The Roots, Erykah Badu, D’Angelo - The 'Notic lyrics

This beautiful blend
I knew her through a mutual friend
She was a work of art
A part of my heart from back then
A brown skin singer with a knack for actin'
Alana's whole attraction just fractionally
Based on surface
I got into her mental on purpose
And with alertness
As I flirt with her emotion
Walls we built up out
Of nervousness was broken
I reminisce on how this Black
Thought had her open
With the energy that got
The whole summertime smokin'
Very hypnotized, when it was time
We spent time
It's no way to rewind or prevent
Time from slippin' away like day
Into the dark and the way
That Things Fall Apart
Will make some start to feel
More weak or insecure
But for whatever reason
Our relationship remain mature
Even when she caught feelings 'cause
I stay on tour as I reflect on before
And recap the situation
I guess from experience comes education
We set on a path to opposite destinations
It's best to chalk it up and
Add it to the elevation
Then, eventually flow on
To lost communication
I called but lost all information
And with time, forgot it
It's not like I'm all in tears about it
But the fact of the matter remains
That I miss The Hypnotic

You're a shinin' star
No matter where you are for the world to see
What you truly be

Yo, she was The Hypnotic and
Potent as a narcotic
The bizarre logic of it all
Is while the clock tick
Pages of the calendar flip, we can't stop it
Time will either tell the tale
Or turn a love toxic
Now, was she real? Or an
Illusion of this optical
Confusion with the accent of Ancient Egypt?
Or could it be that she's the one
I was supposed to be with
And together walk this twisted
Staircase to somethin' realistic?
Damn, her lips havin' me
Addicted to her presence
Front page material on Essence
A queen, imperial before her adolescence
And as she grew into a woman
She became refined
I never knew another like her in my lifetime
So, now I travel through a tunnel
Of space without a place
On the face of this Earth
With this pain gettin' worse
Drivin' me insane, or at least
I'm touchin' the brink of sanity
To think of how I can link or contact her
I was a fool before
But more wise after the fact
I'm analyzin' how I'm wantin' her back
And wonderin' exactly where she could
Be on the map i'm just sittin' here
Spinnin' the world on one finger
Reoccurrin' thoughts of this
Brown skin singer
Yo, the psychotic, The Hypnotic
Yo, check it out, the most melodic Hypnotic
Yeah