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Artist: Erykah Badu
Canonical path: /erykah-badu/time-s-a-wastin
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Time's a Wastin
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Time's a Wastin
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Yeah
Time's a wastin'
Don't you take your time young man
Keep on driftin and
Ain't no tellin where you'll land
Run, baby, run, run
Where you runnin to?
And who you runnin from?
Some people may not understand
What it means to be a man
Takin' full command
Cause we're
Livin in a world that's, oh, so strange
Boy, don't let your focus change
Takin out the demons in your range, hey
Livin in a world that's, oh, so fast
Gotta make your money last
Learn from the past, oh
Time's a wastin'
Don't you take your time young man
Keep on driftin and
Ain't no tellin where you'll land
Sweet love and sunshine
If it's all in the air
Then it's all on your mind
Breathe, baby
Come back to the world
Dig up all your pearls
Teach the boys and girls, hey
Livin in a world that's, oh, so strange
Boy, don't let your focus change
Takin out the demons in your range, hey
Livin in a world that's, oh, so fast
Gotta make your money last
Learn from the past, oh
Oh, baby, we need to smile
Oh, baby, we need to smile
Oh, baby, we need to smile
Oh, baby, we need to smile
Time's a wastin'
Don't you take your time, young man
Keep on driftin and
Ain't no tellin where you'll land
Oh, baby, we need to smile
Oh, baby, we need to smile
Oh, baby, we need to smile
Oh, baby, we need to smile
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Time's a wastin'
Don't you take your time, young man
Keep on driftin and
Ain't no tellin where you'll land
Ain't no tellin, oh, oh
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