ATLiens
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About ATLiens
"ATLiens" is the second single from hip-hop duo Outkast's second studio album of the same name. It is a double A-Side single, alongside a further track from the album, "Wheelz of Steel". Both songs were written and produced by OutKast. The song appeared on the FOX series New York Undercover. The single peaked at #35 on the Billboard Hot 100. "ATLiens" is widely considered one of Outkast's best songs. In 2020, The Ringer ranked the song number three on their list of the 50 greatest Outkast songs .
ATLiens Lyrics
[00:00.00] Yeah, uh, East Point smokes some dank
[00:12.96] College Park in the house, Decatur
[00:17.93] Uh, Old National got the skanks
[00:20.56] Everybody, uh, nahmsayin'?
[00:24.72] Check it
[00:25.25] Well it's the M-I-crooked letter, ain't no one better
[00:27.95] And when I'm on the microphone you best to wear your sweater
[00:30.28] 'Cause I'm cooler than a polar bear's toenails
[00:32.57] "Oh hell, there he go again talking that shit"
[00:34.97] Bend corners like I was a curve, I struck a nerve
[00:37.97] And now you 'bout to see this Southern playa serve
[00:40.07] I heard it's not where you're from but where you pay rent
[00:42.32] Then I heard it's not what you make but how much you spent
[00:44.61] You got me bent like elbows, amongst other things, but I'm not worried
[00:47.75] 'Cause when we step up in the party; like a mouse, you scurry
[00:50.04] So go get your fucking shine box and your sack of nickels
[00:52.78] It tickles to see you try to be like Mr. Pickles
[00:55.15] Daddy Fat Sax, B-I-G B-O-I
[00:57.49] It's that same motherfucker that took them knuckles to your eye
[00:59.92] And I try, to warn you not to test, but you don't listen
[01:02.48] Giving the shout-out to my Uncle Darnell locked up in prison
[01:04.93] Now throw your hands in the air
[01:07.38] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[01:09.75] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[01:12.33] Everybody let me hear you say, "O-Yea-yer"
[01:14.77] Now throw your hands in the air
[01:17.27] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[01:19.65] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[01:22.26] Everybody let me hear you say, "O-Yea-yer"
[01:24.76] Now, my oral illustration be like clitoral stimulation
[01:27.85] To the female gender, ain't nothing better
[01:29.66] Let me know when it's wet enough to enter
[01:31.32] If not, I'll wait, because the future of the world depends on
[01:33.89] If or if not the child we raise gon' have that nigga syndrome
[01:36.43] Or will it know to beat the odds regardless of the skin tone?
[01:38.95] Or will it feel that if we tune it, it just might get picked on?
[01:41.44] Or will it give a fuck about what others say and get gone?
[01:43.88] They alienate-us 'cause we different, keep your hands to the sky
[01:46.23] Like Sounds of Blackness when I practice what I preach, ain't no lie
[01:48.72] I'll be the baker and the maker of the piece of my pie
[01:51.24] Now breaker, breaker 10-4, can I get some reply?
[01:53.60] Now everybody say
[01:54.68] Now throw your hands in the air
[01:56.87] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[01:59.22] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[02:01.83] Everybody let me hear you say, "O-Yea-yer"
[02:03.82] Now throw your hands in the air
[02:06.71] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[02:09.19] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[02:11.72] Everybody let me hear you say, "O-Yea-yer"
[02:13.84] Every day, I sit while my nigga be in school
[02:16.77] Thinking about the second album at the Dungeon shooting pool
[02:19.26] Like E-S to the P-N, 'cause we adjust to the beat in the zone (zone)
[02:22.62] Honey, I'm home but I'm not married
[02:24.12] Carried a lot of problems around being frustrated
[02:26.48] And now I'm sitting at the end of the month, I just made it
[02:28.79] Like you made the B team, and like your daddy's wife you making that coffee
[02:31.70] You heard the ATLiens, so back the hell up off me
[02:34.33] Softly as if I played piano in the dark
[02:36.76] Found a way to channel my anger now to embark
[02:39.16] The world's a stage and everybody gots to play their part
[02:41.80] God works in mysterious ways, so when he starts
[02:43.82] The job of speaking through us, we be so sincere with this here
[02:46.48] No drugs or alcohol, so I can get the signal clear as day
[02:49.48] Put my Glock away, I got a stronger weapon
[02:51.26] That never runs out of ammunition, so I'm ready for war, okay
[02:54.03] Now throw your hands in the air
[02:56.23] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[02:58.54] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[03:01.27] Everybody let me hear you say, "O-Yea-yer"
[03:03.65] Now throw your hands in the air
[03:06.09] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[03:08.48] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[03:11.13] Everybody let me hear you say, "O-Yea-yer"
[03:13.36]
[00:12.96] College Park in the house, Decatur
[00:17.93] Uh, Old National got the skanks
[00:20.56] Everybody, uh, nahmsayin'?
[00:24.72] Check it
[00:25.25] Well it's the M-I-crooked letter, ain't no one better
[00:27.95] And when I'm on the microphone you best to wear your sweater
[00:30.28] 'Cause I'm cooler than a polar bear's toenails
[00:32.57] "Oh hell, there he go again talking that shit"
[00:34.97] Bend corners like I was a curve, I struck a nerve
[00:37.97] And now you 'bout to see this Southern playa serve
[00:40.07] I heard it's not where you're from but where you pay rent
[00:42.32] Then I heard it's not what you make but how much you spent
[00:44.61] You got me bent like elbows, amongst other things, but I'm not worried
[00:47.75] 'Cause when we step up in the party; like a mouse, you scurry
[00:50.04] So go get your fucking shine box and your sack of nickels
[00:52.78] It tickles to see you try to be like Mr. Pickles
[00:55.15] Daddy Fat Sax, B-I-G B-O-I
[00:57.49] It's that same motherfucker that took them knuckles to your eye
[00:59.92] And I try, to warn you not to test, but you don't listen
[01:02.48] Giving the shout-out to my Uncle Darnell locked up in prison
[01:04.93] Now throw your hands in the air
[01:07.38] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[01:09.75] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[01:12.33] Everybody let me hear you say, "O-Yea-yer"
[01:14.77] Now throw your hands in the air
[01:17.27] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[01:19.65] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[01:22.26] Everybody let me hear you say, "O-Yea-yer"
[01:24.76] Now, my oral illustration be like clitoral stimulation
[01:27.85] To the female gender, ain't nothing better
[01:29.66] Let me know when it's wet enough to enter
[01:31.32] If not, I'll wait, because the future of the world depends on
[01:33.89] If or if not the child we raise gon' have that nigga syndrome
[01:36.43] Or will it know to beat the odds regardless of the skin tone?
[01:38.95] Or will it feel that if we tune it, it just might get picked on?
[01:41.44] Or will it give a fuck about what others say and get gone?
[01:43.88] They alienate-us 'cause we different, keep your hands to the sky
[01:46.23] Like Sounds of Blackness when I practice what I preach, ain't no lie
[01:48.72] I'll be the baker and the maker of the piece of my pie
[01:51.24] Now breaker, breaker 10-4, can I get some reply?
[01:53.60] Now everybody say
[01:54.68] Now throw your hands in the air
[01:56.87] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[01:59.22] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[02:01.83] Everybody let me hear you say, "O-Yea-yer"
[02:03.82] Now throw your hands in the air
[02:06.71] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[02:09.19] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[02:11.72] Everybody let me hear you say, "O-Yea-yer"
[02:13.84] Every day, I sit while my nigga be in school
[02:16.77] Thinking about the second album at the Dungeon shooting pool
[02:19.26] Like E-S to the P-N, 'cause we adjust to the beat in the zone (zone)
[02:22.62] Honey, I'm home but I'm not married
[02:24.12] Carried a lot of problems around being frustrated
[02:26.48] And now I'm sitting at the end of the month, I just made it
[02:28.79] Like you made the B team, and like your daddy's wife you making that coffee
[02:31.70] You heard the ATLiens, so back the hell up off me
[02:34.33] Softly as if I played piano in the dark
[02:36.76] Found a way to channel my anger now to embark
[02:39.16] The world's a stage and everybody gots to play their part
[02:41.80] God works in mysterious ways, so when he starts
[02:43.82] The job of speaking through us, we be so sincere with this here
[02:46.48] No drugs or alcohol, so I can get the signal clear as day
[02:49.48] Put my Glock away, I got a stronger weapon
[02:51.26] That never runs out of ammunition, so I'm ready for war, okay
[02:54.03] Now throw your hands in the air
[02:56.23] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[02:58.54] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[03:01.27] Everybody let me hear you say, "O-Yea-yer"
[03:03.65] Now throw your hands in the air
[03:06.09] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[03:08.48] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[03:11.13] Everybody let me hear you say, "O-Yea-yer"
[03:13.36]
From the album: ATLiens
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You May Die (Intro) by Outkast , -
Two Dope Boyz (In a Cadillac) by Outkast , -
ATLiens by Outkast , -
Wheelz of Steel by Outkast , -
Jazzy Belle by Outkast , -
Elevators (Me & You) by Outkast , -
Ova Da Wudz by Outkast , -
Babylon by Outkast , -
Wailin' by Outkast , -
Mainstream by Outkast , -
Decatur Psalm by Outkast , -
Millennium by Outkast , -
E.T. (Extraterrestrial) by Outkast , -
13th Floor/Growing Old by Outkast , -
Elevators (Me & You) - ONP 86 Mix by Outkast , Organized Noize Productions ,