[00:03.000]I'd like to dedicate this to all of the Creator's righteous children
[00:07.000]I have some food in my bag for you
[00:10.000]Not that edible food, the food you eat?
[00:12.000]No. I have some food for thought
[00:15.000]Since knowledge is infinite
[00:17.000]It has infinitely fell on me, so um...
[00:22.000]It was a stormy night, you know the kind where the lightning strikes
[00:28.000]And I was hanging out with some of my artsy friends
[00:31.000]Ooh wee ooh wee ooh
[00:32.000]The night was long, the night went on
[00:35.000]People cooling out until the break of dawn
[00:37.000]Incense was burning so I'm feeling right, aight
[00:42.000]See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
[00:44.000]My Granny told me that when I was only a youth
[00:47.000]I don't walk around trying to be what I'm not
[00:49.000]I don't waste my time trying to get what you got
[00:52.000]I work at pleasing me
[00:53.000]Cause I can't please you and that's why I do what I do
[00:57.000]My soul flies free like a willow tree
[01:00.000]Doo wee doo wee doo wee
[01:02.000]And if you don't want to be down with me
[01:05.000]Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[01:08.000]And if you don't want to be down with me
[01:10.000]Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[01:13.000]And if you don't want to be down with me
[01:15.000]Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[01:18.000]And if you don't want to be down, you just don't want to be down
[01:23.000]I have a hoe
[01:26.000]And I take it everywhere I go
[01:28.000]Cause I'm plantin' seeds so I reaps what I sow, ya know, ya know
[01:32.000]Oh, on and on, and on and on, my cypher keeps moving like a rolling stone
[01:38.000]I can't control the soul flowing in me
[01:41.000]Ooh wee ooh wee
[01:43.000]See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
[01:45.000]My Granny told me that when I was only a youth
[01:48.000]I don't walk around trying to be what I'm not
[01:50.000]I don't waste my time trying to get what ya got
[01:52.000]I work at pleasing me
[01:54.000]Cause I can't please you and that's why I do what I do
[01:57.000]My soul flies free like a willow tree
[02:00.000]Doo wee doo wee doo wee
[02:03.000]And if you don't want to be down with me
[02:05.000]Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[02:08.000]And if you don't want to be down with me
[02:10.000]Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[02:13.000]And if you don't want to be down with me
[02:16.000]Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[02:19.000]And if you don't want to be down with me, you just don't want to be down
[02:24.000]Oh my my my, oh my my my
[02:34.000]Oh my my my, ah
[02:38.000]Oh my my my my my my my
[02:43.000]Oh, I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
[02:46.000]My Granny told me that when I was only a youth
[02:49.000]I don't walk around trying to be what I'm not
[02:51.000]I don't waste my time trying to get what you got
[02:53.000]I work at pleasing me
[02:55.000]Cause I can't please you, and thats why I do what I do
[02:59.000]My soul flies free like a willow tree
[03:01.000]Doo wee doo wee doo wee
[03:04.000]And if you don't want to be down with me
[03:07.000]You don't want to pick from my apple tree
[03:09.000]And if you don't want to be down with me, dum dum diddy
[03:14.000]And if you don't want to be down with me
[03:17.000]You don't want to pick from my apple tree
[03:19.000]And if you don't want to be down with me, you just don't want to be down
[03:26.000]You just don't want to be down
[03:31.000]Oh, you just don't want to be down
[03:35.000]Down, down, down
[03:43.000]You just don't want to be down...
[03:55.000]Down, down, down, down, down, down
[04:01.000]Down, down, down, down, down, down