This one is dedicated to the excitable ones
not the possums playing dead messing with my head
"X" amount of action, "X" amount of game
for years again I tell you the same, ooh ooh ooo
Gone already
to the bored of it all type lingo that I'm seein'
every single night I'm out
bustin' head for it
but yours gets busted right back, lip split and
I messed up
but I got back tryin, don't bother lyin bout
constant disappointment
but the fun is in the hunt
so quit actin on a front, yeah
you're unmotivated, you're sorta faded
but the remedy is not so get on with what you got
Remember "Lady of Guadeloupe"
the times mother made mole and
after mass we would get home
the girls running to the phone
and in my bedroom, the 45 on my record player was
"we're in this love together"
at the time I never realized how songs
haunted the ones that I heard, I played because I wanted
drawing on my wall from time to time coolin'
making creatures come alive with no schoolin'
When I'm on the microphone
the method that I make is much patience
the method that I make is much patience
I wait for the beat and then I make sense
in comin' in hot forgot, you definently got no clue
in comin' in hot you got, you definently got so rude
boy actin coy but you got nuts like almond joy
I tell ya, this is a tribute
No one looks as foolish as the excitable ones
but then again there's no one who has as much fun
"X" amount of action, "X" amount of game
for years again I tell you the same, ooh ooh ooo
Once I met a man who made nearly no mistakes
he would never bet on a longshot
and he'd never bet on a break and
he's condescending and talks gossip galore
but the dude was definently such a bore, hear me now
I messed up
but I got back tryin, dont bother lyin bout
constant disappointment
but the fun is in the hunt
so quit actin on a front, yeah
you're unmotivated, you're sorta faded
but the real man is not the one hiding behind the gunshot, boom!
Time travelin through my memories
there's a younger Doug gazin' at the galaxy
space trippin' vato of the stars
searchin' for UFO's from Neptune and Mars
ode to an alien, I know you're out there
cosmic lonely heart, tell me if you care
I'm listening for your sound, here on the ground
I'm listening for your sound, here on the ground
When I'm on the microphone
the method that I make is much patience
the method that I make is much patience
I wait for the beat and then I make sense
in comin' in hot forgot, you definently got no clue
in comin' in hot you got, you definently got so rude
boy actin coy but you got nuts like almond joy
I tell ya, this is a tribute
I'm vexing many mofos but i'm wishing you the best
I keep bout half my lyrics and I throw out the rest
cause fly on by, you can if you want to
the method that makes sense is patience
not the possums playing dead messing with my head
"X" amount of action, "X" amount of game
for years again I tell you the same, ooh ooh ooo
to the bored of it all type lingo that I'm seein'
every single night I'm out
bustin' head for it
but yours gets busted right back, lip split and
I messed up
but I got back tryin, don't bother lyin bout
constant disappointment
but the fun is in the hunt
so quit actin on a front, yeah
you're unmotivated, you're sorta faded
but the remedy is not so get on with what you got
the times mother made mole and
after mass we would get home
the girls running to the phone
and in my bedroom, the 45 on my record player was
"we're in this love together"
at the time I never realized how songs
haunted the ones that I heard, I played because I wanted
drawing on my wall from time to time coolin'
making creatures come alive with no schoolin'
the method that I make is much patience
the method that I make is much patience
I wait for the beat and then I make sense
in comin' in hot forgot, you definently got no clue
in comin' in hot you got, you definently got so rude
boy actin coy but you got nuts like almond joy
I tell ya, this is a tribute
but then again there's no one who has as much fun
"X" amount of action, "X" amount of game
for years again I tell you the same, ooh ooh ooo
he would never bet on a longshot
and he'd never bet on a break and
he's condescending and talks gossip galore
but the dude was definently such a bore, hear me now
I messed up
but I got back tryin, dont bother lyin bout
constant disappointment
but the fun is in the hunt
so quit actin on a front, yeah
you're unmotivated, you're sorta faded
but the real man is not the one hiding behind the gunshot, boom!
there's a younger Doug gazin' at the galaxy
space trippin' vato of the stars
searchin' for UFO's from Neptune and Mars
ode to an alien, I know you're out there
cosmic lonely heart, tell me if you care
I'm listening for your sound, here on the ground
I'm listening for your sound, here on the ground
the method that I make is much patience
the method that I make is much patience
I wait for the beat and then I make sense
in comin' in hot forgot, you definently got no clue
in comin' in hot you got, you definently got so rude
boy actin coy but you got nuts like almond joy
I tell ya, this is a tribute
I keep bout half my lyrics and I throw out the rest
cause fly on by, you can if you want to
the method that makes sense is patience
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"This one is dedicated to the excitable ones"
thats the shit i like to hear...and how much they care about there fans...this is a tribute
It's an awesome song...It's so powerful live...i get chills every time i hear it.
"...no one looks as foolish as the excitable ones..but then again there's no one who has as much fun..."
Ode to a beat up girl, I know you're out there stronger than you think, stand up if you care get up off the ground, don't let me down get up off the ground, don't let me down
from Don't Let Me Down by this same band seems to be very similiar to this part: ode to an alien, I know you're out there cosmic lonely heart, tell me if you care I'm listening for your sound, here on the ground I'm listening for your sound, here on the ground
That is ingenius to do that, yo. I love 311.
^nice catch....they got a ton of re-occuring lyrics..its on their faq's on the site...
Yeah, Grassroots and Music and 311(Blue Album) lyrics are all connected in some way... a lot of them are the same
Yeah, Grassroots and Music and 311(Blue Album) lyrics are all connected in some way... a lot of them are the same
I love this song, S.A. is sooo funky, I love it. Awesome song, I love the way it sounds on their live album.
This song is an all out tribute to their fans. When they perform it live, they will sometimes dedicate it to certain people for certain fans. At a past show, they dedicated it to a fan who had passed away a short time earlier.
I'd like to think this song is a tribute to those who aren't "all mixed up." "...no one looks as foolish as the excitable ones..but then again there's no one who has as much fun..." When the white-man came to the new-world those indians/native americans looked so foolish to them. They must have been having lots of fun. Oh well, they're gone now. Those natives must have been having too much fun. Uhh... this song is about the white-man stealing the indian's land!
wtf r u talking about. does this look like avatar shit to u
wtf r u talking about. does this look like avatar shit to u
Um, no, at live performances, he even explains it.... sometimes, tributing it to Kurt Cobain
Um, no, at live performances, he even explains it.... sometimes, tributing it to Kurt Cobain
It's about motivation. Sometimes you lose your motivation and expect something to excite you back to your normal self. It's about how you shouldn't put your expectations so high to where good things become disappointments:
"you're unmotivated, you're sorta faded but the remedy is not so get on with what you got"
It's also about how you shouldn't second guess yourself all the time. You might make no mistakes, but you won't learn, you won't have fun, and nobody else around you will either:
"Once I met a man who made nearly no mistakes he would never bet on a longshot and he'd never bet on a break and he's condescending and talks gossip galore but the dude was definently such a bore"
I'm relating to this song so much right now it's scary. :)
These lyrics are so SICK! This song is definitely all about the fans!
I’m pretty sure it’s space trippin VATO, not veto. “Vato” is a very common Hispanic slang word for the male gender, probably used in reference to S.A.’s cultural background. Credentials? Grew up in a Hispanic family and heard this word used often.