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.
Ayy, I bounce back then I put in work
I do it for the real all over the Earth
I go from sound check to designing shirts
Your opinion doesn't count, you ain't from the turf
It's a nigga wit' a attitude down the hall
Smoking weed, playing rap, writing on the wall
I invented rap and roll by myself
My shades on, I don't see nobody else
With Chauncey on the beat I can't miss (can't miss)
Lucky me I got to see thirty-six (damn)
Ask for Frank White Jr., I'm at the Ritz (I'm at the Ritz)
Ordering tiramisu, don't you forget
I'm the one that got you lil' niggas showing off
I had a bitch at Henry Clay when you was this tall
Still grinding every day, don't need no applause
Give me more square feet, give me more cars
Give me two water slides and a dog kennel
AK-47 and a turbo engine
A couple gold links and a AP (and a AP)
Skeleton face flooded, texting on the beach
If we get engaged, she get a Lambo (get a Lambo)
Italian dinners in the evening, that's mando (yeah)
Rum cake for dessert and my charm froze (froze)
Westside OPM 'til my eyes close
I bounce back then I put in work (I put in work)
I do it for the real all over the Earth
Yeah (yeah)
(Still grindin')
I bounce back then I put in work (then I put in work)
Still do it for the real all over the Earth
Yeah, uh
(Uh, still grindin')
We left Boa in luxury rides, three in a line
The moon look crazy, come see me sometimes
When I'm on Sunset, I gotta eurostep
With the suicide doors, I'm taking all bets
That I can roll a six then another six
Know who you fucking with, plus who I'm running with
If I'm not the realest then I came close (then I came close)
Never switch sides, you know how it go
Stussy trenchcoat when it get cold
My money never fold, I'm finna unload
Throw some ones on a stripper, bought a condo
I smoke and ride through L.A. like Alonzo (yeah)
I bounce back then I put in work (I put in work)
I do it for the real all over the Earth
Yeah
(Still grindin')
I bounce back then I put in work (then I put in work)
Still do it for the real all over the Earth
Yeah, uh
(Uh, still grindin') yeah
Rodeo Road
Leimert Boulevard
(Uh, still grindin')
Yeah, no doubt
(Still grindin')
(Uh, still grindin')
I do it for the real all over the Earth
I go from sound check to designing shirts
Your opinion doesn't count, you ain't from the turf
It's a nigga wit' a attitude down the hall
Smoking weed, playing rap, writing on the wall
I invented rap and roll by myself
My shades on, I don't see nobody else
With Chauncey on the beat I can't miss (can't miss)
Lucky me I got to see thirty-six (damn)
Ask for Frank White Jr., I'm at the Ritz (I'm at the Ritz)
Ordering tiramisu, don't you forget
I'm the one that got you lil' niggas showing off
I had a bitch at Henry Clay when you was this tall
Still grinding every day, don't need no applause
Give me more square feet, give me more cars
Give me two water slides and a dog kennel
AK-47 and a turbo engine
A couple gold links and a AP (and a AP)
Skeleton face flooded, texting on the beach
If we get engaged, she get a Lambo (get a Lambo)
Italian dinners in the evening, that's mando (yeah)
Rum cake for dessert and my charm froze (froze)
Westside OPM 'til my eyes close
I bounce back then I put in work (I put in work)
I do it for the real all over the Earth
Yeah (yeah)
(Still grindin')
I bounce back then I put in work (then I put in work)
Still do it for the real all over the Earth
Yeah, uh
(Uh, still grindin')
We left Boa in luxury rides, three in a line
The moon look crazy, come see me sometimes
When I'm on Sunset, I gotta eurostep
With the suicide doors, I'm taking all bets
That I can roll a six then another six
Know who you fucking with, plus who I'm running with
If I'm not the realest then I came close (then I came close)
Never switch sides, you know how it go
Stussy trenchcoat when it get cold
My money never fold, I'm finna unload
Throw some ones on a stripper, bought a condo
I smoke and ride through L.A. like Alonzo (yeah)
I bounce back then I put in work (I put in work)
I do it for the real all over the Earth
Yeah
(Still grindin')
I bounce back then I put in work (then I put in work)
Still do it for the real all over the Earth
Yeah, uh
(Uh, still grindin') yeah
Rodeo Road
Leimert Boulevard
(Uh, still grindin')
Yeah, no doubt
(Still grindin')
(Uh, still grindin')
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