Black 2 Beautiful Video (MV)

They say you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover
But a book is a poor comparison to a lover
Or should I say a sister, if I never kissed her
Or if it was only an introduction, my function
Is to lift her, exalt her
Not to go out my way to fault her, cuz everybody falters
And she's somebody daughter, so I ought to be a good brother
And show that I'm down with being down for one another
Black woman, I love ya like nothing else
White supremacy says you shouldn't love yourself
If it helps, I'm putting fire to their beauty standard til it melts
Not that they can't be beautiful but
It ain't suitable to pretend their looks are suitin' you
And niggas bought into it so you do what you can do
Cuz some got brought into it, enslaved mentalities
So I'm washing that self hate up out of me, you see
We need to go Black to beautiful
We still look good but should go back to beautiful
What happened to Black is beautiful?
We still look good but should go back to beautiful
What happened to Black is beautiful?
We still look good but should go back to beautiful
What happened to Black is beautiful?
We still look good
This verse is dedicated to the brothers
I'm tired of seeing us in the streets grillin' each other
Killin each other over absof*ckinlutely nothing
Honestly, the hood could use more huggin' than thuggin'
I say the same words to the kids in the burbs
You ain't got no real reason to be playin the curbs
The reasons faded in the ghetto so you look absurd
Rappers lyin on they albums, don't believe what you heard
Black man, I love you like nothing else
I got no choice in the matter cuz I love myself
I'll say "pause" if it helps you get to know just what I felt
Cuz I said what I meant, put any mix ups on the shelf
So we can spread love infinitely
Cuz when our natural affinity to our own shines, we can't be harmed by enemies
That's word to all, you got a friend in me
I'm here to heal the wounds that lead to fratricidal tendencies, see
We need to go Black to beautiful
We still look good but should go back to beautiful
What happened to Black is beautiful?
We still look good but should go back to beautiful
What happened to Black is beautiful?
We still look good but should go back to beautiful
What happened to Black is beautiful?
We still look good
Original man, woman and child, the holy trinity
Strong on their own and together there's such synergy
Plus, minus, female, male need symmetry
Ever since since, and until infinity
When was the beginning of time
Now what came before that? Now I got you spinning your mind
I wanna take you to the edge of the universe
What's on the other side of that edge? Can your brain do the work
To wrap your mind around these concepts of absolute blackness
Which is original light in both theory and practice
So as this word spins on its axis, I ask if
The whole rainbow plus grayscale can sail and be
Beautiful
Be, be
Beautiful
Be, be, be
Beautiful
Be, be
Beautiful
Beautiful, beautiful
I know that Black is beautiful
We still look good but should go Black to beautiful
I know that Black is beautiful
We still look good but should go Black to beautiful
I know that Black is beautiful
We still look good but should go Black to beautiful
I know that Black is beautiful
We still look good
Black