Released: February 11, 1997
Songwriter: Curtis Mayfield
Producer: Curtis Mayfield
[Verse 1]
Could have never known that when losin
Could hurt you so very bad
Could have never known that when chosin
Would make you so very sad
I don't know what to do
I just feel so confused
I'm a child with the blues
[Verse 2]
Take your time, smell the flowers
Make a smile for yourself
Girl, don't make livin' so hard
So hard, So hard, I keep tellin' myself
Feels like I'm goin' nowhere
Sometimes it ain't all damn fair
A child with the blues
[Refrain]
Sisters, sisters
I know you're watchin me
There are a lot of games reachin for you constantly
When you think you're grown
You're entering the unknown
Baby, check yourself
Brace yourself
Protect yourself
Face yourself
[Verse 3]
Feels like my life is just existing
And I'm missing someone
It's hard to replace the simple fact
Cause my lover is gone, gone on
Never too young to pay your dues
And if you're walkin in my shoes
You're a child with the blues
So blue, so blue..
[Verse 4]
I can't stop the flow, can't stop it
Of wet tears in my eyes
And if you're any of the many kind of women in pain
Woman in pain, realize, realize
The same emotion we share
Movin fast but goin nowhere
Like a child with the blues
A child with the blues
A child with the blues blue
A child with the blues, ooh
Could have never known that when losin
Could hurt you so very bad
Could have never known that when chosin
Would make you so very sad
I don't know what to do
I just feel so confused
I'm a child with the blues
[Verse 2]
Take your time, smell the flowers
Make a smile for yourself
Girl, don't make livin' so hard
So hard, So hard, I keep tellin' myself
Feels like I'm goin' nowhere
Sometimes it ain't all damn fair
A child with the blues
[Refrain]
Sisters, sisters
I know you're watchin me
There are a lot of games reachin for you constantly
When you think you're grown
You're entering the unknown
Baby, check yourself
Brace yourself
Protect yourself
Face yourself
[Verse 3]
Feels like my life is just existing
And I'm missing someone
It's hard to replace the simple fact
Cause my lover is gone, gone on
Never too young to pay your dues
And if you're walkin in my shoes
You're a child with the blues
So blue, so blue..
[Verse 4]
I can't stop the flow, can't stop it
Of wet tears in my eyes
And if you're any of the many kind of women in pain
Woman in pain, realize, realize
The same emotion we share
Movin fast but goin nowhere
Like a child with the blues
A child with the blues
A child with the blues blue
A child with the blues, ooh
more tracks from the album
Baduizm
- Certainly
- Afro (Freestyle Skit)
- A Child with the Blues
- Sometimes (Mix #9)
- Certainly (Flipped It)
- Appletree (Live @ the Jazz Cafe)
- On & On (Da Boom Squad Mix)
- Appletree (2B3 Summer Vibes Mix)
- On & On (Jazz Mix)
- Sometimes
- Otherside of the Game
- Drama
- Appletree
- 4 Leaf Clover
- No Love
- Next Lifetime
- Rimshot (Outro)
- On & On
- Rimshot (Intro)
- Next Lifetime (Linslee Remix)
From the albums
- Eve’s Bayou: The Collection (1997)
- Baduizm (1997)
Erykah Badu popular songs
- On & On
- Hello
- Tyrone
- Bag Lady
- Next Lifetime
- Love of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop)
- Didn’t Cha Know
- Appletree
- Window Seat
- Otherside of the Game
- Green Eyes
- The Healer
- Phone Down
- Out My Mind, Just in Time
- ...& On
- Cel U Lar Device
- What’s Yo Phone Number / Telephone
- In Love with You
- Certainly
- Rimshot (Intro)
- Orange Moon
- I Been Goin’ Thru It All
- Soldier
- 4 Leaf Clover