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Flying Lotus Anderson .Paak Lyrics

(Oh yeah)
Expression denoting agreement/enthusiasm

Oh, where'd you get the thing from? (Thief and beggar)
Asking where the item was acquired, with imagery of someone who stole or begged for it

Uh, get it off me (Leash and chain)
Requesting to remove the item with language of feeling restricted and controlled

Ooh, they did you wrong (Oh, yes they did)
Empathizing with someone who was wronged

Look at your heart broke (What's in your pocket?)
Observing the person's emotional state, followed by an unrelated question

You don't need it more than me, though (You a king, though)
Suggesting that the person is above material possessions and royalty-like

Come off your gold chain
Requesting to give up the gold chain, possibly as a symbol of wealth and status

What's in your pocket? (Profit and wage)
Asking what's in the person's pocket, followed by imagery of money and work

Come off that lil' tennis bracelet (Increase the pay)
Asking to give up the tennis bracelet, followed by a call to increase pay

I'm takin' debit cards (Thief and beggar)
Announcing the act of taking debit cards, with language of stealing and begging

Yeah, get it off me (Leash and chain)
Repeating the request to remove the item, with the same imagery of feeling restricted and controlled

Someone hit me the other day for a rendezvous
Beginning a narrative that someone initiated a meeting with the artist

"Long time no see" was the line she used
Quoting what the person said as the opening line

Bright eyes like the lights at the carnival
Describing the person's eyes with imagery of brightness and excitement

Held convos, but never held accountable
Indicating that conversations were had, but with no responsibility or follow-up

How's your Mama Duke? How ya papa doin'?
Asking about the well-being of the artist's parents

Oh, me? I been freer than the sample food
Responding to the question with language of freedom and sampling food

But like a sample loop, around and 'round I move
Using a music production metaphor to explain life feeling repetitive

Until it's clear, then I'm back to baggin' bags of loot
Continuing the metaphor, indicating that clarity leads to a productive rush

Spent years tryna steer both hands on you
Revealing a past effort to control the person or situation

'Til I finally understood that I was spinnin' my hoop
Realizing that the effort was pointless, with imagery of spinning a hoop

Rather spinnin' my wheels, gettin' up in my years
Choosing to avoid wasting time, with language of getting older

But still I feel like a kid when I'm fuckin' with you
Admitting that the person brings out a sense of youthfulness and joy

Young nigga gotta live, that's the motto they use
Referencing a common saying about living life to the fullest

But all them niggas still live in they mama's backroom
Indicating that some people talk about living life but don't actually act on it

So I'm back in my stu', lookin' up at the stars
Returning to the studio to work and reflect, with imagery of looking at the stars

When they reminisce over you, my God
Referencing a song by Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth that samples a line about remembrance

That's when I caught light of myself (My God)
Reaching a moment of self-awareness, with language of illumination

Gotta be somethin' more that I can't tell
Believing that there is something beyond what the artist knows

Breakin' you down to size
Indicating a humbling experience or realization

There's gotta be more to life than myself
Concluding that life must involve more than just the self

It won't fade
Stating that the feeling or experience won't disappear

Won't fade, won't fade
Repeating the previous line

And if you would've showed me more than one time
Positing a hypothetical situation, where the person showed the artist multiple times

It wouldn't've been clear, I would've just played it off like
Suggesting that the singer would have ignored or dismissed the action if it wasn't repeated

"Alright, I'll deal with it when it gets here"
Quoting language of deferral or procrastination

And I remember when I used to live for more
Remembering a past focus on something beyond the self

Than just the useless fix, before the allure of sin
Comparing a past state of being to a current focus on temporary or harmful pleasures

Would cast the black mask over the consequence
Using a metaphor of a mask to describe how pleasure obscures consequences

I did right by you from within, and all of a sudden
Explaining that the artist acted ethically towards the person, but something unexpected happened

After I run in, it all starts comin', comin' back
Clarifying that the unexpected event happened after rushing into something

To what love is, and it don't fade (Don't fade)
Identifying that the unexpected event is related to love, and it doesn't disappear

Kinda like a dream away the way it all happened
Using a dream metaphor to explain the unexpected event

When all the laws of attraction
Referencing a common idea about how attraction works

Break all the walls I was trapped in
Using a metaphor of walls to describe feeling trapped, but those walls are now broken

I can see you comin' back to back with me
Seeing the person come back, with language of partnership

I wanted to learn more (More)
Expressing a desire to know more about the person or situation

I wanna love more, more (More)
Expressing a desire to experience more love

I wanna get further (Move further)
Expressing a desire to go beyond the current state

It's not too far from home (Too far from home)
Suggesting that the desired change is reachable, not too far from where the person is now