On

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On & on & on & on
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Wake the fuck up 'cause it's been too long
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 Say, wait a minute, Queen, what's your name?
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 See, I be that gypsy flippin' life game from the right brain

Ascension maintained
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 Rolling through like a burning flame
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Like a supernova star
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 She be the light when they in the dark
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Morning
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The moon pass the sun

Four constellations start forming
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 A cross up in the sky
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 But everybody wanna ask me why


[Hook]
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 What good do your words do if they can't understand you?
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 Don't go talkin' that shit Badu, Badu
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 What good do your words do if they can't understand you?
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 Don't go talkin' that shit Badu, Badu


[Verse 2]
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Said I'm a Pisces

Zika deka del
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 Well, well, I'm raising hell
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People always tryin' to find the world I'm in
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I'm the envy of the women and I rule the men
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Two fish, one swimmin' up stream
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One swimmin' down livin' in a dream
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 But when she loves she tends to cling
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When incense burns, smoke unfurls
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Analog girl in a digital world
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The Rasta style flower child
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Zip dip dow, zip dip dow
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The gold tooth smile

Split them vowels
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Bling bloom bling, melanated
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 Have ta give birth to church
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 But everybody want to ask this Earth

What...


[Hook]
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 What good do your words do if they can't understand you?
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 Don't go talkin' that shit Badu, Badu
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 What good do your words do if they can't understand you?
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 Don't go talkin' that shit Badu, Badu

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Bridge!


[Bridge]
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I remember when I went

With Momma to the Washateria
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Remember how I felt the day

I first started my period
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Remember there in school one day
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I learned I was inferior

Water in my cereal
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 Badu in your stereo
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Holla if you hear me though
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Remembering is good if you don't

Let it be the fear in you
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Wrap ya head with this material (material)
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"'Cause you did not do your math"
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"My cypher keeps moving like a rolling stone"

"Mad props to the God JaBorn"


[Verse 3]
N.C.
Things just ain't the same for singers
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 Gotta sing on the beats they bring us
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But that's all I have, ain't got no mo'
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 But still the people really wanna to know


[Hook]
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 What good do your words do if they can't understand you?
Ebm7                        Bbm7  Bb7
 Don't go talkin' that shit Badu, Badu
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 What good do your words do if they can't understand you?
Ebm7                        Bbm7  Bb7
 Don't go talkin' that shit Badu, Badu