[Cee-Lo]   Mmmm.. this particular song right here is..   dedicated to the black woman   And it doesn't pertain to all black women   because some of y'all disrespect y'allself   because 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      Yo, I'm quite single, and occaisionally 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, OK?   I waited a day *phone rings* 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?   Hasn't 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, a-llow 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 yo' 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, many of you   won't even 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   Shawty, you dead fine, but the bottom-line is   You're still my sister      Chorus: Cee-Lo *singing*      Well, I say you're my, beginnin my end   You're my sista 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      [Gipp]   Yeah, I met you and y'all knew, saw you again on Marietta   Downtown Atlanta, checkin your long legs, got me smirkin   Fixed me dinner one night, candles lit   Kinda ahought you was slick in the beginnin   But it teurned 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 gon by   Brought a baby girl into this world, made our parents grandfolks   Household with no hope, 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      Chorus      [Khujo]   No need to compete, with the music loud   or stairs cold, put on a scale, of one to ten, you a twelve   I chose, her over jail and hell   Originally from ATL      [T-Mo]   Compatible souls come together, under bad weather   to discuss distrust amongst the so-called   good in every wo-man, how I wish this was true   I deal with facts only, already done cloned me   Why I sang the blues, when 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 naive of a girl fallin for the OK   Let the pistol smoke the one you live by   Die by, examples of how relationships can be      [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   19 years old, worth more than her weight in gold   But it was all my fault, so don't cry, understand   If down the line I want you back and the feelin ain't mutual   just promise me you'll find a new man -- that's bout some business   Hope she find what her was lookin for, like a dreamto my end   I wanted to be more than friends   Beautiful black skin (black skin)      Chorus: repeat to end