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.
Here we go again
Real smooth, yeah
Here we go again
They said a country boy
Came through and then changed the game
If you what you got ain't hot then, check your flame
If what you spittin ain't hittin then, check your aim
Your record sales start to slip and then, Nelly to blame
Now who you know come through first time on the scene?
No set-ups, no guest appearances in between?
Fire like a nigga drinkin gasoline
I keep it hot, like my dirty down in New Orleans
The Rams won the Superbowl, I bought myself a ring
Whether you sparkle or you bling, don't matter same thing
Thug drinkin Mo', but Don the King
I'm gettin pissy, with Tissy, Missy and Irene
Real close friends that like to try things
Me and my dirties, we like to buy things
Fuck around and give me a license to fly things
Look up in the sky and have a Nelly sighting, like
Skrrt, oh (gon' break it down)
Oh, Nelly (gon' change that game around)
And I bet (y'all really gon' hate him now)
Why don't you come ride with me? Ooh-wee
Skrrt, oh (gon' break it down)
Oh, Nelly (gon' change that game around)
And I bet (y'all really gon' hate him now)
Why don't you come ride with me? Ooh-wee
First name Nelly, last name Nel
First letter C, last letter L
Six hundred fly by, what the hell?
V-12 full detail, sittin' on Sprewell's
Who in? Can't tell, too much tint
But why the radio so loud? Too much spent
Never be a Bush man, too Bill Clint'
Both country boys, and if the head right, E.I
Here for my residency, lovin' my presidency
I do it like you never did see
Shady to them niggas that's shadin' me
Givin' back to the ones that gave to me
Bought a Caddy for the man that created me (who?)
My daddy, call him Big Nelly (ooh)
Pimp juice flowin' through that bloodline 'cuz
Huh, see what it does? Yeah, you feel the buzz, like
Skrrt, oh (gon' break it down)
Oh, Nelly (gon' change that game around)
And I bet (y'all really gon' hate him now)
Why don't you come ride with me? Ooh-wee
Skrrt, oh (gon' break it down)
Oh, Nelly (gon' change that game around)
And I bet (y'all really gon' hate him now)
Why don't you come ride with me? Ooh-wee
One mo' time
N-E, dash L-L-Y
If you didn't like me then, gon' hate me now
Me and Murph' fogged out in the buggy I
With the, suction doors, two bad-ass whores
Holla, yo, 'cause I need that custom made
Waves, fresh fade, brand new Band-Aid
Skrrt, them boys ain't playin' around
Unless it's her watch according to her face, hopscotch never
Tic-tac-toe, there's too many of those
I need a Rocky Dennis face uh, know what I mean?
Then I'm good to roll, hey, out of control
New motto, "Never fuck the same ho"
Tryna catch Wilt, four more to go
From the bed to the flo', jackrabbit too pro
Knock 'em out, wake baby girl to let her know
"Yo, you can't even stay here tonight, f'real, I'm sorry"
Skrrt (you know, 'cause)
Oh, Nelly (my security, they gon' be knockin' on the door in a minute)
And I bet (if you ain't out ma', it's-it's gon' be problems)
Why don't you come ride with me? (Uh, yeah, 'ppreciate it)
Skrrt, oh (nothin' personal, fo'sho)
Oh, Nelly (gon' change that game around)
And I bet (y'all really gon' hate him now)
Why don't you come ride with me? Ooh-wee
Uh uh, uh, you come ride with me
Uh, uh uh, uh you come ride with me
Skrrt, uh uh, uh, uh you come ride with me
Uh uh, uh, uh, uh uh
Skrrt (gon' break it down)
Oh, Nelly (gon' change that game around)
And I bet (y'all really gon' hate him now)
Why don't you come ride with me? Ooh-wee
Skrrt (gon' break it down)
Oh, Nelly (gon' change that game around)
And I bet (y'all really gon' hate him now)
Why don't you come ride with me? Ooh-wee
Real smooth, yeah
Here we go again
They said a country boy
Came through and then changed the game
If you what you got ain't hot then, check your flame
If what you spittin ain't hittin then, check your aim
Your record sales start to slip and then, Nelly to blame
Now who you know come through first time on the scene?
No set-ups, no guest appearances in between?
Fire like a nigga drinkin gasoline
I keep it hot, like my dirty down in New Orleans
The Rams won the Superbowl, I bought myself a ring
Whether you sparkle or you bling, don't matter same thing
Thug drinkin Mo', but Don the King
I'm gettin pissy, with Tissy, Missy and Irene
Real close friends that like to try things
Me and my dirties, we like to buy things
Fuck around and give me a license to fly things
Look up in the sky and have a Nelly sighting, like
Skrrt, oh (gon' break it down)
Oh, Nelly (gon' change that game around)
And I bet (y'all really gon' hate him now)
Why don't you come ride with me? Ooh-wee
Skrrt, oh (gon' break it down)
Oh, Nelly (gon' change that game around)
And I bet (y'all really gon' hate him now)
Why don't you come ride with me? Ooh-wee
First name Nelly, last name Nel
First letter C, last letter L
Six hundred fly by, what the hell?
V-12 full detail, sittin' on Sprewell's
Who in? Can't tell, too much tint
But why the radio so loud? Too much spent
Never be a Bush man, too Bill Clint'
Both country boys, and if the head right, E.I
Here for my residency, lovin' my presidency
I do it like you never did see
Shady to them niggas that's shadin' me
Givin' back to the ones that gave to me
Bought a Caddy for the man that created me (who?)
My daddy, call him Big Nelly (ooh)
Pimp juice flowin' through that bloodline 'cuz
Huh, see what it does? Yeah, you feel the buzz, like
Skrrt, oh (gon' break it down)
Oh, Nelly (gon' change that game around)
And I bet (y'all really gon' hate him now)
Why don't you come ride with me? Ooh-wee
Skrrt, oh (gon' break it down)
Oh, Nelly (gon' change that game around)
And I bet (y'all really gon' hate him now)
Why don't you come ride with me? Ooh-wee
One mo' time
N-E, dash L-L-Y
If you didn't like me then, gon' hate me now
Me and Murph' fogged out in the buggy I
With the, suction doors, two bad-ass whores
Holla, yo, 'cause I need that custom made
Waves, fresh fade, brand new Band-Aid
Skrrt, them boys ain't playin' around
Unless it's her watch according to her face, hopscotch never
Tic-tac-toe, there's too many of those
I need a Rocky Dennis face uh, know what I mean?
Then I'm good to roll, hey, out of control
New motto, "Never fuck the same ho"
Tryna catch Wilt, four more to go
From the bed to the flo', jackrabbit too pro
Knock 'em out, wake baby girl to let her know
"Yo, you can't even stay here tonight, f'real, I'm sorry"
Skrrt (you know, 'cause)
Oh, Nelly (my security, they gon' be knockin' on the door in a minute)
And I bet (if you ain't out ma', it's-it's gon' be problems)
Why don't you come ride with me? (Uh, yeah, 'ppreciate it)
Skrrt, oh (nothin' personal, fo'sho)
Oh, Nelly (gon' change that game around)
And I bet (y'all really gon' hate him now)
Why don't you come ride with me? Ooh-wee
Uh uh, uh, you come ride with me
Uh, uh uh, uh you come ride with me
Skrrt, uh uh, uh, uh you come ride with me
Uh uh, uh, uh, uh uh
Skrrt (gon' break it down)
Oh, Nelly (gon' change that game around)
And I bet (y'all really gon' hate him now)
Why don't you come ride with me? Ooh-wee
Skrrt (gon' break it down)
Oh, Nelly (gon' change that game around)
And I bet (y'all really gon' hate him now)
Why don't you come ride with me? Ooh-wee
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i love this song! its one of my favorites on nellys new cd...
yea, its just about him livin it up, like most rappers. and how he came through and everyones started to hate him cause hes so popular. and do u wanna go with him or against him?...i think