Shades-Diddy-Dirty Money

[00:00.00] 作词 : Carter, Dwayne [00:00.26] 作曲 : Carter, Dwayne [00:00.52]Wale Ft. Chrisette Michelle - Shades [00:01.52] [00:21.19](Wale - Verse 1:) [00:22.19]Chip on my shoulda [00:23.35]Big enough to feed Cambodia [00:25.47]See I never fit into they quotas [00:27.43]Sneakers wasn't fittin' and my knees needed lotion [00:30.13]Long before I knew the significance of a comb [00:32.64]I roam like foam with no vocal reception [00:35.55]Immigrant parents had me feeling like a step-kid [00:38.40]And black Americans never did accept me [00:40.96]That's why I thrive so much winnin' respect, dig [00:43.71]I never fit in with them light skins [00:45.69]I thought the lighter they was, the better that they life is [00:49.22]So I resented them and they resented me [00:51.96]Cheated on light skin Dominique, we were 17 [00:54.59]I figure I hurt her she'd evidently hurt me [00:57.24]And all women who have light features see [01:00.01]I never let a light broad hurt me [01:02.37]That's why I strike first and the first cut's deep [01:04.09] [01:04.59](Chorus: Chrissette Michele) [01:05.09]From a light skin girl to a dark skin brotha [01:07.62]Shade doesn't matter, heart makes the lover [01:10.79]Boy you so beautiful [01:11.95]Boy you so beautiful [01:13.35]Shade doesn't matter, heart makes the lover [01:16.10]Honey brown, caramel, coffee brown, chocolate, toffee, pecan, licorice [01:25.52]Boy you so beautiful [01:26.38] [01:26.88](Wale - Verse 2:) [01:27.38]Just another knotty head ***** [01:29.52]Hoping Wes Snipes make my life a bit different [01:32.54]In middle school I had the right to be timid [01:34.90]I had beautiful words but girls never listened [01:37.66]Listen, blacker the berry, sweeter the product [01:40.43]Well I'm fruit punch concentrate and they water [01:43.14]Walk into my room thinking how to make moves [01:45.74]Ain't thinking like a student, but how Ice-T do it [01:49.02]Light dudes had the girls looking there [01:51.07]Aw yea it's not fair [01:52.41]The ones with the good hurr [01:54.14]Couldn't adapt to naps I wore caps [01:56.58]They napped and slept on me [01:57.99]Man I hate black, skin tone [02:00.52]I wish I could take it back or rearrange my status [02:03.51]Maybe if I was khaki [02:04.62]Associating light skin with classy [02:07.41]The minstrel show, showed a me that was not me [02:09.15] [02:09.65](Chorus: Chrissette Michele) [02:10.15]From a light skin girl to a dark skin brotha [02:12.86]Shade doesn't matter, heart makes the lover [02:15.71]Boy you so beautiful [02:16.95]Boy you so beautiful [02:18.29]Shade doesn't matter, heart makes the lover [02:21.22]Honey brown, caramel, coffee brown, chocolate, toffee, pecan, licorice [02:30.44]Boy you so beautiful [02:30.82] [02:31.22](Wale - Verse 3:) [02:31.72]They say black is beautiful [02:33.17]But ask them beautiful light girls if it's black they attract to usually [02:36.97]What if Barack's skin was all black? [02:39.15]Truthfully would he be a candidate or just a black in community? [02:42.40]We as black dudes tend to lack unity [02:45.05]And them blacker girls ain't on the tube usually [02:47.91]Right now at 23 I ain't mad at them reds no more [02:51.20]But for long time I had gone cold blind [02:53.59]Full of my own insecurity [02:55.47]It was holding me [02:56.35]Back to reds, I ain't know how to act [02:58.63]They would get the cold shoulder [03:00.20]And know it was an act, a defense mechanism [03:03.01]What I thought that I lacked (confidence) [03:03.44] [03:03.84](Chorus: Chrissette Michele) [03:04.24]From a light skin girl to a dark skin brotha [03:06.95]Shade doesn't matter, heart makes the lover [03:09.55]Boy you so beautiful [03:10.94]Boy you so beautiful [03:12.41]Shade doesn't matter, heart makes the lover [03:15.20]Honey brown, caramel, coffee brown, chocolate, toffee, pecan, licorice [03:24.55]Boy you so beautiful [03:30.55]