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.
This is, this is, this is (ooh)
You like this (yeah)
You are now witnessin' (mmm)
The flyest shit in the world (oh)
I can't think of nothin' else to say
Christina Milian, Cool & Dre, come on
I got the urge to scream out
Pull out the vert, let's be out
And I don't know about you
But I'ma get it poppin' like I'm supposed to do
Don't hold your breath, girls, breathe out
Sweat out your perm, pull your weave out
And tell the world it's time
That we gonna be heard, we gonna scream out loud, say
I'ma make it happen, I'ma make a way
If you got somethin' to prove and you feel the same way
Say I, I
I'ma keep it gangster, I'ma make it hot
If you feelin' like I do, then people, throw your hands up
And say I, I (I)
You wanna dance, then get down
You're tryna chill, then sit down
Do what you wanna do
Don't let nobody tell you what you're supposed to do
You on the corner, you grindin'
Tryna duck the feds, you ain't tryna do no time, and
I know you feel it's rough (ayy)
And if you with me, people, let me see your hands up and say
I'ma make it happen, I'ma make a way (yeah)
If you got somethin' to prove and you feel the same way
Say I, I (y'all heard the lady, haha, say I if you feel it, yeah)
I'ma keep it gangster, I'ma make it hot (you already know what it is)
If you feelin' like I do, then people, throw your hands up (TC, show me)
And say I, I (I) (I got it from here Chris, damn)
My nephew gettin' older and he startin' to talk (talk)
Now my moms got sick and she can't walk (damn)
No high school diploma, but I know math (yeah)
Ain't write one song and she still want half
"Deadbeat dad," that's what the media say (say)
"Best father in the world," that's what my son would say
"Won't stop 'til you broke," that's what his moms would say
But hey, them the types of games she play (ayy)
The media talk so bad about me
But the streets, they'll do so bad without me
Can't ban the snowman
This is Thug Motivation, just part of the program (yeah)
The first day of class (ayy)
And all you gotta do is stack cash to pass (yeah)
Don't mind me, I'm just thinkin' out loud (hey)
Purple haze got my head in the clouds
Get into it, let's just face it
We can do it if we try (We can make it if we try, make it if we try)
Ain't nothin' to it, let's just take it (ooh)
We can make it if we try (say oh oh, oh)
Let's just do it, we can make it
I know we'll make it if we try (say oh woah, oh)
I'ma make it happen, I'ma make a way (hey)
If you got somethin' to prove and you feel the same way
Say I, I (say I)
I'ma keep it gangster, I'ma make it hot (if you feel the same way)
If you feelin' like I do, then people, throw your hands up
And say I, I (hey, oh)
Get into it, let's just face it
We can do it if we try
Ain't nothin' to it, let's just take it
We can make it if we try
I'ma make it happen, I'ma make a way
If you got somethin' to prove and you feel the same way
Say I, I
You like this (yeah)
You are now witnessin' (mmm)
The flyest shit in the world (oh)
I can't think of nothin' else to say
Christina Milian, Cool & Dre, come on
I got the urge to scream out
Pull out the vert, let's be out
And I don't know about you
But I'ma get it poppin' like I'm supposed to do
Don't hold your breath, girls, breathe out
Sweat out your perm, pull your weave out
And tell the world it's time
That we gonna be heard, we gonna scream out loud, say
I'ma make it happen, I'ma make a way
If you got somethin' to prove and you feel the same way
Say I, I
I'ma keep it gangster, I'ma make it hot
If you feelin' like I do, then people, throw your hands up
And say I, I (I)
You wanna dance, then get down
You're tryna chill, then sit down
Do what you wanna do
Don't let nobody tell you what you're supposed to do
You on the corner, you grindin'
Tryna duck the feds, you ain't tryna do no time, and
I know you feel it's rough (ayy)
And if you with me, people, let me see your hands up and say
I'ma make it happen, I'ma make a way (yeah)
If you got somethin' to prove and you feel the same way
Say I, I (y'all heard the lady, haha, say I if you feel it, yeah)
I'ma keep it gangster, I'ma make it hot (you already know what it is)
If you feelin' like I do, then people, throw your hands up (TC, show me)
And say I, I (I) (I got it from here Chris, damn)
My nephew gettin' older and he startin' to talk (talk)
Now my moms got sick and she can't walk (damn)
No high school diploma, but I know math (yeah)
Ain't write one song and she still want half
"Deadbeat dad," that's what the media say (say)
"Best father in the world," that's what my son would say
"Won't stop 'til you broke," that's what his moms would say
But hey, them the types of games she play (ayy)
The media talk so bad about me
But the streets, they'll do so bad without me
Can't ban the snowman
This is Thug Motivation, just part of the program (yeah)
The first day of class (ayy)
And all you gotta do is stack cash to pass (yeah)
Don't mind me, I'm just thinkin' out loud (hey)
Purple haze got my head in the clouds
Get into it, let's just face it
We can do it if we try (We can make it if we try, make it if we try)
Ain't nothin' to it, let's just take it (ooh)
We can make it if we try (say oh oh, oh)
Let's just do it, we can make it
I know we'll make it if we try (say oh woah, oh)
I'ma make it happen, I'ma make a way (hey)
If you got somethin' to prove and you feel the same way
Say I, I (say I)
I'ma keep it gangster, I'ma make it hot (if you feel the same way)
If you feelin' like I do, then people, throw your hands up
And say I, I (hey, oh)
Get into it, let's just face it
We can do it if we try
Ain't nothin' to it, let's just take it
We can make it if we try
I'ma make it happen, I'ma make a way
If you got somethin' to prove and you feel the same way
Say I, I
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Say I Lyrics as written by Marcello Valenzano Andre Christopher Lyon
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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