所属专辑:Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
歌手: Black Star
时长: 05:46
Brown Skin Lady - Black Star[00:00:00]
Written by:Talib Kweli/Yasiin Bey[00:00:01]
But most of yall brothers[00:00:37]
Came from your mothers[00:00:39]
Looking all sweet Black Star keep shining[00:00:40]
And be like yo let me ask you something[00:00:42]
I wanna know I wanna know who you are[00:00:47]
Brown skin lady[00:00:51]
Yes[00:00:52]
Where you going[00:00:54]
This goes to the brown skin ladies yo[00:00:56]
Indigineous women of the planet Earth[00:00:58]
Giving birth to the brown skin ladies first[00:01:01]
For what it's worth[00:01:03]
From me to you watching you[00:01:05]
I like the I like the I like the I like the way you walk[00:01:07]
Yes I like the way you move[00:01:10]
I like the I like the I like the I like the way you walk[00:01:12]
Please won't you do that dance[00:01:16]
And everybody on the avenue I know when they see her say[00:01:18]
Everybody on the avenue I know when they see her say[00:01:23]
There she is[00:01:28]
Fresher than Tony Rebel's vegetables at African street festivals[00:01:29]
Where incredible women is plentiful[00:01:32]
Over the years I met a few none of them compare to you[00:01:34]
Preparing you to make fruit bearable something terrible let's see[00:01:36]
You fruitful beautiful smart lovable huggable[00:01:40]
Doable like art suitable to be part[00:01:43]
Of my life Coppertone owe you copyright infringement pay[00:01:45]
You been this tan since way back in the day[00:01:48]
It's like I'm standing there you know appreciating God's design[00:01:51]
And then you showed up it's like you read my mind[00:01:53]
Damn she's fine I think I add the R-E in front of that[00:01:56]
And see if she'd to get with a cat like me[00:01:59]
I like the way you walk when you walk on by[00:02:02]
I like the way you move when you do that dance[00:02:04]
I like the way you walk when you walk on by[00:02:07]
I like the way you move when you do that dance[00:02:10]
And everybody on the avenue I know when they see her say[00:02:12]
Everybody on the avenue I know when they see her say[00:02:18]
There she is[00:02:23]
Ooooh damn baby girl look at you[00:02:24]
Coming on the block looking fresh and brand new[00:02:26]
Ooooh headwrap cover your hairdo[00:02:29]
Pretty feet peeking through open-toed shoe[00:02:32]
Ooooh no limit to what I would do[00:02:35]
Make love to you like long interview[00:02:37]
Whooh is she for real me like you[00:02:40]
Good look champion win the title[00:02:43]
True many man try invite you[00:02:45]
Shot down lyric each time they cyph you[00:02:48]
Jewel what man ya get born inside zoo[00:02:51]
Feet they walk way and just let she pass through[00:02:54]
Ooooh can't be a next one like you[00:02:56]
Famous like tapes made by DJ clue[00:02:59]
I tighten up my game as I approach you[00:03:02]
Yo check her she the nectar the bee get close to[00:03:05]
Check her she the nectar the bee get close to[00:03:07]
Check her she the nectar the bee get close to[00:03:10]
Check her she the nectar the bee get close to[00:03:13]
I don't get many compliments but I am confident[00:03:18]
Used to have a complex about getting too complex[00:03:21]
You got me willing to try looked me in the eye[00:03:23]
My head is still in the sky since you walked on by[00:03:26]
I'm feeling high got my imagination flickering like hot flames[00:03:28]
It's how it seems you make me wanna ride the Coltrane to A Love Supreme[00:03:31]
My brown lady creates environments for[00:03:35]
Happy brown babies I know it sounds crazy[00:03:38]
But your skin's the inspiration for cocoa butter[00:03:40]
You provoke a brother we should get to know one another[00:03:42]
I discover when I bring you through my people say true all[00:03:45]
I can say[00:03:47]
Is all praise due I thank you God for a beauty like you[00:03:48]
Brown skin lady[00:03:51]
Yes[00:03:53]
Where you going[00:03:55]
Brown skin lady[00:03:57]
What you doing[00:04:00]
Brown skin lady[00:04:02]
How do you feel[00:04:06]
I like the way you walk when you walk on by[00:04:07]
I like the way you move when you do that dance[00:04:10]
I like the way you walk when you walk on by[00:04:13]
I like the way you move when you do that dance[00:04:15]
And everybody on the avenue I know when they see her say[00:04:18]
Everybody on the avenue I know when they see her say[00:04:24]
There she is[00:04:28]
She's a brown skinned lady[00:04:29]
Such a brown skinned lady[00:04:32]
She's a brown skinned lady[00:04:34]
She's a brown skinned lady[00:04:37]
She's a brown skinned lady[00:04:40]
She's a brown skinned lady[00:04:43]
Without make up you're beautiful[00:04:45]
Whatcha you need to paint the next face for[00:04:46]
We're not dealing with the European standard of beauty tonight[00:04:49]
Turn off the TV put the magazine away[00:04:52]
In the mirror tell me what you see[00:04:54]
See the evidence of divine presence[00:04:58]
Women in the Caribbean they got the golden sun[00:05:02]
I know women on the continent got it[00:05:06]
Nigeria and Ghana you know they got it[00:05:09]
Tanzania Zambia and Mozambique[00:05:13]
And Botswana to let it speak[00:05:16]
How 'bout Latinas Colombianas[00:05:18]
Cubanas Dominicanas Tahinians[00:05:21]
Of course the Brooklyn women walk that walk[00:05:24]
And the Bronx women walk that walk[00:05:26]
Honies from Queens walk that walk[00:05:29]
Nyc atl la Cincinnati the Bay Area[00:05:31]
Got the cocoa butter brown skinned ladies doing their thing in[00:05:38]