Released: September 16, 2003

Featuring: Bahamadia Angie Stone Queen Latifah

Songwriter: Sylvia Robinson Gwendolyn Chisholm Cheryl The Pearl Erykah Badu James Poyser Angie Stone Queen Latifah Bahamadia

Producer: RC Williams Tumblin’ Dice Erykah Badu James Poyser

[Intro]
Don't you give up! Keep goin', keep goin', keep goin', uh
Don't you give up! Keep goin', keep goin', keep goin', uh
If you're not ready, you'd better get yourself together
Funk you up, we gon' funk you up

[Hook: Erykah Badu]
Love of my life!
Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong
Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong

[Verse 1: Erykah Badu]
Freak, freak, da freak, da funk, funk; separate the good stuff from the junk
And then I bang, bang, the bump, the bump girl
My name is Apples and I rock your world
Worldwide, do your math -30, 26, 36 and a 1/2
I hope that you will realize
I got the hazel eyes that make you nitrified
Step in the back and step to the front
Come alive y'all I'll give you what you want
The rhymes I got plenty; degrees 120
And if you want some then jump the fuck in it

[Hook]
Love of my life!
Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong (jump the fuck in it)
Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong
Love of my life!
Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong
Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong

[Verse 2: Queen Latifah]
I'd like to introduce myself
Queen Latifah is my name
Jersey, what's poppin', we ain't gon' stop and
Keep'em heads boppin', the remix droppin'
Big girl, big trucks, big whips, whip up
Black see for you only got my back
Shut your lips up
Do it, turn it up, wow!, we gon' burn it up
Take anther pool and pass out on the furniture
Hip-Hop, all of me, I just wanna party
Grab somebody, sing "La Di Da Di"
It's 7-P la, suits to di dor dora
Erykah Badu, Angie, me, Bahamadia
You know it feels right, it's the, hey

[Hook]
Love of my life!
Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong (jump the fuck in it)
Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong

[Verse 3: Angie Stone]
Before I bring you into this zone
I think I better let you know that I am Angie Stone
I put the hands on the paper
Things gotta change up
I wanna sing, but I think I better hold up
B got beehive, you gotta a low ride
Can't stop, won't stop, rockin' till I die
As I flip the Hip Hop drops on ya
You fo' real? Soulsinger
Rollin' Erykah, Queen, me Angie, Bahamadia
Original, Angie B, Hey, that's me
I can rock you so dangerously

[Hook]
Love of my life!
Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong (jump the fuck in it)
Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong

[Verse 4: Bahamadia]
What's the deal? My name's Bahamadia
Ain't no chick in the game who get it done like me
Huh, I've been chosen by G.O.D
To show the whole world the meaning of MC
Look, I be in dope with a thing called hip hop
People together like b-boy in shell tops
And it don't stop because we can't quit
I wanna getcha, it's built in the up lift
I beat dawgs wit microphone disiss
Soloist with the iller dope accent
A livin' legend, baby throw me on the track and
I'm guaranteed, Bahamadia get it crackin'

[Bridge]
Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up
Sit back down!

[Erykah Badu]
Funk you right on up
We gon' funk you right on up
We gon' funk you boy
Funk you right on up
We gon' funk you right on up

If you not ready, you better get yourself together
We gon' funk you up, we gon' funk you up
We gon' have a real good time
Don't care about the weather
We gon' funk you up, we gon' funk you up
Love of my life

[Erykah Badu]
You are my friend, I can depend
Love of my life
Without you baby, feels like a simple true love
Yeah, but shit ain't clear
But this shit ain't clear, yeah

[Hook]
Love of my life!
Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong (jump the fuck in it)
Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong
Love of my life!
Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong (jump the fuck in it)
Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong

[Outro: Erykah Badu]
If you not ready
You better get yourself together
We gon' funk you up
We gon' funk you up
We gon' have a real good time
Don't care about the weather
We gon' funk you up
We gon' funk you up

Erykah Badu

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.