Self Love

Da daduh da daduh da
Da daduh da daduh da
Ya' self love ya' self love

I was a nappy headed kid
Running around the crib
Momma told me girl
Ya' gotta look within
Can't be wanting love
If you don't even give
Yourself love, yourself love

I was a nappy headed kid
Running around the crib
Momma told me girl
Ya' gotta look within
Can't be wanting love
If you don't even give
Yourself love, yourself love

Insecure about my nose
While wearin' those baggy clothes
That were hand me downs
From cousin who weren't
Showing me love then
I wanted more than nothing
But a fresh pair J's
Even begged my momma
To add length to my braids
I was sure, it was the cure
To defining myself
Never questioned whether it was
A detriment to my health
Looking back, I'm such a shame
I wasn't loving myself
Brown skin who was seeking
Want to be Puerto Rican
Cause they hair got curly
And my shit kinked up
Why my eyes stay brown
But her shit change up
I wanna know right now
If I play make-up
And put a dress on
Could I address her
With these confessions
That I quite amazed by her beauty
I know I, shouldn't feel
How I feel, but its truly
Something I can't escape
Something I gotta face
Look in the mirror, I wouldn't dare her
Cause her self esteem
Looks her back in her face

I was a nappy headed kid
Running around the crib
Momma told me, girl
Ya' gotta look within
Can't be wanting love
If you don't even give
Yourself love, yourself love

I was a nappy headed kid
Running around the crib
Momma told me girl
Ya' gotta look within
Can't be wanting love
If you don't even give
Yourself love, yourself love

Uh
Tomboy of the neighborhood
Steady shooting them hoops
Daddy wanted me in a skirt
With them name plate hoops
Wanted a pair of K Swiss's
For the school year, but all I could afford
Was some LA Gear, light em' up light em' up whenever I walked by
Such shame I was plain, we couldn't afford fly cause my parents had five
Nappy headed kids, growing up so confused
Cause my sister was mixed
I know I, should be grateful
For things that we had
But imagine what I felt
Being the joke of the class, such a clown
When I revisit the ghost of my past
A wannabe bougie, I wanted a coogi
Sweater remember, how could you forget her
She still lives inside of me
I swear that I hear her, I look in the mirror
I'm seeing her clearer
Take a look in the mirror
I'm seeing me clearer

I was a nappy headed kid
Running around the crib
Momma told me, girl
Ya' gotta look within
Can't be wanting love
If you don't even give
Yourself love, yourself love

I was a nappy headed kid
Running around the crib
Momma told me, girl
Ya' gotta look within
Can't be wanting love
If you don't even give
Yourself love, yourself love

Skinnie Minnie was the name
That they gave me
And my sperm donor
Wouldn't even claim me
So how could, I believe
That there was beauty outside
When all this pain turnt hurt
Was just growing inside
Like a flower, I was waiting to bloom
Had to search for my light
Now there's no shade in this room
My imperfections only surfaced
To acknowledge self love as a service
This growth with self love
Showed me purpose
I wasn't perfect, I wasn't perfect
Just a nappy headed kid
Runnin' around the crib

I was a nappy headed kid
Running around the crib
Momma told me, girl
Ya' gotta look within
Can't be wanting love
If you don't even give
Yourself love, yourself love

I was a nappy headed kid
Running around the crib
Momma told me, girl
Ya' gotta look within
Can't be wanting love
If you don't even give
Yourself love, yourself love