Erykah Badu Lyrics Bag Lady

Erykah Badu (born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971 in Dallas, Texas)

Erykah Badu (born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971 in Dallas, Texas) is an American R'n'B/neo-soul artist whose work crosses over into jazz.

She is best known for her singles You Got Me her collaboration with The Roots, as well as her own songs Tyrone, Love of My Life, On & On, Bag Lady, The Healer, Honey and Soldier. Her lyrics are highly personal urban philosophy which throw emotional challenges in the face of the listener. She weaves unusual musical influences together creating a rich texture of sound.

Some music journalists have labeled her Nu soul, nouvelle-soul or neo soul, often comparing her to Billie Holiday in lyrical delivery and grouping her with Maxwell and D'Angelo in musical genre.

Baduizm, Badu's highly acclaimed debut album, was released in early 1997 and debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts. Lead single On & On reached #12 on the singles charts in both the U.S. and UK. Badu received notice for her introspective lyrics and jazzy, bass-heavy sound, and was hailed as one of the leading lights of the burgeoning neo soul genre. Her sophisticated style of singing drew many comparisons to Billie Holiday. Baduizm eventually went triple platinum and, along with On & On, won Grammy Awards at the 1998 ceremonies.

During that year, Badu became involved with rapper André 3000 of OutKast, with whom she had a child, Seven, who was born in 1997. Their relationship ended sometime in the late 90s. Badu recorded her first live album, Live, while pregnant with Seven, and the release of the recording coincided with the birth to her child. Live reached #4 on the Billboard charts, selling double platinum, and spawned another R&B hit single in Tyrone a song chiding a selfish, cheap, and inattentive boyfriend. Badu also collaborated with The Roots (who had previously handled production duties on a number of tracks on Baduizm) on their breakthrough 1999 release, Things Fall Apart. She was featured on the song You Got Me co-written by Jill Scott, which hit the top 40 and won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.

ERYKAH BADU LYRICS

album: "Baduizm" (1997)

Rimshot (Intro)

On And On

Appletree

Otherside Of The Game

Next Lifetime

Afro (Freestyle Skit)

Certainly

4 Leaf Clover

No Love

Drama

Sometimes

Certainly (Flipped It)

Rimshot (Outro)

A Child With The Blues[Special Edition Bonus Track]

album: "Mama's Gun" (2000)

Penitentiary Blues

Didn't Cha Know

My Life

... & On

Cleva

Booty

Kiss Me On My Neck

A.D. 2000

Orange Moon

In Love With You

Bag Lady

Time's A Wastin

Green Eyes

EP: "Worldwide Underground" (2003)

World Keeps Turnin' (Intro)

Bump It

Back In The Day (Puff)

I Want You

Woo

The Grind

Danger

Think Twice

Love Of My Life Worldwide

World Keeps Turnin' (Outro)

Love Of My Life

album: "New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)" (2008)

Amerykahn Promise

The Healer (Hip Hop)

Me

My People

Soldier

The Cell

Twinkle

Master Teacher

That Hump

Telephone

Honey

album: "New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh)" (2010)

20 Feet Tall

Window Seat

Agitation

Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY)

Gone Baby, Don't Be Long

Umm Hmm

Love

You Loving Me (Session)

Fall In Love (Your Funeral)

Incense

Out My Mind, Just In Time

Jump Up In The Air (Stay There)[iTunes Bonus Track]

album: "But You Caint Use My Phone" (2015)

Caint Use My Phone (Suite)

Hi

Cel U Lar Device

Phone Down

U Use To Call Me

Mr. Telephone Man

U Don't Have To Call

What's Yo Phone Number / Telephone (Ghost Of Screw Mix)

Dial'Afreaq

I'll Call U Back

Hello

other songs:

Come And See Badu (Remix)

Everything

Southern Gul

This Bitter Land[from "The Land" soundtrack]

Tyrone