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[00:01.636] Mmm
[00:03.798] This particular song right here is
[00:06.131] Dedicated to the Black woman
[00:08.669] And it doesn't pertain to all Black women
[00:12.279] Some of y'all disrespect y'all selves 'cause you don't know who you are in the first place
[00:17.020] This is out of common respect for all women, period
[00:20.968] Word up
[00:22.159] Like this song
[00:23.320] Yo
[00:23.974] I'm quite single
[00:25.101] And occasionally, I mingle
[00:26.611] But aside from all the rest
[00:28.647] She sparks my interest
[00:30.093] No, ma'am, I don't know you
[00:31.831] Just offering the common respect I feel I owe you
[00:34.919] Also some conversation, companionship, common ground, and common sense
[00:39.517] There's no such thing as coincidence
[00:41.089] In me finding you here
[00:42.663] And I really hate screaming in your ear
[00:44.753] So some other time, okay?
[00:46.471] I waited a day, hello?
[00:48.367] This is Carlito from a couple of days ago, you sound tired
[00:51.483] Forgive me if I've called you too late
[00:53.077] But what better time to relate mind-state?
[00:54.768] Where could I begin?
[00:56.281] Has anyone ever told you you got beautiful skin?
[00:57.907] You're more than welcome, what do you desire within?
[01:00.651] I just wanna be, there's no need to put titles on you and me
[01:03.570] Those are limitations, living and learning are our only obligations
[01:06.904] Equality, honesty, independence, intelligence, emotion, and devotion
[01:11.217] Humbly seeking to hear God when he's speaking
[01:13.132] At one time, my mind just couldn't conceive
[01:15.922] A woman had to dress a certain way to believe
[01:18.217] But in the same breath, allow me to say
[01:21.248] That if you believed, young lady, you wouldn't dress that way
[01:25.287] And I was attracted to your class, I couldn't see all your ass
[01:28.089] And I was very content and you deserved every complement
[01:31.452] Now, remember our indifferences make us the same, you gotta have some game
[01:34.696] Or you ain't even gon' be able to take care of yourself, uh
[01:37.007] And, love, when I look at you, I see my reflection
[01:39.600] So I offer my love, affection, and protection
[01:42.983] Shorty, you dead fine, but the bottom line is
[01:47.096] You still my sister
[01:49.109] Well, I say, you're my beginning, my end
[01:52.592] You're my sister, lover, and friend
[01:55.842] God is your light from within
[01:58.837] It shines through your beautiful skin
[02:01.798] What they say 'bout you ain't true
[02:04.941] There's no me if there is no you
[02:07.936] I hope that you understand
[02:10.939] You got to respect yourself before I can
[02:13.792] Yeah, I met you and y'all knew, saw you again on Marietta
[02:17.096] Downtown Atlanta, checking your long legs, got me smirking
[02:20.459] Fixed me dinner one night, candles lit
[02:22.862] Kind of thought you was slick in the beginning
[02:24.670] But it turned out you wouldn't lie
[02:26.388] Looked me in my eye, I listened
[02:28.451] Sucked it up, pushed on, we made amends
[02:30.870] Both sides clicked, true friends
[02:32.897] Since then, years done gone by
[02:35.438] Brought a baby girl into this world, made our parents grandfolks
[02:38.820] Household with no pork
[02:40.926] Took care of ye, you, me
[02:43.148] When shit got put out on the curb
[02:45.006] Closer than the skin on the back of my hand
[02:47.675] Through the thick and thin, we can win, beautiful Black skin, yeah
[02:50.601] Well, I say, you're my beginning, my end
[02:53.480] You're my sister, lover, and friend
[02:56.615] God is your light from within
[02:59.653] It shines through your beautiful skin
[03:02.721] What they say 'bout you ain't true
[03:05.752] There's no me if there is no you
[03:08.704] I hope that you understand
[03:11.646] You got to respect yourself before I can
[03:14.896] No need to compete
[03:16.828] With the music loud
[03:18.333] Or stares cold
[03:19.358] But on a scale of one to ten, you a twelve
[03:22.422] I chose her over jail and hell
[03:25.199] Originally from ATL
[03:27.393] Compatible souls come together under bad weather
[03:30.652] To discuss distrust amongst the so-called good in every woman
[03:34.549] How I wish this was true, I deal with facts only
[03:38.461] Already done cloned me, why I sang the blues
[03:41.294] With there's only one God that watches over our every step
[03:44.874] I need his help
[03:46.046] When I'm walkin', lookin for the right female
[03:48.554] I can't tell sometimes
[03:49.916] They tell me the devil's comin' humble in his approach
[03:53.434] Spontaneous with the game
[03:55.003] He caught the naïve of a girl fallin' for the okay
[03:58.107] Let the pistol smoke the one who live by, die by
[04:01.684] Example of how relationships can be
[04:03.820] I rolls the dice, takin' a chance at crappin' out
[04:07.211] Like today, boy, I lost one of my best hips
[04:09.940] Natural thick lips, no animal fat implants
[04:13.096] Wide load, just started workin' at the airport
[04:16.049] Nineteen years old, worth more her weight in gold
[04:19.412] But it was all my fault, so don't cry, I will stand
[04:22.589] If down the line I want you back and the feelin' ain't mutual,
[04:26.299] just promise me you'll find a human
[04:28.563] That's 'bout some business
[04:30.579] Hope she find what her was lookin' for, like a dream to my end
[04:34.558] I wanted to be more than friends, beautiful Black skin
[04:38.733] Well, I say, you're my beginning, my end
[04:43.179] You're my sister, lover, and friend
[04:46.222] God is your light from within
[04:49.281] It shines through your beautiful skin
[04:52.293] What they say 'bout you ain't true
[04:55.336] There's no me if there is no you
[04:58.312] I hope that you understand
[05:01.273] You got to respect yourself before I can
[05:04.422] Well, I say, you're my beginning, my end
[05:07.507] You're my sister, lover, and friend
[05:10.514] God is your light from within
[05:13.583] It shines through your beautiful skin
[05:16.667] What they say 'bout you ain't true
[05:19.755] There's no me if there is no you
[05:22.716] I hope that you understand
[05:25.731] You got to respect yourself before I can
[05:40.460] Yo, this a public announcement
[05:42.197] Man, I'm so sick of seein' trash on the damn street, man
[05:46.489] I'm sick of y'all folk comin' up out of the store, takin' your lil' candy out, throwin' the
[05:50.143] lil' paper on the ground, man, it's ****in' up the hood
[05:52.562] Also, man, I'm sick of y'all folks standin' around
[05:54.776] You know, when you're talkin' to your folk or somethin', y'all drinkin' on a lil' somethin'-somethin'
[05:57.980] You take it, you pour it out to your dead homies, but then you throw the bitch right at 'em
[06:01.556] Man, don't shut me up, home, I'm doing what I do
[06:05.000] I'm just sick of seeing that
[06:06.169] All around the nation, man
[06:07.489] We ****in' up our own hood