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.
Hey
Ayo, Sap, what's good, bruh?
This man's kinda high out here
Ayo, the flyest muhfucker in the room, yeah, you know it's me
Bitches hating on him 'cause he started out here locally
Hopefully, I'll be at the top soon
For now, I'm at my house on the couch, watching cartoons
You know how much you love it when you get it in abundance
Give a fuck about a budget when you always be the subject of discussion
But it's nothing when you stop and just say, "Fuck it"
'Cause you walking out in public and you hear 'em talkin' rubbish
I just wanna ride, ride through the city in a Cutlass
Find a big-butt bitch somewhere, get my nuts kissed
That's the way it goes when you party just like I do
Bitches on my dick that used to brush me off in high school
Take over the world when I'm on my Donald Trump shit
Look at all this money, ain't that some shit
Take over the world when I'm on my Donald Trump shit
Look at all this money, ain't that some shit, hey
We gon' take over the world while these haters gettin' mad
That's why all my bitches bad
They see this crazy life I have and they in awe
We gon' win, you can take the lose or draw
What I'm in, got these hoes who used to play me in they bras
We gon' take over the world while these haters gettin' mad
Take over the world, watch these haters get mad
That's why all my bitches bad, they see this crazy life I have
Hop into the car and then we take 'em to the pad (uh, uh, uh)
It's a wrap
And muhfuckers think they know me but they never met the kid
Style come with excellence and money make benevolence
Irrelevant for the fuckers who never been intelligent
I kill my Henny, break the bottle for the hell of it
Tell a bitch that she better bring her friends
And if she want an autograph, she better bring a pen
Yeah, the party never end, this life is what I recommend
And if you got a ho picked for me, then she better be a ten
I ain't picky but these girls be acting tricky
When the situation's sticky and the liquor got 'em silly
But I take over the world when I'm on my Donald Trump shit
Look at all this money, ain't that some shit
We gon' take over the world while these haters gettin' mad
That's why all my bitches bad
They see this crazy life I have and they in awe
We gon' win, you can take the lose or draw
What I'm in, got these hoes who used to play me in they bras
We gon' take over the world while these haters gettin' mad
Take over the world, watch these haters get mad
That's why all my bitches bad, they see this crazy life I have
Hop into the car and then we take 'em to the pad
It's a wrap
Ayo, Sap, what's good, bruh?
This man's kinda high out here
Ayo, the flyest muhfucker in the room, yeah, you know it's me
Bitches hating on him 'cause he started out here locally
Hopefully, I'll be at the top soon
For now, I'm at my house on the couch, watching cartoons
You know how much you love it when you get it in abundance
Give a fuck about a budget when you always be the subject of discussion
But it's nothing when you stop and just say, "Fuck it"
'Cause you walking out in public and you hear 'em talkin' rubbish
I just wanna ride, ride through the city in a Cutlass
Find a big-butt bitch somewhere, get my nuts kissed
That's the way it goes when you party just like I do
Bitches on my dick that used to brush me off in high school
Take over the world when I'm on my Donald Trump shit
Look at all this money, ain't that some shit
Take over the world when I'm on my Donald Trump shit
Look at all this money, ain't that some shit, hey
We gon' take over the world while these haters gettin' mad
That's why all my bitches bad
They see this crazy life I have and they in awe
We gon' win, you can take the lose or draw
What I'm in, got these hoes who used to play me in they bras
We gon' take over the world while these haters gettin' mad
Take over the world, watch these haters get mad
That's why all my bitches bad, they see this crazy life I have
Hop into the car and then we take 'em to the pad (uh, uh, uh)
It's a wrap
And muhfuckers think they know me but they never met the kid
Style come with excellence and money make benevolence
Irrelevant for the fuckers who never been intelligent
I kill my Henny, break the bottle for the hell of it
Tell a bitch that she better bring her friends
And if she want an autograph, she better bring a pen
Yeah, the party never end, this life is what I recommend
And if you got a ho picked for me, then she better be a ten
I ain't picky but these girls be acting tricky
When the situation's sticky and the liquor got 'em silly
But I take over the world when I'm on my Donald Trump shit
Look at all this money, ain't that some shit
We gon' take over the world while these haters gettin' mad
That's why all my bitches bad
They see this crazy life I have and they in awe
We gon' win, you can take the lose or draw
What I'm in, got these hoes who used to play me in they bras
We gon' take over the world while these haters gettin' mad
Take over the world, watch these haters get mad
That's why all my bitches bad, they see this crazy life I have
Hop into the car and then we take 'em to the pad
It's a wrap
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