Brown Skin Lady - Black Star.mp3

[00:00.000][Sample: Chameleon Street]
[00:00.000]Smooth: You got that good hair too
[00:02.933]William Douglas Street: You like what?
[00:04.185]Smooth: I like girls with that light complexion on them
[00:08.225]Street: You're a moron
[00:09.722]Smooth: I can't help it
[00:11.220]Street: What? Being a moron
[00:13.217]Smooth: Yeah that too
[00:15.471]Street: You're the first one out there with a dashiki talking that crap
[00:19.219]Smooth: I'm a victim -
[00:19.976]Street: "Good hair." Nigga you so brainwashed
[00:23.162]Smooth: I'm a victim brother
[00:25.915]Street: You're a 'victim'
[00:27.654]Smooth: I'm a victim of 400 years of conditioning
[00:30.163]Street: Shut up
[00:31.165]Smooth: The Man has programmed my conditioning
[00:33.665]Street: Mhm
[00:34.656]Smooth: Even my conditioning has been conditioned
[00:35.911][Intro: Talib Kweli & Mos Def]
[00:37.409]But most of yall brothers
[00:38.907]Came from your mothers
[00:40.159]Looking all sweet (Black Star keep shining)
[00:42.912]And be like yo, let me ask you somethin
[00:46.905]I wanna know, I wanna know who you are
[00:50.406][Chorus: Mos Def & Talib Kweli]
[00:51.147]Brown skin lady, hey hey(Yes)
[00:54.654]Where you goin'
[00:56.152](This goes to the brown skin ladies yo)Brown skin lady
[00:58.905](Indigenous women of the planet Earth)What you doin?
[01:01.401](Givin' birth to the brown skin ladies first)Brown skin lady
[01:05.406](For what it's worth,from me to you, watchin' you)How do you feel?
[01:06.599][Bridge: Mos Def & Talib Kweli]
[01:07.098]I like the way you walk, when you walk on by(I like the, I like the, I like the, I like the way you walk)
[01:10.105]I like the way you move, when you do that dance(Yes, I like the way you move)
[01:12.601]I like the way you walk, when you walk on by(I like the, I like the, I like the, I like the way you walk)
[01:15.608]I like the way you move, when you do that dance(Please, won't you do that dance)
[01:17.847][Mos Def & Talib Kweli]
[01:18.104]And everybody on the avenue I know, when they see her say
[01:23.608]Everybody on the avenue I know, when they see her say
[01:28.101]There she is
[01:28.546][Verse 1: Talib Kweli]
[01:28.800]Fresher than Tony Rebel's vegetables at African street festivals
[01:32.041]Where incredible women is, plentiful
[01:34.291]Over the years I met a few, none of them compare to you
[01:36.799]Preparing you to make fruit bearable, somethin terrible, let's see:
[01:40.293]You fruitful, beautiful, smart, lovable, huggable
[01:43.546]Doable like art, suitable to be part
[01:45.543]Of my life, Coppertone owe you copyright infringement, pay
[01:48.792]You been this tan since way back in the day
[01:50.793]It's like I'm standin there you know appreciatin God's design
[01:53.799]And then you showed up, it's like you read my mind
[01:56.050]DAMN SHE'S FINE, I think I add the R-E, in front of that
[01:59.292]And see if she D, to get, with a cat like me
[02:01.045][Bridge: Mos Def & Talib Kweli]
[02:02.041]I like the way you walk, when you walk on by( I like the, I like the, I like the, I like the way you walk)
[02:04.794]I like the way you move, when you do that dance( Yes, I like the way you move)
[02:07.045]I like the way you walk, when you walk on by(I like the, I like the, I like the, I like the way you walk)
[02:10.041]I like the way you move, when you do that dance( Please, won't you do that dance)
[02:12.049][Refrain: Mos Def]
[02:12.790]And everybody on the avenue I know, when they see her say
[02:18.297]Everybody on the avenue I know, when they see her say
[02:23.044]There she is
[02:23.543][Verse 2: Mos Def]
[02:24.042]Ooooh! Damn baby girl, look at you!
[02:26.795]Comin on the block lookin fresh and brand new
[02:29.546]Ooooh! Headwrap cover your hairdo
[02:32.486]Pretty feet peekin through open-toed shoe
[02:34.994]Ooooh! No limit to what I would do
[02:37.744]Make love to you like long interview
[02:40.533]Whooh! Is she for real, me like you
[02:43.243]Good look champion, win the title
[02:45.997]True, many man try invite you
[02:48.739]Shot down lyric each time they cyph' you
[02:51.492]Jewel, what man, ya get born inside zoo?
[02:54.239]Feet they walk way and just let she pass through
[02:56.984]Ooooh! Can't be a next one like you
[02:59.492]Famous like tapes made by DJ Clue
[03:02.245]I tighten up my game as I approach you
[03:04.994]Yo check her she the nectar the bee get close to
[03:08.235][Instrumental Break]
[03:17.987][Verse 3: Talib Kweli]
[03:18.244]I don't get many compliments, but I am confident
[03:21.239]Used to have a complex about, gettin too complex
[03:23.743]You got me, willin to try, looked me in the eye
[03:26.245]My head is still in the sky, since you walked on by
[03:28.679]I'm feelin high, got my imagination flickerin like hot flames
[03:31.687]It's how it seems, you make me wanna ride the Coltrane to A Love Supreme
[03:35.435]My brown lady, creates environments, for
[03:37.932]Happy brown babies, I know it sounds crazy
[03:40.428]But your skin's the inspiration for cocoa butter
[03:42.935]You provoke a brother we should get to know one another
[03:45.431]I discover when I bring you through my people say TRUE
[03:47.685]All I can say, Is all praise due I thank you God for a beauty like you
[03:51.125][Chorus: Mos Def & Talib Kweli]
[03:51.382]Brown skin lady, hey hey(Yes)
[03:55.376]Where you goin'(This goes to the brown skin ladies yes)
[03:57.128]Brown skin lady(On the planet Earth,damn it,yes)
[04:00.376]What you doin?
[04:02.373]Brown skin lady(wowaahhhhh)
[04:05.880]How do you feel?
[04:06.624][Bridge: Mos Def & Talib Kweli]
[04:07.623]I like the way you walk, when you walk on by( I pretty like the way ya, I pretty like the way ya)
[04:10.131]I like the way you move, when you do that dance( I pretty like the way ya, yo I like the way you move
[04:12.884]I like the way you walk, when you walk on by( Yes, I like the, I like the way you walk)
[04:15.876]I like the way you move, I like the way you move( Yes, Please do that dance)
[04:18.068]
[04:18.313][Refrain: Mos Def]
[04:18.812]And everybody on the avenue I know, when they see her say
[04:24.071]Everybody on the avenue I know, when they see her say
[04:29.272]There she is
[04:29.516]
[04:29.516][Outro: Mos Def & Talib Kweli]
[04:29.516]She's a brown skinned lady
[04:32.237]Such a brown skinned lady( Baby, what you mean you don't think you look good?)
[04:34.991]She's a brown skinned lady
[04:37.740]She's a brown skinned lady( You know what some people put themselves through to look just like you?)
[04:40.496]She's a brown skinned lady( Dark stocking, high heels, lipstick, alla that, you know what?)
[04:43.243]She's a brown skinned lady( Without makeup you're beautiful)
[04:46.738]Whatcha you need to paint the next facing for
[04:48.992]We're not dealin with the European standard of beauty tonight
[04:51.489]So turn off the TV, put the magazine away
[04:54.738]In the mirror tell me what you see
[04:57.990]See the evidence of divine presence
[05:02.237]Women in the, Caribbean, they got the, golden sun
[05:06.489]I know women on the continent got it
[05:09.496]Nigeria and Ghana, you know they got it
[05:13.490]Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique
[05:15.985]And Botswana, to let it speak
[05:18.493]How 'bout Latinas, Colombianas
[05:21.243]Cubanas, Dominicanas, Tahinians
[05:24.239]Of course the Brooklyn women walk that walk
[05:26.493]And the Bronx women walk that walk
[05:29.489]Honies from Queens walk that walk
[05:31.486]NYC, ATL, LA, Cincinnati, the Bay Area
[05:37.987]Got the cocoa butter brown skinned ladies doing their thing in
[05:41.493]London and Paris, cocoa butter brown sk...