Album Name

Baduizm

Artist

Erykah Badu

Genre

R&B/Soul

Release Date

1997.01.01

Release Agency

Universal Music Group

Appletree - Erykah Badu
I'd like to dedicate
this to all the children
I have some food
in my bag for you
Not the edible food the
food you eat no
Perhaps some food for thought
Since knowledge is infinite
It has infinitely
fell on me so um
It was a stormy night
you know the kind
where the lightnin' strike
And I was hangin' out
with some my yatzhee friends
ooh wee ooh wee ooh wee
The night was long the night
went on people coolin'
out until the
break of dawn
Incense was burnin'
so I'm feelin' right aight
See I picks my friends like
I pick my fruit
My Ganny told me that when
I was only a youth
I don't walk around trying
to be what I'm not
I don't waste my time trying
to get what you got
I work at pleasin' me
Cause I can't please
you and that's why
I do what I do
My soul flies free
like a willow tree
doo wee doo wee doo wee
And if you don't want to be
down with me
then you don't want to pick
from my
apple tree
And if you don't want to be
down with me
then you don't want to pick
from my
apple tree
And if you don't want to be
down with me
then you don't want to pick
from my
apple tree
And if you don't want to be down
you just don't want to be down
I have a hoe
And I take it everywhere I go
Cause I'm plantin' seeds so
I reaps what I sow
ya know ya know
On and on
and on and on my cypher keep's
movin' like a rollin' stone
I can't control the soul
flowin' in me
ooh wee ooh wee
See I picks my friends like
I pick my fruit
My Ganny told me that when
I was only a youth
I don't walk around trying
to be what I'm not
I don't waste my time trying
to get what ya got
I work at pleasin' me
Cause I can't please you
and that's why I do what I do
My soul flies free
like a willow tree
doo wee doo wee doo wee
And if you don't want to be
down with me
you don't want to pick from
my apple tree
And if you don't want to be
down with me
you don't want to pick from
my apple tree
And if you don't want to be
down with me
you don't want to pick from
my apple tree
And if you don't want to be
down with me
you just don't want to be down

I picks my friends like
I pick my fruit
My Ganny told me that when
I was only a youth
I don't walk around trying
to be what I'm not
I don't waste my time trying
to get what you got
I work at pleasin' me
Cause I can't please you
and thats why I do what I do
My soul flies free
like a willow tree
doo wee doo wee doo wee
And if you don't want to be
down with me
you don't want to pick from
my apple tree
And if you don't want to be
down with me
dum dum diddy
And if you don't want to be
down with me
you don't want to pick from
my apple tree
And if you don't want to be
down with me
you just don't want to be
down
You just don't want to be down
You just don't want to be down

You just don't want to be down

You just don't want to be down