This song was originally created as a long winded poem and got new life when Mama Rose brought it into Jason Faye's studio.
This is the original, one-take, recording of the freestyled melody.
lyrics
I don’t care, you can speak until you can’t.
You can sing and you can dance.
Paint the world in black but I’ll see color still.
As convincing as you try to be I’m not buying what you’re selling me.
I’ve got money baby but oh, it don’t grow on trees. No, it doesn’t grow on trees.
It grows in bushes with sweet black berries and dark green leaves.
Go ahead and try to tell me something different baby, I don’t mind I know where they grow and I can visit whenever I please.
Sometimes I pack a lunch and picnic in their shade.
Their branches always open up to shelter me when it rains.
I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care.
You can speak until you can’t. I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care.
You can sing and you can dance, paint the world in black but I’ll see color still.
As convincing as you try to be I’m not buying what you’re selling me.
I’ve got money baby but oh,
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
It don’t grow on trees.
No. It don’t grow on trees.
I said oh no, no, oh no, no.
I said oh no, no, oh no, no.
I’ll tell you where it grows but even when you see it I bet you won’t believe that it could be so easy, well, baby it’s just easy, so very, very easy to me.
That’s why I’ve got all this money, got bushes full of money, keep my pockets as full as I please.
I’m telling you it’s easy baby.
Your heart can lead you baby. Your passion is your map to all the money that you need.
Just let it be easy baby.
Let it be easy, let it be easy.
It’ll be as easy as you’ll let it be.
I’m telling you it’s easy baby, your heart can lead you baby. Passion is your map to all the money that you need.
Just let it be easy, just let it be easy baby.
And it’ll be as easy as you let it be baby, it’ll be as easy as you let it be.
credits
from drink More water,
track released February 26, 2021
Produced by Jason Faye
Mama Rose is a multi-disciplinary Artist, Psychic and Mother based in Minneapolis, MN. Her music blends genres including
Folk, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Soul and Blues with a focus on including freestyle elements to her recordings, performances and collaborations.
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