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.
Kool Keith
Checkin? out of the Venetian Hotel
That's right, flight to Africa
Mastercharge, yeah
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
MC's is wack, I'm lookin? at the Robb Report
Eighty-thousand-sixty-two Bentley
Owner of the Houston Astrodome, Don King represent me
[Unverified] bus with gold trim
And you can't act up frontin? on your lemon
Legend status with keys to the MGM Grand
Got your wife and kids holdin? my poster, grabbin? my hand
All I hear is a bunch of wack primetime MC's sayin?
I hate him cause he's great
He's on all the billboard and the highway
Face is on soup cans and milk crates
Restaurants with movie theaters in 'em
Continental airlines, planes we buyin? off the lot
While y'all rent ?em
Excursion flights with Bill Clinton
Takin? fine girls out to Washington to get they extensions
Usin? my TV phone, I see girls in they thongs
Fantasizin? while they home alone
Pack my bags, I need room service
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
?Cause my face is in the newspaper every week
Pronounce words right, ask Jesse Jackson how I speak
Sign my autographs for Jagged Edge and Sisqo on 125th Street
Red carpet on the sidewalk, I gotta step on it before I talk
Part investor of the Utah Jazz, I'm the real king of New York
London cashmere, walkin? around with
Guiliani regular football shirt
Tailors grab my Armani, maids cook dinner
Sauteed fish and shrimp
Dallas Mavericks want me as a baldheaded five-eight guard
With a ninety-five inch vertical, Vince Carter respect my legs
Ask Shawn Kemp, [unverified] and the NBA commissioner
Takin? pictures of me in front of Nell's
Special election day got chocolate girls
With flowers dresses on
You would swear they Naomi Campbell
And Nia Long from section 8
Yes, I guess
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Bustin? no freestyles, lookin? at you in the back of the car
Rappin? for twenty miles
I'm sittin? in the back of the limo with the fly brim-o
Me in a black Cadillac, Elliot Ness
Sendin? rappers with doo-rags an S.O.S.
You wanna rap big man? Take Mickey Mouse off your chest
I let you wear your vest; plaid shirts or stripes
is that the way your stylist make you dress?
She should be sued for that, contract renewed for that
And on stage you should be booed for that
I'ma tap you in the back and let everybody know they wack
Yo SkyCab, hand me my platinum suitcases
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Checkin? out of the Venetian Hotel
That's right, flight to Africa
Mastercharge, yeah
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
MC's is wack, I'm lookin? at the Robb Report
Eighty-thousand-sixty-two Bentley
Owner of the Houston Astrodome, Don King represent me
[Unverified] bus with gold trim
And you can't act up frontin? on your lemon
Legend status with keys to the MGM Grand
Got your wife and kids holdin? my poster, grabbin? my hand
All I hear is a bunch of wack primetime MC's sayin?
I hate him cause he's great
He's on all the billboard and the highway
Face is on soup cans and milk crates
Restaurants with movie theaters in 'em
Continental airlines, planes we buyin? off the lot
While y'all rent ?em
Excursion flights with Bill Clinton
Takin? fine girls out to Washington to get they extensions
Usin? my TV phone, I see girls in they thongs
Fantasizin? while they home alone
Pack my bags, I need room service
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
?Cause my face is in the newspaper every week
Pronounce words right, ask Jesse Jackson how I speak
Sign my autographs for Jagged Edge and Sisqo on 125th Street
Red carpet on the sidewalk, I gotta step on it before I talk
Part investor of the Utah Jazz, I'm the real king of New York
London cashmere, walkin? around with
Guiliani regular football shirt
Tailors grab my Armani, maids cook dinner
Sauteed fish and shrimp
Dallas Mavericks want me as a baldheaded five-eight guard
With a ninety-five inch vertical, Vince Carter respect my legs
Ask Shawn Kemp, [unverified] and the NBA commissioner
Takin? pictures of me in front of Nell's
Special election day got chocolate girls
With flowers dresses on
You would swear they Naomi Campbell
And Nia Long from section 8
Yes, I guess
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Bustin? no freestyles, lookin? at you in the back of the car
Rappin? for twenty miles
I'm sittin? in the back of the limo with the fly brim-o
Me in a black Cadillac, Elliot Ness
Sendin? rappers with doo-rags an S.O.S.
You wanna rap big man? Take Mickey Mouse off your chest
I let you wear your vest; plaid shirts or stripes
is that the way your stylist make you dress?
She should be sued for that, contract renewed for that
And on stage you should be booed for that
I'ma tap you in the back and let everybody know they wack
Yo SkyCab, hand me my platinum suitcases
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
Extravagant traveler, Puerto Rico out to Africa
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