OutKast - Knowing lyrics

Brothers on the block knowing
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Sisters at the crib knowing
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Preachers at the church knowing
But still get by
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Teachers at the school knowing
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Babies on the bottle knowing
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Junkies on the corner knowing
But still get high
(From this point on it only gets rougher)

Well, here's a formal introduction
Something to make you ponder
The situation's ugly like In
Living Color's Wanda (Word up)
Now, everybody play dumb
But there's some that succumb
Or fall victim, I will overcome
Any hurdle or obstacle that's in my path
Fast cash should be the last resort
So make it last
For the risk you took, trick
You shook your ass
For some hundred dollar heels
And a designer bag now that's ass backwards
All you got in the refrigerator is bratwurst
Your stomach is balled in a knot
You got that phat purse
Pocketbook, stop and look, pockets look void
Destroyed by the need to indulge and
Enjoy the finer things in life
Your dignity the only sacrifice
Slim as your chances of being somebody's wife
They seeing ya butt booty naked every night
Ain't nothing right or wrong!

Brothers on the block knowing
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Sisters at the crib knowing
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Preachers at the church knowing
But still get by
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Teachers at the school knowing
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Babies on the bottle knowing
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Junkies on the corner knowing
But still get high
(From this point on it only gets rougher)

Even though things started falling apart
Wanda went and bought a Honda
Now she's out of a job
She would slob on a knob for
A little less than a yard
A massage, you could drill her like a sarge
She would charge and rob
Pick through your pockets
She got the trick's watch
And the silver locket
That he bought for his wife
But Wanda left her license
On the nightstand fuckin' with this white man
She met in a little red Corvette
Paid for sex
Made a deal that she would never forget
You can bet every action has a positive
And equal reaction
Therefore everything that goes around comes
Around in that fashion
Fast and furiously, there was a knock
On the sliding glass door Bitch, it's me!
You thought you was slick the way
You hit me for that lick but you slipped
Now I'm getting in your shit!

Brothers on the block knowing
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Sisters at the crib knowing
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Preachers at the church knowing
But still get by
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Teachers at the school knowing
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Babies on the bottle knowing
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
Junkies on the corner knowing
But still get high
(From this point on it only gets rougher)
(From this point on it only gets rougher)