Erykah Badu — Certainly Live

[Spoken Intro] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen Welcome to the Appletree Café Coming to you live and direct Hit it, fellas [Verse 1] Who gave you permission to rearrange me? Certainly not me Who told you that it was alright to love me? Certainly, certainly not me [Pre-Chorus] I was not looking for no love affair (And now you wanna fix me) Was not looking for no love affair (And now you wanna mold me) I was not looking for no love affair (And now you wanna kiss me) I wasn't looking for no love affair (And now you wanna control me) Hold me You're really tryin' to get creative with my love And that's alright but you tried to get a little tricky Turned my back and then you slipped me a mickey [Chorus] Certainly, certainly, certainly not me Certainly, certainly, certainly not me Certainly, certainly, certainly not me Certainly, certainly, certainly not me [Post-Chorus] See, the world is mine when I wake up (When I wake up) I don't need nobody tellin' me the time (Time) [Verse 2] Who gave you permission to rearrange me? Certainly not me Who told you that it was alright to love me? Certainly, certainly not me [Pre-Chorus] I was not looking for no love affair, partner (And now you wanna fix me) Was not looking for no love affair, brother (And now you wanna mold me) I was not lookin' for no love affair, sugar (And now you wanna kiss me) I was not looking for no love affair (And now you wanna control me) Hold me You really tried to get creative with my love And that's alright but you tried to get a little tricky Turned my back and then you slipped me a mickey [Chorus] Certainly, certainly, certainly not me Certainly, certainly, certainly not me Certainly, certainly, certainly not me Certainly, certainly, certainly not me [Post-Chorus] I done told you that the world is mine when I wake up (When I wake up) I don't need nobody tellin' me the time The world is mine when I wake up (When I wake up) I don't need nobody rollin' over looking after me, no [Bridge] No no, no no, no no, no no, no no, no no, no no No no no no no no no no no No no, no no, no no no no I don't think, I don't think that I No no, no no, no no no no no no no, no no (And then you slipped me a mickey) Ah (And then you slipped me a mickey) You know I wasn't ready (And then you slipped me a mickey) For that (And then you slipped me a mickey) Ah (And then you slipped me a mickey) Oh no no (And then you slipped me a mickey) You're gonna a little tricky (And then you slipped me a mickey) I turned my back and then he slipped me a mickey (And then you slipped me a mickey) The world is mine when I wake up (When I wake up) Oh, I don't need nobody tellin' me the time The world is mine when I wake up (When I wake up) I don't need nobody rollin' over looking after me [Outro] Certainly Peace, peace, peace, peace Thank you Y'all better sing I'd like to do this song by my favorite singer, Chaka Khan I was gonna do it at the Soul Train Awards but I was scared, haha Yeah, so y'all give me some energy, alright?