Gasoline Dreams
Outkast feat. Goodie Mob Lyrics

Woo, Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright
Introduction to the song

Don't everybody like the smell of gasoline?
Rhetorical question, asking if everyone loves gasoline smell

Well burn motherfucker, burn American dreams
Metaphorically burn the corrupted American dreams

Don't everybody like the taste of apple pie?
Another rhetorical question, asking if everyone loves apple pie taste

We'll snap for your slice of life, I'm tellin' ya why
We'll fight for our place in life

I hear that mother nature's now on birth control
Metaphorically suggesting that humans are controlling nature

The coldest pimp be looking for somebody to ho
A metaphor for the exploitation of people for money

The highway up to Heaven got a crook on the toll
A metaphor for the obstacles that prevent people from achieving their goals

Youth full of fire, ain't got nowhere to go, nowhere to go (woo)
Young people with passion and energy but no direction

All of my heroes did dope
Acknowledgement of the prevalence of drug use among idols

Every nigga round me playin' married Or paying child support
The difficulties of everyday life faced by many people

I can't cope
Personal admission of struggling to deal with life's hardships

Never made no sense to me, one day I hope it will
Reflecting on the illogical nature of life

And that's that, sport, sport
Accepting reality

Pray I live to see the day when Seven's happily married with kids, woe, woe
Hope for a happy future

The world is moving fast and I'm losin' my balance
Feeling overwhelmed by the pace of the world

Now time to dig, low, low
Time to focus and work hard

To a place where ain't nowhere to go but up
Hope for improvement

Ya wit me say shit, sho, sho
Request for support from listeners

It's shitty, Ricky Stratton got a million bucks
Comparison between the disparity of wealth in society

My cousin Ricky Walker got ten years doing Fed time On a first offense drug bust, fuck the Holice
Expressing anger towards the legal system

That's if ya racist or ya crooked
Blaming racism and corruption for injustices

Arrest me for this dope, I didn't weigh it up or cook it
Disclaiming responsibility for drugs

You gotta charge the world 'cause over a million people took it
Recognizing the scope of drug use in society

Look at me, I'm outta your jurisdiction, now ya lookin' stupid
A sense of power and superiority over the law

Officer, get off me sir Don't make me call L.A. he'll have ya walking sir
Warning and threatening the police officer

A couple of months ago they gave OutKast the key to the city
Pride for their success

But I still gotta pay my taxes and they give us no pity
Acknowledging the difficulties and responsibilities of success

About the youngsters amongst us You think they respect the law?
Questioning the respect for laws by young people

They think they monsters, they love us, reality rappin'
Describing the influence of rap music on the youth

And giving the youth the truth from this booth
Acknowledging the power of music to spread truth

And when we on stage we scream Don't everybody, everybody
People come together through music

Officer of the most high
Reference to a higher power

You touch me you touch the apple of this eye
Threatening violence towards those that harm him

If they kick us out, where will we go?
Feeling displaced and abandoned

Not to Africa 'cause not one of them acknowledge us as they kinfolk
Feeling disconnected from ancestral roots

Still eatin' pork
Ignoring religious beliefs

Abomination desecration for beating flesh Penal-ty for violation is death
Reflecting on violations and their consequences

Woe, woe, to the man that strive with his maker on judgment day
Religious warning and judgement

Hip Hip Hooray Mr. Reaper, Babylon the great The mother of heartless is falling, prophecy must be fulfilled The liquor fire is calling
Insightful commentary on the downfall of society and the influence of alcohol