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.
Riding with the steel
Puffing on the purp
Overtime on you niggas
Going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
Overtime on you niggas, 'cause going to work
I'm gonna get it any means necessary
'Cause you know I'm 'bout my paper like a secretary
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
Gotta go to court tomorrow, DA on my dick
So I'mma wear my Audemar, just to make her sick
I might go yellow Presi on her
Just to make her pissed
Then go home and break a brick and break it down to bacon bits
I'm going to work I'm going to work
The phone's popping, like we on the first
We up on Neiman's, we going berserk
A nigga cross me, he going to church
Ridin' through the hood, back of the 'Bach
Started in the front, now they in back of the 'Bach
No love for the haters, no rap for the rats
Velcro shorty, we strapped and they strapped, work
Half you niggas telling so we never sell'em work
They don't wanna come and get it so we mail 'em work
Put my money in it so you know it better work
And my shooters with me so you know they put in work
Riding with the steel
Puffing on the purp
Overtime on you niggas
Going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
Overtime on you niggas, 'cause going to work
I'm gonna get it any means necessary
'Cause you know I'm 'bout my paper like a secretary
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
I might go buy a boat tomorrow
Just to take a trip
Big belly rude boy
Bad Jamaican bitch
I head straight to Colombia
I'm talking Bogota
Ship 'em up to Philly, Milly living like he Gorbachev
Not the Reagen Era but a nigga making cheddar
Rayful Edmond in the mirror and I'm never telling
The game sweet soda, seats watermelon
Clip full of sunflower seeds in my Mac-11
And I steal a mothafucka's like a student felon
Bookbags full of blocks and them bitches selling
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
Riding with the steel
Puffing on the purp
Overtime on you niggas
Going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
Overtime on you niggas, 'cause going to work
I'm gonna get it any means necessary
'Cause you know I'm 'bout my paper like a secretary
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
Got some youngins that will murder for a new bike
Have you looking like you're fresh up out a food fight
Spaghetti on your head, shirt ketchup red
Shooting banana clips, we ain't never scared
Niggas say they looking for me, they ain't ever there
I'm like a Metro Phone Store 'cause I'm everywhere
I'm gon' get it any means necessary
'Cause you know I'm bout my paper like a secretary
Gave my nigga fifty years, forever buried
He said he gone make it home like he never worried
Free the homie Rick, and free my homie Brick
Doing hard time, love of the 36
Tried to get her number, shawty she ain't know me then
Wanna fuck me now, I'm like you dirty bitch!
Rookie of the year 'cause I murder shit, murder!
And I'm way back, 'cause it's Maybach
Riding with the steel
Puffing on the purp
Overtime on you niggas
Going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
Overtime on you niggas, 'cause going to work
I'm gonna get it any means necessary
'Cause you know I'm bout my paper like a secretary
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work (work!)
Puffing on the purp
Overtime on you niggas
Going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
Overtime on you niggas, 'cause going to work
I'm gonna get it any means necessary
'Cause you know I'm 'bout my paper like a secretary
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
Gotta go to court tomorrow, DA on my dick
So I'mma wear my Audemar, just to make her sick
I might go yellow Presi on her
Just to make her pissed
Then go home and break a brick and break it down to bacon bits
I'm going to work I'm going to work
The phone's popping, like we on the first
We up on Neiman's, we going berserk
A nigga cross me, he going to church
Ridin' through the hood, back of the 'Bach
Started in the front, now they in back of the 'Bach
No love for the haters, no rap for the rats
Velcro shorty, we strapped and they strapped, work
Half you niggas telling so we never sell'em work
They don't wanna come and get it so we mail 'em work
Put my money in it so you know it better work
And my shooters with me so you know they put in work
Riding with the steel
Puffing on the purp
Overtime on you niggas
Going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
Overtime on you niggas, 'cause going to work
I'm gonna get it any means necessary
'Cause you know I'm 'bout my paper like a secretary
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
I might go buy a boat tomorrow
Just to take a trip
Big belly rude boy
Bad Jamaican bitch
I head straight to Colombia
I'm talking Bogota
Ship 'em up to Philly, Milly living like he Gorbachev
Not the Reagen Era but a nigga making cheddar
Rayful Edmond in the mirror and I'm never telling
The game sweet soda, seats watermelon
Clip full of sunflower seeds in my Mac-11
And I steal a mothafucka's like a student felon
Bookbags full of blocks and them bitches selling
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
Riding with the steel
Puffing on the purp
Overtime on you niggas
Going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
Overtime on you niggas, 'cause going to work
I'm gonna get it any means necessary
'Cause you know I'm 'bout my paper like a secretary
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
Got some youngins that will murder for a new bike
Have you looking like you're fresh up out a food fight
Spaghetti on your head, shirt ketchup red
Shooting banana clips, we ain't never scared
Niggas say they looking for me, they ain't ever there
I'm like a Metro Phone Store 'cause I'm everywhere
I'm gon' get it any means necessary
'Cause you know I'm bout my paper like a secretary
Gave my nigga fifty years, forever buried
He said he gone make it home like he never worried
Free the homie Rick, and free my homie Brick
Doing hard time, love of the 36
Tried to get her number, shawty she ain't know me then
Wanna fuck me now, I'm like you dirty bitch!
Rookie of the year 'cause I murder shit, murder!
And I'm way back, 'cause it's Maybach
Riding with the steel
Puffing on the purp
Overtime on you niggas
Going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
Overtime on you niggas, 'cause going to work
I'm gonna get it any means necessary
'Cause you know I'm bout my paper like a secretary
I'm going to work, I'm going to work
I'm going to work, I'm going to work (work!)
Lyrics submitted by nemequittepas
Work Lyrics as written by Robert Williams William Leonard Roberts
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.