About this song
Gravy & Biscuits is the sixth track on Injury Reserve's self-titled album and is the most upbeat song on it. The song draws much of its lyrical material from other songs, with interpolations of Outkast's "Humble, Mumble", Jay-Z's "Can't Knock The Hustle", Goodie Mob, Michael Jackson, De La Soul, and two earlier Injury Reserve mixtape songs. Its opening lines repeat lyrics from the album's first track, which the text describes as an interpolation of an interpolation. The text says it contains the most lyrical interpolation of any Injury Reserve song.
What it's about
The chorus uses the phrase "gravy and biscuits" to say that everything is alright, in the same way as the common expression "everything is gravy, baby".
Fun facts
- Samples “Cell Therapy by Goodie Mob”.
- Written by Jay Washington, Parker Corey, RiTchie and Stepa J. Groggs.
- Produced by Injury Reserve.