The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
StreetRunner
So you've got so many diamonds
You wear all the finest clothes
And your grill is shining
As you're driving down the streets of gold
But you can't blame me
If I set this stage on fire
Ha
Momma always told me I was crazy
And my hoes say I'm amazing but I don't listen to a lady
But the bitch say I'm hot, and I say, "No bitch, I'm blazing"
Like, what the fuck you expect? I'm a motherfucking cajun
I feel caged in my mind, it's like my flow doing time
I goes crazy inside, but when it comes out it's fine
Like wine, wait, watch
See? I get better with time like a watch
Osh B'Gosh, Posh Spice husband
Couldn't kick it like I kick it, bitch, I kicks it
No cereal, like a landing, I sticks it
Wherever she asks me, after she licks it
That's too explicit, well, why you listening?
I smell smoke, and something's sizzling
That's her pussy, so, hey, pussy, play with pussy or play pussy
But you can't blame me
If I set this stage on fire
Haha
They say you're nobody 'til somebody kills you
Well, where I'm from, you're nobody 'til you kill somebody
And you know what they say, when you great
It's not murder, it's assassinate
So assassinate me, bitch
'Cause I'm doing the same shit Martin Luther King did
Checking in the same hotel, in the same suite, bitch
Same balcony, like "Assassinate me, bitch"
It's Lil Tunechi, I don't rap, I film movies
With my rap, you can call me
"Mr. Director's Chair," yeah, and that's a wrap
Cut, on to the next
Not the next scene, bitch, the next check
Some say the X makes the sex spec-
So play with the pussy or play pussy
So you've got so many diamonds (hey pussy, lay pussy)
You wear all the finest clothes (do what I say, pussy, and I say)
And your grill is shining (I say, lay pussy, lay pussy, lay pussy, haha)
As you're driving down the streets of gold (hey pussy, haha)
But you can't blame me
If I set this stage on fire (hey pussy, don't play pussy)
Get 'em
Straight off the corner of Apple and Eagle
Braveheart, bitch, like the times are medieval
Married to the game, divorced the cathedral
Standing on the corner selling porcelain to people
Forced into evil, it's all in your head
It's all so cerebral, call me Knievel
You follow and I lead you, straight to the needles
The bottles, the battles, the beetles'll eat you
Momma named Cita, I love you, Cita
'Member when your pussy second husband tried to beat ya?
'Member when I went into the kitchen, got the cleaver?
He ain't give a fuck, I ain't give a fuck neither
He could see the devil, see the devil in my features
He could smell the ether, you can see Cita
You can see the Cita, see the Cita in my features
And she don't play, neither
But you can't blame me
If I set this stage on fire
C3, 3Peat
So you've got so many diamonds
You wear all the finest clothes
And your grill is shining
As you're driving down the streets of gold
But you can't blame me
If I set this stage on fire
Ha
Momma always told me I was crazy
And my hoes say I'm amazing but I don't listen to a lady
But the bitch say I'm hot, and I say, "No bitch, I'm blazing"
Like, what the fuck you expect? I'm a motherfucking cajun
I feel caged in my mind, it's like my flow doing time
I goes crazy inside, but when it comes out it's fine
Like wine, wait, watch
See? I get better with time like a watch
Osh B'Gosh, Posh Spice husband
Couldn't kick it like I kick it, bitch, I kicks it
No cereal, like a landing, I sticks it
Wherever she asks me, after she licks it
That's too explicit, well, why you listening?
I smell smoke, and something's sizzling
That's her pussy, so, hey, pussy, play with pussy or play pussy
But you can't blame me
If I set this stage on fire
Haha
They say you're nobody 'til somebody kills you
Well, where I'm from, you're nobody 'til you kill somebody
And you know what they say, when you great
It's not murder, it's assassinate
So assassinate me, bitch
'Cause I'm doing the same shit Martin Luther King did
Checking in the same hotel, in the same suite, bitch
Same balcony, like "Assassinate me, bitch"
It's Lil Tunechi, I don't rap, I film movies
With my rap, you can call me
"Mr. Director's Chair," yeah, and that's a wrap
Cut, on to the next
Not the next scene, bitch, the next check
Some say the X makes the sex spec-
So play with the pussy or play pussy
So you've got so many diamonds (hey pussy, lay pussy)
You wear all the finest clothes (do what I say, pussy, and I say)
And your grill is shining (I say, lay pussy, lay pussy, lay pussy, haha)
As you're driving down the streets of gold (hey pussy, haha)
But you can't blame me
If I set this stage on fire (hey pussy, don't play pussy)
Get 'em
Straight off the corner of Apple and Eagle
Braveheart, bitch, like the times are medieval
Married to the game, divorced the cathedral
Standing on the corner selling porcelain to people
Forced into evil, it's all in your head
It's all so cerebral, call me Knievel
You follow and I lead you, straight to the needles
The bottles, the battles, the beetles'll eat you
Momma named Cita, I love you, Cita
'Member when your pussy second husband tried to beat ya?
'Member when I went into the kitchen, got the cleaver?
He ain't give a fuck, I ain't give a fuck neither
He could see the devil, see the devil in my features
He could smell the ether, you can see Cita
You can see the Cita, see the Cita in my features
And she don't play, neither
But you can't blame me
If I set this stage on fire
C3, 3Peat
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this flow is so fuckin nasty
play with pussy, or play pussy.
if you understand this, than you will understand the song, simple as that.
"play wit pussy, play pussy"
please explain! would love your interpretation.
Be a man and fuck bitches, or be a bitch
"play wit pussy, play pussy"
please explain! would love your interpretation.
he says da dumbest i repeat dumbest stuff ever"I smell smoke, is somethin' sizzlin'? That's her pussy, so hey pussy, play with pussy, or play pussy" dont care wat it stands 4 it is still stupid u dont say shyt like dat
You clearly don't get it xD
"Mama named Seether, I love you Seether," should be "Mama named CITA, I love you CITA,"
His mom's name is Jocita cater
(isn't seether a band anyway)
Yeah, how can we get that changed, it's bothering me...
this song is so dope if you don't understand the lyrics then why the fuck you gonna listen to the song and say shit like they're stupid fuck that go learn something bitch this song is so dope
One of my favorite on C3, i think people dont give it as much credit as it deserves. The last verse is supposed to read:
Mama named Seether, I love you Seether, Remember when your pussy second husband tried to beat ya...
powerful shit man...
Mama named cita, I love you cita Remember when your pussy 2nd husvand tried to beat ya Remember when I went into the kitchen got the cleaver He ain't give a fuck, I ain't give a fuck neither He could see the devil, see the devil, in my features You can smell the ether, you can see Cita You can see the Cita, see the Cita, in my features, And she don't play neither.
Thats my favorite part on this song, I can picture that shit in my head as he was rappin it. Espically you could see Cita, the Cita in my features and she dont play neither. That was the illest shit I ever heard from Wayne, fuck any rapper EVER. Its like shes gettin back at her pussy 2nd husband, for those who need interuption (TB31) This song is the shit, one of my favorites by wayne