Shades-Wale/Chrisette Michele

[ti:Shades] [ar:Wale] [al:Attention Deficit] [by:] [offset:0] [00:22.20]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 [00:56.30]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 [01:09.52]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 [01:28.50]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 [01:36.73]Listen' blacker the berry' sweeter the product [01:39.41]Well I'm fruit punch concentrate and they water [01:41.99]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 [01:55.77]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 [02:04.20]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 [02:16.50]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 [02:53.20]Full of my own insecurity [02:54.70]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 [03:06.80]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