Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) [Longer Album Version]
Erykah Badu

Right here what we gon' do is go back
Way back
Way back, yeah

I met him when I was a
Little girl, he gave me
He gave me poetry
And he was my first

But in my heart I knew I
Wasn't the only one
Cause when the tables turned
He had to break up

Whenever I got lonely
Or needed some advice
He gave me his shoulder
His words were very nice

But that is all behind me
Cause now there is no other
My love is his and his is mine
A friend became the

Love of my life
You are my friend
Love of my life
I can depend
Love of my life
Without you, baby
It feels like a simple true love

Hope this shit ain't clear
A freak-freak ya'll, and ya don't stop
To the beat ya'll and ya don't stop
A freak-freak

Or could it be that it was
All just so simple then
A teenage lover who said
He's just a friend

He moved around and we kept
In touch through his friend Mike
The world was young and he knew
We couldn't rush but

Whenever I got lonely
Or needed some advice
He gave me his shoulder
His words were very nice

But that is all behind me
Cause now there is no other
My love is his and his is mine
A friend became the

Love of my life
You are my friend
Love of my life
A dude I can depend, yeah, yeah
Love of my life
Feels like a simple true love, yeah

Love of my life
You are my friend
Love of my life
A dude I can depend, yeah, yeah
Love of my life
Feels like a simple true love, yeah

Hope this shit ain't clear

Y'all know how I met her
We broke up and got back together
To get her back I had to sweat her (sweat her)
Thought she roll wit bad boys forever
In many ways them boys made her better
To grow I had to let her (let her)
She needed cheddar and I understood that (that)
Lookin' for cheese that don't make her a hood rat (rat)
In fact she's a queen to me, her light beams on me
I love it when she sings to me
It's like that and a

Ooh you know you rock my world
And you be boy and I'll be girl
And we don't stop until the break of dawn
Ooh you know you rock my world
And you be boy and I'll be girl
And we don't stop until the break of oohhh


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  ... & On   ... & On   ...And On   \"... & On   "... & On   20 Feet Tall   4 Leaf Clover   A Child With The Blues   A.D. 2000   Afro   Afro ( Freestyle Skit)   Afro (Freestyle Skit   Afro (Freestyle Skit)   Agitation   All I Really Want   All Night Long   Amerykahn Promise   Annie   Apple Tree   Appletree   Appletree (Live At The Jazz Cafe)   Appltree   Baby   Baby You Got Me   Back in the Day   Back In The Day (Puff)   Back in the Day [Live]   Bag Lady   Bag Lady/Green Eyes   Boogie Nights / All Night   Boogie Nights / All Night Long   Boogie Nights All Night   Booty   Bump It   Caint Use My Phone (Suite)   Can't Not   Cel U Lar Device   Certainly   Certainly (Flipped It)   Cleva   Come And See Badu (Remix)   Danger   Dial'Afreaq   Didn't Cha Know   Didn't Cha Know   Drama   Erykah Badu Jump Up In The Air a.k.a "Stay There" ...   Fall In Love   Fall In Love (Your Funeral)   Feel It   Funk You Up! (Love Of My Life Remix)   Give What You Got   Gone Baby Don't Be Long   Gone Baby, Don't Be Long   Green Eyes   Hands Clean   Head Over Feet   Hello   Hey Sugah   Hi   Hollywood   Honey   Honey (Amin Payne Remix)   Honey [*]   Honey [Album Version]   Hotline Bling (But You Cain't Use My Phone Mix)   Hotline Bling (Remix)   Humble Mumble   I Been Going Thru It All   I Love You   I Want You   I Want Your Man   I'll Call U Back   I'm in Love with you   I'm In Love With You   In Love With You   In Love With You"(feat. Lion   Incense   Ironic   Jump In The Air   Jump Up In The Air   Jump Up In The Air (Stay There)   Kiss Me On My Neck   Liberation   Love   Love Of My Life   Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) [From Brown Su...   Love of My Life Worldwide   Mary Jane   Master Teacher   Maybach Music III   Me   Medley: What's Yo Phone Number / Telephone (Ghost ...   Mr. Telephone Man   My Life   My People   Next Lifetime   Next Lifetime (Interlude)   No Love   No More Trouble   On & On   On & On [DVD]   On & On   On And On   One   Orange Moon   Other Side of the Game   Otherside Of The Game   Out My Mind, Just In Time   Penitentiary Blues   Penitentiary Philosophy   Perfect   Phone Down   Phone Down (Remix)   Plenty   R. I. T. Z.   R.I.T.Z.   Reprise   Rim Shot   Rimshot   Rimshot (Intro)   Rimshot (Outro)   Rimshot [Intro]   Rimshot [Outro]   Searching   So Unsexy   Soldier   Sometimes   Sometimes (Mix #9)   Sometimes (Mix Number 9)   Southern Girl   Southern Girl (Acapella Alternate)   Southern Girl (Acapella Version)   Southern Girl (Radio Edit)   Southern Gul   Stay   Steady On The Grind   Strawberry Incense   Telephone   That Hump   The Blast (Remix)   The Cell   The Couch   The Grind   The Healer   The Healer (Hip Hop)   THE HEALER / HIP HOP   THE HEALER \/ HIP HOP   Think Twice   Time's a Wastin   Time's a Wastin'   Time's A Wastin   Time’s A Wastin   Times A Wastin   Today   Today (Earth Song)   Trill Friends   Trill Friends (Real Friends Remix)   Turn Me Away   Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY)   Twinkle   Tyrone   Tyrone (Extended Version)   U Don't Have to Call   U Don\u2019t Have to Call   U Use to Call Me   Umm Hmm   Wake Up   What\u2019s Yo Phone Number \/ Telephone (Ghost of...   Window Seat   Window Seat (Single)   Woo   World Keeps Turnin' (Intro)   World Keeps Turnin' (Outro)   World Keeps Turnin' (Intro)   World Keeps Turnin' (Outro)   Ye Yo   Ye Yo (Live)   You Got Me   You Know That U Got Me   You Loving Me   You Loving Me (Session)   Your Congratulations   Your Precious Love

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