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.
Love loud, ya we think go son laja na
Ey, bada and mada we think goes on laja
Dem a wanda how we going higher
Dem bug bite but we still going harder
Before dem a go realize we rock in the top
Talking and talking say we nuh go survive
Is like dem forget almighty no be mankind
All dem a gwaan, we know dem a blind
In times of hardness a look on to Jah
So weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man ago make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man ago make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
What a life waddi, my life fi make it
Ey
We gwaan We gwaan, We work hard
But nothing we dey gain dawg
Ano seh we lazy pon the street
But tell you no work agwaan
No man lazy me a tell you
Every hustler a deserve to be
Me a tell you free
Yeah, so me say
They did a chat chat
They did not talk enough
Them say we bad
But we do no wrong
You no see how dem a gwaan society not expecting good from we
But we not know what we do to them
Them see we us criminals but Ano Soo every ghetto youth is supposed to be free
Them never wanna help
We all dem best are too cheap we
So weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man ago make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man ago make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Ey
Me never wanna pull my eye pon a man
Coz no matter what a gooan dem a go deceive you
Dem a go say today
Dem a your friend
But it not problem
Me tell you they a go run away
In times we need them most
That at the time
Dem a go give you excuse
So me a tell you dawg
Careful who choose
Answer close friend
Coz this now a days
Trust done so
Careful your footsteps
And who you call a friend
Now me a tell you there's no true friend
Everyone just a fake
Not even the ladies
Everything turn lies and fake
Harder to different fake from real
Me tell you everything change up now
Wise up open your eyes coz
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man ago make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man ago make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man fi make it
bada and mada we think goes on laja
Dem a wanda how we going higher
Dem bug bite but we still going harder
Before dem a go realize we rock in the top
Talking and talking say we no go survive
Is like dem forget almighty no be mankind
All dem a gwaan, we know dem a blind
In times of hardness a look on to Jah
So weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man ago make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man ago make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
What a life waddi, my life fi make it
Ey, bada and mada we think goes on laja
Dem a wanda how we going higher
Dem bug bite but we still going harder
Before dem a go realize we rock in the top
Talking and talking say we nuh go survive
Is like dem forget almighty no be mankind
All dem a gwaan, we know dem a blind
In times of hardness a look on to Jah
So weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man ago make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man ago make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
What a life waddi, my life fi make it
Ey
We gwaan We gwaan, We work hard
But nothing we dey gain dawg
Ano seh we lazy pon the street
But tell you no work agwaan
No man lazy me a tell you
Every hustler a deserve to be
Me a tell you free
Yeah, so me say
They did a chat chat
They did not talk enough
Them say we bad
But we do no wrong
You no see how dem a gwaan society not expecting good from we
But we not know what we do to them
Them see we us criminals but Ano Soo every ghetto youth is supposed to be free
Them never wanna help
We all dem best are too cheap we
So weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man ago make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man ago make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Ey
Me never wanna pull my eye pon a man
Coz no matter what a gooan dem a go deceive you
Dem a go say today
Dem a your friend
But it not problem
Me tell you they a go run away
In times we need them most
That at the time
Dem a go give you excuse
So me a tell you dawg
Careful who choose
Answer close friend
Coz this now a days
Trust done so
Careful your footsteps
And who you call a friend
Now me a tell you there's no true friend
Everyone just a fake
Not even the ladies
Everything turn lies and fake
Harder to different fake from real
Me tell you everything change up now
Wise up open your eyes coz
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man ago make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man ago make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man fi make it
bada and mada we think goes on laja
Dem a wanda how we going higher
Dem bug bite but we still going harder
Before dem a go realize we rock in the top
Talking and talking say we no go survive
Is like dem forget almighty no be mankind
All dem a gwaan, we know dem a blind
In times of hardness a look on to Jah
So weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
Weather life or dead, man ago make it
Weather life or dead, man affi make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man ago make it me seh
Weather life or dead, man affi make it
What a life waddi, my life fi make it
Lyrics submitted by keyshawn03
Weather life or dead (man ago make it) Lyrics as written by Steflan Okyere
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hello!<br /> can you tell me what this song means?<br /> <br /> I'm really having a hard time knowing what their songs mean.<br /> Specially on the Gizmodgery album