Skin Deep Video (MV)

What you puttin on that make-up for
What you tryna make up for
What you puttin on that make-up for
What you tryna make up for
What you puttin on that make-up for
What you tryna make up for
What you puttin on that make-up for
What you tryna make up for
From Cleopatra to Nefertiti ya know I need it
Yes I'm in love with the melanin in my mamacita
Drunk in love sip on her features like margarita
I thank you Jesus for giving my rib to such a creature
She eat her Wheaties, got enough to feed the needy
She a girl raised in the south, so everything is Georgia peachy
And her mind-frame is picture perfect
X-men cut her so deep, not even wolverine could scratch the surface
And hurt people, hurt people and lately she been thinking
She aint even worth people
Or people aint worth her time cus
She can't wrap her mind around the fact that she's a wholesome chick
Educated, church girl
Body bout a nine or ten
But still she as single as a Washington and I commend
Her ability to smile through the things that she feeling
Trying to conceal it, with all that concealer
I feel ya, I feel ya but let me see the real you
What you puttin on that make-up for
What you tryna make up for
What you puttin on that make-up for
What you tryna make up for
What you puttin on that make-up for
What you tryna make up for
What you puttin on that make-up for
What you tryna make up for
Listen, my interest is in your intellect
So close minded and I want you to undress
Now let me mentally caress as we insurrect
And rebel against the common stress that we collect
Now it's a lot of things that you been holding back
Behind that Maybelline, Mary Kay and that Mac, foundation about to crack
But if your hair slayed, and ya face be, beat to the gods, then you cool with that
But please don't be a fool like that
Just say it aint so baby, cus you don't need a sew-in to make it grow baby
And I aint hating I'm just tryna let ya know baby
Truly love you from ya head to ya toe baby
Melanin is worth more than gold baby
And ya hair grows up because the Queen of the Nile needs a crown
And it's gotta be thick to match them hips and them lips
So be proud of the skin that you in, but remember that vanity is a sin so
What you puttin on that make-up for
What you tryna make up for
What you puttin on that make-up for
What you tryna make up for
What you puttin on that make-up for
What you tryna make up for
What you puttin on that make-up for
What you tryna make up for
Now ladies don't get me wrong I like jelly and jam
Beauty in every shade from my Gina's to my Pam's but
That mascara aint gon hide them tears and that blush it aint gon cover them fears
So tell me, what you puttin on that make-up for, say tell me what you tryna make up for
Jameel say you need self-control not edge control
And don't sleep on them naps, cus that's a sign of strength
And I see right through them Lashes and your train of thought is off track
Cus they aint even lasting
And aint nobody perfect, I'm not saying it aint worth it
Just when you embellish, don't let it become you
I'm gone