Beautiful Skin - Goodie Mob.mp3

[00:00.00] 作词 : Thomas Callaway/Cameron Gipp/Craig Love/Willie Knighton/Robert Barnett
[00:00.04] 作曲 : Thomas Callaway/Cameron Gipp/Craig Love/Willie Knighton/Robert Barnett
[00:00.09]Mmm this particular song right here is
[00:06.66]Dedicated to the black woman
[00:09.99]And it doesn't pertain to all black women
[00:13.23]Some of y'all disrespect y'all self
[00:14.73]Because you don't know who you are in the first place
[00:17.52]This is out of common respect for all women period
[00:20.13]Word up, like this song, yo
[00:24.15]I'm quite single and occasionally I mingle
[00:26.94]But aside from all the rest, she sparks my interest
[00:30.42]No, ma'am, I don't know you
[00:32.07]Just offerin' the common respect I feel I owe you
[00:35.07]Also, some conversation, companionship
[00:37.77]Common-ground and common-sense
[00:39.48]There's no such thing as coincidence in, me finding you here
[00:42.72]And I really hate screamin' in your ear, so some other time, okay?
[00:46.95]I waited a day, "Hello?"
[00:48.60]This is Carlito from a couple of days ago, you sound tired
[00:51.51]Forgive me if I've called you too late
[00:53.25]But what better time to relate mind-state, where could I begin?
[00:56.22]Hasn't anyone ever told you you got beautiful skin?
[00:58.17]You're more than welcome, what do you desire within?
[01:00.60]I just wanna be, there's no need to put titles on you and me
[01:03.93]Those are limitations, livin' and learnin' are our only obligations
[01:07.20]Equality, honesty, independence, intelligence, emotion and devotion
[01:11.13]Humbly seekin' to hear God when he's speakin'
[01:13.50]At one time, my mind, just couldn't conceive
[01:15.99]A woman had to dress a certain way to believe
[01:18.48]But in the same breath, a-llow me to say
[01:21.54]That, if you believed young lady, you wouldn't dress that way
[01:25.20]And I, was attracted to your class, I couldn't see all yo' ass
[01:28.83]And, I was very content and you deserved every complement
[01:31.26]Now, remember our indifferences make us the same
[01:33.48]You gotta have some game or many of you
[01:34.86]Won't even be able to take care of yourself, uh
[01:36.90]And love, when I look at you, I see my reflection
[01:40.11]So I offer my love, affection and protection
[01:42.90]Shawty, you dead fine but the bottom-line is you're still my sister
[01:48.93]Well, I say, "You're my, beginnin' my end
[01:52.95]You're my sista lover and friend
[01:57.18]God is, your light from within
[01:58.17]It shines through your beautiful skin"
[02:03.12]What they, say 'bout you ain't true
[02:04.05]There's no me if there is no you
[02:09.27]I hope that you understand
[02:11.01]You got to respect yourself before I can
[02:13.86]Yeah, I met you and y'all knew
[02:15.57]Saw you again on Marietta
[02:17.31]Downtown Atlanta, checkin' your long legs, got me smirkin'
[02:20.43]Fixed me dinner one night, candles lit
[02:22.62]Kinda thought you was slick in the beginnin'
[02:24.60]But it turned out you wouldn't lie
[02:26.37]Looked me in my eye, I listened
[02:28.62]Sucked it up, pushed on, we made amends, both sides clicked
[02:32.16]True friends, since then, years done gone by
[02:35.52]Brought a baby girl into this world, made our parents grand folks
[02:39.33]Household with no hope, took care of ye, you me
[02:43.29]When shit got put out on the curb
[02:45.27]Closer than the skin on the back of my hand
[02:47.76]Through the thick and thin, we can win beautiful black skin
[02:50.67]Well, I say, "You're my, beginnin' my end
[02:53.85]You're my sista lover and friend
[02:58.08]God is, your light from within
[02:59.07]It shines through your beautiful skin"
[03:03.99]What they, say 'bout you ain't true
[03:06.06]There's no me if there is no you
[03:10.17]I hope that you understand
[03:11.91]You got to respect yourself before I can
[03:15.39]No need to compete with the music loud
[03:18.39]Or stairs cold, put on a scale, of one to ten, you a twelve
[03:22.65]I chose, her over jail and hell
[03:25.26]Originally from A.T.L.
[03:27.48]Compatible souls come together, under bad weather
[03:30.63]To discuss distrust amongst the so-called
[03:33.21]Good in every wo-man, how I wish this was true
[03:36.87]I deal with facts only, already cloned me
[03:39.78]Why I sang the blues, when there's only one God
[03:42.90]That watches over our every step, I need his help
[03:46.11]When I'm walkin', lookin' for the right female
[03:48.84]I can't tell sometimes
[03:50.64]They tell me the devil's comin' humble in his approach
[03:53.73]Spontaneous with the game
[03:55.11]He caught the naive of a girl fallin' for the okay
[03:58.50]Let the pistol smoke the one who live by
[04:00.63]Die by, examples of how relationships can be
[04:03.99]I rolls the dice, takin' a chance at crappin' out
[04:07.26]Like today boy, I lost one of my best hips
[04:10.23]Natural thick lips, no animal fat implants
[04:13.20]Wide load just started workin' at the airport
[04:16.95]19 years old, worth more than her weight in gold
[04:19.77]But it was all my fault, so don't cry, understand
[04:23.10]If down the line I want you back and the feelin' ain't mutual
[04:26.46]Just promise me you'll find a new man
[04:29.16]That's 'bout some business
[04:30.78]Hope she find what her was lookin' for, like a dreamto my end
[04:34.53]I wanted to be more than friends
[04:36.90]Beautiful black skin
[04:41.01]Well, I say, "You're my, beginnin' my end
[04:43.44]You're my sista lover and friend
[04:47.67]God is, your light from within
[04:48.66]It shines through your beautiful skin"
[04:53.55]What they, say 'bout you ain't true
[04:56.25]There's no me if there is no you
[04:59.79]I hope that you understand
[05:01.68]You got to respect yourself before I can
[05:03.99]Well, I say, "You're my, beginnin' my end
[05:07.83]You're my sista lover and friend
[05:11.88]God is, your light from within
[05:12.75]It shines through your beautiful skin"
[05:15.78]What they, say 'bout you ain't true
[05:21.75]There's no me if there is no you
[05:24.12]I hope that you understand
[05:25.86]You got to respect yourself before I can