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.
Convertibles and Cuban links just like a prize
I gotta win, the golden medal caught my eye (first place)
My eye (first place), ooh
Champion on every street that I survive
I gotta win, the golden medal caught my eye (first place)
My eye (first place), ooh
OG, S-N-double O-P
Money talk, nigga, bullshit walk
'Fore a nigga show up, gotta envelope me
Big dog, you could never short me (what?)
I need it all upfront, no backend
Since a lil' nigga, Dogg got it crackin'
On deck all times, no lacking
Head on swivel 'cause anything can happen
I was banging before I was rapping (rapping)
I was slanging before it was trapping (trapping)
Always on go, it's automatic
Gold medal caught my eye, I gotta have it
We lost Nip too soon, that's tragic
But he gave LA more wins than Magic
More wins than Kobe and Shaq did
Champions never die, they everlasting
Convertibles and Cuban links just like a prize
I gotta win, the golden medal caught my eye (first place)
My eye (first place), ooh
Champion on every street that I survive
I gotta win, the golden medal caught my eye (first place)
My eye (first place), ooh
I'm a boss, I'm a genius, I can't turn it off
A lot of niggas not caught from this cloth
You are witnessing a gangster evolve
After all the run-ins with the law (what?)
After life threw me all them curveballs (curveballs)
You'da thought I gave up, but nah (nah)
Grow man, thug it out, stand tall
Who sold millions of records and balled?
Never slowed up, no no, not at all
From the streets of Long Beach, it's the Dogg
I hustled every day, how you think I got it all?
Did it my way, I done broke a lot of laws
Always came in first place, I ain't never tied with y'all
Everything real, I ain't never lied to y'all
First place (first place)
Convertibles and Cuban links just like a prize
I gotta win, the golden medal caught my eye (first place)
My eye (first place), ooh
Champion on every street that I survive
I gotta win, the golden medal caught my eye (first place)
My eye (first place), ooh
I gotta win, the golden medal caught my eye (first place)
My eye (first place), ooh
Champion on every street that I survive
I gotta win, the golden medal caught my eye (first place)
My eye (first place), ooh
OG, S-N-double O-P
Money talk, nigga, bullshit walk
'Fore a nigga show up, gotta envelope me
Big dog, you could never short me (what?)
I need it all upfront, no backend
Since a lil' nigga, Dogg got it crackin'
On deck all times, no lacking
Head on swivel 'cause anything can happen
I was banging before I was rapping (rapping)
I was slanging before it was trapping (trapping)
Always on go, it's automatic
Gold medal caught my eye, I gotta have it
We lost Nip too soon, that's tragic
But he gave LA more wins than Magic
More wins than Kobe and Shaq did
Champions never die, they everlasting
Convertibles and Cuban links just like a prize
I gotta win, the golden medal caught my eye (first place)
My eye (first place), ooh
Champion on every street that I survive
I gotta win, the golden medal caught my eye (first place)
My eye (first place), ooh
I'm a boss, I'm a genius, I can't turn it off
A lot of niggas not caught from this cloth
You are witnessing a gangster evolve
After all the run-ins with the law (what?)
After life threw me all them curveballs (curveballs)
You'da thought I gave up, but nah (nah)
Grow man, thug it out, stand tall
Who sold millions of records and balled?
Never slowed up, no no, not at all
From the streets of Long Beach, it's the Dogg
I hustled every day, how you think I got it all?
Did it my way, I done broke a lot of laws
Always came in first place, I ain't never tied with y'all
Everything real, I ain't never lied to y'all
First place (first place)
Convertibles and Cuban links just like a prize
I gotta win, the golden medal caught my eye (first place)
My eye (first place), ooh
Champion on every street that I survive
I gotta win, the golden medal caught my eye (first place)
My eye (first place), ooh
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
First Place Lyrics as written by Thomas Jude Goodwin Calvin Cordozar Broadus
Lyrics © CTM Outlander Music LC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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