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