Wale - Shades (Attention Deficit)

[mhsbllr]

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

[crit1227]

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

[ziegljs]

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

[NerdMeech]

This track is TOO SICK! This song is a mirror. LISTEN BLACK FOLKS AND LEARN THE ERROR OF YOUR WAYS!

[BigPaPaOG5]

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

[tazze09]

i love this song coming from a beautiful milk chocolate

[TheeMissBailey]

Beautiful track. ♥

"Shade doesn't matter heart makes the lover"

[nigerianplaya74]

this joint goes hard

[EchoVocabulary]

@nigerianplaya74 our countryman kills it

[villainakavicci]

color don't mean shit to me, ccuz nothin ilove more than a a fine ass brown to dark skinned girl...

[MrHanz3n]

fuckin nice beat!!!!!!

[Sheriece05]

This so is so deep

[YEAshesBOMB]

this shit is inspirational. coming from a dark skinned girl ,

[Bureiku81]

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.

[Zandigal]

This song cuts deep!

[alberthardie]

yeah it do! make you think hard as hell

[5up312son1ck177y]

I LOVE THIS SONG - Im Real Proud To Be From The DMV

[asmooth16a]

chip on my shoulder big enuff to feed cambodia

[king4lyf3]

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

[hahahahahaiztulah]

-sniffles-

ths shit is beautiful

[Laylock16]

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

[JoycelynnTV]

@Laylock16 chip on my shoulder not triple

[L3thalBeatz]

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

[FLYONENW]

Great song wale stay killing them

[LilFrancey]

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

[whoisCnCtv]

#nowplaying on DJ CnC's N900

[Chiny81]

walllle!!

[deepseamermaid]

Wale is the shit! Loving it!

[fsumpter]

This guy has some serious skills. I love it.

[rmbb10]

Love it.

[iv1764]

This is sick

This is the mentality black people have all over the world from america to uk to africa

Totally relate to this

The best part for me is " it was an act a defense mechanism what I thought that I lacked"

CONFIDENCE lol

i love it

[classylady15]

Wale went deep with this one

[MALIQQ]

fuccin luv it! awesome! WALE 4 hiphop king !

[MALIQQ]

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

[PISSONYOURDICK]

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

[lilant94012]

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

[prodigychild324]

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

[Denairo2224]

na 9th didn make dis beat it was made by a group called best kept secret they from dc...young niggas comin up

[youngpac13]

naw 9th made this one listen to lifes a bitch by wale(the whole song)

[ns592p]

Noooo Nigga BKS Produced this... Along With Perscription, Mama Told Me, And Pretty Girls... Aswell As His Entire Mixtape About Nothing Mixtape.... They Are The Future Of This Production shit.....

Imo This Doesnt even Sound Like A 9th Wonder Beat Lol,.... no Sample... Drums 2 Intricate

[MrYoungworld1]

wale is a beast

[everynameseemstobe]

I'm having trouble following the sequence of events.. can someone help me?

as I understand it,

- wale, due to his nigerian indigenous roots, experienced prejudice

- he began to associate light skin with higher class

- when wale was 17, he had a white gf, who he cheated on, because he believe she would eventually cheat on him

- wale is self-depreciating because of his race and the fact that he still believes racism exists

is this right? what's the message of the song?

[Moedj17]

He never said his girlfriend was white, he said light-skinned, as in a light-skinned African American woman. Pretty much he's talking about an issue among African Americans, there's still an issue today about light-skinned, brown-skinned and dark-skinned, which actually started back in slavery times, by Caucasian people who pretty much treated lighter people differently just because they were lighter. He's pretty much bringing it up to make awareness of the fact that this issue still exists.

[Moedj17]

Lighter has always seemed better, he's ust saying how he felt and how society made him feel when he was younger, that dark is seen as a bad and negative thing. He stated that he has a generalization about light-skin women, that they would cheat on him, so he cheated on them first, which is like a defense mechanism. I think he's saying how he felt when he was young, not how he feels now, but mentioning how brown and dark-skinned young African American people (mostly men I'm guessing) feel.

[everynameseemstobe]

Thanks man

[minutello89]

anyone feelin me when i say this sounds like somethin nas would do? got that nas swag in my opinion

[flyydude]

That's pretty much it. You have the general idea down. There's some things you said that are a little off, but for the most part that's an accurate statement.

[jaedadime]

Glad someone could put this to words and to a beat.. there's a lot of folks suffering from this syndrome!

[yungfameq]

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

[amsamuel]

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

DOWN SOUTH!!!

[keojuan]

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

[LibertarianGal2009]

The shades of wale eating efo out of another yoruba nigga ass.

[gokeoluyemo]

are u nigerian?

[Qyana94]

I am

[Qyana94]

Did he say immigrant parents?

[gokeoluyemo]

yes.his parents r nigerians

[holla06]

this totally contradicts his "pretty girls" video...O_O

[babylonburn135]

Who is the girl on the chorus?

[MsDivaJonelle]

sounds like Chrisette Michelle

[HarajukuLovification]

it is

[yayareaqueen33]

It's called colorism. It is an actual sociological topic. He illustrates very vividly the experience of a Dark-skinned Black man versus the lighter skinned Black man. Ideals embedded into minds since Africans were robbed of their culture and enslaved. Preach Wale... Preach.

[birdman850]

i can tell ur very intelligent!!!! preach sista!

[gamefanatic1131]

Im light skinned black this shit made me think though. Didnt even know dark skinned people felt like this.

[birdman850]

really?? well i never knew dudes felt this way but females dark skinned always hatin on light skinned girls! my chick is mixed but can go for white and she hated on all the time by black females!!! darkskinned females!! look how black woman act when they see white women wit black men!!! thats called hate!!! love this record gotta download the album now!

[gamefanatic1131]

lmao very true. i didnt know dudes felt this way tho.

[tjthomas9797]

This Is A Great Songgggggggggggggggggggggggggg­ggggggggggg

[smilz324]

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

[SamWest1991]

whyy is qood hip-hop so addictinq? poetry in motion = qreatness!

[seanyj04]

wow your retarded

[seanyj04]

you make no sense.

[guttahmami3]

wow wale got haters like shit lls

[bamst7]

yall are all fuckin retarded hes obviously saying people didnt accept him because of his color and hes saying it shouldnt matter what color are u fucking dumbass people nowadays

[DeeSee25]

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

[LibertarianGal2009]

From the lyrics of this song, it seems like this ugly nigga wants to be white.

[trock94]

fuckin hater its called insecurites bitch

[LibertarianGal2009]

@trock94 yeah, he is insecure being a ugly black guy and he wishes that he was white or light-skin. Yeah, exactly my point, dumb ass.

[naija4eva]

only a dumbass like you could miss the point entirely

[LibertarianGal2009]

I get the point. He wants to be white. He has issues with light skin people because he wants to be light-skin. I guess we can look forward to Wale bleaching his skin in the coming years or fucking Bobs and Justins in the ass.

[dareal14life]

shut the fuck up. you sound like a fuckin' dumbass

[naija4eva]

lmao if anyone is uncomfortable it has to be you. why do you need to be so defensive about wale's insecurities? if you must know im nigerian and russian. i have very fair skin so i cant put my self in his position entirely but if the only thing you got out of the song was that he hates himself you must be an idiot.

[LibertarianGal2009]

"I'm Nigerian and Russian." LMAO. "I have very fair skin! I am special" What does your yellow ass have to do with anything! You trying to seperate yourself from the dark niggas. Wow, you Nigerians are more stuck on Mr. Charlie's nutsack than I thought.

[dareal14life]

Lmao! No, "my friend" i have absolutely NO problem with my color. believe that. I'm happy the way i am. Don't jump to conclusions before you know the story.

[LibertarianGal2009]

LOL, Nigeria smells like hot ass.

[waleiskool]

yo u r all so fuckin retarded hes talkin bout no matter wat ur skin color is everyone should be treated equaly retard

[LATYA09]

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

[Iyomosa44]

yo this is real deeeeep

[mattmattyouknow]

Shitt Real..

[iiLUvnEwBoyZ]

wale is dope

[jaylennn90]

dhis go deep

[fredmagic09]

shit go hard

[relatv216]

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.

[DivineForcesBro]

This beaat is crazyyyy

[LocksDeeDee]

LOVE THIS SONG!!! Wale is a great artist!! Wale + Chrisette=Great Combo!

[keojuan]

Wale, well said.

[littlehustling]

This song is so deep. I'm dark and I do feel this. Nothing against light skinned but I thought same thing light skins will be over us dark skinned with women and nowadays people are like "nigga u dark" as though its bad never "nigga u light" best part of song "Hopin Wes Snipes makes my life a lil bit different"

[princenate1]

omg he is very underated...

[cellphone1214]

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[MBEBEATZ]

His Album Good To Bad Jay-z Didnt Help Promote It

[973born]

I need a light skin girl. Ooops!!! I mean "Pecan" lol

[alreadycrowning]

Some times it feel good to know your not the only person who goes through this type of stuff

[BabySpit]

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

[BREKA34]

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!

[BabySpit]

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

[Mesheka24]

@BREKA34 i just said that and i scroll down 2 c ur comment..glad somebody feels how i feel. This is beautiful he made me go purchase this album. he's on his job prettymuch!

[EverybodyxL0VESxLee]

wale is the best ,point BLANK

[OhbOyiszRosie]

love this song.

[bossmacswagg214]

this is the first album i listened to all the way through without skippin ant track. Wale is the truth.

[Southside232]

HOT SONG

[cronaldo2291]

probably one of the best songs on his album. actually all of his songs are good lol

[ayeitsladyillest]

im diggin this (;

[seanbondeckbigship]

Am going out to but this guys album rite now!!! He deserves that...he good!

[D1mezy12]

i am not even gonna lie wale surprised me, hes better then i thought. much respect to wale.

[VitaNegern77]

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

[KyKing89]

yea he talkin bout light skin niggaz not white boys how they get more respect n da world den dark skin niggaz

[brooklynsfinest11221]

you're a fucking idiot

[VitaNegern77]

Fuck you

[brooklynsfinest11221]

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

[VitaNegern77]

@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 .

[djjoshsnowden]

@VitaNegern77 yes, it's pretty obvious if you listen to the lyrics.

[VitaNegern77]

@djjoshsnowden Ok thanks i just wanted a confirmation

[ousmat29]

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

[VitaNegern77]

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 ?

[ousmat29]

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..

[fadimaizcool]

Cnt download iht on limewire .

~ladie swaqqah aka beauty~

[coolkidbx]

Wale did his thing on this track and Chrisette Michele sounded so beautiful on the hook...lightskin or darkskin it doesn't matter HEART MAKES THE LOVER!

[KyKing89]

i can dig dat bra ima light skin nigga n still like dis song

[bdw0410]

Depth In the Lyrics of THIS Song... Wale I'm Sold This Song Is Beautiful

[02xstanley]

real talks mayn

[KidMurder21]

Not gonna lie, I am in love with song

[ki9killa]

wale is 1 of the greatest of this century

[flatout09]

this is hip hop..i dont understand how a song like ''O lets do it'' become relevant with good music.. this is real hip hop

[8792perfection]

i love your comment! lol

[flatout09]

thanks llol

[khussett]

yea, not only that, this is nothing but reality he speaks

[bryan7035]

This is REALLY GOOD

[93lovelythang]

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

[KingSlash21]

I Fucc with This Song Hard it's So True Ay33

[xdisturbiax11x]

the girl is goood

[JayyPHLESH]

Wale Is Basically The Savior

Of D.C. Thats Why We Luv

him

[ranheem971]

he isn't the savior of dc....he not even from dc jus rep that shit

[JayyPHLESH]

lmfao I deff Did not Write that. prolly My cousin. But Anyways And If He Isn't From DC still He Reppin For Them. Like Come On . I'm Not From Pisttsburg But Every game I Watch I Say "Mane Fuckk Every Teamm But steelers" Does It Matter Where He Is From. He Puttin Us On The Map. Am I Right??

[ba4010]

im pretty sure he lived in dc before he lived in md..just sayin dude..i thought if ur born and lived somewhere for a min u can rep it freely

[nasandrickthebes]

this was not produced by 9th wonder, it was by Best Kept Secret and my manz JuJu

[Input1914]

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

[Sk8boiraz]

dis is real hip hop

[TheLeereviews]

brought hip hop back to life

[OfficialCrackBeatz]

the beat was by BKS not 9thwonder

[jdashie]

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

[beatbchan5]

whos the lady singer?

[misterdj2994]

Chrisette Michele

[LLDAMI]

wale wow your the savior of rap/hip hop

[busyworksbeats]

This deserves a GRAMMY!

[MegaRicson]

man i like it dis issue needed to be addressed and it did black ppl need to stop dividing themselves we dont need division we need unity not just between us blacks but between all of us white, black, asian, spanish then the world will be better i think in a way everyone is racist white are the worst at it tho but blacks can be racist too they need to start addressing that before it gets out of hand i know the white ppl mistreated us we have to forgive just dont forget thats all

!!jae vill

[shaunitad]

deep!

[weTheCosmos]

AMEN BRUH,

i heard his song World tour in about 2 stores

this week,

and i was excited hearing it and happy he's getting out there.

[weTheCosmos]

THIS SONG GOES AND FITS INTO MY SOUL.

i feel this song, Wale deserves fame he has

true meaning in lyrics and his flow is not like any other, so what if he is "different"

he has beautiful words. :]