Aquemini is OutKast's third studio album, released on September 29, 1998. The album title represents Big Boi and André 3000's personalities by combining their Zodiac signs: Aquarius and Gemini.
Expanding on the outer space-inspired sounds of the duo’s previous record (ATLiens), Aquemini incorporates influences of 1970s funk, southern soul, gospel, country, psychedelic rock, and more. It explores various themes lyrically — including individuality, human nature, addiction, self-inflicted struggles, technology, and relationships — while blending together science fiction concepts and urban narratives.
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(Yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah (Woo), rrah
Old school players to new school fools
'Kast keep it jumping like kangaroos
We'll skew it on the bar-b, we ain't tryin to lose
Say, "I'll be goddamned if they done changed the rules"
Old school players to new school fools
'Kast keep it jumping like kangaroos
We'll skew it on the bar-b, we ain't tryin to lose
Say, "I'll be goddamned if they done changed the rules"
The common denominator, the n*gga numerator
Never know who the hater, n*ggas cater to your ego
I'm sorry like Atari, who's the cousin to Coleco
Vision, caught a RICO, back on the street like Chico
DeBarge, he large and got a 'Lac in the garage
Few parts here and there, I declare hard
My Lord, one at Clark, one at Spelman
Both know each other and it's cool, you can tell when
He step off in the party, women jump for joy
But all the wild n*ggas scheming, they gon' jump the boy
For spittin' all that bourgeoi', "My watch, my car"
I'm a star, I'd rather be a comet by far (Rrah, rrah)
Deliver this through your audio, ghetto mafioso
Grow hydro, then bag it up slow
Price that, longevity suggest make moves slow
Take time, grow eight, react nine, blow
Hydro slide raw like f*ck Ronaldo
Fly ride, though, sh*t lookin' wild dope
Then glide, yo, flippin' the page, I go
Watch five-o, jump on my meat, ride slow
Watch those undercovers, cop those, rock those
Glock blows, leave 'em baggy and collect, spot closed
Keep a watch froze, lean on the yacht, wash clothes
Let the chop blow, bag a half a block, plot grows, what?
Boy, I bust raps like D-boys bust gats, sh*t
We the type of people that don't bury the axe
Or the hatchet, every time we see your link, we snatch it
Ridin' 'round our hood talkin' that dumb sh*t, your cabbage
Is cracked like plumber's ass and summer's grass
I been in the game for a minute, seen some suckas like y'all passin'
Thinkin' you're light skinned, aight then, lil' boy why you frightened?
The Dungeon Family gon' be here, n*gga, so keep writing
I gotta hit The Source, I need my other half a mic
Because that Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik was a classic, right
College Park, East Point and Decatur they got my back, so
We gon' keep on jammin' and stabbin' off in the track, I
Think it's time to bungee, but buddy we will be back
And I'm fin' to put some D's on the 'Lac, know dat (Rrah)