Ladies and gentlemen, the wait is over!

After leaving fans yearning for a follow-up to his neo-soul classic Voodoo for 14 years, the crooner has finally finished an project of all-new material and, judging from the first single, he hasn’t lost a step (or vocal ability).  Featuring that signature D’Angelo sound, the track has D’Angelo telling just how bad his lady is.  The scat-singing can make the lyrics a little hard to understand at times, but a few listens clears that right up.  The mid-tempo production is surprisingly high energy and the funky bassline is hard not to move to.  If the rest of the album sounds like this, D’Angelo might have an instant classic on his hands.

Black Messiah is available from select outlets now and will be available everywhere tomorrow (December 16).

Because the lyrics are a little hard to understand without the use of headphones, we are going to help you out.  Thanks MetroLyrics for the timesaver.

It’s just the way she’s so raw and uncut
She needs a spankin’ to shake her up
And I just wish that I could open her up
To this deeper place of love
High priced snake skin on her arm (oooh)
Lace satin covering up her charms
You shoulda seen the way they tossed and turned
The way she made the congregation squirm

[CHORUS]
Girl’s got a worldly view
Apparently she sees through you
Her love was never meant to share for two
She said I’ll do it if you’ll be my sugah daddy

Take a note from my philosophy
I’ma give her what she need
Can’t snatch the meat out of the lioness’ mouth
Sometimes you gotta just
Ease it out
I give her a pacifier
I fill my baby’s crib with all the sweetness Daddy wants to give
And when it comes to rocking her to sleep, I’ll never tire
This is the way I pat my baby on the butt
She had me hooked with only just one glance
She need a spankin’, baby, that’s wussup
Lawd, Lawd
You say you wanna be the one she chooses to star in her meaningless romance

[CHORUS]
Girl’s got a worldly view
What’s a sassy girl to do
And if the decision was left up to me
You best believe that I would be her sugah daddy

Brown eyes that will make you blue
Eyes that’ll see right through you
She crossed her fingers when she said her vows
She said I promise that I’ll sock it to you, Daddy

Oh won’t you give me some please

So I take the child to my crib
I ain’t gonna tell you what we did
I hit it so I made the pussy fart
She said it’s talkin’ to ya, talkin’ to ya, Daddy!