JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "The Sweetest Thing" merupakan lagu R&B soul yang dilantunkan oleh Lauryn Hill bersama dengan Refugee Camp All-Stars.
Keluar pada Maret 1997 silam, lagu ini menjadi soundtrack film drama romansa berjudul Love Jones.
Refugee Camp All-Stars sendiri merupakan duo hip-hop asal Amerika yang aktif bermusik pada 1997.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Adam Lives in Theory - Lauryn Hill
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "The Sweetest Thing" oleh Lauryn Hill berikut ini.
[Verse 1]
Dm D#m Cm
The sweetest thing I've ever known
Cm C#m Dm
Was like a kiss on the collarbone
Dm D#m Cm
Soft caress of happiness
Cm C#m Dm
The way you walk, your style of dress
Dm D#m Cm
I wish I didn't get so weak
Cm C#m Dm
Ooo, baby, just to hear you speak
Dm D#m Cm
Makes me argue just to see
Cm
How much you're in love with me
[Chorus 1]
D# Dm Cm C#m
See, like a queen, a queen upon her throne
Dm C#m Cm C#m
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know
Dm C#m Cm C#m
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know
[Verse 2]
Dm D#m Cm
I get mad when you walk away
Cm C#m Dm
So I tell you "Leave", when I mean "Stay"
Dm D#m Cm
Warm as the sun dipped in black
Cm C#m Dm
Fingertips on the small of my back
Dm D#m Cm C#m
More valuable than all I own
Dm D#m Cm C#m
Like your precious, precious, precious, precious, precious dark skin tone
[Bridge]
Dm C#m Cm
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know
F#m
It was the...
Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm
Ah, I tried to explain
Gm C Gm C Gm C Gm C
Ah, but baby, it's in vain
[Verse 3]
Dm D#m Cm
Speaking on my mother's phone
Cm C#m Dm
The touching makes me think I'm grown
Dm D#m Cm
Sweet prince of the ghetto
Cm C#m Dm
Your kisses taste like amaretto
Dm D#m Cm C#m
Intoxicating, oh, so intoxicating
Dm D#m Cm
How sad, how sad that all things come to an end
[Chorus 2]
D# Dm Cm C#m
But then again, I'm, I'm not alone
Dm C#m Cm C#m
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know
Dm C#m Cm
It was the sweet, sweetest thing I know
[Outro]
F#m Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm
I sometimes watch you in your sleep
Gm C Gm C Gm C Gm C
Ah, excuse me if I get too cheesy, hey
Dm C#m Cm
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know