Blue Ivy Carter Sings on Beyoncé's 'The Lion King: The Gift' and Twitter Is Having a Meltdown
Twitter just about lost it this morning after Beyoncé released the album she curated, The Lion King: The Gift, and they discovered Bey's 7-year-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter sings and has a writing credit on one of the tracks, "Brown Skin Girl." Blue begins and ends the song, which features her mother, SAINt JHN, and Wizkid.
Blue is listed as one of the writers for the track on Genius, in addition to Bipolar Sunshine, Stacy Barthe, Michael Uzowuru, her father Jay-Z, Adio Marchant, Anatii, Wizkid, SAINt JHN and her mother Beyoncé. A true child prodigy, but of course the daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z would be.
You can hear her below:
Twitter had a meltdown taking in that talent, and the song's empowering message:
“Brown skin girl, skin just like pearls, best thing in the world, I’d never change it for anybody, singing” - BLUE IVY CARTER 😭💙 the way they’re teaching her to love herself and her culture is beyond beautiful #TheGiftAlbum pic.twitter.com/k4r6K1Sr6L
— Mess 💎 (@ROCAHOV) July 19, 2019
Did y’all hear that run Blue hit during her solo on Brown Skin Girl. #TheGiftAlbum pic.twitter.com/BK3wrT0I1T
— swäv (@kallmekam_) July 19, 2019
This isn't Blue's first appearance during Beyoncé's The Lion King press tour. She attended the Los Angeles premiere with her mother and was part of Beyoncé's "Spirit" music video, which was released earlier this week.
And in Beyoncé's interview with ABC News, she touched on how she felt bringing The Lion King to her family, along with her vision for The Lion King: The Gift album she curated.
"Being a mother, my family is my biggest priority," Bey said. "It's not many films that the parents can go and feel the way I feel about I feel about The Lion King and...pass that legacy on to their kids."
Of the album, she said, "This soundtrack is a love letter to Africa, and I wanted to make sure we found the best talent from Africa, and not just use some of the sounds and did my interpretation of it....We've kind of created our own genre, and I feel like the soundtrack, it becomes visual in your mind. It's a soundscape. It's more than just the music, because each song tells the story of the film."
Here, the lyrics to "Brown Skin Girl" to take in, via Genius:
Intro: SAINt JHN & Blue Ivy Carter
Brown skin girl
Your skin just like pearls
The best thing in the world
Never trade you for anybody else
Singin' brown skin girl
Your skin just like pearls
The best thing in the world
I never trade you for anybody else, singin'...
Verse 1: Wizkid
She said she really grew up poor like me
Don't believe in nothin' but the almighty
Just a likkle jeans and a pure white tee
She never did forever be nobody wifey, yeah
So while I may not pretty boy, your heart is amiss
Play it like a villain 'cause she caught in a wave
Tonight I am walkin' away
Lined up my mind, on the grind, yeah, yeah
Pre-Chorus: Wizkid
Tonight I might fall in love, dependin' on how you hold me
I'm glad that I'm calmin' down, can't let no one come control me
Keep dancin' and call it love, she fightin' but fallin' slowly
If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told me
Chorus: Wizkid
Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
Your back against the world
I never trade you for anybody else, say
Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
The best thing in all the world
I never trade you for anybody else, say
Verse 2: Beyoncé
Pose like a trophy when Naomis walk in
She need an Oscar for that pretty dark skin
Pretty like Lupita when the cameras close in
Drip broke the levee when my Kellys roll in
I think tonight she might braid her braids
Melanin too dark to throw her shade
She minds her business and winds her waist
Gold like 24k, okay
Pre-Chorus: Wizkid & Beyoncé
Tonight I might fall in love, dependin' on how you hold me
I'm glad that I'm calmin' down, can't let no one come control me
Keep dancin' and call it love, she fightin' but fallin' slowly
If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told me
Chorus: Wizkid & Beyoncé
Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
Your back against the world
I never trade you for anybody else, say
Brown skin girl, ya skin just like pearls
The best thing in all the world
I never trade you for anybody else, say
Verse 3: Beyoncé
Oh, have you looked in the mirror lately? (Lately)
Wish you could trade eyes with me (Because)
There's complexities in complexion
But your skin, it glow like diamonds
Dig me like the earth, you be giving birth
Took everything in life, baby, know your worth
I love everything about you, from your nappy curls
To every single curve, your body natural
Same skin that was broken be the same skin takin' over
Most things out of focus, view
But when you're in the room, they notice you (Notice you)
'Cause you're beautiful
Yeah, you're beautiful
Pre-Chorus: Beyoncé
Them men, them gon' fall in love with you and all of your glory
Your skin is not only dark, it shines and it tells your story
Keep dancin', they can't control you
They watchin', they all adore you
If ever you are in doubt, remember what mama told you
Chorus: Beyoncé & Wizkid
Brown skin girl (Brown skin girl), ya skin just like pearls (Brown skin girl)
Your back against the world (Oh)
I never trade you for anybody else, say (No, no)
Brown skin girl (Brown skin girl), ya skin just like pearls (Brown skin)
The best thing in all the world
I never trade you for anybody else, say
Outro: Blue Ivy Carter
Brown skin girl
Your skin just like pearls
The best thing in the world
I never trade you for anybody else, singin'...
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