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.
Come get this pleasure, shawty see about this pleasure
Come get this pleasure, shawty see about this pleasure
Heard you got a brand new man with a C-L 6 and he be callin' you shawty
Heard you told him we was all friends when you know you used to really be my shawty
You remember the weekend, you remember the freakin'
You remember bein' the only girl that I was seein'
You was close to my mama, never gave me no drama
Trying to figure out how I let you get away
Oh oh need you back in my life, back at my right
Oh oh (say yeah) out here waistin' my time, losin' my mind
(gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you)
(gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you)
Oh oh, I didn't know it'd turn from gettin' to know to lovin' her
Heard you takin' first class trips even shoppin' sprees now is it like that shawty
Saw you ridin' by wit your peeps now you cant even speak is it really like that shawty
You remember the weekend, you remember the freakin'
You remember bein' the only girl that I was seein'
You was close to my mama, never gave me no drama
Trying to figure out how I let you get away
Oh oh need you back in my life, back at my right
Oh oh (say yeah),out here waistin' my time, losin' my mind
(gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you)
(gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you)
Oh oh (whoa whoa whoa, girl I didn't know)
Come get this pleasure, shawty see about this pleasure
Come get this pleasure, shawty see about this pleasure
Come get this pleasure, shawty see about this pleasure
Come get this pleasure, shawty see about this pleasure
Come get this pleasure, shawty see about this pleasure
Heard you got a brand new man with a C-L 6 and he be callin' you shawty
Heard you told him we was all friends when you know you used to really be my shawty
You remember the weekend, you remember the freakin'
You remember bein' the only girl that I was seein'
You was close to my mama, never gave me no drama
Trying to figure out how I let you get away
Oh oh need you back in my life, back at my right
Oh oh (say yeah) out here waistin' my time, losin' my mind
(gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you)
(gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you)
Oh oh, I didn't know it'd turn from gettin' to know to lovin' her
Heard you takin' first class trips even shoppin' sprees now is it like that shawty
Saw you ridin' by wit your peeps now you cant even speak is it really like that shawty
You remember the weekend, you remember the freakin'
You remember bein' the only girl that I was seein'
You was close to my mama, never gave me no drama
Trying to figure out how I let you get away
Oh oh need you back in my life, back at my right
Oh oh (say yeah),out here waistin' my time, losin' my mind
(gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you)
(gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you, gotta have you)
Oh oh (whoa whoa whoa, girl I didn't know)
Come get this pleasure, shawty see about this pleasure
Come get this pleasure, shawty see about this pleasure
Come get this pleasure, shawty see about this pleasure
Come get this pleasure, shawty see about this pleasure
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Gotta Have You Lyrics as written by Lonny Bereal Durrell Babbs
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