Let It Rock
Lil Wayne vs T.I Lyrics
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Working on the railroad with the steel driving hammer.
Gotta get some money, buy some brand new shoes,
Gotta find somebody, got to lose these blues.
"She don't love me" hear me singing in the sun,
She better leave me 'til my work is all done.
In the evening of the day, when the sun is sinking low,
Sitting in a teepee built out on the track,
Rolling bones 'til the foreman comes back.
Pick up you belongings boys and scatter about,
We've got an off-schedule train comin' two miles out.
Everybody's scrambling and running around,
Picking up their money, take the teepee down.
Foreman wants to panic, 'bout to go insane,
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train.
Engineer blowin' his whistle loud and long,
He can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on.
The opening verses of Lil Wayne and T.I's Let it Rock is actually a reference to a classic song by blues singer Lead Belly, ‘Midnight Special'. The lyrics depict an allegory of a worker in the late 1800s or early 1900s being forced to work hard on the railroad in order to make money to survive. The opening lines, “In the evening of the day down in Mobile, Alabama, Working on the railroad with the steel driving hammer,” describe the laborious work that the singer has to perform. The lyrics also highlight his desperation to get out of his current situation and start a new life. “Gotta get some money, buy some brand new shoes, Gotta find somebody, got to lose these blues” implies that he is unhappy with his life and wants to change his circumstances.
The second half of the song describes the excitement that ensues when a train arrives unexpectedly. Everyone scrambles to take down the teepee they were living in and gather their belongings. The foreman tries to keep everyone safe and out of harm’s way, and the engineer does his best to sound the alarm and warn people of the incoming train. The final line, “He can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on,” signifies the inevitability of change and the importance of accepting what we cannot control.
In general, Let it Rock is about living in the moment and persevering through life’s challenges. It encourages listeners to be optimistic, work hard, and accept the changes that come their way.
Line by Line Meaning
In the evening of the day down in Mobile, Alabama,
When the sun is setting in Mobile, Alabama,
Working on the railroad with the steel driving hammer.
Working hard on the railroad, using a heavy hammer made of steel.
Gotta get some money, buy some brand new shoes,
Need to earn some cash to buy new shoes.
Gotta find somebody, got to lose these blues.
Need to find someone to help alleviate the sadness and frustration I'm feeling.
"She don't love me" hear me singing in the sun,
I'm singing in the sun about how the person I love doesn't love me back.
She better leave me 'til my work is all done.
She would be better off leaving me alone until I finish my work.
In the evening of the day, when the sun is sinking low,
When the day is coming to a close and the sun is setting,
All day I been waiting for the whistle to blow.
I have been waiting all day for the signal to finish work and go home.
Sitting in a teepee built out on the track,
Sitting in a shelter made from a teepee on the railroad tracks.
Rolling bones 'til the foreman comes back.
Playing games with dice until the supervisor returns.
Pick up you belongings boys and scatter about,
Everyone should pick up their things and move away quickly.
We've got an off-schedule train comin' two miles out.
There is a train coming off schedule two miles away.
Everybody's scrambling and running around,
Everyone is rushing and panicking.
Picking up their money, take the teepee down.
Picking up the cash and dismantling the teepee.
Foreman wants to panic, 'bout to go insane,
The supervisor is close to losing control and panicking.
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train.
Attempting to move the workers out of the path of the train.
Engineer blowin' his whistle loud and long,
The train driver is sounding the horn loudly and for a long time.
He can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on.
The train cannot be stopped, it must continue on its course.
Lyrics © OLE MEDIA MANAGEMENT LP
Written by: Chuck Berry
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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2024
A Sensory Superpower
As it turns out, getting chills from music is not as common as you might think. Researchers from USC released a study that suggests that only about 50 percent of people feel things like shivers, a lump in their throat, and goosebumps when they listen to music. What's more, those people might have very different brains than those who don't experience those feelings.
First, they gathered 20 people and had them listen to a selection of their favorite songs. Whenever they felt a chill, they pressed a button. All 20 were then given MRI scans — and the 10 that reported reactions were obvious standouts. Their brains turned out to have a much higher volume of fibers connecting their auditory cortex to the areas that process emotion.
More fibers mean that those two areas of the brain can communicate much more effectively. It also means that, because their emotional processing centers are beefier, those people are more able to experience extreme emotions.
A Feeling of Frisson
This study might shed a light on the causes of the phenomenon, but it's been well documented for years. Actually, it even has a name. The phenomenon of chills or goosebumps that come from a piece of music (or from any other aesthetic experience) is called frisson, and it's been one of the big mysteries of human nature since it was first described.
That's because even if we know the actual mechanism that causes frisson — a close connection to the emotional processing center — we don't know what purpose it could serve us. But other studies have suggested some potential benefits of this kind of behavior.
One report from 2007 found that individuals who experience frisson are more open to new experiences than others, and other studies described higher levels of creativity and intellectual curiosity. In other words, the appreciation of beauty is central to what makes us human, and frisson is just a super-charged version of that appreciation.
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