It was a stormy night
You know, the kind where the lightnin' strike
And I was hangin' out with some my yatzhee friends
Ooh wee ooh wee ooh wee
The night was long, the night went on
people coolin' out until the break of dawn
Incense was burnin' so I'm feelin' right, aight

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 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 doo wee wee wee

And if you don't want to be down with me
then you don't want to pick from my apple tree (x3)
And if you don't want to be down
you just don't want to be down

I have a hoe
And I take it everywhere I go
Cause I'm plantin' seeds
so I reaps what I sow, ya know, ya know
On and on, and on and on
my (?) keep's movin' like a rollin' stone
I can't control the soul flowin' in me
Ooh wee ooh wee

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 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 doo wee wee wee

And if you don't want to be down with me
then you don't want to pick from my apple tree (x3)
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, oh my my my my my my