Brown Skin Lady - Black Star

Written by：Talib Kweli/Yasiin Bey

But most of yall brothers

Came from your mothers

Looking all sweet Black Star keep shining

And be like yo let me ask you something

I wanna know I wanna know who you are

Brown skin lady

Yes

Where you going

This goes to the brown skin ladies yo

Indigineous women of the planet Earth

Giving birth to the brown skin ladies first

For what it's worth

From me to you watching you

I like the I like the I like the I like the way you walk

Yes I like the way you move

I like the I like the I like the I like the way you walk

Please won't you do that dance

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

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 something 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 standing there you know appreciating 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

I like the way you walk when you walk on by

I like the way you move when you do that dance

I like the way you walk when you walk on by

I like the way you move when you do that dance

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

Ooooh damn baby girl look at you

Coming on the block looking fresh and brand new

Ooooh headwrap cover your hairdo

Pretty feet peeking 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

Check her she the nectar the bee get close to

Check her she the nectar the bee get close to

Check her she the nectar the bee get close to

I don't get many compliments but I am confident

Used to have a complex about getting too complex

You got me willing to try looked me in the eye

My head is still in the sky since you walked on by

I'm feeling high got my imagination flickering 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

Brown skin lady

Yes

Where you going

Brown skin lady

What you doing

Brown skin lady

How do you feel

I like the way you walk when you walk on by

I like the way you move when you do that dance

I like the way you walk when you walk on by

I like the way you move when you do that dance

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

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

Without make up you're beautiful

Whatcha you need to paint the next face for

We're not dealing 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