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"