Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
(Intro: Saukrates)
(Click) All I-yi-yi (oh, oh)
I-yi (oh) I-yiii (click)
(Chorus: Saukrates)
All I-yi-yi, all I-yi-yi
(I got that thang) Right by my side
(And when it go BANG) How I survive
Whoa yeah - how I survive
Whoa yeah - it's right by my side
Whoa yeah (yes sir) oh yeah
[Red] Let's go!
(Runt Dawg)
The moon full, the goon's ready to set it
Hoodrats drinkin' till 11 while they pregnant!
My hood look like the video for "Thriller"
The fiends feedin they kids cereal for dinner
You ask "Who dat?" And they scream GILLA!
Tour bus roll up like an 18-wheeler
And who am I? Good question
This the blackout, make you niggaz tap out, full nelson!
(Chorus w/ ad libs)
(Redman)
Yo! I take over, yo, the game over
Hop off the sofa to hit it like Sosa
Big (Whale), tip the scale, call me Jonah
Closet got kicks like Pete Rock folder
Hold up, girl, how do that feel?
I'm nice with the mic like I'm from Catskills
A veteran, take a step back, get real
That's like Shaquille, lookin' for a rap deal!
Pop a Advil boy, this a headbanger
BIG TRUCK gotta park in airplane hangars
Yeah they wanna hate ya, when you're gettin' paper
I know, that's why I (Set it Off) like Jada
Generator, I'll shut your lights off
And sucker for love? Doc ain't the type y'all
HUH, it might turn to a fight club
And believe me, I'll survive like a lifer!
(Chorus w/ ad libs)
(Ready Roc)
Okay, yo (Gotti Click nigga)
Huh, like 2Pac (All Eyez on Me)
That's the reason my career on the rise slowly
I'm headed to the top, that's what God told me
So anybody think they better than this guy show me
So I can chew him up and spit him out
What else you figure from a nigga that's from Gilla House?
I come through coupe with the ceilin out
I'm on the road to success, steady peelin ouuuut
And nobody in my lane
Just a year ago man nobody knew my name
Now they get the picture like I put it in the frame
Cause my flow's so dope you can put it in your veins
Put this in your brain, I'll leave this bitch cookin
Blind to the fact but I still see you lookin'
I do it (Big) like March 9th in Brooklyn
Beast on the beat, call me Wolfman!
And that's why
(Chorus w/ ad libs)
(Click) All I-yi-yi (oh, oh)
I-yi (oh) I-yiii (click)
(Chorus: Saukrates)
All I-yi-yi, all I-yi-yi
(I got that thang) Right by my side
(And when it go BANG) How I survive
Whoa yeah - how I survive
Whoa yeah - it's right by my side
Whoa yeah (yes sir) oh yeah
[Red] Let's go!
(Runt Dawg)
The moon full, the goon's ready to set it
Hoodrats drinkin' till 11 while they pregnant!
My hood look like the video for "Thriller"
The fiends feedin they kids cereal for dinner
You ask "Who dat?" And they scream GILLA!
Tour bus roll up like an 18-wheeler
And who am I? Good question
This the blackout, make you niggaz tap out, full nelson!
(Chorus w/ ad libs)
(Redman)
Yo! I take over, yo, the game over
Hop off the sofa to hit it like Sosa
Big (Whale), tip the scale, call me Jonah
Closet got kicks like Pete Rock folder
Hold up, girl, how do that feel?
I'm nice with the mic like I'm from Catskills
A veteran, take a step back, get real
That's like Shaquille, lookin' for a rap deal!
Pop a Advil boy, this a headbanger
BIG TRUCK gotta park in airplane hangars
Yeah they wanna hate ya, when you're gettin' paper
I know, that's why I (Set it Off) like Jada
Generator, I'll shut your lights off
And sucker for love? Doc ain't the type y'all
HUH, it might turn to a fight club
And believe me, I'll survive like a lifer!
(Chorus w/ ad libs)
(Ready Roc)
Okay, yo (Gotti Click nigga)
Huh, like 2Pac (All Eyez on Me)
That's the reason my career on the rise slowly
I'm headed to the top, that's what God told me
So anybody think they better than this guy show me
So I can chew him up and spit him out
What else you figure from a nigga that's from Gilla House?
I come through coupe with the ceilin out
I'm on the road to success, steady peelin ouuuut
And nobody in my lane
Just a year ago man nobody knew my name
Now they get the picture like I put it in the frame
Cause my flow's so dope you can put it in your veins
Put this in your brain, I'll leave this bitch cookin
Blind to the fact but I still see you lookin'
I do it (Big) like March 9th in Brooklyn
Beast on the beat, call me Wolfman!
And that's why
(Chorus w/ ad libs)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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