Sugah Daddy (Live)

[Intro: D'Angelo]

Ah yeah

Ow, uh

Uh-huh

[Verse 1: D'Angelo]

It's just the way she's so raw and uncut

She needs a spankin', she'll love it

And I just wish that I could open her up, yeah, yeah

To this deeper place of love, ayy, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

High-priced snake skin on her arm

Lace satin covering up her charms, ow, ow

You shoulda seen the way they tossed and turned, yeah

The way she made the congregation squirm

[Chorus: D'Angelo]

Girl's got a worldly view

Apparently she sees through you

Her love was never meant to sharе for two

She said I'll do it if you'll be my sugah daddy

[Interlude: D'Angelo]

Horns

Shout-out to Roy Hargrove, rеst in peace, uh

[Verse 2: D'Angelo]

Take a note from my philosophy

And I'ma try to give her what she need (What she need)

Can't snatch the meat out of the lioness mouth

Sometimes you gotta just ease it out

Even if I wanna give her some more lovin' (I'll give her a pacifier)

I fill my baby's crib with all the lovin' daddy wants to give

(And when it comes to rocking her to sleep, I'll never tire)

This is the way I pat my baby on the butt, good God

She had me hooked with only just one glance, yeah

She need a spankin', baby, that's what's up

Lawd, lawd

You say you wanna be the one she chooses to star in her meaningless romance

To star in her meaningless romance

To star in her meaningless

To star in, to star in, to star in

To star, to star, to star, to star in her meaningless romance

[Chorus: D'Angelo]

Girl's got a worldly view

What's a sassy girl to do?

And if the decision was left up to me

You best believe that I would be her sugah daddy

Brown eyes that'll make you blue

Eyes that'll see right through you

She crossed her fingers when she said her vows

She said I promise that I'll sock it to you...

[Outro: D'Angelo, DJ Scratch]

Yeah, a little taste, right?

A little somethin'

Yeah, you know, um, Harlem is like a second home to me. I'm from Virginia, I'm from Richmond, but this is my second home, man. So, whenever I come here, I always think about, um, you know, the first time I came here when I was a teenager, uh, sixteen, seventeen, competing

Showtime at the Apollo?

Not Showtime but the regular Amateur Night

Amateur Night joint

Yeah

Oh

For sure

So what happened?

I won, ha ha ha. Yeah, man, um, and so that was my start, really, for being a professional, I guess. But, um, when I think about this place, when I think about Harlem, I think about community, you know, um, and uh, you know, just people stepping up and supporting, supporting us tonight, um — shout-out to Harlem, um, New York, all over the world — and um, you know, just wanna uh, say 'cause they're putting us on this thing so I'ma read it. Um, you know, we support Black businesses and Black entrepreneurship, and uh, you know

Community

Community, man, that's what it's about. So, um, you know, all power to the people, and um, that's where the power is, for real. So, that said, let's move on, man