Erykah Badu - Master Teacher Lyrics






(dreams, dreams, dreams)

I am known to stay awake
(a beautiful world im trying to find)
A beautiful world im trying to find
(a beautiful world, im trying to find)
Ive been in search of myself
(a beautiful world) a beautiful world
Its just too hard for me to find
(dreams, dreams)
Said its just too hard for me to find
(dreams, dreams)
I am in the search of something new
(a beautiful world im trying to find)
Searchin' me,
Searching inside of you
And thats fo' real

What if it were no niccas
Only master teachers?
I stay woke (dreams dreams)
What if there was no niccas
Only master teachers?
I stay woke (dreams dreams)
What if it was no niccas only master teachers now?
I stay woke (dreams dreams)
(what if there was no niccas only master teachers now?)
I stay woke (dreams dreams)

Even if yo baby aint got no money
To support ya baby, you
(I stay woke)
Even when the preacher tell you some lies
And cheatin on ya mama, you stay woke
(I stay woke)
Even though you go through struggle and strife
To keep a healthy life, I stay woke
(I stay woke)
Everybody knows a black or white, there's
Creatures in every shape and size
(I stay woke)

Everybody
(I stay woke)
Everybody, stay
(I stay woke)
Get everybody
(I stay woke)
Everybody body baby
(a beautiful world, a beautiful world) (dreams, dreams)
(a beautiful world, a beautiful world) (dreams, dreams)
(a beautiful world, a beautiful world) im trying to find
(a beautiful world, a beautiful world) im trying to find
(a beautiful world, a beautiful world) im trying to find

I have lone to stay awake
A beautiful world im trying to find
(a beautiful world im trying to find)
See, I am insearch of myself
(a beautiful world, im trying to find)
Ooh its just too hard for me to find
(a beautiful world, a beautiful world)
Said it just too hard for me to find
(dreams, dreams, dreams)
Cuz i'm in the search of something new
(a beautiful world im trying to find)
Search inside me
Searching inside you
And thats the trill

What if there was no niccas
Only master teachers?
(I stay woke)
What if there was no niccas
Only master teacher?
I stay woke)
What if there was no niccas
Only master teachers now?
(I stay woke)
What if there was no niccas
Only master teacher?
(I stay woke)
Noo, what if there was no niccas
Only master teachers?

What if there was niccas
Only master teachers now

Teach us, teach us teach us [fade]

What if there was niccas only master teachers now [fade]

I stay woke [fade]

I stay woke
Mmmm, hey
I stay woke

1,2
1,2,3,4

Baby sleepy time
To put her down now
Ill be standin' round
Till da sun down

I stay woke
I stay woke
I stay woke
I stay woke

Congregation knod they head
And say amen
The deacon fell alseep again and

I stay woke
But i stay woke
I stay woke
I stay woke

Lovers holding hands
And falling deep in love
And sleeping and
Passing conversation

Ooh, i stay woke
I stay woke
I stay woke
I stay woke

Pretty rings and pretty thieves
With shiny lights and little
Pieces of tomorrow

I stay woke
I stay woke
I stay woke
I stay woke

Oh ah, oh ah
I stay woke
Oh ah, oh ah
I stay woke
Oh ah, oh ah
I stay
Oh ah, oh ah
Ohh i stay
Oh ah, oh ah
Oh ah, oh ah

Baby sleepy time
To put her down and
I'll be standin round
Until sun down, hey

Oh ah, oh ah
Oh ah, oh ah
Oooooh, ooooh, ooooh
(oh ah, oh ah)
I stay woke
(oh ah, oh ah)
Mmmm stay woke
(oh ah, oh ah)
I stay
(oh ah, oh ah)
I stay woke, i
(oh ah, oh ah)
I stay woke, yes i do
(oh ah, oh ah)
I stay woke
(oh ah, oh ah)
Mmmmm, mmmmmmm yea
(oh ah, oh ah)
Stay woke
(oh ah, oh ah)
I stay woke





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Erykah Badu Master Teacher Comments
  1. B.... Q....

    WORD!!!

  2. S.... P....

    Miss One masta teachin

  3. O.... A....

    4 all of those whom have/will down thumbs this song......it never was 4 U's.....stay connected to the world and stay sleep....OBMOTE/OBWOTE "Original Black Man Of The Earth/Original Black Woman Of The Earth".....

  4. K.... A....

    Malachi Z.York Channeled the Master Teacher's..

  5. J.... A....

    🍃🍂🌿🌏🌬🌊🔥I stay Woke✊🏾❤

  6. H.... G....

    Heavily underated album.

  7. b.... ....

    That outro hits different at night

  8. d.... l....

    I love me some BADU music. This is my jam. It is uplifting..

  9. R.... T....

    I wish Dr. York or Bobby Hemmitt was on this song .....

  10. E.... C....

    What if their was no niggas only master teacher ? I’d stay woke too many niggas not enough men I’d stay woke ✊🏾

  11. N.... ....

    SANG: Bilal

  12. K.... L....

    I love the way she say 'everybody'

  13. G.... M....

    this song kinda stinks

  14. A.... K....

    Woke meant something when she did this song....sadly even the concept of being woke is mainstream and meaningless now....smh.

    A.... K....

    Meaningless in the sense that it's expanded into a cult-like religion of anti white racism, anti male hatred and anti reason hostility.

    A.... K....

    @Ribb Rotgut your fragile cries are meaningless to me....you just made yourself an available punching bag so to speak....your misery is my entertainment.

    A.... K....

    Do not fear.  Those who know will keep it as it has always been. There will always be those who seek to defile what is sacred.Namaste Bodhisattva.

  15. r.... b....

    Wore dis CD out. Next time MP3!

  16. X.... C....

    People have to wake on their own..it may be trending now..but that's because our ppl are able to get the truth of our history and it's still very little obtainable history.. stop being a stay woke snobb

  17. H.... D....

    One of my favs!
    Georgia Ann Muldrow & Bilal kills this track with Erykah! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

  18. S.... O....

    This is one of the dopest songs Erykah even made... And she's GAM on the track

    "Even when the preacher tell you some lies & cheatin on your momma..." Did she spill the tea on Beckwith??

  19. Y.... H....

    My favorite song on tha album this song gives me lyfe i b n my feelingz

  20. Y.... L....

    That mid-interlude at the 3min mark is so melodic and hypnotic! Keep repeating

  21. C.... B....

    Prevalent 2018

  22. S.... A....

    So lit in truth it's mi #GrindMusic

  23. J.... X....

    Here from the breakfast club interview..

  24. p.... g....

    Lovers holdin hands, & falling deep in love, & sleeping past the conversation.... #STAY WOKE..

  25. p.... g....

    My shit..

  26. R.... W....

    Now I can see clearly. She understood where generational curses came from, hence a song like Twinkle. So, she decides to not only take out the seed of difference from within one generation into the next of her people. She did the duty of our people, to take anything ugly that happened to us including in the spiritual realm & revert it back to its origin of frequency. She's a piscean soul artist, a lot like Jhene.

  27. m.... ....

    Did this song coin or pioneer the phrase "stay woke"?

    m.... ....

    Song is dope but the term stay woke is very old dating back to the seventies. It has made a come back tho.

  28. T.... M....

    Master Teachers...where are tho?

  29. N.... N....

    What I listen to when I wake up every morning!

  30. J.... P....

    The key everytime #Knowledge

  31. C.... U....

    Listening to this song with a whole new set of eyes and ears after seeing BLACK PANTHER!

  32. F.... V....

    Lauren Hill and Erykah Badu!

  33. Z.... ....

    2018 still on repeat

    Z.... ....

    O...yes... 2018 & beyond..

  34. V.... C....

    Georgia Anne Muldrow😍

  35. A.... M....

    STILL FIYAH IN 2018

  36. D.... N....

    this was almost 10 years ago,... before "woke" became what is now a trending fad in corporate America.

    D.... N....

    But aint it amazing witnessing this magic ? Since how long truth been spoke gently and smoof even when storms been outside ? :D more love to one and all ! UP

    D.... N....

    It's more than that.

    Wokeness is now an anti white anti male anti reason morally bankrupt religion.

    D.... N....

    @Ribb Rotgut Ha! Tell that to Siddhartha...Sakyamuni...Shakyamuni... Buddha.

  37. r.... r....

    Do I hear a little inspiration for Beyonce's higher verse on Jay Z Family Feud?! Lol love Miss Badu

  38. G.... H....

    Claude Anderson, John Henrik Clarke, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, Yvette Carnell, The last poets, Greg3G, just to name a few any body about black life are Master teachers

  39. O.... ....

    Peace to all the Gods and Earths! I stay woke!

  40. J.... L....

    Flipping the beat of
    "Freddie's Dead?"
    Only Badu!

    J.... L....

    Sa-Ra Creative Partners gave her some major heat on this album

  41. d.... d....

    Georgia anne muldrow on the beat and jumped it off this chit is still incredible dam!!!!!

  42. C.... L....

    #IStayWoke

  43. w.... S....

    George Clinton level of funk music,,, good Ish

  44. A.... K....

    Erykah, I love you! Te quiero! Ti amo! Ich liebe dish! Je t'aime!.....

  45. P.... G....

    This is my jam, lookin up old stuff, glad I did

  46. N.... ....

    Dreams: Dreams
    I am in
    The search of
    Something New
    A beautiful world
    I am trying to find
    Searchin' me..

  47. B.... ....

    Use to listen to Madoula when she first came out, then fell off, but on my journey she has popped in my soul again. Glad about it!!! Stay Woke... The Healer resonates all in my SOUL!!! thAnkh you Madoula

  48. O.... ....

    Yep, this is that shit!!! I stay woke! GET OUT!

    O.... ....

    ORIGINALTHINKA exactly

    O.... ....

    ORIGINALTHINKA way before then. Almost 10 yrs now #Staywoke

  49. Q.... L....

    Thank you...I STAY WOKE!

  50. G.... L....

    GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW

  51. s.... ....

    Fuck I miss music. Will we ever see music like this ever again? Other than kendricks album I haven't heard anything that comes close to moving my soul. I guess we are lucky to have experienced artists like badu unlike the current generation.

    s.... ....

    Diamond Jackson I appreciate that fact, I have all her albums, road tripped 12 hrs. to see her DJ in the D... Am just saying was very underwhelmed & it strange enough felt like a rush job, a tongue in cheek project retorting to current musical trends.

    s.... ....

    Diamond Jackson Profound. Thank you Ms. Jackson.

    s.... ....

    The Internet, Tyler the Creator, Kali Uchis, Hiatus Kaiyote, BBNG, Kaytranada, Noname, IAMDDB, J.Cole, Brockhampton to name a few

    s.... ....

    you just gotta search a little harder my brotha

    s.... ....

    @liliuuum yup yup yup

  52. y.... ....

    #IStayWoke

  53. B.... ....

    my favorite record this is so appropriate for is going on with America right now!!!

  54. T.... E....

    💓💓💓

  55. L.... J....

    I stay woke...

    L.... J....

    +Dan // stay woke = always being conscious of what is happening to you and around you. Not being asleep.

    L.... J....

    If you dont get it you probably don't need to. or never will.

    L.... J....

    @Dan // it's a cult of anti white anti male anti reason hostility.

    L.... J....

    Stop talking nonsense. Please listen to MCA of the Beastie Boys and get hip:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50OHxCnooQs&feature=emb_logo

    L.... J....

    @Dan // not 4 u....

  56. M.... W....

    Beautiful my fav word

  57. A.... W....

    It's like a dull knife,just ain't cutting ("JB") this is not music, sounds like someone who is desperate . Give it up grand Ma ! #MoveOn Try something new like good music !

    A.... W....

    Anthony Williams
    you're slump dog

    A.... W....

    Anthony Williams lmao... Delete this dumbass comment nephew

    A.... W....

    For real do you not know how old this song is lol? Delete your comment

  58. w.... a....

    Thundercat's is deeper than mantle.

    w.... a....

    w. andre bellamy love TC

  59. L.... H....

    I have been a fan from the beginning.

  60. C.... C....

    the second part 3:00 min breakdown my fav part

  61. C.... C....

    the second part 3:00 min breakdown my fav part

  62. m.... p....

    one of my favorite songs Georgia Anne Muldrow wrote

    m.... p....

    Yup!⭐⭐⭐⭐
    I LOVE ME SOME GEORGIA ANN MULDROW!⭐⭐⭐⭐

  63. j.... c....

    still motivating!!!

  64. B.... ....

    I just got it!

    B.... ....

    as long as you get that's all that count I understood it the first time I heard it and was instantly in love with this whole record from top to bottom!!!

  65. G.... R....

    Everybody!

  66. C.... E....

    TRUTH.......

  67. a.... ....

    No Time For Sleep..........I STAY WOKE✊🏽

  68. K.... H....

    Erykah Badu is Life!

    K.... H....

    Very nice, a good Sunday.

    K.... H....

    Gm my friend how was your weekend

    K.... H....

    Good, yours?

    K.... H....

    Hey babe how's your morning going

    K.... H....

    Good, how is yours?

  69. M.... ....

    "Even when the preacher tell you some lies and cheatin' on ya mama I STAY WOKE"......are we spilling so TEA Georgia Anne Muldrow?!?

    M.... ....

    one could assume?

    M.... ....

    lol yep...

    M.... ....

    I said the same thing 😏😏😏

  70. h.... ....

    Earl got me here, fuckin happy as hell 

    h.... ....

    @happeetrales Lol...at least real impactful artists are being heard now. Not saying Sweatshirt isnt, but real impacts real

    h.... ....

    +happeetrales Same here nigga aha

    h.... ....

    +happeetrales welcome .. :)

    h.... ....

    happeetrales exactly bro i heard it from him

  71. M.... B....

    I love this song!!

    M.... B....

    Kiyona Hawkins oh yes I have long to stay awake a beautiful world I'm trying to find🎶🎶🎶🎶😆

    M.... B....

    chitown702 #Staywoke

  72. T.... B....

    This is one of the illest songs ever in my opinion, queen Erykah queen Georgia & Bilal killed this song here. Straight dopeness.

    T.... B....

    Temu AtenRe this is from 2008 u know that right? #Staywoke

    T.... B....

    Terrence Ball didnt know bilal was on this

    T.... B....

    Terrence Ball I didn't know Bilal was in this yesss

    T.... B....

    ABSOLUTELY!!!! A rare gem!!

  73. t.... ....

    What if

    t.... ....

    what it if👆

  74. D.... D....

    I'm chilling with Ms. Badu tonight

  75. M.... J....

    The Anthem!