Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields

Sold in the market down in New Orleans

Scarred old slaver knows he's doin' all right

Hear him whip the women just around midnight



Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good

Brown Sugar, just like a young girl should



Drums beatin' cold, English blood runs hot

Lady of the house wonderin' when it's gonna stop

House boy knows that he's doin' all right

You should have heard him just around midnight



Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good

Brown Sugar, just like a young girl should



--- Saxophone ---



Brown Sugar, how come you dance so good

Brown Sugar, just like a black girl should



I bet your mama was a tent show queen

And all her girlfriends were sweet sixteen

I'm no school boy but I know what I like

You should have heard them just around midnight



Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good

Brown Sugar, just like a black girl should



I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, wooo!!

How come you, how come you dance so good

Yeah, yeah, yeah, wooo!!

Just like a, just like a black girl should

Yeah, yeah, yeah, wooo!!



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