LE SON DU JOUR : Erykah Badu, « Appletree »

Clique vous souhaite une année 2017 aussi douce que la voix d’Erykah Badu.

Ce morceau tiré du disque Baduizm (le premier album studio de la chanteuse sorti il y a 20 ans, en 1997) propose une jolie leçon de vie et notamment d’amitié. De la « nourriture pour l’esprit », comme la chanteuse le souligne elle-même dans son introduction, et de quoi débuter l’année du bon pied.

« 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…

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

See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
My Granny 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

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 »