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

Brown sugar, how come you dance so good, little girl, girl, girl?
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 all right
You shoulda heard him just around midnight

Brown sugar, how come you dance so good, little girl, girl, girl?
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should

Brown sugar, how come you dance so good, little girl, girl, girl?
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should

I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all here boyfriends were sweet sixteen
I'm no schoolboy but I know what I like
You shoulda heard me just around midnight

Brown sugar, how come you dance so good, little girl, girl, girl?
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should

I said yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
I said yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
I said yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
I said yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
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