OutKast

Released: August 22, 2006

Featuring: Janelle Monáe Killer Mike

Songwriter: Big Boi Killer Mike Janelle Monáe Sleepy Brown Ray Murray

Producer: Organized Noize

[Hook: Janelle Monae & Sleepy Brown]
We spent summer dreaming
When we could be leaving
Out here wild and don't give a fuck
See you when the sun come up
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams
Out here wild and don't give a fuck
See you when the sun come up
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams

[Verse 1: Big Boi]
The moon is now my sun and the nights are now my days
Nocturnal creature by habit, Bruce Wayne know what I mean
I mean, I'm in between sunset and sunrise
Since it's on, type of nigga for the home invasion, surprise-prise
Motherfucka, pow-pow, lay the fuck down now
Naw naw, don't try to talk your way out
Because I'm usually non-violent, positively vibin'
But every now and then you got a nigga wanna try you
(Why?) I don't know, I don't even understand it
But it's simply overstood how you really 'posed to handle it
Pardon me one moment, I just went off on a tangent
Ha ha ha ha

[Hook: Janelle Monae & Sleepy Brown]
We spent summer dreaming
When we could be leaving
Out here wild and don't give a fuck
See you when the sun come up
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams
Out here wild and don't give a fuck
See you when the sun come up
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams

[Verse 2: Killer Mike]
Typical day off in the A, aye
But Nicks own the Chevrolet, aye
Nigga wanna rob, okay, okay
Where he stand is where he lay, aye
Keep looking at me with a gangsta grill
I'm gonna give your ass a gangsta's pill
That's a little piece of lead, taken to the head
That nigga ain't live, that nigga there dead
Taken dirt naps, sleeping with the fishes
Done like dishes, this a wrap like Christmas
Big Boi, you say the word I'll make these niggas dreams a nightmare
I will bust their motherfuckin' head
Ha ha ha ha ha ha

[Hook: Janelle Monae & Sleepy Brown]
We spent summer dreaming
When we could be leaving
Out here wild and don't give a fuck
See you when the sun come up
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams
Out here wild and don't give a fuck
See you when the sun come up
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams

[Bridge: Sleepy Brown]
You're ridin', killin', feelin', straight chillin'
Out here wild and don't give a fuck
See you when the sun come up
We roastin', boastin', flowin', straight coastin'
Out here wild and don't give a fuck
See you when the sun come up
As the wheels...
Keep spinnin', we grillin', bendin', straight pimpin'
Out here wild and don't give a fuck
See you when the sun come up
Now we knowin', holdin', showin', controllin'
Out here wild and don't give a fuck
See you when the sun come up

[Hook: Janelle Monae & Sleepy Brown]
We spent summer dreaming
When we could be leaving
Out here wild and don't give a fuck
See you when the sun come up
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams
Out here wild and don't give a fuck
See you when the sun come up
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams

[Outro: Janelle Manae]
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams
I guess I'll catch you in your dreams...

Atlanta, Georgia natives André “André 3000” Benjamin and Antwan “Big Boi” Patton are OutKast, one of the most successful rap groups of all time. Along with the production crew Organized Noize and the Dungeon Family collective, André and Big Boi helped popularize and expand the sound of rap in the “Dirty South.”

The duo connected at Tri-Cities High School and after the names “2 Shades Deep” or “The Misfits” didn’t work out, they went with OutKast as a synonym of “misfit.” They signed to LaFace Records in 1992 prior to finishing high school and their first official appearance came on a remix to TLC’s hit single “What About Your Friends.” This led into their debut single “Player’s Ball” being released in 1993 and their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik following in 1994. They had a pivotal moment early in their career as they were named New Artist of the Year at the 1995 Source Awards, leading them to be booed by the New York crowd and André responding with his iconic “The South got somethin' to say.”

Their next two albums, ATLiens (1996) and Aquemini (1998), have sparked debates as to which album is superior. ATLiens saw the duo begin to produce their own music and increase their profile while Aquemini received a perfect “5 Mic” rating from The Source magazine. Their next album, Stankonia (2000), further solidified their superstar status with the hit singles “B.O.B.,” “So Fresh, So Clean” and “Ms. Jackson,” which won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group while Stankonia won a Grammy in the Best Rap Album category.

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