Erykah Badu — Apple Tree Live

[Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] See, I have a ho And I take it everywhere I go 'Cause I'm planting seeds so I reaps what I sow...ya 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 [Chorus] 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...ya 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 [Bridge] Over here, I want y'all to say...oh my my my, come on... Oh my my my On this side, y'all say it...oh 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 [Outro dialogue] 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