My Life

About My Life

"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" is the title of a 2002 single by singer Erykah Badu and rapper Common. It spent four weeks at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, and reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song also won a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best Solo R&B/Soul Single and the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. The song was featured in the 2002 film Brown Sugar and is found on the film's soundtrack. The song, film, Common's song "I Used to Love H. E. R." and The Roots song "Act Too (The Love Of My Life)" all share a common theme: the personification of hip hop. more »

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2000

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I was standing down down, downtown
Staring at the puddles on the ground
Tryin' to figure out a way up out of this town
And I know yeah, I'm not the only one
So many people out there chase the sun

If you're looking for a free ride, you better run child
Cause you sure won't get too far, oh
You'd better dance a dance
To make the rain come down
If you want to be a star, oh my life

My Life
(Brother you know)
Sure ain't been too easy
My life 
(Sister you know)
The life I wanna live
My life 
(Mama you know)
You're gonna go through changes
My life
No turnin' back 
(I'm tellin' you no)

Ever now and then I
Wanna to throw my hands up in the sky
Cause one day I know I'll be flyin' high
And I know yeah I got to get down
On my knees and pray
Cause in heart I know I'll see that day

When my freedom comes along
I'm gonna run child
Cause I know that I'll go far oh, oh
Can't let nobody kill my soul and bring me down
And they know who they are, oh my life

My Life
(Brother you know)
Sure ain't been too easy
My life 
(Sister you know)
The life I wanna live
My life 
(Mama you know)
You're gonna go through changes
My life
No turnin' back 
(I'm tellin' you no)

My Life
(Brother you know)
Sure ain't been too easy
My life 
(Sister you know)
The life I wanna live
My life 
(Mama you know)
You're gonna go through changes
My life
No turnin' back 
(I'm tellin' you no)

No turning back
Yeah oh 
No turning back
Yeah oh
No turning back
Yeah 
No turning back
Yeah
No turning back
No turning back
No turning back
No turning back
No turning back
No turning back
No turning back
No turning back
No turning back

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Erykah Badu

Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), better known by her stage name Erykah Badu /ˈɛrɨkə bɑːˈduː/, is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, record producer, activist and actress. Her work includes elements from R&B, hip hop and jazz. She is best known for her role in the rise of the neo soul sub-genre, and for her eccentric, cerebral musical stylings and sense of fashion. She is known as the "First Lady of Neo-Soul" or the "Queen of Neo-Soul". more »

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