13th Floor Growing Old Lyrics by Outkast

13th Floor Growing Old Lyrics

    Intro: Big Rube

    Conceive true deception multiplied a million fold
    Visualize the yin and yang in a battle so intense
    that we get em confused
    The resident evil specialize in misconstruing
    We wanna be at a presidential level -- what are we doing?
    Foolin ourself, clownin ourself, playin ourself
    By not bein ourself
    We can't babble no more than we can bob our head offbeat
    Nimrod by the time we forty cause we can't get our meat
    While we ask no reason for the misplacement of the season
    look at the picture that's painted
    Tainted as the mind who's blinded to the point
    where Sodomites get all the rights
    We fall for fights with fisticuffs
    Get pissed enough to miss the bus
    It disgusts me to see my folks run up on
    I say stand up on deception of time all of Revelations
    And recognize this mind on the reality of horror
    known as mankind
    Jesus and his twelve disciples make thirteen
    A righteous number of righteous men
    Even Judas the Betrayer came true in the end
    The Devil say the end is the beginning
    They teach that we were the product of incest
    Invest no level of self into their system of Paganomics
    Stand with us and don't look back upon it
    Just face this mindstate
    Otherwise Babylon...

    (My memories of yesterday...)

    cut and scratched: "Ninety-six gonna be that year..."

    Verse One: Andre

    I bet you never heard of a playa with no game
    Told the truth to get what I want but shot it with no shame
    Take this music dead serious while others entertain
    I see they makin they paper so I guess I can't complain... or can I?
    I feel they disrespectin the whole thang
    Them hooks like sellin dope to black folks
    And I choke when the food they serve ain't tastin right
    My stomach can't digest it even when I bless it
    I'm confessin one mo' lesson from the South we in the house tonight
    Now hootie who wants to oppose? Suppose
    We rolls through Headland and Delowe
    where me and my niggaz surpassed the flow
    And got down for ours like hind catchers
    My mind catches flashbacks to the black past
    while my close niggaz laugh at
    The Southern slang, figure ways and mojo chicken wangs
    I grew up on booty shake we did not know no better thang
    So go 'head and, diss it, while real hop-hippers listen
    Started by Afrikan Bambaata, so you and your potnah
    Gather your thoughts

    Musical Interlude: Debra Killings

    (Something's gotta change
    Sounds of laughter and happiness come from teardrops to rain
    Been bearing this burden for too many of my days
    Looks like breezes of Autumn done finally blew my way
    Like memories of yesterday...)

    Verse Two: Big Boi

    Uhh, born Antwan Patton but my potnahs they call me Big Boi
    It's the nigga the B-I-G, be speakin the truth not talkin that shit boi
    I'm thinkin of checkin my traps and bustin my raps and throwin them craps
    Seven-eleven is no convenience, you pumpin your gas, they're watchin yo' back
    For the robbin crew, thinkin they robbin you, you must be cautious
    To stand up on yo' game and pimpin these crows you must be flawless
    Like Mortal Kombat, but fuckin these wombats got you dizzy
    My nigga you know of I wanna be playin but runnin up on me like you miss me
    You catchin the wrong vibe, packin yo' shit and rollin yo' eyes back
    Flexin up on the corner tossin your dice and rollin your Cadillac
    But man it seems I'm reachin out and touchin the wrong nigga
    Don't expect me to be pimpin get your index off the trigger
    As we bust, us, we leavin em in the dust
    So keep that clean up out of your nose I said my piece and then I hush
    As the candidate keeps flippin... niggaz dippin...

    Musical Interlude

    Verse Three: Andre, Big Boi

    Dearly beloved we are gathered,
    like soap is to lather we come clean
    Some issues need to be addressed like envelopes I mean
    Oh like Liberty Bells yes them bullets keep on rangin
    On fire like the Georgia mass choir we keep on sangin
    Bringin our folks closer together
    cause they severed us from the get green
    Light and we ain't gon' stop until we hit the big screen
    Psych because no one is free when others are oppressed
    So, we hit the stage and then we fly back to our nest
    Growing old

    Like some eagles, people don't understand
    Just like their parents don't be carin
    I'm speakin about you playin with that phony stuff you sharin
    in your raps Mercedes Benz and all your riches
    Thinkin you got it, but get it get it, but you ain't pimpin no bitches
    Cause you flaw, in, fallin like leaves into driveways
    Isn't it lovely smokin good and sloppy head on highways
    Friday's are tight but Saturday just makes it old
    When tonight's are hot warm enough to feed your soul
    Growing old

    Musical Interlude 2X
    ("96 gonna be that year...")

    (Like memories of yesterday...)

    *voice of Andre fades in*
    see all them leaves must fall down, growin old

    Fat titties turn to teardrops as fat ass turns to flab
    Sores that was open wounds eventually turn to scab
    Trees bright and green turn yellow brown
    Autumn caught em, see all them leaves must fall down, growin old
    (repeat 3X)

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