The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Two Loose Screws boy
What you want?
What’s that?
What you wanna do?
What you talking ‘bout with that SAV?
Trying to tell you boy, pins and needles boy, pins and needles
I bet you wont, no C no I, take that there, its Two Loose combined with that Circle Takes that Square, yeah
What it is what it wasn’t
We them wild ones we them dirty dirty dozens, cousin
Like a sailor off a ship, buzzin we like to clip?
Dip and dodge, don’t run, that this shit, it’s Two Loose boy, and these hits ain’t gon’ quit
Man, every time I spit I just ask that he bless tight, it’s painful like my styles and baby momma chest bites
I’m wild out like Lil’ Kim when she sex dikes
I’m real rock I soak it up like some wet tights
Catch pain, put a needle in my stress vein, I do this for the love
Two Loose want the best change
Never reckless, smoking weed until I’m chest less,
I pimp tracks like hoes best believe I leave them breathless
Boy what you want? It the Q coming though
Can’t freestyle much but still I stake out my crew
Might stumble, boy I’m royal like the rumbles
And fuck it dog you’re like rock’s your getting tumbled
Shit drop on the toilet, like water straight boiling to the crack,
Fucking dog I used to sell that, but never no more, I ain’t gon’ play for no ho
I just want my weed to grow and want my money to flow
Now I breeze. It takes a breather every time this shit gets deeper
Deeper, within my chest veins As I spit I’m going damn insane
Spitting mad, like this, when I spit it rough, that’s how I catch this shit,
Ripping, rough, like tough enough, know when we down south we do it like this
Buzzin, cussin, jumpin, like that, and them boys getting wild in them Cadillacs
Man, 20’s, 30’s, that’s how we do them things, in the back eh? What?
Nigga you and find me hustin, scuffling, what you want to do Mr. Q is straight bustling
How you wanna come through talking that hard shit, pull your card shit?
You better calm right bitch
I tried to tell these boys they never slang like, try to tell these boys I use to hustle that ‘caine coming out the brain, freestylin and I’m hot like flames
Nigga, turnin Mr. Q insane
Fucking dog right I’ll scoop your tang
Hey man, that beat turned so fast on you
What you want?
What’s that?
What you wanna do?
What you talking ‘bout with that SAV?
Trying to tell you boy, pins and needles boy, pins and needles
I bet you wont, no C no I, take that there, its Two Loose combined with that Circle Takes that Square, yeah
What it is what it wasn’t
We them wild ones we them dirty dirty dozens, cousin
Like a sailor off a ship, buzzin we like to clip?
Dip and dodge, don’t run, that this shit, it’s Two Loose boy, and these hits ain’t gon’ quit
Man, every time I spit I just ask that he bless tight, it’s painful like my styles and baby momma chest bites
I’m wild out like Lil’ Kim when she sex dikes
I’m real rock I soak it up like some wet tights
Catch pain, put a needle in my stress vein, I do this for the love
Two Loose want the best change
Never reckless, smoking weed until I’m chest less,
I pimp tracks like hoes best believe I leave them breathless
Boy what you want? It the Q coming though
Can’t freestyle much but still I stake out my crew
Might stumble, boy I’m royal like the rumbles
And fuck it dog you’re like rock’s your getting tumbled
Shit drop on the toilet, like water straight boiling to the crack,
Fucking dog I used to sell that, but never no more, I ain’t gon’ play for no ho
I just want my weed to grow and want my money to flow
Now I breeze. It takes a breather every time this shit gets deeper
Deeper, within my chest veins As I spit I’m going damn insane
Spitting mad, like this, when I spit it rough, that’s how I catch this shit,
Ripping, rough, like tough enough, know when we down south we do it like this
Buzzin, cussin, jumpin, like that, and them boys getting wild in them Cadillacs
Man, 20’s, 30’s, that’s how we do them things, in the back eh? What?
Nigga you and find me hustin, scuffling, what you want to do Mr. Q is straight bustling
How you wanna come through talking that hard shit, pull your card shit?
You better calm right bitch
I tried to tell these boys they never slang like, try to tell these boys I use to hustle that ‘caine coming out the brain, freestylin and I’m hot like flames
Nigga, turnin Mr. Q insane
Fucking dog right I’ll scoop your tang
Hey man, that beat turned so fast on you
Lyrics submitted by Frontsideflip4
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