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.
Intro:
Go so...yo yo yo....mi nuh walla walla
Weh dem a talk bout mi yuh know mi never
Yuh know how dat started? Anyway now!!!
[Chorus:]
Woman!!!! Now man a turn now fi counteract
Cecile sing a song yuh know fi laugh and drop
A set of dj's waan launch attack
For di girls dem sugar mi haffi defend dat
Cecile seh mi weak ask har if mi flat
She a callin out to meet mi wife and mate nuh chat
Well this a tune yah ago gone pon top
Nuh turning back
[Verse 1:]
Alright, look pon General be eh him a tek tings too personal
Him a talk bout inna di business bout how rasta box man
So weh mi talk bout how yuh get robbed
Your van crashed your warmer, yuh tink a we nuh feel glad
Wipe your face man yuh feel sad
BountyKiller mi artist wuk hard fi get your fame
Mi know yuh feel your way like how Cecile go call your name
But all di image weh yuh portrait a dat mi fail to see
She nuh pinch off Rodney Price she only pinch off Bounty
[Chorus:]
But woman!!!! Now artist at all now fi counteract
Cecile sing a song yuh know fi laugh and drop
A set of dj's waan launch attack
This a di girls dem sugar mi haffi defend dat
Cecile seh mi weak ask har if mi flat
She a callin out to meet mi wife and mate nuh chat
Well this a tune yah seh it gone pon top
Nuh turning back
[Verse 2:]
Cool hear mi now!!!!
Well sometimes mi haffi wonder if some dj degrade
For instance some batty bwoy bredda dem so brave
See one on a wuk and all jump up on stage
Him lucky never get a small shot and all a graze
Baby Cham and Ristil Benji, mi know where dat a come from
But mi and dem nuh grounds man look hom dem a frowns man
Fat woman brownin man but Benji is a brown man
Dat's why dem counteract this song
But listen to dat one because....
[Chorus:]
Woman!!!! Now artist at all now fi counteract
Cecile sing a song yuh know fi laugh and drop
A set of dj's waan launch attack
This a di girls dem sugar mi haffi defend dat
Cecile seh mi weak ask har if mi flat
She a callin out to meet mi wife and mate nuh chat
Well this a tune yah seh it gone pon top
Nuh turning back
Woman!!!! Now artist at all now fi counteract
Cecile sing a song yuh know fi laugh and drop
A set of dj's waan launch attack
This a di girls dem sugar mi haffi defend dat
Cecile seh mi weak ask har if mi flat
She a callin out to meet mi wife and mate nuh chat
Well this a tune yah seh it gone pon top
Nuh turning back
[Verse 3:]
And Elephant Man then, ugly like a ape and come a pass dem remarks dem
Seh mi foot maaga and favor drumstick dem
And mi locks curl up like some old cerosse bush dem
He hear it from my fans dem....well...alright then
Weh mi do mi get mad and mi groom up mi locks then
Drink some fork fast and mi put di lotion dem
So dem nuh scaly scale and dem nuh have nuh daughter problem
Seeen!!!.....Alright then
Barkley a mi breddren but a dead yuh dead
Never know a my tool a slam your woman inna di bed
Which woman mi a talk?? ask di one name Mildred
Seeen!!! Alright
Repeat chorus till fade
Go so...yo yo yo....mi nuh walla walla
Weh dem a talk bout mi yuh know mi never
Yuh know how dat started? Anyway now!!!
[Chorus:]
Woman!!!! Now man a turn now fi counteract
Cecile sing a song yuh know fi laugh and drop
A set of dj's waan launch attack
For di girls dem sugar mi haffi defend dat
Cecile seh mi weak ask har if mi flat
She a callin out to meet mi wife and mate nuh chat
Well this a tune yah ago gone pon top
Nuh turning back
[Verse 1:]
Alright, look pon General be eh him a tek tings too personal
Him a talk bout inna di business bout how rasta box man
So weh mi talk bout how yuh get robbed
Your van crashed your warmer, yuh tink a we nuh feel glad
Wipe your face man yuh feel sad
BountyKiller mi artist wuk hard fi get your fame
Mi know yuh feel your way like how Cecile go call your name
But all di image weh yuh portrait a dat mi fail to see
She nuh pinch off Rodney Price she only pinch off Bounty
[Chorus:]
But woman!!!! Now artist at all now fi counteract
Cecile sing a song yuh know fi laugh and drop
A set of dj's waan launch attack
This a di girls dem sugar mi haffi defend dat
Cecile seh mi weak ask har if mi flat
She a callin out to meet mi wife and mate nuh chat
Well this a tune yah seh it gone pon top
Nuh turning back
[Verse 2:]
Cool hear mi now!!!!
Well sometimes mi haffi wonder if some dj degrade
For instance some batty bwoy bredda dem so brave
See one on a wuk and all jump up on stage
Him lucky never get a small shot and all a graze
Baby Cham and Ristil Benji, mi know where dat a come from
But mi and dem nuh grounds man look hom dem a frowns man
Fat woman brownin man but Benji is a brown man
Dat's why dem counteract this song
But listen to dat one because....
[Chorus:]
Woman!!!! Now artist at all now fi counteract
Cecile sing a song yuh know fi laugh and drop
A set of dj's waan launch attack
This a di girls dem sugar mi haffi defend dat
Cecile seh mi weak ask har if mi flat
She a callin out to meet mi wife and mate nuh chat
Well this a tune yah seh it gone pon top
Nuh turning back
Woman!!!! Now artist at all now fi counteract
Cecile sing a song yuh know fi laugh and drop
A set of dj's waan launch attack
This a di girls dem sugar mi haffi defend dat
Cecile seh mi weak ask har if mi flat
She a callin out to meet mi wife and mate nuh chat
Well this a tune yah seh it gone pon top
Nuh turning back
[Verse 3:]
And Elephant Man then, ugly like a ape and come a pass dem remarks dem
Seh mi foot maaga and favor drumstick dem
And mi locks curl up like some old cerosse bush dem
He hear it from my fans dem....well...alright then
Weh mi do mi get mad and mi groom up mi locks then
Drink some fork fast and mi put di lotion dem
So dem nuh scaly scale and dem nuh have nuh daughter problem
Seeen!!!.....Alright then
Barkley a mi breddren but a dead yuh dead
Never know a my tool a slam your woman inna di bed
Which woman mi a talk?? ask di one name Mildred
Seeen!!! Alright
Repeat chorus till fade
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