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!!