I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (arf, arf)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (arf, arf)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (arf, arf)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (arf, arf)
I can flip that flow, I can stick that ho
I can get that dough, you know I'm with that, yo (oh)
Ain't a thing about this shit I can't do or haven't seen (what?)
But when it gets dark, it's like a nigga's having dreams (come on)
Or nightmares, the light dares to desert me (what?)
Got me like, "everybody wants to hurt me" (what?)
Paranoid, so I strike out at whatever (uh)
The closest thing to me is gonna get it, but never (uh)
Will I kill, I think death is wrong
So I'ma keep holding on 'til what's left is gone
You can put that on my nigga Boom (true)
These other rap cats will give a nigga room (true)
But if it calls for me to force my way in the door (huh)
Headhunting motherfuckers, stay on the floor (uh)
4-4, that's what I get sick with (grr)
Four more, now all this is liquid (grr)
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (arf, arf)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (arf, arf)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (arf, arf)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (arf, arf)
I thank the Lord everyday that I'm blessed with the gift
I'm the best, so, unless you wanna rest with the stiff
Don't touch that, uh-uh, leave it alone
When you walk past the doghouse, leave it a bone (come on)
Dogs bite, dogs fight, dogs knife (what?)
Scratch, shake, and hold all night (what?)
So when you hear that arf, arf, start running (come on)
'Cause when you hear that arf arf, I'm coming (come on)
But I don't like drama, so I stay to myself (uh-huh)
Keep focused with this rap shit and pray for the wealth
I want the money and give me the honeys with big asses (yes)
The most expensive champagne you got in big glasses (yes)
I'm drunk, so I'ma bash his head wide open (uh)
Begging me to stop but at least he died hopin' (uh, uh)
Didn't get his wish, now he's a dish for the pack (Come on)
Two glowing red eyes, everything else is black
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (arf, arf)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (arf, arf)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (arf, arf)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (arf, arf)
When the sun is up, the gun is up on the shelf (uh-huh)
And all the runners-up are thanking me for their help (uh-huh)
Hoping that they not around when it gets dark outside (yes)
Sun's going down you hear the bark outside (yes)
Locks off the cage, gauge, with the buck shots (what?)
Faggot, you've been lucky all day, this when your luck stops (come on)
One drops, and another and another (what?)
Gun pops, going through you, hit your mother (uh)
When does it all end? I found a friend in a dog (uh-huh)
'Cause fucking with these cats will send a friend to the morgue (uh-huh)
Many questions, no answers, stress
Try to hold my head and remember that I'm blessed
With the curse and it gets worse as time goes by (what?)
Can't see straight 'cause I'm so high (what? What?)
Why ask why when you know?
Nigga, when its your time to go, you go (come on)
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (arf, arf)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (arf, arf)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (arf, arf)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (arf, arf)
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (arf, arf)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (arf, arf)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (arf, arf)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (arf, arf)
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
Uh-huh, uh-huh
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (arf, arf)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (arf, arf)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (arf, arf)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (arf, arf)
I can flip that flow, I can stick that ho
I can get that dough, you know I'm with that, yo (oh)
Ain't a thing about this shit I can't do or haven't seen (what?)
But when it gets dark, it's like a nigga's having dreams (come on)
Or nightmares, the light dares to desert me (what?)
Got me like, "everybody wants to hurt me" (what?)
Paranoid, so I strike out at whatever (uh)
The closest thing to me is gonna get it, but never (uh)
Will I kill, I think death is wrong
So I'ma keep holding on 'til what's left is gone
You can put that on my nigga Boom (true)
These other rap cats will give a nigga room (true)
But if it calls for me to force my way in the door (huh)
Headhunting motherfuckers, stay on the floor (uh)
4-4, that's what I get sick with (grr)
Four more, now all this is liquid (grr)
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (arf, arf)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (arf, arf)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (arf, arf)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (arf, arf)
I thank the Lord everyday that I'm blessed with the gift
I'm the best, so, unless you wanna rest with the stiff
Don't touch that, uh-uh, leave it alone
When you walk past the doghouse, leave it a bone (come on)
Dogs bite, dogs fight, dogs knife (what?)
Scratch, shake, and hold all night (what?)
So when you hear that arf, arf, start running (come on)
'Cause when you hear that arf arf, I'm coming (come on)
But I don't like drama, so I stay to myself (uh-huh)
Keep focused with this rap shit and pray for the wealth
I want the money and give me the honeys with big asses (yes)
The most expensive champagne you got in big glasses (yes)
I'm drunk, so I'ma bash his head wide open (uh)
Begging me to stop but at least he died hopin' (uh, uh)
Didn't get his wish, now he's a dish for the pack (Come on)
Two glowing red eyes, everything else is black
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (arf, arf)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (arf, arf)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (arf, arf)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (arf, arf)
When the sun is up, the gun is up on the shelf (uh-huh)
And all the runners-up are thanking me for their help (uh-huh)
Hoping that they not around when it gets dark outside (yes)
Sun's going down you hear the bark outside (yes)
Locks off the cage, gauge, with the buck shots (what?)
Faggot, you've been lucky all day, this when your luck stops (come on)
One drops, and another and another (what?)
Gun pops, going through you, hit your mother (uh)
When does it all end? I found a friend in a dog (uh-huh)
'Cause fucking with these cats will send a friend to the morgue (uh-huh)
Many questions, no answers, stress
Try to hold my head and remember that I'm blessed
With the curse and it gets worse as time goes by (what?)
Can't see straight 'cause I'm so high (what? What?)
Why ask why when you know?
Nigga, when its your time to go, you go (come on)
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (arf, arf)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (arf, arf)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (arf, arf)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (arf, arf)
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop being greedy (arf, arf)
Just keep it real, partner, give to the needy (arf, arf)
Ribs is touchin', so don't make me wait (arf, arf)
Fuck around and I'm gon' bite you and snatch the plate (arf, arf)
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
Uh-huh, uh-huh
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This song is freakin awesome!
with the way he switches his voice i get the impression of two different sides, good and bad
Yeah, it's double sided. On one hand, when it's 'light', he's cool and just doing his thing. But when people fuck with him and it gets 'dark' his other side comes out.
Wrong: "Grips is touchy, so don't make me wait " I thought that the chorus line was "Ribs is touching, so don't make me wait" like he is starving...plus, that fits in better with the whole "stop being greedy or I'm going to steal your food to eat" motif. Also, I don't think it is "If you curse, it gets worse." I think it is "The curse gets worse as time goes by." (like, DMX is cursed with a bipolar personality exacerbated by drug use, not that his moral decline began when he started cussing.) Excellent song about poverty, desperation, violence, and a personality that oscelates between night and day. DMX is one of the most psychologically profound rappers I've ever heard.
Agree with above. I think its "ribs is touching" as well. Also it should be "Will I, kill, I think death is wrong" instead of "Will I, can i think death is wrong" in the first verse
Pretty sure it's ribs is touching so don't make me wait.... This i favorite my song by him. hes a liitle crazy but it's real hard. its like be nice to me or i will shenk you
Dark Man Babyyyyyyyyy!
The FourFour is what I get sick wit four more now all this is liquid.