“Mind Sex,” Let’s Get Free, Dead Prez (2000)
When you think about Dead Prez, you think revolution. But the fact of the matter is that these powerful Black men also spoke about love and sexuality… but not in the mundane way that so many who pick up the mic do. They broke it down to where all sensuality starts — the mind. With “Mind Sex,” this duo expanded our understanding of revolution by including verbal foreplay; something that no one can fake.
“Now I know you think I wanna f##k and no doubt.
But tonight we’ll try a different route.
How bout we start, with a salad, a fresh bed of lettuce with croutons,
Later we can play a game of chess on the futon.
See, I ain’t got to get in your blouse.
It’s your eye contact that be getting me aroused.
When you show me your mind, it makes me wanna show you mines.
Reflecting my light, when it shines, just taking our time.
Before the night’s through, we could get physical too.
I ain’t trying to say I don’t wanna f##k, cause I do.
But for me, boo, making love is just as much mental,
I like to know what I’m getting into.”