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]

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.