Chorus x 2
(Erykah Badu)
If you were worried bout where
I been or who I saw or
what club I went to with my homies
baby don t worry you know that you got me

Verse 1
(Black Thought)
Somebody told me that this planet was small
we use to live in the same building on the same floor
and never met before
until I m overseas on tour
and peep this ethiopian queen from philly
taking classes abroad
she studying film and photo flash focus record
said she workin on a flick and
could my click do the score
she said she loved my show in paris
at Elys?f©e Montmarte
and that I stepped off the stage
and took a piece of her heart
we knew from the start that
things fall apartand tend to shatter
she like that shit don t matter
when I get home get at her
through letterphonewhatever
let s linklet s get together
shit you think notthink the Thought went home and forgot
time passedwe back in philly now she up in my spot
tellin me the things I m tellin her is makin her hot
startin buildin with her constantly round the clock
now she in my world like hip-hop
and keep tellin me

Chorus x2


Verse 2
(Black Thought)
YoI m the type that s always catchin a flight
and sometimes I gotta be out at the height of the night
and that s when she flip and get on some ol

(Erykah)
Another lonely night
it seems like I m on the side you only loving your mic
I know you gotta get that paper daddy keep that shit tight
but yo I need some sort of love in my lifeyou dig me
while politicing with my sister from new york city
she said she know this ball player and he think I m pretty

psychI m playin booyou know it s just wit you I m stayin
boo
and when cats be poppin gameI don t hear what they sayin
boo
when you out there in the worldI m still your girl
with all my classes I don t have the time for life s thrills
so when you sweatin on stage think of me when you rhyme
and don t be listenin to your homies they be leading you
blind

(Black Thought)
Yeahso what you sayin I can trust you?

(Erykah)
Is you crazyyou my king for real

(Both)
But sometimes relationships get ill

(Erykah)
No doubt

Chorus x2

Verse 3
(Black Thought)
That snake could be that chick
and that rat could be that cool cat
that s whispering "she tryin to play you for the fool Black"
if something s on your chest then let it be known
see I m not your every five minutes all on the phone
and on the topic of trustit s just a matter of fact
that people bite back and fracture what s intact
and never ever be I ain t on some "oh I m a celebrity"
I deal with the real so if it s artificial let it be
I ve seen people caught in love like whirlwinds
listening to they squads and listening to girlfriends
that s exactly the point where they whole world ends
lies come inthat s where that drama beginsshe like

Chorus until fade

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