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.
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
The wealth of the wicked is laid up for the righteous partner
Watch me get it
Lifestyles of the rich and saved, homie, watch me live it
Ghetto fabulous till I die, I don't care who like it
Get you excited like you been drinking punch and somebody spiked it
Who's the tightest? We are, 2 G'S and the committee
Revealing and instilling game into the lame 'cause they blind, blind
And can't see, don't blame me, put together a hot deal
Took it to be-right, got some act-right, now I could stack tight
Expedite my life to the next flight
Went from being delinquent to having pockets fatter than cellulite
Show you right, took God's word, locked on it like a pit bull bite
Much love to my homie, untouchable, that's in the pen
If he was home, I know he'd say, "Chille baby, get your ends"
So I'ma live it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
Represent to the fullest and I love my coast
So it really don't matter on which side I post
Makin' hits that'll last, burning charts like toast
Everybody got a chance, I just do it the most
Keep it real wit me, I'll keep it real wit you
One day we all gone die, Dogg, it's the truth
Lord knows I'm a nut, never would change that
I was brought with a price, now it's all good, black
Homie, money is supreme but it don't rule me
I know the gold diggaz comin', yeah, they don't fool me
Don't wanna go back to the penitentiary
If I do, just might get strike number three
Live it up, so why criticize and you don't pray and do
A million different things I don't have time to get into?
In the hood's where you'll find me but never mind me, continue
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
You'll find my mind's not focused on my problems
I trust God and keep the faith as I'm mobbin'
We fighting goblins like batman and robin'
In Gotham City, cross the committee and we squabblin'
Line lobbin', rhyme throbbin', mind bogglin'
Got your concubines bobbin' while the rhymes lodgin'
Pray to Jehovah Rock like yola and baking soda
And the gray nova exchange rhymes like payola
I stay solar system resistance designed to go the distance
Adding assistance into elevating your existence
Survivalist found my niche, so I switched
And I wish to be raptured or die rich
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
His resurrection made us qualify
But retrospect, low expectation 'cause we were born to die
Read through the text that can answer every question why
Before you flex, interpretation is what tells the lie
Have you been blessed with ears that can truly hear?
Or is it this that you confess but really live in fear?
The end is near, tut closer is the life at hand, the right to stand
Wallow in poverty was not the plan
Since a man died for the cherished promise
You must acknowledge, people perish for a lack of knowledge
Some went to college, A degree but eternity is what they never find
Mad at me, A young G that's enjoyin' mine, don't sleep
I'm tryin' to live it up, do you consider us delirious?
Niggaz hit us up, trust me you don't wanna trip wit us
Have heart to pick it up and take a sip from the bitter cup
Nigga, what? Don't disturb me, I'm in the process of living it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
The wealth of the wicked is laid up for the righteous partner
Watch me get it
Lifestyles of the rich and saved, homie, watch me live it
Ghetto fabulous till I die, I don't care who like it
Get you excited like you been drinking punch and somebody spiked it
Who's the tightest? We are, 2 G'S and the committee
Revealing and instilling game into the lame 'cause they blind, blind
And can't see, don't blame me, put together a hot deal
Took it to be-right, got some act-right, now I could stack tight
Expedite my life to the next flight
Went from being delinquent to having pockets fatter than cellulite
Show you right, took God's word, locked on it like a pit bull bite
Much love to my homie, untouchable, that's in the pen
If he was home, I know he'd say, "Chille baby, get your ends"
So I'ma live it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
Represent to the fullest and I love my coast
So it really don't matter on which side I post
Makin' hits that'll last, burning charts like toast
Everybody got a chance, I just do it the most
Keep it real wit me, I'll keep it real wit you
One day we all gone die, Dogg, it's the truth
Lord knows I'm a nut, never would change that
I was brought with a price, now it's all good, black
Homie, money is supreme but it don't rule me
I know the gold diggaz comin', yeah, they don't fool me
Don't wanna go back to the penitentiary
If I do, just might get strike number three
Live it up, so why criticize and you don't pray and do
A million different things I don't have time to get into?
In the hood's where you'll find me but never mind me, continue
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
You'll find my mind's not focused on my problems
I trust God and keep the faith as I'm mobbin'
We fighting goblins like batman and robin'
In Gotham City, cross the committee and we squabblin'
Line lobbin', rhyme throbbin', mind bogglin'
Got your concubines bobbin' while the rhymes lodgin'
Pray to Jehovah Rock like yola and baking soda
And the gray nova exchange rhymes like payola
I stay solar system resistance designed to go the distance
Adding assistance into elevating your existence
Survivalist found my niche, so I switched
And I wish to be raptured or die rich
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
His resurrection made us qualify
But retrospect, low expectation 'cause we were born to die
Read through the text that can answer every question why
Before you flex, interpretation is what tells the lie
Have you been blessed with ears that can truly hear?
Or is it this that you confess but really live in fear?
The end is near, tut closer is the life at hand, the right to stand
Wallow in poverty was not the plan
Since a man died for the cherished promise
You must acknowledge, people perish for a lack of knowledge
Some went to college, A degree but eternity is what they never find
Mad at me, A young G that's enjoyin' mine, don't sleep
I'm tryin' to live it up, do you consider us delirious?
Niggaz hit us up, trust me you don't wanna trip wit us
Have heart to pick it up and take a sip from the bitter cup
Nigga, what? Don't disturb me, I'm in the process of living it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
No matter how hard we strive to stay alive
The reality is, one day we all gone die
So I'ma just stay on the grind and live it up
Enjoy mines until it's time to give it up
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