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.
Dis baby doin' everybody say A Bay Bay
A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay
A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay
A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay
A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay
You wanna know what we say in da club (A Bay Bay)
White folks, gangstas, and the thugs (A Bay Bay)
Stuntin with a stacks of dem dubs (A Bay Bay)
Ridin in the lac' with a mug (A Bay Bay)
I'm in da club hollerin
A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay
A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay
I'm in da club hollerin
Now when I holla A Bay Bay,
I'm finna get my groove on
It's so hot up in da club
That I ain't got no shoes on
Holdin up a big stack of dem honeys
In a rubberband
So don't ask me for no cash
Cause I'm not that other man
Everybody trippin cause I'm limpin when I'm walkin
And I'm pimpin when I'm talkin
I don't trick 'em when I'm talkin
Them boys in the back
They be rollin up they dopey
And they blow until choke
And that's what got his got his game flossin
Wen I see a bad chick I'm hollerin out A Bay Bay
Hope ya'll ain't with your boyfriend
Cause I don't care what they say
And I don't care what he say, or she say
I'm in the DJ both takin pics. with the DJ
You wanna know what we say
When the clubs get crunk (wat) A Bay Bay
Let it play that's my song turn it up (ok)
You wanna know what we say
When the clubs get crunk (wat) A Bay Bay
Let it play that's my song turn it up
Now if you lookin for me baby
You can find me bangin in the chevy
Candy painted swangin 90
Big cars creep with my people right behind me
I showed 'em my chain
And now she hollerin where you findin me
Show my mouth piece to them freaks
Now they hirin me
Oh u gotta fire dem well I hope you ain't tryin me
Throw the car in park then I reach under my seat
Hop out with my hand under my shirt
That's where that 9 be
Yellowbone tryna chirp me
She tryna see where I be
You goin to let me get in your mouth
Well that's where I'm a be
Unpop trunk with lights
That's where the chopper be
Straight to the hotel
All the baddest chicks followin me
I know you like my style
I ain't trippin I'm just tryna see
Girl is you drunk
Well tell me why you leanin on me
And if you thankin I'm a stunt you trippin
I pulled up in an expedition with the roof missin
A Bay Bay let it play that's my song turn it up
I'm in the club hot, crunk, sweatin, burnin up
I'm bouncin thru the crowd
Buckin, and hollerin wass up
When I done fell out on the dance floor
And now I can't get up
J's on ya feet but you can't get ease
Loui vaton brown, white, and yellow trick please
I go to Saint Louis and let my chain hang low
Conary yellow diamonds mixed with rows gold
I shine real bright in the light cause I'm a star
8 shots of patron now I'm standin on the bar
Tried to get drunk as a skunk
And put the keys in the wrong car
Prolly got drunk as a skunk
And put the keys in the wrong car
A Bay Bay let it play that's my song turn it up hey
A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay
A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay
A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay
A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay
You wanna know what we say in da club (A Bay Bay)
White folks, gangstas, and the thugs (A Bay Bay)
Stuntin with a stacks of dem dubs (A Bay Bay)
Ridin in the lac' with a mug (A Bay Bay)
I'm in da club hollerin
A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay
A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay, A Bay Bay
I'm in da club hollerin
Now when I holla A Bay Bay,
I'm finna get my groove on
It's so hot up in da club
That I ain't got no shoes on
Holdin up a big stack of dem honeys
In a rubberband
So don't ask me for no cash
Cause I'm not that other man
Everybody trippin cause I'm limpin when I'm walkin
And I'm pimpin when I'm talkin
I don't trick 'em when I'm talkin
Them boys in the back
They be rollin up they dopey
And they blow until choke
And that's what got his got his game flossin
Wen I see a bad chick I'm hollerin out A Bay Bay
Hope ya'll ain't with your boyfriend
Cause I don't care what they say
And I don't care what he say, or she say
I'm in the DJ both takin pics. with the DJ
You wanna know what we say
When the clubs get crunk (wat) A Bay Bay
Let it play that's my song turn it up (ok)
You wanna know what we say
When the clubs get crunk (wat) A Bay Bay
Let it play that's my song turn it up
Now if you lookin for me baby
You can find me bangin in the chevy
Candy painted swangin 90
Big cars creep with my people right behind me
I showed 'em my chain
And now she hollerin where you findin me
Show my mouth piece to them freaks
Now they hirin me
Oh u gotta fire dem well I hope you ain't tryin me
Throw the car in park then I reach under my seat
Hop out with my hand under my shirt
That's where that 9 be
Yellowbone tryna chirp me
She tryna see where I be
You goin to let me get in your mouth
Well that's where I'm a be
Unpop trunk with lights
That's where the chopper be
Straight to the hotel
All the baddest chicks followin me
I know you like my style
I ain't trippin I'm just tryna see
Girl is you drunk
Well tell me why you leanin on me
And if you thankin I'm a stunt you trippin
I pulled up in an expedition with the roof missin
A Bay Bay let it play that's my song turn it up
I'm in the club hot, crunk, sweatin, burnin up
I'm bouncin thru the crowd
Buckin, and hollerin wass up
When I done fell out on the dance floor
And now I can't get up
J's on ya feet but you can't get ease
Loui vaton brown, white, and yellow trick please
I go to Saint Louis and let my chain hang low
Conary yellow diamonds mixed with rows gold
I shine real bright in the light cause I'm a star
8 shots of patron now I'm standin on the bar
Tried to get drunk as a skunk
And put the keys in the wrong car
Prolly got drunk as a skunk
And put the keys in the wrong car
A Bay Bay let it play that's my song turn it up hey
Lyrics submitted by Friends and Alibis
A Bay Bay Lyrics as written by William Earl Collins Christopher Dooley
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave
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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yes.
this song is pretty special ed. like seriously, wtf? my best friend is listening to it right now and it's pissing me off. and from what i'm hearing...some of these lyrics are definitely wrong. please don't fix them. just delete them. this is an insult to music.
WOW!!! I can't believe I am the 1st one to comment on this song it is on the raido and T.V all the time
this is like the most stupid song in the world, and "A Bay Bay" is destined to become the next stupid phrase in my people's lexicon... sigh >< i despise this.
so can someone explain why it's stuck in my head, and I just went to download it?
who eva said that this song is stupid u trippin!! a bay bay is my song so turn it up. i lioke the video and the song. so wat yall think bout that.
ok, anybody who doesn't think that just SAYING "a bay bay" is stupid might want to check themselves for stupidity themselves. I still can't stop listening to this song, but I hate it because I know I'm gon hear somebody holler "A bay bay, a bay bay, a bay bay" many times at some poor, unsuspecting female.
LMAO ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS LMAO. budvwqbipvdb
i totally agree with ian-sama!! i hate this song and its relly stupid, one of my friends wrote " a bay bay" all over her shirt. but for some reason i cant stop listening to it! argh.
The people in the video look queer. Or something. But who doesn't think that's funny.
This is a very catchy song. I can already see people yelling "AY BAY BAY ;O" at women.
ok. so there is only one person who could get away withh hollerin "a bay bay, a bay bay" at me. and thats because he does it all the time, and he introduced me to this song =)
normally i wouldnt listen to a song like this, hip-hop/rap or w/e isnt really my style, but then again i disagree with the people who think you can only listen to one music genre, they all have their good points, i think.
but anyway i think it will be degrading when everyone is walkin past girls and yelling a bay bay.... some of the stuff that is said to girls is degrading enough.
but it is catchy, and i might bet money on it happening.
...peace (>-)