I'd like to dedicate this to all the children   I have some food in my bag for you   Not the 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 yatzhee 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 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   Cos 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 want to be down with me   Then you don't want to pick from my   Apple tree [x3]   And if you don't want to be down   You just don't want to be down      I have a hoe   And I take it everywhere I go   Cos I'm plantin seeds so I reaps what I sow   Ya know, ya know   On and on, and on and on   My body keep's movin like a rollin 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 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   Cos 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 want to be down with me   You don't want to pick from my apple tree [x3]   And if you don't want to be down with me   You just don't want to 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 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   Cos I can't please you, and thats 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 want to be down with me   You don't want to pick from my apple tree   And if you don't want to be down with me   Dum dum diddy   And if you don't want to be down with me   You don't want to pick from my apple tree   And if you don't want to be down with me   You just don't want to be down   You just don't want to be down   You just don't want to be down