JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Grup duo hip hop asal Amerika Serikat, OutKast merilis lagu berjudul “Roses” pada tahun 2003.
Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio kelima mereka yang bertajuk Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
Album yang dirilis melalui label Arista Records itu sukses menempati peringkat pertama di US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Rosa Parks - Outkast
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Roses” dari OutKast.
[Intro]
Em D C Bm Am G F Em D C B7
[Verse]
Em
Caroline! Caroline!
D C
See Caroline all the guys would say she's mighty fine
Bm Am
But mighty fine only got you somewhere half the time
G F Em D C
And the other half either got you cursed out, or coming up short
B7
Yeah, now dig this, now
Em
Even though
D C
You'd need a golden calculator to divide
F Em
The time it takes to look inside and realise that
D F C B7
Real guys go for real down to Mars girls, yeah!
[Chorus]
Em D
I know you'd like to thank your shit don't stank
C
But lean a little bit closer
Bm Am
See that roses really smell like poo-oo-ooo
G F Em D C B7
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-oo-ooo
Em D
I know you'd like to thank your shit don't stank
C
But lean a little bit closer
Bm Am
See that roses really smell like poo-oo-ooo
G F Em D C B7
Yeah, roses really smell like poo-oo-ooo
[Verse]
Em D C
Caroline! See she's the reason for the word "bitch"
F
I hope she's speeding on the way to the club
F
Trying to hurry up to get to some
F
Baller or singer or somebody like that
F
And try to put on her makeup in the mirror
F Em
And crash, crash, crash.. into a ditch! (Just Playing!)
D C
She needs a golden calculator to divide
Bm Am
The time it takes to look inside and realise that
G F Em D C B7
Real guys go for real down to Mars girls, yeah!
[Ulangi Chorus]
[Verse]
Em
Well she's got a hotty body, but her attitude is potty
D
When I met her at a party she was hardly acting naughty
C
I said "Shorty, would you call me?"
She said "Pardon me, are you ballin'?"
Bm
I said "Darling, you sound like a prostitute pausing"
Am G
Oh so you're one them freaks, get geeked at the sight of an ATM receipt
F Em
But game been peeped, dropping names she's weak
D C B7
Trickin' off this bitch is lost, Must take me for a geek
Em
A quick way to eat, a neat place sleep,
D
A rent-a-car for a week, a trick for a treat
C
No go on the raw sex, my AIDS test is flawless
F
Regardless, we don't want to get involved with all them lawyers
Em
And judges just to hold grudges in a courtroom
D F C B7
I wanna see ya support bra not support you!
[Ulangi Chorus] x2
[Play 2x]
Em
Better come back down to Mars
D
Girl, quit chasin' cars
C
What happens when the dough get so low
F
Bitch, you ain't that fine
Em D F C B7
No way.. no way.. no way
[Play 2x]
Em D C Bm Am G F Em D C B7
Crazy bitch (Etc)
[Play 2x]
Em D C F Em D F C B7