beatiful skin

mmmm. this particular song right here is. dedicated to the black woman

and it doesn't pertain to all black women

because some of y'all disrespect y'allself

because you don't know who you are in the first place

this is out of common respect

for all women period

word up

like this song

yo

yo

i'm quite single

and occaisionally i mingle

but aside from all the rest

she sparks my interest

no

ma'am

i don't know you

just offering the common respect i feel i owe you

also

some conversation

companionship

common-ground and common-sense

there's no such thing as coincidence in

me finding you here

and i really hate screaming in your ear

so some other time

ok?

i waited a day hello?

this is carlito from a couple of days ago

you sound tired

forgive me if i've called you too late

but what better time to relate mind-state? where could i begin?

hasn't anyone ever told you you got beautiful skin?

you're more than welcome

what do you desire within?

i just

wanna be

there's no need to put titles on you and me

those are limitations

living and learning are our only obligations

equality

honesty

independence

intelligence

emotion and devotion

humbly seeking to hear god when he's speaking

at one time

my mind

just

couldn't conceive

a woman had to dress a certain way to believe

but

in the same breath

a-llow me to say

that

if you believed young lady

you wouldn't dress that way

and i

was attracted to your class

i couldn't see all yo' ass

and

i was very content

and you deserved every complement

now

remember our indifferences make us the same

you gotta have some game

or

many of you

won't even be able to take care of yourself

uh

and love

when i look at you

i see my reflection

so i offer my love

affection and protection

shawty

you dead fine

but the bottom-line is

you're still my sister

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well

i say you're my

beginnin my end

you're my sista lover and friend

god is

your light from within

it shines through your beautiful skin

what they

say bout you ain't true

there's no me if there is no you

i hope

that you understand

you got to respect yourself before i can

yeah

i met you and y'all knew

saw you again on marietta

downtown atlanta

checkin your long legs

got me smirkin

fixed me dinner one night

candles lit

kinda ahought you was slick in the beginnin

but it teurned out you wouldn't lie

looked me in my eye

i listened

sucked it up

pushed on

we made amends

both sides clicked

true friends

since then

years done gon by

brought a baby girl into this world

made our parents grandfolks

household with no hope

took care of ye

you me

when shit got put out on the curb

closer than the skin on the back of my hand

through the thick and thin

we can win

beautiful black skin

no need to compete

with the music loud

or stairs cold

put on a scale

of one to ten

you a twelve

i chose

her over jail and hell

originally from atl

compatible souls come together

under bad weather

to discuss distrust amongst the so-called

good in every wo-man

how i wish this was true

i deal with facts only

already done cloned me

why i sang the blues

when there's only one god

that watches over our every step

i need his help

when i'm walkin

lookin for the right female

i can't tell sometimes

they tell me the devil's comin humble in his approach

spontaneous with the game

he caught the naive of a girl fallin for the ok

let the pistol smoke the one you live by

die by

examples of how relationships can be

i rolls the dice

takin a chance at crappin out

like today boy

i lost one of my best hips

natural thick lips

no animal fat implants

wide load

just started workin at the airport

19 years old

worth more than her weight in gold

but it was all my fault

so don't cry

understand

if down the line i want you back and the feelin ain't mutual

just promise me you'll find a new man - that's bout some business

hope she find what her was lookin for

like a dreamto my end

i wanted to be more than friends

beautiful black skin