Speakerboxxx/The Love Below album cover by OutKast

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2003 · From the album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

War

by OutKast

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03 · Lyrics

"War"

Get the fuck up off me nigga!

As I struggle to keep my balance and composure

I'm 'posed to propose a toast to the players on every coast of

The lyrical rollercoaster, Mind Bender

'Stead of watching these sucker emcees

I'm seeing just how they're lyin' to the general population

Don't be patient, get up and stand up for your life

Do you agree or understand that we lost some rights since 1-1-9?

Come dumb, come young, come blind

Unwind, confined to the situation we facin', 'cause it's time

Tic, Tic Boom!

Tic, boom, tic, tic, boom!

Tic, boom, tic, tic, boom!

Tic, boom, tic, tic, boom!

Tic, boom, tic, tic, boom!

When will we all, awake up out of this dream

Come here and smell the Folgers, the soldiers

The human beings, man acting as if he was the Supreme Being

Clocking the souls of men out like he was G.O.D. and W.A.R.

There will be no tomorrow, but sorrow and horror will follow

The hollow hearts battle for dollars

Politicians, modern-day magicians, physicians of death

More health care for poor health who makin' us ill?

They making us kill, it's makin' me spill my guts

Chill, big lay in the cut, for what I refuse to sit in the backseat and get handled

Like I do nothing all day but sit around and watch the Cartoon Channel

I'll rap about the presidential election and the scandal that followed

And we all watched the nation as it swallowed and chalked it up

Basically, America, you got fucked

The media shucked and jived, now we stuck, damn!

Operation Anaconda: ask yourself

Was it full of bleeps and blunders?

Did they ever find Osama?

And why in the fuck did Daniel Pearl have to pay

The price for his life and his wife plead twice?

See Al-Amin got a life and Fred got dead Hampton

To dampen the dream of the Panthers they got the answer

For ransom, as we breathe together, as we dream together

Count your blessings whenever you feel that things won't be no better

But it got to, he gave me this microphone so I must rock your brain waves

Airwaves energize and shock you

Y'all got me?

Well I got y'all long as I know you listening

I'm gon' always bring food for thought to the table in the kitchen

Now eat nigga!

Eat nigga!

Eat nigga!

Eat nigga!

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04 · FAQ

Frequently asked

When was "War" released?
"War" by OutKast was released on September 23, 2003 on the album "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below".
What genre is "War"?
"War" by OutKast falls within the rap, hip hop, neo-soul genres.
What album is "War" on?
"War" appears on the album "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" by OutKast.
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