In Due Time

By OutKast

On In Due Time

Released on September 16, 1997

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[Chorus: Cee-Lo Green]

Just keep your faith in me

Don't act impatiently

You'll get where you need to be

In due time

Even when things are slow

Hold on and don't let go

I'll give you what I owe

In due time


[Verse 1: Big Boi]

When that nigga be thinkin' of cruisin, the Braves cap is to the side

Thinkin' the police gon' pull me over with this herb off in my ride

So I hide the brick of weed, under the arm rest, under the leather

And thinkin' of startin' ways to make my life a little bit better

Than the dope peddler

Never to pay no fucking taxes

Takin' a chunk up out of my checks and makin' my rhymes just look like practice

Buying clothing, Range Roving with my folks

Don't speak about the Dirty South, my crew ain't 'bout no jokes

I know some people don't like the way we flow because they envy

They talkin' about they fucked my hoes and that they could have been me

You lookin' to be the butterfly, without the caterpillar

Take your time and do it right 'cause you gon' make it, I swear my nigga

Or collapse one, fallin' a victim to your greed, boi

You're lookin' to be Big Willie, but you're still a seed, boi

The information in my skull be pokin' some of y'all on the shoulder

But on the other side of the fence, they got y'all niggas breakin' boulders

For quick money


[Verse 2: Cee-Lo Green]

Strugglin's just a part of my day

Many obstacles have been placed in my way

I know the only reason that I make it through

Is because I never stop believing in you

Some people wonder why we here in the first place

They can't believe 'cause they ain't never seen your face

But even when you pray, the next day you gotta try

Can't wait for nobody to come down out the sky

You've got to realize that the world's a test

You can only do your best and let Him do the rest

You've got your life, and got your health

So quit procrastinating and push it yourself

You've got to realize that the world's a test

You can only do your best and let Him do the rest

You've got your life, and got your health

So quit procrastinating...


[Chorus: Cee-Lo Green]

Just keep your faith in me

Don't act impatiently

You'll get where you need to be

In due time

Even when things are slow

Hold on and don't let go

I'll give you what I owe

In due time


[Verse 3: André 3000]

Uh, who said good folks is not supposed to die?

The same nigga that said niggas is not supposed to cry

United States giving out milk and cheese to pacify

I'm sure they got a cure for AIDS, but yet it's classified

You wonder why I spit the truth and not to make no dough

To make a difference 'fore this motherfucker up and blow

In pieces

I could think of many reasons

Only when shit is going bad, you want to holla Jesus

Fuck a pledge allegiance, they got my knuckles bleedin'

From crawling

Got these niggas thinkin' they really ballin'

When they isn't

Don't take my word, there's niggas off in prison

That will tell you

That's locked up for long time and won't sell you no flex

So congregation, will you turn your text

To the book of OutKast, chapter two, verse one

The first one that feel me, jump up and make a joyful noise

You's OutKast-ed, meaning, now you have a choice, like that


[Chorus: Cee-Lo Green]

Just keep your faith in me

Don't act impatiently

You'll get where you need to be

In due time

Even when things are slow

Hold on and don't let go

I'll give you what I owe

In due time

Just keep your faith in me

Don't act impatiently

You'll get where you need to be

In due time

Even when things are slow

Hold on and don't let go

I'll give you what I owe

In due time