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Credits
AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Erykah Badu
Begleitgesang
Ike Lee III
Tasteninstrumente
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Erykah Badu
Songwriter:in
Robert Bradford
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Erykah Badu
Produzent:in
Ike Lee III
Produzent:in
John Meredith
Aufnahmeingenieurassistent:in
Tim Latham
Mischtechniker:in
Martin Czembor
Mischtechnikerassistent:in
Michael W. Gilbert
Aufnahmeingenieur:in
Songteksten
[Intro]
I'd like to dedicate this to all of the Creator's righteous children
I have some food in my bag for you
Not that edible food, the food you eat?
No, I have some food for thought
Since knowledge is infinite, it has infinitely fell on me
So umm
[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
Ooh, wee ooh, wee ooh
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
[PreChorus]
See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
And Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
I don't walk around tryna be what I'm not
I don't waste my time tryna 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, do wee
[Chorus]
And if you don't wanna be down with me
You don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you don't wanna be down with me
Then you don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you don't wanna be down with me
Then you don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you don't wanna be down with me
You just 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 reap what I sow, ya know? (Ya know?)
Oh, 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)
Ooh wee
[PreChorus]
See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
And Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
I don't walk around tryna be what I'm not
I don't waste my time tryna 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, do wee
[Chorus]
And if you don't wanna be down with me
You don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you don't wanna be down with me
You don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you don't wanna be down with me
You don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you don't wanna be down with me
You just don't wanna be down
[Refrain]
Oh my, my, my
Oh my, my, my
Oh my, my, my, ah
Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Oh
[PreChorus]
I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
And Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
I don't walk around tryna be what I'm not
I don't waste my time tryna 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, do wee
[Verse 3]
And if you don't wanna be down with me
You don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you don't wanna be down with me
You dum, dum, diddy
And if you don't wanna be down with me
You don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you don't wanna be down with me
You just don't wanna be down (You just don't wanna be down)
You just don't wanna be down
Oh, you just don't wanna be down
Down, down, down
You just don't wanna be down
[Outro]
Oh
You just don't wanna be down
Down, down, down
Down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down
To be down, no, oh no, you just don't wanna be down
Written by: Erykah Badu, Robert Bradford