1. ASCENDING 2. THE THICKETS FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN 3. APPLE OF MY EYE 4. OBJECTUM SEXUALITY FEAT. PHANTOGRAM 5. IN THE A FEAT. T.I. & LUDACRIS 6. SHE HATES ME FEAT. KID CUDI 7. CPU FEAT. PHANTOGRAM 8. THOM PETTIE FEAT. LITTLE DRAGON & KILLER MIKE 9. MAMA TOLD ME FEAT. KELLY ROWLAND 10. LINES FEAT. A$AP ROCKY & PHANTOGRAM 11. SHOES FOR RUNNING FEAT. B.O.B. & WAVVES 12. RASPBERRIES FEAT. MOUCHE & SCAR 13. TREMENDOUS DAMAGE FEAT. BOSKO 14. DESCENDING FEAT. LITTLE DRAGON 15. HIGHER RES FEAT. JAI PAUL & LITTLE DRAGON 16. GOSSIP FEAT. UGK & BIG K.R.I.T. 17. SHE SAID OK FEAT. THEOPHILUS LONDON & TRE LUCE
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Ascending The Thickets feat. sleepy brown Composition by Andy Slagle
(Antwan Patton, Cyshae Strachan, Patrick Brown, Chris Carmouche, Donald DeGrate). © 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails|Chrysalis Music (BMI)/Copyright Control/ Copyright Control/Jungle Funk Music (ASCAP)/EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP) Produced by Cy Fyre. Co-Produced by Big Boi and Chris Carmouche. Recorded by Chris Carmouche and Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA . Mixed by The Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Music programming by Cy Fyre and Chris Carmouche. Additional keys by Kevin Kendrick and Chris Carmouche. Additional vocals by Debra Killings Contains samples of the recording “Interlude (553-Nasty)” as performed by Jodeci. Courtesy of Universal Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Written by D. DeGrate and published by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP) Verse 1 (Big Boi) Ain’t it crazy how your life seems to play out like a movie / I’m truly one of the baddest motherf**kers to ever do it / Done did it, gone do it again and can’t nobody stop me / Cause I occupy these streets while these ni**as they rhyme bout shoppin’ / Been a handsome ass ni**a since my momma wiped my bottom / Kept a plethora of pu**y on deck before the money / Or monies, greens, bills, dividends and such / Operation grind and stack cause these rappers are out of touch / Or like a rabbit that just lost one foot to a keychain, out of luck / My tail is never tucked, so f**k ni**as beware when ya buck / Let’s be clear, I’ma keep it straight up player like a gentleman / But I won’t go back and forth / East, West, South North, ha Chorus (Sleepy Brown) When my feet touch the ground, when I peep all around / And I’m feelin’ all loved, ya I’m feelin’ all loved / From the way that you stare, for the joy that I’m there / And I’m feelin’ all loved, ya I’m feelin’ all loved Verse 2 (Big Boi) Ya it seems just like yesterday, where did the time go / I’m giving you the best that I got, Anita Baker rhyme flow / It’s time for that new sh*t that ya’ll been dyin’ for / Divine flows, the radio got ya’ll like zombies / Come alive hoes, like a litter full of puppies / Or a baby with a onesie on, your old lady clumsy homes / That means she’s fallin’ for Daddy Fat Saxxx, wanna show me some / Sweeter than some honeycombs, she wanna be the queen bee / The numero uno sittin’ on the throne next to me but it ain’t gonna be easy / Why, I got a seat for her, right in my naked lap / Reverse cowgirl, she ride it and make her booty clap / I’m breached birth, feet first, ni**a with each verse / Been ten toes down, to those familiar with the sound / So Shazam me, and then you Google Dungeon Family / And when you do you will understand, I’m beaucoup out of my noodle with this pad and pen / And boy you penciled in, you’re temporary, substitute and we can’t fit you in / Let’s begin Chorus
Apple of my eye
(Antwan Patton, David Sheats, Jake Troth) © 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails|Chrysalis Music (BMI)/Dungeon Ratz Music/ EMI (ASCAP)/Up & At ‘Em, LLC (BMI). Produced by Mr. DJ for Dungeon Ratz Inc. Co-produced by Jake Troth. Recorded by Chris Carmouche and Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA and Mothership Studio, Hollywood, CA. Mixed by The Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Music programming by Mr. DJ and Jake Troth. Additional percussions by Omar Phillips. Horns by Hornz Unlimited. Guitars by David Whild. Additional vocals by Debra Killings Chorus (Jake) Gimme one reason why, gimme one reason why, why y y / You’re the apple of my eye / Gimme one reason why, gimme one reason why, why y y / You’re the apple of my eye Verse 1 (Big Boi) In the beginning they say Eve bit it / They’re still sinning cuz they letting every Tom Dick and Steve hit it / Therefore I’m quick to not believe in it, like the weed with the seeds in it / Now proceed like a G pimpin / And some of the things you’ve probably seen in your life / Made you think a certain kinda way about finding your wife / Or your better half, it’s better to love and to hold / Than to never have it at all and ball on these hoes / Make your stock go up, my Apple stock split / Took a gamble caught it at forty and now it’s over six / I’m rich trick / And that’s in hundos, so overseas you might catch us eatin’ Nando’s Chorus / Verse 2 (Big Boi) Some say the preacher’s daughters are some of the freakiest ones / They been deprived of fun and now they just wanna cut loose / Like everybody else they wildin’ try to find theyself / And by the time they do they barely have nobody left…over / Feelin’ empty and alone, cuz the youth is gone / The thrill has been killed so let the truth be told / Look in the mirror my dear, and it appears / That the eyes are the window to the soul, oh Chorus / Bridge (Jake) I, I need a big bite baby, a big bite baby / Of your sweet red delicious love / I, I need a big bite baby, a big bite baby / Of your sweet red delicious love Chorus Ending (Jake) You’re the apple of my eye
Objectum sexuality
feat. phantogram
(Antwan Patton, Josh Carter, Sarah Barthel) © 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails|Chrysalis Music (BMI)/Charlie Everywhere Music/Demarest Barthel Music, administered by House of Hassle (BMI)/ (SESAC) Produced by Phantogram. Recorded by Chris Carmouche and Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Mixed by The Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. All instruments by Phantogram. Additional drums by Chris Carmouche and Omar Phillips. voix française Jenny la K1ri. Violin: Ismail Akbar. Phantogram appears courtesy of Republic Records Verse 1 (Big Boi) I used to be in lust, I wouldn’t call it love / Or give my heart away, that’s somethin’ that I never does / See I’ma leave it to the scrubs and the cake boss / Let that broad go, uncuff her, take your cape off/When she with me, she feel free, like her days off / Balls in her hand, but that bi*ch don’t ever say cough / Unless we playin’ doctor, with no stethoscope, just heels and four poppers yeah / I’m mister wrong but these hoes know not to / Get fly at the mouth, or step outta pocket / Never violence, I give ‘em silence / Then rub this stick on your bi*ch like a violin Chorus (Sarah Barthel) It’s all you want these days, cause you feel nothing inside/ You know there’s nothing wrong, but you’ve been wondering why Verse 2 (Big Boi) I’m Daddy Fat Saxxx, S.A. triple X/My music sounds so good it’s almost like you’re having sex/Whether you like it or not I’m next, and I got the time after that, and the time after that/Because see time and time again I gotta turn back around and tell ‘em/My cerebellum, get way more deeper than these other fellas/Not only about cheddar/ But what about the seasons never change and the weather stays the same/We could come together but that might be lame, could learn something/Peep game, nah ni**a burn somethin’ Chorus Bridge (Big Boi) I ask for a slice of her pie/sweet potato with the cool whip, oh my/She gave me a hug and on her thigh she felt my buddy/From touching I’m excited/Am I invited/Let let me in/You puddled up/Gon’ me swim Chorus It’s all you want these days, cause you feel nothing inside/You know there’s nothing wrong, but you’ve been wondering why/I read the horoscope, and it’s been telling me lies/I thought I knew you but your heart is almost blind/I thought I knew you but your heart is blind/I thought I knew you but your heart is almost blind/I thought I knew you but your heart is blind
IN the A
feat. T.i. & ludacris
(Antwan Patton, Wilbert Ellis, Lawrence Butler, Corey Andrews, Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr., Christopher Bridges) © 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails|Chrysalis Music (BMI)/Hamdulah Music Publishing (ASCAP)/Lawrence Butler (BMI)/Cory Andrews (ASCAP)/Domani and Ya Majesty’s Music (ASCAP)/Ludacris Worldwide Publishing Inc. / EMI April Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP) Produced by Showdown, DJ Aries, & BlackOwned C-Bone. Recorded by Joel Peters @ Sarm Studios, London, UK & Shelton Oliver, Elliot & Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Mixed by The Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. All music programming by Showdown. Horns by Hornz Unlimited. T.I. appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation. Ludacris appears courtesy of Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam Records Chorus (Big Boi) I keep it player while some choose to play it safe/Boy check the resume it’s risky business in the A / I keep it player while some choose to play it safe/Boy check the resume it’s risky business in the A… In the A… (8 times) Verse 1 (T.I.) I’m a Bankhead ni**a you can bank that ni**a/lookin for a sucka well I ain’t that ni**a/I’m lookin’ for the money where the bank at ni**a/I’m triple O.G. out rank that ni**a/I’m cold, ridin’ through the city on Fours/Thirty cash and they’re rolling for the bi*ches and the hoes/Hangin out the window of a Bentley/I just met my connect/ dropped of snow in the bluff/I’m JP brawlin/Aint we balling/Got a problem with a ni**a bang that forty/Ni**as now a days just aint like shawty/Don’t spit that cocaine like shawty/Say they on fire they flame aint like shawty/Flow don’t go insane I’m mental/Blowin’ presidential twenty brick off in the rental/We official ATLiens with plenty yay to sell a bit/DEA on our tail again well tell amigo mail again/Dope boy trap ni**a sh*t I did it/Say you want one hundred bricks well I bet I get it/Tell them other sucker ni**as trying to rep my city K.I.N.G. bi*ch best get with it/All I know is go get it/Swag so silly, checks on deck I’m racked up with it/Got a house colli park stay stacked up with it/Got a Louis V bag stay sacked up with it/Big diamonds in my Cuban they won’t be where we go shooting mane/In the A its undisputed we some legends best to do it mane Chorus / Verse 2 (Big Boi) King sh*t Buckingham palace cause I’m bucking on the motherf**king beat god dammit/I ain’t lost a step but some of yall ni**as flaw to death since playas ball I was called the best/And now they only call me daddy fat saxxx and ah/ The Cadillac-a with the diamond in the back and the sunroof top/My doctor say I’m lacking in vitamin D , I need the sun won’t stop/Shine brighter, rhyme tighter/Than anybody in your top ten my ni**a, My ni**a/Like the post man, I deliver/ See I’m the letter with the anthrax in it, pass that hit it, sniff it, snort it, then gone take a bump shawty/Or take a number cause I’m serving the chumps that want to jump up and get beat down/I’m brand Nu-bian, brand new again/Never get old, when I was little boy they said I had an old soul/Old gold, riding with some pimps on a hoe stroll/Now that’s loco/And you’re local and I’m global that means worldwide/Like the rising tide I’m gonna subside and rise again like clockwork/C-bone is gonna show you how that glock work (BLOW)/Non-violent though, no violence just styling hoe/ From the birthplace of MLK where everything ain’t ok but KKK (OH)/ I’m more Malcolm than Martin, come get some, be a target/Standing in the kitchen with the A K, A.K.A the chopper Chorus / Verse 3 (Ludacris) Now this here is the A-Town come on the premises if you want to/Play with death you get stung like the crocodile hunter/Got them racks slanging them packs and no we can’t leave the sax alone/Hired an assistant cause my weed need a chaperone/(LUDA!)/And then Big Boi will pass the lighter I’m convinced that we started the California brush fires/One, Two and it don’t stop/So many whips at my crib your chick came the bi*ch thought it was a road block/Spending cash so fast you think I’m foolish and I love chicks with a** or an arch like St. Louis/Who’s it? /Got chicks hugging my n*ts like a Speedo, Cause when I’m on the mic I go for broke like T.O./But we know, I’m rich and pay the bills at my mother house Atlanta cribs jealous cause I’m chilling at my other house/Yeah you may be able to out trap me, (but what?) None of you ni**as will ever out rap me, Gone! “Is That What You Say” (interlude) – performed by The Honorable James David Manning, Pastor
She hates me
feat. kid cudi
(Antwan Patton, Sharif Wilson, Chris Carmouche, Scott Mescudi, Treie) © 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails|Chrysalis Music (BMI)/OddBall Glory (ASCAP)/Jungle Funk Music (ASCAP)/Elsie’s Baby Boy (ASCAP), administered by Kobalt Publishing. Produced by Sharif Wilson. Co-Produced by Big Boi and Chris Carmouche. Recorded by Chris Carmouche and Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Mixed by The Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Music programming by Sharif Wilson. Additional keys by Chris Carmouche and Kevin Kendrick. Guitars by David Whild and Gary Fly. Additional vocals by Treie. Kid Cudi appears courtesy of Wicked Awesome/GOOD Music/Universal Republic Records Intro / Verse 1 (Big Boi) She said she love me when I’m home/She hate it when I’m gone/I’m always at the studio/That makes her alone/ Recently she even seem to hate on all my songs/Deleted my pictures/Took my face up out her phone/Where did we go wrong/I’m sitting here thinking/She said the weed is too strong/ It keeps my breath stinking/Dizzy how I ride away in my Lincoln/Close my eyes and fly away with no blinking/ I’m just dreaming/She ain’t really screaming/It goes both ways and I was trying to get even/Lost my whole evening/Mostly for no reasoning/Just my broken reasoning/Now I’m trying to ease it in/Came home, I’m late/I just put the key in/It would probably be straight if she was European/She’s not/She’s hot/As mad as she can be/If you can hate on anybody girl I’m glad that it was me Chorus (Kid Cudi) She hates me/She hates me/But I’mma make her love me/I’mma I’mma make her love me/ But I’mma make her love me again/Repeat Chorus Verse 2 (Big Boi) I mean it started with a rose pedal, ended with a stem/Bought a card while I’m thinking, “damn, here we go again”/We used to hold hands and have such a deep convo/Make a few plans like, “you wanna go where I’mma go?”/Well let’s leave pronto/And that’s what we did/Then we yelled out, “Geronimo!”/And jumped off that bridge/Had a couple kids/You can move where I live/I know old a** ni**as that’s scared to do what I did/ The shoe still fits but I’m wearing out the sole/Sometimes I really feel as if I’m burning out my soul/I should have a live band preparing for my show/But instead everybody keep d**king riding my flow/Now I know I ain’t quite rich, but bi*ch I ain’t broke/If she’s acting like a bi*ch I guess we’re around white folks/Forgive me fif I raise my voice, I won’t raise a hand/But one thing I will do baby is raise my lil’ man/Gon’ hate me Chorus / Outro (Kid Cudi) I know, I know I did wrong/But baby let me fix it baby let me fix it/Yep/Repeat
CPU
feat. phantogram
(Antwan Patton, Chris Carmouche, Jeron Ward, Demond Toney, Shelton Oliver, Josh Carter, Sarah Barthel) © 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails|Chrysalis Music (BMI)/Jungle Funk Music (ASCAP)/Jeron Ward Family Publishing (BMI)/Demond Toney Publishing Designee (BMI)/Charlie Everywhere Music/Demarest Barthel Music, administered by House of Hassle (SESAC). Produced by Chris Carmouche and Jeron Ward (for The Flush).Recorded by Chris Carmouche and Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Mixed by The Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Music programming by Chris Carmouche and Jeron Ward (for The Flush). Additional keys by Kevin Kendrick. Guitars by David Whild. Phantogram appear courtesy of Republic Records Chorus (Sarah Barthel) And it is you that’s on my computer screen/Cause it’s you that’s on my mind/Repeat Verse 1 (Big Boi) The world is yours as soon as you log on/I’m long gone like the dro that’s blown in the wind, friend/Pretend that this life is but a dream then reality syncs in/The fantasy begins and it never ends/We like to role play/Throw on some Coldplay/Go get some drugs and alcohol, f**k our whole day/Now we’re trapped in the matrix/While Big Brother out here making moves ni**a don’t say sh*t Chorus / Verse 2 The information age (age)/The age of information but we’re still a slave/So let me behave like a coon/Bring the goons go out and sell dope/That’s what they shoving down our throat/So I choke/And regurgitate truest lyrics I ever wrote folk/My crew’s loc’d out without the bandanas/Yet we keep it cracking like a egg yolk, ni**a this is Atlanta/By way of West Savannah Chorus / Bridge (Big Boi) As I scroll through the centerfolds/Wishing that the screen was 3 dimensional/I know it doesn’t seem too conventional/ But it’ll do until I get you in the physical/Repeat Chorus / Bridge (Sarah) The flash memory that I’ll hold, is all I know of time/What was waiting all along is all I have to realize/ I’ve got the dial tone/The glowing screen it means we’re not alone
Thom pettie
feat. little dragon & Killer Mike
(Antwan Patton, Chris Carmouche, LaMarquis Jefferson, David Brown, Yukimi Nagano, Erik Bodin, Fredrik Wallin, Hakan Wirenstrand, Michael Render) © 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails|Chrysalis Music (BMI)/Jungle Funk Music (ASCAP)/Me and Marq Music (ASCAP)/Whild Peach Music Inc. (BMI)/Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI)/Aniyah’s Music/Royalty Network (ASCAP). Produced by Chris Carmouche and Big Boi. Recorded by Chris Carmouche and Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Assistant engineer: Warren Bletcher. Mixed by The Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Music programming by Chris Carmouche. Additional percussion by Erik Bodin. Bass by LaMarquis Jefferson. Guitars by David Whild. Little Dragon appear courtesy of Loma Vista/Republic Records. Scratches by DJ Cutmaster Swiff Chorus (Big Boi) Thom Pettie that hoe (x3) Free Falling, Thom Pettie / Thom Pettie that hoe (x3) Free Falling, we out all night Verse 1 (Big Boi) Yeah! I rock one chain, one medallion with a whole lot of muthaf**kin’ diamonds/ It’s astounding like when I be rhyming/Always shining like the sun and moon/Like a hot air balloon requires fire/ No methamphetamine but ni**a we get higher/Big Boi throw a mean I mean I’m dope and nah one these ni**as can even come close/Except for fat saxxx been a serial killa oh nice to meet you best believe that like Ripley’s / Boy don’t tempt me I f**k around and leave ya kool-aid glass half empty/ your time is running out just like the sand in it been jamming and half of you ni**as know you can get it/That’s right it as in I.T. we like the apple on your iphone you ni**as always biting/ Chorus / Bridge (Yukimi Nagano) Ohhh you’re shining like the sun and moon/All of your wishes follow through/There chasing after you/ And climbing up the room (x2) Verse 2 (Killer Mike) Motel Hotel Intercontinental all cause a ni**a push a pencil/This a S550 not a rental/ bi*ch I don’t even ride Lincoln Continentals/In the rear seat, is a fat black ni**a wit a smile like Denzel/pretty model bi*ch wit me movin bout as graceful as a gazelle/skinny as a pencil fold her like a pretzel/Hit her wit the XL/just in case this funky a** bi*ch was doin’ intel/ima give her news she can go tell/Snitchin’ a** bi*ches get evicted no bus fair/Grown a** women ride a Bentley that’s so playa, Im so playa/Spottieottiedopalicious mama forty but I swear to God the pu**y dope and she delicious/One time for my wife and my mistress Gone Chorus / Bridge
Mama Told Me
feat. kelly rowland
(Antwan Patton, Jeron Ward, Ricky Walker, Chris Carmouche, Ricardo Lewis, Shelton Oliver, Yukimi Nagano, Erik Bodin, Fredrik Wallin, Hakan Wirenstrand). © 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails/Chrysalis Music (BMI)/Jeron Ward Family Publishing (BMI)/RickWallkk Muzick (ASCAP)/Jungle Funk Music (ASCAP)/REY Vision (ASCAP)/Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI). Produced by The Flush. Co-Produced by Big Boi and Chris Carmouche. Recorded by Chris Carmouche, Gary Fly and Josh Adams @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Assistant engineer: Warren Bletcher. Mixed by The Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Music programming by Jeron Ward. Additional programming by Chris Carmouche. Additional keys by Kevin Kendrick. Additional vocals by Cutty Cartel. Bass guitar by Debra Killings. Talkbox by Bosko Kante. Kelly Rowland appears courtesy of Universal Republic Verse 1 (Big Boi) As the world shakes un-harmed/Twan calm in the middle of the storm/Bomb/Flow tsunami ring the alarm/ Big Boi for dummies, come and get some/Um/Wisdom like your back teeth/Or get the f**k on like some bad chi/Negative energy not tolerated/You’re all about a dollar/And I’m exonerated/Free Falling, Thom Pettie Heartbreaker/Living Legend, Rap Scholar, Art Major/Cause I make major art/Like Beethoven, Van Gogh, or Mozart so don’t start/Around these parts we reign supreme/And stay Krispy Kreme clean/ Blue Jeans, Jordan’s, number 3’s/That’s important Chorus (Kelly Rowland) Be careful how you play your cards/Be true to self and you’ll go far/Try not to break too many hearts/ I always knew I’ll be a star Verse 2 Mama used to say take your time/Well I’m a pick pocket when I design rhymes/Every little step I take like Bob Brown is so profound/That when I throw those nouns/We gon’ get low low down until we get back up/Boy everything gravy, taters mashed up/You know I keep a full plate/And a full thang of hot ones, throw away 38’s/But everything’s straight bleed/Sh*t I got everything I can’t need/Boy I’m everything you can’t see/Like three blind mice on the chase for some great cheese/And cheddar man said he got them grape trees/Said he served me and my ni**a 3G/Fatigues, Jordan’s, number 5’s/Y’all ni**as boring Chorus / Bridge (Kelly Rowland) Cause I travel like a rocket I do/Mind riddle every socket for you/I swing on the edge of a lightning/Magnetic can’t stop/Just floating won’t drop/I slip I slide back up the ride/I’m skipping every mountain top/I’m reaching for the highest high Chorus
LINES
feat. A$AP ROCKY & PHANTOGRAM
(Antwan Patton, Raymond Murray, Rico Wade, Chris Carmouche, Josh Carter, Sarah Barthel, Rakim Mayers) © 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails/Chrysalis Music (BMI)/Organized Noize Music (BMI)/Jungle Funk Music (ASCAP)/ Charlie Everywhere Music/Demarest Barthel Music, administered by House of Hassle (SESAC)/ASAP Rocky Publishing LLC (BMI) administered by Sony/ATV Songs LLC. Produced by Organized Noize for ONP, Inc.. Co-Produced by Chris Carmouche. Recorded by Chris Carmouche, Ray Murray and Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Mixed by The Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Music programming by Ray Murray. Additional programming by Chris Carmouche. Piano by Kevin Kendrick. Guitars by Josh Carter. A$AP Rocky appears courtesy of Polo Grounds/RCA Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment. Phantogram appears courtesy of Republic Records Intro Now that’s what the f**k I’m talkin’ bout DF to A$AP Mob First Verse (A$AP Rocky) Uh, Lines, tell em read between it / Trippin’ while I’m slippin’, busy fightin’ off these demons / Listen while I’m spittin’ boy, you prolly won’t believe it / But, life is so terrific tell em pinch me if I’m dreamin’ / Revenue is what I get get, your bi*ch is what I did hit / Came about my bizness, them pesos what I did get / Made a hit, had they fix / They sayin’ you’s the shiznit / Tell em get off my diznick, you bucket headed bi*ches / Crossin’ all the lines, time is only racin’ time / Equivalent to the bars, so I’m only raising mine / Depending on the grind is the only way to shine / So I’m feelin’ like the odds is the only state of mind / And it’s finna give me peace, life up in these streets / Equipped with a piece, case you niglets wanted beef / Cuz man gave us laws, and God gave us time / It’s the art of storytelling and I’m only tellin’ mine Chorus (Sarah Barthel) The lines we’ve crossed, the lines we’ve crossed / Have always been why I’ve lost, it changes all the time / Cause I’ve wondered how, I’ve wondered how / I’m happier when I lose what I’ve needed all my life Second Verse (Big Boi) Straight outta the belly of East Point, ya that’s my origins / Was born in West Savannah Georgia, then I was born again / Like the baby in the manger, I gave my life to Jesus, because He could protect me from the dangers / Send a circle of angels, just to help me shine my halo / Attended Sunday school but it felt like it was every day though / I didn’t have a suit or no fancy shoes, we went in our play clothes / Received the word and it molded me like PlayDoh / My ni**a we don’t play do, we don’t play do / They say we get lower than an alligators navel / And when I say gator I mean that gator that match that sable fur coat / I wish that PETA would throw some blood off on my fur folk / Boy, a** whooping / They outchea eatin’ flesh but wanna worried ‘bout how I’m lookin’ / I stay simply fresh to def / Sir Lucious Leftfoot bestfoot forward / You reap what you sow and now it’s showing Chorus
Shoes for running
feat. B.O.B. & wavves
(Antwan Patton, John Hill, Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr., Nathan Williams) © 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails/Chrysalis Music (BMI)/Rodeo Recording/EMI April Music (ASCAP)/Nathan Williams (SESAC)/Copyright Control. Produced by John Hill. Recorded by Laura Sisk and John Hill @Sonora Recorders and by Chris Carmouche and Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Mixed by The Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Guitars by Nathan Williams and John Hill. Programming and bass by John Hill. Additional programming and keys by Noah “Xaphoon Jones” Beresin. West LA Children’s Choir directed by Barbara Silberg and recorded by John Hill @ Ruby Red Studios, Santa Monica, CA. Children’s Choir: Janet Yang, Arielle Cohen, Renata Robins, Nia Wright, Ky Lee Abrams, Andrew Steele, Genevieve Thomas, Skylar Saltzman, Hannah Blatt, Lowell Novitch, Simone Seven, Jair Miles. B.o.B. appears courtesy Grand Hustle/Atlantic Recording Corporation. Chorus Shoes for running/And I’ll race ya/Sun is coming/It’ll chase ya/Through this dead beat town/Through this deadbeat town/The end is coming/And will race ya/But there’s no running/It’ll chase ya/Death will hunt you down/ Death will hunt you down Verse 1 (Big Boi) What about the people that’s barefoot with no shoes for running when the sun come up/Hey one percenters the 99 say whatcha gonna do for us/We’ll run up in your house like the first runner up/Eh/Be the first one to buck and the last one to get laid down/Stay down/And now we lookin at the top of the pile/Or the king of the mountain gonna knock him off/Revolt/But y’all ni**as just too soft/Bubble gum/Just poppin off/At the mouth like a ni**a got all the hoes/Got all the dough, and all the women/Boy whatcha gone do in the penitentiary/Gotta lotta money/Can’t take it with me/I can’t take it with me/I wish they could send me to the moon and back with a cure for cancer and save the lives of my great grandmamma and my great granddaddy now that’s the answer/ To the question/But, they make money off the medicine/Leaving us all stuck in elections/With no progression just recessions. Chorus / Verse 2 (B.o.B.) Just as I expected/Life gets deadly/It’s funny how the beloved becomes the beheaded/The truth can be independent or the direction that you stretch it/So my ni**as will draw when sh*t gets sketchy/That’s a masterpiece/A work of art/A gallery no photoshop/Pictures say a million words so I just let my photo talk/Even in your local talk/ Ni**as say, “You know he boss”/Every time my name is brought up better know it’s mogul talk/That’s why she gives me geek ‘til my shins weak/I’m blazing every day you can call that demp week/You’re running from a life that you didn’t see /That’s like playing hide and seek with the Grim Reap/ Chorus You can fight and try to get away/But there’s no way to run and hide to/You better know that there will come a day/Eventually it’s gon’ find you
Raspberries
feat. mouche & scar
(Antwan Patton, Jeremy McArthur, Chris Carmouche, Terrence Smith) © 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails/Chrysalis Music (BMI)/Canadian Jew Music (BMI)/Jungle Funk Music (ASCAP)/Melkeon Music/Chrysalis Music (BMI). Produced by Arthur McArthur for Canadian Jew Music. Recorded by Chris Carmouche and Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Mixed by the Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. All instruments by Arthur McArthur Verse 1 (Big Boi) When I seen her walkin’ down the street she was pretty thick / Did you get her name did you get her number / You see baby had back I ain’t really into skinny chicks / And she tastes like raspberries damn I want you to know Chorus And if you see how she work the stroll/That body was out of control/Ain’t no way I was bout to let her go/ I ran my game like I was supposed Bridge We be rhymin’ on the beat but the beats so cold/We be rhymin’ on the beat but the beats so cold/ We be movin’ on the beat but the beats so cold/We be rhymin’ on the beat but the beats so cold/ Verse 2 If her boyfriend tryin’ to trip talkin’ sh*t/Ima beat his a**/You should let her go it ain’t worth the problems hell no/ If she come right now she’d be down but I don’t love her though/Plus she tastes like raspberries man I thought you should know Chorus / Verse 3 When I seen her walkin down the street she was pretty think/Can’t remember name but I got her number
tremendous damage
feat. bosko
(Antwan Patton, Chris Carmouche, Bosko Kante, Terrence Smith, Timothy Clayton, LaMarquis Jefferson, Kevin Kendrick) © 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails/Chrysalis Music (BMI)/Jungle Funk Music (ASCAP)|Puzzled Pieces of Mind (ASCAP)/Melkeon Music/Chrysalis (BMI)/Stix I’m Stoned Publishing/Universal Music Publishing (ASCAP)/Me and Marq Music (ASCAP)/Chrysalis Music/Amir Nivek Lloyd (BMI). Produced by Chris Carmouche. Recorded by Chris Carmouche and Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Assistant engineer: Rupert Richardson. Mixed by The Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Music programming by Chris Carmouche. Bass by LaMarquis Jefferson. Additional keys by Kevin Kendrick. Additional vocals by Debra Killings. Additional percussion by Omar Phillips Chorus Sometimes I wonder how I get over/The weight of everything is tearin’ up my sober/Sh*t is heavy like the world on my shoulders/People tellin’ me be strong like a soldier but I suffer tremendous damage/Just make it fade away/Just let it fade away/Just make it fade away/I suffer tremendous damage Verse 1 (Big Boi) So many things that I didn’t know/But still I seen my dreams come true/And now the little kids are watchin’ my videos/And tellin me I wanna be you/See I’m just a man so ain’t scared to fall down/No matter what ever I go through/I told the man in the mirror keep pushin’ on/But I can’t say the same about you nah nah nah/I done made it this far/And ain’t no way I’m gonna turn back/I started out with no car/And graduated to a Cadillac/But all that money don’t mean a god damn thing to me/Cause we don’t worship that/But like the Wright Brothers/You gotta crash and burn before ya take flight I know ya heard that Chorus / Verse 2 (Big Boi) February 28th the day my daddy died/Well not really his energy passed to the other side/And ever since that day I’ve seen him fade away with my own eyes/I never doubted god/The Marine corps they say semper fi/My daddy fought in Vietnam/This is a fun fact from the bloodline of Antwan Andre just like this song say I’ve suffered tremendous damage/Got me tougher than a muthaf**ka/ And since the days of players ball y’all thought it was about all these broads and slammin Cadillac Doors naw your American idols just a fraud/Ya kiss him and he still gonna be a frog/Ribit/A bitter old negro not at all/See I look twenty six and still hit ya broad/Still pitch a ball/Hike, pass, shoot, kick and all/Practice make perfect/At first it was Bamboo and now it’s Cross Chorus / Bridge Ridin through the city with my windows down low/Blastin the system as my wheels spin slow (x 4)
desCENDING
feat. little dragon
(Antwan Patton, Chris Carmouche, Andy Slagle, Gary Fly, Yukimi Nagano, Erik Bodin, Fredrik Wallin, Hakan Wirenstrand)© 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails/Chrysalis Music (BMI)/Jungle Funk Music (ASCAP)/Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI). Produced by Andy “Andramadon” Slagle, Gary Fly and Chris Carmouche. Recorded by Chris Carmouche and Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Mixed by The Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Music programming by Andy “Andramadon” Slagle, Gary Fly and Chris Carmouche. Guitars by Andy Slagle, Gary Fly and David Whild. Additional programming by DJ Cutmaster Swiff. Little Dragon appear courtesy of Loma Vista/Republic Records Chorus (Little Dragon) If ya don’t know me/by now (x4) / You will never know/If ya don’t/If ya don’t Verse 1 (Big Boi) / When I think back, I’m glad I lived it all, /The pain when I’m thinkin’ bout it dad/ I will not fall/ Even tired and all/Grandmamas/Great grandmama they gone/My daddy’s gone Chorus / Verse 2 (Little Dragon) Hey/Even with a storm to face/I still stand tall/I take beyond/The city I was born and raised/Lights/ Lights turn off/Running along my own way/my body lift up/Even when I go stray/ By now you should know us Chorus / Verse 3 (Big Boi & Little Dragon) / (Big Boi) From the bottom of my chest to my stomach god damn it my daddy is gone (Little Dragon) / From the waves that rock I listen for you/I’m listening through
Higher Res feat. Jai Paul & Little Dragon
(Antwan Patton, Chris Carmouche, Jai Paul, Anup Paul, Yukimi Nagano, Erik Bodin, Fredrik Wallin, Hakan Wirenstrand) © 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails/Chrysalis Music (BMI)/Jungle Funk Music (ASCAP)/BMG/Chrysalis (BMI)/Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI). Produced by Jai Paul. Recorded by Jai Paul and Anup Paul @ SmashWorld, Rayners Lane, London, UK and by Chris Carmouche and Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Mixed by Jai Paul. Vocals by Jai Paul, Big Boi and Yukimi Nagano. Drums, synthesizers and electric guitar by Jai Paul. Additional drum programming by Chris Carmouche and Erik Bodin. Bass guitar by Anup Paul. Jai Paul appears courtesy of XL Records. Little Dragon appear courtesy of Loma Vista/Republic Records Chorus (Jai Paul) I wanna get in higher res/I wanna see it on the sick screen/I wanna get it now anytime, anywhere/I wanna put it on the five point one/I just want to get it on/I wanna get it now anytime, anywhere/I wanna get it higher res Verse 1 (Big Boi) 1080p/now what can be clearer when your vision is blurry well I say wipin’ away the steam up off the mirror and bathin’ in the fog dog/She about this lumberjack so she gonna get this log cause Im a get that thundercat when I get up under that/thang/Her natural habitat is a bang bang/Surrounded by the jungle/The sea/The tundra/B I G stay cooler than tha pu**y on a penguin in the summer/ni**as in slumber but we been runnin’ this bi*ch and never fumbled fumble? Fumble! hot tomato wake up Chorus / Verse 2 (Yukimi Nagano) Turn On/Burn out/It’s all about/How you wanna give it to me/I’m up/Online/Press send/Don’t rush/I know you wanna get it in
Gossip
feat. UGK & Big K.R.I.T.
(Antwan Patton, Raymon Murray, Rico Wade, Chad Butler, Bernard Freeman, Justin Scott, Maurice Sinclair, Chris Carmouche) © 2012 Chrysalis Music (BMI)|Organized Noize Music (BMI)|Copyright Control|Pimp My Pen Int’l/ Zomba Enterprises (ASCAP)|Sippi Land Publishing (BMI)|Reservoir Media Management (ASCAP)|Jungle Funk Music (ASCAP). Produced by Organized Noize for ONP, Inc.. Additional Production by Big Boi and Chris Carmouche. Recorded by Ray Murray @ Dungeon East, Atlanta, GA and by Chris Carmouche and Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Mixed by The Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Music programming by Ray Murray. Additional keys by Chris Carmouche and Kevin Kendrick. Guitar by Gary Fly
She Said OK feat. Theophilus London & Tre Luce (Antwan Patton, Chris Carmouche, Theophilus London, Eric Lucear, David Brown, LaMarquis Jefferson, Kevin Kendrick) © 2012 Polar Bears Toe Nails/Chrysalis Music (BMI)|Jungle Funk Music (ASCAP)| Normex Publishing LLC (ASCAP)|Tre Luce Music (ASCAP)|Whild Peach Music Inc. (BMI)|Me and Marq Music (ASCAP)|Chrysalis Music/ Amir Nivek Lloyd. Produced by Chris Carmouche. Additional Production by Big Boi. Recorded by Chris Carmouche and Gary Fly @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Mixed by The Trinity @ Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA. Guitar by David Whild. Bass by LaMarquis Jefferson. Rhodes by Kevin Kendrick. Drum programming by Chris Carmouche. Additional drums by Ray Murray. Theophilus London appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
Hook (Tre Luce) Let me see your ti**ies/ Let me see your ti**ies/ She said ok/ Ok/ Now let me see your pu**y/ Let me see your pu**y/ she said ok/ Ok/ We at the freak nic affair/ throw your money in the air/ Let it/ rain/ rain/ let it rain down/ She wants to skip the winter just to shake it in the summer/ If I didn’t show up to your party homie that’s a bummer/ Strippers on the pole and they goin up and down/ I sip on my cup/ cup/ to make me calm down/ I’m a fly Brooklyn bi*ch/ but when I’m in Atlanta / I be stickin’ ones in the thongs/ Hit em with bandanas/ I’ma play that cat like it was played by Santana/ Bi*ch I hit you up manana/ for a recap/ my hanger / my hanger/ I’m a freak girl/ watch me take a peak girl/ touchin on your ni**les mighty long take a seat girl/ wanna introduce you to my mighty long/ he dance the song/ said he’ll take you all night long/ but you hidin’ in that dress/ curiosity is killin’ me/ when you hit the stage tell them mob ni**as you feelin’ me/ Hook / Verse (Big Boi) Yeah/ Monday night/ Atlanta, Georgia and they say all the hoes at magic c know/ I’m no David Copperfield/ But I’m sure I can pull a rabbit/ See I’m adamant when I see something I want I reach out and grab it/ Like this cannabis that I am blowing/ bust the package boy its cherry kush/ Uh/ stanky smelly much/ but this is the only hairy bush that I would like to put my lips on/ I like that pu**y brazilian waxed with the nips showing/ tip toe in in her high heels of her bare feet/ and she down for some major d*ck blowing/ How many licks does it take to get to the bottom of a tootsie roll/ what / Pop goes the weasel when I explode in her mouth/ boy that’s cold/ er / then Shaquille O’Neal from the free throw line and I’m a peaceful person so she wanted to give me piece of mind/ Now it appears that I am brain dead/ my legs feel like Joe from family guy/ because she got insane head/ call me crazy but nowadays it seems like nothing is sacred/ o well / I already got me some body to play with. Hook I just wanna give you all my time/ Give you all my time/ Baby let me blow your mind / your mind/ Blow your mind/ Girl I want you to climb on top of me/ Climb on top of me baby/ Could you please let me see/ Let me see/
Executive Producers: Big Boi and Chris Carmouche A&R: Sha Money XL / A&R Administration: Autumn Robinson A&R Coordination: Leesa D. Brunson / Marketing: Chris Atlas Mastered by Brian “Big Bass” Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles, CA Management: Marcus T. Grant for The Collective / Package Design: Steve DeFino Photography: Andrew Zaeh / Photoshoot Producer: Meredith Truax Cover & Inlay Illustration: Justin “Jus10” Huff / Interior Illustration: Robert Poller Art & Photography Production: Tai Linzie / Package Production: Cara Walker Legal Counsel: Donald M. Woodard, Esq. / Sample Clearances: Eric Weissman Music Licensing Inc. Business Affairs: Jerry Juste, Antoinette Trotman, Ian Allen, Vol S. Davis III
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