Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields 
Sold in the market down in New Orleans 
Scarred old slaver knows he's doin' all right 
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 beatin' cold, English blood runs hot 
Lady of the house wonderin' when it's gonna stop 
House boy knows that he's doin' all right 
You should have heard him just around midnight 

Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good 
Brown Sugar, just like a young girl should 

--- Saxophone --- 

Brown Sugar, how come you dance so good 
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 them just around midnight 

Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good 
Brown Sugar, just like a black girl should 

I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, wooo!! 
How come you, how come you dance so good 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, wooo!! 
Just like a, just like a black girl should 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, wooo!!