Erykah Badu Hands Clean Lyrics

Hands Clean Lyrics

If it weren't for your maturity none of this would have happened

If you
weren't so wise beyond your years I would've been able to control myself

If it weren't for my attention you wouldn't have been successful and

If
it weren't for me you would never have amounted to very much



Ooh
this could be messy

But you don't seem to mind

Ooh don't go telling
everybody

And overlook this supposed crime



We'll fast forward
to a few years later

And no one knows except the both of us

And I
have honored your request for silence

And you've washed your hands clean
of this



You're essentially an employee and I like you having to
depend on me

You're kind of my prot¨¦g¨¦ and one day you'll say you
learned all you know from me

I know you depend on me like a young thing
would to a guardian

I know you sexualize me like a young thing would and
I think I like it



Ooh this could get messy

But you don't
seem to mind

Ooh don't go telling everybody

And overlook this
supposed crime



We'll fast forward to a few years later

And
no one knows except the both of us

And I have honored your request for
silence

And you've washed your hands clean of this



what part
of our history's reinvented and under rug swept?

what part of your memory
is selective and tends to forget?

what with this distance it seems so
obvious?



Just make sure you don't tell on me especially to members
of your family

We best keep this to ourselves and not tell any members of
our inner posse

I wish I could tell the world cuz you're such a pretty
thing when you're done up properly

I might want to marry you one day if
you watch that weight and keep your firm body



Ooh this could be
messy and

Ooh I don't seem to mind

Ooh don't go telling
everybody

And overlook this supposed crime