Appletree By: Erykah Badu
Arranged By: QueenB1470
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...
It was a stormy night
you know the kind where
the lightning strike
and I was hangin' out wit
some of my "artsy" friends
ooh wee ooh wee oooh
The night was long the night went on
people coolin' out
until the break of dawn
incense was burnin' so I'm
feelin right -- ah'ight
See I picks my friends
like I pick my fruit
& Ganny told me that
when I was only a youth
I don't go 'round trying
to be what I'm not
I don't waste my time
tryin ta 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 weeee
And if you don't wanna be down wit me
You don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you don't wanna be down wit me
Then you don't wanna
pick from my appletree
And if you don't wanna be down wit me
Then you don't wanna
pick from my appletree
And if you don't wanna be down wit me
You just don't wanna be down
I have a hoe
and I take it everywhere I go
Cause I'm planting seeds
so I reaps What I sow--ya know (ya know)
Oh on & on & on & on
my cipher keeps movin'
like a rollin' stone
I can't control the soul flowin' in me
See I picks my friends
like I pick my fruit
& 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 ta 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 weeee
And if you don't wanna be down with me,
You don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you dont wanna be down with me
You dont wanna pick from my apple tree
And if you dont wanna be down wit me
You dont wanna pick from my apple tree
And if you don't want to be down with me
You just don't want to be down
Oh my my my
Oh my my myyy
Oh my my myyy ahh
Oh my my my my my my my
Ohh
I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
& 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 ta 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 weeee
And if you don't wanna be down wit me
You don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you don't wanna be down wit me
You dum dum diddy
And if you don't wanna be down wit me
You don't wanna pick from my appletree
And if you don't wanna be down wit me
You just don't wanna be down
(You just don't wanna be down)
You just don't wanna be doooown
(Dooown)
Oooh, You just don't wanna be down
Dooooown, Doooown, Doooown
You just don't wanna be dooooown
Ooooh, you just dont wanna be down
Down, Down(hmmm), Down, Down(ooh), Down
(Oooh) Down(ooh) Down(ooh ooh) Down(hmm)
Down(hmm)Down (hmm) Dooown Down Down
Doooown, Do-ow-own to be down
(Nooo.. oh oh oh)
You just don't want to be down
