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.
Yo, yo, yo
I use your face as a urinal
Then do the same at your funeral
Piss on your grave, piss on your grave
Piss on your grave, piss on your grave
Piss on your grave, piss on your grave
This one here for the executives, fuck you and all your relatives
Piss on your grave, piss on your grave
Piss on your grave, piss on your grave
Piss on your grave, nigga behave, nigga behave, nigga behave
Us niggas, we can't behave
We mobbed on the pave
Got treated like slaves
Young niggas treated like slaves
This the moment I've been waiting for
This why I moved to Cali, stepped outside and got shaded for
Told momma, "Bitch get back in the door"
I've been coming up and down, a nigga can't take no more
Kamikaze over commas
Benjamins, dividends stuffed in my jeans
I can't fit in
Poppin' pills since droppin' Ritalins
Pop a penicillin, nigga you gotta get with it
My, my, my, my, look at little Scotty now
The same fuckers used to doubt
All preaching that they proud
I pull my zipper down and whip it out
Piss in your grave, piss in your grave
Turn this up teacher, play this in the third grade
In the third grade
Can't hide from the truth, yeah we're about to go ape
We 'bout to go ape, these streets is not safe
These niggas ain't playing
These niggas ain't playing
These niggas ain't playing
This for my fam
This for the fam, do this for the fam
Hop outta the Lamb', hop onto the 'Gram
What the fuck was you saying?
Piss in your grave, piss in your grave
Piss in your grave, I'll piss in your face
I'll piss on your bitch, I'll piss on your date
Fuck is you saying? Fuck is you saying?
Fuck is you saying? Me and La Flame
Is you not entertained?
I use your face as a urinal
Then do the same at your funeral
Piss on your grave, piss on your grave
Piss on your grave, piss on your grave
Piss on your grave, piss on your grave
This one here for the executives, fuck you and all your relatives
Piss on your grave, piss on your grave
Piss on your grave, piss on your grave
Piss on your grave, nigga behave, nigga behave, nigga behave
Us niggas, we can't behave
We mobbed on the pave
Got treated like slaves
Young niggas treated like slaves
This the moment I've been waiting for
This why I moved to Cali, stepped outside and got shaded for
Told momma, "Bitch get back in the door"
I've been coming up and down, a nigga can't take no more
Kamikaze over commas
Benjamins, dividends stuffed in my jeans
I can't fit in
Poppin' pills since droppin' Ritalins
Pop a penicillin, nigga you gotta get with it
My, my, my, my, look at little Scotty now
The same fuckers used to doubt
All preaching that they proud
I pull my zipper down and whip it out
Piss in your grave, piss in your grave
Turn this up teacher, play this in the third grade
In the third grade
Can't hide from the truth, yeah we're about to go ape
We 'bout to go ape, these streets is not safe
These niggas ain't playing
These niggas ain't playing
These niggas ain't playing
This for my fam
This for the fam, do this for the fam
Hop outta the Lamb', hop onto the 'Gram
What the fuck was you saying?
Piss in your grave, piss in your grave
Piss in your grave, I'll piss in your face
I'll piss on your bitch, I'll piss on your date
Fuck is you saying? Fuck is you saying?
Fuck is you saying? Me and La Flame
Is you not entertained?
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Piss on Your Grave Lyrics as written by Ernest Brown Iii Kanye West
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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