“Boogie Down” is a story about a guy trying to get with a girl in a bar. This can clearly be seen with him using the term “checking out her/my components,” being a double-entendre for sex. He uses things like how he knows how to play guitar, constantly complementing, and trying to show pure confiden...
[Verse 1]
Riding in your tank like you own it, oh
You keep on riding in your tank like you own it, uh
I said you know I want to check out your components, uh
Girl, you know I want to check out your components
[Pre-Chorus]
Bombing up the place like you own it, oh
You keep on bombing up the place like you own it, oh
I said you got the goods so baby, won't you flaunt it, oh yeah
You got the goods so baby won't you flaunt it, going to flaunt it
[Chorus]
Said it's cool, you're touching my hand
Yeah it's cool, it's cool, where we riding to?
So come on sugar, you're touching my hand
Yeah it's cool it's cool, where we riding to?
So look out
[Verse 2]
I'm playing my guitar like I own it, oh
I keep on playing my guitar like I own it, yeah
I said you know you want to check out my components, yeah
That's right you know you want to check out my components
[Pre-Chorus]
You're touching on my hand like you want it, oh
You keep on touching on my hand like you want it, oh
I said you got the goods so baby, won't you flaunt it, yeah
You got the goods so baby won't you flaunt it, going to flaunt it, yeah
[Chorus]
Said it's cool, you're touching my hand
Yeah it's cool, it's cool, where we riding to?
So come on sugar, you're touching my hand
Yeah it's cool it's cool, where we riding to?
[Outro]
Said come on
Yeah come on, said where we riding to?
Yeah come on
Said come on, said where we riding to?
Come on
Boogie Down was written by Ben Goldwasser & Andrew VanWyngarden.
Boogie Down was produced by David Perlick Molinari.
MGMT released Boogie Down on Tue Aug 30 2005.