India.Arie - Brown Skin (Official Music Video)

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  • Опубліковано 15 чер 2009
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    Official Music Video for Brown Skin performed by India.Arie.
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  • @LiberatedSoul32
    @LiberatedSoul32 5 місяців тому +495

    Whose here in 2024? ❤

  • @PurveyorOfCuriosities
    @PurveyorOfCuriosities 11 місяців тому +329

    Nobody has spoken to us like this sister does in a while. I miss the uplifting.

    • @jordanmntungwa3311
      @jordanmntungwa3311 7 місяців тому +4

      it's over. move on. listen to summer walker now

    • @latoyahayes3381
      @latoyahayes3381 6 місяців тому +6

      Seriously Sista* I remember when the music was empowered by self respect and morals. Not to mention raw talent* Every artist sang, danced and also played instruments.

    • @darkmoon6226
      @darkmoon6226 5 місяців тому

      Really??😂

    • @Thecoolesttdy
      @Thecoolesttdy 2 місяці тому

      @@jordanmntungwa3311 wow?? lol

    • @jordanmntungwa3311
      @jordanmntungwa3311 2 місяці тому

      @@Thecoolesttdy lmao for real though. that's why we're here after so many years because Summer walker and SExy Red are NOT going to sing or rap about positive uplifting things. They are the new norm for black people, this was our norm, this and R&B

  • @aniyax4023
    @aniyax4023 3 місяці тому +101

    Still here in 2024 If you appreciate black love like this comment

    • @MsEve200
      @MsEve200 24 дні тому +1

      same here

    • @goddess7846
      @goddess7846 11 днів тому

      YES, ABSOLUTELY!! Appreciate it like I appreciate oxygen!!!
      💥💯💜

    • @victorialondon664
      @victorialondon664 4 дні тому

      Yassss ❤❤❤❤ love black love ❤️. Love My people ♥️

  • @yup_pea
    @yup_pea Рік тому +294

    After being told that I was ugly because I have dark skin since I was little.... its songs like this that makes me feel so good and admired.... thank you my black queen for this beautiful song. Flowers 💐

    • @chefandmusician9170
      @chefandmusician9170 Рік тому +3

      Good health and heart make any skin beautiful ❤️🤍💙

    • @carolinemngomezulu4009
      @carolinemngomezulu4009 Рік тому +1

      Cute 😍😘🌹😻🤩🤩💖😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @2die4_93
      @2die4_93 Рік тому +6

      Ain’t nobody ugly bruh, ppl just say that to belittle you and want themselves to feel more higher, when in fact they’re ugly on the inside.

    • @CrystalMC81
      @CrystalMC81 Рік тому +4

      I don’t even know what you look like but all my KINGS are handsome and never let anyone tell you differently, keep your head up ❤❤👑

    • @yesic7196
      @yesic7196 Рік тому +3

      You're not ugly. They're misunderstood. This song hits different after the pandemic. Dark skin is admirable. 🤎🖤

  • @destinyc1446
    @destinyc1446 7 років тому +736

    this was when we glorified black love in it's purity. i miss it

    • @mossesfootball8962
      @mossesfootball8962 7 років тому +24

      love my black goddess

    • @POTSOJ
      @POTSOJ 4 роки тому +10

      And we will have it back my precious sista trust and believe.

    • @dayahart9302
      @dayahart9302 4 роки тому +9

      Amen sis 👏🏾

    • @JonathanLondonTV
      @JonathanLondonTV 2 місяці тому

      Before democrat indoctrination in enslavement to white liberal pride and privilege, feminist privilege and when superior black masculine righteousness was celebrated rather than competed with in spiteful servitude to simps and whitewashed losers

    • @chaze95
      @chaze95 2 місяці тому +9

      Crazy that this comment is 7 years old and is still just as true today as it was then

  • @TheLeah2344
    @TheLeah2344 5 років тому +2026

    The original brown skin girl. 🙌🏿

    • @supagb4884
      @supagb4884 5 років тому +37

      Except this song isn’t directly abt girls, so no.

    • @safiyaallard6754
      @safiyaallard6754 4 роки тому +102

      @@supagb4884 no, it's about all beautiful brown skin people

    • @supagb4884
      @supagb4884 4 роки тому +12

      Safiya Allard it’s abt a guy clearly

    • @deseraihollisful
      @deseraihollisful 4 роки тому +5

      Yasss say it again

    • @andracadicecrawford4256
      @andracadicecrawford4256 3 роки тому +11

      Don't 4get the Roberta flack era....hell it goes way back too strange fruits, and back before Harriet Tubman

  • @minnieyounglove
    @minnieyounglove 3 роки тому +577

    This song makes me feel so uplifted as a African woman

    • @tiffanylpleasant4181
      @tiffanylpleasant4181 3 роки тому +5

      🤎✊🔥

    • @katlegomasoeu7993
      @katlegomasoeu7993 2 роки тому +11

      As you should be

    • @cosmicintel7465
      @cosmicintel7465 2 роки тому +7

      As it should Goddess we all are so much more than they could ever "Describe" so they just labeled it as "black folk" 😒..we are a different type of 🌬Special🧚🏿‍♀️🧚🏽‍♀️🧚🏾‍♀️ we come from the Sta-⭐ 's 🫂🥰

    • @thinamonique1353
      @thinamonique1353 2 роки тому +1

      It should baby 💪🏽 you are beautiful

    • @minnieyounglove
      @minnieyounglove 2 роки тому

      @@thinamonique1353 thank you

  • @cableboyalo
    @cableboyalo Рік тому +215

    In an era where we are taught to hate ourselves. It's songs like this that make you appreciate the melanin in you skin, being Black. And how vital it is to love yourself and your kind. For us to love our people, produce more black babies. Get back to our roots. Black love

  • @chrisjones1105
    @chrisjones1105 8 років тому +892

    Her skin is ridiculously gorgeous

  • @rachelogarro2081
    @rachelogarro2081 8 років тому +1859

    I truly love being black i feel so blessed and honoured to be born in this glorious black skin ✊

    • @PRETTYESHIA504
      @PRETTYESHIA504 7 років тому +74

      amen me too i love our culture it's popping.

    • @teripeters8461
      @teripeters8461 7 років тому +4

      Rachel O'Garro qq

    • @theladyofsoul5023
      @theladyofsoul5023 7 років тому +58

      I *LOOOOVE* being a Sister. It's such a bittersweet experience.

    • @serenity6831
      @serenity6831 6 років тому +4

      Rachel O'Garro same

    • @nevaehnevaeh2676
      @nevaehnevaeh2676 6 років тому +13

      Onlybou that’s good love. Love whatever God made you to be. The reason why we say we love our skin so much though is because society told us our skin wasn’t right because it wasn’t white. But you were aware of that I’m sure

  • @okwuuzo5088
    @okwuuzo5088 3 роки тому +225

    The most underrated song.. this song celebrates an unfettered love and appreciation love of the black skin. It celebrates black love in the most sensually intense yet humble manner.. India is a Queen

  • @jasonorr6747
    @jasonorr6747 Рік тому +87

    This lady is so underrated 😪 but she sings like a angel from the clouds

  • @chanti2102
    @chanti2102 8 років тому +1526

    M E L A N I N 👋🏽👋🏾👋🏿✨

    • @AcrimoniousMirth
      @AcrimoniousMirth 8 років тому +8

      Something my pale skin has been lacking since leaving Africa!

    • @miskittt
      @miskittt 8 років тому

      lol

    • @saphanahbathyisrael7379
      @saphanahbathyisrael7379 7 років тому +1

      +Acrimonious Mirth Please tell me you were born there or something

    • @AcrimoniousMirth
      @AcrimoniousMirth 7 років тому

      Elisheba Naomi I was born in Scotland but when I was only a few weeks old my parents moved to Uganda and I grew up there :)

    • @saphanahbathyisrael7379
      @saphanahbathyisrael7379 7 років тому +1

      +Acrimonious Mirth Cool! Bet you have lots of awesome stories!

  • @MichaelXboxEvolved
    @MichaelXboxEvolved 7 років тому +2719

    This the kinda record that should still be playing on the radio years later, regardless of when it came out.

    • @DeleForStonecrest
      @DeleForStonecrest 6 років тому +14

      Just heard this on the radio yesterday and had to replay it today!

    • @MsCrystalms
      @MsCrystalms 6 років тому +11

      MXEVIDEOS Get what you're saying. She makes me proud of my skin colour❤

    • @SilverFlame819
      @SilverFlame819 6 років тому +10

      The radio blows. That's why we're all rocking this on UA-cam. :)

    • @katherinathompson4445
      @katherinathompson4445 6 років тому +9

      MXEVIDEOS a lot of ppl weren't feeling what India had to say in 2001. Sadly, this song didn't get the airtime it deserved

    • @blazedyjaisimne3022
      @blazedyjaisimne3022 6 років тому +3

      Katherina Thompson true

  • @lollian2782
    @lollian2782 Рік тому +46

    Thank you Lord for the gift of being black.

  • @fmdandila
    @fmdandila 3 роки тому +83

    One of the BLACK LOVE ANTHEM. Thank you India Arie ❤️

  • @danielleallen5000
    @danielleallen5000 6 років тому +452

    This song empowers me and makes me feel proud to be black.

  • @fuschiafox501
    @fuschiafox501 8 років тому +681

    As a black girl living in a dominantly white neighborhood, this song is a lesson about black love that I needed to hear. Puts more inspiration into my soul to just be myself every time I hear her music. Thanks, India.

    • @aprilswrld222
      @aprilswrld222 8 років тому +14

      Same here 😊

    • @SilverFlame819
      @SilverFlame819 6 років тому +19

      I was a white girl who grew up in a black neighborhood. Always be unapologetically you!!! Even when you get those "Why the hell is SHE here?" glances that make you really conscious of the fact that you're the outsider, realness will get you through. Sincerity and honesty can win over some of the hardest of hearts. Be you, girl. It's all you've got in this world.

    • @alkebulanshujaaogun5152
      @alkebulanshujaaogun5152 2 роки тому +5

      @@SilverFlame819 We don't need your virtue signaling narcissism. Go away and stay away.

    • @yesic7196
      @yesic7196 Рік тому +5

      ​@@alkebulanshujaaogun5152 I think she was trying to be supportive.

  • @deandrewilliams2963
    @deandrewilliams2963 3 роки тому +16

    We are beautiful people!

  • @RealAri-tp4lk
    @RealAri-tp4lk 3 місяці тому +32

    Still listening in 2024😊

  • @PRETTYESHIA504
    @PRETTYESHIA504 7 років тому +955

    all these beautiful brown skin people in this video omg i lovee it. ✊✊😍😍

  • @bourdie1979
    @bourdie1979 4 роки тому +299

    I remember listening to this skin before school. Being the only Indian girl at my school... I know it's intended for people of African descent but I claimed it at a song for me too. I used to be so ashamed of my skin... but this song use to make me feel me so much better.

    • @jamiegatson3378
      @jamiegatson3378 4 роки тому +55

      Its for all people of color even Indians they have dark brown skin too! :)

    • @ronniemat8437
      @ronniemat8437 Рік тому +24

      Songs for you too, stay blessed

    • @tiffany7175
      @tiffany7175 Рік тому +27

      It’s intended for anyone who has or loves brown skin. If you got it love it. I know I do. Love that skin your in.

    • @harrietjohnson1930
      @harrietjohnson1930 11 місяців тому +3

      Love yourself deeply. Know that peeps who are insecure & ignorant put others down. 💞

    • @AmericanMeiling
      @AmericanMeiling 10 місяців тому +7

      Baby this song is for every shade of beautiful brown created 💖💝💖

  • @akamanja
    @akamanja 11 місяців тому +14

    Let’s show love to - India Arie
    On repeat

  • @n.m6249
    @n.m6249 11 місяців тому +14

    She's gorgeous, im all about natural African beauty and she perfected it❤❤❤

    • @aniyax4023
      @aniyax4023 3 місяці тому

      She's a black american she's not African

  • @abisaiponcedeleonrivera6621
    @abisaiponcedeleonrivera6621 5 років тому +1944

    She's one of the artists that she doesn't need runs or riffs, howls, etc.. Her voice is delicate and smooth that it sounds amazing

    • @Wordalways
      @Wordalways 4 роки тому +93

      Actually, her runs and riffs are amazing.

    • @magneticchocolate7483
      @magneticchocolate7483 4 роки тому +37

      Howls 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @healmyroots
      @healmyroots 4 роки тому +11

      @@magneticchocolate7483 Haha yes! I was going to comment the same Lol

    • @deborahpenn4172
      @deborahpenn4172 4 роки тому +7

      All time on time anytime

    • @nikibronson133
      @nikibronson133 4 роки тому +23

      She does those though

  • @yakovmishor8284
    @yakovmishor8284 8 років тому +439

    i love how she sings on self love instead of the superficial nonsense in most songs
    india arie is an amazing person

    • @TeacherCalebBatista-vm3tg
      @TeacherCalebBatista-vm3tg 7 місяців тому +1

      first time I hear her, I love it, but your comment, 7y later made go and look for more. That's my vibe. Thank you

  • @jodybabyboy1828
    @jodybabyboy1828 3 роки тому +71

    Her background vocals gives me chills 😌 “ Brown Skin .... Yeeee-eeeaaa “ 🌅

  • @Just_Loren
    @Just_Loren 4 роки тому +311

    “You make me wanna Hershey Kiss your licorice” 🎶 lol 😂 12 year old me singing this not knowing wtf she was talking about

    • @shawntelchinn84
      @shawntelchinn84 3 роки тому +12

      🤣🤣🤣IKR!!

    • @danielleyoung6847
      @danielleyoung6847 3 роки тому +37

      Right!!!! Lmao...was in the car singing this song once and momma gave me the eye in the rearview mirror after the licorice part...
      Me: ....🤷🏽‍♀️....what I do momma? 🤷🏽‍♀️
      Momma: get your butt tore up, alright? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @4theluvofyou
      @4theluvofyou 3 роки тому +5

      same 😂😂😂

    • @plainjane7023
      @plainjane7023 3 роки тому +2

      😂😂😂

    • @charlottejohnson3110
      @charlottejohnson3110 3 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂

  • @MsQueenRandom
    @MsQueenRandom 9 років тому +410

    Black people look so good in white. I love seeing it. Our skin radiates whenever we're wearing white.

    • @cherrellepreston8733
      @cherrellepreston8733 7 років тому +1

      K. Redmon yasssss

    • @neferazure
      @neferazure 6 років тому +33

      Or yellow. Dark skinned black people also look beautiful in the color yellow.

    • @nevaehnevaeh2676
      @nevaehnevaeh2676 6 років тому +4

      N. A. Yessss sis yellow and gold my god look beautiful on us

    • @solinspired4428
      @solinspired4428 6 років тому +6

      We are soooo beautiful in white we should wear it more often.

    • @mervynramokgopa3869
      @mervynramokgopa3869 5 років тому +1

      N. A. just the ladies lol

  • @LucyBeefan6
    @LucyBeefan6 8 років тому +5245

    i know its gonna sound weird but as a white woman iam really thankful to my black sisters (yes i said sisters ♥) for empowering me ...they give me the confindence and they are inspiring me to be better and stronger every day ....wheter its India Arie, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah, Beyonce or even Rihanna you guys have something special what only you can have and nobody else!! Its the power, strength, elegance, fierceness,sexappeal and attitude .Thank you again!! :)

    • @qyahnakolb933
      @qyahnakolb933 8 років тому +27

      !!

    • @kiraw.8864
      @kiraw.8864 8 років тому +439

      Thank you Sister.... We sometimes have no other choice. It's a challenge being a woman & even more to be a Black woman. We all need to stay strong be empowered & come together.

    • @LucyBeefan6
      @LucyBeefan6 8 років тому +173

      +Kira Willoughby totally agree ...thats why i admire you..iam just so thankful 😊

    • @goldenxronnie3739
      @goldenxronnie3739 8 років тому +229

      This was so beautiful

    • @LucyBeefan6
      @LucyBeefan6 8 років тому +169

      thats just how i feel and i felt the need to say it 😊

  • @lexisgood1783
    @lexisgood1783 Рік тому +9

    Still heals in 2023❤❤❤

  • @kananalove_
    @kananalove_ 4 роки тому +133

    12M views. I have made peace with the fact that there are black people who know themselves, and there are those who don't.

    • @staicykanuthu5170
      @staicykanuthu5170 4 роки тому +7

      It's sad, we want twerking music 🤷‍♀️

    • @plainjane7023
      @plainjane7023 3 роки тому +1

      You’ve made peace wow - maybe one day I’ll get there 😩

    • @antoniobarnes694
      @antoniobarnes694 3 роки тому +1

      U know my work place treats me very different because of the color of my skin I’ve probably played this song more often than I ever have growing up. But it reminds me that my brown skin is a blessing from God. And not allow ignorant people to make me feel ashamed of it.

    • @chitowner3128
      @chitowner3128 3 роки тому +1

      @@staicykanuthu5170 you can have this and twerking music tho. Lol

    • @lavendergold6379
      @lavendergold6379 3 роки тому

      Facts.

  • @floridian4072
    @floridian4072 8 років тому +706

    Damn this song was so powerful and still is today

  • @AfroPlaylist
    @AfroPlaylist 9 років тому +533

    Not that often Blk love is shown without some form of ratchet ness with it so this was nice to see

    • @aaliyahetc.6687
      @aaliyahetc.6687 5 років тому

      @@kendras3000 she's still black lol

    • @lma2621
      @lma2621 4 роки тому

      @@aaliyahetc.6687 She's only a quarter black and doesn't even look black. Tf? Gtfoh

  • @donnawesley4111
    @donnawesley4111 3 роки тому +37

    I love this song 🎵 ❤. I want my daughter to be proud of her brown skin.

  • @helencletus1203
    @helencletus1203 4 роки тому +6

    The way she’s looking at him in the end though 😳😍🥰

  • @raphaelmbarga2611
    @raphaelmbarga2611 5 років тому +226

    This should be all brown skin anthem.
    They call us black people while we are in fact brown skin people

    • @SleepingSoldier
      @SleepingSoldier 3 роки тому +17

      Finally I'm seeing the comment that needs the most likes.

    • @originaldaughterofabyayala6678
      @originaldaughterofabyayala6678 3 роки тому +4

      That’s the truth

    • @cortessacassell5511
      @cortessacassell5511 2 роки тому +1

      Yes KRS1 said it for me years ago he said I’m not black I’m brown. I’ve been saying that every since I woke up this morning and played it to wake my husband up with a back rub.

  • @leftcoastvagrant
    @leftcoastvagrant 4 роки тому +876

    I'm not brown (I'm white), but this is a gorgeous song with gorgeous meaning by a gorgeous woman with a gorgeous voice. I'm here for it. Still listening in 2019.

    • @geetunakuzimia
      @geetunakuzimia 3 роки тому +14

      🤗

    • @u7617
      @u7617 3 роки тому +61

      Something about soul is so wholesome, rich and pure. Race cannot stop anyone from identifying with soul, go head our white chocolate brother. 🙌🙌

    • @mellandy87
      @mellandy87 3 роки тому +25

      Just couldn't help but insert your whiteness into brown spaces. Don't ALL Lives this Pro Brown video. smh

    • @s.k5459
      @s.k5459 3 роки тому +58

      @@mellandy87 don't be like that

    • @charlottejohnson3110
      @charlottejohnson3110 3 роки тому +19

      @@s.k5459 right!!

  • @dijahtrump694
    @dijahtrump694 3 роки тому +12

    BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL...JAH BLESS ALL COLOR SKIN...ONENESS

  • @worshiplibrary7157
    @worshiplibrary7157 Рік тому +6

    To anyone who is reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting you or whatever you're constantly stressing about gets better.May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, and doubt exit your mind right now. Clarity replace confusion. May peace and calmness fill your life!In Jesus Precious Name,Amen

  • @fennygypsy
    @fennygypsy 9 років тому +188

    Skin so brown, lips so round, baby, how can I
    be down?
    Beautiful mahogany, you make me feel like a
    queen..
    Holy crap this is my jam!! Self love xx

  • @BeautifulAngel1996
    @BeautifulAngel1996 5 років тому +110

    India and Lauryn were and was 🔥🔥🔥 truly beautiful dark skinned women who showed the music industry you ain't had to sell yourself out and shake some ass and lighten your skin ❤❤❤

  • @retsam001
    @retsam001 4 роки тому +77

    Really needed to listen to this today 2020 is doing a number on me 😭

  • @donnawesley4111
    @donnawesley4111 3 роки тому +9

    Beautiful nubian queen

  • @MsKnights11
    @MsKnights11 4 роки тому +189

    Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
    I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends
    Brown skin, up against my brown skin
    Need some every now and then, oh hey
    Where are your people from? Maybe Mississippi or an Island
    Apparently your skin has been kissed by the sun
    You make me want a Hershey's kiss, your licorice
    Every time I see your lips, it makes me think of honey-coated chocolate
    Your kisses are worth more than gold to me
    I'll be your almond joy, you'll be my sugar daddy
    Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
    I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends
    Brown skin, up against my brown skin
    Need some every now and then, oh hey
    Every time you come around, something magnetic pulls me and I can't get out
    Disoriented, I can't tell my up from down
    All I know is that I want to lay you down
    Every time I let you in, abracadabra magic happens as we swim
    Higher and higher finally we reach heaven
    Come back to earth and then we do it all again
    Yeah
    Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
    I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends
    Brown skin, up against my brown skin
    Need some every now and then, oh hey
    Skin so brown, lips so round
    Baby how can I be down?
    Beautiful mahogany, you make me feel like a queen
    Tell me what's that thing you do that makes me want to get next to you, yeah
    Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
    I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends
    Brown skin, up against my brown skin
    Need some every now and then, oh hey
    Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
    I can't tell where yours begins, I can't tell where mine ends
    Brown skin, up against my brown skin
    Need some every now and then, oh hey

    • @johnharris4899
      @johnharris4899 3 роки тому +1

      Sry India but this boy like Beyonce as the brown skin girl.

  • @ambo9569
    @ambo9569 7 років тому +1867

    This song is so empowering. I love my Caramel skin, I hope y'all love your Cocoa, Mocha, Caramel skin! #MelaninIsAGIFT

    • @lissylis3622
      @lissylis3622 7 років тому +11

      I thought you said #Melaniaisagift XD

    • @kiomekoome5815
      @kiomekoome5815 6 років тому +3

      Ambo Walupime
      Aye Missy... Kenya shows her respect

    • @kameshab3398
      @kameshab3398 6 років тому

      Ambo Walupime Ase' Queen!

    • @tasiaantwanet7359
      @tasiaantwanet7359 6 років тому +21

      Sage Markham
      I protested teacher appreciation week because I believe we should also celebrate doctors.
      We shouldn't have teacher appreciation week cause if you think about it doctors are important too.

    • @ta9181
      @ta9181 6 років тому +8

      Ambo Walupime you forgot the pecan tan,and butter scotch, lol. I Love my brown skin.

  • @aqrealestateking
    @aqrealestateking 11 місяців тому +4

    Bless you Ms Arie

  • @ghanaempressajourneyhome4266
    @ghanaempressajourneyhome4266 2 роки тому +22

    She kept it real regardless, now that's an artist with ancestral grace🥳

  • @jamesbryson8927
    @jamesbryson8927 8 років тому +257

    Now if only today black men would start appreciating our beautiful black women again.

    • @genesanders74
      @genesanders74 5 років тому +24

      Some of us never stopped

    • @lateefajohnson61
      @lateefajohnson61 4 роки тому +3

      U can say that again

    • @nicasolo5576
      @nicasolo5576 4 роки тому +1

      @@lateefajohnson61 Amen!

    • @randyh.7782
      @randyh.7782 4 роки тому +3

      I do, always have and always will. I love our coffee and chocolate sistas, in their natural essence. 😍💖

    • @edwardsmith7788
      @edwardsmith7788 4 роки тому +2

      We definitely gotta teach our youngins

  • @superman19742007
    @superman19742007 9 років тому +728

    I wish we had more of this caliber of music today, instead of the packaged, commercialized crap out there....

  • @imdonebeingtirednextstepju3316
    @imdonebeingtirednextstepju3316 2 роки тому +44

    Sultry, sexy, smooth and sensual. This Queen dedicated an amazing song to her kings everywhere.

  • @isaiahbanks3888
    @isaiahbanks3888 4 місяці тому +3

    God bless india arie forever ❤

  • @justkaye01
    @justkaye01 9 років тому +87

    Brown skin...we gotta get back to loving our brown skin!!!

    • @sandrabell9673
      @sandrabell9673 6 років тому

      Kayla M. : should've always loved your skin, what you give to the world! I was there when Fashion Fair, presented cosmetics for us, people of color! They fixed me and other ladies! That's fashion I fought for all of us, even perfume. It was done in fairness for all the ladies!

    • @joycesmith53
      @joycesmith53 5 років тому

      James Brown already told us in 1970's to say it loud I'm Black and I'm PROUD. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BELIEVE IT. MY NIGERIAN friend told me when they would get American music and see black people on the cover, they thought we were the most beautiful black people on the planet.

    • @stanjones7054
      @stanjones7054 5 років тому +1

      As we get to know and understand who we really are, we realize God is within (not in the sky). Let us
      get back to our ancient way of thinking. Our spirituality is our power. It is beyond being human though!
      Take back control of your mind. There's nothing outside of you to fear. There's no one better than you.
      There are no limits to you. There are no boundaries to you. Realize this: You are more powerful than the image
      you see in the mirror.

  • @nefertitiqueenofegypt4964
    @nefertitiqueenofegypt4964 8 років тому +281

    Brown Skin People Are The Most Beautiful People In The World ! ! ! !

  • @carolinemngomezulu4009
    @carolinemngomezulu4009 Рік тому +7

    She is a party girl and her songs are like a queen ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😻😘😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖❤️❤️❤️🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩😻🌹🌹🌹😘😍😍😍😍😍😍😍💖💖😍😍😍😍😍❤️

  • @cadillacdeacon
    @cadillacdeacon 4 роки тому +5

    We poppin ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 2020

  • @alexiamorgan7262
    @alexiamorgan7262 8 років тому +149

    I don't know about others but this song makes me feel so proud to be black .

  • @nevaehnevaeh2676
    @nevaehnevaeh2676 6 років тому +412

    Back when black Love was so beautiful. When black men didn’t openly diss beautiful brown black Women for foreign and white girls. It’s crazy how a black Woman made a song praising brown skin but we’ll never hear that from the males. It’s a shame how beautiful our skin is we want to mix our genetics because of hate they instilled in us. We are forever damaged mentally but I’m glad a lot of black Women still fight for that brown skin man of Their dreams ✊🏾 we have always been the stronger and most loyal vessel! ✊🏾✊🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    • @326ka8
      @326ka8 5 років тому +9

      richie spice brown skin.a reggae artist.

    • @slimdougmaddox4634
      @slimdougmaddox4634 5 років тому +24

      Maybe you need to open your eyes and ears. There are some knuckleheads out there, but there's also good bruthas too that luv the sistas.Chocolate Girl - The Whispers, Black Bonnie -Wale, Black Ice Cream -Raheem DeVaughn, Chocolate Legs -Eric Benét, There's more but that's just off the top of my head.

    • @mercedezize
      @mercedezize 4 роки тому +16

      We can thank the porn industry for that- promoting stick thin, fair skin / blond hair blue-eyed bimbos as the utmost standard for beauty. 😣😤😩

    • @ddeethanks1663
      @ddeethanks1663 4 роки тому +18

      i feel that same way sis this blackman need and want you blackwomen. the system hate seeing black love together. they rather us interracially date. no diss to mlk but intergration replace black family

    • @lusanelow1
      @lusanelow1 4 роки тому +2

      Totally disagree with you black men praise black women the same way maybe the ones you know don't but don't put us all in the same boat not cool

  • @corshacollier8333
    @corshacollier8333 Рік тому +6

    Still listening in 2023 of course and forevermore 🥰🥰

  • @tggooms7822
    @tggooms7822 4 роки тому +10

    Who's here 2020, Sending you all Love from Africa, if you ever had a problem with your skin, you complexion i hope this song awakens in your a sense of value and self love😍

  • @jeryanjackson1829
    @jeryanjackson1829 8 років тому +210

    I love my Brown skin. my color is powerful. I love being African American who I am is important to me!

  • @stacyedwards5624
    @stacyedwards5624 5 років тому +139

    Thank you India for celebrating our brown skin years before..Ms. Carter...no shade just facts.

    • @jessicaa9470
      @jessicaa9470 4 роки тому +17

      one is a black woman singing to black men (its romantic and sensual)
      one is a black woman celebrating black women (its more pure... like a mother singing to a daughter)
      two different messages and vibes but yesss i love india arie

  • @allaboute8560
    @allaboute8560 3 роки тому +6

    Yas black queen!! 👑

  • @shelly155
    @shelly155 3 роки тому +8

    EPITOME of a true Melanin Queen! 🙌🙌🙌🙌 👑

  • @PrincessValhallaHawkwind
    @PrincessValhallaHawkwind 8 років тому +3341

    I'm so glad I'm black

    • @Lordpraisethe
      @Lordpraisethe 8 років тому +47

      me too

    • @JoshJakeG
      @JoshJakeG 8 років тому +6

      +Amber Cooshli lol

    • @sadielocks3822
      @sadielocks3822 7 років тому +53

      I'm so glad I'm white. We should all love who we are.

    • @byhilliard
      @byhilliard 7 років тому +6

      People who are happy with themselves don´t have to constantly try to convince people that they love their own skin color. So it´s probably safe to assume that you hate your brown skin and you´re really struggling with it.

    • @jaylarenee1997
      @jaylarenee1997 7 років тому +159

      Danny Joaquim or we do it because our society has made us ashame of our color for so long that we are happy that we can now look at ourselves and call our selves beautiful and uplift our brother and sisters. or

  • @beinggabbi2758
    @beinggabbi2758 7 років тому +104

    So proud to be a woman of color! We're so versatile, come in different shades! From our full lips to our full noses to our full hips ! I just admire & embrace it alllllll !!!! 🌻🌻🌻❤️❤️❤️

    • @ofentsefefe04
      @ofentsefefe04 4 роки тому +6

      soflo23 you’re actually crazy. Black people can be light skin without mixing with any race. You think that we get our light skin from white people? How pathetic. Surely you haven’t visited Africa, a continent full of 100% black people. Yes, there are some mixed race people but their number is few. Africa is a continent of different climates from the hottest tropical sun to the coldest -2 degrees so obviously our complexion will differ due to different environments. In Southern Africa you can find pale light skinned people who are 100% black. You can even find some UA-cam video of some woman who’s dna results came as 100% African while being pale skin. You can’t necessarily box black people to look a certain type of way. Search the Khoisan tribe from South Africa then you will find that they are amongst the light skin Africans. It’s a lot that you need to teach yourself about. Stop being close minded. 🙄

    • @angelasmith8791
      @angelasmith8791 4 роки тому +1

      @soflo23 WHAT?!!! What planet are you from???

    • @angelasmith8791
      @angelasmith8791 4 роки тому +1

      @Don Riller Yup, NO race more diverse than ours.

    • @angelasmith8791
      @angelasmith8791 4 роки тому

      @Don Riller Well actually, Latinos are just as diverse, they also have the same 'range' as we.

  • @sevenmula4327
    @sevenmula4327 11 місяців тому +3

    Met the most beautiful brown skin ever who put me on to this song ima love her forever

  • @ashleydanielle2306
    @ashleydanielle2306 9 років тому +190

    The way I love MY brownskin 💋

  • @my2kidsism
    @my2kidsism 7 років тому +50

    There's nothing more beautiful than brown skin. No tans needed & for most of us black women no surgeries needed either. We are blessed.

  • @dorothyweaver4437
    @dorothyweaver4437 2 роки тому +8

    She's soooo underrated!

  • @kingkevin442
    @kingkevin442 Рік тому +3

    Black Man -- Black Woman love is so Powerful.!!!

  • @user-wb2lc6jz1e
    @user-wb2lc6jz1e 6 років тому +39

    I've been tryna put the upcoming generation on India Arie, Lurayn Hill, Jill Scott, Erikah Badu, Angie Stone, and Misiq LoveChild. These are the Gems of the black community they empowered us when no one else did and their Careers suffered for it but I gotta thank God for blessing them with the spirit of unity and empowerment. It gave me something to look up to growing up💯💯💪

  • @ohandzajean94
    @ohandzajean94 4 роки тому +485

    Who else is still listening in 2019?

    • @maryamukoya7297
      @maryamukoya7297 4 роки тому +4

      Me

    • @Jevezy
      @Jevezy 4 роки тому +6

      I love my sisters with their brown skin, enjoying this song with you.

    • @terylbristol9676
      @terylbristol9676 4 роки тому +3

      Me . I cant get enought of it .

    • @shalondamorrow9989
      @shalondamorrow9989 4 роки тому +1

      Me

    • @RIZZER329
      @RIZZER329 4 роки тому +5

      New Year's Day 2020 It's still good because we are...

  • @krisbarron1061
    @krisbarron1061 3 роки тому +5

    As a black man shit make me cry Because the world put so much hate on us so it beautiful to hear this

  • @rasway6700
    @rasway6700 Рік тому +22

    2022 and this song is just timeless. The smooth and richness of her vocals, and the depiction of new love blossoming, had me smiling throughout the video. The vibe is so soothing❤️👌🏾

  • @tsapsrapzz716
    @tsapsrapzz716 4 роки тому +69

    She's way too authentic for music business. Thank you for being our voice. Much respect my Queen.

  • @WithloveTrinize
    @WithloveTrinize 8 років тому +168

    Here was your Nina Simone actress!!!!! Sad sad days for our brown skin

    • @heatherhopkins3118
      @heatherhopkins3118 8 років тому +3

      you're absolutely right about that!

    • @realestepictvreacts3253
      @realestepictvreacts3253 8 років тому +1

      +Heather Hopkins you right

    • @MCJustiz
      @MCJustiz 8 років тому

      Is she an actress tho?

    • @Edomisred
      @Edomisred 8 років тому +3

      +MCJustiz It's not hard! It's called acting! LOL

    • @WithloveTrinize
      @WithloveTrinize 8 років тому +3

      +MCJustiz well, was Ice Cube an actor? Lol he is now!

  • @saadiawilliams1762
    @saadiawilliams1762 Рік тому +3

    I love my brown skin..

  • @Giselle_Glam594
    @Giselle_Glam594 Рік тому +5

    I'm still so in love with this beautiful song🔥 I wish my ppl today, loved/embraced their beautiful dark or brown skin..everyone is white washing their roots away💔💔💔💔💔

  • @kg7439
    @kg7439 5 років тому +159

    Nothing like a chocolate Man... Tell em queen!

  • @halfmelty
    @halfmelty 7 років тому +143

    I love this song. You don't have to have brown skin to appreciate beautiful music

    • @ShonnysLab1995
      @ShonnysLab1995 4 роки тому +2

      Half Melty no you don’t, it just hits different for us lol.

  • @alychanewman4354
    @alychanewman4354 Рік тому +3

    This song popped up in my head

  • @amougourolande716
    @amougourolande716 4 роки тому +7

    I love my brown skin😍

  • @vonchris7515
    @vonchris7515 4 роки тому +945

    Who's still listening in 2020?

  • @thefactsaccordingtogabbie149
    @thefactsaccordingtogabbie149 9 років тому +146

    I like this song and love my brown skin and hope other brown and dark skin love theirs too. All skin tone is beautiful period. None is better then the other.

    • @beingmatrice
      @beingmatrice 9 років тому +3

      I'm not sure what you mean by "Brown and dark skin love". Basic brown, like the crayon, is just, well... brown. Though the crayon that says the word "brown" on it is dark, you don't call it "dark"... you call it, well... brown. Besides "dark" is not a color. This may strike you as insignificant but accuracy is always a good thing no matter the subject. We in America have a mental problem that causes us to refer to brown people as black and pink people as white, or beige people as brown and brown people as, well... "dark". Let's just be accurate.

    • @thefactsaccordingtogabbie149
      @thefactsaccordingtogabbie149 9 років тому +4

      Matrice Jackson IM A PROUD BROWN SKIN AFRICA AMERICAN. when people of other race look at me that's more likely how they would describe me. I agree with everything you said.I wish all people can look at it like that but it will never be like that. Life ain't meant to be simple it meant to be beautiful with some complicated elements time to time. People need to do better without a doubt when it come to race period. Just like people come in different shapes people come in all shades. We can't deny that. It's sad but it go all the way back to salvery. my whole point of that comment goes with the song. Love your skin your in, whatever color you are is beautiful. None is better then the other. Lots of people dont love their self cause of their skin. Its not a black thing it can be a pale skin thing too. That comment and this song could have made somebody day or love themself more. But if you follow and believe the music, magazine, tv they would try to say other wise. I find it sad that people don't Iove their self cause of it or get made fun of cause of it. We all are gods children he make no mistake. 

    • @Lovelymiz
      @Lovelymiz 9 років тому +1

      Matrice Jackson I feel and agree with everything you've said. It's like when I was a little girl and Crayola had a "flesh" colored crayon. May be it was due to being a child in the 60's but I tell you, I plainly remember drawing, looking at my skin, and asked out loud "Whose flesh?"

    • @beingmatrice
      @beingmatrice 9 років тому

      gabrielle lawrence it is important to take personal responsibility in cases like this. You say that all people will never see our colors properly. I don't think we should worry so much about what "all people" will do and ask ourselves: can we (that is, you and me) demonstrate the flexibility of mind to learn to refer to peoples' color as they actually are? Can we (that means, you and me) be courageous enough to, in unfamiliar company, speak of people in terms of their actual color without feeling awkward? The reference "negro" is no longer politically correct for people of African descent because individual people developed the mental discipline to alter their own thinking...they took personal responsibility. "All people" are not relevant at this stage, just the people who know better.

    • @thefactsaccordingtogabbie149
      @thefactsaccordingtogabbie149 9 років тому +4

      Matrice Jackson I agree with everything you have said. YOU'RE RIGHT! I have nothing against nobody of color or race. I'm sorry my comment throw you off. The bottom line was for people of color or not is to love yourself and that we all beautiful. I feel like people who listen to the song either love and confident in their skin or don't and not. The song has a message but I agree. It sadden me when a person bleach their skin or get pick on because of their. All because somebody told them or made them feel less then. They have nobody at him or around to tell and show them any better. The only thing I do and I can do is love me and others as they are. If i have a child teach them to love them self and to accept others as they are. God bless!

  • @indiee4971
    @indiee4971 3 роки тому +12

    Shes's such a queen I love my sisters so much.

  • @JennyeveOribhabor
    @JennyeveOribhabor 2 місяці тому +2

    This song lives rent-free in my head

  • @scottthebahamiannaturalist
    @scottthebahamiannaturalist 10 років тому +54

    "Listen! I love you Black woman!" (Maya Angelou)

  • @oloratomokate9568
    @oloratomokate9568 5 років тому +60

    I remember when I was young I hated being brown I wanted to be light with straight hair because my dad's side of the family was light and I felt like I was adopted when I was with them. I now so appreciative of my melanin pigment which I received from the one who bore me I am proud of my natural hair to a point where I feel uncomfortable with artificial hair, I love that I'm different and add variety to our family it's a beautiful mixture of coffee, sugar and milk!

    • @BlaydeAlabama
      @BlaydeAlabama 2 роки тому +6

      Girl mee too. My Gma is 50 white , 25 native and 25 African. So on that side only a handful of us brown so I felt like an odd ball most of my cousins I was close with was yellow only red in the summer. They use to luv my skin but I hated it....then 21 happened and boy you couldn't tell me nothing! Although most of boyfriends were light brights it was scripture that really helped me. He said you are wonderfully and perfectly made and then I said who am I to tell God he is wrong🤣🤣🤣💯🤷🏾‍♀️👊

  • @BlackEffect47ent
    @BlackEffect47ent 3 роки тому +18

    This is so refreshing tbh Especially with all the music that’s being made now it’s a lot more positive energy in her music

  • @enrinev7380
    @enrinev7380 4 роки тому +4

    I'm Indigenous brown Chican@ and love this song.
    Shout out "Power !' to the Brown People!!

  • @leahxremoni6421
    @leahxremoni6421 5 років тому +208

    Who still listening to this in 2019?😍❤️

    • @robertchandler5887
      @robertchandler5887 4 роки тому +1

      I do , it reminds me of my chocolate wife

    • @okk6250
      @okk6250 4 роки тому +2

      Shyt I'm listening dis song now n its 2020

    • @audaciousade
      @audaciousade 4 роки тому +1

      I am ....and its 2020!

    • @Manservant2011
      @Manservant2011 2 роки тому +1

      Hahaha 2021! Love the way she uplifts black men !

  • @GoddessofMusicTv
    @GoddessofMusicTv 9 років тому +413

    Gotta love that MELANIN! It's actually fact that it is worth $353 dollars a GRAM! That's worth more than GOLD($53 a gram).. That's why she said "your kisses are worth more than gold to me"... She's Conscious ;) people didn't catch that

    • @thokozanimaseko5336
      @thokozanimaseko5336 8 років тому +14

      Aliesha Goddessof LoveandBeauty Too Conscious... Good lyrics indeed

    • @mmcintyre5438
      @mmcintyre5438 8 років тому +8

      +Aliesha Goddessof LoveandBeauty babe I caught,,,,but I was still stuck on brown skin up against my brown skin need some every know and then------------dont know where mines ends and where yours begins.

    • @goldenxronnie3739
      @goldenxronnie3739 8 років тому +13

      Just got knowledge 🙏🏽✨

    • @chwie1
      @chwie1 7 років тому +17

      or maybe she just meant something that was more emotionally significant and meaningful, like, maybe, his kisses were important to her?

    • @smokeywheeler8229
      @smokeywheeler8229 7 років тому +3

      Aliesha Goddessof LoveandBeauty = That's WELL SAID!!!=! LOL BLESSINGS

  • @ancientDna1979
    @ancientDna1979 8 місяців тому +1

    Thank you sista, you were ahead of you time ❤️💛💚✊🏾🖤 Brown skin🥰🥰🥰

  • @Nicole-ox7jf
    @Nicole-ox7jf 3 роки тому +4

    HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTh YUUHhH had this song come back to my memory. Sweet to come back

  • @richardilesanmi6502
    @richardilesanmi6502 5 років тому +53

    Thank you India for uplifting the black men. Love you

  • @Gabby-fk9is
    @Gabby-fk9is 8 років тому +38

    Proud to be African.I couldnt agree more,the music then was music not noise

  • @averijor5800
    @averijor5800 3 роки тому +1

    Hnmmmmmmm...... Brown skin. The voice. The beat. The music. What don't I love about India???

  • @robertosardi3770
    @robertosardi3770 3 роки тому +11

    What a talent ! ..When music was melody and not noise ..💛💛💛💛💛

  • @destinieiysis
    @destinieiysis 6 років тому +60

    this song was in 2000 but it has such a beautiful and futuristic sound. but yall THE MELANIN IN THIS VIDEO, my people 🍫😍