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.
Yeah
Ayy, Ye
Why don't you let me welcome these niggas to the world they ain't welcome to
You understand?
It bring me great pleasure to welcome the real and banish the fake
No big mouth that hold cake, fag, bait-ass niggas allowed
But to everybody else
I would like to welcome you
To the world of (world of)
Fast money, fast cars, big diamond rings
Chief chains and the girls of (girls of)
Fake smiles, broken hearts and if you lookin' (what?)
For your real love (real love)
You wont find it here
Yeah, if you lookin' for your real love (what? who?)
Well goodnight my dear
Ooh, if you lookin' for real love
Don't come around here
Ooh, if you lookin' for real love
It ain't here my dear
Mm-mm
Move on
It's my pleasure to welcome you to the world of
Fast money, flashy cars, big guns
Undone, threw away for the love of
The game, I don't need a chain or the fame, still shine
Spend time with the girls of
Fake smiles, broken hearts tryin' hard in the club lookin' for
Her real love
You won't find it here
All I got is hard dick and conversation for you
I was just high, even lyin' when I say I love you
My mind sayin' it want both
I just wanna fuck you, her too
Blowin' loud, smellin' like a Bubba Kush perfume
She comin' home with me, she finna meet her doom
She ain't sayin' I'm the greatest finna change her tune
The coldest and the hottest call me December June
Deliver euphoria straight to your room
I hit that ass, and I wait, I zoom
Make it rain nonstop call me young typhoon
Top spot already filled up, no room
Thought I would put some paper in your purse so soon?
Well wrong she is and mistaken she was
Tip broke, never heard no such thin' of
I'll fuck you up, don't touch me cuh
Just trust me bruh, it must be
Li-li-li-livin' my dreams don't wake me up
Yo-yo-you fake it 'til you make it, must suck
All of the-the-the haters hate us for the flav' of the paper
Tha-tha-that's why I cant love my neighbors
D-d-d-dangerous, stomp, kick, cut you
If you ain't welcome in my world, bitch, fuck you
D-d-d-dangerous, stomp, kick, cut you
If you ain't welcome in my world, bitch, fuck you
I would like to welcome you
To the world of (world of)
Fast money, fast cars, big diamond rings
Chief chains and the girls of (girls of)
Fake smiles, broken hearts and if you lookin' (what?)
For your real love (real love)
You wont find it here
Yeah, if you lookin' for your real love (what? who?)
Well goodnight my dear
Ooh, if you lookin' for real love
Don't come around here
Ooh, if you lookin' for real love
It ain't here my dear
Mm-mm
Move on
I would like to welcome you to the world of
Fake bitches no love, what the fuck you take me for?
Show love, I hate haters in the club
You must not really know where I come from
Exactly where my heart or you would never, never, never
Ugh, where do I start?
People ask me shit about Illuminati
First off, fuck that mean?
He loved Jesus when he, he, he was worse off
Oh, I see, when they, think a nigga is, stupid rich
People just start comin' up with stupid shit
Man, shit I could never predict
Hold up, let me hit you with this
Rollin' in a Bugatti with fo' chains is some foolishness
Yeah, yeah, that'd be the shit
They'd rather see a nigga locked up, why?
For stupid shit
Look how they did my nigga Tip
Soon as Wayne get out, Tip go in
Wonder why the nigga wanna make the clip go in?
Wonder why it so hard when it get goin'?
Hold ya head my niggas the system is
Made to make niggas fall
Made to make niggas fail
Uh, especially if you ball
They don't take niggas well (hell nah)
Nah, you cant come through flyin' in a, in a Bentley shinin'
I'm in the back, backseat drivin'
Screamin' on a nigga like I'm actually drivin'
Welcome you
To the world of (world of)
Fast money, fast cars, big diamond rings
Chief chains and the girls of (girls of)
Fake smiles, broken hearts and if you lookin' (what?)
For your real love (real love)
You wont find it here
Yeah, if you lookin' for your real love (what? who?)
Well goodnight my dear
Ooh, if you lookin' for real love
Don't come around here
Ooh, if you lookin' for real love
It ain't here my dear
Mm-mm
Move on
Ayy, Ye
Why don't you let me welcome these niggas to the world they ain't welcome to
You understand?
It bring me great pleasure to welcome the real and banish the fake
No big mouth that hold cake, fag, bait-ass niggas allowed
But to everybody else
I would like to welcome you
To the world of (world of)
Fast money, fast cars, big diamond rings
Chief chains and the girls of (girls of)
Fake smiles, broken hearts and if you lookin' (what?)
For your real love (real love)
You wont find it here
Yeah, if you lookin' for your real love (what? who?)
Well goodnight my dear
Ooh, if you lookin' for real love
Don't come around here
Ooh, if you lookin' for real love
It ain't here my dear
Mm-mm
Move on
It's my pleasure to welcome you to the world of
Fast money, flashy cars, big guns
Undone, threw away for the love of
The game, I don't need a chain or the fame, still shine
Spend time with the girls of
Fake smiles, broken hearts tryin' hard in the club lookin' for
Her real love
You won't find it here
All I got is hard dick and conversation for you
I was just high, even lyin' when I say I love you
My mind sayin' it want both
I just wanna fuck you, her too
Blowin' loud, smellin' like a Bubba Kush perfume
She comin' home with me, she finna meet her doom
She ain't sayin' I'm the greatest finna change her tune
The coldest and the hottest call me December June
Deliver euphoria straight to your room
I hit that ass, and I wait, I zoom
Make it rain nonstop call me young typhoon
Top spot already filled up, no room
Thought I would put some paper in your purse so soon?
Well wrong she is and mistaken she was
Tip broke, never heard no such thin' of
I'll fuck you up, don't touch me cuh
Just trust me bruh, it must be
Li-li-li-livin' my dreams don't wake me up
Yo-yo-you fake it 'til you make it, must suck
All of the-the-the haters hate us for the flav' of the paper
Tha-tha-that's why I cant love my neighbors
D-d-d-dangerous, stomp, kick, cut you
If you ain't welcome in my world, bitch, fuck you
D-d-d-dangerous, stomp, kick, cut you
If you ain't welcome in my world, bitch, fuck you
I would like to welcome you
To the world of (world of)
Fast money, fast cars, big diamond rings
Chief chains and the girls of (girls of)
Fake smiles, broken hearts and if you lookin' (what?)
For your real love (real love)
You wont find it here
Yeah, if you lookin' for your real love (what? who?)
Well goodnight my dear
Ooh, if you lookin' for real love
Don't come around here
Ooh, if you lookin' for real love
It ain't here my dear
Mm-mm
Move on
I would like to welcome you to the world of
Fake bitches no love, what the fuck you take me for?
Show love, I hate haters in the club
You must not really know where I come from
Exactly where my heart or you would never, never, never
Ugh, where do I start?
People ask me shit about Illuminati
First off, fuck that mean?
He loved Jesus when he, he, he was worse off
Oh, I see, when they, think a nigga is, stupid rich
People just start comin' up with stupid shit
Man, shit I could never predict
Hold up, let me hit you with this
Rollin' in a Bugatti with fo' chains is some foolishness
Yeah, yeah, that'd be the shit
They'd rather see a nigga locked up, why?
For stupid shit
Look how they did my nigga Tip
Soon as Wayne get out, Tip go in
Wonder why the nigga wanna make the clip go in?
Wonder why it so hard when it get goin'?
Hold ya head my niggas the system is
Made to make niggas fall
Made to make niggas fail
Uh, especially if you ball
They don't take niggas well (hell nah)
Nah, you cant come through flyin' in a, in a Bentley shinin'
I'm in the back, backseat drivin'
Screamin' on a nigga like I'm actually drivin'
Welcome you
To the world of (world of)
Fast money, fast cars, big diamond rings
Chief chains and the girls of (girls of)
Fake smiles, broken hearts and if you lookin' (what?)
For your real love (real love)
You wont find it here
Yeah, if you lookin' for your real love (what? who?)
Well goodnight my dear
Ooh, if you lookin' for real love
Don't come around here
Ooh, if you lookin' for real love
It ain't here my dear
Mm-mm
Move on
Lyrics submitted by dannynudds
Welcome To The World Lyrics as written by Dexter Mills Clifford Joseph Harris
Lyrics © Ultra Tunes, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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