
Tekst piosenki
[Intro]
I’d like to dedicate this to all of the Creator’s righteous children
I have some food in my bag for you
Not that edible food, the food you eat?
No. I have some food for thought
Since knowledge is infinite
It has infinitely fell on me, so um…
[Verse 1]
It was a stormy night, you know the kind where the lightning strikes
And I was hanging out with some of my artsy friends
Ooh wee ooh wee ooh
The night was long, the night went on
People cooling out until the break of dawn
Incense was burning so I’m feeling right, aight
[Bridge]
See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
My Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
I don’t walk around trying to be what I’m not
I don’t waste my time trying to get what you got
I work at pleasing me
Cause I can’t please you and that’s why I do what I do
My soul flies free like a willow tree
Doo wee doo wee doo wee
[Hook]
And if you don’t want to be down with me
Then you don’t want to pick from my apple tree
And if you don’t want to be down with me
Then you don’t want to pick from my apple tree
And if you don’t want to be down with me
Then you don’t want to pick from my apple tree
And if you don’t want to be down, you just don’t want to be down
[Verse 2]
I have a home
And I take it everywhere I go
Cause I’m plantin’ seeds so I reaps what I sow, ya know, ya know
Oh, on and on, and on and on, my cypher keeps moving like a rolling stone
I can’t control the soul flowing in me
Ooh wee ooh wee
[Bridge]
See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
My Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
I don’t walk around trying to be what I’m not
I don’t waste my time trying to get what ya got
I work at pleasing me
Cause I can’t please you and that’s why I do what I do
My soul flies free like a willow tree
Doo wee doo wee doo wee
[Hook]
And if you don’t want to be down with me
Then you don’t want to pick from my apple tree
And if you don’t want to be down with me
Then you don’t want to pick from my apple tree
And if you don’t want to be down with me
Then you don’t want to pick from my apple tree
And if you don’t want to be down with me, you just don’t want to be down
Oh my my my, oh my my my
Oh my my my, ah
Oh my my my my my my my
[Bridge]
Oh, I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
My Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
I don’t walk around trying to be what I’m not
I don’t waste my time trying to get what you got
I work at pleasing me
Cause I can’t please you, and thats why I do what I do
My soul flies free like a willow tree
Doo wee doo wee doo wee
[Hook + Outro]
And if you don’t want to be down with me
You don’t want to pick from my apple tree
And if you don’t want to be down with me, dum dum diddy
And if you don’t want to be down with me
You don’t want to pick from my apple tree
And if you don’t want to be down with me, you just don’t want to be down
You just don’t want to be down
Oh, you just don’t want to be down
Down, down, down
You just don’t want to be down…
Down, down, down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down, down, down
[Fades out]
Tłumaczenie piosenki
Analiza piosenki
Tekst utworu rozpoczyna się od opowieści piosenkarki o pewnej burzliwej nocy, którą kobieta spędziła z przyjaciółmi. Wszyscy relaksowali się razem, a dookoła nich paliły się kadzidełka. Wokalistka czuła się tej nocy bardzo dobrze. Erykah stwierdza, iż jej przyjaciele akceptują ją taką jaką jest i przy nich nie musi udawać kogoś kim nie jest. Piosenkarka stara cieszyć się życiem i nie chce tracić czasu na rzeczy przyziemne.
Tytułowy zwrot „Appletree” odnosi się do Biblijnego drzewa poznania dobra i zła. Było to zakazane drzewo, z którego nie można było jeść owoców. Zakazany owoc z tego drzewa oznacza grzech. Piosenkarka stwierdza, iż swoich bliskich znajomych wybiera tak, jak owoce. Jeżeli ktoś nie jest jej przyjacielem, to nie chce zbierać z jej drzewa owoców. Jedzenie, o którym opowiada to przenośnia jedzenia dla myśli i wiedzy.













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