Erykah Badu

Released: November 21, 2000

Songwriter: Erykah Badu James Poyser Vikter Duplaix

Producer: Erykah Badu Vikter Duplaix James Poyser

[Part I]

[Chorus]
My eyes are green
'Cause I eat a lot of vegetables
It don't have nothing to do with your new friend
My eyes are green
'Cause I eat a lot of vegetables
It don't have nothing to do with your new friend

[Verse 1]
I don't care, I swear
I'm too through with you, I am
You don't mean nothing to me
So go ahead and be with your friend

[Chorus]
My eyes are green
'Cause I eats a lot of vegetables
It don't have nothing to do with your new friend

[Part II]

[Intro]
I'm insecure
But I can't help it
My mind says move on
My heart lags behind
But I don't love you any more
I'm so insecure
Never knew that love did this
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

I can't remember the last time I felt this way
About somebody
You've done something to my mind
And I can't control it
But I don't love you any more
Yes, I do, I think
Loving you is wrong
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

La-di-da
Dum-dee-da-da
Dum-didi-da-di-da-di-da
Dum-didi-da-di-dum-di

I'm so confused
You tried to trick me, yeah

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Never knew that love could hurt like this
Never thought I would, but I got dissed
Makes me feel so sad and hurt inside
Feel embarrassed so I want to hide
Silly me—I thought your love was true
Change my name to Silly E. Badu
Before I heal, it's gonna be a while
I know it's gonna be a while, chil'

[*ad-libs*]

I hope it's not too late
Too late, too late, too late, too late, too—
Feeling insecure
Love has got me sore
I don't want no more

Oh, oh
It's too late, oh, oh ooh, ooh
I'm sorry I love you
At first, it was cool
You told me you loved me, too, ooh
And then you lost your love
Oh, then you lost your love
And then you lost your love
You wanted me to go away
But I can't go
See, I can't leave, it's too late
I can't leave, it's too late
I can't leave, it's too late
I can't leave, it's too late

Just make love to me
Just one more time and then you'll see
I can't believe I made a desperate plea
What's with me? Me? Me, yeah, ye-ah, no, oh
You see I can't leave, it's too late
I can't leave, it's too late
Don't you know, I can't leave, it's too late
Can't go nowhere, no
It's too late
It's too late
It's too late
It's too late, yeah
Come on, babe

Don't you wanna be strong with me?
You told me we could have a family
Wanna run to mama when you're down and low
But times get tough, and there you go
Ooh, out the door, you wanna run again
Open the arms and you'll come back in
Wanna run 'cause you say that you were afraid, afraid, oh

Never knew what a friendship was
Never knew how to really love
You can't be what I need you to
And I don't know why I fuck with you

I know our love will never be the same
But I can't stand these growing pains

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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