Beyond Identity » Ebonics

Brown Skin by India Arie

Internet Source — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:00:15 +0000

Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
I cant tell where yours begins, I cant 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 cant tell where yours begins, I cant 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 cant get out
Disoriented, I cant tell my up from down
All I know is that I wanna 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 cant tell where yours begins, I cant 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 wanna get next to you, yeah

Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
I cant tell where yours begins, I cant tell where mine ends
Brown skin, up against my brown skin
Need some every now and then:oh hey:

Brown Skin by India Arie

Brown Skin by Richie Spice

Internet Source — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:54:15 +0000

Brown Skin

Oh na na na nah
Na na na na na na naah
Stu dup du dup du duu ohhh
Aye na na na na na na naaa
Ah dup du dup du duuu
Du du dup du du duuu aye

Chorus
Aye-brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms an
Brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin jus a wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring

Verse 1
The way you smile the way you attire the way you ginger up yourself
In every way you make my day you know i want you for myself
I see it in your eyes that its me its only me can love you so baby
Hot like a fire my hearts desire she pretty like ???

Aye-brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin jus a wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring

Verse 2
I want your full attention
Your love in every direction
In my songs your name will be mentioned
Ill give you love an affection
So glad that jah made a woman
What a match perfect combination
Multiply and bring forth the nation
I love you baby everyday brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye-brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin yes i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you

Stu dup du dup du du
Ayeee ayyeee
Aye na na na na na na naahh
Ah dup du du du du
Du du dup du du duu
Stu dup du dup du du

Aye-brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin yes i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you

Brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye-brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin yes i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you

Brown Skin by Richie Spice

Coloured People, One Nation

Ross — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:05:38 +0000

All around the world communities or nations use various words and names to signify fusion people with a mixed ancestry, racial, cultural and ethnic heritage. In some cases these terms are offensive or deemed inoffensive but in the end it does not matter, as the significance of this classification is slowly but surely becoming obsolete as the world is progressively becoming more diverse and fused.

The many guises and faces of people of colour:

Afatasi: Mixed ancestry between Samoan and White (Samoan)

Afrasian: Mixed ancestry between an African and Asian

Africasian: Mixed ancestry between an African and Asian.

Ai no ko: Child of unlike things put together (Japanese)

Ainoco: Mixed ancestry between White and Japanese (Brazil)

‘It is not what you call me, but what I answer to, that matters most‘

An African Proverb

>> Ross Rayners <<

Mixed race, mixed feelings

Internet Source — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:11:26 +0000

Do people of mixed race feel caught between two stools or are they nestling in the best of both worlds? As delegates from more than 150 countries gather at the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa, Outlook examines inter-racial relationships.

Britain currently has one of the highest rates of inter-racial relationships in the western world, with 50% of all black children born having one white parent. Whether we view such unions as positive multiculturalism or not, the truth is that mixed race relationships are a fact of life.

So why is it still so hard to find a suitable term to describe mixed race people? Is it right to say that someone is black or white? Let alone half-caste, bi-racial or coffee-coloured?

And what do the children from inter-racial relationships signify in 21st century Britain?

Read the full article here…