 Genius Lyrics
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Pearl Jam – Black
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“Black” became one of Pearl Jam’s best-known songs and is a central emotional piece on the album Ten. Despite pressure from Epic Records, the band refused to make it into a single
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Dave – Black
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“Black” serves as the first official single to Dave’s debut studio album Psychodrama, and also marks the first solo track from the South London rapper in 2019 following various
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AC/DC – Back in Black
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“Back In Black” is the title track off AC/DC’s first album with Brian Johnson, and became its third single. The song is a tribute to deceased frontman Bon Scott. When Brian Johnson
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Dierks Bentley – Black
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Black, the title track to Dierks eighth album Black was written for Dierks wife Cassidy.
When speaking to The Boot, Dierks said this about the song:
It was something I was
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Royal Blood – Out of the Black
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“Out Of The Black” is the debut single of Royal Blood, released in late 2013. The track got the band featured as one of BBC’s ‘Sound of 2014’ alongside other up-and-coming artists
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Heaven & Hell – Bible Black
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Bible Black is the first single and the third song of the album The Devil You Know by Heaven and Hell.
It talks about a man who is driven insane (or possessed) by reading a
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Nina Simone – To Be Young, Gifted and Black
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Young, gifted and black / Oh, what a lovely precious dream / To be young, gifted and black / Open your heart to what I mean / In the whole world you know / There's a million boys
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Unlike Pluto (Ft. Mike Taylor) – Everything Black
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“Everything Black,” featuring Mike Taylor, was produced by Unlike Pluto, and released on Monstercat on March 10, 2017. The song was originally previewed on Episode 143 of the
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The Raconteurs – Many Shades of Black
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“Many Shades of Black” was released as a single on the Raconteurs' second album Consolers of the Lonely. The cover art depicts either Mary Todd Lincoln or Abraham Lincoln depending
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My Chemical Romance – Bury Me in Black
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The hidden track of Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge finds the narrator reflecting on his experiences. He made a deal with the Devil hoping to be reunited with his significant other
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Nas (Ft. Hit-Boy) – Ultra Black
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“ULTRA BLACK” is the lead single for Nas' thirteenth studio album, King’s Disease. It debuted one week prior to the project’s release, on August 14, 2020.
Nas first teased the
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Will Smith (Ft. Coko) – Men in Black
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The mega smash-hit theme song from the equally mega smash-hit Men in Black, the 1997 comics-film starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, with the former rapping this track. Coko
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Big Black – Kerosene
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From the Atomizer liner notes:
In small towns, there are few forms of amusement. two prominent ones are easy sex and arson. When the more simple exercises lose their bang, new
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Dayseeker – The Color Black
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[Chorus] / Bruised and bleeding / The embers glow / You couldn't cover her shade of gold / The victim of your own attack / A waste of breath, distorted past / Your soul forever
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XXXTENTACION (Ft. blink-182) – IT'S ALL FADING TO BLACK
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“IT’S ALL FADING TO BLACK” serves as the outro to XXXTENTACION’s final album, Bad Vibes Forever. On the song, X addresses the state he was in before he passed away, illustrating
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The Black Dahlia Murder – Everything Went Black
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Everything Went Black
First song off of 2007’s Nocturnal.
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DAGames – Black
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[Intro] / It's black on black, detonate with the pack now / [Verse 1] / Incinerate the never-ending cycle of anything liable / I am the canvas, a spectrum of darkness, an unholy
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Jerry Jeff Walker – Pot Can't Call The Kettle Black
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Billy Callery / Lace your shoes with country blues / Ramble down that dusty ole road / Take your money down in the town / Gonna get rich in the game / Come on home drunk at day
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KYSLINGO – Black
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[Chorus] / Shoot my shot when I walk through 'cause I feel so cool / There's so many bitches I still won't do / Heard all them people, I don't want to / Whatever I do I'ma still
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Heart Attack Man – Pitch Black
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Rock bottom smile bares its rotting teeth again / Acts like there’s nothing wrong and they’re still my closest friend / Romanticize the fondest memories and good times / And hope
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Run–DMC – Proud to be Black
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Raising Hell was Run-D.M.C.’s third studio album. It was released in 1986 and peaked at number 1 on US Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album. Hailing from Hollis, Queens, New York, rap
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Big L – All Black
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Off Big L’s magnum opus, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous, he warns other rappers to watch out or he will attempt actual murder. All black referring to the suits worn at funerals
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Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi (Ft. Norah Jones) – Black
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The song was released as part of Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi’s album Rome.
The track experienced a spike in popularity after being included in the final episode of the fourth
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Okkervil River – Black
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This track is a plea from the album’s titular character, the Black Sheep Boy, to a woman named Cynda Moore to let him to get emotionally closer to her. We learn through his
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goreshit – Black is the New Black
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Can I catch your eye, sir? / Can I be what you like, yeah / I could be the right girl / Tell me if you like your lady in my-my color / Can I be your type? yeah / Can I catch your
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Nevermore – Dreaming Neon Black
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[Verse 1] / Sometimes when I'm alone, I still feel you / Your breath on my neck / You're still with me / And I'm still dreaming neon black / [Pre-Chorus] / I wait for you / To
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The Quick Brown Fox – The Big Black
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[Intro] / Riddle me this / Riddle me that / Who's afraid of the big black? / [Screaming] / [Instrumental]
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Wilco – Pot Kettle Black
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This song deals with the notion of “the other” in oneself and also the hypocritical tendencies of people.
The speaker sees the “rival” (“the other”) in people and how this rival
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Mark Lanegan – Gray Goes Black
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[Verse 1] / Don’t you turn off my radio / Please don’t turn off my radio / Not with the rope still swinging / While eternity's mouth is singing / [Chorus 1] / So insect, I'm in
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