ATLiens

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ATLiens by Outkast

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

[00:09.09] Yeah, uh, East Point smokes some dank
[00:12.77] College Park in the house, Decatur
[00:17.13] Uh, Old National got the skanks
[00:19.77] Everybody, uh, nahmsayin'?
[00:24.23] Check it
[00:25.17] Well, it's the M-I crooked letter, ain't no one better
[00:27.61] And when I'm on the microphone you best to wear your sweater
[00:30.08] 'Cause I'm cooler than a polar bear's toenails
[00:32.34] Oh Hell, there he go again talkin' that shit
[00:34.37] Bend, corners like I was a curve, I struck a nerve
[00:37.37] And now you 'bout to see this Southern playa serve
[00:39.72] I heard it's not where you're from but where you pay rent
[00:42.09] Then I heard it's not what you make but how much you spend
[00:44.33] You got me bent like elbows, amongst other things, but I'm not worried
[00:47.12] 'Cause when we step up in the party, like I'm out you scurry
[00:49.77] So go get your fuckin' shine box and your sack of nickles
[00:52.22] It tickles to see you try to be like Mr. Pickles
[00:54.84] Daddy Fat Sax, B-I-G B-O-I
[00:57.14] It's that same motherfucka that took them knuckles to yo' eye
[00:59.84] And I try, to warn you not to test but you don't listen
[01:02.20] Givin' the shout out to my Uncle Darnell locked up in prison
[01:04.69] Now throw yo' hands in the air
[01:06.99] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[01:09.27] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[01:11.96] Everybody let me hear you say "Oh-yeah-yer"
[01:14.53] Now throw yo' hands in the air
[01:16.85] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[01:19.34] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[01:21.93] Everybody let me hear you say "Oh-yeah-yer"
[01:24.77] Now, my oral illustration be like clitoral stimulation
[01:27.58] To the female gender, ain't nothin' better
[01:29.20] Let me know when it's wet enough to enter
[01:30.94] If not I'll wait, because the future of the world depends on
[01:33.41] If or if not the child we raise gon' have that nigga syndrome
[01:36.08] Or will it know to beat the odds regardless of the skin tone?
[01:38.67] Or will it feel that if we tune it, it just might get picked on?
[01:40.78] Or will it give a fuck about what others say and get gone?
[01:43.27] The alienators 'cause we different keep your hands to the sky
[01:45.53] Like Sounds of Blackness when I practice what I preach and don't lie
[01:48.11] I'll be the baker and the maker of the piece of my pie
[01:50.73] Now breaker, breaker ten, fo' can I get some reply? Now everybody say
[01:54.21] Now throw yo' hands in the air
[01:56.23] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[01:58.53] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[02:01.44] Everybody let me hear you say "Oh-yeah-yer"
[02:03.94] Now throw yo' hands in the air
[02:06.31] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[02:08.66] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[02:11.29] Everybody let me hear you say "Oh-yeah-yer"
[02:13.86] Everyday I sit while my nigga be in school
[02:16.10] Thinkin' about the second album at the Dungeon shootin' pool
[02:18.88] Like E-S to the P-N, 'cause we adjust to the beat in the zone
[02:22.56] Honey I'm home but I'm not married
[02:23.89] Carried a lot of problems around being frustrated
[02:25.84] And now I'm sittin' at the end of the month I just made it
[02:28.63] Like you made the B team and like
[02:29.72] The daddy's wife you makin' the coffee
[02:31.19] You heard the ATLiens so back the hell up off me
[02:33.48] Softly as if I played piano in the dark
[02:36.04] Found a way to channel my anger not to embark
[02:38.27] The world's a stage and everybody gots to play they part
[02:40.85] God works in mysterious ways so when he starts
[02:43.54] The job of speakin' through us we be so sincere with this here
[02:46.11] No drugs or alcohol so I can get the signal clear as day
[02:49.06] Put my Glock away I got a stronger weapon
[02:51.01] That never runs out of ammunition so I'm ready for war, okay?
[02:53.57] Now throw yo' hands in the air
[02:55.53] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[02:57.98] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[03:00.71] Everybody let me hear you say "Oh-yeah-yer"
[03:03.35] Now throw yo' hands in the air
[03:05.63] And wave 'em like you just don't care
[03:07.92] And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
[03:10.47] Everybody let me hear you say "Oh-yeah-yer"
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From the album: ATLiens / Wheelz of Steel