Gasoline Dreams – English Lyrics

• By: Outkast

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Alright, alright, alright, alright

Alright, alright, alright, alright

Alright, alright, alright, alright

Alright, alright, alright, alright

Alright, alright, alright, alright

Alright, alright, alright, alright

Alright, alright, alright, alright

Don't everybody like the smell of gasoline?

Well burn muthafucka burn American dreams

Don't everybody like the taste of apple pie?

We'll snap for yo' slice of life I'm tellin' ya why

I hear that Mother Nature now's on birth control

The coldest pimp be looking for somebody to hold

The highway up to Heaven got a crook on the toll

Youth full of fire ain't got nowhere to go, nowhere to go

All of my heroes did dope

Every nigga 'round me playing married, or paying child support

I can't cope, never made no sense to me one day I hope it will

And that's that, sport, sport

Pray I live to see the day when Seven's happily married with kids

Woe woe, the world is moving fast and I'm losing my balance

Now time to dig, low low

To a place where ain't nowhere to go but up

You with me say shit, sho sho

Now let me ask y'all this

Don't everybody like the smell of gasoline?

Well burn muthafucka burn American dreams

Don't everybody like the taste of apple pie?

We'll snap for yo' slice of life I'm tellin' ya why

I hear that Mother Nature now's on birth control

The coldest pimp be looking for somebody to hold

The highway up to Heaven got a crook on the toll

Youth full of fire ain't got nowhere to go, nowhere to go

It's shitty like Ricky Stratton got a million bucks

My cousin Ricky Walker got ten years doing Fed time

On a first offense drug bust, fuck the Holice

That's if ya racist or ya crooked

Arrest me for this dope I didn't weight it up or cook it

You gotta charge the world cause over a million people took it

Look at me, I'm outta your jurisdiction now ya lookin' stupid

Officer, get off me sir

Don't make me call L.A. he'll have ya walking sir

A couple of months ago they gave OutKast the key to the city

But I still gotta pay my taxes and they give us no pity

About these youngsters amongst us

You think they respect the law

They think they monsters, they love us, reality rappin'

And giving the youth the truth from this booth

And when we on stage we scream

Don't everybody, everybody

Don't everybody like the smell of gasoline?

Well burn muthafucka burn American dreams

Don't everybody like the taste of apple pie?

We'll snap for yo' slice of life I'm tellin' ya why

I hear that Mother Nature now's on birth control

The coldest pimp be looking for somebody to hold

The highway up to Heaven got a crook on the toll

Youth full of fire ain't got nowhere to go, nowhere to go

Officer of the most high

You touch me you touch the apple of his eye

If they kick us out, where will we go?

Not to Africa cause not one of them acknowledge us as their kin folk

Still eatin' pork

Abomination desecration for beating flesh

Penalty for violation is death

Woe, woe, to the man that strive with his maker on Judgement Day

Hip Hip Hooray!

Mr. Reaper Babylon the great

The mother of harlots is falling, prophecy must be fulfilled

The lake of fire is calling

Don't everybody like the smell of gasoline?

Well burn muthafucka burn American dreams

Don't everybody like the taste of apple pie?

We'll snap for yo' slice of life I'm tellin' ya why

I hear that Mother Nature now's on birth control

The coldest pimp be looking for somebody to hold

The highway up to Heaven got a crook on the toll

Youth full of fire ain't got nowhere to go, nowhere to go

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
burn /bɜːrn/ A2	verb - to be on fire; to be consumed by fire.
American /əˈmerɪkən/ A1	adjective - relating to the United States of America or its people.
taste /teɪst/ A2	noun - the sensation produced when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with taste receptor cells located on taste buds in the oral cavity. verb - perceive the flavor of something.
slice /slaɪs/ A1	noun - a thin, flat piece of food cut from a larger portion.
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
Mother /ˈmʌðər/ A1	noun - a female parent.
Nature /ˈneɪtʃər/ B1	noun - the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations.
youth /juːθ/ B1	noun - the period of life between childhood and adult age.
fire /ˈfaɪər/ A1	noun - the phenomenon of combustion, manifested in light, heat, and flame. verb - to dismiss someone from a job.
go /ɡoʊ/ A1	verb - to move or travel.
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a particular portion of space.
Officer /ˈɒfɪsər/ B1	noun - a person holding a position of authority in the armed forces or police force.
truth /truːθ/ B1	noun - the quality or state of being true.
stage /steɪdʒ/ A2	noun - a raised platform in a theatre, on which actors perform.
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth and all its inhabitants.
falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ A2	verb - to drop from a higher to a lower level.
highway /ˈhaɪweɪ/ B1	noun - a main road, especially one connecting towns and cities.