So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
Like, naw
That's my girl, right
This ain't my girl
That's my nigga
That's my nigga right there
That's my nigga right there
That's my nigga right there
Before the sex pop off, she rub my back, rub my back
Shawty, rub my back
She never gone for long, she be right back, be right back
Shawty, be right back
And she keep a bag full of goodies
Her love's baked up like Pillsbury cookies
It ain't about the Benz or the money
She's my bee, I'm her honey
Man, thats my homie
And she got me playin' in her hair
And I fell like an out work boxer in the very first round
Got me playin' in her hair
Tried to keep my guard up, but she caught me
Now I'm goin' down
Got me playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Got me playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
See, I love this girl
She's all I need
And right now anything she wants
She can get it from me
And she do her thing when I come around
And even when I'm not, not up in the spot
Shawty hold me down, down, down
Before the sex pop off, she rub my back, rub my back
Shawty, rub my back
She never gone for long, she be right back, be right back
Shawty, be right back
And she keep a bag full of goodies
Her love's baked up like Pillsbury cookies
It ain't about the Benz or the money
She's my bee, I'm her honey
Man, thats my homie
And she got me playin' in her hair
And I fell like an out work boxer in the very first round
Got me playin' in her hair
Tried to keep my guard up, but she caught me
Now I'm goin' down
Got me playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Got me playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
All my girls in the club, club
Go get your hands up
Let me get A
And if you sippin' on Patron, frames on your face
Get your hands up
Let me get a A
Let me get a A
Let me get a A
Let me get a A
A-T-L-A-N-T-A-G-A, that where I stay
Let me get a A
Let me get a A
Let me get a A
A-T-L-A-N-T-A-G-A is where I stay
That's my girl, right
This ain't my girl
That's my nigga
That's my nigga right there
That's my nigga right there
That's my nigga right there
Before the sex pop off, she rub my back, rub my back
Shawty, rub my back
She never gone for long, she be right back, be right back
Shawty, be right back
And she keep a bag full of goodies
Her love's baked up like Pillsbury cookies
It ain't about the Benz or the money
She's my bee, I'm her honey
Man, thats my homie
And she got me playin' in her hair
And I fell like an out work boxer in the very first round
Got me playin' in her hair
Tried to keep my guard up, but she caught me
Now I'm goin' down
Got me playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Got me playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
See, I love this girl
She's all I need
And right now anything she wants
She can get it from me
And she do her thing when I come around
And even when I'm not, not up in the spot
Shawty hold me down, down, down
Before the sex pop off, she rub my back, rub my back
Shawty, rub my back
She never gone for long, she be right back, be right back
Shawty, be right back
And she keep a bag full of goodies
Her love's baked up like Pillsbury cookies
It ain't about the Benz or the money
She's my bee, I'm her honey
Man, thats my homie
And she got me playin' in her hair
And I fell like an out work boxer in the very first round
Got me playin' in her hair
Tried to keep my guard up, but she caught me
Now I'm goin' down
Got me playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Got me playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
Playin' in her hair, hair, hair
All my girls in the club, club
Go get your hands up
Let me get A
And if you sippin' on Patron, frames on your face
Get your hands up
Let me get a A
Let me get a A
Let me get a A
Let me get a A
A-T-L-A-N-T-A-G-A, that where I stay
Let me get a A
Let me get a A
Let me get a A
A-T-L-A-N-T-A-G-A is where I stay
Lyrics submitted by Embody Music
Playin' in Her Hair Lyrics as written by Terius Nash Carlos Mckinney
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think the song is about performing oral sex on a girl. Hence the fact he keeps repeating "Got me playin' in her hair, hair, hair" (hair = pubic hair) Also he says "Tried to keep my guard up, but she caught me Now I'm goin' down" which also relates to oral sex.
someone told me it was about oral on a guy. causee sometimes they take your head and like mess with your hair and stuffs.
maybe its just about oral in general. who knows?
i think it's just about sex and how you're always fucking up your hair during sex. the "now i'm goin' down" bit doesn't relate to oral, but is rather furthering the analogy of boxing.
this song iz alrite