Goodie Mob — Beautiful Skin

[Intro: Cee-Lo] Mmm This particular song right here is Dedicated to the Black woman And it doesn't pertain to all Black women Some of y'all disrespect y'all selves 'cause 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 [Verse 1: Cee-Lo] I'm quite single And occasionally, 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, okay? 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? Has 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, allow 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 your 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 you ain't even gon' 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 Shorty, you dead fine, but the bottom line is You still my sister [Chorus: Cee-Lo] Well, I say, you're my beginning, my end You're my sister, 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 [Verse 2: Big Gipp] Yeah, I met you and y'all knew, saw you again on Marietta Downtown Atlanta, checking your long legs, got me smirking Fixed me dinner one night, candles lit Kind of thought you was slick in the beginning But it turned 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 gone by Brought a baby girl into this world, made our parents grandfolks Household with no pork 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, yeah [Chorus: Cee-Lo] Well, I say, you're my beginning, my end You're my sister, 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 [Verse 3: Khujo] No need to compete With the music loud Or stares cold But on a scale of one to ten, you a twelve I chose her over jail and hell Originally from ATL [Verse 4: T-Mo] Compatible souls come together under bad weather To discuss distrust amongst the so-called good in every woman How I wish this was true, I deal with facts only Already done cloned me, why I sang the blues With 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 naïve of a girl fallin' for the okay Let the pistol smoke the one who live by, die by Example of how relationships can be [Verse 5: Khujo] 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 Nineteen years old, worth more her weight in gold But it was all my fault, so don't cry, I will stand If down the line I want you back and the feelin' ain't mutual, just promise me you'll find a human That's 'bout some business Hope she find what her was lookin' for, like a dream to my end I wanted to be more than friends, beautiful Black skin [Chorus: Cee-Lo] Well, I say, you're my beginning, my end You're my sister, 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 Well, I say, you're my beginning, my end You're my sister, 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 [Outro] Yo, this a public announcement Man, I'm so sick of seein' trash on the damn street, man I'm sick of y'all folk comin' up out of the store, takin' your lil' candy out, throwin' the lil' paper on the ground, man, it's fuckin' up the hood Also, man, I'm sick of y'all folks standin' around You know, when you're talkin' to your folk or somethin', y'all drinkin' on a lil' somethin'-somethin' You take it, you pour it out to your dead homies, but then you throw the bitch right at 'em Man, don't shut me up, home, I'm doing what I do I'm just sick of seeing that All around the nation, man We fuckin' up our own hood