Wale - Shades Lyrics

2020 January Im listening to this , i only heard this joint last week lol , Im not a wale fan but this song touched me as i am from Africa and im not dark skin so i understand what that means

This song here!!!! I miss this Wale!!!!! #attentiondeficit

Greatest song I ever heard STILL !!!

Still loves this song

Im a millennial born in 85.
i have to say... this newer generation of music sucks soooo bad.
but this new generation does have good people like Wale. J Cole. Kendrick Lamar... it fails me soo much when i see Amigos making it bigger than the more talented 3 i mentioned. this some good shit though.. i cant wait til people snap back to reality and realize what good music is

2019,still powerful

2019 and this song is soooo fire

Smfh this song really warms my soul 😭❤️❤️💯 the GREASTEST

2019 Still loving this!

Yep, classic

AMAZING !!!!

While watching the Black-ish episode on Colorism, this song popped in my head immediately. So fitting.

Wale is just sooo smooth and can never do any wrong in my eyes. love him

" from a light skin girl to a dark skin brother " 🤕🤔 are we gonna act like darkskin women arent tge main ones effected by colorism smh im disappointed

@rodney holmes Black women will never take responsibility or accountable for their actions. They will continue to blame colorism on everything. They are jealous of celebraties dating preferences. Colorism will end tomorrow if black women love themselves and their blackness and embrace the afrocentric.

Black women are oppressed clearly and if you can't see that you're just blatantly ignoring it as black men usually do look the other way when their women are being attacked if you really think colorism can end just by people embracing their color you are honestly the most ignorant person I've ever had a discussion with in my life because black women are not the main perpetrators of colorism and I never said black women do not judge black men for their color but black men judge black women for their color way harder and way more

@Kay Ojo black women aren't oppressed now you're making more shit up as you go.

@Kay Ojo you blamed the reason why black women have to wear makeup on men (black men). which is bullshit

LORD JABALI y’all love playing ignorant about colorist and it’s different effects on males/females, light/dark until black men are affected by it....this is why black women shouldn’t support y’all at all. Because you do not care and act like we are not oppressed like y’all.

Still touched by this in 2018.....

Still touched by this 10 years later.

this song could've made a beautiful music video

There was a sick video to the song with different shades of black people in it and images that go along with the song but i cant find it anymore

taking it back .. in 2018

Not available

fuck half breeds and fuck dark hoes ...all hail the IMP dark skin brothers unite.

+Mario Browaale Idiots like you is why blacks stay divided and hating each other. Even in Africa they come in many different shades. I don't care how dark you are I bet there's going to be someone darker so should they talk shit on you and say you're less than them?

I looooooooooooooooooove this song

timeless love this song

Still like this one

seriously he got style like kanye...they sound like they rap the same dope shit

this comment has not aged well lol

@nigerianplaya74 our countryman kills it

mad as all hell I didn't get the album love it to death. Very impressed

I'm most certainly going to buy this album. He makes great music.

this song is sik big ups to wale and if you guy think about obama would be president it he was dark because when white ppl see light they think safer and thats bs

this joint goes hard

yeah it do! make you think hard as hell

Wale is str8 truth, so dope, check me out, im trying to get known and im really determined to do something with my music, comment rate, you'll show alot of support by doing so, its my first video with more to come.

This song cuts deep!

wow dis song goes!!!! Wale is NICE!

.....It's chip on my shoulder

-sniffles-

ths shit is beautiful

Triple my shoulder big enough to feed Cambodia.....HA wow!!

ahahaha!

DailyLife * chip on my shoulder

Wale super hot. DMV stand up!!!!!!!!

#nowplaying on DJ CnC's N900

This guy has some serious skills. I love it.

yes.his parents r nigerians

" immigrant parents had me feeln lyke a step kid, black americans neva accepted me dats y i graft somuch 2 win d respect :DEEPSHIT!

fuccin luv it! awesome! WALE 4 hiphop king !

are u nigerian?

This song is incredible...one day ill be spitting like this.

let me just say that im am from pg just like wale and there are not that many white people here look it up princegeorges county mostly black people

wow...9th made this beat?? it sounds out of his style but im diggin it tho!!

man sortta reminds me of a rick ross track but its obvious wale will be better than ross

Cool song. Wale went in on it, and Chrisette's fine azz held it dyne.

DOWN SOUTH!!!

"Chip on my shoulders, big enough to feed Cambodia..." Word...

sounds like Chrisette Michelle

This Is A Great Songggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

please stop responding to LibertarianGal's ignorant comments. We can avoid the black hole of her vast stupidity if we just focus on the beauty of this song

you make no sense.

wow your retarded

wow wale got haters like shit lls

Does it matter if you're secure in your own skin if skin color is the first thing other people see? One consciousness.

fuckin hater its called insecurites bitch

well i love da song! I love everybody but i do perfer dark skinned men and im caramel i dont think that matter doe.. lol

wale is dope

dhis go deep

shit go hard

For the life of me I can't understand why there is so much animosity towards the video for "Pretty Girls", it is obvious that Wale understands the whole light skin vs dark skin mess, he has obviously overcame that so the video is not a reflection of a "color complex" he has against himself. So why can't we just say that he(if he had anything to do with the casting in the first place) chose women who were beautiful not particularly paying attention to a specific skin tone.

I'm not against you, otherwise I wouldn't tell you what I think. I do believe that the skin color really doesn't matter. If I liked a white guy and he liked me too, I would date him..

I know that now , i just wanted confirmation . i dont know why y'all turned against me . I was only tellin the truth and you would definitely not date a white guy right ?

He means lighter Afro-Americans. But I think it just depends, I'm black but I have nothing against white guys.

@brooklynsfinest11221 Fucking puta . I never said that it matters , dont blow things out of proportion but matter of truth black girls don't simply like white guys .

@VitaNegern77 stupid stop fuckin up this page for wale we dont need anymore ignorance in the world...color doesnt matter get a damn clue

This beaat is crazyyyy

Wale, well said.

me too i listened to world tour, shades and beautiful bliss last night, woke up this morning and bought the album

i love this song. best song by far. i love black men lmaooo

When i heard this song
I fell in love wit Wale
I had to go get da album
And i must say it is nice!
I love this song
And im lightskinned!

@djjoshsnowden Ok thanks i just wanted a confirmation

HOT SONG

Fuck you

you're a fucking idiot

As in light-skinned does he mean lighter Afro-Americans ? Because Black girls don't really like white guys .

Cnt download iht on limewire .

~ladie swaqqah aka beauty~

i love your comment! lol

wale is 1 of the greatest of this century

This is REALLY GOOD

wale is very underrated, i heard his stuff for the first time 2 days ago and he is hot as hell

the girl is goood

A grammy???? Let's get for real. Yea dude is nice be he's only alright.

9th wonder on the beat....young bucks!

wale wow your the savior of rap/hip hop

This deserves a GRAMMY!

wow your an idiot

that is so true man so true....

most of the non mainstream rappers albums would have sold but no one listens to HIP HOP any more...day listen to bullshyt....

ADAM ZOMBIE IS THE FUTURE

WALE! Dmv all day. DC MD VA! Its our time

@ZanehW i know thats right this is an issue that doesnt revovle around sex or drugs, but finally a rapper is addressing the emotional side of black american's and how they feel. So refreshing.

@neneluv18 I MEAN THATS true but you dont hhave to diss the white people. Belive it or not they come in different shades too.

hes called lupe fiasco u dumshit
look 4 sum REAL hiphop dnt jus listen 2 the radio
wales dope tho dnt get me wrong

finally a rapper that adresses apparent problems in america.

wale!!! DC reppin ya diiiiigg?!?!?!?!111