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
BROWN SUGAR HOW COME YOU TASTE SO GOOD ?
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
BROWN SUGAR HOW COME YOU TASTE SO GOOD ?
BROWN SUGAR JUST LIKE A YOUNG GIRL SHOULD

AH, BROWN SUGAR HOW COME YOU TASTE SO GOOD ?
AH, 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 ME JUST AROUND MIDNIGHT
BROWN SUGAR HOW COME YOU TASTE SO GOOD ?
AH, BROWN SUGAR JUST LIKE A YOUNG GIRL SHOULD

IS SAID YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, WHEW
HOW COME YOU. . . HOW COME YOU TASTE SO GOOD ?
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, WHEW
JUST LIKE A JUST LIKE A BLACK GIRL SHOULD
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, WHEW