In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
We come to make it hot for ya, roof!
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just lettin' loose up in here, go crazy
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just lettin' loose up in here, go crazy
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
I am the man in black, I'm back
Breakin' the back of the random attackers
So can the flack
Yo, I'm dangerous, I've been trained to bust
When the strangerous tries to endanger us
Praise me y'all, don't nothin' phase me y'all
When they see me, they gaze be all crazy y'all
They say I'm a myth, trust me if somebody rips
Out of the depths of your imagination
Appears Will Smith
Black suits, the black shades, black shoes
Black tie with the black attitude
New style, black Ray-Bans, I'm stunnin' man
New hotness, pitch black, six-hundred man
Don't you understand
What you thought, I wouldn't come again
Leave you hangin' without bringin' you the fun again
Tanglin' with the alien scum again
Mind your manners or the black suits runnin' in
Nod ya head!
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just lettin' loose up in here, go crazy
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just lettin' loose up in here, go crazy
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
Yo check it!
It's this chick, right, Serlena, makin' me sick right
Earth is worthless to her, she be trippin' like
Threatenin' me and my mens, tryin' to get the light
Thinkin' she be superwoman, or black kryptonite
Finishin' whatever you start, son
The best lookin' crime fighter since myself in part one
Better act right, play nice, and sing along
Cause K's back, and he hype, what, bring it on
We come to make it hot for ya, roof
Come to throw down the block for ya, roof
Come to crack the street for ya, roof
Blast the windows out ya Jeep for ya, roof
We don't wanna hear a peep baby, roof
Gotsta recognize the heat baby, roof
It's the M.I.B. baby,
Got somethin' for all eyes to see, baby
Nod ya head!
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just lettin' loose up in here, go crazy
(Let me see ya nod ya head)
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
(Nod ya head)
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just lettin' loose up in here, go crazy
(Let me see ya nod ya head)
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
Check it, check it, yo
Case closed, erase my foes
Chased away by the black suit, shades, and clothes
We above the law, Feds can't touch me y'all
Highly-ranked, black blank I.D. cards
So disregard what you think you saw
Put that phone down now, who you think you callin', huh
One little flash then, goodnight dear
Just open your eyes honey, look right here
Thank you, mission completed, I mean it
We won't be defeated
You seen it, we did it, even with weapons depleated
Galaxy defenders, don't act like you don't remember
Takin' contenders, and provin' they only pretenders
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls
The Men In Black is back to protect the world
When the enemy is near, the elite is here
So have no fear
Just let me see ya nod ya head
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just let loose up in here, go crazy
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just let loose up in here, go crazy
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
We come to make it hot for ya, roof
Come to throw down the block for ya, roof
Come to crack the street for ya, roof
Blast the windows out the Jeep for ya, roof
We don't wanna hear a peep baby, roof
Gotsta recognize the heat baby, roof
It's the M.I.B., baby
Got somethin' for all eyes to see, baby
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just lettin' loose up in here, go crazy
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just lettin' loose up in here, go crazy
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
I am the man in black, I'm back
Breakin' the back of the random attackers
So can the flack
Yo, I'm dangerous, I've been trained to bust
When the strangerous tries to endanger us
Praise me y'all, don't nothin' phase me y'all
When they see me, they gaze be all crazy y'all
They say I'm a myth, trust me if somebody rips
Out of the depths of your imagination
Appears Will Smith
Black suits, the black shades, black shoes
Black tie with the black attitude
New style, black Ray-Bans, I'm stunnin' man
New hotness, pitch black, six-hundred man
Don't you understand
What you thought, I wouldn't come again
Leave you hangin' without bringin' you the fun again
Tanglin' with the alien scum again
Mind your manners or the black suits runnin' in
Nod ya head!
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just lettin' loose up in here, go crazy
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just lettin' loose up in here, go crazy
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
Yo check it!
It's this chick, right, Serlena, makin' me sick right
Earth is worthless to her, she be trippin' like
Threatenin' me and my mens, tryin' to get the light
Thinkin' she be superwoman, or black kryptonite
Finishin' whatever you start, son
The best lookin' crime fighter since myself in part one
Better act right, play nice, and sing along
Cause K's back, and he hype, what, bring it on
We come to make it hot for ya, roof
Come to throw down the block for ya, roof
Come to crack the street for ya, roof
Blast the windows out ya Jeep for ya, roof
We don't wanna hear a peep baby, roof
Gotsta recognize the heat baby, roof
It's the M.I.B. baby,
Got somethin' for all eyes to see, baby
Nod ya head!
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just lettin' loose up in here, go crazy
(Let me see ya nod ya head)
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
(Nod ya head)
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just lettin' loose up in here, go crazy
(Let me see ya nod ya head)
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
Check it, check it, yo
Case closed, erase my foes
Chased away by the black suit, shades, and clothes
We above the law, Feds can't touch me y'all
Highly-ranked, black blank I.D. cards
So disregard what you think you saw
Put that phone down now, who you think you callin', huh
One little flash then, goodnight dear
Just open your eyes honey, look right here
Thank you, mission completed, I mean it
We won't be defeated
You seen it, we did it, even with weapons depleated
Galaxy defenders, don't act like you don't remember
Takin' contenders, and provin' they only pretenders
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls
The Men In Black is back to protect the world
When the enemy is near, the elite is here
So have no fear
Just let me see ya nod ya head
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just let loose up in here, go crazy
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
When we get down with the black suits, baby
Just let loose up in here, go crazy
The way we bouncin' and shakin', I know you feelin' me
So get up out ya seats, come on and nod ya head with me
We come to make it hot for ya, roof
Come to throw down the block for ya, roof
Come to crack the street for ya, roof
Blast the windows out the Jeep for ya, roof
We don't wanna hear a peep baby, roof
Gotsta recognize the heat baby, roof
It's the M.I.B., baby
Got somethin' for all eyes to see, baby
Lyrics submitted by the4starish
Nod Ya Head (The Remix) Lyrics as written by Smith Martin
Lyrics © Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
omg I'm the first to comment on this song! Woo! I like this song I can't wait to see the movie! I've seen the preview and it looks like it's going to be awesome! Will Smith ROX!