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.
(Know ya, know ya)
Let me, let me
(Let me love ya)
It only happens once in a lifetime
I want me some vita ass perfect and true babe
You got me and I got you, baby
Tell your ex it's mine and I won't lose if you chosin', baby
Baby, you know that you more than just a friend to me
Don't let nobody convince you that we enemies
I was down for the count, I was down we was out
And I woulda led to me
You's my little secret
They don't know you freaky, with a chick like you I'm conceited
And when my mama fuck with you and my brother fuck with you
Need the baby in the crib where we completed
You got money, I got money, no competin'
F gang, but we always on some G shit
I'm on some OG with the pussy, I'ma beat it
Beep-beep-beep-beep DJ and repeat it
All the above is the truth
Trust in me like I trust in you
Fuck with me like I fuck with you
How am I real if I ain't real with you?
Let me love ya, let me love ya, let me love ya
Let me be the one to, let me be the one to love you
Let me love ya
Wanna love you, babe (love you, babe)
Hear what I'm sayin', oh
Love you
(Let me love you, let me love you)
Love you
(Let me love you, let me love you)
Love you
(Let me love you, let me love you)
Love you
(Let me love you)
You the realist bitch out here, we all admit that you the shit
New BMW, new tint so dark the cops gotta squint
You drivin' out the city to make money that I'll never let you spend
See that's something broke niggas just will never comprehend
We hit the strip together and we trip together
Hit the lick together, oh
Hit the piff together, book the Ritz together
This is it forever, oh
Hit the gym in three thousand dollar outfit
'Cause I gotta flex for my baby
We just swerved on these hoes
It's adjourned on these hoes, I wanna know
(When you gon' let me, babe?)
You gotta trust me, babe
Let me love ya, let me love ya, let me love ya
Let me be the one to, let me be the one to love you
Let me love ya
(Wanna love you, babe)
(You gotta know, girl, I ain't takin no)
(I, I really love ya)
Love you
(Let me love you, let me love you)
Love you
(Let me love you, let me love you)
Love you
(Let me love you, let me love you) who gon' treat you the best?
Love you
(Let me love you)
I need you to let me love you down
Ready
Told you I was ready (let me love ya)
Said that I was ready for it
Ready
I'ma show you
(It never really mattered too much to me)
Let me, let me
(Let me love ya)
It only happens once in a lifetime
I want me some vita ass perfect and true babe
You got me and I got you, baby
Tell your ex it's mine and I won't lose if you chosin', baby
Baby, you know that you more than just a friend to me
Don't let nobody convince you that we enemies
I was down for the count, I was down we was out
And I woulda led to me
You's my little secret
They don't know you freaky, with a chick like you I'm conceited
And when my mama fuck with you and my brother fuck with you
Need the baby in the crib where we completed
You got money, I got money, no competin'
F gang, but we always on some G shit
I'm on some OG with the pussy, I'ma beat it
Beep-beep-beep-beep DJ and repeat it
All the above is the truth
Trust in me like I trust in you
Fuck with me like I fuck with you
How am I real if I ain't real with you?
Let me love ya, let me love ya, let me love ya
Let me be the one to, let me be the one to love you
Let me love ya
Wanna love you, babe (love you, babe)
Hear what I'm sayin', oh
Love you
(Let me love you, let me love you)
Love you
(Let me love you, let me love you)
Love you
(Let me love you, let me love you)
Love you
(Let me love you)
You the realist bitch out here, we all admit that you the shit
New BMW, new tint so dark the cops gotta squint
You drivin' out the city to make money that I'll never let you spend
See that's something broke niggas just will never comprehend
We hit the strip together and we trip together
Hit the lick together, oh
Hit the piff together, book the Ritz together
This is it forever, oh
Hit the gym in three thousand dollar outfit
'Cause I gotta flex for my baby
We just swerved on these hoes
It's adjourned on these hoes, I wanna know
(When you gon' let me, babe?)
You gotta trust me, babe
Let me love ya, let me love ya, let me love ya
Let me be the one to, let me be the one to love you
Let me love ya
(Wanna love you, babe)
(You gotta know, girl, I ain't takin no)
(I, I really love ya)
Love you
(Let me love you, let me love you)
Love you
(Let me love you, let me love you)
Love you
(Let me love you, let me love you) who gon' treat you the best?
Love you
(Let me love you)
I need you to let me love you down
Ready
Told you I was ready (let me love ya)
Said that I was ready for it
Ready
I'ma show you
(It never really mattered too much to me)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Let Me Lyrics as written by Jahron Anthony Brathwaite Melvin C. Riley Jr.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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