So glad I'm brownskin, so glad I'm brownskin, chocolate to the bone So glad I'm brownskin, chocolate to the bone And I've got what it takes to make a monkey man leave his home Black man is evil, yellow's so low-down Black man is evil, yellow man's so low-down I walk into these houses just to see these black men frown I'm just like Miss Lillian, like Miss Lillian, I mean Miss Glinn, you see I'm just like Miss Lillian, I mean Miss Glinn, you see She said, "A brownskin man is just all right with me." So glad I'm brownskin, chocolate to the bone So glad I'm brownskin, chocolate to the bone I've got what it takes to make a monkey man leave his home Yellow man won't quit, black man just won't 'have Yellow man won't quit and a black man just won't 'have But a pigmeat mama crazy about brownskin baby ways I got a yellow mama, got a yellow mama, she always got a pleasant smile I got a yellow mama, always got a pleasant smile But that brownskin gal with those coal black dreamy eyes So glad I'm brownskin, so glad I'm brownskin, I'm chocolate to the bone So glad I'm brownskin, chocolate to the bone And I've got what it takes to make a monkey man leave his home Mmmmmmmm, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd And I've got what it takes to make a monkey man leave his home