🎵 Elevators (Me & You) // by OutKast

125 ContributorsElevators (Me & You) Lyrics “Elevators (Me & You)” is the lead single from OutKast’s sophomore album, ATLiens. The song talks about the group’s humble beginnings and elevated status in the rap game with the success of their debut… Read More  [Verse 1: André 3000] One for the money, yes, sir, two for the show A couple of years ago on Headland and Delowe Was the start of something good Where me and my nigga rode the MARTA through the hood Just tryna find that hook-up Now, every day, we looked up at the ceiling (Yuh) Watching ceiling fans go 'round, tryna catch that feeling off instrumentals Had my pencil, and plus, my paper We caught the 86 Lithonia, headed to Decatur Writing rhymes, tryna find our spot off in that light Light off in that spot, knowing that we could rock Doing the hole-in-the-wall clubs, this shit here must stop Like, "Freeze!" We making the crowd move, but we not making no G's, and that's a no-no [Verse 2: Big Boi] Yeah, uh Check it, a-one-two, a-one "Two dope niggas in the Cadillac," they call us Went from "Player's Ball" to ballers Putting the South up on the map was like Little Rock to bangin' Niggas say, "Motherfuck that playin'," they payin' We stayin' – layin' vocals Locales done made it with them big boys up in this industry "OutKast, yeah, them niggas, they making big noise" Over a million sold to this day; niggas, they take it lightly '96 gon' be that year that all y'all player-haters can bite me Around this bitch [Chorus: Big Boi, Sleepy Brown, Debra Killings & Jazzyfatnastees] Me and you Your momma and your cousin, too Rolling down the strip on Vogues Coming up, slammin' Cadillac doors Me and you Your momma and your cousin, too Rolling down the strip on Vogues Coming up, slammin' Cadillac doors [Verse 3: Big Boi] (Yeah, check this out one time... uh...) Back in the day, when I was younger – hunger Looking to fill me belly with that Rallys, bullshit Pull shit–off, like it was supposed to be pulled Full as a tick, I was stoned like them white boys Smoking them white girls before them blunts got crunk Chunky asses, passes getting throwed like Hail Marys And they looking like Halle Berrys – so, so fine Intertwined, but we ain't sipping wine We's just chilling, I'm the rabid villain, and I'm so high Smoking freely, me, Lil' B, Reek, Mone and Shug And my little brother, James, things changed in the hood Where I live at, them rats know, "Momma, I want to sing But, momma, I want to trick (Trick), and momma, I'm sucking dicks, now" We moving on up in the world like elevators Me and the crew, we pimps like '82 "Me and You," like Tony! Toni! Tone! (Yeah) Yeah... like this, East Point and we gone [Chorus: Big Boi, Sleepy Brown, Debra Killings & Jazzyfatnastees] Me and you Your momma and your cousin, too Rolling down the strip on Vogues Coming up, slammin' Cadillac doors Me and you Your momma and your cousin, too Rolling down the strip on Vogues Coming up, slammin' Cadillac doors [Verse 4: André 3000] Got stopped at the mall the other day Heard a call from the other way ("Aye!") That I just came from; some nigga was saying somethin' Talking 'bout ("Aye, man...") smoke somethin' "You remember me from school?" "No, not really" But he kept smiling like a clown, facial expression lookin' silly And he kept asking me, "What kinda car you drive? I know you paid, I know y'all got beaucoup of hoes From all them songs that y'all done made" And I replied that I'd been going through the same thing' that he has True, I've got more fans than the average man But not enough loot to last me to the end of the week I live by the beat like you live check-to-check If it don't move your feet, then I don't eat, so we like neck-to-neck Yes, we done come a long way like them Slim-ass cigarettes From Virginia; this ain't gon' stop, so we just gon' continue [Chorus: Big Boi, Sleepy Brown, Debra Killings & Jazzyfatnastees] Me and you Your momma and your cousin, too Rolling down the strip on Vogues Coming up, slammin' Cadillac doors Me and you Your momma and your cousin, too Rolling down the strip on Vogues Coming up, slammin' Cadillac doors Me and you Your momma and your cousin, too Rolling down the strip on Vogues Coming up, slammin' Cadillac doors Me and you Your momma and your cousin, too Rolling down the strip on Vogues Coming up, slammin' Cadillac doors Me and you