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