Outkast - War Lyrics
Now get the ***** up off me nigga..[Big Boi]As I, struggle to keep my balance and composureI'm 'posed ta, propose a toast to players on every coast-aThe lyrical roller coaster, mind-bender'Stead of watchin these sucker MC'sI'm seein just how they lyin to the general populationDon't be patient, get up and stand up for your lifeDon't you agree or understand we lost some rights at 1-1-9?Come dumb, come young, come blind unwind confinedto the situation, we facin, cause in time, tick tick boom[singers]Tick, boom.. tick, tick-boomTick, boom.. tick, tick-boomTick, boom.. tick, tick-boomTick, boom.. tick, tick-boom[explosion forward and reversed][scratched: "You're gonna die here" - 2X][Big Boi]When will we all, awake up out this dreamCome here and smell the Folgers, the soldiers are human beingsMan actin as if he was the supreme beinClockin the souls of men out like he was G-O-D andW-A-Rrah, there'll be no tomorrow but sorrowand horror will follow the hollow hearts battle for dollarsPoliticians, modern day magiciansPhysicians of death, more health care for poor healthWho makin us ill, they makin us killThat's makin me spill my guts (chill Big, lay in the cut)For what? I refuse to sit in the backseat and get handledLike I do nuttin all day but sit around watch the Cartoon ChannelI rap about, the Presidential election and the scandalthat followed, and we all watched the nation, as it swallowedand chalked it up, basically America you got *****EDThe media shucked and jived now we stuck - damn![singing - "can't be heard clearly"][scratched: "You're gonna die here" - 2X][Big Boi]Operation Anaconda - ask yourselfwas it full of bleeps and blunders, did they ever find Osama?And why in the ***** did Daniel Pearl have to pay the pricefor his life and his wife plead twice?See Al-Amin got life and Fred got dead, HamptonTo dampen the dream of all the PanthersThey got they answer for ransomAs we read together, as we dream togetherCount your blessings whenever you feel that things won't be no betterBut it got to, you gave me this microphone so I must rock youYour brainwaves, airwaves, energized and SHOCKED youY'all got me, well I got y'all, long as I know y'all listeninI'ma always bring food for thought to the table in the kitchenNow eat nigga!
