Erykah taught me how to appreciate being a black girl. And taught me how to see God in all black girls and women. I see the divine mother within her as well as all of us.
@xxnatshaffe of course it doesn't matter and it shouldn't but we live in a world where it does. Brown and black women and girls are made to feel less than. Nothing wrong with her specifically talking to and about black women because we are told and shown we are less. Let her have this
@@anniepearl3044 "neo soul"? No. BADU is a goddess, shes blessing the world with her wisdom. Forget the music and sounds... Feel her vast wisdom. She is a prophet.
Unfortunately ai will probably being able to make something people can't tell the difference in 2 years. You can adjust pitches in what syllables are enunciated.
Right click, loop. Alternatively create a 1 song private playlist with repeat on for mobile. The ending is the best part. Don't deny yourself the entire meal.
This is a great song, but don’t get it twisted. If this woman is your spiritual leader then you are very lost. Jesus is the King and God over every thing. Every knee will bow to Him and every tongue will confess that He alone is the Most High God. If you’re interested in a conversation or a study LMK 👍😬
Faaacts. I always imagine schools teaching the children about these different timelines and “waves” on RUclips and how certain points severely impacted society.
Ooh hey I'm trying to decide Which way to go Think I made a wrong turn Back there somewhere Ooh hey I'm trying to decide Which way to go Think I made a wrong turn Back there somewhere Didn't cha know Didn't cha know Tried to move but I lost my way Didn't cha know Didn't cha know Stopped to watch my emotions sway Didn't cha know Didn't cha know Knew the toll but I would not pay Didn't cha know Didn't cha know Never know how the cards may lay Time to save the world Where in the world is all the time So many things I still don't know So many times I've changed my mind Guess I was born to make mistakes But I ain't scared to take the weight So when I stumble off the path I know my heart will guide me back Ooh hey I'm trying to decide Which way to go Think I made a wrong turn Back there somewhere Ooh hey I'm trying to decide Which way to go Think I made a wrong turn Back there somewhere Didn't cha know Didn't cha know Tried to run but I lost my way Didn't cha know Didn't cha know Stopped to watch my emotions sway Didn't cha know Didn't cha know Knew the toll but I would not pay Didn't cha know Didn't cha know Never know how the cards may lay Love is life And life is free Take a ride Of life with me Free your mind And find your way There will be a brighter day Love is life And life is free Take a ride Of life with me Free your mind And find your way There will be a brighter day Love is life And life is free Take a ride Of life with me Free your mind And find your way There will be a brighter
This is so funny. When I was younger, my older cousins used to hate Erkyah Badu and always said she was weird and crazy. I laughed with them and thought the same thing because I didn't understand. Now I'm older, and I'm able to understand her and her music, she's become a favorite of mine. Such a beautiful person and beautiful music. Much respect to this woman!
Niesha B Now what does this make you think about media cultures pushed onto young african american people. How supreme is her message? How come youth think she is weird? These are the questions we should be asking and the answers we come up with need to be abolished from our culture. The answers are obvious to be honest. Peace.
I Can Transcend to Vivid Moments in My Childhood Where Her Music Was So Prevalent & Feel The Same Emotions That I Felt Then. The Music is That Powerful. She'll Forever Be So Relevant.
Her music is so great I couldn't even form these words!! lol but I remember good summer days listening to this!! imma shed a tear y'all!!! lol for real doe
Really irritates me when people say "so sad that people came here from vine" or something dumb like that 🙄🙄 not everyone is exposed to music like this or some people may just be young however does it really matter how they got here the point is they're here now to listen to good music, like the more the merrier just go to show how timeless this shit is! So let's all just chill out and enjoy good music ❤️❤️❤️
personally I love when young kids say GTA brought them here or something along those lines. Point is they're here to listen, and they can appreciate what they hear.
ths song tells you she was suppose to... "i knew the toll but would not pay(didnt sell my soul)you never know where the cards may lay (be in the devils industry but maybe god will still allow me to remain pure in the end)
Annunaki looking head garment is the most noticeable imagery...Here I feel she is representing HerSelf as a Higher Conscious BEING having a EARTHLY Experience. "Trying 2 decide where 2 Go"....Forks in the road, DUALITY, Ying-Yang, "time 2 save the World"....."I know my Heart will guide me there"...Basically follow your HEART in making decisions in Lyfe....Peace 2 the Revolution....
There is some Egyptian mythology going on, the scarab represents life cycles and rebirth.(Sun and moon) Erika is lost in a dessert;unurtured,empty,in a transitional phase of life. Going in circles? repeating same mistakes? Her high hat might be a search for higher "self knowledge" and wisdom. Alchemical? Godlike? She drags the weight of her past that which is uninportant, and manipulated, burdens, lies,fears... she has fallen in lifes trap the matrix if you will. The sun is seting she is in a resting period she is regenerating herself to be born anew. She emerges from a womb of water she is now nurtured, replenished and cleansed. Naked and pure. Now the crops... aliens and origins? we are all one in the vast universe... cycles transformation. evolution the mysteries and occult.
Man, what a record!! R.I.P to J Dilla who produced this song and as usual Ms. Badu delivered with some amazing vocals. Time flies, 22 years later and I still get a good vibe listening.
Listening to this on a psychedelic is fucking amazing. Seeing her live as you're tripping, fucking epic and emotional. This woman is beautiful and jaw dropping
This is my song....I always just lay in my bed in the dark and just coast off this joint! I get lifted to another dimensional plane off this shit!! man.....the thoughts that dwell off this joint!! ✌✌😌
It's so perfect that tears fill my eyes, even after all this time. I first heard this at age 14, as a newbie musician. Now I'm 36. And the words to her songs just hit deeper. It's just amazing. From the lyrics, the poetry, and the video's imagery to the subtle musical arrangements and chill & smoky jazz club vibes. Erykah is the vessel of self expression but also a vessel of universal expression, Black female expression, and so much more, I hope she knows this... she's influenced so many strong black women (and men!) but also some mixed/white boy musicians here, too!! Lol. And not only me... and yes, I do realize that "perfection", in any sense of the word, is an illusion; but Ms Erykah Badu, you exude something intangible that is, to your fans and followers, quite perfect in what it is. ✌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️
As a 44 yr old white guy who fell in love with hip hop and rnb in the late 80s there have been hundreds of these songs that I love but there are a select few that I feel define the term greatness and this is one of them. Couldn’t believe this when it came out 20-some years ago in 2000. The layering in the first minute is purely sublime. JDilla was born to create music-RIP. And Erykah is an rnb legend now.
it also happens to be unfortunate that a lot of good music like eryhah badu or the fugees or even the people originally surrounding bob marleys music (at least some of the who claim to anyways), are historically super racist against white people whether or not we buy their albums ;w; can you blame them though, listen to what their music is about, its no surprise really.
"Time to save the world Where in the world is all the time So many things I still don't know So many times I've changed my mind Guess I was born to make mistakes But I ain't scared to take the weight So when I stumble off the path I know my heart will guide me back"
@@MichaelErnest666 I'm not sure what your talking about, but I made that comment for my creator as stated in my comment. Its not ment for you to understand what I just said to God.
@@theenergyalchemist6206 Hell no, that not weird. The Upper Echelon song RARELY has Upper Echelon videos to complement the Upper Echelon Goddess. The threat of this Spiritual Nutritionment would have been a direct threat to their weakend the Mind Bodyand Soul Trinity. Sorry, for being long winded, but I Cherish True Misic like this. Peace Love and Light.⛰⛰⛰☀️☀️☀️
More than just an R&B singer, Soulfully Poetic and Woke our Sister is. I wanna read all the songs she wrote that never came to us. I don't believe we've heard her best yet.
I love the way she's so unapologetically comfortable being herself, that's what l'll is that's what Swaggadocious is... Kool with you loving yourself and telling the world take it or leave it.
Once again RUclips keeps removing my Comment because they don't want people to know the Truth. Erykah Badu was deep! The 90s & Early 2000s was the Golden/Silver age when Music videos had LIFE and COLOR and SOUL to them. Life felt like you were in another Dimension back then like Heaven on Earth. Now we live in the Dark Age, they don't make videos or songs like this anymore. The video represents the Egyptian belief of Eternal Life. The Sun is Ra, the Moon is Isis, the Scarab Beetle is the Keeper of the Scrolls. She is a Mummy dragging her past life with her in the Desert and she's asking herself "Didn't cha know"? She speaks about making a Wrong turn in Life but gets another try which is why towards the End of the video she comes out the water which represents Rebirth. The Crop Circles toward the End represent that she is an Alien. Erykah Badu was Deep!
Alright well since this comment is getting more Recognition I'll go ahead and get Deeper. The Wrong Turn she speaks of is in her Past Life but she's merely speaking for the Egyptians. Egypt was the Underworld V that merged with Atlantis ^(God) in the Past Life. Watch Michael Jackson's video "Remember the Time" where he goes back into the past life of Ancient Egypt you will see the Sand Timer in the beginning of the Video. This is where the "As it is Above, so it is Below" concept comes from. When Atlantis ^ merged with Egypt V the underworld. How funny Michael Jackson was going into the Past Life of Egypt and there's an actual ancient Egyptian Statue of Michael Jackson from the past life of Egypt. Don't believe me, look it up "Ancient Egyptian Statue Michael Jackson" he was incarnated Archangel Michael. Yes the Egyptians were Black. Egypt itself means Kemet which means Black and Fertile Land. The Hebrews were also black. Our Black History is in Deuteronomy 28:68 as well as Genesis 15:13. We aren't the "Jews" but the JEWELS meaning the Shining Ones. Gods Chosen people. Again, the Wrong Turn she speaks of is in the Past Life before Lucifer fell as an Angel. Lucifer reigned over the V Underworld. At 0:08 you can see a burning Technological device which appears to be crashed. This represents when Lucifer fell to Earth. The Flashing Light represents Lucifer as the "Light Bearer". Lucifer is represented as a Technological device because the world is a Digital Matrix built by code and Reality is an illusion and you can only see it if your Third Eye Chakra is open. This is why God sent his Sun, not his Physical human Son but his Sun meaning his Light to the World. The word Sun comes from the Old English word Sunne. Just like Son comes from the Old German word Sonne. Sonne is also Sunne in Middle High German. German is older than the English language which proves the word Sun comes from the word Son. Sun/Son are both two corresponding words. The Bible is a manipulated book and Religion is a Lie meant to keep people sleep from knowing the Truth. A lot of things that happened in the Bible have a deeper meaning since it's been manipulated. This is why the Messiah said. John 6:38 - For I came DOWN from Heaven, not to do mine OWN will, but the will of HIM that sent me. This scripture is solid proof Gods Son DESCENDED from Heaven and was never born in the Flesh. John 3:17 - For God sent not his Son INTO the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 8:12 - Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Sun here on Earth as we know it is the LIGHT of LIFE. Gods Son was his Sun meaning his Light to the World. Humans tried to cover this up so they could brain wash people with Christianity which is a Esoteric Pagan Religion. Jesus is Zeus(Jupiter). The letter J wasn't invented until the 1600s. The first 1611 King James Bible didn't have the name "Jesus" in it but Iesous which was inserted by the Greeks who were worshiping Zeus(A Fallen Angel). That's no coincidence. It's also no coincidence that Jesus, Iesous, Zeus are all corresponding related words. The Devil is a good deceiver. What better way to FOOL the church by blending in WITH the Church? There's NO such thing as Religion but SPIRITUALITY. Most people will argue that "Jesus" is the translated version of the messiah's name but you don't translate NAMES but WORDS and their MEANINGS. If the name Jesus didn't exist until the 1600s and was NEVER the messiah's name while he was here on Earth. How did it become his name YEARS later after he was gone? It's deception. The Christians go to Church on SUNday because they worship the Underworld Sun here on Earth.(Not Gods Sun) the REAL sabbath is Saturday anyways. Look up "Egyptian Pyramid Sun" on Google Images the Pyramids are aligned and built into perfect perpendicular with the Sun so when the Sun rises it reflects light and bounces off of the Pyramid causing "illumination". This was done by the Annunaki after the PAST Life was destroyed. The Egyptian Pyramids are a structured symbol of the PAST Life. The Reason we experience DEJAVU is because it goes back to the Past Life. It's the Universe reminding you that "This is not a Coincidence this was MEANT to happen" because everything in Life is already written. It's a familiar experience because you witnessed it before you just don't know it. Before you were born you were a Soul in another Dimension and you watched your whole entire Life like a Movie. You just don't know it until you experience Dejavu. The whole concept of "Free Will" does not apply to this life but the PAST Life. The Choice we made which was in the PAST Life. This Life is a result of the PAST Life. "I think I made a WRONG turn back there somewhere" she's speaking about her PAST Life. The Planets in Space such as Mars, Venus, Neptune, Jupiter(Zeus) etc are fallen angel planets. That's why there was once Life on Mars because it goes back to the Past Life when everything was Aligned when we were all "One" before Lucifer fell as an Angel. Look on the back of your "One" dollar bill. You will see 11:11 subliminally as Four 1's. 11:11 is a WHOLE number which consist of Positives and Negatives. One Eleven belongs to God, one eleven belongs to the Devil. This represents when we were all "One" in the past life. Then you see the Egyptian Pyramid and the "All Seeing Eye" which is nothing but the Devil imitating God since God is the All Seeing One. You see it on the back of your "one" dollar bill because Money is the Flow and Current(Currency) of Life and Stability here on Earth(The Devil's World). That's why the Earth spins in 360 Degrees representing 3 6's Subliminally. One of the Biggest Lies in Christianity is the Devil was in Charge of Music which is FALSE. He/She was only in Charge of her V Underworld Music. I say he/she since Lucifer was a Female. Here's PROOF. Ezekiel 28:12 - "You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in BEAUTY" Revelation 17:3 - So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a WOMAN sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. Lucifer is known as a Seven Headed Dragon and is more than one person, the Woman is Lucifer the Dragon(Beast) is the Devil(Satan). They're both combined together. This is who Archangel Michael(Michael Jackson) was talking about in the song Billie Jean. Billie Jean is a metaphor for Lucifer. "She says I am the one, who will dance, on the floor, in the ROUND" when Lucifer went against God and was trying to deceive everyone. No where in the video do you see a woman and a child because Billie Jean is a metaphor for Lucifer. When he says Dance on the Floor in the ROUND it represents Music being the Rhythm and Circle of Life. The way we praise God in Heaven is through Music. "The Kid is not my Son" Michael is referring to the Underworld Sun that belonged to Lucifer before he/she fell as an Angel. In the Video there's so many subliminal messages like the Cat/Tiger who is the KEEPER of the Truth of the V Underworld. If you watch the video you notice Michael turns things into LIFE/LIGHT representing that he is Archangel Michael. And the Spy is the illuminati trying to obtain information about who he is(Archangel Michael). Again, Gods Son was his Sun not his Physical Human Son. The story of Mary being a Virgin was fabricated. Mary and Joseph never gave birth to the Son of God but a prophet named Immanuel and humans who knew the Truth tried to cover it up to make it look like Gods Son was a Physical Human Being when really he was an Extraterrestrial. Isiah 7:14 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. If his name was suppose to be called Immanuel, why wasn't his name called Immanuel? This is an Error they forgot to cover up while they were manipulating the Bible. Mary was NEVER a Virgin. The word Virgin was switched with the Hebrew word Almah. Almah in Hebrew means Young Woman so really Mary was a Young Woman not a Virgin. Plus the Hebrew word for Virgin is Bethulah. Where's "Jesus" childhood in the Bible? You can't find it anywhere and no it's not in Luke 2:40 that is clearly talking about Immanuel. The reason his Childhood or Teenage Pre-Adult hood isn't in the Bible and he goes from being a Baby to a GROWN man so fast is because he was never a Physical Human Being. He was a LIGHT(Gods Sun) Extraterrestrial that Descended from Heaven during the Dark Ages after Lucifer fell as an Angel. Here's another Error they forgot to cover up when they manipulated the Bible which corresponds with everything I'm saying. Luke 1:32 - He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; Did you catch the Error? His FATHER David. So now Jesus and Joseph are brothers? And most people will argue up and down that this is talking about his forefather when it clearly says Father but if David was Jesus Grandfather that would mean Joseph was his Biological Father but according to the Bible Joseph wasn't his Biological father. See, it doesn't make any sense because it's a bunch of LIES. Can you say, manipulated book? This is SOLID evidence and proves my point they manipulated the Bible to hide the fact that Gods Son was his Sun meaning his LIGHT to the WORLD. Christianity is not the Truth. They want you to think people were walking around in Dirty Garments and Flip Flop Sandals on eating bread and drinking Wine when REALLY the people who were living like that were the people during Bible translation times. "Woe, unto thee, for I say, shall, behold!" comes from the Shakespeare Playwright Era during the 1600s when the 1611 King James Bible was established. Humans were NOT the first to create Technology. God is an Advanced Alien not some Blonde Hair Blue Eyed guy in a Dress and some Flip Flops looking like Cesare Borgia sounding like Shakespeare. The 70s, 80s, 90s was the Golden Age era. The 90s was the Climax of the Golden Age because 9 is the Highest Number in numerology. The Early 2000s was the Silver. You can clearly see the Dimensions in the Music Videos. Again, Music is the way we praise God in Heaven. It's the Circle Rotation of Life(Eternal Life). The 70s, 80s, 90s & Early 2000s was the REAL deal. The Devil took over Music and the Realms after 2005. 2 + 5 = 7. He officially took over Music in 2006. 2006 + 6 = 12. Now we live in the Dark Age. Now this is where the Mayan Calender comes into the play. 12 is a Master Number of Cycle and Bondage. 12 is the Highest number on a Clock. After the Hand passes 12, the hour ENDS and a New hour BEGINS. 12 is the last month of the year, after the year ENDS. A New Year begins. According to the Mayan Calendar the world was never suppose to END in 2012 but a New Cycle would begin and it did. The LAUNCH of the SHIFT. What Shift? The Shift between God and the Devil. 2013 was the LAUNCH of the Shift. 2 + 0 + 1 + 3 = 6 2 + 0 + 1 + 4 = 7 2014 is the Year God returns. Even the Elite know this that's why they released Biblical movies like "Son of God" and "Noah" this year. Even NASA confirmed there would be a Blood Moon this year in April 2014 Spring which corresponds with Bible prophecy saying this would be a sign before the Lords return and there already was. There are 4 Blood Moons occurring through 2014-2015 one has already occurred. They are actually Blood Moon signals or "Warning Signs" for the final Blood Moon that is coming. The Luciferian Government has been preparing everyone for years for what is yet to come with Deceptive Alien Movies such as "War of Worlds" "Battle Los Angeles" "Fallen Skies" the part where the Aliens come out of the Sky and start Zapping people and making them Disappear is the Rapture and it's coming Soon...
SoulKidVids I have yet to read into all of this and grasp this concept but I really think you need to make videos (although at the risk of being flagged, you know how YT is) or make a blog breaking down music videos, artists, culture, religion, history, etc. I really respect your knowledge and am totally intrigued.
At the end, 9 circles and the black hole representing the universe and creation from black matter. Erykah returning to her blackness or to the Creator, either way you want to see it. Kheper (scarab beetle): Kemetic symbol for the life cycle, rebirth, regeneration, bringing into being..
Interesting comment Mr Samuel Maat. : ))) I thought I was the only one seeing odd symbols and graphics...What about the inverted crucifix right at the beginning ?!
Oh-oh-oh-oh hey, yeah Ooh-oh Ahh-ah Uhh-uh Ayy-ay Ooh, hey I'm trying to decide Which way to go I think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere Ooh, hey I'm trying to decide Which way to go I think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know Tried to move, but I lost my way Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know Stopped to watch my emotions sway Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know Knew the toll, but I would not pay Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know That you never know where the cards may lay Time to save the world Where in the world is all the time? So many things I still don't know So many times I've changed my mind Guess I was born to make mistakes But I ain't scared to take the weight So when I stumble off the path I know my heart will guide me back Ooh, hey I'm trying to decide Which way to go I think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere Ooh, hey, uh-ooh I'm trying to decide Which way to go I think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know Tried to run, but I lost my way Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know Stopped to watch my emotions sway Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know Knew the toll, but I would not pay Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know I said ya never know how the cards may lay Love is life and life is free Take a ride of life with me Free your mind and find your way There will be a brighter day Love is life and life is free Take a ride of life with me Free your mind and find your way There will be a brighter day Love is life and life is free Take a ride of life with me Free your mind and find your way There will be a brighter day
This woman made me see myself. My true African culture my true core ... Let alone everything around me ... I lived listening to her validating everything I felt in my mind in m body and soul ...She told me I'm not craze to think how I think and how I view how life is distorted...
If you're a descendant of an American slave, you, nor your ancestors were African. You are a Hebrew Israelite from the seed of Jacob. The chosen seed. The promised seed. Ye are the branches.
You're not even American, you are Y'israel.. The Nation of Yahweh Elohim! The chosen seed! So many are asleep. The first shall be last and the last shall be first. The elder shall serve the younger. In thy womb (Rachel) are two nations. Jacob is rising. Esau is the end of this world and Jacob is the beginning of the new world. Talk about low frequency huh..... America is Babylon, it will fall and burn. Those who are asleep and never wake up is because of the curses Moses, the custodian of the law, prophesied and was told by Yahweh Elohim to tell the people of Y'israel that would be. Such a spiritual blindness that will not be lifted off of majority of Jacob's seed. Let those who have an ear to hear, hear what the spirit says!
Americans aren’t African🥱 y’all just wanna claim it but you will never even visit there and embrace the culture LOL fake Africans. The real Africans are the ones born there and live the culture, you ignorant Americans have no right to claim it
Wow after listening intently to this song it has a point in everyone's life. Grew up christian baptist wondering; went to the military and killed at will, got out and served the community, went into the medical field for years, got pulled over continuously and got a record, then medical field career ended. I went back to school and studied all religions and I keep ending up listening to this song 10 years later. Thank you Eryka, keep us woke.
may all true parents know 100s of more years of life on earth. and may their souls know one luv eternal life with the divine source . when they pass. 🤍🙏🏾
It's sad, J Dilla Is has Died, and so did this music in the mainstream. there's underground kats making music like this, though, Gwendolyn Collins is really good, I produced a Track for her called Beautiful Girl
if you a man listening to badu it's nothing wrong with it she just a talented musician with meanings & doesn't make you feminine real men listen to badu
Certain songs dont pertain to us like call on Tyrone but she makes soulful music anyone with a soul should listen and she makes songs talking to young men too...I listen to her just like I listen to Lauren hill sade is my favorite female artist good music is good music...but I would question a man for listening to niki Minaj tho 😂
This song is so deep just like the rest of her songs. It has much meaning to it. Let me tell you babbbbyyy you gone pay that toll!! MmmmK! You can’t slip and slide all your life and think your gonna get away with it. “Knew the toll but would not pay” Just marinade on it folks.
Ive been going thruu so much lately not knowing where I’m going in life cus I’m graduating college & just mixed internal emotions. I had a meltdown LITERALLY venting/praying to god... once I was finally all cried out I came across this beautiful song & it just brought me so much joy cus it was sign from god that things will be okay always 🙌🏾❤️
2024 and I'm STILL here. 🎉 This MFer a NOSTALGIC, TIMELESS, CLASSIC. 😩🤞🏾💞🤞🏾 Bruhhh, I miss this lil era SOOO MUCH!! I was young, but this was a time to be alive. Some Some of these folks don't make music that 'WILL' stand the test of time like this. That shyt fickle ASF, like their "fans!!"
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Sza, HER, Jhene, Summer, Ella, Kali and all the others like them. They owe everything to this woman
Don’t forget ari lennox!
They cant touch her im sorry
Ji
@@royalscholars yesss! ari is like erykah’s child!
Who does erika owe everything too?
One of the chillest beats of all time
Dilla the GOAT
@@sleepingbruhbruh dilla brought me here
sampled from "dreamflower" by tarika blue
Yes laaaawd
No way this is Dilla. Goat
Erykah taught me how to appreciate being a black girl. And taught me how to see God in all black girls and women. I see the divine mother within her as well as all of us.
💯
This.
🙌🏾🙌🏾
@xxnatshaffe of course it doesn't matter and it shouldn't but we live in a world where it does. Brown and black women and girls are made to feel less than. Nothing wrong with her specifically talking to and about black women because we are told and shown we are less. Let her have this
@@oraclesofthemoirai4258 You said it best 💝
"I'm always down to tango." - Paul "Smooth" George
that nickname is not it
@@kevinGburner Real
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Is he talking about Paul George the NBA player?
@@TanishaEstes-j2u yeah he is
If this song was an hour long I wouldn’t mind at all 🥰
Me too
So true
Samee
On a loop....you hear me!!!???
Her voice and Vibe just kills it all together!
The older i get the more relevant this song becomes
Same.
#facts
Talk that shit.
Listen 🥺
How old is u
Erykah changed the music world, no question. NEO soul owes it all to Erykah. Just brilliant.
LinguisticAnthropology with a sexy ass too, window seat
Hmm... D’Angelo?
Neo soul owes it to D'Angelo. Ask Erykah...
@@bobbykarros8111 everything about her is wonderful. Not just her ass. Smh.
@@anniepearl3044 "neo soul"? No. BADU is a goddess, shes blessing the world with her wisdom. Forget the music and sounds... Feel her vast wisdom. She is a prophet.
This song just hits different when you’re older🤯🤩
I swear it does.
Yea man, whew.
Super facts 🏆💯👊🏾🇬🇧
This women's voice and style can never be duplicated.
NEVER
@@shanettacane7101 ever
Y'all gonna hate me for this but Ari Lennox sounds like her 😂
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Unfortunately ai will probably being able to make something people can't tell the difference in 2 years. You can adjust pitches in what syllables are enunciated.
Does anyone else get halfway through this song & start over because you don't want it to end?
Yesss
Yelp. Lol
Yessssssss
Right click, loop. Alternatively create a 1 song private playlist with repeat on for mobile. The ending is the best part. Don't deny yourself the entire meal.
Yes me over and over🙋🏽
She’s a spiritual leader.
💯
Couldn't have said it better
U look so young
This is a great song, but don’t get it twisted. If this woman is your spiritual leader then you are very lost.
Jesus is the King and God over every thing. Every knee will bow to Him and every tongue will confess that He alone is the Most High God.
If you’re interested in a conversation or a study LMK 👍😬
Vinny vidi vici I see your point, but he didn’t mean it that way.
Paul George Anthem right there
yes sir
My goat bro plays like he has AirPods in
Fax
Is that his favorite song or what?
@@onlyone23kmHis theme song
Don’t ask who is listening in 2020!! We never left......
LMGDMFAO...... feelin that and listening to Bad-Ass BADU since '96.
After Logic's Man I is sample
Period!
Exactly
@@RIPPaulWalker33 yup me too i found this song by luck actually
One of the sexiest beats ever, rich like chocolate. And her voice is like honey
J.Dilla bruh
Actually not J Dilla, this beat was sampled from tarika blue - dreamflower. Definitely a sick beat
Correct. It was sampled BY Dilla....who made the beat..hence the label "Beat by Dilla"
A LEGEND.
I see what you mean. True J Dilla is a legend its sick from either musician
##FACTS.....joint is hellu sexy.....trance like in a club,dancing with the right BODIED up slimthyk
RUclips IS STILL THE CLOSEST THING WE HAVE AS A TIME MACHINE
Faaacts.
I always imagine schools teaching the children about these different timelines and “waves” on RUclips and how certain points severely impacted society.
Word
Paul george is the definition of smooth
@user-hy2xe5yw3oshut up respectfully.
PG sorry ass fucked my slip up last night 😂
ABSOLUTE LIES
You know the beat smooth when you get chills
Dj Dilla 😥😍
Ooh how you can step off of this
D-meccas own
Yessir! 💯
Everytime
Ooh hey
I'm trying to decide
Which way to go
Think I made a wrong turn
Back there somewhere
Ooh hey
I'm trying to decide
Which way to go
Think I made a wrong turn
Back there somewhere
Didn't cha know
Didn't cha know
Tried to move but I lost my way
Didn't cha know
Didn't cha know
Stopped to watch my emotions sway
Didn't cha know
Didn't cha know
Knew the toll but I would not pay
Didn't cha know
Didn't cha know
Never know how the cards may lay
Time to save the world
Where in the world is all the time
So many things I still don't know
So many times I've changed my mind
Guess I was born to make mistakes
But I ain't scared to take the weight
So when I stumble off the path
I know my heart will guide me back
Ooh hey
I'm trying to decide
Which way to go
Think I made a wrong turn
Back there somewhere
Ooh hey
I'm trying to decide
Which way to go
Think I made a wrong turn
Back there somewhere
Didn't cha know
Didn't cha know
Tried to run but I lost my way
Didn't cha know
Didn't cha know
Stopped to watch my emotions sway
Didn't cha know
Didn't cha know
Knew the toll but I would not pay
Didn't cha know
Didn't cha know
Never know how the cards may lay
Love is life
And life is free
Take a ride
Of life with me
Free your mind
And find your way
There will be a brighter day
Love is life
And life is free
Take a ride
Of life with me
Free your mind
And find your way
There will be a brighter day
Love is life
And life is free
Take a ride
Of life with me
Free your mind
And find your way
There will be a brighter
YESSSSSSSSSSS I LOVE YOU FOR KNOWING THIS
I love this song 10 times more after seeing the lyrics…Thanks!
I'm hearing impaired, so thank you from the bottom of my heart! 💜
R.I.P. J Dilla
What a tremendous song...
What happened to him?
@@kiara198923 he died in 2006 due to an illness...
@@furkankabadayi693 I found it out when I looked him up. He had Lupus. I had no idea he passed so long ago.
@@kiara198923 yea been a long time now, i still choke up when i hear his beautiful work like this beat or When i listen to It‘s your world by Common
Dilla was on a league of us own long live to the king👑👑👑👑
S/O to erykah for giving Paul George a theme song
This is so funny. When I was younger, my older cousins used to hate Erkyah Badu and always said she was weird and crazy. I laughed with them and thought the same thing because I didn't understand. Now I'm older, and I'm able to understand her and her music, she's become a favorite of mine. Such a beautiful person and beautiful music. Much respect to this woman!
Yea me too she used to creep me out when I was younger but I think I truly understand her music now. It's so beautiful.
Niesha B Now what does this make you think about media cultures pushed onto young african american people. How supreme is her message? How come youth think she is weird? These are the questions we should be asking and the answers we come up with need to be abolished from our culture. The answers are obvious to be honest.
Peace.
Niesha B Same here, I also found her weird when I was in my teens. But now that Im older I love her, its a grown folks music.
Niesha B How the F*ck could you ever "hate" Miss Badu? She's candy in the ears.
ross isme I said when I was younger. A child...
"when the game gives you good teammates"🔥😎
Deadass 🤣
You came from lenarr huh?
When I was watching that video this song just caught my attention, never heard it before.
I came from Lenarr onggggggg bro 😭🤝
Ayyye, and this is a hit 🥲
I Can Transcend to Vivid Moments in My Childhood Where Her Music Was So Prevalent & Feel The Same Emotions That I Felt Then. The Music is That Powerful. She'll Forever Be So Relevant.
I feel the same way
same here..some music recalls nostalgia and that the type of music I need in my life
Her music is so great I couldn't even form these words!! lol but I remember good summer days listening to this!! imma shed a tear y'all!!! lol for real doe
+Domo You Know yeah same- same sensual and happy endorphins getting released with this nostalgic feelings ahahahah
I swore I was the only one! lol
Pg13 so smooth
Really irritates me when people say "so sad that people came here from vine" or something dumb like that 🙄🙄 not everyone is exposed to music like this or some people may just be young however does it really matter how they got here the point is they're here now to listen to good music, like the more the merrier just go to show how timeless this shit is! So let's all just chill out and enjoy good music ❤️❤️❤️
+Skycozier People always tripping tryna be big dawgs
NVSubotica Preach.
personally I love when young kids say GTA brought them here or something along those lines. Point is they're here to listen, and they can appreciate what they hear.
I hear you girl, there should be no place in this world for hatin. :) ...and Erykah is timeless mos definitely. I love her, always have always will.
hi sweetie can u tell me whats tge meaning of this song
This is one beautiful black woman with a beautiful, powerful voice.
Man 💯❤..... & still is to this day
Yessss!!
LENARR brought to this amazing classic 🔥🔥🔥
Bro thought I was the only one out of the bunch of people commenting.
i'm telling you. this a vibe, like I can play this while i'm cleaning up yk.
FRRRR
What Lenarr video?
Who still watching / listening to this classic? ✋🏽
I am now❤❤❤❤
@@tbandz9561 👍🏽
Meeee! 🥰
Thank you Father for giving this woman her gift to give to us all.
badbn405 amen
This song makes me feel so warm and comfortable!
yes
Frigorific Mo
Same here..
Frigorific Moon and iam a male
J DILLA BEATS FOREVER!
Ooooh that's why this is my favourite Badu song. I didn't know it was Dilla until now.
YESSSSSSSSSS
The king of beats the one n only Dilla dawg
WAIT THIS IS DILLA
that makes a lot of sense now lol
MY NUMBER 1 PRODUCER
Paul George put me down and now I'm in love with erykah ❤
Aight!!!
Shes is so pretty people underrate her beauty
Because it's not about beauty it's about her voice and talent
Who she beautiful
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
― Confucious
@@bidi5789 Amen to that!
Your comment is why sometimes I feel outta this generation. Beauty is not something to "rate" but to simply appreciate.
She makes me wanna work toward my future goals ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Me too
Stay Strong Minded & Dont Give Up!!!
word
Yes Baby Me too I hope You doing Your Thing🤗
Logic - Man I Is
J. Cole- Too Deep for the Intro
All these songs did this sample justice ✊🏽
Indica Badu by Logic as well.
@@vforversatile he technically didn't sample it on that song lol
Didnt cha know is a sample of dreamflower by tarika blue
Deon Nelson he did.
@@vforversatile he said he just made the beat sound the same
Who bumping this in 2024-2025 ❤
Yesss❤❤❤
I’m bumpin this in 2026 and beyond
Me! Love & peace from Argentina...
To Infinity and beyond. 🔥🔥
@@barbaracarley3601 exactly
I'm here because growing up in the 90s showed me what good fucking music is
+Pamela Tammi 21 HERE TOO
agreed
+oh god WHY yeah but baduizm out in 97 and that's what put me on to erykah in the first place
+oh god WHY You had to be a certain age by then to understand the music
+oh god WHY oh my god
See kids, you don't need to sell your soul to be an amazing artist
But you have to have a soul to begin with
how do you know she didnt....?
100barbelve she ain't mainstream for one
ths song tells you she was suppose to... "i knew the toll but would not pay(didnt sell my soul)you never know where the cards may lay (be in the devils industry but maybe god will still allow me to remain pure in the end)
David Heer she has
Annunaki looking head garment is the most noticeable imagery...Here I feel she is representing HerSelf as a Higher Conscious BEING having a EARTHLY Experience. "Trying 2 decide where 2 Go"....Forks in the road, DUALITY, Ying-Yang, "time 2 save the World"....."I know my Heart will guide me there"...Basically follow your HEART in making decisions in Lyfe....Peace 2 the Revolution....
Like how you broke it down brotha, Im right there with ya!
After all these long years, this song is still not a day old. Erykah is a vibe. This albums holds a special place deep within 😊❤
"Didn't Cha know"
the very song that helped me heal.
Cynthia Jones soundcloud.com/user-775689117/didnt-cha-like-to-cha-cha
There is some Egyptian mythology going on, the scarab represents life cycles and rebirth.(Sun and moon) Erika is lost in a dessert;unurtured,empty,in a transitional phase of life. Going in circles? repeating same mistakes? Her high hat might be a search for higher "self knowledge" and wisdom. Alchemical? Godlike? She drags the weight of her past that which is uninportant, and manipulated, burdens, lies,fears... she has fallen in lifes trap the matrix if you will. The sun is seting she is in a resting period she is regenerating herself to be born anew. She emerges from a womb of water she is now nurtured, replenished and cleansed. Naked and pure. Now the crops... aliens and origins? we are all one in the vast universe... cycles transformation. evolution the mysteries and occult.
Wow, great analysis
Great!!
That was deep and I overstand what you are speaking
Neff ertitis Excellent i can see it now
I think that's the deepest thing I've ever read peace brother
Is it me or something, every time I listen to this song I just want be in my own space with no company
Urban Views TV same man nothing but bliss. So peaceful listening to this alone
No me too
WORD!!
Yessss I feel the same. Makes you remember you are the universe
Its a very powerful song. Always have me in deep thought. This song really made me put everything in perspective when its unclear. So I feel you
Man, what a record!! R.I.P to J Dilla who produced this song and as usual Ms. Badu delivered with some amazing vocals. Time flies, 22 years later and I still get a good vibe listening.
J Dilla blessed this beat RIP, Love Erykah Badu
RIP J Dilla one of the greatest producers ever!!!!!
This song deeper than wat y’all know✊🏾
Well break down Sirius 7 for us.
Fasho
Elaborate please
And you're the one who gets it right ? Evolve
Exactly! im Bumping To This In 2019! Islam ☪
She is not from this planet .She must be from the stars!!!☺🌻🌻👽
our elements higher than helium all come from the stars. none of us would have existed without them, but yeah Erykah is special
Precious Telphy she’s the prototype 3 stacks was talking about
she is
@@mustaphakhalib original skin/many men comprehend/alien can blend/right on in with your kin/look again/ I swear I spot one every now and then-3000
Don Guapo Damn💯🎶
Paul George is the reason why I’m here😤🔥
My son told me about it and I’m here.😂😂
Sameeee😅
Same
Whos paul george
@@lyndan3946 A NBA player,thats his theme song
Listening to this on a psychedelic is fucking amazing. Seeing her live as you're tripping, fucking epic and emotional. This woman is beautiful and jaw dropping
Mother earth wll u ever 🍄 forgive us....
Dont do drugs
@@user-gm3lg8gp3m ha, where were you when I was 13 lol. I don't now
Nigga what?? That's yt ppl shit. You weird. 😂😂
@@user-gm3lg8gp3m you’ve obviously never done psychedelics
This song should had won a Grammy!!!
Jill Harden frfr
Yes indeed
Bad Karma
Jill Harden, yep. It should've 😃✌.
White ppl cant relate to this soul music
this song helped me. amen...God sends angels in different forms
YES Amen
I got chills from this .. literally this song raised my vibrations and i'm flying now.
amen 👊
I agree
Thank You!
I remember feeling so low and turning this on and singing my heart out. Works everytime. ❤
When a song comes on and your eyes automatically close and your head starts bobbing, it's probably a good fuckin' song.
This is my song....I always just lay in my bed in the dark and just coast off this joint! I get lifted to another dimensional plane off this shit!! man.....the thoughts that dwell off this joint!! ✌✌😌
birdy1126 ashè!!! stay vibrationally lifted sister
delores delores I love that! vibrationally lifted....
may I use that?
Ana Rivera yesss love! keep it going :)
You can thank J Dilla he has alot more joints like this check out a song named earl by him
birdy1126 that's dope
It's so perfect that tears fill my eyes, even after all this time.
I first heard this at age 14, as a newbie musician. Now I'm 36. And the words to her songs just hit deeper. It's just amazing. From the lyrics, the poetry, and the video's imagery to the subtle musical arrangements and chill & smoky jazz club vibes. Erykah is the vessel of self expression but also a vessel of universal expression, Black female expression, and so much more, I hope she knows this... she's influenced so many strong black women (and men!) but also some mixed/white boy musicians here, too!! Lol. And not only me... and yes, I do realize that "perfection", in any sense of the word, is an illusion; but Ms Erykah Badu, you exude something intangible that is, to your fans and followers, quite perfect in what it is. ✌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️
Well said!👌🏽🎯💯
that dont make no math?
Erykah Badu & J. Dilla never missed on a collab. RIP & Grow in Light Dilla. You live on forever through your music and those that love you 🙏🏽❤️
As a 44 yr old white guy who fell in love with hip hop and rnb in the late 80s there have been hundreds of these songs that I love but there are a select few that I feel define the term greatness and this is one of them. Couldn’t believe this when it came out 20-some years ago in 2000. The layering in the first minute is purely sublime. JDilla was born to create music-RIP. And Erykah is an rnb legend now.
I didn't know this is J-Dilla's work.
True words!!
what was the point of including that you are white?😂 😂
@@fourstarjenkinhoussain9715Because most white guys aren't TRULY connected to the culture (in the way that sounds like he is)
it also happens to be unfortunate that a lot of good music like eryhah badu or the fugees or even the people originally surrounding bob marleys music (at least some of the who claim to anyways), are historically super racist against white people whether or not we buy their albums ;w; can you blame them though, listen to what their music is about, its no surprise really.
one of the GOAT collabs, both dilla and erykah at their absolute best. the Tarika Blue sample of Dream Flower is a classic
Hey what’s good fam when u get a chance can u check me out
"Time to save the world
Where in the world is all the time
So many things I still don't know
So many times I've changed my mind
Guess I was born to make mistakes
But I ain't scared to take the weight
So when I stumble off the path
I know my heart will guide me back"
Carlos Fajardo ,
What...
I hear you God! The guardian angels/angel are getting your message to me I'm finally seeing clearly....thank you.
@@weareuniqueforareason7503 sooooo carlos is lucifer??
@@MichaelErnest666 I'm not sure what your talking about, but I made that comment for my creator as stated in my comment. Its not ment for you to understand what I just said to God.
She had me forever when she said, "I think I made a wrong turn back there... somewhere." Her words tap dances on my soul ...
Even looking like a squid she slays😫😭💕💕💕 "Think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere!!" 😋😋so smooth and soothing.
lol
😩😂😂😂
i'm crying lmbo a squid!
Lmao
OMG HAIL NAWWWW
a squid though lmao
They don't make music like this anymore ❤️
I think Yuna could
They actually kinda do ppl are starting to bring back soulful
@Vlora Kelmendi
Check out Ari Lennox
She's Amazing
Check out the past couple albums by The Internet, they may please you.
Betzey Lee up late vibes
It’s weird this song is 4 mins long but feel so short
That's how TIMELESS music works😏
Turbo u have to feel her words ☪️🔱
I can't listen to this song without watching the video too...Is that weird?
@@theenergyalchemist6206 Hell no, that not weird. The Upper Echelon song RARELY has Upper Echelon videos to complement the Upper Echelon Goddess. The threat of this Spiritual Nutritionment would have been a direct threat to their weakend the Mind Bodyand Soul Trinity. Sorry, for being long winded, but I Cherish True Misic like this. Peace Love and Light.⛰⛰⛰☀️☀️☀️
Always thought that
More than just an R&B singer, Soulfully Poetic and Woke our Sister is. I wanna read all the songs she wrote that never came to us. I don't believe we've heard her best yet.
I love the way she's so unapologetically comfortable being herself, that's what l'll is that's what Swaggadocious is... Kool with you loving yourself and telling the world take it or leave it.
She is walking it out in those boots. Love this song and her.
♡ carrying the weight
Regina Weaver I thought I was the only one who noticed she had these boots before they even hits stores
Once again RUclips keeps removing my Comment because they don't want people to know the Truth.
Erykah Badu was deep! The 90s & Early 2000s was the Golden/Silver age when Music videos had LIFE and COLOR and SOUL to them. Life felt like you were in another Dimension back then like Heaven on Earth. Now we live in the Dark Age, they don't make videos or songs like this anymore.
The video represents the Egyptian belief of Eternal Life. The Sun is Ra, the Moon is Isis, the Scarab Beetle is the Keeper of the Scrolls. She is a Mummy dragging her past life with her in the Desert and she's asking herself "Didn't cha know"? She speaks about making a Wrong turn in Life but gets another try which is why towards the End of the video she comes out the water which represents Rebirth. The Crop Circles toward the End represent that she is an Alien. Erykah Badu was Deep!
Word they do so comment whenever I say some real shit an post it.. So your DEFINATELY not the only one
Damn that was deep, I didnt catch most of that
that was deep. i never that. thanks for clarifying that.
Alright well since this comment is getting more Recognition I'll go ahead and get Deeper.
The Wrong Turn she speaks of is in her Past Life but she's merely speaking for the Egyptians. Egypt was the Underworld V that merged with
Atlantis ^(God) in the Past Life. Watch Michael Jackson's video "Remember the Time" where he goes back into the past life of Ancient Egypt you will see the Sand Timer in the beginning of the Video. This is where the "As it is Above, so it is Below" concept comes from. When Atlantis ^ merged with Egypt V the underworld. How funny Michael Jackson was going into the Past Life of Egypt and there's an actual ancient Egyptian Statue of Michael Jackson from the past life of Egypt. Don't believe me, look it up "Ancient Egyptian Statue Michael Jackson" he was incarnated Archangel Michael.
Yes the Egyptians were Black. Egypt itself means Kemet which means Black and Fertile Land. The Hebrews were also black. Our Black History is in Deuteronomy 28:68 as well as Genesis 15:13. We aren't the "Jews" but the JEWELS meaning the Shining Ones. Gods Chosen people.
Again, the Wrong Turn she speaks of is in the Past Life before Lucifer fell as an Angel. Lucifer reigned over the V Underworld. At 0:08 you can see a burning Technological device which appears to be crashed. This represents when Lucifer fell to Earth. The Flashing Light represents Lucifer as the "Light Bearer". Lucifer is represented as a Technological device because the world is a Digital Matrix built by code and Reality is an illusion and you can only see it if your Third Eye Chakra is open.
This is why God sent his Sun, not his Physical human Son but his Sun meaning his Light to the World. The word Sun comes from the Old English word Sunne. Just like Son comes from the Old German word Sonne. Sonne is also Sunne in Middle High German. German is older than the English language which proves the word Sun comes from the word Son. Sun/Son are both two corresponding words. The Bible is a manipulated book and Religion is a Lie meant to keep people sleep from knowing the Truth. A lot of things that happened in the Bible have a deeper meaning since it's been manipulated. This is why the Messiah said.
John 6:38 - For I came DOWN from Heaven, not to do mine OWN will, but the will of HIM that sent me.
This scripture is solid proof Gods Son DESCENDED from Heaven and was never born in the Flesh.
John 3:17 - For God sent not his Son INTO the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John 8:12 - Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
The Sun here on Earth as we know it is the LIGHT of LIFE. Gods Son was his Sun meaning his Light to the World. Humans tried to cover this up so they could brain wash people with Christianity which is a Esoteric Pagan Religion. Jesus is Zeus(Jupiter). The letter J wasn't invented until the 1600s. The first 1611 King James Bible didn't have the name "Jesus" in it but Iesous which was inserted by the Greeks who were worshiping Zeus(A Fallen Angel). That's no coincidence. It's also no coincidence that Jesus, Iesous, Zeus are all corresponding related words. The Devil is a good deceiver. What better way to FOOL the church by blending in WITH the Church? There's NO such thing as Religion but SPIRITUALITY.
Most people will argue that "Jesus" is the translated version of the messiah's name but you don't translate NAMES but WORDS and their MEANINGS. If the name Jesus didn't exist until the 1600s and was NEVER the messiah's name while he was here on Earth. How did it become his name YEARS later after he was gone? It's deception. The Christians go to Church on SUNday because they worship the Underworld Sun here on Earth.(Not Gods Sun) the REAL sabbath is Saturday anyways. Look up "Egyptian Pyramid Sun" on Google Images the Pyramids are aligned and built into perfect perpendicular with the Sun so when the Sun rises it reflects light and bounces off of the Pyramid causing "illumination". This was done by the Annunaki after the PAST Life was destroyed. The Egyptian Pyramids are a structured symbol of the PAST Life. The Reason we experience DEJAVU is because it goes back to the Past Life. It's the Universe reminding you that "This is not a Coincidence this was MEANT to happen" because everything in Life is already written. It's a familiar experience because you witnessed it before you just don't know it. Before you were born you were a Soul in another Dimension and you watched your whole entire Life like a Movie. You just don't know it until you experience Dejavu. The whole concept of "Free Will" does not apply to this life but the PAST Life. The Choice we made which was in the PAST Life. This Life is a result of the PAST Life. "I think I made a WRONG turn back there somewhere" she's speaking about her PAST Life.
The Planets in Space such as Mars, Venus, Neptune, Jupiter(Zeus) etc are fallen angel planets. That's why there was once Life on Mars because it goes back to the Past Life when everything was Aligned when we were all "One" before Lucifer fell as an Angel.
Look on the back of your "One" dollar bill. You will see 11:11 subliminally as Four 1's. 11:11 is a WHOLE number which consist of Positives and Negatives. One Eleven belongs to God, one eleven belongs to the Devil. This represents when we were all "One" in the past life. Then you see the Egyptian Pyramid and the "All Seeing Eye" which is nothing but the Devil imitating God since God is the All Seeing One. You see it on the back of your "one" dollar bill because Money is the Flow and Current(Currency) of Life and Stability here on Earth(The Devil's World). That's why the Earth spins in 360 Degrees representing 3 6's Subliminally.
One of the Biggest Lies in Christianity is the Devil was in Charge of Music which is FALSE. He/She was only in Charge of her V Underworld Music. I say he/she since Lucifer was a Female. Here's PROOF.
Ezekiel 28:12 - "You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in BEAUTY"
Revelation 17:3 - So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a WOMAN sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Lucifer is known as a Seven Headed Dragon and is more than one person, the Woman is Lucifer the Dragon(Beast) is the Devil(Satan). They're both combined together.
This is who Archangel Michael(Michael Jackson) was talking about in the song Billie Jean. Billie Jean is a metaphor for Lucifer.
"She says I am the one, who will dance, on the floor, in the ROUND" when Lucifer went against God and was trying to deceive everyone. No where in the video do you see a woman and a child because Billie Jean is a metaphor for Lucifer. When he says Dance on the Floor in the ROUND it represents Music being the Rhythm and Circle of Life. The way we praise God in Heaven is through Music. "The Kid is not my Son" Michael is referring to the Underworld Sun that belonged to Lucifer before he/she fell as an Angel. In the Video there's so many subliminal messages like the Cat/Tiger who is the KEEPER of the Truth of the V Underworld. If you watch the video you notice Michael turns things into LIFE/LIGHT representing that he is Archangel Michael. And the Spy is the illuminati trying to obtain information about who he is(Archangel Michael).
Again, Gods Son was his Sun not his Physical Human Son. The story of Mary being a Virgin was fabricated. Mary and Joseph never gave birth to the Son of God but a prophet named Immanuel and humans who knew the Truth tried to cover it up to make it look like Gods Son was a Physical Human Being when really he was an Extraterrestrial.
Isiah 7:14 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
If his name was suppose to be called Immanuel, why wasn't his name called Immanuel? This is an Error they forgot to cover up while they were manipulating the Bible. Mary was NEVER a Virgin. The word Virgin was switched with the Hebrew word Almah. Almah in Hebrew means Young Woman so really Mary was a Young Woman not a Virgin. Plus the Hebrew word for Virgin is Bethulah.
Where's "Jesus" childhood in the Bible? You can't find it anywhere and no it's not in Luke 2:40 that is clearly talking about Immanuel.
The reason his Childhood or Teenage Pre-Adult hood isn't in the Bible and he goes from being a Baby to a GROWN man so fast is because he was never a Physical Human Being. He was a LIGHT(Gods Sun) Extraterrestrial that Descended from Heaven during the Dark Ages after Lucifer fell as an Angel.
Here's another Error they forgot to cover up when they manipulated the Bible which corresponds with everything I'm saying.
Luke 1:32 - He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;
Did you catch the Error? His FATHER David. So now Jesus and Joseph are brothers? And most people will argue up and down that this is talking about his forefather when it clearly says Father but if David was Jesus Grandfather that would mean Joseph was his Biological Father but according to the Bible Joseph wasn't his Biological father. See, it doesn't make any sense because it's a bunch of LIES. Can you say, manipulated book? This is SOLID evidence and proves my point they manipulated the Bible to hide the fact that Gods Son was his Sun meaning his LIGHT to the WORLD.
Christianity is not the Truth. They want you to think people were walking around in Dirty Garments and Flip Flop Sandals on eating bread and drinking Wine when REALLY the people who were living like that were the people during Bible translation times. "Woe, unto thee, for I say, shall, behold!" comes from the Shakespeare Playwright Era during the 1600s when the 1611 King James Bible was established. Humans were NOT the first to create Technology. God is an Advanced Alien not some Blonde Hair Blue Eyed guy in a Dress and some Flip Flops looking like Cesare Borgia sounding like Shakespeare.
The 70s, 80s, 90s was the Golden Age era. The 90s was the Climax of the Golden Age because 9 is the Highest Number in numerology. The Early 2000s was the Silver. You can clearly see the Dimensions in the Music Videos. Again, Music is the way we praise God in Heaven. It's the Circle Rotation of Life(Eternal Life). The 70s, 80s, 90s & Early 2000s was the REAL deal.
The Devil took over Music and the Realms after 2005. 2 + 5 = 7. He officially took over Music in 2006. 2006 + 6 = 12. Now we live in the Dark Age. Now this is where the Mayan Calender comes into the play. 12 is a Master Number of Cycle and Bondage. 12 is the Highest number on a Clock. After the Hand passes 12, the hour ENDS and a New hour BEGINS. 12 is the last month of the year, after the year ENDS. A New Year begins. According to the Mayan Calendar the world was never suppose to END in 2012 but a New Cycle would begin and it did. The LAUNCH of the SHIFT. What Shift? The Shift between God and the Devil. 2013 was the LAUNCH of the Shift.
2 + 0 + 1 + 3 = 6
2 + 0 + 1 + 4 = 7
2014 is the Year God returns. Even the Elite know this that's why they released Biblical movies like "Son of God" and "Noah" this year. Even NASA confirmed there would be a Blood Moon this year in April 2014 Spring which corresponds with Bible prophecy saying this would be a sign before the Lords return and there already was. There are 4 Blood Moons occurring through 2014-2015 one has already occurred. They are actually Blood Moon signals or "Warning Signs" for the final Blood Moon that is coming. The Luciferian Government has been preparing everyone for years for what is yet to come with Deceptive Alien Movies such as "War of Worlds" "Battle Los Angeles" "Fallen Skies" the part where the Aliens come out of the Sky and start Zapping people and making them Disappear is the Rapture and it's coming Soon...
SoulKidVids I have yet to read into all of this and grasp this concept but I really think you need to make videos (although at the risk of being flagged, you know how YT is) or make a blog breaking down music videos, artists, culture, religion, history, etc. I really respect your knowledge and am totally intrigued.
This the jam still in 2024
At the end, 9 circles and the black hole representing the universe and creation from black matter. Erykah returning to her blackness or to the Creator, either way you want to see it.
Kheper (scarab beetle): Kemetic symbol for the life cycle, rebirth, regeneration, bringing into being..
+Samuel Ma'at where can i read more about that symbology? It's based on the 5% nation?
+simuak Read up on astrology and creation theory from black matter. I'm not an expert on it, but there you go.
+Samuel Ma'at thanks!
Interesting comment Mr Samuel Maat. : ))) I thought I was the only one seeing odd symbols and graphics...What about the inverted crucifix right at the beginning ?!
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Oh-oh-oh-oh hey, yeah
Ooh-oh
Ahh-ah
Uhh-uh
Ayy-ay
Ooh, hey
I'm trying to decide
Which way to go
I think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere
Ooh, hey
I'm trying to decide
Which way to go
I think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere
Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know
Tried to move, but I lost my way
Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know
Stopped to watch my emotions sway
Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know
Knew the toll, but I would not pay
Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know
That you never know where the cards may lay
Time to save the world
Where in the world is all the time?
So many things I still don't know
So many times I've changed my mind
Guess I was born to make mistakes
But I ain't scared to take the weight
So when I stumble off the path
I know my heart will guide me back
Ooh, hey
I'm trying to decide
Which way to go
I think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere
Ooh, hey, uh-ooh
I'm trying to decide
Which way to go
I think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere
Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know
Tried to run, but I lost my way
Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know
Stopped to watch my emotions sway
Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know
Knew the toll, but I would not pay
Didn't cha' know, didn't cha' know
I said ya never know how the cards may lay
Love is life and life is free
Take a ride of life with me
Free your mind and find your way
There will be a brighter day
Love is life and life is free
Take a ride of life with me
Free your mind and find your way
There will be a brighter day
Love is life and life is free
Take a ride of life with me
Free your mind and find your way
There will be a brighter day
Thx
I'm here in 2019, the instrumental of the song is very relaxing
Beautiful name
Produced by J Dilla
Funky
Me too this is one of my favorite Erykah songs and videos. I love the intro.
@Solida Coates yes! It is
Lady speaking facts
Anyone loving it from uganda 🇺🇬
My all time favorite Badu song. Got me through a really rough time.
JFairOnAir I’m in full agreement with you Queen
Mine too!
Saved my.Life
Yes, me as well 🌸
This woman made me see myself. My true African culture my true core ... Let alone everything around me ... I lived listening to her validating everything I felt in my mind in m body and soul ...She told me I'm not craze to think how I think and how I view how life is distorted...
If you're a descendant of an American slave, you, nor your ancestors were African. You are a Hebrew Israelite from the seed of Jacob. The chosen seed. The promised seed. Ye are the branches.
erykah is an american 😒 africa can’t claim this one! it’s ours!!
@@BriBri256 🤣🤣🤣🤣 low frequency won't understand...so I don't blame you 😊🤭
You're not even American, you are Y'israel.. The Nation of Yahweh Elohim! The chosen seed! So many are asleep. The first shall be last and the last shall be first. The elder shall serve the younger. In thy womb (Rachel) are two nations. Jacob is rising. Esau is the end of this world and Jacob is the beginning of the new world. Talk about low frequency huh..... America is Babylon, it will fall and burn. Those who are asleep and never wake up is because of the curses Moses, the custodian of the law, prophesied and was told by Yahweh Elohim to tell the people of Y'israel that would be. Such a spiritual blindness that will not be lifted off of majority of Jacob's seed. Let those who have an ear to hear, hear what the spirit says!
Americans aren’t African🥱 y’all just wanna claim it but you will never even visit there and embrace the culture LOL fake Africans. The real Africans are the ones born there and live the culture, you ignorant Americans have no right to claim it
Still listening in 2023 hands down forever love this lady
This song always makes me emotional. This is genuine pure positive energy and realness. ☝
Wow after listening intently to this song it has a point in everyone's life. Grew up christian baptist wondering; went to the military and killed at will, got out and served the community, went into the medical field for years, got pulled over continuously and got a record, then medical field career ended. I went back to school and studied all religions and I keep ending up listening to this song 10 years later. Thank you Eryka, keep us woke.
I always loved when my family had long car rides and my mom would put this on followed by some sade. Thank god for my parents always putting me on🥰❤️
may all true parents know 100s of more years of life on earth. and may their souls know one luv eternal life with the divine source . when they pass. 🤍🙏🏾
You are Blessed to come from wise parents who wanted you to expand your mind and thought process 💖
yes my parent played talking heads this must be the place similar music always kept me with the highest vibration
One of the greatest Neo Soul songs 🔥🔥🔥
I miss music Like this!
It's sad, J Dilla Is has Died, and so did this music in the mainstream. there's underground kats making music like this, though, Gwendolyn Collins is really good, I produced a Track for her called Beautiful Girl
kimberly chism check out hiatus Kaiyote
you fine
Thanks
its right here!
10 years later and this song is still a whole vibe!
22 years later.
U must found this 10 yrs ago 💀
I wish I was born in the 90s love her so much ❤
One of the best, if not the best Dilla bassline.
dilla don't play that ....its a sample by Tarika Blue - Dreamflower song
j dilla ?
Made a wrong turn back there somewhere... she sings to my soul and my soul sings back
Her music represents the 👑
it puts me in the mood I like to be in..
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+Kellie Hickman yes!
Gina QueenBee yes!!!!!!!!!
Erykahs music is so therapeutic shes truly magical her voice and spirit are ethereal.
if you a man listening to badu it's nothing wrong with it she just a talented musician with meanings & doesn't make you feminine real men listen to badu
@Jamien Taylor my hubby he bumps to this !! Soo smooth and classy .
If you gotta change your music taste to try and prove or justify your masculinity you need help
And what happens if youre a effeminate male? Does that make me less of a 'man'? Does it make me less of a 'man' for listening to emotional music?
Smh
Certain songs dont pertain to us like call on Tyrone but she makes soulful music anyone with a soul should listen and she makes songs talking to young men too...I listen to her just like I listen to Lauren hill sade is my favorite female artist good music is good music...but I would question a man for listening to niki Minaj tho 😂
I just met this beautiful man who also listens to her ahaha.... ummm marriage proposal??
This song is so deep just like the rest of her songs. It has much meaning to it. Let me tell you babbbbyyy you gone pay that toll!! MmmmK! You can’t slip and slide all your life and think your gonna get away with it. “Knew the toll but would not pay” Just marinade on it folks.
Everything about this song is beautiful 👌🏾
That dark skinned women is absolutely breath taking
Ive been going thruu so much lately not knowing where I’m going in life cus I’m graduating college & just mixed internal emotions. I had a meltdown LITERALLY venting/praying to god... once I was finally all cried out I came across this beautiful song & it just brought me so much joy cus it was sign from god that things will be okay always 🙌🏾❤️
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It's Ok💝
U can do it!
how u doing?
Yes🙏
I love Erykah Badu, I love my beautiful sistas.
how many sisters do u have?
Yas my brother we love you also
Iconic, distinctive, classic, pure quality neo-soul, a cut above most of today's contemporary music
All of today's contemporary music..
Paul Goat 🐐
Who ever disliked must've been mad they weren't born with 3 dollars and 6 dimes🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
Asia Brown They ain't did they math either
360°
Asia Brown AH YES
Another one of my besties...GO QUEEN OF QUEEN..
Asia Brown yes they might laugh, cause they didn't do their math 😬💯👏
I think this video pays homage to a depiction of a black woman who navigated a starship millions of years ago
Interesting 😐😊
J Dilla killed this beat still jamming to this day
2024 and I'm STILL here. 🎉
This MFer a NOSTALGIC, TIMELESS, CLASSIC. 😩🤞🏾💞🤞🏾
Bruhhh, I miss this lil era SOOO MUCH!! I was young, but this was a time to be alive. Some Some of these folks don't make music that 'WILL' stand the test of time like this. That shyt fickle ASF, like their "fans!!"
Rest in Peace J Dilla
Ericka has such a beautiful mind 😍