Brown Sugar

The Rolling Stones 1971

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Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver knows he´s doing alright
Hear him whip the women, just around midnight.

Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should.

Drums beating cold English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wonderin´ where it´s gonna stop
House boy knows that he´s doing alright
You should a heard him just around midnight.

Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should.
Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Ah, brown sugar just like a young 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 me just around midnight.

Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should.

I said yeah, yeah, yeah, whew
How come you … how come you taste so good?
I said yeah, yeah, yeah, whew
Just like a black girl should.