Appletree (Live @ the Jazz Cafe)

[Verse 1] It was a stormy night You know the kind where the lightnin' strike And I was hangin' out with some my London friends Ooh wee ooh wee ooh 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 [Pre-Chorus] See, I picks my friends like I pick my fruit My Ganny 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 [Chorus] 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 don't wanna pick from my apple tree 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 You just don't wanna be down [Verse 2] 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 Oh, on and on, and on and on My cypher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone I can't control the soul flowin' in me Ooh wee [Pre-Chorus] See, I picks my friends like I pick my fruit My Ganny 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 ya 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 [Chorus] 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 ditty 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 [Outro] Oh my my my (Oh my my my) Oh my my my (Oh my my my) Oh my my my Oh my my my my my my my Oh, on and on, and on and on My cypher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone Oh, on, ha, on, on, on My cypher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone Down, down My cypher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone Down, down, down My cypher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone Down, down, da-down