Erykah Badu

Released: November 18, 1997

Songwriter: Erykah Badu Madukwu Chinwah

Producer: Erykah Badu Norman “Keys” Hurt

[Spoken Intro]
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen
Welcome to the Appletree Café
Coming to you live and direct
Hit it, fellas

[Verse 1]
Who gave you permission to rearrange me?
Certainly not me
Who told you that it was alright to love me?
Certainly, certainly not me

[Pre-Chorus]
I was not looking for no love affair
(And now you wanna fix me)
Was not looking for no love affair
(And now you wanna mold me)
I was not looking for no love affair
(And now you wanna kiss me)
I wasn't looking for no love affair
(And now you wanna control me)
Hold me
You're really tryin' to get creative with my love
And that's alright but you tried to get a little tricky
Turned my back and then you slipped me a mickey

[Chorus]
Certainly, certainly, certainly not me
Certainly, certainly, certainly not me
Certainly, certainly, certainly not me
Certainly, certainly, certainly not me

[Post-Chorus]
See, the world is mine when I wake up
(When I wake up)
I don't need nobody tellin' me the time (Time)

[Verse 2]
Who gave you permission to rearrange me?
Certainly not me
Who told you that it was alright to love me?
Certainly, certainly not me

[Pre-Chorus]
I was not looking for no love affair, partner
(And now you wanna fix me)
Was not looking for no love affair, brother
(And now you wanna mold me)
I was not lookin' for no love affair, sugar
(And now you wanna kiss me)
I was not looking for no love affair
(And now you wanna control me)
Hold me
You really tried to get creative with my love
And that's alright but you tried to get a little tricky
Turned my back and then you slipped me a mickey

[Chorus]
Certainly, certainly, certainly not me
Certainly, certainly, certainly not me
Certainly, certainly, certainly not me
Certainly, certainly, certainly not me

[Post-Chorus]
I done told you that the world is mine when I wake up
(When I wake up)
I don't need nobody tellin' me the time
The world is mine when I wake up
(When I wake up)
I don't need nobody rollin' over looking after me, no

[Bridge]
No no, no no, no no, no no, no no, no no, no no
No no no no no no no no no
No no, no no, no no no no
I don't think, I don't think that I
No no, no no, no no no no no no no, no no
(And then you slipped me a mickey)
Ah
(And then you slipped me a mickey)
You know I wasn't ready
(And then you slipped me a mickey)
For that
(And then you slipped me a mickey)
Ah
(And then you slipped me a mickey)
Oh no no
(And then you slipped me a mickey)
You're gonna a little tricky
(And then you slipped me a mickey)
I turned my back and then he slipped me a mickey
(And then you slipped me a mickey)
The world is mine when I wake up
(When I wake up)
Oh, I don't need nobody tellin' me the time
The world is mine when I wake up
(When I wake up)
I don't need nobody rollin' over looking after me

[Outro]
Certainly
Peace, peace, peace, peace
Thank you
Y'all better sing
I'd like to do this song by my favorite singer, Chaka Khan
I was gonna do it at the Soul Train Awards but I was scared, haha
Yeah, so y'all give me some energy, alright?

Erica Abi Wright, better know as the Erykah Badu is a multi-genre artist with influences spanning from Hip-Hop, R&B, Soul, Funk and Experimental. She is credited as one of the pioneers of Neo-Soul movement of the mid 90’s and would become one of the most prolific artist of the genre, earning her the title “First Lady Of Neo-Soul.”

Erykah’s career began in 1994, when she opened a show for D'angelo, and attracted the attention of Kedar Entertainment. Under the label, Erykah would release her debut alum Baduizm, which earned two Grammy awards. Erykah would use the monumentum of the debut release to create one of the strongest discographies of any R&B artist.

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