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Amerykahn Promise Lyrics by Erykah Badu

New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War)

2008

[Intro: Erykah Badu & Roy Ayers]
More action
More excitement
More everything
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen
Across space
Step right up and step off the train
The land before time
Welcome to Amerykah (A promise)
All the freaks are here
All you have to do is make a promise (A promise, a promise)
And stay on your grind
You give it to me, I'll give it to you
Thirty thousand megawatts of power, baby
Radiating your souls
Sign right here on the dotted line
C'mon, get you some free
A promise
Ladies and gentlemen, before exiting the train (A promise, a promise)
Please leave your valuables (A promise, a promise)
Diamonds, rubies and pearls (You give it to me, I'll give it to you)
In the cabinet adjacent to the left (A promise, Amerykahn promise)
Um, the pussycats and the jackals, you can leave them with me, hahaha
[Verse: Erykah Badu & Roy Ayers]
Promise to you, baby, I'll love you tooth for tooth and eye for eye
'Cause we take your history
And make it modern mystery
You see what I'm saying? (Mommy, I'm scared)
Welcome all
Promise to you, baby
I'll love you true and good 'til the day I die
Oh, we love you (Just sign right here)
We love to love you (Is it gon' hurt?)
Promise, promise, Amerykhan promise
We love to suck you dry (Oh no, freedom's here)
Promise, promise, Amerykhan promise (All the while we keepin' you high)
I just want some new lips, new hips, c'mon
Promise to you, baby (Money, sex)
Anything you want, you know I'll buy
It's the amerykahn dream, everyone has one, get one
Promise to you, baby, you will never have ask to me why
Excuse, excuse me young lady, excuse me
You're causing quite a disturbance over here
I want everyone to see this
Promise, promise, Amerykhan promise (Yeah)
Does this mean we'll never see Mu again?
I think we're gonna have to make an example out of her
Rid me of her sight
Promise, promise, Amerykhan promise
Freedom whatever, give me a, give me a brain tissue sample
It might be good for later
Promise, promise, Amerykhan promise (I might need that, anyone else have any questions?)
Promise I will love you 'til the day I die
Promise I'll love you good and give you the sky (Well, go on, give it to me then)
Promise I'll never love another guy
Promise I'll give you things that you can't buy
I'll give you my nose, I'll give you my toes
I'll give you my eyes, I'll give you my ears
I'll give you my hands, I'll give you my lips
I'll give you my tongue, I'll give you my thighs (You see?)
Damn near anything you want (You see how easy it is?)
You see what we can do with a little bit of work
And effort, people?
Promise to you, baby (I love Ameryka)
I'll love you tooth for tooth and eye for eye (It's such a beautiful place)
Hey, you think I can get a new, uh (A promise, a promise), heart?
You give it to me, I'll give it to you (This is the place where it all goes down)
A promise, a promise (Everything you could want, everything you could desire)
C'mon
Promise, promise, Amerykahn promise (Look mother, free radiation right there)
Ha-ho
Promise, promise, Amerykahn promise (I'm comin' to Amerykah, baby, welcome)
Oh
[Outro]
Ex— Ex— Excuse me sir? (Uh, yes, yes, little girl?)
Has anyone seen my forty-two laws?
Oh, I'm sorry, we're not responsible for lost articles and thangs (Oh)
Okay, so whenever he say a keyword, everybody just shout on cue
That's not science
Sh, sh, sh, you're not supposed to say it
Credits
Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu

About “Amerykahn Promise” by Erykah Badu

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