[ti:Appletree] [ar:Erykah Badu] [al:] [00:00.00]Erykah Badu - Appletree [00:02.29]I\'d like to dedicate this to all the children [00:05.44]I have some food in my bag for you [00:08.87]Not the edible food, the food you eat, no [00:11.44]Perhaps some food for thought [00:14.15]Since knowledge is infinite It has infinitely fell on me, so um... [00:20.31]It was a stormy night, [00:23.19]you know the kind where the lightnin\' strike [00:26.47]And i was hangin\' out with some my yatzhee friends [00:29.20]Ooh wee ooh wee ooh wee [00:30.53]The night was long, [00:31.73]the night went on, [00:33.10]people coolin\' out until the break of dawn [00:36.41]Incense was burnin\' so i\'m feelin\' right, aight [00:40.55]See i picks my friends like i pick my fruit [00:43.07]My ganny told me that when i was only a youth [00:45.53]I don\'t walk around trying to be what i\'m not [00:48.15]I don\'t waste my time trying to get what you got [00:50.85]I work at pleasin\' me [00:51.84]Cause i can\'t please you and that\'s why i do what i do [00:55.78]My soul flies free like a willow tree [00:58.00]Doo wee doo wee doo wee [01:00.87]And if you don\'t want to be down with me, [01:03.20]then you don\'t want to pick from my apple tree [01:06.10]And if you don\'t want to be down with me, [01:08.19]then you don\'t want to pick from my apple tree [01:11.10]And if you don\'t want to be down with me, [01:13.04]then you don\'t want to pick from my apple tree [01:16.18]And if you don\'t want to be down, [01:18.34]you just don\'t want to be down [01:21.48]I have a hoe [01:23.44]And i take it everywhere i go [01:26.89]Cause i\'m plantin\' seeds so i reaps what i sow, ya know, ya know [01:31.14]On and on, and on and on my (?) keep\'s movin\' like a rollin\' stone [01:36.63]I can\'t control the soul flowin\' in me [01:39.52]Ooh wee ooh wee [01:41.20]See i picks my friends like i pick my fruit [01:43.55]My ganny told me that when i was only a youth [01:46.09]I don\'t walk around trying to be what i\'m not [01:48.63]I don\'t waste my time trying to get what ya got [01:51.29]I work at pleasin\' me [01:52.34]Cause i can\'t please you and that\'s why i do what i do [01:56.21]My soul flies free like a willow tree [01:58.71]Doo wee doo wee doo wee [02:01.52]And if you don\'t want to be down with me, [02:03.84]you don\'t want to pick from my apple tree [02:06.67]And if you don\'t want to be down with me, [02:08.84]you don\'t want to pick from my apple tree [02:11.71]And if you don\'t want to be down with me, [02:14.08]you don\'t want to pick from my apple tree [02:16.84]And if you don\'t want to be down with me, [02:19.03]you just don\'t want to be down [02:22.58]Oh my my my my, [02:27.51]Oh my my my my, [02:32.54]Oh my my my my, [02:36.62]oh my my my my my my my [02:41.88]I picks my friends like i pick my fruit [02:44.30]My ganny told me that when i was only a youth [02:46.55]I don\'t walk around trying to be what i\'m not [02:49.13]I don\'t waste my time trying to get what you got [02:51.73]I work at pleasin\' me [02:52.73]Cause i can\'t please you, and thats why i do what i do [02:56.71]My soul flies free like a willow tree [02:59.05]Doo wee doo wee doo wee [03:02.53]And if you don\'t want to be down with me [03:04.81]you don\'t want to pick from my apple tree [03:07.61]And if you don\'t want to be down with me, [03:11.26]dum dum diddy [03:12.66]And if you don\'t want to be down with me, [03:14.92]you don\'t want to pick from my apple tree [03:17.75]And if you don\'t want to be down with me, [03:20.32]you just don\'t want to be down [03:24.77]You just don\'t want to be down [03:31.19]You just don\'t want to be down... down... [03:40.00]You just don\'t want to be down... down... [03:51.39]You just don\'t want to be down... down...