Poetry

[Verse 1: Q-Tip]

Can you picture how a melody gets thought into existence?

Rhythm section hits it and upholds it with persistence

Picturing the outline and you start to see the colors

Filling in with intricate splashes by all the brothers

Me'Shell is on the joint — you mean Ms. NdegéOcello?

No wonder why the hump inside the joint is feeling ghetto

A medal or award should be given to these heroes

For their efforts of revealing and bringing forth the feeling

I’m reeling, poetic I say, of great proportion

I hope my little nuances correct for this distortion

But I say why say, and who is to say?

'Cause Roy makes the tune what it is today

Rhythmically, we’re in this lake of genes know what I mean?

It's only right that me and Mr. Wright we hail from Queens

The overtone of funk is being driven by the students

The benevolence of Roy issued me this jurisprudence

This beat, a rhyme put it in a hipper term and

I’m just a humble little germ just a hipper version

Poetic I mean truly indeed her every seed

Just sprinkles with the essence of life to form my breed

Think about it sweetie while we give this to the needy

The musical expression is important for progression

Never stop learning lessons, and neither should y'all

Before we all stand must acknowledge the fall

Before we get the bounce we got to reach for the ball

Before we ghetto stroll we had to get to a crawl

Check it out now, and don’t you dare

Bobby Timmons did a joint called “Dat Dere”

Check it out now, and do your do

Ronnie Foster did a joint called “Mystic Brew”

Check it out now, it’s how it go

Check it out with my man Roy Hargrove

[Interlude: Erykah Badu]

Hey

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Appletree Café

Got Roy Hargrove on stage

Along with my man Q-Tip

I’m coming in from Dallas, Texas

I don't know how come God doubted you

She's, she will be, remembered, completely

The rasta style, flower child

Rip dip dah zip dip dah

[Chorus]

Who knows the way to go?

Please show me the way to go

Who knows the way to go?

Please show me the way to go

I know the way to go

I'll show you the way to go

I know the way to go

I'll show you the way to go

Who knows the way to go?

Please show me the way to go

Who knows the way to go?

Please show me the way to go

I know the way to go

I'll show you the way to go

I know the way to go

I'll show you the way to go

[Verse 2: Erykah Badu]

Brother's lost, my head has run away

Where to go, and where is God?

Sometimes I get real mad, but I understand

I don't beat myself up too much about it

I give these tears, as an offering

For joy in return ‘cause tears bring joy

That is what perplexes, make the sweetness last

'Cause we're mourning for the joy our hearts will find

Be happy when you can, no sadness necessary

No, no, it seems sometimes, you never get in bed

But it's okay, it's fair, yeah

Know where to look, you got mysteries

Use the stars as a guide, trying not to hide

The love inside, you know if you get, you get

I feel, I'm not ready yet, but I meet myself halfway

And I'll start a day, creating what I'm living

Living for today, 'cause I'm okay, it's okay

[Chorus]

Who knows the way to go?

Please show me the way to go

Who knows the way to go?

Please show me the way to go

I know the way to go

I'll show you the way to go

I know the way to go

I'll show you the way to go

Who knows the way to go?

Please show me the way to go

Who knows the way to go?

Please show me the way to go

I know the way to go

I'll show you the way to go

I know the way to go

I'll show you the way to go