*Erykah Badu stunned many a music fan when she revealed to the podcast Rap Radar that OutKast’s 2000 song “Ms. Jackson” is about her relationship with Andre 3000. The smash single, which reached No. 1 in the U.S., is meant to be an apology from Andre to Badu and her mother.

Badu and Andre dated in the late ’90s and they share a son, Seven Sirius Benjamin, who is now 19. The song was written after the couple broke up.

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Recalling the first time she heard the track, Badu said: “I was working on Mama’s Gun at the item and James Poyser busted into the door. ‘Have you heard “Ms. Jackson” yet?’ I was like, ‘No, I haven’t.’ Then he started playing it. And I still had kind of sore spot. I didn’t want to hear that, especially when I heard Big Boi’s verse. Then when I heard Andre’s verse, I felt very good because his verse was really, really inspiring. You know, ‘Me and you daughter got a special thang going…” He just told how he felt and it was his honest feelings. I always respected that. And listening to what he felt, appreciated it. So I liked it.”

Lyrics from Andre’s verse include: “Me and your daughter got a special thing going on / You say it’s puppy love, we say it’s full-grown / Hope that we feel this, feel this way forever / You can plan a pretty picnic / But you can’t predict the weather, Ms. Jackson.”

“But how did my momma feel? Aww baby she bought her a Ms. Jackson license plate. She had the mug. She had the ink pen. She had the headband. Everything. That’s who loved it,” Badu said.

You can watch this portion of Ms. Badu’s interview in the video below: