G4L

Rihanna

I lick the gun, when I'm done
'Cause I know, that revenge is sweet, so sweet
This is a gang, ladies thang
Baby bang, tell me what you need, oh
Any motherfucker wanna disrespect
Playing with fire finna get you wet
How'd it feel down there on your knees, ah
I got these girls like a soldier
Trip and it's going down, down, down

I'm ready to roll
Girl, I'm with you with it get you to get me
So come on let's go
Bitch, I'm with you, if you with it you with me

You know I'm down, I'm down for life
Load and reload it, let's go
Gangster for life
'Til the day that I die yeah
I promise I'm standing by
'Cause you know that I'm down, you know I'm down
Gangster for life

We driving by with them headlights off
We know where you stay, yeah
Know what you did, we don't play that shit
Nigga, we don't play, no
Everybody quiet when you did your dirt
Actin' like a bitch finna get you hurt
Breaking lives down to the knees, oh
I got these girls like a soldier
Trip and it's going down, down, down

I'm ready to roll
Girl, I'm with you with it get you to get me
So come on let's go
Bitch, I'm with you, if you with it you with me

You know I'm down, I'm down for life
Load and reload it, let's go
Gangster for life
'Til the day that I die yeah
I promise I'm standing by
'Cause you know that I'm down, you know I'm down
Gangster for life

Come one girls, come on we ain't done yet
Gotta a lot to handle, we ain't took over the world
We're an army, better yet a navy
Better yet, crazy, guns in the air

Guns in the air, guns in the air
Can't hear this again when you come around here
We got our guns, got our guns
We got our guns, got our guns
We got our guns in the motherfucking air, oh

I'm down for life
Gangster for life
I'm down for life
Gangster for life

You know I'm down, I'm down for life
Load and reload it, let's go
Gangster for life
'Til the day that I die yeah
I promise I'm standing by
'Cause you know that I'm down, you know I'm down
Gangster for life

I lick the gun when I'm done
'Cause I know that revenge is sweet


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G4L Lyrics as written by William Frederick Kennard James Edward Fauntleroy Ii

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    General Comment

    Women empowerment, from the artist's/narrator's perspective.

    rockwitchuon December 09, 2009   Link
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    General Comment

    love the beat to this song(:

    porschaon December 23, 2009   Link
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    General Comment

    This song is about her having her girlfriends back. She would do anything for her no matter what it is. She would kill for her girlfriends.

    MIML101on January 03, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning

    To me, this is a song that is both angry and threatening, yet vulnerable, at the same time.

    A clue comes in the beginning: "Playin' with fire gonna get you wet How that feel down there on your knees, huh" is a reference to sex, violence, and perhaps, being humiliated.

    Towards the end is another interest reference to feeling vulnerable: Can't hurt us again when you come around here" is an acknowledgment she has been hurt before and is now with her friends for protection.

    Rhianna said it best herself in an interview: “I can tell you that making this album was my recovery. It’s the way I vented and expressed myself”

    earthsunon January 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment

    To me this song is a call to arms, telling people to wave their guns around in the air. She also wants to let everyone know that she is a gangster and always will be. It's a powerful message.

    BananaNoodleon January 08, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning

    I agree with earthsun and MIMl101 to a degree. To me the song is using "gangster for life" in association with the permanent scar that heartbreak and pain leaves on you emotionally and the bond between friends, in this case, sisterhood. Think about it. Gangs, the only way out is death or being rescued/saved away from it. The lyrics:

    " You know I'm down for life Load it, reload it, lets go Gangster for life Til the day that I die. "

    Her girls are there to back her up in the sense of being her backbone. They won't allow anyone to hurt one of their own or else there will be trouble, they'll stalk out the target, guns will be drawn as the lyrics say, but the hidden meaning is clear:

    " I got these girls like a solider Trip and it's goin' down down down

    I'm ready to roll Girl I'm with you If they get you they get me So come on let's go Bitch I'm with you if you whippin, you with me. "

    and

    " I promise I'll stand and fight Cause you know that I'm down. "

    RockStarJanineon June 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment

    I agree with everyone stating it's about women's empowerment and sisterhood. It also sounds like it's about a group of friends getting revenge for a woman who was in an abusive relationship.

    rhavinon November 01, 2012   Link
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    General Comment

    The title of this song stands for "Gangsta For Life."

    This track, which sees Rihanna sprouting a series of bad-bitch boasts then purring at the end "Revenge is sweet," was produced by London "dubstep" production duo Chase & Status. Saul Milton, a.k.a. Chase, told BBC's Newsbeat: "This album for her is just about what she likes and what she's into and what she wants

    musicrocks13on November 14, 2012   Link

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