Nigga, you need to git up, git out and git Don't let the days of your pass by You need to git up, git out and git Don't spend all time tryin' to get high
You git up, git out and git somethin' How will you make it if you never try You to git up, git out and git somethin' you and I got to do for you and I
I don't recall, ever at all Sometimes I feel I'm just a to y'all Every day, I lay around then I can't be found asked to give me some livin' life like a bum
Times is rough, my got enough problems of her own Nigga, you supposed to be I agree, I try to be the man I'm to be But is all you seem to ever see
I admit, I've done some shit And I'm probably gon' do mo' You shouldn't that against me though (Why not?) Why My music's all that I got But some time must be ingested for to be manifested
I you know but I'm gon' say this to you I Get high but I don't get too high, so what's the 'posed to be? must be why you can't get your ass up out the bed before three You to git up, git out, cut that bullshit out you sick and tired of having to do without
And what up with all these You act as though you somethin' I don't Do you have any 'Cuz job I get is cruel and demeanin' Sick of takin' trash out and bowl cleanin'
But I'm sick and tired of strugglin' I never ever I'd have resort to drug smugglin' Naw, that ain't what I'm Cee-lo will just continue this route without any doubt or fear I know the Lord ain't brought me this far so he could me off here Did I myself clear?
You to git up, git out and git somethin' Don't let the days of your life by You need to git up, git out and git Don't all your time tryin' to get high
Nigga you need git up, git out and git How will you make it if you never try You need to git up, git out and git you and I got to do for you and I
Well, uh, git up, stand up, so what's said, you head See when I was a youngsta, used to wear them fuckin' Pro My made me do it, but the devil, he made me smart Told me to jack weak ass niggaz for they fuckin' starters
In the school, I was a bigger fool I wore with tank tops to off my tattoo, thought I was cool I used to out with my daddy's brothers, I call them my uncles taught me how to smoke herb I followed when they ran numbers
So in a sense I was Rosemary's And then, I learned the between a bitch and a lady Hell, I 'em all like hoes, see I pimped 'em never had my money, so I never whipped 'em
See all the came and all the playas went A ain't a gangsta but a playa can handle his shit bitch You need to git up, git out, git Smoke out, 'cuz it's all about money, money,
Yeah I said it, a nigga plats and a Braves hat I hang with Wade 'cuz the Dungeon is where the funk's at, boy I'm true to Organized, they raised me I'm also with La Face 'cuz L.A. Reid, yeah, he pays me And it's cool yeah, real cool, gettin' paid fat pockets And all that fat shit like that, ha-ha
You need to git up, git out and git Don't let the days of life pass by You need to git up, git out and git Don't spend all time tryin' to get high
Nigga you git up, git out and git somethin' How you make it if you never even try You to git up, git out and git somethin' you and I got to do for you and I
A lot of people in my past tried to do me, me Throw me in the fire, let me get chunky and charred Like a of wood and dem spirits got the mutant's mind I'm gettin' paranoid and lookin' for the time
It's eight in the and ain't nobody up yet I got my long johns, get my coat and throw on my cap I'm out the door, to get off in my ride I'm diggin' the ash tray, hopin' to have a good day
I had best and when I light it up, I hear a voice in my head (You got to git up, git out and git somethin') Now I it's on, my day is finally started up in my crib, eat my shit, break out quick, in my slick
'84 Se-Dan DeVille, bouncin' Out the Pointe to Cambelton The of the South side flow know about that killa that we call blow
So keep eyes peeled for the 'cover unit 'Cause they known for out of black Chevy trucks And through the fog, here the Red Dogs I'm bustin' out the corner in my hog
from the area, I'm scared So one of these might wind up dead 'Cuz I have no time for jail, Clampett cops, fuck Elgin' Bail And crooked ass Jackson, got the country Thinkin' that my is the big lick for 96 94, Big Gipp, Goodie Mo, Outkast, a vision from the Hootie hoo my white are burnin' kinda slow
You to git up, git out and git somethin' Don't let the of your life pass by You to git up, git out and git somethin' Don't spend all your time to get high
you need git up, git out and git somethin' How will you make it if you never try You need to git up, git out and git you and I got to do for you and I
Y'all tellin' me I need to get out and vote, huh, why? Ain't nobody black runnin' but crackers, so why I got to I thinkin' of better shit to do my time Never smelled aroma of diploma, but I write the deep ass
So let me ya way back to a nigga stayed in Southwest Atlanta Y'all could not tell me nuthin', thought I hit that rock At age 13, workin' at the loadin' dock
layin' my mama off of work, General Motors trippin' But I home Bank like Hank, from lickin' and dippin' dumb shit, not knowin' what a nigga know now Yeah, that petty shit will have you cased up and down
I dips, over to East Point, actin' a fool Wastin' my time in the school, I'd rather be shootin' Cool is how I played the tenth I thought it was all about mackin' hoes and wearin' pimp
of bein' in a class, I'd rather be up in some ass Not, thinkin' about six courses that I need to pass Graduation rolled around like Damn, that's fucked up I shoulda listened when my told me
That, if you play now, you gonna suffer Figured she was talkin' yin-yang, so I her no attention And kept missin' the point she tried to me with The doper that I get, the more I'm feelin' broke and Huh, but don't matter though, I am an OUT-Kast So get up off ass
Nigga, you need to git up, git out and git Don't let the days of your pass by You to git up, git out and git somethin' Don't spend all your time tryin' to get
You need git up, git out and git How will you make it if you never try You need to git up, git out and git you and I got to do for you and I You need to, you to, you need to, you need to