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.
[Chorus]
Get money, get money, yeah!
See you getting money, hold a nigger down,
Cause you're feeling you're only … the money,
The only thing she appealing to advertise for gold,
Life on the edge, no jumping the
Just jumping bed to bed.
America's nightmare, fat ass, pretty face,
But you better watch her
She made you feel good, but now you ain't safe!
She couldn't settle for the average, na!
She wanted a nigger with street status…
The nine to five nigger had no appeal to Shawty,
She turned
She's the bad bitch in the hood, some niggers fear
She ride past and decide to be
To com and cath with fresh I depend,
The right nigger try to come white, for she don't be listen this,
She's more for the type in the kitchen getting that whipping.
She court room, in jail house visiting
Shawty could move that… could you bail out…
Every other night she bail out with different men,
She all laced up, niggers keep a
They act crazy
Life was god now, but
[Chorus]
Grew bigger two figures.
From hand to hand I should turn the big transactions,
Niggers with apartments in Manhattan.
Dudes to get it cracking like an action quick happening,
She's seen in the past, now it's
Tell to produce the
And blew down
Now, I'm prepared for this tight situation,
Shawty on the floor shaking,
She ended up with several down in the basement,
Bad body in your face what a waste, man!
A young lost the price, twenty eight grans.
[Chorus]
Get money, get money, yeah!
See you getting money, hold a nigger down,
Cause you're feeling you're only … the money,
The only thing she appealing to advertise for gold,
Life on the edge, no jumping the
Just jumping bed to bed.
America's nightmare, fat ass, pretty face,
But you better watch her
She made you feel good, but now you ain't safe!
She couldn't settle for the average, na!
She wanted a nigger with street status…
The nine to five nigger had no appeal to Shawty,
She turned
She's the bad bitch in the hood, some niggers fear
She ride past and decide to be
To com and cath with fresh I depend,
The right nigger try to come white, for she don't be listen this,
She's more for the type in the kitchen getting that whipping.
She court room, in jail house visiting
Shawty could move that… could you bail out…
Every other night she bail out with different men,
She all laced up, niggers keep a
They act crazy
Life was god now, but
[Chorus]
Grew bigger two figures.
From hand to hand I should turn the big transactions,
Niggers with apartments in Manhattan.
Dudes to get it cracking like an action quick happening,
She's seen in the past, now it's
Tell to produce the
And blew down
Now, I'm prepared for this tight situation,
Shawty on the floor shaking,
She ended up with several down in the basement,
Bad body in your face what a waste, man!
A young lost the price, twenty eight grans.
[Chorus]
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