Them a Bleach

Bwoy, true Buju Banton go tell the girl dem 'bout, browning
All of the girl dem a run go shop go bleach
'Cause dem waan brown skin
All of the girl dem

And dem a bleach
Dem a bleach out dem skin
Dem a bleach
Fi look like a browning
Dem a bleach
Dem a bleach out dem skin
Dem a bleach
Fi look like a browning

Gyal, me honor you, and you nuh bleach out your skin
You nuh use no chemical fi look like a browning
Gyal, me honor you, and you nuh bleach out your skin
You nuh use no chemical fi look like a browning

90 percent of the girl dem join the system
Every girl nowadays dem waan brown skin
True Buju Banton tell dem 'bout the browning
Every gyal say dem want the color of the pumpkin
So dem run go a shop fi go buy brown skin

And dem a bleach
Dem a bleach out dem skin
Dem a bleach
Fi look like a browning
Dem a bleach
Dem a bleach out dem skin
Dem a bleach
Fi look like a browning

Mi say, gwan black girl because a you run the place
And look how you're nice with your beautiful face
Nuh true you nuh brown, that is no disgrace
'Cause tell dem black girl, now a you win the race

And dem a bleach
Dem a bleach out dem skin
Dem a bleach
Fi look like a browning
Dem a bleach
Dem a bleach out dem skin
Dem a bleach
Fi look like a browning

Gyal, me honor you, and you nuh bleach out your skin
You nuh use no chemical fi look like no browning
Gyal, me honor you, and you nuh bleach out your skin
You nuh use no chemical fi look like no browning

Now me know this little girl from St. Catherine
A long time me nuh see her 'cause she was cooling
One time she did tall and she have black skin
Now she get fat and she have brown skin
Mi say, wait deh likkle bit, you did deh a foreign?
She say, No Nardo Ranks, a di chemical me using
A it me really use and turn browning

True she a bleach
And a bleach out her skin
She a bleach
Fi look like a browning
She a bleach
And a bleach out her skin
She a bleach
Fi look like a browning

Gyal, me honor you, and you nuh bleach out your skin
You nuh use no chemical fi look like no browning
Gyal, me honor you, and you nuh bleach out your skin
You nuh use no chemical fi look like no browning

Mi say, black, it a the color of the African skin
So tell me how some gyal waan brown skin?
Everyday dem get up and dem join the bleaching
Nuh true dem really want the color of the pumpkin

And dem a bleach
Use the Nadinola, you know
Dem a bleach!
Use the Ambi, and you know
Dem a bleach!
Take the facial, and you know
Dem a bleach!
When me check it out, yes, me know
Dem a bleach
Dem a bleach out dem skin
Dem a bleach
Fi look like a browning

But, me honor you, and you nuh bleach out your skin
You nuh use no chemical fi look like a browning
Gyal, me honor you, and you nuh bleach out your skin
You nuh use no chemical fi look like a browning

Mi say, jump around, you nuh bleach out your skin, and
Hold your hand, you nuh bleach out your skin, and
Jungle girls dem nuh bleach out dem skin, and
Tivoli girls dem nuh bleach out dem skin, and
Rema girls dem nuh bleach out dem skin, and
Dunkirk girls dem nuh bleach out dem skin
Mi say, hold up your hand and whine and ting, and
Make dem know you have your natural skin

'Cause some a bleach
And a bleach out dem skin
And a bleach
Fi look like a browning
Dem a bleach
Dem a bleach out dem skin
Dem a bleach
Fi look like a browning

Dem a bleach
New York girls dem, you know dem nah bleach
English girls dem, you know dem nah bleach
Canada girls dem, you know dem nah bleach
Jamaica girls dem, you know dem nah bleach
Any man see dem you know dem haffi reach
That's why, you know wha' me tell dem?

I say, me honor you, 'cause you nuh bleach out your skin
You nuh use no chemical fi look like a browning
Gyal, me honor you, 'cause you nuh bleach out your skin
You nuh use no chemical fi look like a browning

90 percent of the girl dem join the system
Every gyal nowadays dem waan brown skin
True Buju Banton talk about the browning
Dem run go a shop fi buy brown skin
Nuff of dem, dem say dem want the color of the pumpkin
But dem use the chemical and dem a spoil up dem skin

And dem a bleach
Dem a bleach out dem skin
Dem a bleach
Fi look like a browning
Dem a bleach
Dem a bleach out dem skin
Dem a bleach
Fi look like a browning

But, me honor you, 'cause you nuh bleach out your skin
You nuh use no chemical fi look like a browning
Gyal, me honor you