Bag Lady
As recorded by Erykah Badu
oh, ooh, oh, ooh, oh, ooh, oh, oooooh
oh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh, oh, oooooh
Bag lady, you gon hurt your back
Draggin all dem bags like dat
I guess nobody ever told you
All you must hold onto
Is you, is you, is you, ooh
One day all them bags gon get in your way
One day all them bags gon get in your way
I said one day all them bags gon get in your way
One day all them bags gon get in your way, so
Pack light
ooh, oooh
Bag lady, you gon miss your bus
You can't hurry up cause you got too much stuff
When they see you comin ni**as take off runnin
From you, it's true, oh yes they do, ooh
One day he gon say "you crowdin my space"
One day he gon say "you crowdin my space"
I said one day he gon say "you crowdin my space"
One day he gone say "you crowdin my space", so
Pack light
ooh, oooh (yeah, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea)
Girl I know oh
Sometimes it's hard and we can't let go
Oh, when someone hurts you oh so bad inside
You can't deny it, you can't stop cryin
so oh oh oh
oh, ooh, oh, ooh, oh, ooh, oh, oooooh
If you stop breathin...
(one of these days, you gon say)
oh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh, oh, oooooh
(one of these days, you gon say)
Yea, so where my garbage ladies?
(Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go)
What about the grocery bag ladies
(Betcha love can make it better)
I'm talkin to my Gucci bag ladies
(Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go)
What about my paper sack ladies
(Betcha love can make it better)
What about my nickel bag ladies
(Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go)
Backpack-on-your-back bag ladies
(Betcha love can make it better)
What about my buddah bag ladies
(Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go)
How about the cheaper sack babies
(Betcha love can make it better)
So what about the plastic bag ladies
(Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go)
My baby bag mamas, yeah
(Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go)
What about my beaucoup bag ladies
(Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go)
Zip-loc bag ladies
(Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go)