Mainstream Lyrics

[Hook: Khujo Goodie]
Think it is when it ain't all peaches and cream
That's why some are found floating face down in the mainstream

[Verse 4: Big Boi]
Everybody's a player, wearing them Kangols on their head
Thinking it's all about your clothes, nigga, it's all about your self
The way you feel about your life, the times that you done shared with
Your friends and family,
up and down like hoes give head
To dicks, oh, six, serving them in the mix, but ain't no mystery
You know the history about this clique, bitch
Oh, what, you want me to call you slut?
Then why you fucking all them niggas letting them all up in your guts
But see that AIDS I'm afraid that's why I play the quiet role
I lay in the cut, every month thinking I'll let that fire roll
Like chimneys, and smoke signals, maybe peace pipes even
My partners call me Big Boi and my first name is not Steven
In the mainstream, home team banging them with these hits
In the mix, flowing like some motherfucking swordfish

[Hook: Khujo Goodie]
Think it is when it ain't all peaches and cream
That's why some are found floating face down in the mainstream
Think it is when it ain't all peaches and cream
That's why some are found floating face down in the mainstream
Think it is when it ain't all peaches and cream
That's why some are found floating face down in the mainstream
Think it is when it ain't all peaches and cream
That's why some are found floating face down in the mainstream

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“Mainstream” features two members of the Goodie Mob: T-Mo and Khujo. The song touches on the struggle to survive in the hood, and how some try to live honestly but are brought down by those seeking money and power through crime.

The song also likens hustling and dealing to mainstream culture, as both are used only for material gains rather than meaningful and productive societal changes, and they ultimately encourage greed and corruption.

Another, maybe unintended, message is it’s better to go mainstream as an artist/musician rather than going mainstream as a man in the hood.

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Patchwerk Recording Studios (Atlanta)
Release Date
August 27, 1996
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