[dialog between erykah and little girl]

-you're beautiful you know that?

-uh huh

-do you know that?

-yes 

-you do? 

-um hmm

-you know when those kids tease you?

-uh huh

-don't you ever worry about that because you're very beautiful. do you know you're beautiful?

-um hmm

-are you ready?

-ma i love you.

-i love you



[1st verse-pharoahe monch]



he pushed her down and called her black and ugly

she asked why must you tease me,

he laughed at her said your from africa

your hair is peasey 

your skin is dark and greasy 

and plus you are so beneath me 

please trust me it wasnt easy

for diamond it scarred her deeply 

plays like a offender bass

to my self i thought how much does gender play

remembering such hatred at this tender age 

if i could send a mental page

my thoughts would end the rage

reminiscant of the looks to her in class 

i gave my eyes would say



[Chorus-erykah badu]



hold on, im sure

theres so much more, to live for

if you hold on, things'll change 

so c'mon be strong 

and hold on, im sure 

theres so much more, to live for

as you grow strong things'll change

no pain, no gain



[2nd Verse-Pharoahe Monch]



please be willing to fight for your will despite 

writings from William lynch

millions tried to rise like helium

but died in the fields and the trenches

cries from the killing is senseless

eyes to the ceiling it quinches 

a thirst in the feeling thats endless 

the prize like a rain that rinses

the soul and cleanses ya mind 

from white picketed fences 

heads up your ass, splinters and face

meant to they ride and bench us

the masters pastored disaster 

them fascious bastards 

they crafted this hazardous plan and still has a spoken advantage

we shoulder the struggle 

with the wieght of a boulder that muffles 

the sound of provocative thinking the pieces of puzzles

incompleted,

only deleted to be push to the back of ya mind 

like a hairline that has receded 

now we repeated, 

the process but never weeded the problem out

heeded the warnings but never proceeded to solve it

no forward progress, its obvious the soul is gone, 

i meditate and pray that these words will somehow allow you to...



[chorus repeat]



[3rd verse-Pharoahe Monch]



see now diamond is priceless, 

timeless how she maneuvers like Heimlich

in this new world it reminds me of isis

she knows now that her complexion is a holy device

a protection from UV rays  in this negative time of crisis 

like a knife that butter slices 

easily to anger she reacts pious 

like a cell protectin itself from a virus

twice as strong as her demeanor 

now she is Rightous

God is what you see now 

when you peer inside her iris 



[chorus repeat]



[erykah badu]



diamond your so beautiful 

you can change this world 

if you want to girl oh 

ooooo

come on 

grow strong



						     



						     Thanks to Ashley0118