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.
Oh baby I like it raw
Yeah, baby I like it raw
Oh baby I like it raw
Yeah, baby I like it raw
Shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy ya
Gimme the mic so I can take it away
Off on a natural charge bon-voyage
Yeah from the home of the Dodger Brooklyn squad
Wu-Tang killer bees on a swarm
Rain on your college-ass disco dorm
For you to even touch my skill
You gotta put the one killer bee and he ain't gonna kill
Now chop that down, pass it all around
Lyrics get hard quick cement to the ground
For any emcee in any fifty two states
I get psycho, killer, Norman Bates
My producer slam, my flow is like bam
Jump on stage ah then I dip down
(I like the way you talk)
Oh baby I like it raw
Yeah, baby I like it raw
Oh baby I like it raw
Yeah, baby I like it raw
Oh baby I like it raw
Yeah, baby I like it raw
Oh baby I like it raw
Yeah, baby I like it raw
Shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy ya
Gimme the mic so I can take it away
Off on a natural charge bon-voyage
Yeah from the home of the Dodger Brooklyn squad
Wu-Tang killer bees on a swarm
Rain on your college-ass disco dorm
For you to even touch my skill
You gotta put the one killer bee and he ain't gonna kill
Now chop that down, pass it all around
Lyrics get hard quick cement to the ground
For any emcee in any fifty two states
I get psycho, killer, Norman Bates
My producer slam my flow is like bam
Jump on stage ah then I dip down
Sh-Shimmy shimmy ya, ya
Sh-Sh-Shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy ya
Sh-Sh-Shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy ya
Sh-Sh-Shimmy, shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy ya
Sh-Shimmy, sh-sh-shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy ya
Gimme the mic so I can take it away
Shimmy shimmy ya
Yeah, baby I like it raw
Oh baby I like it raw
Yeah, baby I like it raw
Shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy ya
Gimme the mic so I can take it away
Off on a natural charge bon-voyage
Yeah from the home of the Dodger Brooklyn squad
Wu-Tang killer bees on a swarm
Rain on your college-ass disco dorm
For you to even touch my skill
You gotta put the one killer bee and he ain't gonna kill
Now chop that down, pass it all around
Lyrics get hard quick cement to the ground
For any emcee in any fifty two states
I get psycho, killer, Norman Bates
My producer slam, my flow is like bam
Jump on stage ah then I dip down
(I like the way you talk)
Oh baby I like it raw
Yeah, baby I like it raw
Oh baby I like it raw
Yeah, baby I like it raw
Oh baby I like it raw
Yeah, baby I like it raw
Oh baby I like it raw
Yeah, baby I like it raw
Shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy ya
Gimme the mic so I can take it away
Off on a natural charge bon-voyage
Yeah from the home of the Dodger Brooklyn squad
Wu-Tang killer bees on a swarm
Rain on your college-ass disco dorm
For you to even touch my skill
You gotta put the one killer bee and he ain't gonna kill
Now chop that down, pass it all around
Lyrics get hard quick cement to the ground
For any emcee in any fifty two states
I get psycho, killer, Norman Bates
My producer slam my flow is like bam
Jump on stage ah then I dip down
Sh-Shimmy shimmy ya, ya
Sh-Sh-Shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy ya
Sh-Sh-Shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy ya
Sh-Sh-Shimmy, shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy ya
Sh-Shimmy, sh-sh-shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy ya
Gimme the mic so I can take it away
Shimmy shimmy ya
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
Shimmy Shimmy Ya Lyrics as written by Robert Diggs Russell Jones
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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