Playlist Erykah Badu

erykah badu - 4 leaf clover

Buzilla baby

Catch a four leaf clover
Maybe we?ll get over
Try and love might come your way

Here I am, on a cloud
If you want me take the chance try love out loud
As I drift through the sky
Shooting cupid?s arrow you just might try
So don?t miss baby, take your time
You only got one chance, yes

1 - catch a four leaf clover
Maybe we?ll get over
Catch a four leaf clover
Love my getcha over
Catch a four leaf clover
Maybe we?ll get over
Try and love might come your way

Like the way I am free
Going places, being things I wanna be
Settle down, is oh so hard
But I will pray you that one chance
So pick the one right one
And don?t miss it, take your time
You only got one chance, do wee ooh wee ooh

Repeat 1

Free as a bird, yeah, yeah
To catch me is to catch a leprechaun
Hold on to your rabbit?s foot
I just might be yours forever

Repeat 1

Catch a four leaf clover
(catch a four leaf clover)
Catch a four leaf clover
Love might getcha over
Catch a four leaf clover
(catch a four leaf clover)
Try and love might come your way
Maybe we?ll get over
(repeat til end of song)

erykah badu - cleva

This is how I look without makeup
And with no bra my ninny?s sag down lo
My hair ain?t never hung down to my shoulders
And it might not grow
Ya? never know

But I?m clever when I bust a rhyme
Cleva always on ya? mind
She?s cleva and I really wanna grow
Buy why come you?re the last to know

Gotta little pot in my belly
So now a days my figure ain?t so fly
My dress ain?t cost nothin? but
Seven dollars but I made it fly
Tell ya why

Cause I?m clever when I bust a rhyme
Cleva always on ya? mind
She?s cleva and I really wanna grow
Buy why come you?re the last to know

erykah badu - on and on

Oh my,my,my
I'm feelin' high
My money's gone
I'm all alone
Too much to see, the world keeps turin'
Oh what a day, what a day, what a day

Peace and blessins' manifest with every lesson learned
If your knowledge were your wealth then it would be well earned
If we were made in his image then call us by our names
Most intellects do not believe in God
But they fear us just the same

Oh On & On & on &on
My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
wuw on & on & on & on
Alright till the break of dawn
I go on & on & on & on
My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
Oh on & on & on & on
Goldamit I'm a sing my song

I was born under water with three dollars and six dimes
Yeah, you may laugh cause you did not do your math
Like one, two, three
Damn y'all feel that
Like one, two, three
Thw world keeps turnin'
Oh what a day, what a day, what a day

The man that knows somethin' knows that he knows nothin' at all
Does it seem colder in your summer time and hotter in your fall
If we were made in his image then call us by our names.
Most intellects do not believe in God but they fear us just thesame

Oh on & on & on & on
My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
On & on & On & on
All right the voltures swarm
I go on & on & on & on
My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
Oh on & on & on & on
Mad props to the God Ja Born

I'm feelin' kind of hungry cause my high is comin' down
Don't feed me yours cause food does not indure
I think I need a cup of tea The world keeps turin'
Oh what a day, what a day, what a day

You rush into destruction cause you don't have nothin' left
The mothership can't save you so your ass is gone get left
If we were made in his image then call us by our names
Most intellects do not believe in God but they fear us just thesame

Oh on & on & on & on
My cipher keeps moving like a rollin' stone
Ow on & on & on & on
You can't fuck with me, so just leave me along
Oh on & on & on & on
My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
Oh on & on & on & on
and On & on

erykah badu - in love with you

[Lion]
And she says she needs more than a friend
That's all I ever been yo
Well one day you gon' overstand yo badu
And I remember the first time that we met yo
How could I forget
When you smiled
And I turned and said to you
Yo, your pure and true

I'm in love with you, in love with you
I'm in love with you, in love with you
I'm in love with you, in love with you
I'm in love with you, in love with you, yeah

I'm so in love baby
I don't care what your mama say
Standing in love lady
And I don't care what your sister say
Yo badu I need ya

[Badu]
He said he's really diggin me
I don't know what to say
I can't imagine why I feel so weak, say, say
That's when he took my heart in his hands
And kissed it gently
He open up his lips then said this poetry
I'm in love with you, love with you
Love with you, love with you
Love with you, love with you
Love with you, love with you

I'm so in love baby
I don't care what your brothers say, no
I'm so in love baby
I don't care what the people say

[Lion & Badu]
Well I try and I try and I try
And I try and I try and I try and I try and I try

[Lion]
And you said you need more than a friend
That's all I've ever been yo
Well one day you gon' overstand yo badu

[Badu]
And when I look In your eyes
I know that you were meant to be
My solider so baby come on
I mean it desperately

[Badu & Lion]
I'm in love with you, love with you
I'm in love with you, in love with you
No see I'm in love with you, love with you
No, no, no I'm in love with you, in love with you

I'm so in love baby
I don't care what the people say
Standing in love lady
And I don't care what your sister say
I'm so in love baby
I don't care what the writers say
(Badu-da-dee..)
I try, I try, I try, I try
You in love with me
You in love with me
No you in love with me
No, no, no you in love with me
No see you in love with me
No, no, no you in love with me
No you think you in love with
No, no, no you in love with me
I know you're in love with me
No, no, no you in love with me
Alright I'm in love with you
Yes I'm in love you
I'm in love with you
And I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
(Badu-badee...)
Yes I'm in love with you
Yes I'm in love with you

erykah badu - back in the day

Yeah yeah
Oh yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah
Back in the day now

[Chorus]
Back in the day when things were cool, hey
All we needed was bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-ba-domp
Ooooh, bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-ba-domp
Well well well
[Repeat]

Soulflower take me flying with you, hey
Gimme dat bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-ba-domp
Gimme some of dat bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-ba-domp
Well well well

Back in the day when things were cool
We used to meet up with these dudes
Then we'd roll out on Vogues and Trues*
And would ride around the park till its after dark
Pumpin the trunk with the windows rolled up, puff
Well well well

[Chorus 2x]

Soulflower take me flying with you, hey
Just gimme dat bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-ba-domp
Gimme some of dat bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-ba-domp
Well well well

Wailin and singin and jammin and talkin
And pumpin the trunk with the windows rolled up, puff
Well well well
Da laughin and singin and jammin and talkin
Pumpin the trunk with the windows rolled up, puff
Well well well
Laughin and singin and jammin and talkin
And pumpin the trunk with the windows rolled up, puff
And we would ride around the park till its after dark
And when we get home hope the dogs dont bark, puff
Well well well
Laughin and singin and jammin and talkin
And pumpin the trunk with the windows rolled up, puff
Well well well
And we would ride around the park till its after dark
And when we get home hope the dogs dont bark, puff
Well well well
Laughin and singin and jammin and talkin
And pumpin the trunk with the windows rolled up, puff
Well well well
And we would ride around the park till its after dark
And when we get home hope the dogs dont bark
[Puff until fade-out]

erykah badu - honey

So tell me Slim
What you wanna do
When you know
I'm in love with you
Everytime
That I turn around
Look for you
But you can't be found
Fly free baby
Fine with me
I'm in love
With a bumble bee
Ooh Slim
Boy you killing me
But you soo sweet ta me
Oww

Honey you so sweet
Sugar got a long way
To catch you
You so sweet
All I gotta do is add
A lil lemmon
You my favorite drank
Ya make me thank
Oww
Honey you so sweet

So tell me Slim
What it's gonna be
It don't be
Like this usually
When it come to that
"What it do"
(Slang for how you doin)
I don't fall
For that "woop-tee-woo" (bull)
Ooh, boy
Can you tell me please

Wanna know if ya feelin' me
Ooh Slim boy ya killin' me
But you soo sweet ta me
Oww

You got that honey
You runnin' from me
You really turn me on
You got that honey
Stop acting funny
You really turn me on

So tell me Slim
What you tryin to do
I'm trynna
Get me an interview
Look for you
All over town
But you gave me
The run around
Fly free
Baby fine with me
I need to know
If you're feelin' me
Can you stick
Your pinky finger in my tea
Cause you soo sweet ta me
Oww

erykah badu - bag lady

Bag lady you gone hurt your back
Dragging all them bags like that
I guess nobody ever told you
All you must hold on to
Is you, is you, is you

One day all them bags gone get in your way
One day all them bags gone get in your way
I said one day all them bags gone get in your way
One Day all them bags gone get in your way

So pack light
Pack light
Pack light
Ooh ooh

Bag lady you gone miss your bus
You can't hurry up
Cause you got too much stuff
When they see you comin
Niggas take off runnin
>From you it's true oh yes they do

One day he gone say you crowdin my space
One day he gone say you crowdin my space
I said one day he gone say you crowdin my space
One day he gone say you crowdin my space

So pack light
Pack light
Pack light
Ooh ooh

Girl I know sometimes it's hard
And we can't let go
Oh when someone hurts you oh so bad inside
You can't deny it you can't stop crying
So oh, oh, oh
If you start breathin
Then you won't believe it
You'll feel so much better
(So much better baby)

Bag lady
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
Ooh, ooh
Girl you don't need it
I betcha love can make it better
Betcha love can make it better
Betcha love can make it better
(Need someone to love you right)
Betcha love can make it better
(I betcha love, betcha love)
Betcha love can make it better
Betcha love can make it better
Betcha love can make it better
Betcha love can make it better
(I betcha love, betcha love)
Betcha love can make it better
(I betcha love, I betcha love, oh)
Betcha love can make it better
Betcha love can make it better
(Oh...)
Betcha love can make it better...

Bag lady, hmm
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
Girl you don't need that, hmm

erykah badu - next lifetime

1-Now what am I supposed to do
When I want you in my world
How can I want you for myself
When I'm already someone's girl? (2 times)

First time that I saw you boy
It was a warm and sunny day
All I know is I wanted you
I really hoped you looked my way
When you smiled at me
So warm and sweet
I could not stay
You make me feel like a lilting girl
What do you do to me

Repeat 1-(2 times)

I guess I'll see you next lifetime
No hard feelings
I guess I'll see you next lifetime
I'm gonna be there

You're imaging
Feels so damn good to me
It picks me up don't wanna come down
You got me spinning all around
Yeah
You need to know
I've got that somebody
You're beautiful
But it ain't that type of party

Repeat 1 (2 times)

Well I guess I'll see you next lifetime
Baby we'll be butterflies
I guess I'll see you next lifetime
That sounds so divine
I guess I'll see you next lifetime
I guess I will now
I guess I'll see you next lifetime
Wait
Wait a little while

See it ain't nothing wrong with dreaming
Boy don't get me wrong
Cause every time (every time) I see you (every single time)
I know just how strong (every single time)
That my love is for my baby
But emotions just don't lie
Well I know I'm a lot of woman
But not enough to divide the pie

Repeat 1 (1 time)

I guess I'll see you next lifetime
You know I want to stay around
I guess I'll see you next lifetime
I'm so confused now

Repeat 1 (1 time)

I guess I'll see you next lifetime
Already
I'm going to be there
I guess I'll see you next lifetime
I'm going to look for you

Repeat 1 (1 time)

I guess I'll see you next lifetime
Oh
Oh baby
I'm gonna be there
I'm gonna be there

erykah badu - the grind

Every day is a struggle
how to hustle some doe
If you was raised in the hood
well then you already know
It be days that be good
but mostly money be slow
Have you ever been hungry before?

Steady on the grind Stead on the grind
?Cause I got to make it happen
my family depending on me

Steady on the grind Steady on the grind
?Cause I got to make it happen
?aint nobody gone do it for me

ha ooh wa ooh ha ooh wa ooh
ha ooh wa ooh ha ooh wa ooh

Steady on the grind
Daily on the grind
Money on my mind
So heavy on my mind So heavy on my mind

Mommy got a job makin? bout six-somethin' an hour
She became the breadwinner when daddy was unemployed
Working forty-plus hours and kissing ass
Seeming like the only honest way she can get some cash
She struggglin? ? she don?t know I be hustlin? pulling my own weight
I be hearing them fuss and fightin? at night mad late
Over economics; it?s logic meaning they don?t got it
Living in the projects, money?s the only object
She makes $280 a week, standing on her feet
The ends aint even meeting ? the family ain?t eatin?
Cause if taxes is 10%, and the rest if for the rent
Then crime is what u get and niggaz is innocent
See it really ain?t about if you eatin? or not eatin?
It?s breathin? or not breathin? ? freedom or not freedom
?nother day, ?nother way, ?nother dollar spent
Gotta make a revolution out of fifteen cent.

erykah badu - southern gul

Hmm...
Yeah, show you right
Come on

Shing a ling shing, shing a ling shong
Shing a ling shing, shing a ling shong
Shing a ling shing, shing a ling shong
Twing twing dign ding dong

I'm from the South
I'm a Southern Girl
Home of the burning church
Don't know much about the world
Home of the pocket stones
Home of the booty songs
Home of the fingerwave that lasts
All night long
Home of the On & On
Home of the dominoes
Home of the two piece and a pepper
Home of the teeth is gold
Home of the Never Miss
Home of the platinum hits
I'm a Southern Girl
(Southern Girl)

Countryfied
Everything I eat is fried
Got a Southern drawl
I'm so country, y'all
Well that's way down South
Yeah it's way down low
Check my Southern-fried style
And my Southern flow
(Southern Girl)

Countryfied
I like my Tofu fried
Got about a hundred friends
That ain't caught on the trends
Don't know about the Internet
Don't know about the radio
Don't know about the television
All I know is 'bout my flow
My kin folks snet me out
To make money for the house
Hooked up with my boy, Rahzel
I sure hope the record sell
(Southern Girl)

Southern Girl, and I'll rock your world
Fly as a bumble bee (Buzz)
Can't nobody f*** with me
I'm a Southern Girl
From way down South
Got a dirty way
'Cause I got a dirty mouth, dirty South
(Southern Girl)

Twing da ling, dang da dang, tiki tiki
(Southern Girl)
Twing da ding ding da dong
Sounding like a
(Southern Girl)
Twing a ding ding a ding ding ding
(Southern Girl)
Ding a ding ding a dong
Big D, Lil' A, Double L.A.
Big D, Lil' A, Double L.A.
Big D, Lil' A, Double L.A.S

Mmm...mmm...mmm...
Dey ding a ding ding ding ding
Ding a ding ding ding
Ding a ding ding ding

erykah badu - i want you

[Hook: 2x]
I I I I I I I
Want you you you you you you you
Oh, I I I I I I I
Want you you you you you you you

so, what we gon? do
what we gon? do
what we gon? do
What we gon? do

I I I I I I I
Want you you you you you you you
Oh, I I I I I I I
Want you you you you you you you

In the worse kinda way way way way way way way
I want you you you you, baby
so what we gon? do do do, baby
what we gon? do do do, baby

[Verse 1]
Love is on the way, all I got to say is
It wont let go
You can pray to early May, fast for 30 days
Still it wont let go, oh
Got a good book and got all in it, tried a little yoga for a minute
But it wont let go, oh
Tried to turn the sauna up to hotter, drunk a whole jar of holy water
But it wont let go, oh

[Hook]
I I I I I I I
Want you you you you you you you
Said I I I I I I
I said what we gon? do

In the worse kinda way way way way way way way
I want you you you you, baby
so what we gon? do, baby
so what we gon? do, baby

[Verse 1]
Love is on the way, all I got to say is
It wont let go
You can pray to early May, fast for 30 days
Still it wont let go, oh
Got good book and got all in it, tried a little yoga for a minute
But it wont let go, oh
Tried to turn the sauna up to hotter, drank a whole jar of holy water
But it wont let go, oh

[Hook]
I I I, baby
Want you you you, baby
so what we gon? (uh) do do do do do do do do do do do do do

I I I I I I I
Want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I
So what we gon? do

In the worse kinda way way way way way way way
I want you you you you, baby
so what we gon? do
now what we gon? do

[Ad-lib]
(Now what we gone do)
I know you're a little nervous
(what we gone do)
I know you really want this
(what we gone do)
I can?t believe the feeling
(what we gone do)
I feel it all over, feel it all over
(said what we gone do)
babe, yeah baby
(so what we gone do)
You don't believe in love, you missing a good thing
(so what we gone do)
Because I?m---say
Because I?m genuine, I?m genuine, yeah
(so what we gone do)
yeah baby

[Bridge: 2x]
I don?t want no trouble
Just a little loving (yeah)
I want to get to know ya (yeah)
I don?t want your money (yeah)
You oughta get to know me (yeah)
My love?ll make you wonder (yeah)
And lightning a thunder (yeah)
I get it from my mama (yeah)

[Ad-lib]
Oh, I I I I I I I
I Want you you you you you you you
do do do do do do do
Now what we gon? do

(Scatting/Background vocals: I?)

[Slowing Down: 2x]
I I I I I I I
I want you you you you you you you
Oh I I I I I I I
Want you you you you you you you

(Skipping/Guitar Solo)
Frequency
(Whispering)

[Outro]
Just because I tell you I love you
Don?t mean that I do do do do do

erykah badu - sometimes

Ye yo ye yo ye yo ye yo

Sometimes...
I don?t love you anymore
I?m in love with you
I think that I?m going mad
I do
Well

Meanwhile...
You been runnin? through my dome
Won?t leave me alone
Ooh chile...
Why it got to be this way
Gone on!

Can you tell me where, oh where
Oh where, oh where?
Where did the love go

Sometimes...
I think that you?re draining me
I want you at home
I feel like forgiving you
I don?t

Meanwhile...
I cannot blame you, my love
I?m sitting here alone
Ooh chile...
This love affair ain?t what it was
Gone on
Can you tell me where, oh where
Oh where, where?
Where did the love go

Ye yo ye yo ye yo ye yo ye yo

erykah badu - otherside of the game

Do I really want my baby
Brother tell me
What to do
I know you got to get your hustle on
So I pray
I unsterstand the game sometime
But I love him strong

What you gon do when they come for you
Work ain't honest but it pays the bills ( yes it does)
What you gon do when they come for you
God, I can't stand life without you

See me and baby got this situation
See brother got this comlex ocupation
And it ain't that he don't have education
Cause I was right there at his graduation
Now I ain't sayin that this life don't work
But it's me and baby that he hurts
Because I tell him right he thinks I'm wrong
But I love him strong

He gave me the life that I came to live
He gave me the song that I came to give
Pressure's on me but the seed has grown
I can't make it on my own
Summer came around and the flowers bloomed
He became the sun I became the moon
Precious gifts that we both recieved
Or could this be make believe

What you gon do when they come for you
Work ain't honest but it pays the bills
What you gon do when they come for you
He gave me the life that I came to live

Don't you worry
God gon see us through yeah
Can't stop the revolution
But we paid though

erykah badu - window seat part ii

Sh-- kinda foul while I'm sitting in the aisle
People taking pictures of me like I'm going outta style/
Anyhow I began to yawn, the human bong/
Kick my Clarks off and recline just like a don/
Hat low, eyes closed, got my hoodie on/
As we take off I think back about all my n---as gone/
From my window seat, the view I got, I think I see tomorrow/
Always been an owner of the watch you wanna borrow/
Always with the woman that you following on Twitter/
First class sold out, but I'm still a n---a!

So, presently I'm standing
Here right now
You're so demanding
Tell me what you want from me
Concluding
Concentrating on my music, lover, and my babies
Makes me wanna ask the lady for a ticket outta town?

So can i get a window seat
Don't want nobody next to me
I just want a ticket outta town
A look around
And a safe touch down
Window seat
Don't want nobody next to me
I just want a chance to fly
A chance to cry
And a long bye bye

But I need you to want me
Need you to miss me
I need your attention
I need you next me
I need someone to clap for me
I need your direction

Somebody say come back
Come back baby come back
I want you to need me
Come back come back baby come back
Come back come back baby come back
Come back come back baby come back

So, in my mind I'm tusslin'
Back and forth ?tween here and hustlin'
I don't wanna time travel no mo
I wanna be here
I'm thinking
On this porch i'm rockin'
Back and forth light lightning hopkins
If anybody speak to scotty
Tell him beam me up

So can I get a window seat
Don't want nobody next to me
I just want a ticket outta town
A look around
And a safe touch down

Window seat
Don't want nobody next to me
I just want a chance to fly
A chance to cry
And a long bye bye

But I need you to want me
Need you to miss me
I need your attention
I need you next me
I need someone to clap for me
I need your direction

Somebody say come back
Come back baby come back
I want you to need me
Come back come back baby come back
Come back come back baby come back
Come back come back baby come back

But can I get a window seat
Don't want nobody next to me
I just want a ticket outta town
A look around
And a safe touch down?

I just need a chance to fly
A chance to cry
And a long bye bye

erykah badu - woo

[Hook:]

Woooooooo
(Yeah, y'all know it? Come on, Come on, everybody feelin'it, come on)
Woooooooo
(Uh, uh, uh, So if ya feel it in your body say...)
Woooooooo
(Uh, uh, uh, now, to make the rain come down, come on)
Woooooooo
(Yeah, uh, ah yeah, uh B-boys and B-Girls now say...)
Woooooooo
(Ah yeah, uh, one time for your mind behind, now now)
Woooooooo
(Uh, yeah, Sophisticated gangsterism, uh pimpism say...)
Woooooooo
(Hey, Little Badu and Little Pimpin', come on)
Woooooooo
(Hey, Whatsup Tita come on, Brother Beat, come on say...)
Woooooooo
(Yeah, I see you on the right, we can jam all night, come on)
Woooooooo
(Yeah, wait, uh watch this, watch this, watch this)

Well, I came to your show
I respect your flow
Now I wanna know if you wanna go
To the studio, bust a rhyme or two
Uh, what ya wannna do, Uh what ya wanna do
Bring a sack
But I'm cool wit that
I got the paper stack
And the pimped-out track
Got the song and it's on, it's on
Got the studio locked down all night long

[Hook:]

Woooooooo
(Ha ha, yeah uh, come on, come on, come on)
Woooooooo
(Hey, come on, see don't be scared cuz its just a little something called...)
Woooooooo
(Hey, lay back, come on, everybody give me something now)
Woooooooo
(Hey fellas, come on, don't make me mad, come on
Woooooooo
(Yeah yeah, one more, one more, say it wit me now)
Woooooooo
(Woo, hold on watch this, watch this, watch this, watch this)

Well I'ma sing you a song
So play that track
With the crickets in the back
It's so abstract

(piccolo plays a tune)

[Hook:]
Woooooooo
(Yeah, ha ha, now see I like it like that, come on)
Woooooooo
(Uh, so all the B-boys and all the B-girls, come on)
Woooooooo
(Hey, back door spit wit ya, so come on, come on)
Woooooooo
(Hey South Dallas, East side, Westside, come on)
Woooooooo
(One time, One time,Where's Dallas at?)
Woooooooo
(Norla Park all the way to the B-K-L, come on)
Woooooooo
(Hey, A train, C train, number one and two, come on)
Woooooooo
(Uh, yeah, Westside, Whassup Stoop? Come on, hey)
Woooooooo
(Uh, Downtown Dallas...)
Woooooooo
(Uh, uh, thank you, thank you, thank you, one more)
Woooooooo
(That's great)

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