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.
Lil Steff
Poptracks baby
It's Monday morning
I gotta get up and go to school
I wish I could sleep all day but Mom said you know your rules
The weekend's over, seems like school never ends
The only thing that keeps me going, I can go and chill with my friends
So I bust 'em on the basketball team 'cause basketball's my thing
So let me get up and get myself together, be on my way
I get to school and everything's cool I see shorty's
I smile at her, she smile back and it makes my day
So I say
Can I holla, would you mind
If I stand up with two time
You don't have to be alone
I can call you on the phone
Can I holla, what's the deal
Can I holla, I'm for real (I'm for real)
You don't have to be alone
Oh no
Uh Lil Steff
Pop tracks, let's go
Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday later on I'm at the spot
It's a place where me and my boys go hanging
The girls and the music be hot
It's a place where young people go and there we be having fun
That's when I seen that shawty from school and I said
"Yo, she the one"
It was on and poppin' and there was no stoppin'
The crush that I had on you
And I wondered if you really know
Can I holla, would you mind
If I stand up with two time
You don't have to be alone
I can call you on the phone
Can I holla, what's the deal
Can I holla, I'm for real (I'm for real)
You don't have to be alone
Oh no
Can I holla, would you mind
If I bother you for a minute
Just a minute of your time
Me and you we can kick it
Can I holla (holla holla)
Yo, yo Bow Weezie
Rappers steppin' to me
They want to get some but it's yo boy Lil Weezie
You know the outcome
Another victory, they can't get wit me
So pick a PCD 'cause you're history
And stop trying to be like this rap mine
'Cause as long as I'm around you gon' be behind
I'm like a new bike to a kid
A perm to your wig
There's a lot of copy catin' but I know who ya wit
Can you holla at this big dolla getting sitting pretty hard
Representin' So So
You know the flow, baby, everything gravy
Everything big, ma, everything crazy
That means you ain't got to worry 'bout nothing
That means I'ma keep ya fly and crushing
That means when people see me they see you
And all you got to do is holla
Can I holla would you mind
If I stand up with two time
You don't have to be alone
I can call you on the phone
Can I holla, what's the deal
Can I holla I'm for real (I'm for real)
You don't have to be alone
Oh no, yeah yeah
Poptracks baby
It's Monday morning
I gotta get up and go to school
I wish I could sleep all day but Mom said you know your rules
The weekend's over, seems like school never ends
The only thing that keeps me going, I can go and chill with my friends
So I bust 'em on the basketball team 'cause basketball's my thing
So let me get up and get myself together, be on my way
I get to school and everything's cool I see shorty's
I smile at her, she smile back and it makes my day
So I say
Can I holla, would you mind
If I stand up with two time
You don't have to be alone
I can call you on the phone
Can I holla, what's the deal
Can I holla, I'm for real (I'm for real)
You don't have to be alone
Oh no
Uh Lil Steff
Pop tracks, let's go
Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday later on I'm at the spot
It's a place where me and my boys go hanging
The girls and the music be hot
It's a place where young people go and there we be having fun
That's when I seen that shawty from school and I said
"Yo, she the one"
It was on and poppin' and there was no stoppin'
The crush that I had on you
And I wondered if you really know
Can I holla, would you mind
If I stand up with two time
You don't have to be alone
I can call you on the phone
Can I holla, what's the deal
Can I holla, I'm for real (I'm for real)
You don't have to be alone
Oh no
Can I holla, would you mind
If I bother you for a minute
Just a minute of your time
Me and you we can kick it
Can I holla (holla holla)
Yo, yo Bow Weezie
Rappers steppin' to me
They want to get some but it's yo boy Lil Weezie
You know the outcome
Another victory, they can't get wit me
So pick a PCD 'cause you're history
And stop trying to be like this rap mine
'Cause as long as I'm around you gon' be behind
I'm like a new bike to a kid
A perm to your wig
There's a lot of copy catin' but I know who ya wit
Can you holla at this big dolla getting sitting pretty hard
Representin' So So
You know the flow, baby, everything gravy
Everything big, ma, everything crazy
That means you ain't got to worry 'bout nothing
That means I'ma keep ya fly and crushing
That means when people see me they see you
And all you got to do is holla
Can I holla would you mind
If I stand up with two time
You don't have to be alone
I can call you on the phone
Can I holla, what's the deal
Can I holla I'm for real (I'm for real)
You don't have to be alone
Oh no, yeah yeah
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