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While other artists spew lyrics that degrade brown and dark skin women, Beyonce stepped up and gave us a summer anthem that is uplifting and empowering. Queen Bey dropped The Lion King: The Gift last night and #BlackTwitter (and the rest of the Internet for that matter) can’t stop bumping Brown Skin Girl.
Lupita N’yongo personally thanked Beyonce for mentioning her name in the Black girl ode. With lyrics like “Brown skin girl/Your skin just like pearls/The best thing in the world/Never trade you for anybody else” and “melanin too dark to throw her shade,” we’re here for all of it.
See what #BlackTwitter is saying about it…
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“Melanin too dark to throw her shade” #BrownSkinGirl pic.twitter.com/YXtK0etDle
— Raheemat Abdulraheem (@abiss_babe) July 19, 2019
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Walking to work while listening to Brown Skin Girl #TheLionKingTheGift pic.twitter.com/wBy0hmoG3v
— Ejoya (@EjoyaMusic) July 19, 2019
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Me listening to wizkid bursting my brains on brown skin girl. My favourite off #TheLionKingTheGift pic.twitter.com/QocCA2WXMG
— Olude Temitope Alice (@TemitopeOlude) July 19, 2019
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"drip broke the levee when the kellys roll in"
— ✊🏿BREONNA TAYLOR'S killers are STILL at-large!!!! (@Glamuary) July 19, 2019
a play on kelly... rowland
i said, a play on kelly rowland...#brownskingirl pic.twitter.com/QWdo66nWCU
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I don’t need the shade. I just need sunshine! I’m solar power.
— ANoelleJay, Alicia Noelle J. (@ANoelleJay) July 19, 2019
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Me at 6:30am this morning. I repeat: Album of the year. @beyonce #TheLionKingTheGift pic.twitter.com/6KNDy32XLz
— Jermaine Riley (@jermaine_riley) July 19, 2019
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Nobody:
— Riley Writts (@rileywrittens) July 19, 2019
Beyonce on Mood 4 Eva: 🗣SMELL LIKE BROKE IN HERE!!! ALL Y'ALL SMELL LIKE BROKE TO ME!!!!!#TheLionKing #TheLionKingTheGift pic.twitter.com/WWHgCpqCoo
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Legit sitting here applying the wisdom from these interludes to my life like #TheLionKingTheGift #TheGiftAlbum pic.twitter.com/A09wmy2KkG
— LookAtDustin (@LookAtDustin) July 19, 2019
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Brown Skin Girllllll #TheGiftAlbum pic.twitter.com/FrjK843J9T
— Ejoya (@EjoyaMusic) July 19, 2019