To the jack ass @IsThatLou I don't give a shit what you believe or think. You're pretty late commenting on a post done last year. Get a life. Everything has a deep meaning so does it have a surface meaning. Everything is everything dumb ass. Take your tired ass comments somewhere else dude.
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This song was made 5% theologys like the tatoo she has 763 God equality and understading she is a righteous earth,as far as the the images part ,for those to call us by our real names not slave names the were given because of the slavemasters blood,the original name was nubians or egyptians who were known as gods of this earth ,most of the slaves taken taken in the highly profitable holy trinity Afica,Spain &north america, just ask about Moloch if you doubt me,he is a wise old owl ???
ok i understand everything in this song but when she says if we were made in his image than call us by our names does she mean holy or nigga or what our parent name us somebody plese respond back??!
I fell in love with song from the very first time I heard it, even though I was only in the 6th grade (I'm 25 now). Man, I'm glad I had such good taste when I was young :D
DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MELANIN? BECAUSE MELANIN IS MATTER THAT BLACK PEOPLE HAVE THAT NEVER HAS...AND THEN SHE TALKS ABOUT 360 AND A CYPHER AND "MOST INTELLECTS FEAR US JUST THE SAME"....
@death151 no shit? lol and i only have one mom haha not multiple.
I didn't say we didn't like her, i said i loved her and so did my mom. She just pointed out that she heard her name before and thought that she might have been a porn star. Calm down, dont wet yer panties!
@bookie4ever lol yea but i hope dat lil gurl related to her b/c she yankin her head 2 hard the lil gurl looked kinda madd if you look closely when she finished
@franciso7 no come back? besides saying the same thing you said for the last 2 weeks. who, your way smarter than me. I'm done replying to your meaningless "thumbs down"
If we were made in his image then call us by our names... Gods... we are Gods... Those interlects do not believe in God but they fear us just the same... who are we Gods... who is she taking about.... You think about it... Aw man realization is shocking....
There's a message in this song... I never heard it until now. The mothership, your mind, cant save you... so we'll (people) be left behind if we don't wake up.
$3 and 6 dimes... $3.60, 360, cypher, circle, cycle.... of life.
Interlects don't believe in God but the fear US just the same.... whose us? (people of color) Strange song, Deep meaning, I always thought this song was underlying and delivering a message.
wow nver knew that. hvnt listened 2 this in long time. im 21 so was kinda young whn came out. tht just opened my mind up 2 wht she meant. always wntd 2 knw what she meant
@unearthedtruths i pretty sure shes talking about weed when she talks about 3 dollars a 6 dimes damn its ppl like you that think every fucking thing has a deep meaning quit over thinking shit and just listen!!!!!!!
@IsThAtLoU LOL UR FUNNY U TELLN @unearthedtruths TO LISTEN BUT CLEARLY U ARENT URSELF SHE'S TALKING ABT UR MIND (MOTHERSHIP) $3 AN 6DIMES MEANS THE CIRCLE OF LYFE IN WHICH WE ARE LIVING! IF U WULD LISTEN U WULD SEE THAT SHE NEVER MENTIONED N E THING ABT WEED AND ALL THINGS SHE SAID MADE SENSE ONLI IF U CULD USE UR BRAIN AN UNDERSTAND METAPHORS! NOT ONLI THAT BUT THE DAYUM VIDEO FITS THE SONG!
How could you NOT tell??? lol I wouldnt be surprised if that isnt all she does. But if you really listen to her music carefully even in this song she mentions how her high is coming down. 3:25-3:35. But you gotta love her anyway lol
There is one God, the creator, and humans, are gods(lower case 'g') created in the likeness of THE ALMIGHTY. you speak of Jesus, just a suggestion, try reading your Bible, without any outside influence of potentioal Free Mason preachers who also know that we are gods, but teach followers such as your self otherwise. no disrespect to your beleifs of course, just consider respecting the beliefs of others
isnt it crazy to say i am a god or you are a god ?? we humans cant say that we are gods just because we are create pictuer after its envenly i think there is just one god and everybody have 2 find out what is the turth
it can be jesus it can be alah idk but i belive in jesus and he is the truth for me but i respect other religions and oppinions but erykah badu calls her self a god and thats somehow ill and it is god despising to call your self a god
I could debate with you back and forth but we would never come to term, because you appear to be a strong beleiver in your own faith. and i will never know enough to be sure of anything relating to GOD. but one thing you just did, was you said you repspect others beleifs then you criticized them saying it is god despising to call oneself god. that judgement is a teaching of your religion's bible, that was taught to you by some man who interpreted it from a translated version of the bible.
thats cool, we can agree to disagree. as long as we pursue righteousness and good, we all earn GODs favor. stay blessed black woman, eve if you don't acknowledge it, you're a goddess. i put all black women above the world but under GOD
women are women regardless of colour otherwise it is racism and black supremacy which is what blacks suffered form in the first place, it was white supremacy that made black people suffer with slavery and all they do tonight. No-one likes being discriminated against, so don't do it yourself.
@Flower707Child what is the message of the song? I have been trying to figure it out? Cuz i love the song and I know she is trying to say something , but i dont get the message
@nickelwindow53 i hope you dont mind me giving my interpretation, if im wrong, plz somebody correct. but what i got is that she's talking about life to a "less fortunate" person but how life still goes on and how wisdom comes from life. ppl will criticize n judge but still have a certain fear for us bc we are children of God. the last verse means to me that she's saying that what nobody else possess may not be good for you yourself, that's y she said "urs does not endure". n to just live life.
@MyTamara1 Thank you sooo much for that! I love the song so much better from you breaking that down for me! and........ppl will criticize n judge but still have a certain fear for us bc we are children of God. the last verse means to me that she's saying that what nobody else possess may not be good for you yourself, that's y she said "urs does not endure". n to just live life..... That is so deep
@nickelwindow53 see look a cypher is a circle or as she meant it her world and so in this song she says on and on and on and on she's saying no matter what happens her world is going to keep on moving like a rollin stone get it.....thx for listening lol
@nickelwindow53 see look a cypher is a circle or as she meant it her world and so in this song she says on and on and on and on she's saying no matter what happens her world is going to keep on moving like a rollin stone get it.....thx for listening lol
I know void of the plastic surgery and the bs that hollywood and the music industry feeds people that thin is in and if you fat you ain't all that.
I mean what the hell ever happened to natural beauty. skeletons with fake boobs in ho gear are such a turn off.
I'll take a girl whose real over paris or Lilo any day and besides I trust them as much as my ex g/f when it comes to being loyal and personality none of which is there. there heads have so much air the needle on my tire guage broke
I can mostly agree with you on that. However, I think Jill Scott gives her a run for her money. They're completely different if you ask me, but just as mind blowing.
5 percenters are Naiton of Islam or Black Muslims. And this song has a lot of references to this ideology. Asalam Aleikum to the brothers and the sisters. However erykah never quite converted I don't think. Still has my respect tho, beautiful song:)
5%ers carry alot of the ideology of the NOI but are not in conjunction with them. gods and earthes (5%ers) is not a religion its more so a combination of esoteric beliefs that were started with NOI. see what people fail to understand i that the NOI and orthadox Islam are very different. the NOI is very political but never the less the 5%ers are not Muslim
Ah, yes! ... I remember Erykah Badu's debut joint from many years back. ... I always enjoyed the smooth, soothing nature of the track, as it so perfectly complemented her silky voice. The ethereal mix amounts to a classic, timeless song that puts many new-school efforts to shame. ... I absolutely LOVE the video, too; the part where the lady interjects, "I know that ain't my tablecloth she got on" is utterly hilarious! Incredible effort all around.
Three dollars and six dimes. 360 . She's referring to the Egyptian symbol of the ankh. It means 360 degrees God is man and woman. She says "you may laugh because you did not do your math" because these people believe that the world was grafted by a mathematical equation. This is a false religion that she follows. Don't be deceived. Look up Ex Ministries: The Truth Behind Hip Hop. God Bless.
to me, it means racism is so powerful the fear it induces on these so called intellects is as powerful as the fear of God on religious people.
But I guess there are some five percent references also (God, Black, etc). Just Google "five percent" if you don't know what it means... it's all over Badu's songs, as well as Wu Tang's and most east coast hip hop from the nineties.
Now look at this....a real artist...she has on nothing flashy, nothing glossy, no tons of makeup, no "enhancements" but she is captivating...I'm sorry but artist like Beyonce and Rhianna and those manufactured artist like that can never compare to real lyricist and vocalist like erykah and jill scott and india arie...real women with their real voices, real beauty and real bodies...THESE women are who we should consider positive black artist rolemodels...classy and talented
There is no need to compare artist. Sometimes when I want to relax I put on Erykah, but when I'm ready to party I will play Beyonce. Everybody doesn't have to sing about the same thing, because they don't live the same life. That's the beauty of music. You're not confined to one sound. If you look past their afro's and mascara, you will see they are human just like everyone else. They are all beautful black women.
no no there is nothing wrong with beyonce the person, i'm talking the artist. all the manufactured music, the gimmicks and overt sexual gimmicks and stuff. The superficial things that goes into music and artist nowadays is becoming sickening. No body sings anymore, it's all sex, skimpy clothes, and plastic surgery and promoting materialism. Beyonce and those like her can't compare as artist to the like of erykah because they're just images, the music doesn't come from them or any place real.
no joke Beyonce the artist sux ass wtf does put a ring on it mean shit I love nintendo action and horror movies but you ain't gonna find me putting a ring on chucky or James Bond video games
I actually did that as a joke as a friend of mine played that song she's like what are you doing I'm like well she said if you like it then you should put a ring on it and and I took of my ring placed it on the Wii and said I like Wii.
but for real what draws me to her is Erykah Badu is a no nonsense bs free straight up artist. while some of these fools out there are using auto tone vodocors being repetitive lame soungs about badly done dances and some of the artsits out there with their beefs I swear they make enough to that to supply Mcdonalds for 5 years.
I have nothing against artists beefs but damn it's insane these days all sex and skimpy clothes and materialism makes it so boring.
People act like it was all of Beyonce's doing. Beyonce doesn't write the lyrics to her songs (well most of them anyways), she doesn't do her own makeup and hair, and choose her own clothes in video shoots. She doesn't choreograph the routines. All she does is present the audience by singing and dancing.
Tina Turner flaunted her legs a lot in the 80s. Why can't Beyonce?
does born under water mean she was baptised and the 3 dollars and 6 dimes refer to 360 degrees as a life turnaround? because that would make sense seeing as how baptism is a sighn of being born again and turning our life around
I think that you are right because she is refering to being reborn if you listen to the song she made alot of points refering to the path of enlightingment and being reborn
no, what she means by being "born under water" is in reference to her zodiac sign- she's a pisces. the whole "3 dollars and 6 dimes", idk. erykah can mean anything by that.
Loved it.
Artho 2 weeks ago
Erykah Badu has "that," power
DailyHondaRidr 4 months ago
BUT I WONT LIE I KEEPS THA BLEEZY LIT TO THIS!! :)
Swagnificent69Trill 5 months ago
To the jack ass @IsThatLou I don't give a shit what you believe or think. You're pretty late commenting on a post done last year. Get a life. Everything has a deep meaning so does it have a surface meaning. Everything is everything dumb ass. Take your tired ass comments somewhere else dude.
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FirstLadyShai 5 months ago in playlist Oww Oww!
she is beautiful (no homo)
iLuvYaKid 5 months ago
This song was made 5% theologys like the tatoo she has 763 God equality and understading she is a righteous earth,as far as the the images part ,for those to call us by our real names not slave names the were given because of the slavemasters blood,the original name was nubians or egyptians who were known as gods of this earth ,most of the slaves taken taken in the highly profitable holy trinity Afica,Spain &north america, just ask about Moloch if you doubt me,he is a wise old owl ???
papasha9 6 months ago
ok i understand everything in this song but when she says if we were made in his image than call us by our names does she mean holy or nigga or what our parent name us somebody plese respond back??!
BUandWonderful 6 months ago
SHE'S SO PRETTYY
SNEAKSRUINMYLYFE 6 months ago 4
Its like a modern version of Cinderella,
DesieeBoo 6 months ago
ONE OF ERYKAH BADU's BEST SONGS!- EVER!
2423hop 8 months ago
I fell in love with song from the very first time I heard it, even though I was only in the 6th grade (I'm 25 now). Man, I'm glad I had such good taste when I was young :D
monalisa1040 8 months ago
"I KNO THAT AINT MY TABLE CLOTH SHE GOT ON !! " KMSL
zhsboy 1 year ago 5
And to the atheists: GOD DOES NOT BELIEVE IN ATHEISTS!!!!!!
kaleyley0829 1 year ago
all it took was those beats in the beginning of the track and i was sold on badu.
calmtides 1 year ago
@calmtides same here ;D haha
MrHannak 11 months ago
cinderella and the color purple.
europearizona 1 year ago 2
'you can't f*ck with me so just leave it alone'
<3
rosie4you 1 year ago
Great song. Fantastic album. Her music is original and thought provoking, not to mention smooth. Always a breath of fresh air!
IcebergSlim1978 1 year ago 3
i loooooooooove this! she is great!
Msbatsibeatz 1 year ago
the mothership can't save you so your ass is gon get left.
FreeOliveTree 1 year ago 2
DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MELANIN? BECAUSE MELANIN IS MATTER THAT BLACK PEOPLE HAVE THAT NEVER HAS...AND THEN SHE TALKS ABOUT 360 AND A CYPHER AND "MOST INTELLECTS FEAR US JUST THE SAME"....
oohkillertofu 1 year ago
Pick yo afro dadddyyyyyyyy...
Because it's flattt on one sideeeeee.....
How Cute...lol..
1DAYSOON22 1 year ago 3
@1DAYSOON22 its deeper than wat shes sayin
kemd31 1 year ago
i love this. erykah badu is a beautiful sister.
te4888 1 year ago 10
i don't understand this song...
at all...
pigmentedboy 1 year ago
lol when my mother saw her for the first time she said "Oh i think she use to be a porn star!"
I was forever scarred rofl, but i still think this woman is awesome!!
GuitarRockinChick18 1 year ago
@GuitarRockinChick18 wtf is up with your moms? That's Erykah Badu bitch!
death151 1 year ago
@death151 no shit? lol and i only have one mom haha not multiple.
I didn't say we didn't like her, i said i loved her and so did my mom. She just pointed out that she heard her name before and thought that she might have been a porn star. Calm down, dont wet yer panties!
GuitarRockinChick18 1 year ago
This song has a lot of NGE knowledge. If you don't know the nation of god's and earth's terminology, you really won't get this song.
Chrisgoldenliberated 1 year ago
IS IT ME OR IS THIS VIDEO A KINDA "COLOR PURPLE" THING GOIN ON LOL STILL GOOD THO'
lashawneb 1 year ago 3
she worked that table cloth lol
hater96 1 year ago
1:56-2:04
Thats how my momma did my hair when I waz ten. lol
bookie4ever 1 year ago
@bookie4ever #LOL
inmmryofu 1 year ago
@bookie4ever lol yea but i hope dat lil gurl related to her b/c she yankin her head 2 hard the lil gurl looked kinda madd if you look closely when she finished
lashawneb 1 year ago
sistahs got soul.love her voice
jyriesha 1 year ago
Damn Erykah Badu is beautiful
gwa56 1 year ago
She is so pretty!
Bunzypoo 1 year ago 3
haha it;s funny. she's 2 deep for the radio, but to simple 2 be a proffesional poet
oraku4ever 1 year ago
@oraku4ever
what?
thumbs down!
franciso7 1 year ago
@franciso7 fuck u, u simple fuck. ur an idiot, that's why you don't understand it.
oraku4ever 1 year ago
@oraku4ever
I can see your intellectual level..LOL
Thumbs Down!!!
franciso7 1 year ago
@franciso7 yea what ever pussy.
oraku4ever 1 year ago
@oraku4ever
Thumbs Down!!!
LMAO
franciso7 1 year ago
@franciso7 no come back? besides saying the same thing you said for the last 2 weeks. who, your way smarter than me. I'm done replying to your meaningless "thumbs down"
oraku4ever 1 year ago
@oraku4ever
I dont think you re worth a better anwser
franciso7 1 year ago
@franciso7 really. just end it. it's over.
oraku4ever 1 year ago
@oraku4ever
It was nice,wasnt it?
franciso7 1 year ago
@franciso7 yeah i guess
oraku4ever 1 year ago
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what a day what a day
nedmano 1 year ago
If we were made in his image then call us by our names... Gods... we are Gods... Those interlects do not believe in God but they fear us just the same... who are we Gods... who is she taking about.... You think about it... Aw man realization is shocking....
unearthedtruths 1 year ago 4
There's a message in this song... I never heard it until now. The mothership, your mind, cant save you... so we'll (people) be left behind if we don't wake up.
$3 and 6 dimes... $3.60, 360, cypher, circle, cycle.... of life.
Interlects don't believe in God but the fear US just the same.... whose us? (people of color) Strange song, Deep meaning, I always thought this song was underlying and delivering a message.
unearthedtruths 1 year ago 20
wow nver knew that. hvnt listened 2 this in long time. im 21 so was kinda young whn came out. tht just opened my mind up 2 wht she meant. always wntd 2 knw what she meant
rCUPS180 1 year ago
@unearthedtruths i pretty sure shes talking about weed when she talks about 3 dollars a 6 dimes damn its ppl like you that think every fucking thing has a deep meaning quit over thinking shit and just listen!!!!!!!
IsThAtLoU 5 months ago
@IsThAtLoU LOL UR FUNNY U TELLN @unearthedtruths TO LISTEN BUT CLEARLY U ARENT URSELF SHE'S TALKING ABT UR MIND (MOTHERSHIP) $3 AN 6DIMES MEANS THE CIRCLE OF LYFE IN WHICH WE ARE LIVING! IF U WULD LISTEN U WULD SEE THAT SHE NEVER MENTIONED N E THING ABT WEED AND ALL THINGS SHE SAID MADE SENSE ONLI IF U CULD USE UR BRAIN AN UNDERSTAND METAPHORS! NOT ONLI THAT BUT THE DAYUM VIDEO FITS THE SONG!
Swagnificent69Trill 5 months ago
i think she would've made good Shug Avery in the the colour purple in broadway lol
sbgal13 1 year ago 3
I Was Scared Of This Video When I Was Younger...Lol
rhoers1939 1 year ago
thats waht i was thinking too, its like from the movie the color purple
litechix21 1 year ago
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incredible song, lousy video. The concept was ridiculous. This should have been a classic video.
egocrusher 2 years ago
u just dont get it
fuckjayzkillem 2 years ago
color purple?
breanadavis12 2 years ago 2
Exactly what i thought!!!! Bigup your chest your old school
Neno11182 2 years ago
Tha Real Deal
MsBiggavelle 2 years ago
"damn, yall feel that ?" lol
ogirlmj 2 years ago
she is also the bomb in concert very talented she play drums piano and something else too and funny azz hell she be saying some deep stuff
denisegreen86 2 years ago 4
one of the best tunes ever made ever.
PLEASANTGIFFT 2 years ago
three hundred and sixty dollars
shrevenigga 2 years ago
"I know that ain't my table cloth she has on!" lmao!!
Chellefan 2 years ago 21
@Chellefan lmao! Funny shit.
OriginalMissTee 2 years ago
this chick is too hot
coolstuff404 2 years ago
my mom's fav song. ive been listen 2 dhis song every since i was little
MzzPrincezz2010 2 years ago
02:16 DAMM yall feel that? pissed!!! LOL
Neno11182 2 years ago
sorry 02:26
Neno11182 2 years ago
feel what? I don't get that bit.
sweetbutdaring 2 years ago
just a bad,bad,bad bad tune! love it. classic
theo67able 2 years ago 3
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Primitivaa 2 years ago
nice woman nice music nice video :)
Viviene20 2 years ago 4
i feel like i am listening to billie holiday or someone from another time and space... i really like this song
piprock10 2 years ago
is Erykah Badu a stoner??
ttaannss 2 years ago
How could you NOT tell??? lol I wouldnt be surprised if that isnt all she does. But if you really listen to her music carefully even in this song she mentions how her high is coming down. 3:25-3:35. But you gotta love her anyway lol
Lreyes87 2 years ago
except for the house party this is me on a daily basis
SHOJMPR42 2 years ago
"If we were made in His image
Then call us by our names
Most intellects do not Believe in God
But they fear us just the same"
DEEP!
Primitivaa 2 years ago 75
you already know what's up. WE ARE GODs,
lovechild0716 2 years ago
what are u talkin but there is just one god and i dont thing that u or any other human is god
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asmerina1 2 years ago
There is one God, the creator, and humans, are gods(lower case 'g') created in the likeness of THE ALMIGHTY. you speak of Jesus, just a suggestion, try reading your Bible, without any outside influence of potentioal Free Mason preachers who also know that we are gods, but teach followers such as your self otherwise. no disrespect to your beleifs of course, just consider respecting the beliefs of others
HulkonaBitch 2 years ago
isnt it crazy to say i am a god or you are a god ?? we humans cant say that we are gods just because we are create pictuer after its envenly i think there is just one god and everybody have 2 find out what is the turth
it can be jesus it can be alah idk but i belive in jesus and he is the truth for me but i respect other religions and oppinions but erykah badu calls her self a god and thats somehow ill and it is god despising to call your self a god
asmerina1 2 years ago
I could debate with you back and forth but we would never come to term, because you appear to be a strong beleiver in your own faith. and i will never know enough to be sure of anything relating to GOD. but one thing you just did, was you said you repspect others beleifs then you criticized them saying it is god despising to call oneself god. that judgement is a teaching of your religion's bible, that was taught to you by some man who interpreted it from a translated version of the bible.
HulkonaBitch 2 years ago 5
in my eyes it is god despising but thats just my oppinion just do ur thing and ill do my think but it was intressting to here what u think about god
asmerina1 2 years ago
thats cool, we can agree to disagree. as long as we pursue righteousness and good, we all earn GODs favor. stay blessed black woman, eve if you don't acknowledge it, you're a goddess. i put all black women above the world but under GOD
HulkonaBitch 2 years ago
women are women regardless of colour otherwise it is racism and black supremacy which is what blacks suffered form in the first place, it was white supremacy that made black people suffer with slavery and all they do tonight. No-one likes being discriminated against, so don't do it yourself.
sweetbutdaring 2 years ago
hey sweet, excellent point on that subject matter, but somehow your statement came to my comment box. i dont think it was meant for me though
HulkonaBitch 2 years ago
you take it too literaly....you obviously missed the symbolic meaning of the lyrics your not truly listening to the message of this song...
Flower707Child 2 years ago 3
@Flower707Child what is the message of the song? I have been trying to figure it out? Cuz i love the song and I know she is trying to say something , but i dont get the message
nickelwindow53 1 year ago
@nickelwindow53 i hope you dont mind me giving my interpretation, if im wrong, plz somebody correct. but what i got is that she's talking about life to a "less fortunate" person but how life still goes on and how wisdom comes from life. ppl will criticize n judge but still have a certain fear for us bc we are children of God. the last verse means to me that she's saying that what nobody else possess may not be good for you yourself, that's y she said "urs does not endure". n to just live life.
MyTamara1 1 year ago 2
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@MyTamara1 Thank you sooo much for that! I love the song so much better from you breaking that down for me! and........ppl will criticize n judge but still have a certain fear for us bc we are children of God. the last verse means to me that she's saying that what nobody else possess may not be good for you yourself, that's y she said "urs does not endure". n to just live life..... That is so deep
nickelwindow53 1 year ago
@nickelwindow53 see look a cypher is a circle or as she meant it her world and so in this song she says on and on and on and on she's saying no matter what happens her world is going to keep on moving like a rollin stone get it.....thx for listening lol
Hampsome 1 year ago
@nickelwindow53 see look a cypher is a circle or as she meant it her world and so in this song she says on and on and on and on she's saying no matter what happens her world is going to keep on moving like a rollin stone get it.....thx for listening lol
Hampsome 1 year ago
@Hampsome deep I love it! All of her songs have a message to them. Whats the message in windoe seat?
nickelwindow53 1 year ago
@nickelwindow53 a commentary on the beauty of being introspective
connorwood83 1 year ago
@connorwood83 LOL wuts introspective mean?
nickelwindow53 1 year ago
@nickelwindow53
How to break down a word
Intro: an introduction, inwardly, within
Spective: (think of perspective)
Put em together and you would get something like "seeing within". So it means looking within, examining a feeling. :)
GuitarRockinChick18 1 year ago
@GuitarRockinChick18 Very Deep! You made me think. What does the window seat video and lyrics mean?
nickelwindow53 1 year ago
@GuitarRockinChick18 exaktly i been tryna explain it but people dont feel me
kemd31 1 year ago
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faker1a 2 years ago
primitivaa u are right her lyrics is very strange and she calls her self a god i cant understand how she can think that
my device is none but jesus :D
asmerina1 2 years ago
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I think we should be Godlike, i agree with EB
Primitivaa 2 years ago
@Primitivaa glad you said that! Love the line but never got it. what is she trying to say in that line of the song? Cuz it is DEEP!
nickelwindow53 1 year ago
Not only is she beautiful, but she is so talented! Love her music. It's timeless!
illspeed4u 2 years ago 3
haha wow the chicken in the house was a very nice touch
great song i absolutely love the color purple watch it almost every year 2 3 times
BriBrizee 2 years ago
i love this vid,color purple theme,and when the lady says i know thats not my table cloth she got on
oklindaa 2 years ago
Amazing song....Erykah is true artist.....
wljnj 2 years ago 3
man, her eyes is so beautiful...
xTwilightluFFerrx 2 years ago 6
This house is surrounded by nature better than luxury! great song!
Anygoodones 2 years ago 2
another artists I like next to Erykah Badu is Jill Scott I bet those 2 would make an awesome song together.
if these 2 were playing together on tour or something I'd so buy tickets
odog65 2 years ago 3
Love the song!
diegoyun 2 years ago
This is true timeless music and she is sooo pretty...I love this girl
germanblackwoman 2 years ago 7
I love her natural hair...
...I'm really glad she didn't slap perms on her hair like others... and alter those beautiful, African attributes... =)
SZesiro 2 years ago 34
amen!
sparkles432 2 years ago
Why can't every female be like Badu and go natural?
Natural is beautiful.
SZesiro 2 years ago 15
I know void of the plastic surgery and the bs that hollywood and the music industry feeds people that thin is in and if you fat you ain't all that.
I mean what the hell ever happened to natural beauty. skeletons with fake boobs in ho gear are such a turn off.
I'll take a girl whose real over paris or Lilo any day and besides I trust them as much as my ex g/f when it comes to being loyal and personality none of which is there. there heads have so much air the needle on my tire guage broke
odog65 2 years ago
one of the greatest. only ones on her lvl r lauryn hill and jill scott. india arie is close but not quite
o0oWizKido0o 2 years ago
she's way greater than all of them if you ask me
r0udy 2 years ago 3
I can mostly agree with you on that. However, I think Jill Scott gives her a run for her money. They're completely different if you ask me, but just as mind blowing.
o0oWizKido0o 2 years ago
Bizzy Bone - Jazzy
Bizzy ripped this Instrumental
SutiB89 2 years ago
damn we used to rock this album in college!!
Machelle3200 2 years ago 9
Especially with that afro shes rocking now... shes sexy
DINOtheTide 2 years ago 5
That's whats up most men don't give props to natural hair. Oh I didn't mean to put thumbs down, lol. I really was trying to click the up
Takeila817 2 years ago 14
what a song what a song! :)
Eclectic83 2 years ago 8
this video reminds me of the Color Purple
shutupimhungry 2 years ago 14
yeah she went from ciely to suge in a cinderella way.
Musicizmiilyfe 2 years ago 2
I know I was jus thinking that
otakuchick01 2 years ago
what a SONG!
wowgivemeausername 2 years ago 5
this is my shit!
DelthePrez 2 years ago 4
this my shit nicca
NOLAALLDAY 2 years ago
yea erykah badu is beautiful.....natural beauty 2
SheiraBaybee09 2 years ago 8
5 percenters are Naiton of Islam or Black Muslims. And this song has a lot of references to this ideology. Asalam Aleikum to the brothers and the sisters. However erykah never quite converted I don't think. Still has my respect tho, beautiful song:)
mersiha10 2 years ago
5%ers carry alot of the ideology of the NOI but are not in conjunction with them. gods and earthes (5%ers) is not a religion its more so a combination of esoteric beliefs that were started with NOI. see what people fail to understand i that the NOI and orthadox Islam are very different. the NOI is very political but never the less the 5%ers are not Muslim
taequeen611 2 years ago
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capicu766 2 years ago
awl man, i remember dis song now~!!!!
blu1million 2 years ago
Ah, yes! ... I remember Erykah Badu's debut joint from many years back. ... I always enjoyed the smooth, soothing nature of the track, as it so perfectly complemented her silky voice. The ethereal mix amounts to a classic, timeless song that puts many new-school efforts to shame. ... I absolutely LOVE the video, too; the part where the lady interjects, "I know that ain't my tablecloth she got on" is utterly hilarious! Incredible effort all around.
BigMoDog75 2 years ago 2
This reminds me of Cinderella, since she couldn't go out till she did her chores. Love the song and vid
KTBEverlasting 2 years ago
Three dollars and six dimes. 360 . She's referring to the Egyptian symbol of the ankh. It means 360 degrees God is man and woman. She says "you may laugh because you did not do your math" because these people believe that the world was grafted by a mathematical equation. This is a false religion that she follows. Don't be deceived. Look up Ex Ministries: The Truth Behind Hip Hop. God Bless.
danielashawn 2 years ago 4
i watchd that movie, loved it, its alil scary tho.lol
blu1million 2 years ago
love her songs
l3bbz 2 years ago 4
now that's what i call music! not the stupid crap we hear on the radio these days..utter rubbish they are! bring back last 4 decades me think :)
sgpyt 2 years ago 3
this is a classic!
fyahchicko6 2 years ago
thank you for uploading this. we never usually could watch the end but thanks to you its a thing of the past
TCt83067695 2 years ago
She working that table clothe, lol. Classic song :)
drroberson4 2 years ago 2
erykah badu why do you make me listen so intently to a song thats meant to chill me out
theclerk1984 2 years ago
Great song. As good today as it ever was. I love Erykah's music. And she fine as hell too!
IcebergSlim1978 2 years ago 10
Totaly agree
beautiful skin
kjsmooth34 2 years ago
3 dollars and six dimes I would guess means 360.
glawz 2 years ago
this tune will never get old...wicked tune!!
mystro86 2 years ago 4
Shes so Beautiful, Even When she Fell In the mud.
TroyRamseyyy 2 years ago 6
Hey Guys.......
I live in georgia and I'm looking for a location like that for a photoshoot.
Any ideas anyone?
WingandHalo 2 years ago
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djgenius407 2 years ago
Southwest Georgia. Outskirts of Arlington.
djgenius407 2 years ago
ERYKAH UR BEATY GOES ON AND ON
IUrPaNDeH 2 years ago 3
one of my favorite lines
OutspokenShy 2 years ago 4
"Most intellects do not believe in God but they fear us just the same"
This must be one of the most meaningful quotes that has ever emerged from black music
r0udy 2 years ago 2
wut does it mean?
blu1million 2 years ago
to me, it means racism is so powerful the fear it induces on these so called intellects is as powerful as the fear of God on religious people.
But I guess there are some five percent references also (God, Black, etc). Just Google "five percent" if you don't know what it means... it's all over Badu's songs, as well as Wu Tang's and most east coast hip hop from the nineties.
r0udy 2 years ago
She's singing 'bout some weed
badkitty1969 2 years ago 6
so hard to believe this came out in '96
I am drawn because so many people say I remind them of her. Perhaps she was biting my style...lol
chelle099 2 years ago
Now look at this....a real artist...she has on nothing flashy, nothing glossy, no tons of makeup, no "enhancements" but she is captivating...I'm sorry but artist like Beyonce and Rhianna and those manufactured artist like that can never compare to real lyricist and vocalist like erykah and jill scott and india arie...real women with their real voices, real beauty and real bodies...THESE women are who we should consider positive black artist rolemodels...classy and talented
sparkles432 2 years ago 11
There is no need to compare artist. Sometimes when I want to relax I put on Erykah, but when I'm ready to party I will play Beyonce. Everybody doesn't have to sing about the same thing, because they don't live the same life. That's the beauty of music. You're not confined to one sound. If you look past their afro's and mascara, you will see they are human just like everyone else. They are all beautful black women.
Larae718 2 years ago 3
Whats wrong with Beyonce? I think she has the talent and is classy in the process. Rihanna, however,...
sketcha09 2 years ago
no no there is nothing wrong with beyonce the person, i'm talking the artist. all the manufactured music, the gimmicks and overt sexual gimmicks and stuff. The superficial things that goes into music and artist nowadays is becoming sickening. No body sings anymore, it's all sex, skimpy clothes, and plastic surgery and promoting materialism. Beyonce and those like her can't compare as artist to the like of erykah because they're just images, the music doesn't come from them or any place real.
sparkles432 2 years ago 4
no joke Beyonce the artist sux ass wtf does put a ring on it mean shit I love nintendo action and horror movies but you ain't gonna find me putting a ring on chucky or James Bond video games
I actually did that as a joke as a friend of mine played that song she's like what are you doing I'm like well she said if you like it then you should put a ring on it and and I took of my ring placed it on the Wii and said I like Wii.
odog65 2 years ago 3
but for real what draws me to her is Erykah Badu is a no nonsense bs free straight up artist. while some of these fools out there are using auto tone vodocors being repetitive lame soungs about badly done dances and some of the artsits out there with their beefs I swear they make enough to that to supply Mcdonalds for 5 years.
I have nothing against artists beefs but damn it's insane these days all sex and skimpy clothes and materialism makes it so boring.
odog65 2 years ago 3
People act like it was all of Beyonce's doing. Beyonce doesn't write the lyrics to her songs (well most of them anyways), she doesn't do her own makeup and hair, and choose her own clothes in video shoots. She doesn't choreograph the routines. All she does is present the audience by singing and dancing.
Tina Turner flaunted her legs a lot in the 80s. Why can't Beyonce?
sketcha09 2 years ago 2
She is also extreemly deep. If you analyze her lyrics for real you would be extremely proud to be black and mabye have a different outllook on life.
cvst2001 2 years ago 23
@cvst2001
I LIKE BADU, YES.
BUT, I DO NOT HAVE TO ANALYZE HER LYRICS TO BE PROUD TO BE BLACK.
PLEASE STUDY AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. YOU WILL BE PROUD ONCE YOU DO THAT.
earth2air2water 8 months ago
amen!!!!!!!!!!!!
jlee0071 2 years ago 3
does born under water mean she was baptised and the 3 dollars and 6 dimes refer to 360 degrees as a life turnaround? because that would make sense seeing as how baptism is a sighn of being born again and turning our life around
eagleslakerfan4life 2 years ago
I think that you are right because she is refering to being reborn if you listen to the song she made alot of points refering to the path of enlightingment and being reborn
luvluvforever 2 years ago
no, what she means by being "born under water" is in reference to her zodiac sign- she's a pisces. the whole "3 dollars and 6 dimes", idk. erykah can mean anything by that.
MiszMattox 2 years ago