《Shades(Album Version|Explicit)》歌词

[00:00:22] Chip on my shoulda

[00:00:23] Big enough to feed Cambodia

[00:00:24] See I never fit into they quotas

[00:00:26] Sneakers wasn't fittin' and my knees needed lotion

[00:00:28] Long before I knew the significance of a comb

[00:00:31] I roam like foam with no vocal reception

[00:00:34] Immigrant parents had me feeling like a step-kid

[00:00:37] And black Americans never did accept me

[00:00:39] That's why I thrive so much winnin' respect' dig

[00:00:42] I never fit in with them light skins

[00:00:45] I thought the lighter they was' the better that they life is

[00:00:48] So I resented them and they resented me

[00:00:50] Cheated on light skin Dominique' we were 17

[00:00:53] I figure I hurt her she'd evidently hurt me

[00:00:56] And all women who have light features see

[00:00:58] I never let a light broad hurt me

[00:01:01] That's why I strike first and the first cut's deep

[00:01:04] From a light skin girl to a dark skin brotha

[00:01:07] Shade doesn't matter' heart makes the lover

[00:01:09] Boy you so beautiful

[00:01:11] Boy you so beautiful

[00:01:12] Shade doesn't matter' heart makes the lover

[00:01:14] Honey brown' caramel' coffee brown' chocolate' toffee' pecan' licorice

[00:01:24] Boy you so beautiful

[00:01:26] Just another knotty head nigga

[00:01:28] Hoping Wes Snipes make my life a bit different

[00:01:31] In middle school I had the right to be timid

[00:01:34] I had beautiful words but girls never listened

[00:01:36] Listen' blacker the berry' sweeter the product

[00:01:39] Well I'm fruit punch concentrate and they water

[00:01:41] Walk into my room thinking how to make moves

[00:01:44] Ain't thinking like a student' but how Ice-T do it

[00:01:48] Light dudes had the girls looking there

[00:01:50] Aw yea it's not fair

[00:01:52] The ones with the good hurr

[00:01:53] Couldn't adapt to naps I wore caps

[00:01:55] They napped and slept on me

[00:01:57] Man I hate black' skin tone

[00:01:59] I wish I could take it back or rearrange my status

[00:02:02] Maybe if I was khaki

[00:02:04] Associating light skin with classy

[00:02:06] The minstrel show' showed a me that was not me

[00:02:09] From a light skin girl to a dark skin brotha

[00:02:12] Shade doesn't matter' heart makes the lover

[00:02:14] Boy you so beautiful

[00:02:16] Boy you so beautiful

[00:02:17] Shade doesn't matter' heart makes the lover

[00:02:19] Honey brown' caramel' coffee brown' chocolate' toffee' pecan' licorice

[00:02:28] Boy you so beautiful

[00:02:31] They say black is beautiful

[00:02:32] But ask them beautiful light girls if it's black they attract to usually

[00:02:35] What if Barack's skin was all black

[00:02:38] Truthfully would he be a candidate or just a black in community

[00:02:41] We as black dudes tend to lack unity

[00:02:44] And them blacker girls ain't on the tube usually

[00:02:46] Right now at 23 I ain't mad at them reds no more

[00:02:50] But for long time I had gone cold blind

[00:02:53] Full of my own insecurity

[00:02:54] It was holding me

[00:02:56] Back to reds' I ain't know how to act

[00:02:59] They would get the cold shoulder

[00:03:00] And know it was an act' a defense mechanism

[00:03:02] What I thought that I lacked (confidence)

[00:03:04] From a light skin girl to a dark skin brotha

[00:03:06] Shade doesn't matter' heart makes the lover

[00:03:08] Boy you so beautiful

[00:03:10] Boy you so beautiful

[00:03:11] Shade doesn't matter' heart makes the lover

[00:03:13] Honey brown' caramel' coffee brown' chocolate' toffee' pecan' licorice

[00:03:22] Boy you so beautiful