and lighten your skin ❤❤❤
So proud to be a woman of color! We're so versatile, come in different shades! From our full lips to our full noses to our full hips ! I just admire & embrace it alllllll !!!! 🌻🌻🌻❤️❤️❤️
soflo23 you’re actually crazy. Black people can be light skin without mixing with any race. You think that we get our light skin from white people? How pathetic. Surely you haven’t visited Africa, a continent full of 100% black people. Yes, there are some mixed race people but their number is few. Africa is a continent of different climates from the hottest tropical sun to the coldest -2 degrees so obviously our complexion will differ due to different environments. In Southern Africa you can find pale light skinned people who are 100% black. You can even find some TH-cam video of some woman who’s dna results came as 100% African while being pale skin. You can’t necessarily box black people to look a certain type of way. Search the Khoisan tribe from South Africa then you will find that they are amongst the light skin Africans. It’s a lot that you need to teach yourself about. Stop being close minded. 🙄
In an era where we are taught to hate ourselves. It's songs like this that make you appreciate the melanin in you skin, being Black. And how vital it is to love yourself and your kind. For us to love our people, produce more black babies. Get back to our roots. Black love
I've been tryna put the upcoming generation on India Arie, Lurayn Hill, Jill Scott, Erikah Badu, Angie Stone, and Misiq LoveChild. These are the Gems of the black community they empowered us when no one else did and their Careers suffered for it but I gotta thank God for blessing them with the spirit of unity and empowerment. It gave me something to look up to growing up💯💯💪
Kayla M. : should've always loved your skin, what you give to the world! I was there when Fashion Fair, presented cosmetics for us, people of color! They fixed me and other ladies! That's fashion I fought for all of us, even perfume. It was done in fairness for all the ladies!
James Brown already told us in 1970's to say it loud I'm Black and I'm PROUD. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BELIEVE IT. MY NIGERIAN friend told me when they would get American music and see black people on the cover, they thought we were the most beautiful black people on the planet.
As we get to know and understand who we really are, we realize God is within (not in the sky). Let us get back to our ancient way of thinking. Our spirituality is our power. It is beyond being human though! Take back control of your mind. There's nothing outside of you to fear. There's no one better than you. There are no limits to you. There are no boundaries to you. Realize this: You are more powerful than the image you see in the mirror.
I like this song and love my brown skin and hope other brown and dark skin love theirs too. All skin tone is beautiful period. None is better then the other.
I'm not sure what you mean by "Brown and dark skin love". Basic brown, like the crayon, is just, well... brown. Though the crayon that says the word "brown" on it is dark, you don't call it "dark"... you call it, well... brown. Besides "dark" is not a color. This may strike you as insignificant but accuracy is always a good thing no matter the subject. We in America have a mental problem that causes us to refer to brown people as black and pink people as white, or beige people as brown and brown people as, well... "dark". Let's just be accurate.
Matrice Jackson IM A PROUD BROWN SKIN AFRICA AMERICAN. when people of other race look at me that's more likely how they would describe me. I agree with everything you said.I wish all people can look at it like that but it will never be like that. Life ain't meant to be simple it meant to be beautiful with some complicated elements time to time. People need to do better without a doubt when it come to race period. Just like people come in different shapes people come in all shades. We can't deny that. It's sad but it go all the way back to salvery. my whole point of that comment goes with the song. Love your skin your in, whatever color you are is beautiful. None is better then the other. Lots of people dont love their self cause of their skin. Its not a black thing it can be a pale skin thing too. That comment and this song could have made somebody day or love themself more. But if you follow and believe the music, magazine, tv they would try to say other wise. I find it sad that people don't Iove their self cause of it or get made fun of cause of it. We all are gods children he make no mistake.
Matrice Jackson I feel and agree with everything you've said. It's like when I was a little girl and Crayola had a "flesh" colored crayon. May be it was due to being a child in the 60's but I tell you, I plainly remember drawing, looking at my skin, and asked out loud "Whose flesh?"
gabrielle lawrence it is important to take personal responsibility in cases like this. You say that all people will never see our colors properly. I don't think we should worry so much about what "all people" will do and ask ourselves: can we (that is, you and me) demonstrate the flexibility of mind to learn to refer to peoples' color as they actually are? Can we (that means, you and me) be courageous enough to, in unfamiliar company, speak of people in terms of their actual color without feeling awkward? The reference "negro" is no longer politically correct for people of African descent because individual people developed the mental discipline to alter their own thinking...they took personal responsibility. "All people" are not relevant at this stage, just the people who know better.
Matrice Jackson I agree with everything you have said. YOU'RE RIGHT! I have nothing against nobody of color or race. I'm sorry my comment throw you off. The bottom line was for people of color or not is to love yourself and that we all beautiful. I feel like people who listen to the song either love and confident in their skin or don't and not. The song has a message but I agree. It sadden me when a person bleach their skin or get pick on because of their. All because somebody told them or made them feel less then. They have nobody at him or around to tell and show them any better. The only thing I do and I can do is love me and others as they are. If i have a child teach them to love them self and to accept others as they are. God bless!
I'm not brown (I'm white), but this is a gorgeous song with gorgeous meaning by a gorgeous woman with a gorgeous voice. I'm here for it. Still listening in 2019.
Sage Markham I protested teacher appreciation week because I believe we should also celebrate doctors. We shouldn't have teacher appreciation week cause if you think about it doctors are important too.
one is a black woman singing to black men (its romantic and sensual) one is a black woman celebrating black women (its more pure... like a mother singing to a daughter) two different messages and vibes but yesss i love india arie
I remember when I was young I hated being brown I wanted to be light with straight hair because my dad's side of the family was light and I felt like I was adopted when I was with them. I now so appreciative of my melanin pigment which I received from the one who bore me I am proud of my natural hair to a point where I feel uncomfortable with artificial hair, I love that I'm different and add variety to our family it's a beautiful mixture of coffee, sugar and milk!
Girl mee too. My Gma is 50 white , 25 native and 25 African. So on that side only a handful of us brown so I felt like an odd ball most of my cousins I was close with was yellow only red in the summer. They use to luv my skin but I hated it....then 21 happened and boy you couldn't tell me nothing! Although most of boyfriends were light brights it was scripture that really helped me. He said you are wonderfully and perfectly made and then I said who am I to tell God he is wrong🤣🤣🤣💯🤷🏾♀️👊
I'm starting my Sunday morning off with an India playlist. It always seems to center me. She's my Libra sister whose words constantly speak to my soul.
I've always loved this song because it celebrates our beautiful brown skinned brothers and sisters in every shade bestowed upon us by alrighty God. I wouldn't have it any other way . I call my personal shade of brown, " Pecan Tan".
what make a black woman a queen staying with they black man. some of you sisters lay out the race and still call your self queens lack of knowledge 1990s
When this some first came out i was very young and i still loved it. .but now that i am older and woke up to consciousness i really do appreciate my conscious sisters like India arie, Lauryn hill,Angie stone,Floetry and Jill Scott .i love yall..thank you for such great music😍😍😘💝💝💕💕💝
2022 and this song is just timeless. The smooth and richness of her vocals, and the depiction of new love blossoming, had me smiling throughout the video. The vibe is so soothing❤️👌🏾
Back when black Love was so beautiful. When black men didn’t openly diss beautiful brown black Women for foreign and white girls. It’s crazy how a black Woman made a song praising brown skin but we’ll never hear that from the males. It’s a shame how beautiful our skin is we want to mix our genetics because of hate they instilled in us. We are forever damaged mentally but I’m glad a lot of black Women still fight for that brown skin man of Their dreams ✊🏾 we have always been the stronger and most loyal vessel! ✊🏾✊🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Maybe you need to open your eyes and ears. There are some knuckleheads out there, but there's also good bruthas too that luv the sistas.Chocolate Girl - The Whispers, Black Bonnie -Wale, Black Ice Cream -Raheem DeVaughn, Chocolate Legs -Eric Benét, There's more but that's just off the top of my head.
i feel that same way sis this blackman need and want you blackwomen. the system hate seeing black love together. they rather us interracially date. no diss to mlk but intergration replace black family
I'm still so in love with this beautiful song🔥 I wish my ppl today, loved/embraced their beautiful dark or brown skin..everyone is white washing their roots away💔💔💔💔💔
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this was when we glorified black love in it's purity. i miss it
love my black goddess
And we will have it back my precious sista trust and believe.
Amen sis 👏🏾
Before democrat indoctrination in enslavement to white liberal pride and privilege, feminist privilege and when superior black masculine righteousness was celebrated rather than competed with in spiteful servitude to simps and whitewashed losers
Crazy that this comment is 7 years old and is still just as true today as it was then
Nobody has spoken to us like this sister does in a while. I miss the uplifting.
it's over. move on. listen to summer walker now
Seriously Sista* I remember when the music was empowered by self respect and morals. Not to mention raw talent* Every artist sang, danced and also played instruments.
Really??😂
@@jordanmntungwa3311 wow?? lol
@@Thecoolesttdy lmao for real though. that's why we're here after so many years because Summer walker and SExy Red are NOT going to sing or rap about positive uplifting things. They are the new norm for black people, this was our norm, this and R&B
Her skin is ridiculously gorgeous
right 😍😍
It''s that Brown Skin! That Ole Black Magic!
This song makes me feel so uplifted as a African woman
🤎✊🔥
As you should be
As it should Goddess we all are so much more than they could ever "Describe" so they just labeled it as "black folk" 😒..we are a different type of 🌬Special🧚🏿♀️🧚🏽♀️🧚🏾♀️ we come from the Sta-⭐ 's 🫂🥰
It should baby 💪🏽 you are beautiful
@@thinamonique1353 thank you
As a black girl living in a dominantly white neighborhood, this song is a lesson about black love that I needed to hear. Puts more inspiration into my soul to just be myself every time I hear her music. Thanks, India.
Same here 😊
I was a white girl who grew up in a black neighborhood. Always be unapologetically you!!! Even when you get those "Why the hell is SHE here?" glances that make you really conscious of the fact that you're the outsider, realness will get you through. Sincerity and honesty can win over some of the hardest of hearts. Be you, girl. It's all you've got in this world.
@@SilverFlame819 We don't need your virtue signaling narcissism. Go away and stay away.
@@alkebulanshujaaogun5152 I think she was trying to be supportive.
@@alkebulanshujaaogun5152 get your negativity head ass tf out of here tf can’t stand some of yall
I truly love being black i feel so blessed and honoured to be born in this glorious black skin ✊
amen me too i love our culture it's popping.
Rachel O'Garro qq
I *LOOOOVE* being a Sister. It's such a bittersweet experience.
Rachel O'Garro same
Onlybou that’s good love. Love whatever God made you to be. The reason why we say we love our skin so much though is because society told us our skin wasn’t right because it wasn’t white. But you were aware of that I’m sure
This the kinda record that should still be playing on the radio years later, regardless of when it came out.
Just heard this on the radio yesterday and had to replay it today!
MXEVIDEOS Get what you're saying. She makes me proud of my skin colour❤
The radio blows. That's why we're all rocking this on TH-cam. :)
MXEVIDEOS a lot of ppl weren't feeling what India had to say in 2001. Sadly, this song didn't get the airtime it deserved
Katherina Thompson true
After being told that I was ugly because I have dark skin since I was little.... its songs like this that makes me feel so good and admired.... thank you my black queen for this beautiful song. Flowers 💐
Good health and heart make any skin beautiful ❤️🤍💙
Cute 😍😘🌹😻🤩🤩💖😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Ain’t nobody ugly bruh, ppl just say that to belittle you and want themselves to feel more higher, when in fact they’re ugly on the inside.
I don’t even know what you look like but all my KINGS are handsome and never let anyone tell you differently, keep your head up ❤❤👑
You're not ugly. They're misunderstood. This song hits different after the pandemic. Dark skin is admirable. 🤎🖤
This song empowers me and makes me feel proud to be black.
Do you mean brown ?
@@RappRelevant333she said what she said 😏
@@dopeplanetwatcher4471 the name of the song is brown skin
I remember listening to this skin before school. Being the only Indian girl at my school... I know it's intended for people of African descent but I claimed it at a song for me too. I used to be so ashamed of my skin... but this song use to make me feel me so much better.
Its for all people of color even Indians they have dark brown skin too! :)
Songs for you too, stay blessed
It’s intended for anyone who has or loves brown skin. If you got it love it. I know I do. Love that skin your in.
Love yourself deeply. Know that peeps who are insecure & ignorant put others down. 💞
Baby this song is for every shade of beautiful brown created 💖💝💖
Damn this song was so powerful and still is today
I couldn't agree more
beautiful
The most underrated song.. this song celebrates an unfettered love and appreciation love of the black skin. It celebrates black love in the most sensually intense yet humble manner.. India is a Queen
all these beautiful brown skin people in this video omg i lovee it. ✊✊😍😍
504Thickbeauty
504Thickbeautyy ✊✊
504Thickbeautyy 🚩🚩🚩
Haven't seen this type of video in years
I love this song..I wish that you would make more songs like this.music nowadays lack content
i love how she sings on self love instead of the superficial nonsense in most songs
india arie is an amazing person
first time I hear her, I love it, but your comment, 7y later made go and look for more. That's my vibe. Thank you
Not that often Blk love is shown without some form of ratchet ness with it so this was nice to see
@@kendras3000 she's still black lol
@@aaliyahetc.6687 She's only a quarter black and doesn't even look black. Tf? Gtfoh
This lady is so underrated 😪 but she sings like a angel from the clouds
divine
She's one of the artists that she doesn't need runs or riffs, howls, etc.. Her voice is delicate and smooth that it sounds amazing
Actually, her runs and riffs are amazing.
Howls 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@magneticchocolate7483 Haha yes! I was going to comment the same Lol
All time on time anytime
She does those though
I love my Brown skin. my color is powerful. I love being African American who I am is important to me!
True that brother me to
Yes it is brotha
The original brown skin girl. 🙌🏿
Except this song isn’t directly abt girls, so no.
@@supagb4884 no, it's about all beautiful brown skin people
Safiya Allard it’s abt a guy clearly
Yasss say it again
Don't 4get the Roberta flack era....hell it goes way back too strange fruits, and back before Harriet Tubman
She's gorgeous, im all about natural African beauty and she perfected it❤❤❤
She's a black american she's not African
Skin so brown, lips so round, baby, how can I
be down?
Beautiful mahogany, you make me feel like a
queen..
Holy crap this is my jam!! Self love xx
Black people look so good in white. I love seeing it. Our skin radiates whenever we're wearing white.
K. Redmon yasssss
Or yellow. Dark skinned black people also look beautiful in the color yellow.
N. A. Yessss sis yellow and gold my god look beautiful on us
We are soooo beautiful in white we should wear it more often.
N. A. just the ladies lol
i know its gonna sound weird but as a white woman iam really thankful to my black sisters (yes i said sisters ♥) for empowering me ...they give me the confindence and they are inspiring me to be better and stronger every day ....wheter its India Arie, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah, Beyonce or even Rihanna you guys have something special what only you can have and nobody else!! Its the power, strength, elegance, fierceness,sexappeal and attitude .Thank you again!! :)
!!
Thank you Sister.... We sometimes have no other choice. It's a challenge being a woman & even more to be a Black woman. We all need to stay strong be empowered & come together.
+Kira Willoughby totally agree ...thats why i admire you..iam just so thankful 😊
This was so beautiful
thats just how i feel and i felt the need to say it 😊
One of the BLACK LOVE ANTHEM. Thank you India Arie ❤️
🙌🏾
Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends
Brown skin, up against my brown skin
Need some every now and then, oh hey
Where are your people from? Maybe Mississippi or an Island
Apparently your skin has been kissed by the sun
You make me want a Hershey's kiss, your licorice
Every time I see your lips, it makes me think of honey-coated chocolate
Your kisses are worth more than gold to me
I'll be your almond joy, you'll be my sugar daddy
Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends
Brown skin, up against my brown skin
Need some every now and then, oh hey
Every time you come around, something magnetic pulls me and I can't get out
Disoriented, I can't tell my up from down
All I know is that I want to lay you down
Every time I let you in, abracadabra magic happens as we swim
Higher and higher finally we reach heaven
Come back to earth and then we do it all again
Yeah
Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends
Brown skin, up against my brown skin
Need some every now and then, oh hey
Skin so brown, lips so round
Baby how can I be down?
Beautiful mahogany, you make me feel like a queen
Tell me what's that thing you do that makes me want to get next to you, yeah
Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends
Brown skin, up against my brown skin
Need some every now and then, oh hey
Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends
Brown skin, up against my brown skin
Need some every now and then, oh hey
Sry India but this boy like Beyonce as the brown skin girl.
M E L A N I N 👋🏽👋🏾👋🏿✨
Something my pale skin has been lacking since leaving Africa!
lol
+Acrimonious Mirth Please tell me you were born there or something
Elisheba Naomi I was born in Scotland but when I was only a few weeks old my parents moved to Uganda and I grew up there :)
+Acrimonious Mirth Cool! Bet you have lots of awesome stories!
India and Lauryn were and was 🔥🔥🔥 truly beautiful dark skinned women who showed the music industry you ain't had to sell yourself out and shake some ass and lighten your skin ❤❤❤
Her background vocals gives me chills 😌 “ Brown Skin .... Yeeee-eeeaaa “ 🌅
There's nothing more beautiful than brown skin. No tans needed & for most of us black women no surgeries needed either. We are blessed.
So proud to be a woman of color! We're so versatile, come in different shades! From our full lips to our full noses to our full hips ! I just admire & embrace it alllllll !!!! 🌻🌻🌻❤️❤️❤️
soflo23 you’re actually crazy. Black people can be light skin without mixing with any race. You think that we get our light skin from white people? How pathetic. Surely you haven’t visited Africa, a continent full of 100% black people. Yes, there are some mixed race people but their number is few. Africa is a continent of different climates from the hottest tropical sun to the coldest -2 degrees so obviously our complexion will differ due to different environments. In Southern Africa you can find pale light skinned people who are 100% black. You can even find some TH-cam video of some woman who’s dna results came as 100% African while being pale skin. You can’t necessarily box black people to look a certain type of way. Search the Khoisan tribe from South Africa then you will find that they are amongst the light skin Africans. It’s a lot that you need to teach yourself about. Stop being close minded. 🙄
@soflo23 WHAT?!!! What planet are you from???
@Don Riller Yup, NO race more diverse than ours.
@Don Riller Well actually, Latinos are just as diverse, they also have the same 'range' as we.
In an era where we are taught to hate ourselves. It's songs like this that make you appreciate the melanin in you skin, being Black. And how vital it is to love yourself and your kind. For us to love our people, produce more black babies. Get back to our roots. Black love
Yes cause we are black love and as God is I am. We are as black love
God is i am and you can't go no further.Than I Am.
🙌🏾
If you insert any other race color to your comment and it sounds racist, you probably shouldn't post it. Just saying...
BLACK LOVE forever & always
We are beautiful people!
She's way too authentic for music business. Thank you for being our voice. Much respect my Queen.
I've been tryna put the upcoming generation on India Arie, Lurayn Hill, Jill Scott, Erikah Badu, Angie Stone, and Misiq LoveChild. These are the Gems of the black community they empowered us when no one else did and their Careers suffered for it but I gotta thank God for blessing them with the spirit of unity and empowerment. It gave me something to look up to growing up💯💯💪
Let’s show love to - India Arie
On repeat
I don't know about others but this song makes me feel so proud to be black .
I love my dark brown skin
✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
Brown skin...we gotta get back to loving our brown skin!!!
Kayla M. : should've always loved your skin, what you give to the world! I was there when Fashion Fair, presented cosmetics for us, people of color! They fixed me and other ladies! That's fashion I fought for all of us, even perfume. It was done in fairness for all the ladies!
James Brown already told us in 1970's to say it loud I'm Black and I'm PROUD. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BELIEVE IT. MY NIGERIAN friend told me when they would get American music and see black people on the cover, they thought we were the most beautiful black people on the planet.
As we get to know and understand who we really are, we realize God is within (not in the sky). Let us
get back to our ancient way of thinking. Our spirituality is our power. It is beyond being human though!
Take back control of your mind. There's nothing outside of you to fear. There's no one better than you.
There are no limits to you. There are no boundaries to you. Realize this: You are more powerful than the image
you see in the mirror.
Thank you India for uplifting the black men. Love you
Still heals in 2023❤❤❤
I like this song and love my brown skin and hope other brown and dark skin love theirs too. All skin tone is beautiful period. None is better then the other.
I'm not sure what you mean by "Brown and dark skin love". Basic brown, like the crayon, is just, well... brown. Though the crayon that says the word "brown" on it is dark, you don't call it "dark"... you call it, well... brown. Besides "dark" is not a color. This may strike you as insignificant but accuracy is always a good thing no matter the subject. We in America have a mental problem that causes us to refer to brown people as black and pink people as white, or beige people as brown and brown people as, well... "dark". Let's just be accurate.
Matrice Jackson IM A PROUD BROWN SKIN AFRICA AMERICAN. when people of other race look at me that's more likely how they would describe me. I agree with everything you said.I wish all people can look at it like that but it will never be like that. Life ain't meant to be simple it meant to be beautiful with some complicated elements time to time. People need to do better without a doubt when it come to race period. Just like people come in different shapes people come in all shades. We can't deny that. It's sad but it go all the way back to salvery. my whole point of that comment goes with the song. Love your skin your in, whatever color you are is beautiful. None is better then the other. Lots of people dont love their self cause of their skin. Its not a black thing it can be a pale skin thing too. That comment and this song could have made somebody day or love themself more. But if you follow and believe the music, magazine, tv they would try to say other wise. I find it sad that people don't Iove their self cause of it or get made fun of cause of it. We all are gods children he make no mistake.
Matrice Jackson I feel and agree with everything you've said. It's like when I was a little girl and Crayola had a "flesh" colored crayon. May be it was due to being a child in the 60's but I tell you, I plainly remember drawing, looking at my skin, and asked out loud "Whose flesh?"
gabrielle lawrence it is important to take personal responsibility in cases like this. You say that all people will never see our colors properly. I don't think we should worry so much about what "all people" will do and ask ourselves: can we (that is, you and me) demonstrate the flexibility of mind to learn to refer to peoples' color as they actually are? Can we (that means, you and me) be courageous enough to, in unfamiliar company, speak of people in terms of their actual color without feeling awkward? The reference "negro" is no longer politically correct for people of African descent because individual people developed the mental discipline to alter their own thinking...they took personal responsibility. "All people" are not relevant at this stage, just the people who know better.
Matrice Jackson I agree with everything you have said. YOU'RE RIGHT! I have nothing against nobody of color or race. I'm sorry my comment throw you off. The bottom line was for people of color or not is to love yourself and that we all beautiful. I feel like people who listen to the song either love and confident in their skin or don't and not. The song has a message but I agree. It sadden me when a person bleach their skin or get pick on because of their. All because somebody told them or made them feel less then. They have nobody at him or around to tell and show them any better. The only thing I do and I can do is love me and others as they are. If i have a child teach them to love them self and to accept others as they are. God bless!
yessssss melanin on fleek
Love you sistah...We Africans are so proud of you!
Still here in 2024 If you appreciate black love like this comment
same here
YES, ABSOLUTELY!! Appreciate it like I appreciate oxygen!!!
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Yassss ❤❤❤❤ love black love ❤️. Love My people ♥️
Magical, Mystical and oh so beautiful 😌
👋🏾🙌🏾
I wish we had more of this caliber of music today, instead of the packaged, commercialized crap out there....
+Hassan Hartley I'm working on it
Yup
We do! Look up "The Internet"
Sweet
right
Proud to be African.I couldnt agree more,the music then was music not noise
this song was in 2000 but it has such a beautiful and futuristic sound. but yall THE MELANIN IN THIS VIDEO, my people 🍫😍
This is brown skin not dark skin 🙄
Nothing like a chocolate man matching my chocolate! Yum! ❤
Beautiful mahogany you make me feel like a Queen!
I got to this comment on that exact part of the song lol
La'Kendra Thorn lol I love when that happens
I'm not brown (I'm white), but this is a gorgeous song with gorgeous meaning by a gorgeous woman with a gorgeous voice. I'm here for it. Still listening in 2019.
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Something about soul is so wholesome, rich and pure. Race cannot stop anyone from identifying with soul, go head our white chocolate brother. 🙌🙌
Just couldn't help but insert your whiteness into brown spaces. Don't ALL Lives this Pro Brown video. smh
@@mellandy87 don't be like that
@@s.k5459 right!!
This song is so empowering. I love my Caramel skin, I hope y'all love your Cocoa, Mocha, Caramel skin! #MelaninIsAGIFT
I thought you said #Melaniaisagift XD
Ambo Walupime
Aye Missy... Kenya shows her respect
Ambo Walupime Ase' Queen!
Sage Markham
I protested teacher appreciation week because I believe we should also celebrate doctors.
We shouldn't have teacher appreciation week cause if you think about it doctors are important too.
Ambo Walupime you forgot the pecan tan,and butter scotch, lol. I Love my brown skin.
God bless india arie forever ❤
The way I love MY brownskin 💋
Your beautiful
Why thank you
the way i luv to hear a say it too....
Thank you India for celebrating our brown skin years before..Ms. Carter...no shade just facts.
one is a black woman singing to black men (its romantic and sensual)
one is a black woman celebrating black women (its more pure... like a mother singing to a daughter)
two different messages and vibes but yesss i love india arie
Reminds me of when I was young my moms would always have this playing in the house on Sunday's with windows open.
mine too when ever she cleaned up the house would smell like bleach and air freshener memories!
Same
Still listening in 2023 of course and forevermore 🥰🥰
I love those artistic black men 😭❤️❤️yessss indie!!
India was first to do it!!..love her music. This queen should have received the recognition she well deserved🙌🏽🙌🏽❤❤❤❤
India Arie is such an underrated female artist. I appreciate her music. She has such an amazing, powerful voice. She needs more shine.
We need more of this in 2024
I remember when I was young I hated being brown I wanted to be light with straight hair because my dad's side of the family was light and I felt like I was adopted when I was with them. I now so appreciative of my melanin pigment which I received from the one who bore me I am proud of my natural hair to a point where I feel uncomfortable with artificial hair, I love that I'm different and add variety to our family it's a beautiful mixture of coffee, sugar and milk!
Girl mee too. My Gma is 50 white , 25 native and 25 African. So on that side only a handful of us brown so I felt like an odd ball most of my cousins I was close with was yellow only red in the summer. They use to luv my skin but I hated it....then 21 happened and boy you couldn't tell me nothing! Although most of boyfriends were light brights it was scripture that really helped me. He said you are wonderfully and perfectly made and then I said who am I to tell God he is wrong🤣🤣🤣💯🤷🏾♀️👊
Brown Skin People Are The Most Beautiful People In The World ! ! ! !
Thank you!
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Apart from the white ones
Yessss very true
The original, Biology.
I love this song. You don't have to have brown skin to appreciate beautiful music
Half Melty no you don’t, it just hits different for us lol.
Black Man -- Black Woman love is so Powerful.!!!
One of the most beautiful songs ever made...... in my opinion😊
..i still get chills listening to this💓
A little over 14 years later and this song still woos me!
She is so gorgeous inside and out!
Bless you Ms Arie
I'm starting my Sunday morning off with an India playlist. It always seems to center me. She's my Libra sister whose words constantly speak to my soul.
I've always loved this song because it celebrates our beautiful brown skinned brothers and sisters in every shade bestowed upon us by alrighty God. I wouldn't have it any other way . I call my personal shade of brown, " Pecan Tan".
K. De. Is that kinda like caramel?
That's what we say in the south😁
Who still listening to this in 2019?😍❤️
I do , it reminds me of my chocolate wife
Shyt I'm listening dis song now n its 2020
I am ....and its 2020!
Hahaha 2021! Love the way she uplifts black men !
BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL...JAH BLESS ALL COLOR SKIN...ONENESS
This for black people get lost with this mess
She's such a queen!! Love India Arie! Yasss girl!
what make a black woman a queen staying with they black man. some of you sisters lay out the race and still call your self queens lack of knowledge 1990s
@@mossesfootball8962 bruh, what you said was completely irrelevant to her comment.
LOVE IT!!!!! "Brown skin.....I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mines ends!!!"
When this some first came out i was very young and i still loved it. .but now that i am older and woke up to consciousness i really do appreciate my conscious sisters like India arie, Lauryn hill,Angie stone,Floetry and Jill Scott .i love yall..thank you for such great music😍😍😘💝💝💕💕💝
This song lives rent-free in my head
Really needed to listen to this today 2020 is doing a number on me 😭
Me2
2022 and this song is just timeless. The smooth and richness of her vocals, and the depiction of new love blossoming, had me smiling throughout the video. The vibe is so soothing❤️👌🏾
I love this song 🎵 ❤. I want my daughter to be proud of her brown skin.
The way she’s looking at him in the end though 😳😍🥰
I love her energy! She is always ooooo soooo beautiful and bright!
Now if only today black men would start appreciating our beautiful black women again.
Some of us never stopped
U can say that again
@@L.sabore Amen!
I do, always have and always will. I love our coffee and chocolate sistas, in their natural essence. 😍💖
We definitely gotta teach our youngins
India You and Your brown skin are awesome. Anyone who can't see that is blind.
The greatest song ever dedicated to the black man from the black woman.An everlasting classic,Do not say that we did not try
I love my BROWN skin brothers and sisters, friends and family, lovers and loyalists. Beautiful song
She is a party girl and her songs are like a queen ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😻😘😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖❤️❤️❤️🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩😻🌹🌹🌹😘😍😍😍😍😍😍😍💖💖😍😍😍😍😍❤️
Thoughts .............Afrocentric , beautiful, proud of my skin, all of Gods creations are so beautiful
I LOVE YOU INDIA.ARIE, YOU SPREAD SO MUCH LOVE AND HEALING THRU ALL UR MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!
Back when black Love was so beautiful. When black men didn’t openly diss beautiful brown black Women for foreign and white girls. It’s crazy how a black Woman made a song praising brown skin but we’ll never hear that from the males. It’s a shame how beautiful our skin is we want to mix our genetics because of hate they instilled in us. We are forever damaged mentally but I’m glad a lot of black Women still fight for that brown skin man of Their dreams ✊🏾 we have always been the stronger and most loyal vessel! ✊🏾✊🏾👏🏾👏🏾
richie spice brown skin.a reggae artist.
Maybe you need to open your eyes and ears. There are some knuckleheads out there, but there's also good bruthas too that luv the sistas.Chocolate Girl - The Whispers, Black Bonnie -Wale, Black Ice Cream -Raheem DeVaughn, Chocolate Legs -Eric Benét, There's more but that's just off the top of my head.
We can thank the porn industry for that- promoting stick thin, fair skin / blond hair blue-eyed bimbos as the utmost standard for beauty. 😣😤😩
i feel that same way sis this blackman need and want you blackwomen. the system hate seeing black love together. they rather us interracially date. no diss to mlk but intergration replace black family
Totally disagree with you black men praise black women the same way maybe the ones you know don't but don't put us all in the same boat not cool
I love this song. it's a making love song. Gets me in the mood
classic
I couldn't stop singing this song at work today. It just randomly popped into my head even though I haven't heard it in years.
This is so refreshing tbh Especially with all the music that’s being made now it’s a lot more positive energy in her music
one of the most beautiful songs and truths released.
Sultry, sexy, smooth and sensual. This Queen dedicated an amazing song to her kings everywhere.
What a talent ! ..When music was melody and not noise ..💛💛💛💛💛
The pinnacle of beauty. Thank you for this affirmation.
Brown skin...Black love is a revolutionary act
I'm still so in love with this beautiful song🔥 I wish my ppl today, loved/embraced their beautiful dark or brown skin..everyone is white washing their roots away💔💔💔💔💔
The power of melanin though.....We are God.
She kept it real regardless, now that's an artist with ancestral grace🥳
she is sooooo soulful