Brown Skin Lady-Black Star

[ti:Brown Skin Lady] [ar:Black Star] [al:Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.18]Brown Skin Lady - Black Star [00:01.01]Written by：Talib Kweli/Yasiin Bey [00:01.98] [00:37.65]But most of yall brothers [00:39.07]Came from your mothers [00:40.30]Looking all sweet Black Star keep shining [00:42.76]And be like yo let me ask you something [00:45.80] [00:47.01]I wanna know I wanna know who you are [00:50.01] [00:51.40]Brown skin lady [00:52.51]Yes [00:53.18] [00:54.86]Where you going [00:56.04]This goes to the brown skin ladies yo [00:58.35]Indigineous women of the planet Earth [01:01.39]Giving birth to the brown skin ladies first [01:03.75]For what it's worth [01:05.25]From me to you watching you [01:07.22]I like the I like the I like the I like the way you walk [01:10.69]Yes I like the way you move [01:12.68]I like the I like the I like the I like the way you walk [01:16.17]Please won't you do that dance [01:18.11]And everybody on the avenue I know when they see her say [01:22.16] [01:23.68]Everybody on the avenue I know when they see her say [01:27.84] [01:28.49]There she is [01:29.00]Fresher than Tony Rebel's vegetables at African street festivals [01:32.08]Where incredible women is plentiful [01:34.34]Over the years I met a few none of them compare to you [01:36.97]Preparing you to make fruit bearable something terrible let's see [01:40.50]You fruitful beautiful smart lovable huggable [01:43.61]Doable like art suitable to be part [01:45.62]Of my life Coppertone owe you copyright infringement pay [01:48.90]You been this tan since way back in the day [01:51.08]It's like I'm standing there you know appreciating God's design [01:53.70]And then you showed up it's like you read my mind [01:56.09]Damn she's fine I think I add the R-E in front of that [01:59.45]And see if she'd to get with a cat like me [02:02.06]I like the way you walk when you walk on by [02:04.73]I like the way you move when you do that dance [02:07.20] [02:07.74]I like the way you walk when you walk on by [02:10.10]I like the way you move when you do that dance [02:12.78]And everybody on the avenue I know when they see her say [02:16.86] [02:18.53]Everybody on the avenue I know when they see her say [02:22.49] [02:23.24]There she is [02:24.20]Ooooh damn baby girl look at you [02:26.93]Coming on the block looking fresh and brand new [02:29.63]Ooooh headwrap cover your hairdo [02:32.49]Pretty feet peeking through open-toed shoe [02:35.23]Ooooh no limit to what I would do [02:37.82]Make love to you like long interview [02:40.69]Whooh is she for real me like you [02:43.33]Good look champion win the title [02:45.91]True many man try invite you [02:48.80]Shot down lyric each time they cyph you [02:51.46]Jewel what man ya get born inside zoo [02:54.14]Feet they walk way and just let she pass through [02:56.90]Ooooh can't be a next one like you [02:59.63]Famous like tapes made by DJ clue [03:02.35]I tighten up my game as I approach you [03:05.07]Yo check her she the nectar the bee get close to [03:07.89]Check her she the nectar the bee get close to [03:10.56]Check her she the nectar the bee get close to [03:13.41]Check her she the nectar the bee get close to [03:16.00] [03:18.59]I don't get many compliments but I am confident [03:21.37]Used to have a complex about getting too complex [03:23.96]You got me willing to try looked me in the eye [03:26.40]My head is still in the sky since you walked on by [03:28.71]I'm feeling high got my imagination flickering like hot flames [03:31.80]It's how it seems you make me wanna ride the Coltrane to A Love Supreme [03:35.43]My brown lady creates environments for [03:38.18]Happy brown babies I know it sounds crazy [03:40.44]But your skin's the inspiration for cocoa butter [03:42.87]You provoke a brother we should get to know one another [03:45.41]I discover when I bring you through my people say true all [03:47.98]I can say [03:48.45]Is all praise due I thank you God for a beauty like you [03:51.62]Brown skin lady [03:53.00]Yes [03:53.81] [03:55.41]Where you going [03:56.64] [03:57.32]Brown skin lady [03:58.76] [04:00.83]What you doing [04:02.18] [04:02.83]Brown skin lady [04:04.26] [04:06.27]How do you feel [04:07.75]I like the way you walk when you walk on by [04:10.46]I like the way you move when you do that dance [04:13.16]I like the way you walk when you walk on by [04:15.79]I like the way you move when you do that dance [04:18.63]And everybody on the avenue I know when they see her say [04:22.72] [04:24.39]Everybody on the avenue I know when they see her say [04:28.12] [04:28.88]There she is [04:29.65]She's a brown skinned lady [04:32.36]Such a brown skinned lady [04:34.96]She's a brown skinned lady [04:37.85]She's a brown skinned lady [04:40.48]She's a brown skinned lady [04:43.21]She's a brown skinned lady [04:45.03]Without make up you're beautiful [04:46.83]Whatcha you need to paint the next face for [04:48.77] [04:49.39]We're not dealing with the European standard of beauty tonight [04:52.16] [04:52.81]Turn off the TV put the magazine away [04:54.85]In the mirror tell me what you see [04:56.91] [04:58.16]See the evidence of divine presence [05:00.29] [05:02.34]Women in the Caribbean they got the golden sun [05:05.79] [05:06.42]I know women on the continent got it [05:08.12] [05:09.76]Nigeria and Ghana you know they got it [05:12.77] [05:13.65]Tanzania Zambia and Mozambique [05:16.04]And Botswana to let it speak [05:18.81]How 'bout Latinas Colombianas [05:20.77] [05:21.60]Cubanas Dominicanas Tahinians [05:24.30]Of course the Brooklyn women walk that walk [05:26.42]And the Bronx women walk that walk [05:28.80] [05:29.40]Honies from Queens walk that walk [05:31.54]Nyc atl la Cincinnati the Bay Area [05:36.87] [05:38.22]Got the cocoa butter brown skinned ladies doing their thing in