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Bonita Applebum Lyrics

Intro: Q-Tip

Do I love you?
Do I lust for you?
Am I a sinner cuz I do the two?
Could you let me know
Right now, please
Bonita Applebum

Chorus:

Bonita Applebum, you gotta put me on (repeat 4X)

Q-Tip:

(pause between every verse)
Hey Bonita, glad to meet ya
For the kind of stunning newness, I must have foreseen ya
Hey, being with you is a top priority
Ain't no need to question the authority
Chairman of the board, the chief of affections
You got mine's to swing in your direction
Hey, you're like a hip hop song, you know?
Bonita Applebum, you gotta put me on

Chorus

38-24-37 (uh, uh, uh!)
You and me, hun, we're a match made in heaven
I like to kiss ya where some brothas won't
I like to tell ya things some brothas don't
If only you could see through your elaborate eyes
Only you and me, hun, the love never dies
Satisfaction, I have the right tactics
And if you need 'em, I got crazy prophylactics
So far, I hope you like rap songs
Bonita Applebum, you gotta put me on

Chorus
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Submitted by
ice On Jun 25, 2001
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Cover art for Bonita Applebum lyrics by A Tribe Called Quest

i looooooooooooooove this SONG

Cover art for Bonita Applebum lyrics by A Tribe Called Quest

I love this song!!! it was so ghetto-90's love!!! I even remember the video!!! This song is straight-up love, straight from a male's point'-of-view. (I mean, how often do you get that? That's beauty right there!) It as the sweet, human infactuation-type s--t... and this song will always get me. (You ever wondered where the Fugees got the beat for "Killin' Me Softly remake.... right here.)

Cover art for Bonita Applebum lyrics by A Tribe Called Quest

i loved this song growing up, and i used to sing a long with the line "And if you need 'em, I got crazy prophylactics" until my dad told me that prophylactics are condoms....still a chill song tho.

Cover art for Bonita Applebum lyrics by A Tribe Called Quest

the song is pretty self explanatory can't believe no one has commented this song is hot just like every other one of the album

Cover art for Bonita Applebum lyrics by A Tribe Called Quest

I used to think it was "Renita Applebaum" that the guy was in love with a JAP! (well wasn't Hendrix at one point?) Just the viewpoint of The Tribe. LOL

Cover art for Bonita Applebum lyrics by A Tribe Called Quest

So what does this song mean?

Cover art for Bonita Applebum lyrics by A Tribe Called Quest

I just heard this on the radio and I can't understand why "prophylactics" was edited out. Why are we censoring safe sex practices but it's okay to play songs about sex with strippers and skeeting on them in a club?