I'd like to dedicate this to all of the Creator's 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 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 wanna be down with me Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree And if you don't wanna be down You just don't wanna be down I have a hoe and I take it everywhere I go 'Cause I'm plantin' seeds, so I reaps what I sow, ya know, ya know? On and on, and on and on My cypher keeps movin' like a rolling stone I can't control the soul flowin' in me Ooh-wee, ooh-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 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 wanna be down with me You don't wanna pick from my apple tree And if you don't wanna be down with me You just don't wanna be down Oh, my, my, my, my, oh, my, 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 wanna be down with me You don't wanna pick from my apple tree And if you don't wanna be down with me, ya-dum-dum-diddy And if you don't wanna be down with me You don't wanna pick from my apple tree And if you don't wanna be down with me You just don't wanna be down You just don't wanna be down Down, down, down You just don't wanna be down