Em G Bm F
[Intro]
Em G
Bm
I'd like to dedicate this to all of the
F
Creator's righteous children
Em G Bm
I have some food in my bag for you
F Em
Not that edible food the food you eat?
G Bm
No I have some food for thought
F Em G
Since knowledge is infinite it has infinitely fell on me
Bm F
So umm
[Verse]
Em G
It was a stormy night
Bm F
You know the kind where the lightning strike
Em G Bm
And I was hangin' out wit some of my "artsy" friends
F
Ooh wee ooh wee ooh
Em G
The night was long the night went on
Bm F
People coolin' out until the break of dawn
Em G Bm F
Incense was burnin' so I'm feelin right aight
[Pre-Chorus]
Em G
See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
Bm F
& Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
Em G
I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not
Bm F
I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got
Em G
I work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you
Bm F
And that's why I do what I do
Em G
My soul flies free like a willow tree
Bm F
Doo wee doo wee do wee
[Chorus]
Em G
And if you don't want to be down with me
Bm F
You don't want to pick from my appletree
Em G
And if you don't want to be down with me
Bm F
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
Em G
And if you don't want to be down with me
Bm F
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
Em G
And if you don't want to be down with me
Bm F
You just don't want to be down
[Verse]
Em G
I have a ho
Bm F
And I take it everywhere I go
Em G
Cause I'm planting seeds
Bm F
So I reaps What I sow ya know
Em G
Oh on & on & on & on
Bm F
My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
Em G Bm
I can't control the soul flowin' in me
F
Ooh wee
[Pre-Chorus]
Em G
See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
Bm F
& Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
Em G
I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not
Bm F
I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got
Em G
I work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you
Bm F
And that's why I do what I do
Em G
My soul flies free like a willow tree
Bm F
Doo wee doo wee do wee
[Chorus]
Em G
And if you don't want to be down with me
Bm F
You don't want to pick from my appletree
Em G
And if you don't want to be down with me
Bm F
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
Em G
And if you don't want to be down with me
Bm F
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
Em G
And if you don't want to be down with me
Bm F
You just don't want to be down
[Interlude]
Em G
Oh my my my
Bm F
Oh my my my
Em G
Oh my my my ah
Bm F
Oh my my my my my my my
Oh
[Pre-Chorus]
Em G
See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
Bm F
& Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
Em G
I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not
Bm F
I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got
Em G
I work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you
Bm F
And that's why I do what I do
Em G
My soul flies free like a willow tree
Bm F
Doo wee doo wee do wee
[Chorus]
Em G
And if you don't want to be down with me
Bm F
You don't want to pick from my appletree
Em G
And if you don't want to be down with me
Bm F
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
Em G
And if you don't want to be down with me
Bm F
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
Em G
And if you don't want to be down with me
Bm F
You just don't want to be down
Em G Bm F
Down
Em G Bm F
Down
Em G Bm F
Down
Em G Bm F
Down
