Erykah Badu - Apple tree

^GmIt was a stormy night ^CmYou know the kind where the lightening strike ^Gmand i was hanging out with some of my ^Cmartsy friends oo wee oo wee oo weeeeeeee ^GmThe night was long the night went on ^Cmpeople coolin' out until the break of dawn ^Gmincense was burnin' so I'm feelin r^Cmight, aight.

^GmSee I picks my friends like I pick my fruit ^CmMy Ganny told me that when I was only a youth ^GmI don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not ^CmI don't waste my time trying ta get what you got ^GmI work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you ^Cmand that's why I do what I do ^GmMy soul flies free like a willow tree ^Cmdoo wee doo wee do wee

^GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me ^CmYou don't want to pick from my apple tree ^GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me ^CmThen you don't want to pick from my apple tree ^GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me ^CmThen you don't want to pick from my apple tree ^GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me ^CmYou just don't want to be down

^GmI have a ho ^Cmand I take it everywhere I go ^GmCause I'm planting seeds so I reaps What I sow, ya kn^Cmow, ya know ^GmOh on & on & on & on ^Cmmy cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone ^GmI can't control the soul flowin' in me ^Cmooh wee

^GmSee I picks my friends like I pick my fruit ^CmMy Ganny told me that when I was only a youth ^GmI don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not ^CmI don't waste my time trying ta get what you got ^GmI work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you ^Cmand that's why I do what I do ^GmMy soul flies free like a willow tree ^Cmdoo wee doo wee do wee

^GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me ^CmYou don't want to pick from my apple tree ^GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me ^CmThen you don't want to pick from my apple tree ^GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me ^CmThen you don't want to pick from my apple tree ^GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me ^CmYou just don't want to be down (x3)