Erykah Badu - Apple Tree (Live) lyrics

It was a stormy night
You know the kind where the lightning strike
And I was hangin' out with
Some of my artsy friends
The night was long, the night went on
People coolin' out until the break of dawn
Incense was burnin' so I'm
Feelin right a'ight
See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
And Granny 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 pleasing 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

And if you don't want to be down with me
You don't want to pick from my appletree
And if you don't want to be down with me
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
And if you don't want to be down with me
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
And if you don't want to be down with me
You just don't want to be down

See, I have a ho
And I take it everywhere I go
'Cause, I'm planting seeds so I
Reaps what I sowya know, ya know
Oh, on and on, and on and on
My cipher keeps moving like a rolling stone
I can't control the soul flowing in me
Ooh wee
See, I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
And Granny told me that when
I was only a youth
I don't walk around trying to be what I'm not
Can't stand a motherfucker trying to
Get what I got
I work at pleasing 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

And if you don't want to be down with me
You don't want to pick from my appletree
And if you don't want to be
Down with meya dum dum ditty
And if you don't want to be down with me
You don't want to pick from my appletree
And if you don't want to be down with me
You just don't want to be down

Over here, I want y'all to sayoh my my my
Come on oh my my my
On this side, y'all say itoh my my my
Oh my my my in the middle, oh my my my
Oh my my my
Oh my my my my my my my, my my my
My my my my my my
Oh, on and on, on on and on
My cipher keeps moving like a rolling stone
Oh, on and on, and on and on
My cipher keeps moving like a rolling stone
I go on, on, on
My cipher keeps moving like a rolling stone
On, on, oh, on
My cipher keeps moving like a rolling stone

Hey, I'd like to thank the Creator
For giving me this gift
And I'd like to thank you for
Being reflections of this gift
Because sometimes you feel like you're
By yourself up here
And um, no matter what anybody ever thinks
What anybody ever thinks
I still get cold when it's cold
Hungry when I'm hungry
Miss my momma when we're away get tired
I'm a person, and I represent you
I'd like to dedicate this song to
My baby Fly and Tom
Because I am her yeyo yeyo
Means "mother" in Swahili