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.
7 11 6 & 4
They all score
Yeah
Mutha fuckin' Jazzy Fae
Got me in line at 1:12
All high & shit
Ha
Thinkin' about what if the world was mine?
Ha ha
It'd be on in this mutha fucka
Check it out
[Verse 1]
I been thinkin' since the capital
Luck saw a baby kinda feel natural
Triple lights on the crap table
7 11 6 & 4 they all score
And every woman is a stripper so you can tip her
Don't let it get ya
Feel free to take her home wit ya
I'd be in all the motion pictures
And every whip I'm messin' wit, be a ten on the real shit
And real niggas wouldn't have to try to be
So I would never never - actin' violently
And even if you didn't ride wit me
you could still get high wit me
If the world was mine
[Chorus]
You would never have to leave the sunshine
And everbody'd be free to smoke weed wit us
Shouldn't even have to deal wit one time
Too many whips so we ain't got time
If the world was mine
I'd roll a baby blue 64
Wit all my niggas down front wit they dubs up, all night
Call all the thugs & 'round 'em up
And tell 'em all to come to my show
If the world was mine
[Verse 2]
I take a puff so I can meditate
Bump down the street & niggas wouldn't playa hate
These are tickets for the na-nas
My own recliner
What's the matter wit ya eyes? Ain't ya high enough?
Cali weed make 'em both swell
So quit talkin' and blaze one up
You in the middle of a world-wide mission to get paid enough
Is the last nigga brave enough?
His ass got ate up
His whip got laid up
She had to pay up
My mind was made up, and stayed up
I took 17 beats & laced 'em up wit a plot to blow the place up
If the world was mine
(Repeat chorus)
[Verse 3]
If I ruled the world
Block parties wit the Mexicans
Dominos wit the best of dem
Black Lex, purple pearl
In the city wit my next of kin, doin' lotsa shoppin'
It's poppin'
We won't be stoppin'
'til the loot runs out
But it's my shit, so that won't happen
Guaranteed to have y'all screamin' & clappin'
On a high that lasts ya all night
If the world was mine
(Repeat chorus 3x)
They all score
Yeah
Mutha fuckin' Jazzy Fae
Got me in line at 1:12
All high & shit
Ha
Thinkin' about what if the world was mine?
Ha ha
It'd be on in this mutha fucka
Check it out
[Verse 1]
I been thinkin' since the capital
Luck saw a baby kinda feel natural
Triple lights on the crap table
7 11 6 & 4 they all score
And every woman is a stripper so you can tip her
Don't let it get ya
Feel free to take her home wit ya
I'd be in all the motion pictures
And every whip I'm messin' wit, be a ten on the real shit
And real niggas wouldn't have to try to be
So I would never never - actin' violently
And even if you didn't ride wit me
you could still get high wit me
If the world was mine
[Chorus]
You would never have to leave the sunshine
And everbody'd be free to smoke weed wit us
Shouldn't even have to deal wit one time
Too many whips so we ain't got time
If the world was mine
I'd roll a baby blue 64
Wit all my niggas down front wit they dubs up, all night
Call all the thugs & 'round 'em up
And tell 'em all to come to my show
If the world was mine
[Verse 2]
I take a puff so I can meditate
Bump down the street & niggas wouldn't playa hate
These are tickets for the na-nas
My own recliner
What's the matter wit ya eyes? Ain't ya high enough?
Cali weed make 'em both swell
So quit talkin' and blaze one up
You in the middle of a world-wide mission to get paid enough
Is the last nigga brave enough?
His ass got ate up
His whip got laid up
She had to pay up
My mind was made up, and stayed up
I took 17 beats & laced 'em up wit a plot to blow the place up
If the world was mine
(Repeat chorus)
[Verse 3]
If I ruled the world
Block parties wit the Mexicans
Dominos wit the best of dem
Black Lex, purple pearl
In the city wit my next of kin, doin' lotsa shoppin'
It's poppin'
We won't be stoppin'
'til the loot runs out
But it's my shit, so that won't happen
Guaranteed to have y'all screamin' & clappin'
On a high that lasts ya all night
If the world was mine
(Repeat chorus 3x)
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If the World Was Mine Lyrics as written by Quaites Alexander
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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