Fire It Up

Album: We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
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Songfacts®:

  • The phrase "Fire It Up" can mean to light a marijuana cigarette, but according to Modest Mouse lead singer Isaac Brock, that was not his intention. He told Rolling Stone magazine: "I was saying 'Fire It Up' in the sense of turning over a car. But I highly approve of stoners and stoner anthems."

Comments: 2

  • Kane from Wytheville, Vafire it up! fire it up?
    what are we lightin up n****a
    is it an ounce of majuwana
    hell yea boy
    light that b**** up!
  • Kp from Denton, Va"Fire it up, fire it up
    When we fix the carburetor
    Then we'll push off once again
    In an hour or so later"

    its not about weed.
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