Released: February 11, 1997
Songwriter: Erykah Badu Madukwu Chinwah
Producer: Madukwu Chinwah
Who gave you permission to rearrange me
Certainly not me
Who told you that it was alright to love me
Certainly not me
I was not looking for no love affair, baby
And now you wanna fix me
I was not looking for no love affair, papa
And now you want to mould me
Was not looking for no love affair, baby
Now you wanna kiss me
Was not looking for no love affair
And now you wanna control me
Hold me
I know you're tryna' 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
Certainly Certainly (You I know I wasn't ready)
Certainly Certainly (for that mickey baby!)
Certainly Certainly
Certainly Certainly
The world is mine
When I wake up
I don't need nobody telling me the time
Who gave you permission to rearrange me
Certainly not me
Who told you that it was alright to love me
Certainly, certainly not me
I was not looking for no love affair, papa
And now you wanna fix me
I was not looking for no love affair
And now you want to mould me
Was not looking for no love affair
Now you wanna kiss me
Was not looking for no love affair
And now you wanna control me
Hold me
I know you're tryna' 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
Certainly Certainly
Certainly Certainly
Certainly Certainly
Certainly Certainly
You know that the world is mine
When I wake up
I don't nobody telling me the time, no!
The world is mine, mine, mine, mine
I don't need no little rollin over looking after me!
[Outro]
Certainly not me
Who told you that it was alright to love me
Certainly not me
I was not looking for no love affair, baby
And now you wanna fix me
I was not looking for no love affair, papa
And now you want to mould me
Was not looking for no love affair, baby
Now you wanna kiss me
Was not looking for no love affair
And now you wanna control me
Hold me
I know you're tryna' 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
Certainly Certainly (You I know I wasn't ready)
Certainly Certainly (for that mickey baby!)
Certainly Certainly
Certainly Certainly
The world is mine
When I wake up
I don't need nobody telling me the time
Who gave you permission to rearrange me
Certainly not me
Who told you that it was alright to love me
Certainly, certainly not me
I was not looking for no love affair, papa
And now you wanna fix me
I was not looking for no love affair
And now you want to mould me
Was not looking for no love affair
Now you wanna kiss me
Was not looking for no love affair
And now you wanna control me
Hold me
I know you're tryna' 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
Certainly Certainly
Certainly Certainly
Certainly Certainly
Certainly Certainly
You know that the world is mine
When I wake up
I don't nobody telling me the time, no!
The world is mine, mine, mine, mine
I don't need no little rollin over looking after me!
[Outro]
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
- Baduizm (1997)
- Hoodlum - Music Inspired By the Motion Picture (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