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Outkast – Prototype (2003) | Track profile | Dork

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Outkast
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Prototype

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Prototype

Release date: 22nd September 2003

From Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Track 7

5:26

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About This Track

"Prototype" is a single by Outkast, from the album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, released 22nd September 2003. The track is 5:26 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Outkast.

About the Artist

Outkast

Outkast

Lyrics

Prototype

I hope that you are the one
If not, you are the prototype
We'll tiptoe to the sun
And do things I know you like

I think I'm in love again
I think I'm in love again

Today, today must be my lucky day
Baby, you are the prototype
Do sumn' outta the ordinary
Like catch a matinee
Baby, you are the prototype
I think I'm...

I think I'm in love again
I think I'm in love again

If we happen to part
Lord knows I don't want that
But hey, we can't be mad at God
We met today for a reason
I think I'm on the right track now

I think I'm in love again
I think I'm in love again

Let's go, let's go to the movies
(And... action!)

I think I'm in love again...

Girl, right now I wanna say, I wanna say
I wanna say stank you (stank you) very much (very much)
For picking me up
And bringing me back to this world

I can't or not, I can't afford to not record
I think I wanna say
I think I wanna say stank you
Stank you smelly much
For picking me up and bringing me back to this world

Stank you very much...

Hey, hey John
Are we recording our adlibs?
Really, what we were recording just there?
Let me hear that that first one

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Track details

From Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

5:262003Single

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Album

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

23rd September 2003

Track number

7

Release year

2003

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1:29
2GhettoMusick
3:57
3Unhappy
3:19
4Bowtie (feat. Sleepy Brown & Jazze Pha)

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Writer: André 3000
Producer: André 3000
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Alex Reverberi
Assistant Recording Engineer: Warren Bletcher
Background Vocals: Marianne Lee Stitt
Mastering Engineer: Brian Gardner
Mixing Engineer: Neal Pogue
Pre-Mixing Engineer: John Frye
Recording Engineer: Chris Carmouche, John Frye
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