Erykah Badu (The Healer)

The Healer (Hip Hop)

[Words - Erykah Badu]
Peace and love ya’ll
How ya’ll doing?

[Audience]
Cheers

[Words - Erykah Badu]
Is this how ya’ll feel
Brother’s ya’ll alright?

[Brother's]
Yah

[Words - Erykah Badu]
Can I ask the elders in the house if I can speak freely? Ya, okay. Well my name is Erykah Badu, also known as Medulla alagata, also known as Cerebellum, also known as Annie, also known as analog girl in the digital world. Also Known as Maria Mexico, also known as low down Eric brown, also known as Humdi Lila Allah Jehova, Yahweh Dios Ma’ad Jah
Rastafara fyah dance, sex, music, hip-hop, also known as.

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[Chorus - Erykah Badu]
Humdi Lila Allah Jehova
Yahweh Dios Ma’ad Jah
Rastafara fyah dance, sex, music, hip-hop

It’s bigger than religion
hip-hop
it’s bigger than my niggas
hip-hop
it’s bigger than the government
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This one fa’ Dilla, hip-hop

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[Verse One - Erykah Badu]
we ain’t dead said the children don’t believe it
We just made ourselves invisible
underwater, stove-top, blue flame scientist come out with your scales up
get baptized in the ocean of the hungry

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My niggas turn in to gods,
walls come tumblin…(aaahhh)

[Chorus - Erykah Badu]
Humdi lila Allah jehova
yahweh dios ma had ja
Rastafara fyah dance, sex, music, hip-hop

It’s bigger than religion
hip-hop
it’s bigger than my niggas
hip-hop
it’s bigger than the government
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This one is the healer, hip-hop

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[Verse Two - Erykah Badu]
Told you we aint dead yet
we been livin’ through your internet
you don’t have to believe everything you think
we’ve been programmed wake up, we miss you.
they call you indigo, we call you Africa.
go get baptized in the ocean of the people
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say reboot, refresh, restart.
fresh page, new day, o.g.’s, new key…

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Produced by Madlib, "The Healer" is an ode to hip hop culture and a proclamation of its scope. It opens with a brief snippet from a song by Malcolm McLaren featuring the World's Famous Supreme Team. Music writer Piero Scaruffi describes the song's music as "trancey, exotic and brooding", while Sasha Frere-Jones notes "bells, unidentifiable knocks, a lonesome instrument that might be a sitar, or a guitar, and lots of empty space" in the musical backdrop, adding that "the music flirts with total stasis, though it still has an audible beat." Badu's lyrics, delivered in an incantation style, make reference to various names of God, including Humdililah, Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, Jah, and Rastafari, while asserting hip hop to be "bigger than" social institutions such as religion and government. She explained the lyrics and religious references, saying "to me, hip-hop is felt in all religions - it has a healing power. I've recently been to Palestine, Jerusalem, Africa and a bunch of other places, and everyone is listening to hip-hop. There's something about that kicking snare sound that all kinds of people find meaning in."

-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amerykah_Part_One_%284th_World_War%29