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[ar:Erykah Badu]
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[00:00.00]Erykah Badu - Appletree
[00:02.29]I'd like to dedicate this to all the children
[00:05.44]I have some food in my bag for you
[00:08.87]Not the edible food, the food you eat, no
[00:11.44]Perhaps some food for thought
[00:14.15]Since knowledge is infinite It has infinitely fell on me, so um...
[00:20.31]It was a stormy night,
[00:23.19]you know the kind where the lightnin' strike
[00:26.47]And i was hangin' out with some my yatzhee friends
[00:29.20]Ooh wee ooh wee ooh wee
[00:30.53]The night was long,
[00:31.73]the night went on,
[00:33.10]people coolin' out until the break of dawn
[00:36.41]Incense was burnin' so i'm feelin' right, aight
[00:40.55]See i picks my friends like i pick my fruit
[00:43.07]My ganny told me that when i was only a youth
[00:45.53]I don't walk around trying to be what i'm not
[00:48.15]I don't waste my time trying to get what you got
[00:50.85]I work at pleasin' me
[00:51.84]Cause i can't please you and that's why i do what i do
[00:55.78]My soul flies free like a willow tree
[00:58.00]Doo wee doo wee doo wee
[01:00.87]And if you don't want to be down with me,
[01:03.20]then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[01:06.10]And if you don't want to be down with me,
[01:08.19]then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[01:11.10]And if you don't want to be down with me,
[01:13.04]then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[01:16.18]And if you don't want to be down,
[01:18.34]you just don't want to be down
[01:21.48]I have a hoe
[01:23.44]And i take it everywhere i go
[01:26.89]Cause i'm plantin' seeds so i reaps what i sow, ya know, ya know
[01:31.14]On and on, and on and on my (?) keep's movin' like a rollin' stone
[01:36.63]I can't control the soul flowin' in me
[01:39.52]Ooh wee ooh wee
[01:41.20]See i picks my friends like i pick my fruit
[01:43.55]My ganny told me that when i was only a youth
[01:46.09]I don't walk around trying to be what i'm not
[01:48.63]I don't waste my time trying to get what ya got
[01:51.29]I work at pleasin' me
[01:52.34]Cause i can't please you and that's why i do what i do
[01:56.21]My soul flies free like a willow tree
[01:58.71]Doo wee doo wee doo wee
[02:01.52]And if you don't want to be down with me,
[02:03.84]you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[02:06.67]And if you don't want to be down with me,
[02:08.84]you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[02:11.71]And if you don't want to be down with me,
[02:14.08]you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[02:16.84]And if you don't want to be down with me,
[02:19.03]you just don't want to be down
[02:22.58]Oh my my my my,
[02:27.51]Oh my my my my,
[02:32.54]Oh my my my my,
[02:36.62]oh my my my my my my my
[02:41.88]I picks my friends like i pick my fruit
[02:44.30]My ganny told me that when i was only a youth
[02:46.55]I don't walk around trying to be what i'm not
[02:49.13]I don't waste my time trying to get what you got
[02:51.73]I work at pleasin' me
[02:52.73]Cause i can't please you, and thats why i do what i do
[02:56.71]My soul flies free like a willow tree
[02:59.05]Doo wee doo wee doo wee
[03:02.53]And if you don't want to be down with me
[03:04.81]you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[03:07.61]And if you don't want to be down with me,
[03:11.26]dum dum diddy
[03:12.66]And if you don't want to be down with me,
[03:14.92]you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[03:17.75]And if you don't want to be down with me,
[03:20.32]you just don't want to be down
[03:24.77]You just don't want to be down
[03:31.19]You just don't want to be down... down...
[03:40.00]You just don't want to be down... down...
[03:51.39]You just don't want to be down... down...