The group's original musical style was a mixture of Dirty South and G-Funk. Since then funk, soul, pop, electronic music, rock, spoken word poetry, jazz, and blues have been added to the group's musical palette. The duo consists of Atlanta native André "Andre 3000" Benjamin (formerly known as Dré) and Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton.
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is one of only four hip-hop albums to be certified Diamond in the U.S. for shipping over 10 million units. Along with Outkast's commercial success, they have maintained an experimental approach in their music and are widely praised for their originality and artistic content.
Benjamin and Patton met while attending Tri-Cities High School, a Visual and Performing Arts School. Benjamin's parents were divorced and he was living with his father. Meanwhile, Patton had to move with his four brothers and six sisters from Savannah to Atlanta. Benjamin and Patton eventually teamed up and were pursued by Organized Noize, a group of local producers who would later make hits for TLC. The duo initially wanted to be called "2 Shades Deep" or "The Misfits", but because those names were already taken they later decided to use "OutKast" based on finding "outcast" as synonym for "misfit" in a dictionary. OutKast, Organized Noize, and schoolmates Goodie Mob formed the nucleus of the Dungeon Family organization.
OutKast signed to LaFace Records in 1992, becoming the label's first hip hop act and making their first appearance on the remix of label mate TLC's "What About Your Friends". In 1993, they released their first single, "Player's Ball". The song's funky style, much of it accomplished with live instrumentation, was a hit with audiences. "Player's Ball" hit number-one on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart.
Their debut album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, was issued on April 26th, 1994. This initial effort is credited with laying the foundation for southern hip hop and is considered a classic by many hip hop aficionados. Every track on Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik was produced by Organized Noize and featured other members of the Dungeon Family. Follow-up singles included the title track and "Git Up Git Out", a politically charged collaboration with Goodie Mob that was later sampled by Macy Gray for her 1999 hit "Do Something." On this early material, both André and Big Boi contrast lyrical content reflecting the lifestyles of pimps and gangsters with politically conscious material commenting on the status of African Americans in the South. OutKast won Best New Rap Group at the Source Awards in 1995. In the same year, the group contributed "Benz or a Beamer" to the popular New Jersey Drive soundtrack.
ATLiens was OutKast's second album, released on August 27th, 1996. The album exhibited more self-consciousness, and further solidified OutKast as the flagship representatives of the 1st generation Dungeon Family and the Southern hip hop movement. The album helped the group earn more recognition among East Coast hip hop fans in the East and West coasts.
For this album, OutKast joined with partner David "Mr. DJ" Sheats to form the Earthtone III production company, which allowed the group to produce some of their own tracks. "ATLiens" was the group's second Top 40 single (following "Player's Ball" from their first album), and reflected the beginning of André's increasingly sober lifestyle: "No drugs or alcohol/so I can get the signal clear," he rhymes about himself. "Elevators (Me & You)," OutKast's first self-produced single, became the group's first Top 20 hit the same year.
OutKast's third album Aquemini was released on September 29, 1998 and also reached the number-two position on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States; its title was a combination of the zodiac signs of Big Boi (an Aquarius) and André (a Gemini). The album was widely praised as possibly the group's best material to date: when reviewed by popular hip-hop publication The Source, it received the much-coveted "5 Mics" (out of five) rating.
Producing more material themselves, both Big Boi and André explored more eclectic subject matter, delving into sounds inspired by soul, trip hop, and electro music. The album featured production by Organized Noize and collaborations with Raekwon, funk pioneer and musical forebear George Clinton, and Goodie Mob.
In 1999, OutKast and LaFace Records were sued by Rosa Parks over the album's most successful radio single, which bore Parks' name as its title. The lawsuit alleged that the song misappropriated Parks' name, and also objected to some of the song's obscene language.
The song's lyrics were largely unrelated to Parks, save for a line in the chorus: "Ah ha, hush that fuss / Everybody move to the back of the bus". The song, which OutKast maintained was intended partly as homage, only refers to Parks as a metaphor: the purpose of the song's chorus is to imply that OutKast is overturning hip hop's old order, that people should make way for a new style and sound. The initial lawsuit was dismissed. Parks' representation hired lawyer Johnnie Cochran to appeal the decision in 2001, but the appeal was denied on First Amendment grounds. In 2003, the Supreme Court allowed Parks' lawyers to proceed with the lawsuit.
In 2004, the judge in the case appointed an impartial representative for Parks after her family expressed concerns that her caretakers and her lawyers were pursuing the case based on their own financial interest. Later that same year, the members of OutKast were dropped as co-defendants, and Parks' lawyers continued to seek action against LaFace and parent company BMG. In 2003 André told UK journalist Angus Batey that, following a Detroit concert in the midst of the legal battle, relatives of Parks had approached him and implied that the case was less to do with Rosa than with the lawyers. The suit was finally settled on April 14, 2005, with neither OutKast nor their label having to admit any wrongdoing. The group did, however, have to agree to perform some sort of tribute to Parks.
Originally titled "Sandbox", the pair's fourth album, "Stankonia", was released in October 2000 to excellent reviews. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., and would eventually be certified quadruple-platinum. Stankonia's first single was "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)", a high-tempo jungle-influenced record. The second single, "Ms. Jackson," combined a pop hook with lyrics about divorce and relationship breakups, particularly André's breakup with singer Erykah Badu; the titular "Ms. Jackson" character being a doppelgänger for Badu's mother. It was at this time that André changed his stage name to the current "André 3000".
The single became their first pop hit, landing the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the number-two position on the UK Singles Chart. The album's final single was the Organized Noize-produced "So Fresh, So Clean", featuring a credited guest appearance from regular guest vocalist and Organized Noize-member Sleepy Brown and garnered a remix featuring Snoop Dogg. All three singles' videos had heavy MTV2 airplay, and Outkast won two 2001 Grammy Awards, one for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Ms. Jackson", and another for Stankonia as Best Rap Album.
During the recording of Stankonia, OutKast and Mr. DJ began producing tracks for the artists on their Aquemini Records imprint through Columbia, including Slimm Cutta Calhoun and Killer Mike, who made his debut on Stankonia's "Snappin' & Trappin."
Webzine Pitchforkmedia.com named Stankonia the 4th greatest album released between 2000 and 2004 in its 2005 feature. In 2009, B.O.B. was chosen as the number one song of the decade.
In December 2001, OutKast released a greatest hits album, Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast, which also contained three new tracks. One of these new tracks was the single "The Whole World," which won a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Killer Mike also was featured on the song, gaining some exposure among areas outside of his native Atlanta. The other two new songs were called "Funkin' Around" and "Movin' Cool (The After Party)"
The same year OutKast participated in the only Dungeon Family group album, Even in Darkness, along with Goodie Mob, Killer Mike, Sleepy Brown, Witchdoctor, and Backbone among others, and featuring Bubba Sparxxx, Shuga Luv and Mello. In 2002, the group and Killer Mike contributed the lead single "Land of a Million Drums" to the Scooby Doo soundtrack.
In September 2003, OutKast released a double album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. It is essentially two solo albums, one by each member, packaged as a single release under the OutKast banner; the two members also appear on each others' discs for a few songs apiece. Big Boi's Speakerboxxx is largely a funk and Dirty South blended party record; André 3000's The Love Below features only brief instances of hip hop, presenting instead elements found in funk, jazz, rock, electronic music, and R&B.
The album is also OutKast's biggest commercial success yet, having debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart at number-one and stayed there for several weeks. The album eventually sold over five million copies, and, as double-album sales count double for Recording Industry Association of America certification, the album was certified diamond for 10 million units shipped in December 2004. Its latest certification, in May 2006, reaches 11 million copies in shipping.
The first two singles from the album(s), which were released nearly simultaneously, were Big Boi's "The Way You Move" and André 3000's "Hey Ya!" The video for "Hey Ya!" is based on The Beatles' landmark appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The video's storyline has "The Love Below"—a fictional band with all members, through the use of special effects, played by André—performing in London. "Hey Ya!" was the number one song on the very final weekend of American Top 40 with Casey Kasem. It was also number one a week later on the very first weekend of American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest. The singles spent ten weeks at number one on the Hot 100 singles chart, with "Hey Ya!" spending nineteen weeks and "The Way You Move" briefly taking over in February 2004. These singles were seen as a breakthrough for the hip-hop industry, being among the first hip-hop songs to be widely played on adult contemporary radio stations.
OutKast's next official single was not released until the summer of 2004. "Roses", a track featuring both members from The Love Below half of the album, did not meet the level of success as either of its predecessors, but it became a modest-sized hit on urban radio and the American music video networks. The video for "Roses" is loosely based on the musical West Side Story and Grease. It featured sparring 1950s-style gangs, one representing Speakerboxxx, and one representing The Love Below, parodying the widespread arguing among critics and fans as to which half of the album was better and that the two members were estranged. The final singles were André 3000's "Prototype", which was paired with a science fiction-themed video about alien visitors, and Speakerboxxx's "Ghettomusick," which featured both members of OutKast and a sample from a song by Patti LaBelle, who also makes an appearance in the video.
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below won the Grammy Award for the 2004 Album of the Year, becoming only the second rap album to ever receive the honor (the first being The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill in 1999). OutKast was one of the headlining acts at the show, and gave two performances: Big Boi performed "The Way You Move" during a medley with George Clinton & P-Funk and Robert Randolph and the Family Band, while André 3000 performed "Hey Ya!" as the show closed. In February 2004, André 3000's performance, which featured female dancers moving wildly around a green teepee in war paint and feathered headdresses, was criticized by the Native American Cultural Center, who called for a boycott of OutKast, Arista Records, NARAS, and of CBS, the broadcaster of the awards show. CBS later apologized.
Between OutKast albums, Big Boi and André 3000 ventured into film projects. André co-starred in John Singleton's action film Four Brothers and also had a part in Be Cool, while Big Boi took a featured role in the T.I. movie ATL. Both members also began working on a joint film, Idlewild, directed by OutKast music video director Bryan Barber. Idlewild, a Prohibition-era musical film set to a blues-influenced hip-hop soundtrack, was released on August 25, 2006 by Universal Pictures. The Idlewild soundtrack was released August 22, 2006. Its lead single, "Mighty 'O'", features both OutKast members, and was briefly played exclusively on local Atlanta radio stations before being issued as a single in May 2006. They released and shot the video for "Morris Brown" instead. A video for "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry About Me)" soon followed.
Aquemini Records folded in 2004, and Big Boi founded a new record label, Purple Ribbon Entertainment, to be distributed by Virgin Records. Among its first signees were Sleepy Brown, Bubba Sparxxx, and Killer Mike, Big Boi has released a group album/compilation, titled Big Boi Presents... The Purple Ribbon All-Stars - Got Purp? Vol. 2.
One album remains on the band's LaFace contract. It was originally planned as a ten-track release called 10 The Hard Way; shortly after Idlewild was released, the duo confirmed the album is still in the works, though both have begun new projects without releasing any new information on the album. Due to both Big Boi and André's interest in separate projects such as movies, TV (André's Class of 3000) and solo albums, rumors of a split have turned up frequently in the media. André denied those rumors in a phone interview with MTV News, stating that even though they do not feel like performing on stage together, OutKast is "still tight". In an August, 2006, interview with UK journalist Craig McLean, after emphasizing that they would not split, the pair looked beyond music and film careers, Big Boi suggesting he may consider running for the job of Mayor of Atlanta in the future.
In 2007, Andre 3000 confirmed a new OutKast album would be released, but said that he and Big Boi released solo records first, stating the group album is still possibly two years away. Big Boi's solo album will be released first in June/July of 2009, with the first single, "Royal Flush" (also featuring Andre 3000, essentially making it an OutKast song), planned to have been released on December 31, 2007, but was not released on the announced date. Big Boi announced on his MySpace that the release date for Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty is now sometime in the summer of 2009.
On Nov 14, 2008, the Guardian reported that OutKast will release their follow-up to Idlewild in 2009 after Big Boi and Andre 3000 release their solo albums in the same year. As of August 2009, the albums have not yet been released.
D.E.E.P
OutKast Lyrics
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D.E.E.P. you want to go D.E.E.P., I'll take ya D.E.E.P
You know you fucked up when you let my mind creep
Deeper than the page of a book let me look
You let me hit the stage, that's when I got my folks hooked like
D.E.E.P. you want to go D.E.E.P., I'll take ya D.E.E.P
You know you fucked up when you let my mind creep
You let me hit the stage, that's when I got my folks hooked like
Deeper than deep dish, hammers and vogues
Deeper fish in the O(cean)
I got my gun on standby, like Coast Guards
You boast hard, you'll get your salty ass crumbled like erb, word (hey man)
You heard it here first with your master plan in reverse
I ain't the one with the curse, so disperse, yes, catching plagues
Niggas catching AIDS, niggas getting sprayed, niggas on they way
To a dead end, you won't catch me spreading no white thighs
I only see afro bitches up in my eyes
I don't eat no beef and surely not no pork
I used to drink that 8, but now I shove it down your throat
Quote, 'If they kill they own folks, what you think they gonna do to you?'
I'm Outkasted and claiming true
Aiming two at your muthafucking spine
No, I make that three cause I don't wanna hear you whine
Swine, got my folks blind, like Stevie
Me be, wondering when I'm gonna see the end
Andre 'gain slamming backs like King acts
Over Organized tracks full of facts
So you know that it's D.E.E.P
You want to go D.E.E.P., I'll take ya D.E.E.P
You know you fucked up when you let my mind creep
Deeper than the page of a book let me look
You let me hit the stage, that's when I got my folks hooked like
D.E.E.P. you want to go D.E.E.P., I'll take ya D.E.E.P
You know you fucked up when you let my mind creep
Deeper than the page of a book let me look
You let me hit the stage, that's when I got my folks hooked like
Well, you want me to get D.E.E.P., well then, I will
What? What will happen if you shoot that nigga and don't kill
He will come back and return like Lalah Hathaway
Aiming for your skull, yeah I'm flexing on you that a way
So if you pulling a tool, nigga you better use it
Cause if you're threatening my life, better believe I'll be a fool with it
I don't take no shit from nobody
I gots the Goodie Mo crew right beside of me
Damn, no pain, no gain, so I'mma hurt you
Breaking knees and elbows like I used to break my curfew
My mama used to tell me if a nigga ever hit me
Just to pick up the closest thing and knock the living shit out of he
So if you run up, you get done up, I'mma end it
Throw the gun up out the window, see the corner that I bent it
It's just so simple when we get so D.E.E.P
Learn a lesson, pick up the album when it hits the streets like
D.E.E.P. you want to go D.E.E.P., I'll take ya D.E.E.P
You know you fucked up when you let my mind creep
Deeper than the page of a book let me look
You let me hit the stage, that's when I got my folks hooked like
D.E.E.P. you want to go D.E.E.P., I'll take ya D.E.E.P
You know you fucked up when you let my mind creep
Deeper than the page of a book let me look
You let me hit the stage, that's when I got my folks hooked like
No, I ain't never been pimped by the system
That's because I ain't no slave
Don't be trying to sunbathe, never lived off in no cave
Bloody old chap and in this head of mine is full of naps
And the only thing I know is how to fuck and how to rap
Y'all think I'm stupid cause I shoots 'em up like cupid
And if you gave me a basketball, I'll show you how to shoot it
My head's polluted cause I'm zooted, bobbin to the bottom
If a pair of Jordan's came out, y'all figure that I got 'em
But no I don't because I don't be having funds
The gold that I am wearing is really made out of bronze
It weighs a ton and making my neck turn green
And I got a criminal record that will never come clean
Oh, and it seems that I make babies like a rabbit
And then never taking care of them has just become a habit
I grab my tablet and get busy with the pen
Y'all could not be just like me if y'all was my twin
So you get mad and try to make me inferior
You pissing me off, I'm in that ass like interior
Oh, step in my Cadillac, let's ride through the hood
Eh, why don't you roll that window down so you can see it real good
And take a look at all the pimps and all the pushers and the players
That's living on a whim, thin ice and a prayer
Oh and mayor, can I get a little backup
Please don't let them pussy muthafuckas put that flag up
But let me shut up cause they say we equal
Whenever the fuck out record comes out in 1994
Yeah, yes sir, it's like that
Gonna take y'all deep, so go back
D.E.E.P. you want to go D.E.E.P., I'll take ya D.E.E.P
You know you fucked up when you let my mind creep
Deeper than the page of a book let me look
You let me hit the stage, that's when I got my folks hooked like
D.E.E.P. you want to go D.E.E.P., I'll take ya D.E.E.P
You know you fucked up when you let my mind creep
Deeper than the page of a book let me look
You let me hit the stage, that's when I got my folks hooked like
I'm getting deeper than that prostitutes vagina
And pimping way mo' hoes than there's peoples out in China
I roll that black Lac with the crust velvet interior
Niggas try to bite that shit, but their shit is inferior
We rolling thick like the Pillsbury Doughboy
And I don't give a damn, muthafucka cause you know why
The Caucus Mountains and the mutant gene
You try to wipe a nigga like me slam up off the scene
You hairy bastard, work a little bit faster
Because of the shit that I done been through, I shall never call you master
You D-E-V-I-L, the cave is where you dwell
So stay up out the rain, it's beginning to smell like dog, yeah
I wonder how you would be acting if youse in my shoes
You'd probably shit your tight ass draws cause I got a short ass fuse
So what do you really wanna do when I get militant
Thought I was a pimp, flip the script if you can' get with this
They call me Big Boi, I be capping with a big gun
Run up on it if you want it, then you bite the big one, yeah
Uh huh, can you deal with it, D-E-V-I-L
D.E.E.P. you want to go D.E.E.P., I'll take ya D.E.E.P
You know you fucked up when you let my mind creep
Deeper than the page of a book let me look
You let me hit the stage, that's when I got my folks hooked like
D.E.E.P. you want to go D.E.E.P., I'll take ya D.E.E.P
You know you fucked up when you let my mind creep
Deeper than the page of a book let me look
You let me hit the stage, that's when I got my folks hooked like
OutKast's "D.E.E.P." is a powerful and provocative song that explores a range of themes, including social injustice, personal empowerment, and the struggle to survive in today's world. The opening lines, "Greetings, earthlings, take me to your leader (ooh shit!)", immediately set the tone for a song that is both playful and intense, as OutKast delivers line after line of biting social commentary and introspective musings.
Throughout the song, OutKast expresses a deep sense of anger and frustration at the systemic oppression faced by many communities, particularly Black Americans. Lines like "No, I ain't never been pimped by the system / That's because I ain't no slave" and "I don't take no shit from nobody" are powerful statements of defiance against a world that seeks to control and exploit individuals who don't fit neatly into its narrow confines.
At the same time, "D.E.E.P." is also a celebration of self-expression and creativity. The chorus, with its catchy refrain of "D.E.E.P. you want to go D.E.E.P., I'll take ya D.E.E.P", is a testament to the power of music and art to inspire and uplift, even in the face of adversity. Overall, "D.E.E.P." is a song that speaks truth to power and calls on listeners to stand up for themselves and their communities in the face of injustice.
Line by Line Meaning
Greetings, earthlings, take me to your leader (ooh shit!)
Hello, inhabitants of Earth, please introduce me to your leader (oh shit!)
D.E.E.P. you want to go D.E.E.P., I'll take ya D.E.E.P
You want to delve into the depths, I will guide you deep
You know you fucked up when you let my mind creep
You made a mistake when you allowed my thoughts to wander
Deeper than the page of a book let me look
Going beyond the superficial knowledge found in books, let me examine
You let me hit the stage, that's when I got my folks hooked like
When I performed on stage, I captivated my audience and gained their devotion
Deeper than deep dish, hammers and vogues
Going deeper than profound ideas, cars, and fashion
Deeper fish in the O(cean)
Finding more profound experiences in the vastness of life
I got my gun on standby, like Coast Guards
I am prepared with a weapon at the ready, like the Coast Guards
You boast hard, you'll get your salty ass crumbled like erb, word (hey man)
If you brag excessively, you will face defeat and humiliation, understand? (hey man)
You heard it here first with your master plan in reverse
You are hearing this information for the first time, with your reversed strategy
I ain't the one with the curse, so disperse, yes, catching plagues
I am not the one cursed, so scatter, yes, while others suffer consequences
Niggas catching AIDS, niggas getting sprayed, niggas on they way
People are contracting AIDS, people are being shot, people are on a destructive path
To a dead end, you won't catch me spreading no white thighs
Heading toward a hopeless situation, I won't engage in promiscuous behavior
I only see afro bitches up in my eyes
I am only attracted to black women
I don't eat no beef and surely not no pork
I don't consume beef and definitely not pork
I used to drink that 8, but now I shove it down your throat
I used to drink 8-ball liquor, but now I forcibly impose my beliefs on you
Quote, 'If they kill they own folks, what you think they gonna do to you?'
To quote, if they can harm their own people, what makes you think they won't harm you?
I'm Outkasted and claiming true
I am marginalized and asserting my authenticity
Aiming two at your muthafucking spine
I am targeting your spine with two weapons
No, I make that three cause I don't wanna hear you whine
Actually, make it three weapons because I don't want to listen to your complaints
Swine, got my folks blind, like Stevie
Pigs have blinded my people, similar to how Stevie Wonder is visually impaired
Me be, wondering when I'm gonna see the end
I often contemplate when I will witness the conclusion
Andre 'gain slamming backs like King acts
Andre is once again impressively dominating performances like Martin Luther King's impactful activism
Over Organized tracks full of facts
Rapping over beats produced by Organized Noize, filled with insightful information
So you know that it's D.E.E.P
This confirms that the song is indeed profound and deep
What? What will happen if you shoot that nigga and don't kill
What are the consequences if you shoot someone but fail to eliminate them
He will come back and return like Lalah Hathaway
He will resurface and comeback just like Lalah Hathaway's music career
Aiming for your skull, yeah I'm flexing on you that a way
Targeting your head, I am exerting dominance in that manner
So if you pulling a tool, nigga you better use it
Therefore, if you are brandishing a weapon, you better employ it
Cause if you're threatening my life, better believe I'll be a fool with it
Because if you jeopardize my life, rest assured I will act recklessly
I don't take no shit from nobody
I refuse to tolerate any disrespect from anyone
I gots the Goodie Mo crew right beside of me
I have the Goodie Mob crew standing by my side
Damn, no pain, no gain, so I'mma hurt you
No pain, no progress, so I will inflict harm upon you
Breaking knees and elbows like I used to break my curfew
Physically impairing others like I used to violate curfew
My mama used to tell me if a nigga ever hit me
My mother advised me that if someone ever struck me
Just to pick up the closest thing and knock the living shit out of he
Simply grab the nearest object and thoroughly beat them
So if you run up, you get done up, I'mma end it
Therefore, if you approach me with aggressive intent, I will finish it
Throw the gun up out the window, see the corner that I bent it
Discard the firearm out the window, observe the direction I swiftly turned
It's just so simple when we get so D.E.E.P
It becomes effortless when we delve into profound depths
Learn a lesson, pick up the album when it hits the streets like
Gain insight by purchasing the album when it is released, similar to
Well, you want me to get D.E.E.P., well then, I will
Well, if you desire me to explore profound depths, I am prepared to do so
What? What will happen if you shoot that nigga and don't kill
What are the consequences if you shoot someone but fail to eliminate them
He will come back and return like Lalah Hathaway
He will resurface and return, reminiscent of Lalah Hathaway's career
Aiming for your skull, yeah I'm flexing on you that a way
Targeting your head, I am asserting dominance in that manner
So if you pulling a tool, nigga you better use it
Therefore, if you are brandishing a weapon, you better employ it
Cause if you're threatening my life, better believe I'll be a fool with it
Because if you jeopardize my life, rest assured I will act recklessly
I don't take no shit from nobody
I refuse to tolerate any disrespect from anyone
I gots the Goodie Mo crew right beside of me
I have the Goodie Mob crew standing by my side
Damn, no pain, no gain, so I'mma hurt you
No pain, no progress, so I will harm you
Breaking knees and elbows like I used to break my curfew
Physically impairing others like I used to violate curfew
My mama used to tell me if a nigga ever hit me
My mother advised me that if someone ever struck me
Just to pick up the closest thing and knock the living shit out of he
Simply grab the nearest object and thoroughly beat them
So if you run up, you get done up, I'mma end it
Therefore, if you approach me with aggressive intent, I will finish it
Throw the gun up out the window, see the corner that I bent it
Discard the firearm out the window, observe the direction I swiftly turned
It's just so simple when we get so D.E.E.P
It becomes effortless when we delve into profound depths
Learn a lesson, pick up the album when it hits the streets like
Gain insight by purchasing the album when it is released, similar to
No, I ain't never been pimped by the system
No, I have never been exploited by the oppressive system
That's because I ain't no slave
That's because I am not a submissive servant
Don't be trying to sunbathe, never lived off in no cave
Don't attempt to bask in my success, I never dwelled in obscurity
Bloody old chap and in this head of mine is full of naps
Gosh, in this mind of mine, it is teeming with thoughts
And the only thing I know is how to fuck and how to rap
And the sole skills I possess are sexual prowess and rapping ability
Y'all think I'm stupid cause I shoots 'em up like cupid
You all assume I am unintelligent because I engage in casual sexual encounters
And if you gave me a basketball, I'll show you how to shoot it
If you provided me with a basketball, I'll demonstrate proficient shooting
My head's polluted cause I'm zooted, bobbin to the bottom
My mind is clouded due to drug use, dancing energetically
If a pair of Jordan's came out, y'all figure that I got 'em
If a new release of Jordan sneakers occurred, you all assume I possess them
But no I don't because I don't be having funds
But no, I don't actually have them because I lack the necessary funds
The gold that I am wearing is really made out of bronze
The jewelry I wear is actually just made of bronze, not real gold
It weighs a ton and making my neck turn green
It is heavy and causing discoloration or irritation on my neck
And I got a criminal record that will never come clean
I possess a permanent criminal record that cannot be expunged
Oh, and it seems that I make babies like a rabbit
Oh, it appears as if I father children at a high rate, similar to a rabbit
And then never taking care of them has just become a habit
And subsequently neglecting their upbringing has become a customary behavior
I grab my tablet and get busy with the pen
I retrieve my writing tablet and become engrossed in creating with my pen
Y'all could not be just like me if y'all was my twin
You cannot emulate me even if you were my identical twin
So you get mad and try to make me inferior
As a result, you become angry and attempt to degrade me
You pissing me off, I'm in that ass like interior
You are angering me, and I am aggressively confronting you
Oh, step in my Cadillac, let's ride through the hood
Oh, come inside my Cadillac, let us drive through the neighborhood
Eh, why don't you roll that window down so you can see it real good
Hey, lower the car window so you can observe the surroundings clearly
And take a look at all the pimps and all the pushers and the players
Observe the pimps, drug dealers, and players of the area
That's living on a whim, thin ice and a prayer
Those individuals are living unpredictably, with little stability and relying on faith
Oh and mayor, can I get a little backup
Oh and mayor, may I receive some support or assistance
Please don't let them pussy muthafuckas put that flag up
Please prevent those cowardly individuals from raising that flag
But let me shut up cause they say we equal
But let me stop talking because some claim we are all equal
Whenever the fuck out record comes out in 1994
Whenever the hell our record is released in 1994
Yeah, yes sir, it's like that
Yes, indeed, it is just like that
Gonna take y'all deep, so go back
I'm going to delve into profound depths with you, so prepare yourself
I'm getting deeper than that prostitutes vagina
I am delving deeper than the vagina of a prostitute
And pimping way mo' hoes than there's peoples out in China
Exploiting a significantly greater number of women than the total population of China
I roll that black Lac with the crust velvet interior
I drive a black Cadillac with a worn velvet interior
Niggas try to bite that shit, but their shit is inferior
People attempt to imitate, but their imitation is of lower quality
We rolling thick like the Pillsbury Doughboy
We are moving in a large group, just like the Pillsbury Doughboy
And I don't give a damn, muthafucka cause you know why
And I don't care at all, because you already know the reason
The Caucus Mountains and the mutant gene
The Caucasus Mountains and the genetic mutation
You try to wipe a nigga like me slam up off the scene
You attempt to erase an individual like me from existence
You hairy bastard, work a little bit faster
You hairy person, increase your pace or efficiency
Because of the shit that I done been through, I shall never call you master
Due to the hardships I have endured, I will never address you as a superior
You D-E-V-I-L, the cave is where you dwell
You are the devil, residing in your cave
So stay up out the rain, it's beginning to smell like dog, yeah
Therefore, avoid the rainfall, as it is becoming foul, yes
I wonder how you would be acting if youse in my shoes
I contemplate how you would behave if you were in my situation
You'd probably shit your tight ass draws cause I got a short ass fuse
You would likely defecate in your undergarments due to my quick temper
So what do you really wanna do when I get militant
So what actions are you truly prepared to take if I become aggressive
Thought I was a pimp, flip the script if you can' get with this
You believed I was a pimp, but change your perspective if you cannot handle this
They call me Big Boi, I be capping with a big gun
They refer to me as Big Boi, as I boast about possessing a large weapon
Run up on it if you want it, then you bite the big one, yeah
Approach me if you desire conflict, but subsequently face defeat, yes
Uh huh, can you deal with it, D-E-V-I-L
Uh huh, can you handle it, devil
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@23 references psalm 23
A healthy portion of this song on all verses spits on spiritual