LovesEternalMuse

This song has made me remember a part of myself that had taken a hiatus...welcome back

Soldier
By Erykah Badu

mmmmm
see he's organized
and he's on the ball
never miss a day of school
and he's a underdog
wanna learn more and more
cuz his mama taught him good
He's about to change the face
of yo ghetto neighborhood
walking to school today
saw a brother on the streets
seem like errthang was cool
cept the brother's packing heat
oop oop
then everything changed
cuz he saw his own wings
and his mother was sad
they will last
time will past
cuz I

What am I talkin' bout
errbody know what dis song's about
dey be trying to hide the history
but they know who we are
DO OO you want to see
errybody rise to this degree?
raise ya hands high if you agree
just say Yessireeee ooooh,
yessiree
if you agree say,
yessireeeeee ooooohh,
yessiree
Ugh
come on
ugh
Break it down say
mmmm, mmhhh
hey hey (shoop)
mmmm, aaaye
hey hey (shoop)
mmmm, oooh
hey hey (shoop)
mmmm, oooh
hey

now to my folks think dey living sweet,
well dey gone fuck around and push delete
to the girls on perscriptions pills,
i know how ya feel
to my boys in iraqi fields
this aint no time to kill
to my girls in therapy,
see imma tell you this fo' free
to my folks up on the hill,
with the cake and dollar bills,
you need to watch da dirty cop
dey the one you need to watch
im talking bout the dirty cop
dey the one you need to WATCH
STOP

you get the wake up call
when you saw the buildings fall
bowties with the final call
get ya money dollar bill yall
bowties with the final calls
get ya money dollar bill yall

to my folks on the picket line
dont stop til you change dey mind
I got luv fo' my folks
baptized when the levy broke
we gone keep marchin' on
until you hear dat freedom song
and if you think about turning back
i got the shotgun on ya back
and if you think about turning back
i got the shot gun on ya back
BLLAAAA (BLAT!)

what am I talking bout
errbody know what dis song's about
dey be trying to hide the history
but they know who we are
Dooooo you want to see
errybody rise to the NEXT degree?
raise ya hands high if you agree
just say Yessireeee ooooh,
yessiree
if you agree say,
yessiree hey,
yessiree aye

hey,hey,hey
Break it down say
mmmm, ooooh
hey hey (shoop)
mmmm, oooh
hey hey (shoop)
mmmm, oooh
hey hey (shoop)
mmmm, oooh
hey hey

mmmm, ooooh
hey hey (shoop)
mmmm, oooh
hey hey (shoop)
mmmm, oooh
hey hey (shoop)
mmmm, oooh
hey aye

So, this song has made me groove beyond just a head nod these days...so...here it is...

Master Teacher
By Erykah Badu

(dreams, dreams, dreams)

I am known to stay awake
(a beautiful world im
trying to find)
A beautiful world im
trying to find
(a beautiful world, im
trying to find)
I've been in search of myself
(a beautiful world) a
beautiful world
It's just too hard for me to find
(dreams, dreams)
Said it's just too hard
for me to find
(dreams, dreams)
I am in the search of
something new
(a beautiful world im
trying to find)
Searchin' me,
Searching inside of you
And that's fo' real

What if it were no niccas
Only master teachers?
I stay woke (dreams dreams)
What if there was no niccas
Only master teachers?
I stay woke (dreams dreams)
What if it was no
niccas only master
teachers now?
I stay woke (dreams dreams)
(what if there was no
niccas only master
teachers now?)
I stay woke (dreams dreams)

Even if yo baby
ain't got no money
To support ya baby, you
(I stay woke)
Even when the preacher
tell you some lies
And cheatin on ya
mama, you stay woke
(I stay woke)
Even though you go
through struggle and strife
To keep a healthy
life, I stay woke
(I stay woke)
Everybody knows a black
or white, there's
Creatures in every
shape and size
(I stay woke)

Everybody
(I stay woke)
Everybody, stay
(I stay woke)
Get everybody
(I stay woke)
Everybody body baby
(a beautiful world, a
beautiful world)
(dreams, dreams)
(a beautiful world, a
beautiful world)
(dreams, dreams)
(a beautiful world, a
beautiful world) im
trying to find
(a beautiful world, a
beautiful world) im
trying to find
(a beautiful world, a
beautiful world) im
trying to find

I have lone to stay awake
A beautiful world im
trying to find
(a beautiful world im
trying to find)
See, I am insearch of myself
(a beautiful world, im
trying to find)
Ooh it's just too hard
for me to find
(a beautiful world, a
beautiful world)
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Said it just too hard
for me to find
(dreams, dreams, dreams)
Cuz i'm in the search
of something new
(a beautiful world im
trying to find)
Search inside me
Searching inside you
And that's the trill

What if there was no niccas
Only master teachers?
(I stay woke)
What if there was no niccas
Only master teacher?
I stay woke)
What if there was no niccas
Only master teachers now?
(I stay woke)
What if there was no niccas
Only master teacher?
(I stay woke)
Noo, what if there was no niccas
Only master teachers?

What if there was niccas
Only master teachers now

Teach us, teach us
teach us [fade]

What if there was
niccas only master
teachers now [fade]

I stay woke [fade]

I stay woke
Mmmm, hey
I stay woke

1, 2
1, 2, 3, 4

Baby sleepy time
To put her down now
Ill be standin' round
Till da sun down

I stay woke
I stay woke
I stay woke
I stay woke

Congregation knod they head
And say amen
The deacon fell alseep again and

I stay woke
But I stay woke
I stay woke
I stay woke

Lovers holding hands
And falling deep in love
And sleeping and
Passing conversation

Ooh, I stay woke
I stay woke
I stay woke
I stay woke

Pretty rings and pretty thieves
With shiny lights and little
Pieces of tomorrow

I stay woke
I stay woke
I stay woke
I stay woke

Oh ah, oh ah
I stay woke
Oh ah, oh ah
I stay woke
Oh ah, oh ah I stay
Oh ah, oh ah
Ohh I stay
Oh ah, oh ah
Oh ah, oh ah

Baby sleepy time
To put her down and
I'll be standin round
Until sun down, hey

Oh ah, oh ah
Oh ah, oh ah
Oooooh, ooooh, ooooh
(oh ah, oh ah)
I stay woke
(oh ah, oh ah)
Mmmm stay woke
(oh ah, oh ah) I stay
(oh ah, oh ah)
I stay woke, I
(oh ah, oh ah)
I stay woke, yes I do
(oh ah, oh ah)
I stay woke
(oh ah, oh ah)
Mmmmm, mmmmmmm yea
(oh ah, oh ah)
Stay woke
(oh ah, oh ah)
I stay woke