At a glance, D’Angelo’s “Brown Sugar” seems to be about a dark-skinned woman the singer loves, but on a deeper note, it is actually D’Angelo’s confession of his love for grass. The singer personifies...
It has been speculated that this song is actually about an illegal substance, since “brown sugar” is a recognized slang term for a particular type of illicit substance. However, it is pretty clear that the primary topic of...