Poetry - The RH Factor/Erykah Badu.mp3

[00:01.366]Can you picture how a melody gets thought into existence?
[00:04.076]Rhythm section hits it and upholds it with persistence
[00:06.788]Picturing the outline and you start to see the colors
[00:09.364]Filling in with intricate splashes by all the brothers
[00:12.053]Me'Shell is on the joint — you mean Ms. NdegeOcello?
[00:14.701]No wonder why the h**p inside the joint is feeling ghetto
[00:17.428]A medal or award should be given to these heroes
[00:20.037]For their efforts of revealing and bringing forth the feeling
[00:22.796]I'm reeling, poetic I say, of great proportion
[00:25.404]I hope my little nuances correct for this distortion
[00:28.012]But I say why say, and who is to say?
[00:30.684]'Cause Roy makes the tune what it is today
[00:33.339]Rhythmically, we're in this lake of genius know what I mean?
[00:35.995]It's only right that me and Mr. Wright we hail from Queens
[00:38.708]The overtone of funk is being driven by the students
[00:41.372]The benevolence of Roy issued me this jurisprudence
[00:44.054]This beat, a rhyme put it in a hipper term and
[00:46.749]I'm just a humble little germ just a hipper version
[00:49.389]Poetic I mean truly indeed her every seed
[00:52.085]Just sprinkles with the essence of life to form my breed
[00:54.684]Think about sweetie while we give this to the needy
[00:57.396]The musical expression is important for progression
[01:00.037]Never stop learning lessons, and neither should y'all
[01:02.548]Before we all stand must acknowledge the fall
[01:05.412]Before we get the bounce we got to reach for the ball
[01:07.942]Before we ghetto stroll we had to get to a crawl
[01:10.604]Check it out now, and don't you dare
[01:13.164]Bobby Timmons did a joint called “Dat Dere”
[01:15.900]Check it out now, and do your do
[01:18.428]Ronnie Foster did a joint called “Mystic Brew”
[01:21.245]Check it out now, it's how it go
[01:23.861]Check it out with my man Roy Hargrove
[01:30.651]Hey
[01:32.069]Good evening, ladies and gentlemen
[01:33.650]Welcome to the Appletree Cafe
[01:37.434]Got Roy Hargrove on stage
[01:40.089]Along with my man Q-Tip
[01:43.025]I'm coming in from Dallas, Texas
[01:46.305]I don't know how come God doubted you
[01:49.609]She's, she will be, remembered, completely
[02:01.503]Bless the star future
[02:04.279]Rip dip dah zip dip dah
[02:41.663]Who knows the way to go?
[02:44.384]Please show me the way to go
[02:46.736]Who knows the way to go?
[02:49.543]Please show me the way to go
[02:51.840]I know the way to go
[02:54.936]I'll show you the way to go
[02:57.248]I know the way to go
[03:00.360]I'll show you the way to go
[03:02.624]Who knows the way to go?
[03:05.296]Please show me the way to go
[03:07.871]Who knows the way to go?
[03:10.720]Please show me the way to go
[03:13.319]I know the way to go
[03:16.207]I'll show you the way to go
[03:18.560]I know the way to go
[03:21.568]I'll show you the way to go
[03:24.168]Brother's lost, my head has run away
[03:29.199]Where to go, and where is God?
[03:33.176]Sometimes I get real mad, but I understand
[03:39.392]I don't beat myself up too much about it
[03:44.663]I give us tears, does he mourn for it?
[03:49.262]Or joy in return? Those tears bring joy
[03:55.191]That is what perplexes, make the sweetness last
[04:00.879]'Cause we're mourning for the joy, our hearts will find
[04:06.153]Be happy when you can, no sadness necessary
[04:11.760]No, no, it seems sometimes, you never get in bed
[04:19.472]But it's okay, it's fair, yeah
[04:27.727]Know where to look, you got mysteries
[04:32.815]Use the stars as a guide, trying not to hide
[04:38.142]The love inside, you know if you get, you get
[04:47.881]I feel, I'm not ready yet, but I meet myself halfway
[04:55.636]And I'll start a day, creating what I'm living
[05:04.436]Living for today, 'cause I'm okay, it's okay
[05:11.029]Who knows the way to go?
[05:13.724]Please show me the way to go
[05:15.876]Who knows the way to go?
[05:18.727]Please show me the way to go
[05:21.288]I know the way to go
[05:24.155]I'll show you the way to go
[05:26.411]I know the way to go
[05:29.515]I'll show you the way to go