Appletree - Erykah Badu

[00:00.000] 作词 : Erica Wright/Erykah Badu/Robert Bradford/Robert Ervin Bradford
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Erykah Badu/Robert Bradford
[00:02.43]i'd like to dedicate this to all the children
[00:06.37]i have some food in my bag for you
[00:09.06]not the edible food, the food you eat, no
[00:11.25]
[00:12.18]perhaps some food thoughtfor
[00:13.03]
[00:14.02]since knowledge is infinite it has infinitely fell on me, so um...
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[00:20.97]it was a stormy night,
[00:22.41]
[00:23.41]you know the kind where the lightnin' strike
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[00:26.60]and i was hangin' out with some my yatzhee friends
[00:29.52]ooh wee ooh wee ooh wee
[00:30.82]the night was long,
[00:32.02]the night went on,
[00:33.26]people coolin' out until the break of dawn
[00:35.92]
[00:36.47]incense was burnin' so i'm feelin' right, aight
[00:40.66]see i picks my friends like i pick my fruit
[00:43.29]my ganny told me that when i was only a youth
[00:46.20]i don't walk around trying to be what i'm not
[00:48.52]i don't waste my time trying to get what you got
[00:51.14]i work at pleasin' me
[00:52.39]cause i can't please you and that's why i do what i do
[00:55.96]my soul flies free like a willow tree
[00:58.33]doo wee doo wee doo wee
[01:00.83]
[01:01.39]and if you don't want to be down with me,
[01:03.83]then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[01:06.33]and if you don't want to be down with me,
[01:08.77]then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[01:11.21]and if you don't want to be down with me,
[01:13.77]then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[01:16.58]and if you don't want to be down,
[01:18.70]you just don't want to be down
[01:21.46]
[01:22.02]i have a hoe
[01:23.52]
[01:24.21]and i take it everywhere i go
[01:26.20]
[01:27.02]cause i'm plantin' seeds so i reaps what i sow, ya know, ya know
[01:31.07]on and on, and on and on my keep's movin' like a rollin' stone
[01:36.44]i can't control the soul flowin' in me
[01:39.86]ooh wee ooh wee
[01:41.36]see i picks my friends like i pick my fruit
[01:43.98]my ganny told me that when i was only a youth
[01:46.74]i don't walk around trying to be what i'm not
[01:49.17]i don't waste my time trying to get what ya got
[01:51.74]i work at pleasin' me
[01:52.98]cause i can't please you and that's why i do what i do
[01:56.54]my soul flies free like a willow tree
[01:59.11]doo wee doo wee doo wee
[02:01.42]
[02:02.04]and if you don't want to be down with me,
[02:04.54]you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[02:06.74]and if you don't want to be down with me,
[02:09.36]you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[02:11.50]
[02:12.29]and if you don't want to be down with me,
[02:14.54]you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[02:17.23]and if you don't want to be down with me,
[02:19.61]you just don't want to be down
[02:20.99]
[02:22.99]oh my my my my,
[02:25.10]
[02:28.09]oh my my my my,
[02:29.60]
[02:33.10]oh my my my my,
[02:34.66]
[02:35.79]oh my my my my my my my
[02:38.86]
[02:42.36]i picks my friends like i pick my fruit
[02:44.67]my ganny told me that when i was only a youth
[02:47.42]i don't walk around trying to be what i'm not
[02:49.74]i don't waste my time trying to get what you got
[02:52.23]i work at pleasin' me
[02:53.49]cause i can't please you, and thats why i do what i do
[02:57.17]my soul flies free like a willow tree
[02:59.80]doo wee doo wee doo wee
[03:01.61]
[03:02.55]and if you don't want to be down with me
[03:04.98]you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[03:07.48]and if you don't want to be down with me,
[03:10.04]
[03:11.37]dum dum diddy
[03:13.11]and if you don't want to be down with me,
[03:15.23]you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[03:17.93]and if you don't want to be down with me,
[03:20.36]you just don't want to be down
[03:21.84]
[03:25.33]you just don't want to be down
[03:27.27]
[03:31.64]you just don't want to be down... down...
[03:34.96]
[03:41.77]you just don't want to be down... down...
[03:48.85]
[03:51.78]you just don't want to be down... down...