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VERSE 1:
gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fieldsβ¦
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver knows heβs doing alright
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
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CHORUS:
brown sugarβ¦
how come you taste so good?
brown sugarβ¦
just like a young girl should
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VERSE 2:
drums beating coldβ¦English blood runs hotβ¦
Lady of the house wonderinβ where itβs gonna stop
House boy knows that heβs doing alright
You shoulda heard him just around midnight
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CHORUS:
Brown sugar how come you taste so good, now?
Brown sugar just like a young girl should, now
Ah, get along, brown sugar how come you taste so good, baby?
Ah, got me feelinβ now, brown sugar just like a black girl should
VERSE 3:
I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
Iβm no schoolboy but I know what I like
You shoulda heard me just around midnight
CHORUS:
Brown sugar how come you taste so good, baby?
Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl shouldβ¦
yeah!
OUTRO:
i said yeah, yeah, yeah, woo!
How come you⦠how come you taste so good?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
Just like a⦠just like a black girl should
yeah, yeah, yeahβ¦woo!
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(off 1971 rolling stones album βsticky fingersβ)
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*βWILD HORSESβ* β
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β*βSTICKY FINGERSβ* β
*THE ROLLING STONES*
*1971*
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