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.
shout out to keepaway
[Heems]
I ain't wavy, man I'm an ocean (Whaat?)
Basic unit of light Heems is a photon
I'm Don King, I gets my promote on
I'm smooth, you rappers need lotion
I'm amazing people laugh at my jokes
And hand me they smokes with blunts in the same bag
Pre-rolled they roll, that's how we roll
All cuz we rap about weed
I don't do that, dawg. I rap about me
And I ain't splashy, I am the sea
I spark grapes, I am the tree
I'm Stickball, Manhunt, Salugi
I'm 14 puffin' on loosies
I'm 19 smokin' on loosies
I'm 24 burning these loosies
Used to play basketball
Then we started drinking
Used to be thinking like a young Dave Dinkins
Like a young Abe Lincoln in a cabin I be singing
You can't smell me? I'm stinkin'
I'm Hindu Kush I'm Hindu thug
I'm drugs I'm drums I'm dugs I'm love (so?)
Catch the vibe ride with it
Kids do like fences with our shit they picket
Get it? Stick it to the man
Riding with the caravan my man says from Pakistan
[Kool AD]
I'm in the future in Hawaii
Ghostwriting for your favorite rapper
Eating red snapper with grouper
Hanging with Mr. Cooper
Opening credits hoping you get a
"Oakland is proud"
Look at the dark clouds
Hard loud soft and bulbous
Faster mascara snake
Wet generous the kid could share a lake
Ellen Degeneres type rug munchy
With a scrunchy
Lot of haters want to punch me
Like a donkey I'm Eddie Murphy in "Shrek"
I'm complex
I'm kanye in white face on the cover of complex magazine
Is Lady Gaga a drag queen?
Or Sage Francis on the cover of Beyond Race
Pee on face of any R. Kelly groupie type
Rage against the machines on a spooky night
Kooky light, do the right thing like Mookie might
Yo! MTV Raps cards in the spokes of my hoopty bike
Others is dookie type
Me I'm loopy type
Living the juicy life
Houser, Doogie like
Younger brother I'm in the jungle mother
I'm in the jungle mama
Yeaaaaaa
Na naa na na ana nanananan naa
It's really happening
You can see me rapping and stuff
Yea yea yea yeaaa
[Lakutis]
Kutiiiiiiiis!
with the old nautica jacket from 96 or something
this shit is fly tho i got the white racing stripe only on one side
get em 12 year old me
all cross colour scheme
all across colour teams jerseys
ya heard me
timbers all butter b
butter face
butter waist
move like a snake do
cheat on a hill
salad three steak dude
i dont wanna snake you
i just wanna copy and paste you
take you and bathe with you
case of you
wait are you able to give of the flesh like abe will do?
not able? cain will do
underdig? a feign will do
just like, pretend you know what im talking about you know?
rocky abba dabba do
cut swagger dagga doo
swing vance bagger do
good pic that'll do
captain of this kangaroo
OG commander of the starship
type before kirk
life before birth
light before night
sight beyond sight
eye of thundera
fire burn better
negro modela
cardiac arrest-a
best of the best of the best of the best of the best-ahhh
[Heems]
I ain't wavy, man I'm an ocean (Whaat?)
Basic unit of light Heems is a photon
I'm Don King, I gets my promote on
I'm smooth, you rappers need lotion
I'm amazing people laugh at my jokes
And hand me they smokes with blunts in the same bag
Pre-rolled they roll, that's how we roll
All cuz we rap about weed
I don't do that, dawg. I rap about me
And I ain't splashy, I am the sea
I spark grapes, I am the tree
I'm Stickball, Manhunt, Salugi
I'm 14 puffin' on loosies
I'm 19 smokin' on loosies
I'm 24 burning these loosies
Used to play basketball
Then we started drinking
Used to be thinking like a young Dave Dinkins
Like a young Abe Lincoln in a cabin I be singing
You can't smell me? I'm stinkin'
I'm Hindu Kush I'm Hindu thug
I'm drugs I'm drums I'm dugs I'm love (so?)
Catch the vibe ride with it
Kids do like fences with our shit they picket
Get it? Stick it to the man
Riding with the caravan my man says from Pakistan
[Kool AD]
I'm in the future in Hawaii
Ghostwriting for your favorite rapper
Eating red snapper with grouper
Hanging with Mr. Cooper
Opening credits hoping you get a
"Oakland is proud"
Look at the dark clouds
Hard loud soft and bulbous
Faster mascara snake
Wet generous the kid could share a lake
Ellen Degeneres type rug munchy
With a scrunchy
Lot of haters want to punch me
Like a donkey I'm Eddie Murphy in "Shrek"
I'm complex
I'm kanye in white face on the cover of complex magazine
Is Lady Gaga a drag queen?
Or Sage Francis on the cover of Beyond Race
Pee on face of any R. Kelly groupie type
Rage against the machines on a spooky night
Kooky light, do the right thing like Mookie might
Yo! MTV Raps cards in the spokes of my hoopty bike
Others is dookie type
Me I'm loopy type
Living the juicy life
Houser, Doogie like
Younger brother I'm in the jungle mother
I'm in the jungle mama
Yeaaaaaa
Na naa na na ana nanananan naa
It's really happening
You can see me rapping and stuff
Yea yea yea yeaaa
[Lakutis]
Kutiiiiiiiis!
with the old nautica jacket from 96 or something
this shit is fly tho i got the white racing stripe only on one side
get em 12 year old me
all cross colour scheme
all across colour teams jerseys
ya heard me
timbers all butter b
butter face
butter waist
move like a snake do
cheat on a hill
salad three steak dude
i dont wanna snake you
i just wanna copy and paste you
take you and bathe with you
case of you
wait are you able to give of the flesh like abe will do?
not able? cain will do
underdig? a feign will do
just like, pretend you know what im talking about you know?
rocky abba dabba do
cut swagger dagga doo
swing vance bagger do
good pic that'll do
captain of this kangaroo
OG commander of the starship
type before kirk
life before birth
light before night
sight beyond sight
eye of thundera
fire burn better
negro modela
cardiac arrest-a
best of the best of the best of the best of the best-ahhh
Lyrics submitted by timmeh3000, edited by hogdowsley
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it's "ghostwriting for your favourite rapper eating red snapper with grouper"
I'm pretty sure it's "give of the flesh like Abel do? Not able? Cain'll do".
It's referencing the story of the brothers Cain and Abel in the Bible. Abel was a shepherd and Cain was a farmer. Abel "gave of the flesh" by presenting animals as a burnt offering to God, while Cain gave his fruits & vegetables as a burnt offering. Abel's offering pleased God, but Cain's didn't, so he got jealous and killed his brother Abel.
I don't think that story has anything to do with the song. I was just showing off.