Erykah Badu - Appletree(1997)

[00:01.41] I'd like to dedicate this to all the creative, righteous children
[00:05.86] I have some food in my bag for you
[00:07.76] Not that edible food, the food you eat, no
[00:11.54] Perhaps some food for thought
[00:13.78] Since knowledge is infinite
[00:15.44] It has infinitely fell on me so um...
[00:19.89] It was a stormy night, you know, the kind where the lightnin' strike
[00:26.13] And I was hangin' out with some my artsy friends
[00:29.15] Ooh wee, ooh wee, ooh wee
[00:30.59] The night was long, the night went on, people coolin' out until the
[00:34.05] Break of dawn
[00:36.14] Incense was burnin' so I'm feelin' right, aight
[00:40.34] See I pick my friends like I pick my fruit
[00:43.09] My Granny told me that when I was only a youth
[00:45.66] I don't walk around trying to be what I'm not
[00:47.85] I don't waste my time trying to get what you got
[00:50.58] I work at pleasin' me
[00:51.23] 'Cause I can't please you and that's why I do what I do
[00:55.31] My soul flies free like a willow tree
[00:57.92] Doo wee, doo wee, doo wee
[01:00.94] And if you don't want to be down with me, you don't want to pick from my
[01:04.47] Apple tree
[01:06.13] And if you don't want to be down with me, then you don't want to pick from my
[01:09.53] Apple tree
[01:11.23] And if you don't want to be down with me, then you don't want to pick from my
[01:14.81] Apple tree
[01:16.18] And if you don't want to be down with me, you just don't want to be down
[01:21.03] I have a hoe
[01:23.64] And I take it everywhere I go
[01:26.64] 'Cause I'm plantin' seeds so I reap what I sow, ya know, ya know
[01:30.89] On and on, and on and on, my cypher keep's movin' like a rollin' stone
[01:36.26] I can't control the soul flowin' in me
[01:39.69] Ooh wee, ooh wee, oh wee
[01:41.05] See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
[01:43.50] My Granny told me that when I was only a youth
[01:46.28] I don't walk around trying to be what I'm not
[01:48.99] I don't waste my time trying to get what ya got
[01:51.19] I work at pleasin' me
[01:52.41] 'Cause I can't please you and that's why I do what I do
[01:56.24] My soul flies free like a willow tree
[01:58.87] Doo wee, doo wee, doo wee
[02:01.86] And if you don't want to be down with me, you don't want to pick from
[02:05.37] My apple tree
[02:06.91] And if you don't want to be down with me, you don't want to pick from
[02:10.34] My apple tree
[02:12.02] And if you don't want to be down with me, you don't want to pick from
[02:15.47] My apple tree
[02:16.91] And if you don't want to be down with me, you just don't want to be
[02:20.35] Down
[02:22.49] Oh my my my, oh my my my, oh my my my, my my my my
[02:41.83] I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
[02:44.59] My Granny told me that when I was only a youth
[02:46.85] I don't walk around trying to be what I'm not
[02:49.27] I don't waste my time trying to get what you got
[02:51.92] I work at pleasin' me
[02:53.29] 'Cause I can't please you, and that's why I do what I do
[02:56.87] My soul flies free like a willow tree
[02:59.40] Doo wee, doo wee, doo wee
[03:02.32] And if you don't want to be down with me, you don't want to pick from
[03:06.01] My apple tree
[03:07.23] And if you don't want to be down with me, dum dum diddy
[03:12.40] And if you don't want to be down with me, you don't want to pick from
[03:16.27] My apple tree
[03:17.72] And if you don't want to be down with me, you just don't want to be
[03:21.04] Down
[03:24.85] You just don't want to be down
[03:30.20] You just don't want to be down, down, down
[03:40.51] You just don't want to be down
[03:51.25] You just don't want to be down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down...
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