Lyrics Appletree.lrc Erykah Badu
[id: pshjsnhn]
[ar: Erykah Badu]
[al: Baduizm]
[ti: Appletree]
[length: 04:28]
[00:01.47]I’d like to dedicate this to all the creative, righteous children
[00:05.82]I have some food in my bag for you
[00:07.74]Not that edible food, the food you eat, no
[00:11.53]Perhaps some food for thought
[00:13.73]Since knowledge is infinite
[00:15.41]It has infinitely fell on me so um…
[00:19.84]It was a stormy night, you know, the kind where the lightnin’ strike
[00:26.19]And I was hangin’ out with some my artsy friends
[00:29.11]Ooh wee, ooh wee, ooh wee
[00:30.59]The night was long, the night went on, people coolin’ out until the
[00:34.08]Break of dawn
[00:36.16]Incense was burnin’ so I’m feelin’ right, aight
[00:40.35]See I pick my friends like I pick my fruit
[00:43.10]My Granny told me that when I was only a youth
[00:45.65]I don’t walk around trying to be what I’m not
[00:47.81]I don’t waste my time trying to get what you got
[00:50.60]I work at pleasin’ me
[00:51.26]’Cause I can’t please you and that’s why I do what I do
[00:55.33]My soul flies free like a willow tree
[00:57.93]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
[01:04.49]Apple tree
[01:06.14]And if you don’t want to be down with me, then you don’t want to pick from my
[01:09.58]Apple tree
[01:11.24]And if you don’t want to be down with me, then you don’t want to pick from my
[01:14.84]Apple tree
[01:16.20]And if you don’t want to be down with me, you just don’t want to be down
[01:21.10]I have a hoe
[01:23.66]And I take it everywhere I go
[01:26.65]’Cause I’m plantin’ seeds so I reap what I sow, ya know, ya know
[01:30.82]On and on, and on and on, my cypher keep’s movin’ like a rollin’ stone
[01:36.24]I can’t control the soul flowin’ in me
[01:39.66]Ooh wee, ooh wee, oh wee
[01:41.06]See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
[01:43.46]My Granny told me that when I was only a youth
[01:46.21]I don’t walk around trying to be what I’m not
[01:48.97]I don’t waste my time trying to get what ya got
[01:51.11]I work at pleasin’ me
[01:52.50]’Cause I can’t please you and that’s why I do what I do
[01:56.27]My soul flies free like a willow tree
[01:58.88]Doo wee, doo wee, doo wee
[02:01.87]And if you don’t want to be down with me, you don’t want to pick from
[02:05.33]My apple tree
[02:06.92]And if you don’t want to be down with me, you don’t want to pick from
[02:10.38]My apple tree
[02:12.06]And if you don’t want to be down with me, you don’t want to pick from
[02:15.44]My apple tree
[02:16.96]And if you don’t want to be down with me, you just don’t want to be
[02:20.31]Down
[02:22.47]Oh my my my, oh my my my, oh my my my, my my my my
[02:41.88]I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
[02:44.56]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
[02:49.24]I don’t waste my time trying to get what you got
[02:51.95]I work at pleasin’ me
[02:53.21]’Cause I can’t please you, and that’s why I do what I do
[02:56.88]My soul flies free like a willow tree
[02:59.35]Doo wee, doo wee, doo wee
[03:02.40]And if you don’t want to be down with me, you don’t want to pick from
[03:06.04]My apple tree
[03:07.29]And if you don’t want to be down with me, dum dum diddy
[03:12.32]And if you don’t want to be down with me, you don’t want to pick from
[03:16.27]My apple tree
[03:17.75]And if you don’t want to be down with me, you just don’t want to be
[03:21.07]Down
[03:24.82]You just don’t want to be down
[03:30.25]You just don’t want to be down, down, down
[03:40.53]You just don’t want to be down
[03:51.23]You just don’t want to be down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down…
[04:13.94]Year of Release: 1997