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Be like yo, let me ask you somethin |
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I wanna know, I wanna know who you are |
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*Mos Def singing* |
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[Mos] Brown skin lady, hey hey |
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[Talib] Yes |
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[Mos] Where you goin |
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[Talib] This goes to the brown skin ladies |
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[Mos] Brown skin lady |
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[Talib] Yo, indigenous women of the planet Earth |
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[Mos] What you doin? |
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[Talib] Givin birth to the brown skin ladies first |
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[Mos] Brown skin lady |
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[Talib] For what it's worth, from me to you |
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[Mos] How do you feel? |
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[Talib] From me to you, watchin you |
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I like the, I like the, I like the, I like the |
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way you walk, yes, I live the way you move |
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[Mos] I like the way you walk, when you walk on by |
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I like the way you move, I like the WAY you move |
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[Talib] I like the, I like the, I like the, I like the |
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way you walk, please, won't you do that dance |
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[Mos] I like the way you walk, when you walk on by |
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I like the way you move, I like you baby |
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[together] |
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And everybody on the avenue, I know, when they see us sing |
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Everybody on the avenue, I know, when they see us sing, there she is |
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[Talib] |
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Fresher than Tony Rebel's vestibules at African street festivals |
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My incredible women is, plentiful |
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Over the years I met a few, none of them compare to you |
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Preparin you to make food bearable, somethin terrible, let's see: |
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you fruitful, beautiful, smart, lovable, huggable |
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Doable like art, suitable to be part |
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Pay you bidness ten cents, way back in the day |
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It's like I'm standin there you know appreciatin God's design |
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and then you showed up, it's like you read my mind |
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DAMN SHE'S FINE, I think I add the R-E, in front of that |
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and see if she D, to get, with a cat like me |
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[Talib] I like the, I like the, I like the, I like the |
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way you walk, yes, I live the way you move |
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[Mos] I like the way you walk, when you walk on by |
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I like the way you move, I like the WAY you move |
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[Talib] I like the, I like the, I like the, I like the |
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way you walk, please, won't you do that dance |
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[Mos] I like the way you walk, when you walk on by |
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I like the way you move, I like you baby |
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[together] |
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And everybody on the avenue, I know, when they see us sing |
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Everybody on the avenue, I know, when they see us sing, there she is |
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[Mos Def] |
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Ooooh! Daring me girl, look at you! |
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Comin on the block lookin fresh and brand new |
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Ooooh! Headwrap cover your hairdo |
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Pretty feet peekin through open-toed shoe |
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Ooooh! No limit to what I would do |
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Make love to you like long interview |
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Whooh! Is she for real, me like you |
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Good look champion, win the title |
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True, many man try invite you |
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Shot down lyric each time they cyph you |
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Jewel, what man you get all insides you |
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Feet they walk way and just that sheik posture |
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Ooooh! Can't be a next one like you |
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I tighten up my game as I approach you |
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Yo check her she the nectar the bee get close to |
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... |
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[Talib] |
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I don't get many compliments, but I am confident |
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Used to have a complex about, gettin too complex |
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You got me, willin to try, looked me in the eye |
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My head is still in the sky, since you walked on by |
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I'm feelin high, got my imagination flickerin like hot flames |
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it's how it seems, you make me wanna ride the Coltrane to A Love Supreme |
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My brown lady, creates environments, for |
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happy brown babies, I know it sounds crazy |
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but your skin's the inspiration for cocoa butter |
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You provoke a brother we should get to know one another |
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I discover when I bring you through my people say TRUE, all I can say |
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is all praise due I thank you God for a beauty like you |
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*Mos Def singing* |
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[Mos] Brown skin lady |
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[Talib] Yes |
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[Mos] Where you goin |
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[Talib] This goes to the brown skin ladies |
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[Mos] Brown skin lady |
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[Talib] On the planet Earth today, yes |
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[Mos] What you doin? |
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[Mos] Brown skin lady |
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[Mos] How do you feel? |
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[Talib] I like the, I like the, I like the, I like the |
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way you walk, yes, I live the way you move |
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[Mos] I like the way you walk, when you walk on by |
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I like the way you move, I like the WAY you move |
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[Talib] I like the, I like the, I like the, I like the |
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way you walk, yes, please do that dance |
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[Mos] I like the way you walk, when you walk on by |
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I like the way you move, I like you baby |
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[together] |
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And everybody on the avenue, I know, when they see us sing |
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Everybody on the avenue, I know, when they see us sing, there she is |
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[Mos] There she is, she's a brown skinned lady |
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Such a brown skinned lady |
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She's a brown skinned lady |
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She's a brown skinned lady |
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She's a brown skinned lady |
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She's a brown skinned lady |
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[Talib] |
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You know what some people put themselves through |
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to look just like you? |
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Dark stocking, high heels, lipstick, alla that |
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You know what? |
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Without makeup you're beautiful |
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Whatcha you need to paint the next face for |
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We're not dealin with the European standard of beauty tonight |
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Turn off the TV and put the magazine away |
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In the mirror tell me what you see |
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See the evidence of divine presence |
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Women of the, Carribean, they got the, golden sun |
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I know women on the continent got it |
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Nigeria, and Ghana, you know they got it |
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Tanzania, Namibia and Mozambique |
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and Bothswana, to let it speak |
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about latinas, columbianas |
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... |
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Tallenas, of course the Brooklyn women walk that walk |
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And the Bronx women walk that walk |
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Honies from Queens walk that walk, NYC, ATL, LA |
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Cincinatti, the Bay Area... |
