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.
[Featuring Tajai Snupe]
This is how we rollin
swollen on a Saturday
I had a way to chill hard
3 ill broads wanted to hook up
so I looked up Tajai and Snupe
call 'em up
aye yo what's up?
we need to troop to these hoe's house.
[Tajai] Yo where they stay at?
73rd and Lockwood
[Tajai] What?
But the cops good
[Tajai] Ohh aight
So don't trip
niggas ain't sweatin
plus they won't flip if you don't say nothin
[Snupe] Yo, it ain't no thing, I'll bring the Glock
Just in case these niggas on her block
don't want to throw thangs. . .
[Snupe] Yeap
[Tajai] I'm wit it, let's bounce!
We gone
but first you know we
gotta go to Lee's so I can get me an O.E.
the hoes we
foolin' wit look tight
make a right
it might be that one cause she said her shit was blue and white
but she sure don't drive no Cutlass
what is going on? I'm thinking
nah, I'm tweaking
so we stepped to the door. . .
[Snupe] Yo, there they go!
Ooh, I'm gonna do the whore!
so I walk in. . .
[Tajai] Yo, I hear men talking in the next room
If they flex, doom will be hawkin'
[Tajai] Them hoes is lookin' good as phukk!
[Snupe] And if these niggas flex, they gone be gettin' bucked
Word 'em up
I'm glad I came with my men
ask these skins
yo who's these niggas in your den?
she said friends
just then the nigga walked in with no grin
fired up a stem and then said
"What you lookin' at?"
I replied, "Nigga, you could get took for that!
lets take it outside", huh
we stepped to her butch calmly
cause no nigga can harm me
I'll whoop his ass in the grass
we square up
I caught my grill
he's hard, but still
he got a soft spot
I'ma beat him down until he cough up blood
thugs surround
but they can't tell my men
with the locks got a Glock supportin' me
he tried to rush me
but I bust him in his grill
caught him slippin'
and I said, "You oughta chill"
then his friend tried to jump in
I had to find a piece of lead to rub his rump in
suddenly the vice came
but them niggaz down the street in a dice game
I claim
they can't find out my name
I got a warrant
they want to put me in the housing
I bust this nigga's shit
now it's time to be thooooousand
Now it's time to be thooooousand
Now it's time to be thooooousand
Now it's time to be thooooousand
Word up
This is how we rollin
swollen on a Saturday
I had a way to chill hard
3 ill broads wanted to hook up
so I looked up Tajai and Snupe
call 'em up
aye yo what's up?
we need to troop to these hoe's house.
[Tajai] Yo where they stay at?
73rd and Lockwood
[Tajai] What?
But the cops good
[Tajai] Ohh aight
So don't trip
niggas ain't sweatin
plus they won't flip if you don't say nothin
[Snupe] Yo, it ain't no thing, I'll bring the Glock
Just in case these niggas on her block
don't want to throw thangs. . .
[Snupe] Yeap
[Tajai] I'm wit it, let's bounce!
We gone
but first you know we
gotta go to Lee's so I can get me an O.E.
the hoes we
foolin' wit look tight
make a right
it might be that one cause she said her shit was blue and white
but she sure don't drive no Cutlass
what is going on? I'm thinking
nah, I'm tweaking
so we stepped to the door. . .
[Snupe] Yo, there they go!
Ooh, I'm gonna do the whore!
so I walk in. . .
[Tajai] Yo, I hear men talking in the next room
If they flex, doom will be hawkin'
[Tajai] Them hoes is lookin' good as phukk!
[Snupe] And if these niggas flex, they gone be gettin' bucked
Word 'em up
I'm glad I came with my men
ask these skins
yo who's these niggas in your den?
she said friends
just then the nigga walked in with no grin
fired up a stem and then said
"What you lookin' at?"
I replied, "Nigga, you could get took for that!
lets take it outside", huh
we stepped to her butch calmly
cause no nigga can harm me
I'll whoop his ass in the grass
we square up
I caught my grill
he's hard, but still
he got a soft spot
I'ma beat him down until he cough up blood
thugs surround
but they can't tell my men
with the locks got a Glock supportin' me
he tried to rush me
but I bust him in his grill
caught him slippin'
and I said, "You oughta chill"
then his friend tried to jump in
I had to find a piece of lead to rub his rump in
suddenly the vice came
but them niggaz down the street in a dice game
I claim
they can't find out my name
I got a warrant
they want to put me in the housing
I bust this nigga's shit
now it's time to be thooooousand
Now it's time to be thooooousand
Now it's time to be thooooousand
Now it's time to be thooooousand
Word up
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