 Genius Lyrics
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Big Thief – Black Diamonds
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So much coming in / I do not know where to begin / I just follow the lead you're pulling / And I get lost in your trail / So much more to tell / You just ask me if I'm doing well
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Big Thief – Black Diamonds (Live at The Bunker Studio)
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So much coming in / I do not know where to begin / I just follow the lead you're pulling / And I get lost in your trail / So much more to tell / You just ask me if I'm doing well
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Big Thief – Terminal Paradise (Live at The Bunker Studio)
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[Verse 1] / Warm / So warm / Screaming in the field / As I was born / Worm / Will you return me / To the robin's beak? / I'll be a bird / [Chorus] / Terminal / We both know / Let
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Big Thief – Cattails (Live at The Bunker Studio)
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[Studio Chatter] / Maybe I should make it more dead like / I kinda like it / I liked it before, like, how clear it is / Maybe a little more dead / Yeah, that's nice / [Verse 1
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Big Thief – Forgotten Eyes (Live at The Bunker Studio)
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[Verse 1] / Forgotten eyes are the ones which we lose / Forgotten hands are the ones which we choose / To let go of, but it is no less a bruise / On the collective arm keeping us
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Big Thief – Not (Live at The Bunker Studio)
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(It's gone live) / (One) / [Verse 1] / It's not the energy reeling / Nor the lines in your face / Nor the clouds on the ceiling / Nor the clouds in space / It's not the phone on
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Frank Ocean – Pyramids
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This is Frank Ocean’s near 10 minute long tale of the ancient history of the Black woman, and her gradual decline from a Queen in her homeland to her now degrading role in the
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Big Thief – Shoulders (Live at The Bunker Studio)
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[Verse 1] / Please wake up / Please wake up / Touch my skin and tell me where you've been / You brought me in / You brought me in / So touch my skin and tell me where you've been
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Raekwon (Ft. Chip Banks) – Blue Diamonds
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[Raekwon] / Call me the flyest jewel thief in the town jewelry nympho with info / All I need is three hold me down where the joints at chill / Its one big rockless glass And its
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Big Thief – Mary
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‘Mary’ was written by Adrianne Lenker in the home which inspired the sentiment of the lyrics. In an interview with NPR, Lenker spoke about the inspiration for the song.
She first
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Big Thief – Red Moon
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[Verse 1] / Red moon rising like a fire in me / So many questions, she asks them all to me / I have to answer most curiously / Scarlet angel, I am too small to see / Earn, earn
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Kodak Black (Ft. Offset & Travis Scott) – ZEZE
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Kodak Black enlists Offset and Travis Scott for “ZEZE,” a song on which the trio discusses their decadent lifestyles on the song. Produced by Chicago-native d.a. got that dope
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Big Thief – Haley
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Just like that, she is / I mean / We are, we are gone for good / For closing my eye / Too soon / Missed the room / Old magpie / It just passed me through / [Chorus] / Oh, when it
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KOFIE DIAMONDS – Gunshot
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Gunshot in the middle of the day / Mi buss the nine and mi buss the A-K / Nuh love drink but mi will spliff the high-grade / From mi get the drop mi a slide like skate / Gun shot
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy
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“Juicy” is the first single from Big’s debut album, Ready to Die, and is the track that established him as a titan.
It was one of the first mainstream rap songs about a rapper’s
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Big Thief – Shark Smile
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[Verse 1] / She was a shark smile in a yellow van / She came around and I stole her glance / In my youth, a vampire / Evelyn shone quiet as roses sting / It came over me at a bad
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Big Thief – Coma
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This song describes a woman whose mother was put into a coma by an unspecified man (maybe her husband, the narrator’s father?). However, her ailment is described as a “protective
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Young Thug – With Them
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This song premiered at Kanye’s The Life of Pablo Yeezy Season 3 listening session in Madison Square Garden.
The night before the release of Slime Season 3, Kanye West tweeted the
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Big Thief – Mythological Beauty
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This was the first single from Big Thief’s sophomore album, Capacity. The song is a meditation on the sacrifices, both literal and emotional, young parents are forced to take on.
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Big Thief – Objects
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Old volcanoes melting / Love is overwhelming / Letting your insides out / Blind altercation / Open invitation / Breaking your guard down / Leaving the familiar / Air is getting
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Young Thug – Raw (Might Just)
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[Verse 1] / These nigga's knock off diamonds are shining / But they ain't blinding / No pizza, bitch, I got banks in my pockets / Where's the ladder I'm climbing / She gon' pop
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Big Thief – Capacity
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I wrote the song “Capacity” after a dream. I woke up at my sister’s house in the woods and basically just wrote down the dream. Every verse is a part of the dream. I took the word
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Big Thief – Great White Shark
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[Verse 1] / Mercury, creeping on the sea / How she wails, flails her arms and weeps / Accumulation of debris / Lips apart, flapping as a lark / For in the dark there is release / [
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Big Thief – Watering
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This song depicts a woman who is being stalked. It is told mostly from her perspective, with the exception of the last verse and the following refrain, which are narrated by the
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Big Thief – Pretty Things
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In an interview with Stereogum, Lenker says:
“Well the main thing that I’ll say without ruining the song is that the chorus is something that I like to focus on as a mantra. “
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Kanye West (Ft. Cam'ron & Consequence) – Gone
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In the closing track off 2005’s Late Registration, Cam'ron, Consequence, and Kanye West himself deliver some of their best verses ever over a classic sample of Otis Redding’s “It’s
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Kanye West (Ft. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Pusha T) – Mercy
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Matthew 5:7, which states “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy,” contrasts starkly with the song’s portrayal of “Mercy” as a symbol of materialism and excess
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Young Thug – Halftime
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The iconic “Halftime" is an epitome of Young Thug’s unique style. With innovative vocals and a legendary 11-second-long “Skrrt” ad-lib, “Halftime” displays Thugger’s technical
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Young Thug (Ft. Lil Uzi Vert) – Big Racks
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On the introductory track to Young Thug’s mixtape, “Slime Season 2”, Uzi & Thugger brag about their ice and their stardom. Lil Uzi Vert used to use this track as the first song he
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Bootleg (Ft. Top Authority) – Knock, Knock
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“Knock, Knock” is track #3 on Bootleg’s 2006 LP The Product.
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Kodak Black – Pimpin Ain't Eazy
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One month before the start of his Dying to Live Tour, Kodak Black keep his fans waiting with a brand new single, “Pimpin' Ain’t Eazy.” The song comes with an accompanying music
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Nas (Ft. FerQuan) – Just a Moment
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“Just a Moment” is the third and last single from Nas' Street’s Disciple. It features his protégé Quan and is produced by L.E.S.. Its lyrics ask for moments of silence for many
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Iluvvmyclique – Want Me (Remix)
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[Chorus] / Lightskin shawty in some of my classes / Big brown eyes and they under her lashes / On top of her lashes she wearin' some glasses / Talk all the time in like two of my
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Sia (Ft. Sean Paul) – Cheap Thrills (Remix)
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“Cheap Thrills” was originally released as a promo single back in December 2015, but its remix from the legendary Sean Paul gave it new life. It was pushed to radio and became Sia’
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Beyoncé (Ft. Childish Gambino, JAY-Z & Oumou Sangaré) – MOOD 4 EVA
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“MOOD 4 EVA” is the twelfth track on Beyoncé’s specially-curated The Lion King accompaniment project, The Gift, and functions as a celebratory anthem. It features JAY-Z and her
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DJ Kay Slay (Ft. 3D Na'Tee, Aobie, AZ, Big Daddy Kane, Big Dubez, Billy Danze, Black Thought, Bodega Bamz, Bun B, Bynoe, Cassidy, Chris Rivers, Chuck D, Coke La Rock, Consequence, Conway the Machine, Cory Gunz, Dave East, DJ Doo Wop, Drag-On, E-A-Ski, E.D.I. Mean, Freddie Foxxx, Fredro Starr, Fred the Godson, Ghostface Killah, Gillie Da Kid, Grandmaster Caz, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Grand Puba, Greg Nice, Gunplay, Havoc, Hocus45th, Ice-T, Inspectah Deck, Jim Jones, Joell Ortiz, Jon Connor, J.R. Writer, Junior Reid, Kaflow Kaboom, King Kirk, Kool DJ Red Alert, Kool G Rap, KRS-One, KXNG Crooked, Lil' Cease, Lil' Fame, Loaded Lux, Locksmith, Lord Jamar, Lord Tariq, Maino, McGruff, MC Serch, MC Shan, Merkules, Metta Sandiford-Artest, Mike Cee, Millyz, Mistah F.A.B., Ms. Hustle, Mysonne, Nino Man, Omar Epps, OT the Real, Oun-P, Page Kennedy, Papoose, Peter Gunz, Pretty Tone Capone, PTKNY, Raekwon, Rah Digga, Ransom, Ras Kass, Redman, RJ Payne, Rock (Heltah Sk
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[Intro: DJ Kay Slay & Sheek Louch] / Trackateering Music / Man, y'all did it with this one here, y'all / People love to use that quote, "I'm doin' it for the culture" / But what
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Fugees (Ft. Kool DJ Red Alert) – Manifest/Outro
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Samples:
Big Daddy Kane – Ain’t No Half-Steppin'
Poor Righteous Teachers – Rock Dis Funky Joint
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Pimpton – Off Top
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[Hook] / Diamonds and gold I need that off top / Bitch better have my money off top / She bust that pie wide open off top / I'm diving mining pearl that's off top / Plug said come
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