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.
Lil bitch (money)
And I need to see that ass everywhere (money)
Yup, I've done worked too hard
Finally Famous in this
Baby, do what you got to do
Do what you got to do do what you got to do
Baby do what you got to do
For the shit that you gotta have
Shit that you gotta have
Do what you gotta do for the
Shit that you gotta have we out here!
Grinding, shining
If I ain't getting paper, bitch I'm dying
If I ain't getting paper, bitch I'm dying
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Pop it, pop it, pop, pop that, whoa
Do everything except stop that
Hold up, all of that ass I can't grab it?
You might as well have be a fat bitch
Boy, I'm 'bout it, 'bout it
Getting sloppy toppy while
I'm rolling kamikaze skeet, skeet
Swear I made the pussy fire hydrant
She up and down the pole like she
Like she firefighting
Bitch I'm Finally Famous, I do
I do what I want money, money, sex
And money in the air with an aroma
Swear I got her head banging, banging
Might be in a coma
Walk up to the baddest bitch and
Tell her that I own her
Baby, do what you got to do
Do what you got to do do what you got to do
Baby do what you got to do
For the shit that you gotta have
Shit that you gotta have
Do what you gotta do for the
Shit that you gotta have we out here!
Grinding, shining
If I ain't getting paper, bitch I'm dying
If I ain't getting paper, bitch I'm dying
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
T-Killa, dick game gorilla
I'm the one, pull up, like Billups
Two hoes, screw 'em like a fucking Phillips
Asian bitches, Wu Tang, give them RZA
Oh really, Milli Vanilli, faking with me
Bet she lift that ass up high
Like she hit a wheelie
In the club, be in the back like a Bentley
Niggas pretending to be me
That shit don't offend me
I'm about my business and
This bitch is temporary
I don't give them love, try February
Money committed, swear this shit be married
I get that cake, cake, cake
Then I pop a cherry
Baby, do what you got to do
Do what you got to do do what you got to do
Baby do what you got to do
For the shit that you gotta have
Shit that you gotta have
Do what you gotta do for the
Shit that you gotta have we out here!
Grinding, shining
If I ain't getting paper, bitch I'm dying
If I ain't getting paper, bitch I'm dying
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
And I need to see that ass everywhere (money)
Yup, I've done worked too hard
Finally Famous in this
Baby, do what you got to do
Do what you got to do do what you got to do
Baby do what you got to do
For the shit that you gotta have
Shit that you gotta have
Do what you gotta do for the
Shit that you gotta have we out here!
Grinding, shining
If I ain't getting paper, bitch I'm dying
If I ain't getting paper, bitch I'm dying
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Pop it, pop it, pop, pop that, whoa
Do everything except stop that
Hold up, all of that ass I can't grab it?
You might as well have be a fat bitch
Boy, I'm 'bout it, 'bout it
Getting sloppy toppy while
I'm rolling kamikaze skeet, skeet
Swear I made the pussy fire hydrant
She up and down the pole like she
Like she firefighting
Bitch I'm Finally Famous, I do
I do what I want money, money, sex
And money in the air with an aroma
Swear I got her head banging, banging
Might be in a coma
Walk up to the baddest bitch and
Tell her that I own her
Baby, do what you got to do
Do what you got to do do what you got to do
Baby do what you got to do
For the shit that you gotta have
Shit that you gotta have
Do what you gotta do for the
Shit that you gotta have we out here!
Grinding, shining
If I ain't getting paper, bitch I'm dying
If I ain't getting paper, bitch I'm dying
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
T-Killa, dick game gorilla
I'm the one, pull up, like Billups
Two hoes, screw 'em like a fucking Phillips
Asian bitches, Wu Tang, give them RZA
Oh really, Milli Vanilli, faking with me
Bet she lift that ass up high
Like she hit a wheelie
In the club, be in the back like a Bentley
Niggas pretending to be me
That shit don't offend me
I'm about my business and
This bitch is temporary
I don't give them love, try February
Money committed, swear this shit be married
I get that cake, cake, cake
Then I pop a cherry
Baby, do what you got to do
Do what you got to do do what you got to do
Baby do what you got to do
For the shit that you gotta have
Shit that you gotta have
Do what you gotta do for the
Shit that you gotta have we out here!
Grinding, shining
If I ain't getting paper, bitch I'm dying
If I ain't getting paper, bitch I'm dying
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Do what you got to do, what you got to do
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Do What I Gotta Do Lyrics as written by Robert M. Kinelski Emmanuel Eugene Nickerson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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