Genius Lyrics
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OutKast – ?
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André asks the audience a series of questions about what causes the main flaws of mankind, then reveals that the answer to all of these questions; alcohol.
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OutKast – Hey Ya!
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“Hey Ya!” is the first single from André 3000’s half of OutKast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below double album. André said the following about the concept of this genre-bending song:
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OutKast (Ft. Sleepy Brown) – Funkin' Around
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Track 2 off of Big Boi and Dre Present… released in 2001. The song had originally been unreleased up until it’s inclusion on the compilation album.
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OutKast – Aquemini
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The title track to OutKast’s classic third album acknowledges that all great things must come to an end, but insists that André and Big Boi won’t stop working together until that
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OutKast – GhettoMusick
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Single from OutKast’s 2003 double disc album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
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OutKast – Millennium
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12th track from OutKast’s 1996 album ATLiens.
A main theme of “Millennium” is how even though we are part of a grander universe that is all around us, we define ourselves with our
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OutKast – Intro
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(O-U-T-K-A-S-T) / [André 3000] / Live, from the center of the Earth / Seven light-years below sea level we go / Welcome to Stankonia, the place from which all funky things come
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OutKast – Roses
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“Roses” is the second single released from André 3000’s album, The Love Below, and the third overall single from the OutKast double album following the #1 singles “Hey Ya!” and “
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OutKast (Ft. B-Real & Witchdoctor) – Xplosion
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OutKast collabs with Cypress Hill’s B-Real on this explosive Stankonia track.
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OutKast (Ft. Khujo Goodie) – Gasoline Dreams
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“Gasoline Dreams” describes the corrupted problems of modern life, including drugs, racism, pollution, and immorality. But it promises an apocalyptic solution: the end of the world
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OutKast – Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
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The second single off of Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik introduces common themes throughout the album: southern playas, Cadillacs, and music.
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OutKast (Ft. George Clinton) – Synthesizer
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A commentary from Aquemini on how society is beginning to favor synthetic products of all kinds while opposing natural human experience. André provided some insight on the song’s
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OutKast – Red Velvet
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This Stankonia track warns the audience about the dangers of being a showoff.
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OutKast (Ft. Raekwon) – Skew It on the Bar-B
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On the first non-Dungeon Family feature off of an OutKast album, Raekwon the Chef rips an instrumental that samples Henry Mancini’s “Police Woman”, solidifying OutKast’s role in
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OutKast – Wailin'
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Big Boi and Dre wail on their inferior opponents in this track off of ATLiens.
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OutKast (Ft. Black Owned C Bone, Slimm Calhoun & T-Mo) – Gangsta Shit
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OutKast asks us if we want to hear about some gangsta shit, then proceeds to rap about it without waiting for an answer. Off of Stankonia.
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OutKast (Ft. Sleepy Brown) – Player's Ball
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In the first song that ever got OutKast any mainstream attention, the duo raps about a players ball they attend on Christmas Day. When the song started to move up the Billboard
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OutKast (Ft. Masada & Witchdoctor) – Mamacita
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“Mamacita” takes the crown as the most criticized song on this classic album due to the repetitive chorus. According to producer Rico Wade, this song wasn’t originally created for
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OutKast – Vibrate
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A song about masturbation, but also about being in control of your own destiny and not allowing other people to dictate them.
One of the cool things about “Vibrate” is that the
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OutKast (Ft. Scar & Sleepy Brown) – Morris Brown
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This song is named and themed after the legendary Morris Brown Marching Wolverines of Morris Brown College, located in Vine City, Atlanta, Georgia. True to the track’s name, the
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OutKast – Church
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Big Boi touches on theological themes like sin and evil in this song about existential despair.
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OutKast (Ft. Masada & Witchdoctor) – Mamacita
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“Mamacita” takes the crown as the most criticized song on this classic album due to the repetitive chorus. According to producer Rico Wade, this song wasn’t originally created for
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OutKast – Spaghetti Junction
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This Stankonia cut samples Simon Harris' “FX & Scratches” and compares the modern day plight of the black man to a long-winding highway.
The sample is very subtle, being a simple
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OutKast (Ft. Sleepy Brown) – Crumblin' Erb
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Big Boi and Dre plead the ghetto youth to sit back and smoke a blunt instead of constantly shooting at each other on this cut off of Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik.
This beat
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OutKast (Ft. Khujo Goodie & T-Mo) – Mainstream
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“Mainstream” features two members of the Goodie Mob: T-Mo and Khujo. The song touches on the struggle to survive in the hood, and how some try to live honestly but are brought down
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OutKast – E.T. (Extraterrestrial)
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Extra Terrestrial is a fantastic song in which Big Boi and Andre 3000 examine different ideas such as sinning (specifically the youth) and taking opportunities when you see them.
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OutKast – Chonkyfire
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The closing track to OutKast’s classic Aquemini features a beat filled with guitar riffs that foreshadow the musical direction of OK’s next album, Stankonia. Andre said the
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OutKast – Wheelz of Steel
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This classic OutKast track was one of two ‘A-Side’ singles. It is the second single off their second album, ATLiens. The song itself is about their lives before they were rappers
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P.O.D. – Outkast
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[Pre-Chorus] / I'm an outcast / But don't count me out / I'm an outcast / But don't count me out / I'm an outcast / But don't count me out / I'm an outcast / But don't count me out
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Belly (Ft. Ty Dolla $ign) – Outkast
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[Intro: Belly] / Gain the world or lose it all / Gain it back again / Bounce back / [Hook: Ty Dolla $ign] / Bounce that, bounce that, bounce that, bounce that, bounce that, bounce
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OutKast – Babylon
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“Babylon” reflects on religious attitudes towards sex and illustrates André 3000’s upbringing and his forbidden attractions throughout childhood. He sees America as a modern day
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OutKast – D.E.E.P.
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Dre and Big Boi get deep on this track, addressing and attempting to dispel multiple stereotypes while confirming their black pride.
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OutKast – Knowing
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Also referred to as “The Art of Storytelling Part 3”, as written on Big Boi’s Soundcloud.
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OutKast (Ft. Big Gipp, Khujo Goodie & T-Mo) – Y'All Scared
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A vicious cut from OutKast’s legendary album Aquemini, “Y'All Scared” features the rappers of Goodie Mob and deals with various topics, such as the future, drug culture in youth
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OutKast (Ft. Killer Mike) – Bust
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“Bust” is the 7th song on OutKast’s fifth studio album and double album, Speakerboxxx / The Love Below. The song appears on Speakerboxxx, Big Boi’s first half of the double album
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OutKast (Ft. CeeLo Green & Khujo Goodie) – Reset
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Big Boi recruits longtime Dungeon Family members Khujo Goodie and CeeLo Green of the Goodie Mob for this song about starting over clean (a.k.a. resetting) after making mistakes.
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OutKast – God (Interlude)
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“God” is Andre praying to God, asking for nothing more than a girl who could satisfy his need for love. To his surprise, God turns out to be a female and answers his requests with
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OutKast – Happy Valentine's Day
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The song meaning could be taken to tie into the title of his part of the dual album: The Love Below. He continuously laments people no longer believe in Cupid (it’s from his
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OutKast – Spread
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At this point in the narrative, our protagonist “Ice Cold” has found himself a woman whom he feels a strong connection with both mentally and physically. The physical connection is
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OutKast (Ft. Big Rube & Sleepy Brown) – Stankonia (Stanklove)
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This wacky love ballad closes out Stankonia and features assorted members of the Dungeon Family, before finally fading into nothing but Stankonia.
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OutKast (Ft. Joi) – Movin' Cool (The After Party)
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Song released with OutKast’s greatest hits compilation “Big Boi and Dre Present… OutKast”. R&B song with no rapping with the exception of Big Boi’s (brief) verse. Fairly typical “
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OutKast – True Dat (Interlude)
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The first of many great spoken word verses by Big Rube to appear on an OutKast album.
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Jamaar – LV Outkast
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[Verse 1] / And my generation is full of lean sippin, blunt twistin', pill poppin simple minded band wagon hopping dumb niggas / I smoke too, I ain't tryna sit round and judge
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OutKast – D.F. (Interlude)
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André and Big Boi flaunt their outrageous nicknames on this rapid-fire skit off of Stankonia. D.F. stands for Dungeon Family.
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OutKast – Pink & Blue
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Andre fantasizes about having a relationship with a woman who’s older than him. Nothing wrong with finding a cougar, is there?
The beginning of the song samples Aaliyah’s “Age
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