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