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Artist: Erykah Badu
Canonical path: /erykah-badu/cleva
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Cleva
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Cleva
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This is how I look without makeup
And with no bra my ninnys sag down low
My hair ain't never hung down to my shoulders
And it might not grow
You never know
But I'm clever when I bust a rhyme
I'm cleva, always on your mind
She's cleva
And I really wanna grow
But why come you're the last to know?
I got a little pot in my belly
So nowadays my figure ain't so fly
My dress ain't cost nothin' but seven dollars
But I made it fly
I'll tell you why
'Cause I'm clever when I bust a rhyme
Cleva always on your mind
She's cleva
And I really wanna grow
But why come I'm the last to know?
Alright, alright, alright
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