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.
Puff she puff no bother puff
pon Rasta
Tough she tough no bother
puff pon Rasta
Puff she puff
no bother puff pon Rasta
Makinq love on hungry belly
I couldn't cope too long
With my bare long hands
I am embarrassed most the time
But it's not no crime
Children crying day and night
can't find mummy
A puff she puff no bother
puff pon Rasta she puff she puff
She just a puff pon Rasta
She say rude
Tough she tough hard she hard
A no soft she soft
Puff she puff
She just a puff pon Rasta
Anough she nough you
kinna nough pon Rasta
Money I Can hardly find
And white scrawl a bite
Simple things are so serious
In these time
The things that you do and
upset some day and regret
Tough tough tough she tough
A puff she puff
No bothcr puff pon Rasta
Puffy puff
Claim she tough
She just a puff she just a
puff pon Rasta
Many a times when I check
my life style
A been a living in another
foot step of another man
I no man man a fallure
She just a puff
She just a puff pon Rasta
She puffy puff
She claims she tough she
just a Chuck
No bother chuck pon Rasta
Man find himself doing all
manner of evil
I and I a ion's
So no bother come gwaan
bout you tough
A nuff you nuff
pon Rasta
Tough she tough no bother
puff pon Rasta
Puff she puff
no bother puff pon Rasta
Makinq love on hungry belly
I couldn't cope too long
With my bare long hands
I am embarrassed most the time
But it's not no crime
Children crying day and night
can't find mummy
A puff she puff no bother
puff pon Rasta she puff she puff
She just a puff pon Rasta
She say rude
Tough she tough hard she hard
A no soft she soft
Puff she puff
She just a puff pon Rasta
Anough she nough you
kinna nough pon Rasta
Money I Can hardly find
And white scrawl a bite
Simple things are so serious
In these time
The things that you do and
upset some day and regret
Tough tough tough she tough
A puff she puff
No bothcr puff pon Rasta
Puffy puff
Claim she tough
She just a puff she just a
puff pon Rasta
Many a times when I check
my life style
A been a living in another
foot step of another man
I no man man a fallure
She just a puff
She just a puff pon Rasta
She puffy puff
She claims she tough she
just a Chuck
No bother chuck pon Rasta
Man find himself doing all
manner of evil
I and I a ion's
So no bother come gwaan
bout you tough
A nuff you nuff
Lyrics submitted by ruben
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