Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Shades , by - Wale. Release date: 31.12.2008
Age restrictions: 18+
Song language: English
Shades |
| Chip on my shoulder, big enough to feed Cambodia |
| See, I never fit into they quotas |
| Sneakers wasn’t fitting and my knees needed lotion |
| Long before I knew the significance of a comb |
| I roam like phone with no vocal reception |
| Immigrant parents had me feeling like a step-kid |
| And black Americans never did accept me |
| That’s why I grab so much when I’m respected |
| I never fit in with them light skins |
| I felt the lighter they was, the better that they life is |
| So I resented them and they resented me |
| Cheated on light skin Dominique when we was seventeen |
| I figure I’d hurt her, she evidently hurt me |
| And all women who had light features, see |
| I’d never let a light broad hurt me |
| That’s why I strike first and the verse cuts deep |
| From a light-skinned girl to a dark-skinned brother |
| Shade doesn’t matter, heart makes the lover |
| Boy you’re so beautiful, boy you’re so beautiful |
| Shadee doesn’t matter, heart makes the lover |
| Honey brown, caramel, coffee brown, chocolate |
| Toffee, pecan, licorice, boy you’re so beautiful |
| Just another knotty-haired nigga |
| Hoping Wes Snipes make my life a bit different |
| In middle school I had to write to be timid |
| I had beautiful words but girls never listened |
| Listen; |
| blacker the berry, sweeter the powder |
| Well I’m fruit punch concentrate and they water |
| Walk into my room thinking how to make moves |
| Ain’t thinking like a student but how Ice-T'd do it |
| Light dudes had the girls looking there all year |
| It’s not fair, the ones with the good hair |
| Couldn’t adapt to naps, I wear caps |
| They napped and slept on me, man, I hate black |
| Skin tone I wish I could take it back |
| Or rearrange my status maybe if I was khaki |
| Associating light skin with classy |
| The minstrel show showed a me that was not me |
| From a light-skinned girl to a dark-skinned brother |
| Shade doesn’t matter, heart makes the lover |
| Boy you’re so beautiful, boy you’re so beautiful |
| Shadee doesn’t matter, heart makes the lover |
| Honey brown, caramel, coffee brown, chocolate |
| Toffee, pecan, licorice, boy you’re so beautiful |
| They say «black is beautiful,» but ask them beautiful |
| Light girls if it’s black they attract to usually |
| What if Barack’s skin was all black, truthfully |
| Would he be a candidate or just a blackened community? |
| We as black dudes tend to lack unity |
| And them blacker girls ain’t on the tube usually |
| Right now at 23 I ain’t mad at them reds no more |
| But for long time I had gone cold |
| Blindfolded my own insecurity was holding me back |
| To reds, I ain’t know how to act |
| They would get the cold shoulder and know it was an act |
| A defense mechanism, what I thought that I lacked |
| Confidence |
| From a light-skinned girl to a dark-skinned brother |
| Shade doesn’t matter, heart makes the lover |
| Boy you’re so beautiful, boy you’re so beautiful |
| Shadee doesn’t matter, heart makes the lover |
| Honey brown, caramel, coffee brown, chocolate |
| Toffee, pecan, licorice, boy you’re so beautiful |