Appletree
Erykah Badu
Verse 1:
It was a stormy night
You know, the kind where the lightning strikes
And I was hangin' out wit some of my "artsy" friends
The night was long
The night went on
Peep's was coolin' out until the break of dawn
Incense was burnin' so I'm feelin' right, aight
Chorus 1:
See I picks my friends like I picks 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 tryin' 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
Chorus 2:
And if you don't want to be down with me
You don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you don't want to be down with me
You don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you don't want to be down with me
You don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you don't want to be down with me
Then you jus' don't wanna be down
Verse 2:
I have a ho
And I take it everywhere I go
'Cause I'm planting seeds so I reaps what I sow
Ya know
On and on and on and on
My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
I can't control the soul flowin' in me ooh wee
Chorus 1
Chorus 2
Oh my, my, my
Oh my, my, my
Oh my, my, my, my
Oh my, my, my, my, my, my,my
Chorus 1
Chorus 2
Ya jus' don't wanna be down
Oh, you jus' don't wanna be down
Down, down, down
Ya jus' don't wanna be down
Oh, you jus' don't wanna be down
Down (16 times)