Shades - Wale&Chrisette Michele

[00:22.2]Chip on my shoulda
[00:23.02]Big enough to feed Cambodia
[00:24.15]See I never fit into they quotas
[00:26.33]Sneakers wasn't fittin' and my knees needed lotion
[00:28.64]Long before I knew the significance of a comb
[00:31.57]I roam like foam with no vocal reception
[00:34.01]Immigrant parents had me feeling like a step-kid
[00:37.25]And black Americans never did accept me
[00:39.88]That's why I thrive so much winnin' respect' dig
[00:42.69]I never fit in with them light skins
[00:45.07]I thought the lighter they was' the better that they life is
[00:48.69]So I resented them and they resented me
[00:50.99]Cheated on light skin Dominique' we were 17
[00:53.61]I figure I hurt her she'd evidently hurt me
[00:56.3]And all women who have light features see
[00:58.98]I never let a light broad hurt me
[01:01.42]That's why I strike first and the first cut's deep
[01:04.52]From a light skin girl to a dark skin brotha
[01:07.46]Shade doesn't matter' heart makes the lover
[01:09.520004]Boy you so beautiful
[01:11.51]Boy you so beautiful
[01:12.76]Shade doesn't matter' heart makes the lover
[01:14.76]Honey brown' caramel' coffee brown' chocolate' toffee' pecan' licorice
[01:24.31]Boy you so beautiful
[01:26.75]Just another knotty head nigga
[01:28.5]Hoping Wes Snipes make my life a bit different
[01:31.17]In middle school I had the right to be timid
[01:34.42]I had beautiful words but girls never listened
[01:36.729996]Listen' blacker the berry' sweeter the product
[01:39.41]Well I'm fruit punch concentrate and they water
[01:41.990005]Walk into my room thinking how to make moves
[01:44.91]Ain't thinking like a student' but how Ice-T do it
[01:48.17]Light dudes had the girls looking there
[01:50.53]Aw yea it's not fair
[01:52.04]The ones with the good hurr
[01:53.53]Couldn't adapt to naps I wore caps
[01:55.770004]They napped and slept on me
[01:57.96]Man I hate black' skin tone
[01:59.58]I wish I could take it back or rearrange my status
[02:02.82]Maybe if I was khaki
[02:04.2]Associating light skin with classy
[02:06.08]The minstrel show' showed a me that was not me
[02:09.63]From a light skin girl to a dark skin brotha
[02:12.57]Shade doesn't matter' heart makes the lover
[02:14.38]Boy you so beautiful
[02:16.5]Boy you so beautiful
[02:17.68]Shade doesn't matter' heart makes the lover
[02:19.92]Honey brown' caramel' coffee brown' chocolate' toffee' pecan' licorice
[02:28.41]Boy you so beautiful
[02:31.41]They say black is beautiful
[02:32.73]But ask them beautiful light girls if it's black they attract to usually
[02:35.91]What if Barack's skin was all black
[02:38.35]Truthfully would he be a candidate or just a black in community
[02:41.53]We as black dudes tend to lack unity
[02:44.27]And them blacker girls ain't on the tube usually
[02:46.83]Right now at 23 I ain't mad at them reds no more
[02:50.52]But for long time I had gone cold blind
[02:53.2]Full of my own insecurity
[02:54.7]It was holding me
[02:56.76]Back to reds' I ain't know how to act
[02:59.12]They would get the cold shoulder
[03:00.51]And know it was an act' a defense mechanism
[03:02.38]What I thought that I lacked (confidence)
[03:04.06]From a light skin girl to a dark skin brotha
[03:06.8]Shade doesn't matter' heart makes the lover
[03:08.55]Boy you so beautiful
[03:10.42]Boy you so beautiful
[03:11.61]Shade doesn't matter' heart makes the lover
[03:13.85]Honey brown' caramel' coffee brown' chocolate' toffee' pecan' licorice
[03:22.34]Boy you so beautiful