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XAESAL
SKIN BLEACHING

CHORUS:
Thinking of my love ,
thinking of my Dad,
thinking of my Mom.
Here I come to praise my color.
Bleaching your skin won't make you look prettier.
Women of Dakar,
I chant the divine beauty of your dark skin.

(CHORUS )
Eh YOU
Sister Sister Stay the way you are,
don't bleach your skin.
The brother next door likes you just the way you are.
And no matter what you do to your skin,
you will always be black

Translated from Wolof to English by Boubacar Diaite and Amadou Talla

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