Outkast - Mainstream Lyrics
Verse 1:Revolutionary, scaryThought provoking, spoken,Words of a chain I dont feel but I see,Visions from meAt twenty three making us free in my communityOne day is what I live for,Aint thinking about no hope no moreI got my boots I kick it till I get withAdapt and overcome, oh hum humGo get my gun, load up for fun, and put down with the frownWhat goes round comes round from m.l.k. to cascadeI know its through them plenty figuresCocaine dealers walk the wrong sideUp in they rides,Looking cleaner then I seen them the last timeThen selling dimes, now its quarter keys, stacking gsIn the south indiesMy nigga them folks riding bicycles among vehiclesOff in the hoodKnowing each and every nigger sellin, but can you blameThe fact the only way a brother can survive the gameThe block hard to get by the dope dealing, fatal killingsIn fair times so writing rhymesIt aint just the policeWe kill each other just lost another brotherFast living will get you took,Thinking it cant happen to you and then it doOff crooked schemes its just a dreamFloating face down in the mainstreamChorus:Think it is when it aint all peaches and creamThats why some are found floating face down in the main streamVerse 2:They swan divinFit they name be thrashing an albumGo-kart rushin to finish their album then you find themLost, dog paddling, back stroking, what done happened?Be rhymin catching the day when the recipe calls for black andWrong ingredients,Maybe too much herbs and spices,Maybe you got hungry for the wrong dishSouthern greens and this entice them how them joke the sameSo Im gonna sing just like them to get where they atIll even break my by back to touch their rim if I gottaMy alta mater be that I followI bite whatever thats looking tasty, water it down then swallowI hope you vomit, wont call no names cause thats not my jobIt just applies to whom it may concern you know who you areBut if you dont you never will, you just receive the steelBut then it might get ugly cause trust me niggas do feelThe way that I felt when I wrote this, but we must stay in focusWe kings and queens up in this thing, get rid of all them jokersFace down, face down, face down(chorus)Verse 3:I let you stay in my crib, now you know where I liveWhen you was hungry, fed you a hot meal, look at the hand you dealMe crudball business giving niggers inches so here, take a footLuck only counts in rabbits feet and horseshoes,Experience is sometimes the best teacher until we get our own plateI hope you dont mind me eating off of yours,Process momma moping like jerryMeanwhile, fairies of the street tinkling pixie dust over greeneryNever to obtain another level of con-scienceOnly to test, to poke and seeWhy laying here, they scheme over one another mouth to feed? ? ? with a decision to make, now words shake your destinyBut a missle will take it all the way just as quick as you can sayI wish I never did what I did now face this bidIt was the company you kept, the many places you sleptWhen you shouldnt have, geeking like a rat, jumping like a trapContributing to sin and your nigga ***** in the court showing paper thinGot you niggers where they want you again,Floating face down in the mainstreamThats why, thats why, thats why(chorus)Verse 4:Everybodys a player, rubbin them kangols on their headThinking its all about your clothes, nigger its all about your selfThe way you feel about your life, the times that you done shared withYour friends and family, up and down like hoes give headTo dicks oh, six, serving them in the mix, but aint no mysteryYou know the history about this clique *****Oh, what, you want me to call you slut?Then why you *****ing all them niggers letting them all up in your gutsBut see that aids Im afraid thats why I play the quiet roleI lay in the cut, every month thinking Ill let that fire rollLike chimneys, and smoke signals, maybe peace pipes evenMy partners call me big boi and my first name is not stevenIn the mainstream, home team banging them with these hitsIn the mix flowing like some mother*****ing swordfish(chorus x4)
