------------------ ------------------ *** "Those are your shoes. These are my shoes..." -Slug *** ------------------ ------------------
"'Come to the edge,' he said.
They said, 'We are afraid.'
'Come to the edge,' he said.
They came.
He pushed them...
And they flew." -Guillaume Apollinaire
[Andre 3000] Ahhhh.. I stank I can, I stank I can. The funky engine that could. Oooo oooo yosky, wosky, pisky, wisky All aboard the Stankonia Express, The underground smell road, Everybody's lookin' for an excuse to let loose. What's your locomotive, the chatta nigga choo choo?
[Hook 2X: Andre 3000 + Erykah Badu] Humble as a mumble in the jungle of shouts and screams, That's the way the cracker crumbles, So I guess I've got to re-route my dreams.
[Big Boi] Back on the microphone, your number one controller. I rock the microphone like a blizzard; I'm so cold, I'm tryin' to hold ya. Life is like a great big rollercoaster, Everything in life don't happen like it's s'pose to. Trials and tribulations make you stronger, live longer. You wanna reach the nation, nigga, start from ya corner. Everything in life don't always happen like you plan it. Demand it; over stand it, then you handle it. Fuck wishing, you missing the ambition on your mission. Now you switching, why you quitting 'cause it's heated in the kitchen? Sloppy slipping in your pimping, nigga. You either pistol whoop the nigga or you choke the trigger. You've got to follow through, Struggle to complete your dreams. "No weapon forged against you prospers," 54:17, from Isaiah. Lay a nigga down and spray 'em, If the dealer dealt a fucked up hand of cards, You've gotta play 'em.
[Andre 3000] Too Democratic, Republic fuck it, We chicken nugget, We dip in the sauce like mop and bucket, Blue-collar scholars, Who'll take your dollar and wipe my ass with it, You livin for the lotto, never hit it. I met a critic, I made her shit her drawers. She said she thought hip-hop was only guns and alcohol. I said "Oh, hell naw!" But yet it's that too, You can't discrimi-hate cause you done read a book or two. What if I looked at you in a microscope, Saw all the dirty organisms living in your closet,
Would I stop and would I pause it? Whoo! To put that bitch in slower motion, Got the potion and the antidote, And a quote for collision, The decision is: Do you want to live or wanna exist? The game changes everyday, So obsolete is the fist and marches, Speeches only reaches those who already know about it, This is how we go about it...
Hook [Erykah Badu] ....
[Andre 3000] Humble as a mumble in the jungle of shouts and screams, That's the way the cracker crumbles, So I guess I've gotta re-route my dreams. Y'all can't harm me, it's over.
