Brown Skin Lady

[Sample Intro] [Intro] [Talib Kweli] ... But most of yall brothers Came from your mothers [Mos Def] Looking all sweet (Black Star keep shining) And be like yo, let me ask you somethin I wanna know, I wanna know who you are [Hook: Mos Def and (Talib Kweli)] Brown skin lady, hey hey (Yes) Where you goin (This goes to the brown skin ladies yo) Brown skin lady (Indigineous women of the planet Earth) What you doin? (Givin birth to the brown skin ladies first) Brown skin lady (For what it's worth, from me to you) How do you feel? (From me to you, watchin you) [Bridge: Mos Def and (Talib Kweli)] 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) I like the way you move, when you do that dance (Yes, I like the way you move) 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) I like the way you move, when you do that dance (Please, won't you do that dance) [Mos Def and Talib Kweli] And everybody on the avenue I know, when they see her say Everybody on the avenue I know, when they see her say There she is [Verse 1: Talib Kweli] Fresher than Tony Rebel's vegetables at African street festivals Where incredible women is, plentiful Over the years I met a few, none of them compare to you Preparing you to make fruit bearable, somethin terrible, let's see: You fruitful, beautiful, smart, lovable, huggable Doable like art, suitable to be part Of my life, Coppertone owe you copyright infringement, pay You been this tan since way back in the day It's like I'm standin there you know appreciatin God's design And then you showed up, it's like you read my mind DAMN SHE'S FINE, I think I add the R-E, in front of that And see if she D, to get, with a cat like me [Bridge] [Verse 2 Mos Def] Ooooh! Damn baby girl, look at you! Comin on the block lookin fresh and brand new Ooooh! Headwrap cover your hairdo Pretty feet peekin through open-toed shoe Ooooh! No limit to what I would do Make love to you like long interview Whooh! Is she for real, me like you Good look champion, win the title True, many man try invite you Shot down lyric each time they cyph you Jewel, what man, ya get born inside zoo? Feet they walk way and just let she pass through Ooooh! Can't be a next one like you Famous like tapes made by DJ Clue I tighten up my game as I approach you Yo check her she the nectar the bee get close to [Break] [Verse 3: Talib] I don't get many compliments, but I am confident Used to have a complex about, gettin too complex You got me, willin to try, looked me in the eye My head is still in the sky, since you walked on by I'm feelin high, got my imagination flickerin like hot flames It's how it seems, you make me wanna ride the Coltrane to A Love Supreme My brown lady, creates environments, for Happy brown babies, I know it sounds crazy But your skin's the inspiration for cocoa butter You provoke a brother we should get to know one another I discover when I bring you through my people say TRUE, all I can say Is all praise due I thank you God for a beauty like you [Hook] + [Bridge] [Outro: Mos Def] She's a brown skinned lady Such a brown skinned lady She's a brown skinned lady She's a brown skinned lady She's a brown skinned lady She's a brown skinned lady [Outro: Talib] Baby, what you mean you don't think you look good? You know what some people put themselves through To look just like you? Dark stocking, high heels, lipstick, alla that You know what? Without makeup you're beautiful Whatcha you need to paint the next face for We're not dealin with the European standard of beauty tonight Turn off the TV, put the magazine away In the mirror tell me what you see See the evidence of divine presence Women in the, Caribbean, they got the, golden sun I know women on the continent got it Nigeria and Ghana, you know they got it Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique And Botswana, to let it speak How 'bout Latinas, Colombianas Cubanas, Dominicanas, Tahinians Of course the Brooklyn women walk that walk And the Bronx women walk that walk Honies from Queens walk that walk NYC, ATL, LA, Cincinnati, the Bay Area Got the cocoa butter brown skinned ladies doing their thing in London and Paris, cocoa butter brown sk...