He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Catch the vibes
The reggae and the ragtime
Catch the vibes, catch the vibes
'cause it's Lucas with the lid off
Catch the vibes, catch the vibes
'cause it's Lucas with the lid off
Watch me now, you hear me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
I feel so good!
Watch me now!
Strike the right chord
And Ill rap, rap my skull-cap
Electric, until I blow my top off
And rap my lyrics
Right around the global ear-lobes
In orbit by bit I make it fit
'cause I'm here to knit myself together
In whatever split form I format
And after that
I never stay the same
And treat defeat like a doormat
To jump around on
I'm here to spread poetic confetti, you ready?
Open, open, open up your skull-cap
And let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it drain
Only I'm too cool to have a good time
But really I'm a muted trumpet type of talk-away
Hey-ey-ey
Move it to the front, take it off, take it off
Catch the vibes
'cause it's Lucas with the lid off
Catch the vibes, catch the vibes
Ho-oi-oi!
'cause it's Lucas with the lid off
Catch the vibes, catch the vibes
Ho-oi-oi!
'cause it's Lucas with the lid off
Watch me now, you hear me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
I feel so good!
I feel so good!
Welcome to my brain
I've got the lid off
My chest, I got my nut off
The type of spirit
That could break your framework
That's tamed by the aim to stay the same
Hear the voice of summer
Za-za-za
At once I got to hum a melody
That represents the type of flow I kick
When my tongue is swinging like a drumstick
Of a jazzy type of lick
Everybody's got the lid on tightly
Afraid of what might be lurking right behind the knot of safety
So undo yourself and watch my rhyme grow
Out of my lyrical chimney
But don't repeat my voice to the beat
When you hear the track again
Make up your own words
'cause the rhythm is a conduit
To break and split from the homegrown
The well-known, its on to the unknown!
See everyone's a firecracker microphone
About to get hooked up and lit
Look up and let, look up and let
Whatever bubbles up out your head
Spread the vibes and illuminate the sky
'cause it's Lucas with the lid off
It's Lucas with the lid off
It's Lucas with the lid off
Come on and take your lid off!
Watch me now, you hear me now
Freak the solo, freak the solo
Just spread the vibes, kid
Watch me now, you hear me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
The reggae and the ragtime
Catch the vibes, catch the vibes
'cause it's Lucas with the lid off
Catch the vibes, catch the vibes
'cause it's Lucas with the lid off
Watch me now, you hear me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
I feel so good!
Watch me now!
Strike the right chord
And Ill rap, rap my skull-cap
Electric, until I blow my top off
And rap my lyrics
Right around the global ear-lobes
In orbit by bit I make it fit
'cause I'm here to knit myself together
In whatever split form I format
And after that
I never stay the same
And treat defeat like a doormat
To jump around on
I'm here to spread poetic confetti, you ready?
Open, open, open up your skull-cap
And let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it drain
Only I'm too cool to have a good time
But really I'm a muted trumpet type of talk-away
Hey-ey-ey
Move it to the front, take it off, take it off
Catch the vibes
'cause it's Lucas with the lid off
Catch the vibes, catch the vibes
Ho-oi-oi!
'cause it's Lucas with the lid off
Catch the vibes, catch the vibes
Ho-oi-oi!
'cause it's Lucas with the lid off
Watch me now, you hear me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
I feel so good!
I feel so good!
Welcome to my brain
I've got the lid off
My chest, I got my nut off
The type of spirit
That could break your framework
That's tamed by the aim to stay the same
Hear the voice of summer
Za-za-za
At once I got to hum a melody
That represents the type of flow I kick
When my tongue is swinging like a drumstick
Of a jazzy type of lick
Everybody's got the lid on tightly
Afraid of what might be lurking right behind the knot of safety
So undo yourself and watch my rhyme grow
Out of my lyrical chimney
But don't repeat my voice to the beat
When you hear the track again
Make up your own words
'cause the rhythm is a conduit
To break and split from the homegrown
The well-known, its on to the unknown!
See everyone's a firecracker microphone
About to get hooked up and lit
Look up and let, look up and let
Whatever bubbles up out your head
Spread the vibes and illuminate the sky
'cause it's Lucas with the lid off
It's Lucas with the lid off
It's Lucas with the lid off
Come on and take your lid off!
Watch me now, you hear me now
Freak the solo, freak the solo
Just spread the vibes, kid
Watch me now, you hear me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Whatever bubbles, bubbles up
I feel!
Run come follow me
Run come follow me now
Lyrics submitted by stentorian
Lucas with the Lid Off Lyrics as written by King Zany Arthur Freed
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Okay, the meaning is obvious, right? Still, I suppose everyone has forgotten this song, since there's no comments. Which is very sad, it's fabulous at getting you up and moving! And catchy as all get-out. This was once stuck in my head for months, honestly.