Tonart: E minor•
Verse 1
Em
B
Bm
I'd like to dedicate this to all of the
F
Em
Creator's righteous children
G
I have some food in my bag for you
F
Not that edible food, the food you eat?
Em
B
G
No, I have some food for thought
F
Since knowledge is infinite it
Em
has infinitely fell on me
G
F
So, um
Verse 2
Em
Am
B
G
It was a stormy night
You know the kind where
Am
the lightning strike
Em
B
And I was hangin' out wit
G
some of my "artsy" friends
Em
F#m
G
The night was long the night went on
People coolin' out until
Em
G
Incense was burnin' so I'm
Am
feelin' right, aight
Verse 3
Am
F#m
Bm
See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
Em
G
And Granny told me that
Am
when I was only a youth
Em
G
I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not
Am
I don't waste my time trying
ta get what you got
D
I work at pleasin' me cause
Am
And that's why I do what I do
D
F#m
My soul flies free like a willow tree
G
Am
Doo wee, doo wee, doo wee
Verse 4
Em
B
And if you don't want to be
You don't want to pick
Em
And if you don't want
B
G
to be down with me
Then you don't want to pick
Em
And if you don't want to
F#m
Em
be down with me
G
Then you don't want to pick
Am
F
from my ap ple tree
Em
And if you don't want
Em
Bm
Am
You just don't want to be down
Em
B
G
I have a ho
Verse 5
Em
G
Am
And I take it everywhere I go
G
F#m
'Cause I'm planting seeds
G
Am
So I reaps What I sow ya know
B
G
Oh, on and on an d on and on
My cipher keeps movin'
Am
like a rollin' stone
Em
D#dim
I can't control
Verse 6
Am
Em
F#m
G
See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
Em
G
And Granny told me that when I
D
I don't walk around trying
F#m
G
to be what I'm not
Am
I don't waste my time trying
ta get what you got
D
I work at pleasin' me 'cause
Am
And that's why I do what I do
Em
B
My soul flies free like a willow tree
Em
Am
Doo wee, doo wee, doo wee
Verse 7
Em
And if you don't want to
B
G
be down with me
You don't want to pick
Em
And if you don't want to
F#m
Em
be down with me
G
Then you don't want to pick
Em
And if you don't want to
F#m
G
be down with me
Bm
Then you don't want to pick
Em
And if you don't want to
Bm
G
be down with me
Am
Em
You just don't want to be down
D#dim
G
Oh my, my, my
Verse 8
F
Em
G
Am
Oh my, my, my
Em
D
G
Am
Oh my, my, my, ah
Em
G
Em
Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Oh
G
Am
Em
I picks my friends like
B
Em
I pick my fruit
And Granny told me that when I
D
I don't walk around trying
I don't waste my time
Am
trying ta get what you got
D
I work at pleasin' me 'cause
Am
And that's why I do what I do
D
B
My soul flies free like a willow tree
G
Am
Doo wee, doo wee, doo wee
Verse 9
Em
And if you don't want
F#m
G
to be down with me
Bm
You don't want to pick
Em
And if you don't want to
D
Em
G
be down with me
A
Am
You, dum, dum, diddy
Em
And if you don't want
B
G
to be down with me
Em
Bm
You don't want to pick
Em
And if you don't want to
D
G
be down with me
Em
Bm
G
to be down
Bm
Am
G
B
You just don't want to be down
Em
Am
Oh, you just don't want to be down
Em
B
G
Em
Am
Em
Down, down, down
G
A
Am
Em
You just don't want to be down
F#m
Em
Am
Em
B
G
Em
G
Oh
Am
Em
You just don't want to be down
B
G
Em
Am
Em
Down, down, down, down,
B
G
Am
Em
down, down, down,
G
Am
down,
Em
F#m
G
down
Outro 1
Em
Am
D
Em
Am
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