She is best known for her singles You Got Me her collaboration with The Roots, as well as her own songs Tyrone, Love of My Life, On & On, Bag Lady, The Healer, Honey and Soldier. Her lyrics are highly personal urban philosophy which throw emotional challenges in the face of the listener. She weaves unusual musical influences together creating a rich texture of sound.
Some music journalists have labeled her Nu soul, nouvelle-soul or neo soul, often comparing her to Billie Holiday in lyrical delivery and grouping her with Maxwell and D'Angelo in musical genre.
Baduizm, Badu's highly acclaimed debut album, was released in early 1997 and debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts. Lead single On & On reached #12 on the singles charts in both the U.S. and UK. Badu received notice for her introspective lyrics and jazzy, bass-heavy sound, and was hailed as one of the leading lights of the burgeoning neo soul genre. Her sophisticated style of singing drew many comparisons to Billie Holiday. Baduizm eventually went triple platinum and, along with On & On, won Grammy Awards at the 1998 ceremonies.
During that year, Badu became involved with rapper André 3000 of OutKast, with whom she had a child, Seven, who was born in 1997. Their relationship ended sometime in the late 90s. Badu recorded her first live album, Live, while pregnant with Seven, and the release of the recording coincided with the birth to her child. Live reached #4 on the Billboard charts, selling double platinum, and spawned another R&B hit single in Tyrone a song chiding a selfish, cheap, and inattentive boyfriend. Badu also collaborated with The Roots (who had previously handled production duties on a number of tracks on Baduizm) on their breakthrough 1999 release, Things Fall Apart. She was featured on the song You Got Me co-written by Jill Scott, which hit the top 40 and won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.
After taking some time off to raise her child, Badu returned in 2000 with Mama's Gun, an album more organic in sound than her previous studio album, and primarily produced by the Soulquarians and noted bassist Pino Palladino. A remix of one of the album's songs, Bag Lady was issued as the first single and topped the R&B charts for seven weeks. The album was well-received, with the lyrical content winning notices from many publications who found some of her lyrics hard to decipher on her initial releases. Despite not charting as high as her first two albums, Mama's Gun was another platinum-selling success, and Bag Lady was nominated for a Grammy.
By 2000, Badu was in a romantic relationship with fellow Soulquarian Common, and Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop) was released as a collaboration between the two on the Brown Sugar soundtrack. Love of My Life hit #9 on the pop charts, topped the R&B listings, and Badu was awarded her fourth Grammy for the song in 2003.
After the release of Mama's Gun and Love of My Life, Badu went through a period of writer's block. She hit the road throughout 2002 and much of 2003 on what she dubbed the "Frustrated Artist Tour," in search of inspiration to write and perform new material. The conclusion of the tour saw Badu head back to the studio with new material, and in September of 2003, the Worldwide Underground was released. More jam-oriented than any of her prior releases, Badu was quoted as saying that the release was designed to serve as one continuous groove. Worldwide Underground reached #3 on the Billboard charts and was certified gold not long after its release, and Badu received four further Grammy nominations for the EP.
After almost four years and the birth of a daughter, Puma, it was revealed in 2007 that Badu had three albums in the works over the course of 2007 and 2008. Honey, a new single produced by 9th Wonder, was leaked online in November 2007, and the new album, titled New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), was released on February 26, 2008.
On August 23, 2008, Badu joined the rock band My Morning Jacket on stage at their show in Dallas, Texas to perform her song Tyrone. Her surprise appearance was met with an enthusiastic reaction from the audience.
On February 1, 2009 Badu gave birth to her third child, a girl named Mars Merkaba with her boyfriend Jay Electronica.
Her album New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) was released on March 30, 2010.
No More Trouble
Erykah Badu Lyrics
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We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
What we need is love (love)
To guide and protect us all (all)
If you hope good down from above (love)
[Bob]
We don't need no trouble
What we need is love
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
Weeping for the living
Weeping for the dead
Weep for one another
Weep for happiness
Weeping for the struggle
Weeping for the pain
Weeping for the children
We must take the blame
[Bob]
Seek happiness
(It's sad enough without your foes)
Come on, you all and speak of love
(It's sad enough without your foes)
We don't need no trouble
What we need is love now
(What we need is love, sweet love)
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
Now end the war which you just begun
It's sad enough without your foes
I thought I told you not to mess with me
Don't want no trouble but trouble found me
But Marley saying speak of love not war
But we be trying but then eh we don't
[Bob]
Oh we don't need no trouble
We don't need no trouble
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
(Make love and not war cause we don't need no trouble)
We don't need no more trouble
The lyrics to Erykah Badu's song, "No More Trouble" express a desire for peace and love rather than violence and conflict. The repeated chorus of "We don't need no more trouble" emphasizes the longing for a world free of strife and discord. Erykah's verse speaks of the necessity of love to guide and protect people, and the importance of helping those who are weaker. She then shifts to talking about weeping for those who suffer and the need for taking responsibility for the harm that has been done to children and others. Bob Marley's verse continues the theme of seeking love instead of war as he urges folks to seek out happiness instead of making more enemies. Together, the lyrics of the song convey the message that love should be the guiding force in our lives and that violence and conflict only bring pain and suffering.
Line by Line Meaning
We don't need no more trouble
There has been too much trouble and we don't need any more of it
We don't need no more trouble
There has been too much trouble and we don't need any more of it
What we need is love (love)
Instead of trouble, we need love
To guide and protect us all (all)
Love can guide us and protect us all
If you hope good down from above (love)
Love can bring good things to us from above
Help the weak if you are strong now (strong)
If you are strong, you should help the weak
Weeping for the living
We cry for those who are still alive
Weeping for the dead
We cry for those who have passed away
Weep for one another
We should cry for each other
Weep for happiness
We should cry for happiness
Weeping for the struggle
We cry for the struggles that we face
Weeping for the pain
We cry for the pain that we feel
Weeping for the children
We cry for the children who are suffering
We must take the blame
We are responsible for the problems that we face
Seek happiness
We should look for happiness
(It's sad enough without your foes)
Life is already sad without enemies
Come on, you all and speak of love
Let's all talk about love
We don't need no trouble
We don't need any more trouble
What we need is love now
Right now, what we need is love
(What we need is love, sweet love)
Love is what we need, specifically sweet love
Now end the war which you just begun
Stop the war that you just started
It's sad enough without your foes
Life is already sad without enemies
I thought I told you not to mess with me
I warned you to stay away from me
Don't want no trouble but trouble found me
I didn't want trouble but it found me
But Marley saying speak of love not war
Bob Marley said that we should talk about love, not war
But we be trying but then eh we don't
We try to talk about love, but sometimes we don't
Oh we don't need no trouble
We don't need any more trouble
We don't need no trouble
We don't need any more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
There has been too much trouble and we don't need any more of it
We don't need no more trouble
There has been too much trouble and we don't need any more of it
(Make love and not war cause we don't need no trouble)
We should love each other, not fight, because we don't need any more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
There has been too much trouble and we don't need any more of it
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Dwayne McDowell
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
What we need is love (love)
To guide and protect us all (all)
If you hope good down from above (love)
Help the weak if you are strong now (strong)
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[Bob]
We don't need no trouble
What we need is love
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
Weeping for the living
Weeping for the dead
Weep for one another
Weep for happiness
Weeping for the struggle
Weeping for the pain
Weeping for the children
We must take the blame
[Bob]
Seek happiness
(It's sad enough without your foes)
Come on, you all and speak of love
(It's sad enough without your foes)
We don't need no trouble
What we need is love now
(What we need is love, sweet love)
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
Now end the war which you just begun
It's sad enough without your foes
I thought I told you not to mess with me
Don't want no trouble but trouble found me
But Marley saying speak of love not war
But we be trying but then eh we don't
[Bob]
Oh we don't need no trouble
We don't need no trouble
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
(Make love and not war cause we don't need no trouble)
We don't need no more trouble
Jane Fredd
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
What we need is love (love)
To guide and protect us all (all)
If you hope good down from above (love)
Help the weak if you are strong now (strong)
[Bob]
We don't need no trouble
What we need is love
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
Weeping for the living
Weeping for the dead
Weep for one another
Weep for happiness
Weeping for the struggle
Weeping for the pain
Weeping for the children
We must take the blame
[Bob]
Seek happiness
(It's sad enough without your foes)
Come on, you all and speak of love
(It's sad enough without your foes)
We don't need no trouble
What we need is love now
(What we need is love, sweet love)
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
Now end the war which you just begun
It's sad enough without your foes
I thought I told you not to mess with me
Don't want no trouble but trouble found me
But Marley saying speak of love not war
But we be trying but then eh we don't
[Bob]
Oh we don't need no trouble
We don't need no trouble
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
(Make love and not war cause we don't need no trouble)
We don't need no more trouble
R. R. Rubin
(We don't need) No, we don't need (no more trouble) no more trouble!
(We don't need no more trouble)
Wo! Oh-oh-oh!
(We don't need) We don't need no (no more) trouble!
We don't need no trouble!
(We don't need no more trouble)
Make love and not war! 'Cause we don't need no trouble.
What we need is love (love)
To guide and protect us on. (on)
If you hope good down from above, (love)
Help the weak if you are strong now. (love)
We don't need no trouble;
What we need is love. Oh, no!
We don't need - we don't need - no more trouble!
Lord knows, we don't need no trouble!
(We don't need) We don't need trouble (no more trouble) -
no more trouble - no more trouble!
Seek happiness! (...) Oh, ...!
Come on, you all and speak of love. (...) Oh, yeah!
We don't need no trouble;
What we need is love, now. (What we need is love!)
(We don't need) Oh, we don't need no more trouble!
We don't need, no - we don't need no trouble!
We don't (need) - no, brothers and sisters ... (no more trouble!)
We don't need no trouble; we don't need no trouble!
We don't need no trouble!
What we need is love!
We don't need - we don't need no more - we don't need -
no more trouble - we don't need no more trouble!
Trouble we don't need (we don't need),
(We don't need) Lord, knows! -
we don't need no more war (no more trouble).
No more trouble - we don't need no more - more trouble!
KC-art
anybody else got the impression that she sings as if the future of the world depends on it? powerful woman...she touches me everytime.
Strikadelic
It does
Taise Tata
Tributo inesquecível ❤️marcado no coração e na vida ❤️
Bad Girl
I LOVE HER VOICE AND ALL🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯🚦🐐🚀✍🏾📽
Dwayne McDowell
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
What we need is love (love)
To guide and protect us all (all)
If you hope good down from above (love)
Help the weak if you are strong now (strong)
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[Bob]
We don't need no trouble
What we need is love
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
Weeping for the living
Weeping for the dead
Weep for one another
Weep for happiness
Weeping for the struggle
Weeping for the pain
Weeping for the children
We must take the blame
[Bob]
Seek happiness
(It's sad enough without your foes)
Come on, you all and speak of love
(It's sad enough without your foes)
We don't need no trouble
What we need is love now
(What we need is love, sweet love)
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
Now end the war which you just begun
It's sad enough without your foes
I thought I told you not to mess with me
Don't want no trouble but trouble found me
But Marley saying speak of love not war
But we be trying but then eh we don't
[Bob]
Oh we don't need no trouble
We don't need no trouble
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
(Make love and not war cause we don't need no trouble)
We don't need no more trouble
Ícaro Lima
Que linda voz. Quanta presença de palco 😍❤💖
DIEGO PEREIRA DOS SANTOS
Realmente , ela só perde pra Lauryn Hill nesse tributo , a queen latifah e a eve também arrasam.....
Jane Fredd
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
What we need is love (love)
To guide and protect us all (all)
If you hope good down from above (love)
Help the weak if you are strong now (strong)
[Bob]
We don't need no trouble
What we need is love
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
Weeping for the living
Weeping for the dead
Weep for one another
Weep for happiness
Weeping for the struggle
Weeping for the pain
Weeping for the children
We must take the blame
[Bob]
Seek happiness
(It's sad enough without your foes)
Come on, you all and speak of love
(It's sad enough without your foes)
We don't need no trouble
What we need is love now
(What we need is love, sweet love)
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
[Erykah]
Now end the war which you just begun
It's sad enough without your foes
I thought I told you not to mess with me
Don't want no trouble but trouble found me
But Marley saying speak of love not war
But we be trying but then eh we don't
[Bob]
Oh we don't need no trouble
We don't need no trouble
[All]
We don't need no more trouble
We don't need no more trouble
(Make love and not war cause we don't need no trouble)
We don't need no more trouble
Anderson Carvalho de Oliveira
A música é universal... Reggae foi criado para louvar Jah por todos os povos!!!! Sinta o som... Viva a Jah!!!!
BRUNO SANTOS
Espetacular! Talento raro ❤