i m more than the colour of my skin i m a girl that likes to sing all i know is what s within not just a brown girl in the ring go to school and learn their ways told how to think and what to say while my mother says to pray i pray for better days god please help them see they ain t no different from me not above not beneath teach them equality i m not just a brown girl in the ring i m a girl that likes to sing i m not just a brown girl in the ring i m a girl that likes to sing i m more than what they think of me more than the colour tones that they see more than urban r b more than the slang that i speak close your eyes don t say a word don t speak about what you seen or heard let s pretend that it s okay just the way the devil likes to play look in my eyes look in my eyes i can t lie i can t lie all these years of my life i m judged from the outside i m not just a brown girl in the ring i m a girl that likes to sing i m not just a brown girl in the ring i m a girl that likes to sing  and if you don t know by now time will show you what i m talking bout said if you don t know by now time will show you what i m talking bout i m talking bout i m not just a brown girl in the ring i m a girl that likes to sing i m not just a brown girl in the ring i m a girl that likes to sing