This song is meant to inspire the idea of leaving behind what you know, in order to possibly obtain something even better.
By recounting his parent’s statement that “good things come in two”, and then saying that he doesn’t have two of many things, Waltz is insinuating that the advice may have been...
[Verse 1]
Mother nature never meant to birth another child like me
Sitting in this grass smoke a cigarette but you ain’t getting high like me (yeah)
Papa ain’t no Rolling Stone (no no no)
Developed this all on my own (yeah)
A woman never loved me long
It’s temporary
Not my home
[Chorus]
So I’m gon’ burn this rubber I’m gon’ burn this gasoline
And set it on fire, fire, fire, fire
Hope someone sees and puts me out
Instead they start a riot, riot, riot
So I’m gon’ burn this rubber I’m gon’ burn this gasoline
And set it on fire, fire, fire, fire
Hope someone sees and puts me out
Instead they start a riot, riot, riot
[Verse 2]
My mama told me good things come in two
But I don’t got two girlfriends, two friends, two chains
My daddy told me good things come and go
Advice don’t really help, ‘cause I can’t help myself
My mama told me good things come in two
But I don’t got two girlfriends, two friends, two chains
My daddy told me good things come and go
Advice don’t really help, ‘cause I can’t help myself
[Chorus]
So I’m gon’ burn this rubber I’m gon’ burn this gasoline
And set it on fire, fire, fire, fire
Hope someone sees and puts me out
Instead they start a riot, riot, riot
So I’m gon’ burn this rubber I’m gon’ burn this gasoline
And set it on fire, fire, fire, fire
Hope someone sees and puts me out
Instead they start a riot, riot, riot
[Verse 3]
(Ice ice cold)
Mama was a lady
Side chick was a no
Watson street killa white boy slinging blow
Mean[?]
[?] meant this really slow
Porch smoking that blue at the crib
Her daddy was a racist homophobic
I just snatch some juice from out his fridge
Leave a trail of glitter at the door
And we been watching too much westerns
Now we pistol pop
[Hook]
So I’m gon’ burn this rubber I’m gon’ burn this gasoline
And set it on fire, fire, fire, fire
Hope someone sees and puts me out
Instead they start a riot, riot, riot
So I’m gon’ burn this rubber I’m gon’ burn this gasoline
And set it on fire, fire, fire, fire
Hope someone sees and puts me out
Instead they start a riot riot riot
[Outro x4]
We just want to be loved
We need money and drugs
And a new place to stay
Riot was written by Jack Dine & Eric Lynch & Jon Waltz.
Riot was produced by RNDYSVGE & Jack Dine & Eric Lynch.
“‘Riot’ started as a song about rich kids in Calabasas — affluent minorities conscious about being affluent minorities — and then turned into a song about generational values and internal conflict. It’s about who I was five years go versus who I am today. I had a moment last week where I said to mys...