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.
Girl, you must think that I'm crazy
But we all know you's a cutie
And you're all like, "Nuh uh boys don't wanna get with me"
Girl, please
I can see right through those
Fake colored contacts
Your eyes ain't blue, I bet that hair's held by glue
Hey shorty, why you playing games
These games were played, the rules were made,
You dropped these names and now you got nothing to say
It's like an episode of cheaters
And I'm that dude with the gun
Hiding cameras in your bedroom
Girl, I know what you've done
I might be your baby's daddy
But that don't mean shit
When every dude on the block
Knows that you're a trick
Hey shorty, why you playing games
These games were played, the rules were made,
You dropped these names and now you got nothing to say
Uh, I'm not a rockstar but I still tend to rock hard
You trying to play games tease and trying to keep me rock hard
Trying to make me slap you and see me in a cop car
Catch me speeding in stock cars expecting me to stop hard
You playing with the mind of the craziest kind
Telling me how much you love me when I know that you're lying
You must be snorting lines if you think that I'm crying
You manipulating backstabbing cold and kaniving
I went from last to first but this is first to last
I'm the major league playa you can kiss my ass, trick
(Drop it like it's...)
...Hot! Shake it like a salt shaker [x4]
Fuck [x4]
Fuck you [many times]
But we all know you's a cutie
And you're all like, "Nuh uh boys don't wanna get with me"
Girl, please
I can see right through those
Fake colored contacts
Your eyes ain't blue, I bet that hair's held by glue
Hey shorty, why you playing games
These games were played, the rules were made,
You dropped these names and now you got nothing to say
It's like an episode of cheaters
And I'm that dude with the gun
Hiding cameras in your bedroom
Girl, I know what you've done
I might be your baby's daddy
But that don't mean shit
When every dude on the block
Knows that you're a trick
Hey shorty, why you playing games
These games were played, the rules were made,
You dropped these names and now you got nothing to say
Uh, I'm not a rockstar but I still tend to rock hard
You trying to play games tease and trying to keep me rock hard
Trying to make me slap you and see me in a cop car
Catch me speeding in stock cars expecting me to stop hard
You playing with the mind of the craziest kind
Telling me how much you love me when I know that you're lying
You must be snorting lines if you think that I'm crying
You manipulating backstabbing cold and kaniving
I went from last to first but this is first to last
I'm the major league playa you can kiss my ass, trick
(Drop it like it's...)
...Hot! Shake it like a salt shaker [x4]
Fuck [x4]
Fuck you [many times]
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best rap/rock song ever!! Makes me wanna battle someone.
I lied.
hahahah
SHAKE IT LIKE A SALT SHAKERRRRRR
<3 love it.
whos the rapper guy at the end??? anybody know?
I'm pretty sure its Sage Francis... he's on Epitaph, just like FFTL...
He also rapped on the track "Let Them Eat War" for Bad Religion's album The Empire Strikes First
nah the rap guy on this song is Major League Playa
FFTL is my favourite band ever ther amazing
SHAKE IT LIKE A SALT SHAKER
thats awsum
yea, the guy def is Major League Playa, i was at one of their shows recently and Sonny said "yea, Major League Playa could'nt make it out here tonight".....
am i the only one who doesnt hear the words 'drop it like its hot' in this song?
Nah, he starts screaming "drop it like its hot" when Major League Playa is mid sentence on his last line. After he says "you can...."
Yeah, it's definitely Major League Playa. I mean, HELLO, it says in the lyrics of his rap part
"Went from last to first but this is first to last I'm the major leauge playa you can kiss my ass trick."