Four Women

Album: Wild is the Wind (1966)
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  • My skin is black
    My arms are long
    My hair is woolly
    My back is strong
    Strong enough to take the pain
    Inflicted again and again
    What do they call me?
    My name is Aunt Sarah
    My name is Aunt Sarah, Aunt Sarah

    My skin is yellow
    My hair is long
    Between two worlds
    I do belong
    My father was rich and white
    He forced my mother late one night
    What do they call me?
    My name is Saffronia
    My name is Saffronia

    My skin is tan
    My hair is fine
    My hips invite you
    My mouth like wine
    Whose little girl am I?
    Anyone who has money to buy
    What do they call me?
    My name is Sweet Thing
    My name is Sweet Thing

    My skin is brown
    My manner is tough
    I'll kill the first mother I see
    My life has been rough
    I'm awfully bitter these days
    Because my parents were slaves
    What do they call me?
    My name is Peaches Writer/s: Nina Simone
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Tanya from La Verne, CaThis song is so damn powerful. It's resonance with how black women are sadly perceived cannot be denied or ignored. Also, a great cover rendition of the song was performed by Kelly Price, Marsha Ambrosius, Jill Scott, and Ledisi. Remarkable! Ms. Simone would've been proud.
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