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

"I am emphatically against the injustices of black people, of third world people. 'Four Women' came to me after conversations I had with black women. It seemed we were all suffering from self-hatred. We hated our complexions, our hair, our bodies. I realized we had been brainwashed into feeling this way about ourselves by some black men and many white people. I tried to speak to this in the song. And do you know, some black radio stations wouldn't play it? It is true what they say: the truth hurts."