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I'd like to dedicate this to all the creative, righteous children
 I have some food in my bag for you
 Not that edible food, the food you eat, no
 Perhaps some food for thought
 Since knowledge is infinite
 It has infinitely fell on me so um...
 It was a stormy night, you know, the kind where the lightnin' strike
 And I was hangin' out with some my artsy friends
 Ooh wee, ooh wee, ooh wee
 The night was long, the night went on, people coolin' out until the
 Break of dawn
 Incense was burnin' so I'm feelin' right, aight
 See I pick my friends like I pick my fruit
 My 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 pleasin' 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, doo wee
 And if you don't want to be down with me, you don't want to pick from my
 Apple tree
 And if you don't want to be down with me, then you don't want to pick from my
 Apple tree
 And if you don't want to be down with me, then you don't want to pick from my
 Apple tree
 And if you don't want to be down with me, you just don't want to be down
 I have a hoe
 And I take it everywhere I go
 'Cause I'm plantin' seeds so I reap what I sow, ya know, ya know
 On and on, and on and on, my cypher keep's movin' like a rollin' stone
 I can't control the soul flowin' in me
 Ooh wee, ooh wee, oh wee
 See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
 My 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 ya got
 I work at pleasin' 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, doo wee
 And if you don't want to be down with me, you don't want to pick from
 My apple tree
 And if you don't want to be down with me, you don't want to pick from
 My apple tree
 And if you don't want to be down with me, you don't want to pick from
 My apple tree
 And if you don't want to be down with me, you just don't want to be
 Down
 Oh my my my, oh my my my, oh my my my, my my my my
 I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
 My 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 pleasin' 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, doo wee
 And if you don't want to be down with me, you don't want to pick from
 My apple tree
 And if you don't want to be down with me, dum dum diddy
 And if you don't want to be down with me, you don't want to pick from
 My apple tree
 And if you don't want to be down with me, you just don't want to be
 Down
 You just don't want to be down
 You just don't want to be down, down, down
 You just don't want to be down
 You just don't want to be down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down...
 

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Duration
04:25
Key
7
Tempo
95 BPM

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