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.
(Freeze, motherfucker)
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
This for all you playa haters who be talkin' that (ha ha)
The Three 6 show no love, put some hurt on a trick
I'm bustin' through the crowd, wild, with my hand on a cannon
Be like quick to put two up in ya like who mana standin'
I be the last man, blast man
If you think you fast, man, headlines
Three left 'em up in a cast, man
When I look into your eyes I see a coward
Face to face I hit ya
Three 6 Mafia'd rather die to hit ya
Lord and here comes the two to the three and four
Three 6 Mafia I want ya to wreck it all over the club floor
Blowin' and throwin' your sets in the air
Ya bumpin' them tables and chests everywhere
Trampled over by the macs and the playas
You standin' there actin' like you wonder where
And I ain't sayin' we the hardest
Just say you can't rock it like Three 6 Mafia can
All up in a trance in the Prophecy van
We gonna tear the club up, get it bucked 'til it don't stand
And now I know that you are feelin' me
Give every breath until the fullest capabilities
And welcome to the team
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
We tearin' the club up, gettin' buck
Haters try to call it rough
They better call security, bring them straight jackets and handcuffs
Ain't takin' it, ain't takin' it
The clutches I be breakin' it
And whoopin' all they bosses and tossin' them to the floor, bricks
Going through the window, got that thing at your temple
When it bust, in heat we trust, and we ain't talkin' bout bustin' pimples
Haters can't get with the Mafia click, them fools ain't buck enough
We gonna get the dynamite trick, and blow the club up
Crazy lady comin' at you, you can't fade me trick
I bet you, bet your bottom dollar make you holla
When my soldiers get ya (get ya), I don't like that violence stuff
But I believe in gettin' buck
If you with me, let me see you tear the, tear the club up
Mafia, Mafi-Mafia, won't stop with it though
Hypnotizing minds, we got you blind and you can't hear me though
Come and get it while you can, trick, before it's all gone
Goin' once, goin' twice, oh my God it just went gone
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, get buck, get wild
Let's tear this house right down
Let's tear the club up thugs
Let's do that stuff right now
No disrespect to the clubs, don't want none of that
But you got the Three 6 Mafia up in your house and
And we came to break the law, tear the club up
Ashes to ashes no dust to dust
And you can't trust Three 6 Mafia when we tearin' that club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Lost and be hypnotize, I don't think they high enough
See I thought I told you to get buck and tear the club up
Do it like a lunatic since you down with the prophet clique
Now can I flex it, kick it tell me can I kick it, man?
Since uh, inside there thump, get hypnotized
Let's start a riot in the club, let's get wild tonight
One little, two little, three Triple 6 members
Four little, five little, six Triple 6 members
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
This for all you playa haters who be talkin' that (ha ha)
The Three 6 show no love, put some hurt on a trick
I'm bustin' through the crowd, wild, with my hand on a cannon
Be like quick to put two up in ya like who mana standin'
I be the last man, blast man
If you think you fast, man, headlines
Three left 'em up in a cast, man
When I look into your eyes I see a coward
Face to face I hit ya
Three 6 Mafia'd rather die to hit ya
Lord and here comes the two to the three and four
Three 6 Mafia I want ya to wreck it all over the club floor
Blowin' and throwin' your sets in the air
Ya bumpin' them tables and chests everywhere
Trampled over by the macs and the playas
You standin' there actin' like you wonder where
And I ain't sayin' we the hardest
Just say you can't rock it like Three 6 Mafia can
All up in a trance in the Prophecy van
We gonna tear the club up, get it bucked 'til it don't stand
And now I know that you are feelin' me
Give every breath until the fullest capabilities
And welcome to the team
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
We tearin' the club up, gettin' buck
Haters try to call it rough
They better call security, bring them straight jackets and handcuffs
Ain't takin' it, ain't takin' it
The clutches I be breakin' it
And whoopin' all they bosses and tossin' them to the floor, bricks
Going through the window, got that thing at your temple
When it bust, in heat we trust, and we ain't talkin' bout bustin' pimples
Haters can't get with the Mafia click, them fools ain't buck enough
We gonna get the dynamite trick, and blow the club up
Crazy lady comin' at you, you can't fade me trick
I bet you, bet your bottom dollar make you holla
When my soldiers get ya (get ya), I don't like that violence stuff
But I believe in gettin' buck
If you with me, let me see you tear the, tear the club up
Mafia, Mafi-Mafia, won't stop with it though
Hypnotizing minds, we got you blind and you can't hear me though
Come and get it while you can, trick, before it's all gone
Goin' once, goin' twice, oh my God it just went gone
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, get buck, get wild
Let's tear this house right down
Let's tear the club up thugs
Let's do that stuff right now
No disrespect to the clubs, don't want none of that
But you got the Three 6 Mafia up in your house and
And we came to break the law, tear the club up
Ashes to ashes no dust to dust
And you can't trust Three 6 Mafia when we tearin' that club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Lost and be hypnotize, I don't think they high enough
See I thought I told you to get buck and tear the club up
Do it like a lunatic since you down with the prophet clique
Now can I flex it, kick it tell me can I kick it, man?
Since uh, inside there thump, get hypnotized
Let's start a riot in the club, let's get wild tonight
One little, two little, three Triple 6 members
Four little, five little, six Triple 6 members
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
Tear the club up, nigga, tear the club up
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