Erykah Badu - But You Caint Use My Phone Album Lyrics

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Caint Use My Phone (Suite)

You can call her, but you can't use my phone
You can call her, but you can't use my phone
You can call her, but you can't use my phone

You better use telepathy cause you can't use my phone
Put a message in a bottle, but you can't use my phone
You better use Morse code cause you can't use my phone
Get a towel and some smoke cause you can't use my phone
You can call her, but you can't use my phone

You can call her, but you can't use my phone
You can call her, but you can't use my phone
You can call her, but you can't use my phone
Yeah yeah yeah
Better use telepathy cause you can't use my phone
Get a towel and some smoke cause you can't use my phone
Callin', callin', callin', callin', callin', callin'
Badu, Badu, Badu, Badu, Badu, Badu, Badu, Badu

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Hi

Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello

Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello

Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello (hello, hello, hello, hello)
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello (hello)

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Cel U Lar Device

You used to call me on my cellular device at night
You used to call me on my cellular device at night
And I know when that hotline bling, that could only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling, that could only mean one thing

Ever since I left the city you
Got a reputation for yourself now
Everybody knows and I feel left out
Boy, you got me down, and got me stressed out
Cause ever since I left the city, you
Started gettin' dressed and goin' out more
Glasses of champagne out on the dance floor
Hangin' with some dudes I've never seen before

You used to call me on my cellular device at night
You used to call me on my cellular device at night
And I know when that hotline bling, that could only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling, that could only mean one thing
(Two and four, witness!)

Some people just said let it go
And on and on and such and such
But they don't ride around with us
No, no, no
Ain't that too bad we love to hang
And for a while, it stays the same
But now you tryna change the game
No, no, no

You used to call me on my cellular device at night
You used to call me on my cellular device at night
And I know when that hotline bling, that could only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling, that could only mean one thing

Late night when you need my love
Late night when you need my love
Late night when you need my love
Late night when you need my love

You've reached the Erykah Badu hotline
If you're calling for Erykah, press 1
If you're calling to wish her a happy birthday, Kwanzaa, MLK, Black History Month, Juneteenth, or Hanukkah, press 2
If you're calling because you just saw her on B.E.T, MTV, or any other social media outlet, and you're checking to make sure you're still in good standing, press 3
If you're calling to beg for some shit in general, press 4
If you're calling to beg for some shit, but this is that pre-call before the actual begging, press 5
If you've already made that pre-call and this is the actual call that you beg, press 6
If you're calling to ask for some free tickets in a city near you, and know she don't really f*ck with you like that? Press 7
If you're calling to book Erykah, to flip the first burger at your company BBQ, or to DJ at your little cousins slip-and-slide party, press 8
If you're calling to say peace, and don't really fit into any of those descriptions
Text me, because I don't really answer voicemail

You used to call me on my cellular device at night
You used to call me on my cellular device at night
And I know when that hotline bling, that could only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling, that could only mean one thing

Ever since I left the city you
Got a reputation for yourself now
Everybody knows and I feel left out
Boy, you got me down, and got me stressed out
Cause ever since I left the city, you
Started gettin' dressed and goin' out more
Glasses of champagne out on the dance floor
Hangin' with some dudes I've never seen before

You used to call me on my cellular device at night
You used to call me on my cellular device at night
And I know when that hotline bling, that could only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling, that could only mean one thing

Them people just said let it go
And on and on and such and such
But they don't ride around with us
Oh, no, no
Ain't that too bad we love to hang
And for a while, it stays the same
But now you tryna change the game
Oh, no, no

You used to call me on my cellular device at night
You used to call me on my cellular device at night
And I know when that hotline bling, that could only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling, that could only mean one thing

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Phone Down

I can make you put your phone down
I can make you, I can make you
I can make you put your phone down
I can make you put your phone down
I can make you, I can make you
I can make you put your phone down
I can make you put your phone down
I can make you, I can make you
I can make you put your phone down

I can make you put your phone down
As we cruise through the city
I can make you put your phone down
You ain't gonna text no one when you wit me
I can make you put your phone down
So you can show me attention
And I'll cut mine off too
Boy that'll help when I listen
I can make you put your phone down
Baby we don't need it
Every time you get a message
Act like you don't see it
I can make you put your phone down
Tell me do you copy
I can make you put your phone down
Boy that ain't gon' stop me

I can make you put your phone down
I can make you, I can make you
I can make you put your phone down
I can make you put your phone down
I can make you, I can make you
I can make you put your phone down

Make you not wanna check that again
I could make you put your phone down
Ridin in a drop hair blowin' in the wind
Baby I will put my phone down
Cause when you talk imma listen
I can make you put your phone down
Leave it at the crib guarantee you wouldn't miss it
I could make you put your phone down
And it wouldn't leave your pocket
I can make you put your phone down
Probably wouldn't even know how to unlock it
I could make you put your phone down
I see your friend callin but forget em'
I can make you put your phone down
Your mama probably think you out there missin'

I can make you put your phone down
I can make you, I can make you
I can make you put your phone down
I can make you put your phone down
I can make you, I can make you
I can make you put your phone down

Ahh
I can make you put your phone down
I can make you, I can make you
I can make you put your phone

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U Use To Call Me

(You used to call me)
Ugh, man
You're so beautiful

[ItsRoutine:]
Look I'm about to go in
I'm gonna get inside these bitches head like a sew in
Post to drop in Halloween but really I don't know when
I take all the W's I can get and you get no wins
Yeah, Erykah on my hotline
Recognition from a great, man, it's about time
Fanbase growin' at a steady pace
I don't talk unless the money straight
Look I do it for the music man, the money just a bonus
Everybody that I know is still rap personas
Niggas comin' out the wood works like they Louie
My hair's longer than the twist in the movies
Real niggas wassup

(You used to call me)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(You used to call me)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(You used to call me)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(You used to call me)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(You used to call me)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(You used to call me)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

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Mr. Telephone Man

Mr. Telephone Man (there is something wrong with my line)
Mr. Telephone Man (I get a click every time)
Mr. Telephone Man (there is something wrong with my line)
Mr. Telephone Man (I get a click every time)

Mr. Telephone Man
I called a thousand times, Mr. Telephone Man
I travel all my life, Mr. Telephone Man
Don't you got my message, Mr. Telephone Man
Or maybe hit again, Mr. Telephone Man
Afraid that you can't face it, Mr. Telephone Man
Or maybe it's just different, Mr. Telephone Man

Mr. Telephone Man
Woohoo

Mr. Telephone Man (there is something wrong with my line)
Mr. Telephone Man (I get a click every time)
Nah nah nah nah dah
Mr. Telephone Man (there is something wrong with my line)
Mr. Telephone Man (I get a click every time)

There is something wrong with my line
I get a click every time
Something wrong with my line
Get a click every time

Mr. Telephone Man
Oooh
Mr. Telephone Man
Nah nah nah dah
Mr. Telephone Man
Oooh
Mr. Telephone Man
Oooh

I dialed the right number, but I still couldn't get through

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U Don't Have To Call

You don't have to call
It's okay squirrel
Cause I will be alright tonight
You don't have to call
It's okay squirrel
Cause I will be alright tonight

Ooh boy, what planet do you call from, boy?
Is it Neptunes or Jupiter, boy?
Calling to my loving boy
You know that you deserve it, boy
What planet do you call from, boy?
I know that we just met, oh boy
Calling to my loving boy

You don't have to call
It's okay squirrel
Cause I will be alright tonight
You don't have to call
It's okay squirrel
Cause I will be alright tonight
You don't have to call
It's okay squirrel
Cause I will be alright tonight
You don't have to call
It's okay squirrel
Cause I will be alright tonight

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What's Yo Phone Number / Telephone (Ghost Of Screw Mix)

[Erykah Badu:]
Baby, what's your phone number?
I'm crazy, call me Willy Wonka
Lately you make me really wonder
If you really wanna
Know I'm kinda fast but spend the night
Baby, what's your phone number?
Stay at your scene, really want you just
I see no cookie monster
(Know I'm) kinda fast but spend the night

[ItsRoutine:]
What's your phone number?
Girl, I call you
I can be the one you give your all to
Know I hate to fall when someone falls through
Baby fall through
You're different, f*ck what they all do
Tryna get to know you, wanna love you
But you ain't been introduced to
Ain't tryna hurt or confuse you
Maybe amuse you
Baby, we could do the usual
I think I could use you
I think I could put you in a place and never lose you
We the freaks nigga, we could try to voodoo
You been trying to solve the puzzle, you ain't even got a clue to
I hate the things that you do
You hate the fact that I moved
I'm somewhere with someone new
We talked about a lot but you ain't listen
Man, I'm at the living room of Erykah Badu house
Sipping on some tea, man Zack is the Witness
This is how it goes when you gifted
This is how it goes when you get it
Man, I got some goals for these bitches
Yeah, I keep it [?]
This is Texas, where the girls looking vicious
And I know I'm kind of fast but maybe spend the night
If you with it, what's up?

[ItsRoutine & Erykah Badu]
What's your phone number?
Tell me what's your phone number girl
What's your phone number?
What's your phone number?
What's your phone number, girl?

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Dial'Afreaq

Scientists found the cause of the world sudden dying population of bees is related to cell phones
The bees sync cell phone signals transmitted when the phones ring
Causing them to emit heavy buzzing noises
This frequency confuses the bees, making them fly erratically
Bees use the earth's magnetic field as a compass, but their navigation is now compromised by cell phone radiation
Making it impossible for them hoes to find their way back to the hive
It is unlikely that the world will ever, ever, ever relinquish the convenience of cell phones
Plus how we gon' call Tyrone to help us come get our shit

Here I am, miss Badu
Not Big Sean, but I don't f*ck with you
Shall I go or shall I come?
Live from Badubutron, Nubian Phenomenon
On and on and [?]
Underwater ill motherf*cker from the other son
214, calling my phone
We're from Dallas, baby, freak freak zone
Freak freak zone
Freak freak zone
Here I am, miss Badu
Not Big Sean, but I don't f*ck with you
Shall I go or shall I come?
Live from Badubutron, Nubian Phenomenon
On and on and [?]
Underwater ill motherf*cker from the other son
214, calling my phone
We're from Dallas, baby, freak freak zone

Ya chica ya ya
Ya chica ya ya
Underwater ill motherf*cker from the other son
Live from Badubutron, Nubian Phenomenon
Underwater ill motherf*cker from the other son
Live from Badubutron, Nubian Phenomenon

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I'll Call U Back

I'm in the kitchen, I'm cooking and mixing and fixing the sauces and I'll call you back
Running around in the city, I'm running I like it, I'm busy so I'll call you back
Flipping the switches and bitches come witness that you're in your feelings and I'll call you back
Never the life of the party but I'll get it started this business and I'll call you back

It's business, we've been this
It's business, we've been this and I'll call you back
It's business, it's business
It's business, it's business and I'll call you back
It's business, we've been this
It's business, we've been this and I'll call you back
It's business, it's business
It's business, it's business and I'll call you

Back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back
Back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back
Back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back
And I'll call you back, back, back, back, back
Back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back

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Hello

Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello

[André 3000:]
Okay, challenge
Leave your phone unlocked and right side up
Walk out the room without throwin' your bitch off balance
It's either on or off, ain't no in between when it's valid
I seem to wanna talk more and more 'bout what really matters
I've seen my aura hop out my torso and hit her backwards
Flip watchin' you skip down my corridor, f*ck a ballad
Don't need shit on the side no more, I should know, f*ck a salad
I often have awesome thoughts of tossin' this softer palate
So when we fall any wall, any stall, any crawl, any pause
Any scar, any tar, any dark will dissolve, kill them all
Build-a-bear, build them all, build it where it won't fall
Give it all, give it my all, yeah
Don't wear any drawers, any bra, anymore, in it raw, isn't it raw?
I'm in awe, I'm involved, common law, cummin' on stomach wall
Kermit frog jump off London fog
Bridges in the midst of callgirls my woman calls
Unicorn, you my porn

[André 3000:]
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
I don't know
Will this bitch click over for me?
I mean will this woman click over for me?
Over for me? Over for me?
Is it over for me? Over for me? Over for me?
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
I don't know
Is this bitch gettin' over on me?
If I go down will she go down with me?
Should I, I not be so open, I mean?
Open, I mean? You know what I mean?
Know what I mean?
I don't know
I don't know I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know (I don't know)
Will this bitch click over for me?
I mean will this woman click over for me?
Over for me? Over for me?
Is it over for me? Over for me? Over for me?
I don't know
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
I don't know
Is this bitch gettin' over on me?
If I go down will she go down with me?
Should I, I not be so open, I mean?
Open, I mean? You know what I mean?
Know what I mean?

Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hey, hello, hello

Hello, it's me, it's me, baby
I thought about us for a long, long time
Maybe I think too much but something's wrong
Something that said it doesn't last too long, too long
Maybe I shouldn't think of you as mine, mine, mine, mine, mine
But I can't help it, baby

[André 3000:]
See you, see you
I see it that you want, as much as I do you
I take for granted, that you're always there
I take for granted, that you just don't care
And sometimes
It's just too hard to see it through, babe
And that's why

[Erykah Badu + André 3000:]
It's important to me
That you know you are free
Cause I never want to make you change
For me, babe
Don't change, don't change, squirrel
For me, babe
Don't change, don't change, squirrel
For me, babe
Don't change, don't change, squirrel
For me, babe
Don't change, don't change, squirrel
For me, babe
Don't change, don't change, squirrel
For me, babe
Don't change, don't change, squirrel
For me, babe
Don't change, don't change, squirrel
For me, babe
Don't change, don't change, squirrel
For me, babe
Don't change, don't change, squirrel
For me, babe
Don't change, don't change, squirrel
For me, babe
Don't change, don't change, squirrel
For me, babe
Don't change, don't change, squirrel
For me, babe
Don't change, don't change, squirrel
For me, babe
Don't change, don't change, squirrel
For me, babe