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| "Humble Mumble" Written by André 3000 (André Benjamin), Big Boi (Antwan Patton), Mr. DJ (David Sheats) and Erykah Badu (Erica Wright) [Intro: Andre 3000] Ah, I stank I can, I stank I can The funky engine that could Ooh, yosky, wosky, pisky, wisky All aboard the Stankonia Express The underground smellroad Everybody's lookin' for an excuse To let loose What's your locomotive The Chatta-nigga choo choo? [Hook: André 3000 & Erykah Badu] Humble as a mumble in the jungles Of shouts and screams That's the way the cracker crumbles So I guess I've got to re-route my dreams Humble as a mumble in the jungles Of shouts and screams That's the way the cracker crumbles So I guess I've got to re-route my dreams [Verse 1: Big Boi] Back on the microphone Your number one controller I rock the microphone like a blizzard I'm so cold I'm tryin' to hold ya Life is like a great big roller coaster Everything in life don't always happen Like it's suppose to Trials and tribulations make you stronger Live longer You wanna reach the nation, nigga Start from ya corner Everything don't always happen Like you planned it Demand it, over stand it then you handle it Fuck wishing, you missin' the ambition on your mission Now you switchin' why you quittin' 'Cause it's heated in the kitchen Sloppy slippin' in your pimpin', nigga You either pistol whoop the nigga Or you choke the trigger You've got to follow through Struggle to complete your dreams "No Weapon Formed Against You Prospers" 54:17 From Isaiah, lay a, nigga down And spray 'em If the dealer dealt a fucked up hand Of cards, you've gotta play 'em [Hook: André 3000 & Erykah Badu] Humble as a mumble in the jungles Of shouts and screams That's the way the cracker crumbles So I guess I've got to re-route my dreams Humble as a mumble in the jungles Of shouts and screams That's the way the cracker crumbles So I guess I've got to re-route my dreams [Verse 2: Andre 3000] Yeah, too Democratic, Republic, fuck it We chicken nugget, we dip in the sauce Like mop and bucket Blue-collar scholars Who'll take your dolla And wipe my ass with it You livin' for the lotto, never hit it I met a critic, I made her shit her draws She said she thought Hip Hop Was only guns and alcohol I said "Oh hell naw!", but yet it's that too You can't discrimi-hate 'Cause you done read a book or two What if I looked at you in a microscope Saw all the dirty organisms Livin' in your closet Would I stop and would I pause it To put that bitch in slower motion Got the potion and the antidote And a quote for collision the decision Do you want to live or wanna exist? The game changes everyday So obsolete is the fist and marches Speeches only reaches Those who already know about it This is how we go about it [Hook: André 3000 & Erykah Badu] Humble as a mumble in the jungles Of shouts and screams That's the way the cracker crumbles So I guess I've got to re-route my dreams Humble as a mumble in the jungles Of shouts and screams That's the way the cracker crumbles So I guess I've got to re-route my dreams [Verse 3: Erykah Badu] I'm wild just like a rock, a stone, a tree I'm free just like the wind The breeze that blows I flow just like a brook, a stream, the rain And I fly just like a bird up in the sky I'll surely die just like a flower plucked And dragged away, just thrown away And then one day, it turns to clay It blows away, it finds a ray It finds its way And there it lays, until the rain and sun Then I breathe Just like the wind, the breeze that blows And I grow just like a baby breastfeeding It's beautiful That's life, that's life That's life, that's life [Hook: André 3000 & Erykah Badu] Humble as a mumble in the jungles Of shouts and screams That's the way the cracker crumbles So I guess I've got to re-route my dreams Humble as a mumble in the jungles Of shouts and screams That's the way the cracker crumbles So I guess I've got to re-route my dreams [Outro: André 3000] Humble as a mumble in the jungles Of shouts and screams That's the way the cracker crumbles So I guess I've gotta re-route my dreams Y'all can't harm me, it's over Hush, hush, shhhh Hush, shhhh, shhhh Hush, shhhh |  Visit the Official Website of Outkast Information About the Songwriters: André 3000 Big Boi Mr. DJ Erykah Badu    |
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