The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Me see di whole world ah dance (two-two-twin)
Me see di whole world ah song (yeah)
Sta-di-woii, two-two-twin
GS9, busy clean, feel Shiloh, one blood family
Sta-di-oh, yeah
(Jahlil Beats, holla at me)
Me see di whole world ah dance
Me see di whole world ah sing
Shmurda dance ah mash up Yaad and foreign
Me see di whole world ah dance
Di whole world ah sing
Shmurda dance ah mash up Yaad and foreign
Dem ah do it inna Bronx, Queens, inna Brooklyn
Shmurda dance ah mash up Yaad and foreign
Dem ah do it inna Europe, Japan and ting
Shmurda dance ah mash up Yaad and foreign
This ah murda, woii
Junior Reid and Bobby Shmurda, woii
This ah one ah murda, woii
Junior Reid and Bobby Shmurda, woii
Two-two-twin
This is why we hot, gangsta nuh play
One blood me seh, nuh bodda come inna mi way
This is why we hot, gangsta nuh play (ah Shmurda, Shmurda)
Shmurda dance ah mash up, Miami, L.A
Murda, woii (certain tings dem haffi murda)
Junior Reid and Bobby Shmurda, woii
This 'ya dance ah take it further, woii
Junior Reid and Bobby Shmurda, woii
Two-two-twin
Shmurda
Dem-dem fi know seh man a real killer (baow)
Diss, diss di set, me shot inna yuh face, nigga (bah)
Broad daylight, yo, me got di grave digger
Say a word, blood ah run like Dunn's River (ah)
X-x-x Got di choppa, mek it clap (rrah)
Niggas fall, niggas dying, niggas drop (bah, bah)
Shoulda know seh dem 'ya yute nuh tek chat (never)
Shoulda know seh dem 'ya yute nuh tek chat
Thousand shot ah nothin', mek me tell yuh sum'n (rrah)
If you think yuh bad, pussyhole just touch a button (brrah, blrrah)
Buss him throat like mutton, we nuh Hallie Burton
If-if you think dem shootas, left dem engine runnin'
Just-just-just make a duppy 'bout a week ago (week ago)
Don't you make di dancing fool you though (fool you though)
Shot di bwoy from him head to him pinky toe (pinky toe)
Welcome to di Shmurda show (Shmurda show)
Colombian neck tie ah wh first at dat
If-if yuh think ah lie, boy gwan go ask Prat
Badman police, informer get shot
Informer bleed, boy, you fi know dat
Thousand shot ah nothin', mek me tell yuh sum'n (rrah)
If-if you think yuh bad, pussyhole just touch a button (brrah, brrah)
Buss him throat like mutton, we nuh Hallie Burton
If you think dem shootas, left dem engine runnin'
We don't go looking for no answers
We get it done (ah mad ting, rrah)
Brooklyn, motherfucking gangster (ah joke ting)
Squeezing the gun
Revenge is at the sweetest, yo, next to get the pussy, you know?
I just caught a body, got my real killers with me, you know?
When I run up in yuh house wid di banana clip
Got my finger on my trigger, I be bussing it
When I run up in yuh house wid di banana clip
If it ain't about the shmoney, we ain't touching it
Cold blooded murda, Gully God and Shmurda (yeah)
Who buss di biggest gun you and di crew have heard ah?
We at the top and yes, we still gon' take it further
Sky is the limit
If you ain't no street nigga, why sing it?
If you wanna fuck around, I'ma bring it
If you see me in a fight wid di bear, I'ma win it
Gi' dem every ting weh di Glock point
Dem neva tell you seh nuh play wid di Hot Skull
Diss me, ah same time me ah crack skull
An' dem cyaan' catch me astray, me nuh that dumb
You n'affi ask if me got gun
Diss me inna white and me kill you wid a black gun
Gangstas shoot up yuh party fi have fun
Walk wid me 'K and people nuh stop run
Shmurda-er, Glock bredda
Gyal deh 'ya, Mac deh 'ya, ask Killa
Dem say dem strapped, but me strapped better
Nuh scrap metal, fat Bere', Beretta
Shot fly through bwoy sweater
Gyal gi' me head pon a drive-by, feel better
Mi skull hot, yuh see, call it "Hot Pepper"
Bobby Shmurda ah hot stepper, hot stepper
Tell them niggas free Meeshie, ho (free Meeshie)
SUBwave, free Breezy, ho (free Breezy, ho)
And tell my niggas, Shmurda teaming, ho (Shmurda teaming, ho)
Mitch caught a body about a week ago, week ago
Fuck with us and then we tweaking, ho, tweaking, ho
Run up on that nigga, get to squeezing, ho, squeezing, ho
Everybody catching bullet holes, bullet holes (boom, boom, boom, boom, boom)
Niggas got me on my bully, yo, bully, yo
I'ma run up, put that gun on him (put that gun on him)
I'ma run up, go dumb on him (dumb on him)
Niggas got me on that young shit (that young shit)
Got me on that go-dumb shit (dumb shit)
Got me on that go-dumb shit, man
Trap mode in this motherfucker
Hotter than a bitch
Ayo, pour up, I need some more drank
Me see di whole world ah song (yeah)
Sta-di-woii, two-two-twin
GS9, busy clean, feel Shiloh, one blood family
Sta-di-oh, yeah
(Jahlil Beats, holla at me)
Me see di whole world ah dance
Me see di whole world ah sing
Shmurda dance ah mash up Yaad and foreign
Me see di whole world ah dance
Di whole world ah sing
Shmurda dance ah mash up Yaad and foreign
Dem ah do it inna Bronx, Queens, inna Brooklyn
Shmurda dance ah mash up Yaad and foreign
Dem ah do it inna Europe, Japan and ting
Shmurda dance ah mash up Yaad and foreign
This ah murda, woii
Junior Reid and Bobby Shmurda, woii
This ah one ah murda, woii
Junior Reid and Bobby Shmurda, woii
Two-two-twin
This is why we hot, gangsta nuh play
One blood me seh, nuh bodda come inna mi way
This is why we hot, gangsta nuh play (ah Shmurda, Shmurda)
Shmurda dance ah mash up, Miami, L.A
Murda, woii (certain tings dem haffi murda)
Junior Reid and Bobby Shmurda, woii
This 'ya dance ah take it further, woii
Junior Reid and Bobby Shmurda, woii
Two-two-twin
Shmurda
Dem-dem fi know seh man a real killer (baow)
Diss, diss di set, me shot inna yuh face, nigga (bah)
Broad daylight, yo, me got di grave digger
Say a word, blood ah run like Dunn's River (ah)
X-x-x Got di choppa, mek it clap (rrah)
Niggas fall, niggas dying, niggas drop (bah, bah)
Shoulda know seh dem 'ya yute nuh tek chat (never)
Shoulda know seh dem 'ya yute nuh tek chat
Thousand shot ah nothin', mek me tell yuh sum'n (rrah)
If you think yuh bad, pussyhole just touch a button (brrah, blrrah)
Buss him throat like mutton, we nuh Hallie Burton
If-if you think dem shootas, left dem engine runnin'
Just-just-just make a duppy 'bout a week ago (week ago)
Don't you make di dancing fool you though (fool you though)
Shot di bwoy from him head to him pinky toe (pinky toe)
Welcome to di Shmurda show (Shmurda show)
Colombian neck tie ah wh first at dat
If-if yuh think ah lie, boy gwan go ask Prat
Badman police, informer get shot
Informer bleed, boy, you fi know dat
Thousand shot ah nothin', mek me tell yuh sum'n (rrah)
If-if you think yuh bad, pussyhole just touch a button (brrah, brrah)
Buss him throat like mutton, we nuh Hallie Burton
If you think dem shootas, left dem engine runnin'
We don't go looking for no answers
We get it done (ah mad ting, rrah)
Brooklyn, motherfucking gangster (ah joke ting)
Squeezing the gun
Revenge is at the sweetest, yo, next to get the pussy, you know?
I just caught a body, got my real killers with me, you know?
When I run up in yuh house wid di banana clip
Got my finger on my trigger, I be bussing it
When I run up in yuh house wid di banana clip
If it ain't about the shmoney, we ain't touching it
Cold blooded murda, Gully God and Shmurda (yeah)
Who buss di biggest gun you and di crew have heard ah?
We at the top and yes, we still gon' take it further
Sky is the limit
If you ain't no street nigga, why sing it?
If you wanna fuck around, I'ma bring it
If you see me in a fight wid di bear, I'ma win it
Gi' dem every ting weh di Glock point
Dem neva tell you seh nuh play wid di Hot Skull
Diss me, ah same time me ah crack skull
An' dem cyaan' catch me astray, me nuh that dumb
You n'affi ask if me got gun
Diss me inna white and me kill you wid a black gun
Gangstas shoot up yuh party fi have fun
Walk wid me 'K and people nuh stop run
Shmurda-er, Glock bredda
Gyal deh 'ya, Mac deh 'ya, ask Killa
Dem say dem strapped, but me strapped better
Nuh scrap metal, fat Bere', Beretta
Shot fly through bwoy sweater
Gyal gi' me head pon a drive-by, feel better
Mi skull hot, yuh see, call it "Hot Pepper"
Bobby Shmurda ah hot stepper, hot stepper
Tell them niggas free Meeshie, ho (free Meeshie)
SUBwave, free Breezy, ho (free Breezy, ho)
And tell my niggas, Shmurda teaming, ho (Shmurda teaming, ho)
Mitch caught a body about a week ago, week ago
Fuck with us and then we tweaking, ho, tweaking, ho
Run up on that nigga, get to squeezing, ho, squeezing, ho
Everybody catching bullet holes, bullet holes (boom, boom, boom, boom, boom)
Niggas got me on my bully, yo, bully, yo
I'ma run up, put that gun on him (put that gun on him)
I'ma run up, go dumb on him (dumb on him)
Niggas got me on that young shit (that young shit)
Got me on that go-dumb shit (dumb shit)
Got me on that go-dumb shit, man
Trap mode in this motherfucker
Hotter than a bitch
Ayo, pour up, I need some more drank
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Hot Nigga [Reggae Remix] Lyrics as written by Andrae Hugh Sutherland Ackquille Pollard
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Light Up The Sky
Van Halen
Van Halen
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
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.
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
This song is a tragedy even though it comes off as braggadocious to the average listener, even the mood of the song would suggest someone who simply bragging about living the gangster life and having women, money and success. However, once you look more deeply into this song and you take out the music itself and focus entirely on the lyrics, you'll understand more that this song is in fact, tragic. Shootings that occur and many different people dying around him and how his father was incarcerated and how people around him are keeping 9 millimeter guns and how people are teaching him how to protect himself from those trying to hurt his family, friends and those he cares about when it is all about territory. He talks about trying to gun them down and being able to get an advantage over them whether it is having a their girl giving him neck until he passes out or stealing money from them. In the end, he's referencing how all of this is "dumb shit".