OutKast: Babylon

Today's Black History song of the day is courtesy of the spaced-out Atliens OutKast. Babylon was included on OutKast's exemplary 1996 album ATLiens. The album was refreshing to say the least. 1996 was a time in Hip-Hop when artists were really starting to get money, and the gangsterisms of the music were in full effect. Yet, OutKast produced a nonconformist album. 3Stacks and Big Boi have always provided two types of meaningful social commentary. You have Andre Benjamin, the in-depth, intuitive thinker. Then, you have Big Boi, the street-wise, ghetto poet. These two have always been a faultless tandem. Go out and cop all of OutKast's albums, you are guaranteed to learn something.....

I came into this world high as a bird
From second hand cocain powder
i know it sounds absurd
I never tooted but its in my veins
While the rest of the country bungies off bridges
Without no snap back
and bitches they say they need that
To shake they fannies in the ass clubs
they go the other route
turn each other out
burn each other out
where a bonified nigga like me
can't even get no back rub these days
ain't that bleak on they part
but let me hold it down
cause they shut you down
when you speak from your heart
now that's hard
while we rantin and ravin bout gats
nigga they made them gats
they got some shit that'll blow out our backs
from where they stay at....