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.
The subway the subway
Body marked up body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway and whole
I'm so gangsta wit it
Black rag gangsta fitted
Tattooed from the land where the man say the gangstas did it
They say me I kinda lie say I ain't did it
'Cause I'm a G and I go hard to the paint wit it
I don't Harlem Shake no I don't Snap Fingaz
No I spit club bangaz I clap ya gang bangaz
I do it for the big boss as Rick Ross as Young Jeezyz
Get it for you hard white or green peazys
I'm the weatherman snowchase to cheddaman
That butta on that popcorn get you robbed and popped
On pants sang black Dickies gotta couple esse's wit me
New York ghetto pass all I gotta say is 50
I'm good on the West 'cause Spida Loc my ryda
Folk outta townaz come to Phoenix we show you niggas how to smoke
Body tatted up the thug way nigga
The subway the subway
Body marked up body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway and whole
Niggas wanna floss wit ya
Tick tocks get robbed get popped especially if my shit flop
He flossin' that's his fault
That's the reason he got his clothes pushed backwards like Kris Kross
Back say Broadway run up on you in Broad Day
The Phoenix Boys will make your block smooth like Sade
Better sing along and bring along a couple of friends
'Cause when them no remorse boys hop out a couple of vans
Check it willy never back down betta check the background
Got Lito in Sac-Town niggas wanna chat now
I'm in the club wit them thangs that pow pow
Thug turn around and keep dancin' to Bow Wow
You see them boys wit tattoos street homies inked up Willy Northpole
Yes so criminal linked up I never been a joke
Yeah I was in to dope
Yeah Phoenix I been a pope
Ya boy been a Loc, Body Tatted Up the Thug way
Nigga like
The subway the subway
Body marked up body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway and whole
Wife beater bullet wounds swole
Nigga in a vest body mark stab wounds belly button to his chest
O.g. Rest In Peace name tatted on his neck
BG's in the gang tatts of his little set tear drop
Blowflies mafia bow ties for dem young dudes in the pen to dem old guys gang bangin'
Arm wound light green spark fumes Reggie tatts east coast west coast
Cartoons
Body marked up body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway and whole
Body marked up body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway and whole
I'm so gangsta wit it
Black rag gangsta fitted
Tattooed from the land where the man say the gangstas did it
They say me I kinda lie say I ain't did it
'Cause I'm a G and I go hard to the paint wit it
I don't Harlem Shake no I don't Snap Fingaz
No I spit club bangaz I clap ya gang bangaz
I do it for the big boss as Rick Ross as Young Jeezyz
Get it for you hard white or green peazys
I'm the weatherman snowchase to cheddaman
That butta on that popcorn get you robbed and popped
On pants sang black Dickies gotta couple esse's wit me
New York ghetto pass all I gotta say is 50
I'm good on the West 'cause Spida Loc my ryda
Folk outta townaz come to Phoenix we show you niggas how to smoke
Body tatted up the thug way nigga
The subway the subway
Body marked up body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway and whole
Niggas wanna floss wit ya
Tick tocks get robbed get popped especially if my shit flop
He flossin' that's his fault
That's the reason he got his clothes pushed backwards like Kris Kross
Back say Broadway run up on you in Broad Day
The Phoenix Boys will make your block smooth like Sade
Better sing along and bring along a couple of friends
'Cause when them no remorse boys hop out a couple of vans
Check it willy never back down betta check the background
Got Lito in Sac-Town niggas wanna chat now
I'm in the club wit them thangs that pow pow
Thug turn around and keep dancin' to Bow Wow
You see them boys wit tattoos street homies inked up Willy Northpole
Yes so criminal linked up I never been a joke
Yeah I was in to dope
Yeah Phoenix I been a pope
Ya boy been a Loc, Body Tatted Up the Thug way
Nigga like
The subway the subway
Body marked up body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway and whole
Wife beater bullet wounds swole
Nigga in a vest body mark stab wounds belly button to his chest
O.g. Rest In Peace name tatted on his neck
BG's in the gang tatts of his little set tear drop
Blowflies mafia bow ties for dem young dudes in the pen to dem old guys gang bangin'
Arm wound light green spark fumes Reggie tatts east coast west coast
Cartoons
Body marked up body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway
And whole body body marked up
Body body marked up
Like the subway the subway the subway and whole
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Body Marked Up Lyrics as written by Adam James Sutardy Aaron Fabian Ngawhika
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