Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Rodriguez
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A glimpse into the life of a drug addict on the streets of inner city Detroit. His dealer or “Sugarman” is the gate keeper to his escape from reality and the drug addict narrator holds him with high regards.
[Verse 1]
Sugar man, won't you hurry?
'Cause I'm tired of these scenes
For a blue coin, won't you bring back
All those colors to my dreams?
[Chorus]
Silver magic ships you carry
Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane
[Verse 2]
Sugar man met a false friend
On a lonely dusty road
Lost my heart when I found it
It had turned to dead black coal
[Chorus]
Silver magic ships you carry
Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane
[Verse 3]
Sugar man, you're the answer
That makes my questions disappear
Sugar man, 'cause I'm weary
Of those double games I hear
[Chorus]
Sugar man, sugar man, sugar man, sugar man
Sugar man, sugar man, sugar man
[Verse 1]
Sugar man, won't you hurry?
'Cause I'm tired of these scenes
For the blue coin, won't you bring back
All those colors to my dreams?
[Chorus]
Silver magic ships you carry
Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane
[Verse 2]
Sugar man met a false friend
On a lonely dusty road
Lost my heart when I found it
It had turned to dead black coal
[Chorus]
Silver magic ships you carry
Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane
[Verse 3]
Sugar man, you're the answer
That makes my questions disappear
Sugar Man was written by Sixto Rodriguez.
Sugar Man was produced by Dennis Coffey & Mike Theodore.
“Sugar Man” is Rodriguez’s ode to his dopeman. When he sings of “Jumpers, coke, [and] sweet Mary Jane,” he’s talking about uppers, cocaine, and cannabis; the products his “sugar man” sells him.
This concept is a common one; while Rodriguez sings about his dopeman, Curtis Mayfield sings as the dopem...