The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Uh
Ayy
Come on
Uh, uh-huh
But they don't hear me though
Uh, but they don't hear me though
Uh, but they don't, but they don't, but they don't, they don't
I got blood on my hands and there's no remorse
And got blood on my dick 'cause I fucked a corpse (come on)
I'm a nasty nigga, when you pass me, nigga, look me in my eyes (what?)
Tell me to my fuckin' face that you ready to die (come on)
You be a dead motherfucker, red motherfucker (uh)
Don't get stupid, you heard what I said motherfucker (uh)
Who shot you? Ah, nigga, like you don't know (woo)
Stickin' you for your dough while I'm fuckin' your broke ho (what?)
Yo, don't you get the picture? Niggas can't touch me (uh)
'Cause I don't give a fuck, G, I'll get you touched, B
I got joints that with one slug'll take apart a door
And enough crazy niggas behind me to start a war (come on)
So what you want, nigga, help? 'Cause you's about to rest (uh)
When I'm fed, Red Cross couldn't clean up the mess
And a vest won't do nothin' but make you look a little thicker (Yea!)
'Cause in the dark, you ain't nothin' but a lil' nigga (What!)
And if you'd been thinkin' about that shit you did
You wouldn't've brought the joint with you kid
Now I'ma have to get you kid, and split your wig with the machete (what?)
I bring beef to niggas, and string 'em out like spaghetti (come on)
You ain't ready, nor can you stand how I'm bringin' it (uh)
How I'm givin' it is how I'm livin' it so I'm swingin' it (uh)
Red dot on your head, 'cause you's in mid-range
Red dot on your chest opens up your rib cage, nigga
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
Now if your heart was as big as your mouth, you'd be real
But it's not, so I know if you get knocked, you'll squeal
Like a bitch, 'cause you is a bitch and always been a bitch (oh)
And you know how niggas do a bitch, we run up in a bitch (oh)
Put something in a bitch, nigga, do you know me? Nigga, do you owe me? (uh-huh)
Figured you could blow me? Well I'ma let this trigger fill you homie
Y'all niggas gots to be smokin' somethin' thinkin' you chokin' somethin' (uh)
Fuckin' around with me you'll be a broken somethin' (woo)
I'm out for blood with the Crips at war
How much shit could you talk wit your lips on the floor?
Pussy niggas make me itch, so I scratch, you's a bitch (uh, uh, uh)
So I snatch up your face, fake-ass pit, so I scratch you (uh, uh, come on)
And yeah, there was a time, when I woulda jumped up and choked this nigga
(But now) but now I'm on some shit like, "yo, smoke this nigga!" (uh-huh)
I'm bout to find out how much guts you got before I spill 'em
Somebody come and get this motherfucker before I kill him (please)
(Arf) fresh out the asylum, I'm wildin'
Y'all niggas know the phone numbers for help, you best to dial 'em (ayy)
Nine-one-one, emergency, the urgency
Will have witnesses seein' what the surgeon see (woo)
How far you gon' get, wit' your dome split, fool (come on)
And catch your man slippin' 'cause he think his shit cool (come on)
But it ain't, so I paint the walls with his blood (uh, uh, uh)
Another dick in the mud, nigga, what? (come on)
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew (uh)
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through (nigga)
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew (uh)
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through (come on)
Ayo, you know who this is for (uh)
They let the dogs in the door (come on, come on, yeah)
Ayo, you know who this is for (come on)
They let the dogs in the door (yeah, yeah)
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through (come on)
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through (come on)
I just love
Ayy
Come on
Uh, uh-huh
But they don't hear me though
Uh, but they don't hear me though
Uh, but they don't, but they don't, but they don't, they don't
I got blood on my hands and there's no remorse
And got blood on my dick 'cause I fucked a corpse (come on)
I'm a nasty nigga, when you pass me, nigga, look me in my eyes (what?)
Tell me to my fuckin' face that you ready to die (come on)
You be a dead motherfucker, red motherfucker (uh)
Don't get stupid, you heard what I said motherfucker (uh)
Who shot you? Ah, nigga, like you don't know (woo)
Stickin' you for your dough while I'm fuckin' your broke ho (what?)
Yo, don't you get the picture? Niggas can't touch me (uh)
'Cause I don't give a fuck, G, I'll get you touched, B
I got joints that with one slug'll take apart a door
And enough crazy niggas behind me to start a war (come on)
So what you want, nigga, help? 'Cause you's about to rest (uh)
When I'm fed, Red Cross couldn't clean up the mess
And a vest won't do nothin' but make you look a little thicker (Yea!)
'Cause in the dark, you ain't nothin' but a lil' nigga (What!)
And if you'd been thinkin' about that shit you did
You wouldn't've brought the joint with you kid
Now I'ma have to get you kid, and split your wig with the machete (what?)
I bring beef to niggas, and string 'em out like spaghetti (come on)
You ain't ready, nor can you stand how I'm bringin' it (uh)
How I'm givin' it is how I'm livin' it so I'm swingin' it (uh)
Red dot on your head, 'cause you's in mid-range
Red dot on your chest opens up your rib cage, nigga
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
Now if your heart was as big as your mouth, you'd be real
But it's not, so I know if you get knocked, you'll squeal
Like a bitch, 'cause you is a bitch and always been a bitch (oh)
And you know how niggas do a bitch, we run up in a bitch (oh)
Put something in a bitch, nigga, do you know me? Nigga, do you owe me? (uh-huh)
Figured you could blow me? Well I'ma let this trigger fill you homie
Y'all niggas gots to be smokin' somethin' thinkin' you chokin' somethin' (uh)
Fuckin' around with me you'll be a broken somethin' (woo)
I'm out for blood with the Crips at war
How much shit could you talk wit your lips on the floor?
Pussy niggas make me itch, so I scratch, you's a bitch (uh, uh, uh)
So I snatch up your face, fake-ass pit, so I scratch you (uh, uh, come on)
And yeah, there was a time, when I woulda jumped up and choked this nigga
(But now) but now I'm on some shit like, "yo, smoke this nigga!" (uh-huh)
I'm bout to find out how much guts you got before I spill 'em
Somebody come and get this motherfucker before I kill him (please)
(Arf) fresh out the asylum, I'm wildin'
Y'all niggas know the phone numbers for help, you best to dial 'em (ayy)
Nine-one-one, emergency, the urgency
Will have witnesses seein' what the surgeon see (woo)
How far you gon' get, wit' your dome split, fool (come on)
And catch your man slippin' 'cause he think his shit cool (come on)
But it ain't, so I paint the walls with his blood (uh, uh, uh)
Another dick in the mud, nigga, what? (come on)
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew (uh)
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through (nigga)
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew (uh)
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through (come on)
Ayo, you know who this is for (uh)
They let the dogs in the door (come on, come on, yeah)
Ayo, you know who this is for (come on)
They let the dogs in the door (yeah, yeah)
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through (come on)
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through
I just love when a nigga bring his whole crew
It's just a bigger piece of cake for me to chew a hole through (come on)
I just love
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