This song is about being in quarantine due to COVID-19. To be rolled up means to be stuck at home, unable to do anything.
Benny is trying to make the best out of it (“it’s not too bad”), but still he is sad that he can’t do anything.
[Verse 1: Mac DeMarco & Benny Sings]
Rolled up, tossed out
Trying to understand why my life's gone south
Oh I’m holed up, locked out, shut in, held down
There you are, right out of bed
The lucky charm I never had
Is this my life, it’s not too bad
Still I’m rolled up, tossed out
[Verse 2: Mac DeMarco & Benny Sings]
Roll with, without
Finally see the sun through all of those clouds
Holed up, locked out, shut in, held down
Don’t be afraid to leave it all behind
Tomorrow is a new day
Pack up and get out of here, we’re driving tonight
Until you’re back, till you’re rolled out
Rolled Up was written by Mac DeMarco & Benny Sings.
Rolled Up was produced by Benny Sings.
Benny Sings released Rolled Up on Wed Oct 14 2020.
I loved Mac DeMarco’s album ‘This Old Dog’. I played that so much in my house. So I contacted him, if he wanted to write. Never thought he would, But he did! So we made this track in his studio when I was in LA. Pretty exciting for me, but also strangely familiar. I think we come from the same place...