Four Women

Nina Simone

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 
And my manner is tough 
I'll kill the first mother I see 
My life has to been rough 
I'm awfully bitter these days 
Because my parents were slaves 
What do they call me 
My name is PEACHES