Children’s songs are usually chided by music snobs (read: adults) as rather, er, juvenile in structure and lyrics. But for Erykah Badu, an R&B artist who’s deeper that most, one children’s rhyme might hold the key to everything (and actually be the best song that ever existed.) Dustin Glick imagines so:

Dustin Glick is a writer, cartoonist and music nerd whose comics can be found at Dustinland.com and in MAD Magazine.