Are You From My Apple Tree!?

I love me some Erykah Badu...I must admit though, I think I like her first few CD's...my most favorite..

Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu Live (bomb...and can't find it)

Baduism

Worldwide Underground
....after that I havent bought any new ones..love Window Seat as well...

However, one of my all time favorite songs of hers is "Apple Tree" I like Erykah Badu because her lyrics I can relate to..here is one of my favs:

It was a stormy night
you know the kind where the lightning strike
and I was hangin' out wit some of my "artsy" friends
ooh wee ooh wee oooh
The night was long the night went on
people coolin' out until the break of dawn
incense was burnin' so I'm feelin right -- ah'ight

See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
& Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not
I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got
I work at pleasin' 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 do wee

And if you don't want to be down with me
You don't want to pick from my appletree
And if you don't want to be down with me
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
And if you don't want to be down with me
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
And if you don't want to be down with me
You just don't want to be down

I have a ho
and I take it everywhere I go
Cause I'm planting seeds
so I reaps What I sow -- ya know
Oh on & on & on & on
my cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
I can't control the soul flowin' in me
ooh wee

See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
& 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 ta get what you got
I work at pleasin' 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 do wee

Depending on where you are in life, this song could mean so many different things.
Do you often question your identity still as an adult? Do you question your motives? Do you question why you do the things you do? Do you question who is truly in your corner? Do you question who your REAL friends are?

It's simple...as the song says, "I work at pleasin' me casue I can't please you, and thats why I do what I do!"....worry about yourself and not be focused so much on others. Be pleased with yourself. Accept yourself for who you are. Try not to worry about what everyone else and their mama may think about you...everyone has an opinion and whether you ask or not they may or may not give it to ya.

Find your inner strength and know that their opinions don't matter...its all about YOU!

Eat your own fruit that you produce from your apple tree!