Run It Up (Kate Bush Remix)

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Chorus

REAPER MAN oh

REAPER MAN yeah

REAPER MAN uh

Yeah

Say it

REAPER MAN yeah haha

Run it run it run it run it up

Run that mother fucking money up

Run that shit REAPER MAN yeah

Say it

REAPER MAN uh

REAPER MAN yeah

Ooh

Verse 1

Ima run that money all the way up darling

Ima run that money up for my dead momma

Ima run that money up till I drive a H1 Hummer

Twenty two-inch rims on the Impala

Ima mother fucking baller

Chorus

REAPER MAN Say it

Yeah yeah ooh

REAPER MAN ooh

Run that shit haha

Run it run it run it run it up

Run that mother fucking money up

Run that shit REAPER MAN yeah

Say it

REAPER MAN ooh

REAPER MAN yeah

Say it

REAPER MAN uh

Verse 2

I don' need a AR I need like twenty

I need a hundred thousand bullets just to fucking hold me

I got a bad bitch

I fold her like a rollie pollie

Ima ninety three baby rock a mullet like a rock n' roll roadie yeah

Chorus

REAPER MAN oh

REAPER MAN yeah

REAPER MAN uh

REAPER MAN yeah

REAPER MAN yeah haha ooh

Run it run it run it run it up

Run that mother fucking money up

Run that shit REAPER MAN yeah

REAPER MAN uh (woo)

REAPER MAN yeah

REAPER MAN uh

Kill the mic

Meaning & Analysis

Run It Up (Kate Bush Remix) is a hype money anthem built on chanting his own name. The chorus is almost all call-and-response, "REAPER MAN, say it", wrapped around one order: run that money up. The first verse gives the song its heart, "I'ma run that money up for my dead momma", which ties the hustle back to the loss in Walk It Off. The goals are classic: an H1 Hummer and 22-inch rims on the Impala. The second verse turns cartoonishly over the top, needing twenty ARs and a hundred thousand bullets, and ends with a "ninety three baby" rocking a mullet like a rock and roll roadie. It closes with "Kill the mic."

Lyric Annotations

Run it run it run it run it up / Run that mother fucking money up

"Run it up" means stacking money higher and higher. That's the whole mission of the song.

Ima run that money up for my dead momma

The heart of the song: the hustle is in honor of his mother, the same loss as in Walk It Off.

Ima run that money up till I drive a H1 Hummer / Twenty two-inch rims on the Impala

Classic dream rides: the original Hummer H1, and a Chevy Impala on 22-inch rims.

I fold her like a rollie pollie

A roly-poly is a little bug that curls up into a ball.

Ima ninety three baby rock a mullet like a rock n' roll roadie yeah

A "ninety-three baby" means someone born in 1993. The mullet and roadie line is a wink at old-school rock style.

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