And when I'm on the microphone you best to wear your sweater
Cause I'm cooler than a polar bear's toenails
Oh hell, there he go again talkin that shit
Bend, corner's like I was a curve, I struck a nerve
And now you bout to see this Southern playa serve
I heard it's not where you're from but where you pay rent
Then I heard it's not what you make but how much you spent
you got me bent like elbows, amongst other things, nut I'm not worried
Cause when we step up in the party, like I'm out-you-scurry
So go get your fuckin' shine box, and your sack of nickles
It tickles to see you try to be like Mr. Pickles
Daddy fat sacks, B-I-G B-O-I
It's that same motherfucka that took them knuckles to your eye
And I try, to warn you not to test but you don't listen
Givin the shout out to my Uncle Donnel locked up in prison
And wave 'em like you just don't care
And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
Then everybody say O-Yea-yer
to the female gender, ain't nothin better
Let me know when it's wet enough to enter
If not I'll wait, because the future of the world depends on
Therefore, if not the child we raise gon' have that nigga syndrome
Or will it know to be the hard regardless of the skintone
I really feel that if we tune it, it just might get picked on
Or will it give a fuck about what others say and get gone
They alienate us cause we different keep your hands to the sky
Like Sounds of Blackness when I practice what a preach ain't no lie
I'll be the baker and the maker of the piece of my pie
Now breaker, breaker 10-4 can I get some reply?
Now everybody say...
Thinkin about the second album at the Dungeon shootin pool
Like E-S to the P-N, cuz we adjust to the beat in the zone (zone)
Honey I'm home but I'm not married
Carried a lot of problems around being fustrated
And now I'm sittin at the end of the month I just made it
Like you made the B team
And like the daddy's wife you makin the coffee
You heard the A-T-L-iens
So back the hell up off me
Found a way to channel my anger not to embark
The world's a stage and everybody's got to play their part
God works in mysterious ways so when he starts
the job of speakin through us we be so sincere with this here
No drugs or alcohol so I can get the signal clear as day
Put my glock away I got a stronger weapon
that never runs out of ammunition so I'm ready for war okay
i think the line:
"The alienators cause we different keep your hands to the sky"
is supposed to be:
"They alienate us cause we different keep your hands to the sky"
just throw your hands in the air man
this is such a f*ing cool song... and it came out 10 years ago... these fellas really have an ear for music with longevity (hey ya was written back in the 90s as well)
Old school classic (at least now) before the mainstream caught on. Bought this CD when it came out circa '96 or '97. Lotsa peeps think Outkast were new a couple years ago...haha.
old school outkast is so much better than the new shit..aquemini is the best album..ahh
Ya Outkast was legit back in the early 90's... But they wanted to taste commerical success so they sold out... I wish Andre sounded like he use to...
Ya Outkast was legit back in the early 90's... But they wanted to taste commerical success so they sold out... I wish Andre sounded like he use to...
Going commercial and sold out is one of the stupidest arguments you hear from retards for not liking a former artist. That's their profession and what they want to succeed in. It is like saying a doctor sells out after med school and opens a private practice to make bank. Those same retards would probably argue that the doctor sold out and should have work in a hospital forever. God damn I hate those people.
As for the track. The last 2 lines of lyrics by Andre are awesome. A counter argument for those saying "they no longer drop good tracks anymore" is that they drop even better tracks with probably even better lyrical content with current songs like The Art of Storytellin Part 4 or the Walk it out(remix)
"Do you listen to music or just skim through it?" -Jay-Z
In verse 2 its "my oral illustration"
and then later in verse 2 its "if or if not the child we raise gon' have that nigger syndrome
I don't get why it's called ATliens, or how it's pronounced (a-tee-lee-ens, at-lee-ens?), or even what it's really about! :/ Could someone explain pleeease?