Hands Clean Lyrics - Under Rug Swept - Erykah Badu

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 protg 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 

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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 

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Ooh this could be messy and 

Ooh I don't seem to mind 

Ooh don't go telling everybody 

And overlook this supposed crime