[dialog between erykah and little girl]   -you're beautiful you know that?   -uh huh   -do you know that?   -yes    -you do?    -um hmm   -you know when those kids tease you?   -uh huh   -don't you ever worry about that because you're very beautiful. do you know you're beautiful?   -um hmm   -are you ready?   -ma i love you.   -i love you      [1st verse-pharoahe monch]      he pushed her down and called her black and ugly   she asked why must you tease me,   he laughed at her said your from africa   your hair is peasey    your skin is dark and greasy    and plus you are so beneath me    please trust me it wasnt easy   for diamond it scarred her deeply    plays like a offender bass   to my self i thought how much does gender play   remembering such hatred at this tender age    if i could send a mental page   my thoughts would end the rage   reminiscant of the looks to her in class    i gave my eyes would say      [Chorus-erykah badu]      hold on, im sure   theres so much more, to live for   if you hold on, things'll change    so c'mon be strong    and hold on, im sure    theres so much more, to live for   as you grow strong things'll change   no pain, no gain      [2nd Verse-Pharoahe Monch]      please be willing to fight for your will despite    writings from William lynch   millions tried to rise like helium   but died in the fields and the trenches   cries from the killing is senseless   eyes to the ceiling it quinches    a thirst in the feeling thats endless    the prize like a rain that rinses   the soul and cleanses ya mind    from white picketed fences    heads up your ass, splinters and face   meant to they ride and bench us   the masters pastored disaster    them fascious bastards    they crafted this hazardous plan and still has a spoken advantage   we shoulder the struggle    with the wieght of a boulder that muffles    the sound of provocative thinking the pieces of puzzles   incompleted,   only deleted to be push to the back of ya mind    like a hairline that has receded    now we repeated,    the process but never weeded the problem out   heeded the warnings but never proceeded to solve it   no forward progress, its obvious the soul is gone,    i meditate and pray that these words will somehow allow you to...      [chorus repeat]      [3rd verse-Pharoahe Monch]      see now diamond is priceless,    timeless how she maneuvers like Heimlich   in this new world it reminds me of isis   she knows now that her complexion is a holy device   a protection from UV rays in this negative time of crisis    like a knife that butter slices    easily to anger she reacts pious    like a cell protectin itself from a virus   twice as strong as her demeanor    now she is Rightous   God is what you see now    when you peer inside her iris       [chorus repeat]      [erykah badu]      diamond your so beautiful    you can change this world    if you want to girl oh    ooooo   come on    grow strong