 Genius Lyrics
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D'Angelo – Untitled (How Does It Feel)
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“Untitled (How Does It Feel)” became notorious for its sexually charged video featuring a series of lingering shots of D'Angelo’s nude body that split the difference between mass
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D'Angelo – Send It On
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“Send It On” is dedicated to D'Angelo’s newborn son and was the first song recorded for Voodoo. Co-written by his former girlfriend and the mother of his son, singer Angie Stone
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D'Angelo – Lady
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“Lady” is a collaboration between soul men D'Angelo and Raphael Saadiq that was released as the third single from Brown Sugar. The gold single peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot
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D'Angelo – Alright
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[Intro] / Oh / Yeah / [Verse 1] / That's alright (That's alright) / We may have a misunderstanding / That's okay (That's okay) / Because you're my girl and I'm your man / And that'
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D'Angelo – Smooth
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[Intro] / Yeah, woah / Yeah, yeah / [Verse 1] / How do you retain your cool, babe? / Seems your love breaks all the rules, hey, hey, hey / You may think that I'm a pro / But I can
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Another Life
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[Verse 1] / How does one attempt to be / The kind of friend that you would want to keep? / I just want to say to thee / Even though it might be hard to believe / The candy-coated
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard (Ft. Gina Figueroa) – Really Love
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“Really Love” sees D'Angelo croon over a girl who has been with him since day one. The song is believed to be one of the earliest to be recorded from the album. In 2007, Questlove
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D'Angelo – Devil's Pie
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“Devil’s Pie” is a sparse funk diatribe on the excess of money and materialism in Hip Hop, with a minor reference to Five Percenter philosophy A Spin magazine columnist later cited
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Prayer
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[Verse 1] / Soul prayer, soul prayer / Hallowed be thy name / Kingdom come, will be done, oh yeah / I do... the devil on your feet / I know that he will, he will try to stop you
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Sugah Daddy
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[Produced by D´Angelo, James Gadson & Pino Palladino] / [Verse 1] / It's just the way she's so raw and uncut / She needs a spankin' to shake her up / And I just wish that I could
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D'Angelo – Spanish Joint
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“Spanish Joint” was one of the last songs to be recorded for Voodoo. In a May 2014 interview with Red Bull Music Academy, Russell Elevado describes how D'Angelo was wrapping up the
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D'Angelo – Africa
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“Africa” is a song dedicated to D’Angelo’s son. ?uestlove revealed in a blog post that borrowed the beat for this song from his favorite Prince song, the 1986 cut “I Wonder U.”
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D'Angelo – The Root
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[Intro] / (Talk to y'all, tell you a story, namsayin?) / (One, two, three, four) / [Verse 1] / She done worked a root, ooh-ooh / Done worked a root that will not be reversed / Yeah
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D'Angelo – Higher
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[Intro] / Yeah, oh-oh / Hey, oh / Hey / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / Ooh-ooh-ooh / Oh, woah / Ooh / Hey / Hey / [Verse 1] / Feels like Heaven, yeah, when I think about you
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – The Door
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I told you once but twice / You wasn't very nice / In your hands you held my life / I told you once but twice, my love / Don't lock yourself out that door / No, no, no / Don't lock
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D'Angelo – Playa Playa
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Voodoo’s opening track is a braggadocious, sparse funk track that kicks off the album on a slightly menacing tone. This was the first track recorded for the album when D'Angelo was
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D'Angelo – Cruisin'
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“Cruisin',” this quiet-storm love song by D'Angelo, is a cover of Smokey Robinson’s 1979 hit of the same name. The track was released as the second single from his debut album and
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D'Angelo – Feel Like Makin' Love
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“Feel Like Makin’ Love” was released as the final single from Voodoo and is a cover of the June 1974 soul classic of the same name by Roberta Flack. Lauryn Hill was originally
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D'Angelo – The Line
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[Intro] / Let me tell you about it (Oh, yeah) / I wanna tell you about it (Yeah) / Let me tell you / [Verse 1] / I've been gone (Yeah, huh), gone so long / Just wanna sing (Huh
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D'Angelo – Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine
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On Brown Sugar’s fourth single, D'Angelo illustrates his feelings for his long-time crush in hopes of finally making the move to pursue her. This was one of the songs he created in
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D'Angelo – I Found My Smile Again
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This song, which first appeared on the 1996 Space Jam soundtrack, was actually an outtake from D'Angelo’s debut album, Brown Sugar.
?uestlove said they recorded “Playa Playa
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D'Angelo – Chicken Grease
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“Chicken Grease” was originally intended) for Common’s March 2000 album, Like Water for Chocolate, but after writing it, D'Angelo wanted it for his own album.
It contains an
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D'Angelo – When We Get By
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[Intro] / Yeah, yeah / Hey, oh-oh, oh-oh / Yeah, yeah / Oh / Ooh, oh / Yeah, oh / [Verse 1] / When we get by, we'll make it by / When we get by with love / I look in your eyes
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D'Angelo – She's Always In My Hair
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“She’s Always In My Hair” is a cover of the May 1985 Prince song of the same name. The track was recorded for the Scream 2 soundtrack and D'Angelo also played it live as a closing
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D'Angelo – Brown Sugar
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Although it may seem so at first listen, “Brown Sugar” is not a love song about a dark-skinned woman. The track is an ode to marijuana, specifically the indica strain of the same
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Betray My Heart
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On “Betray My Heart,” D'Angelo addresses someone he loves and promises in a reassuring way that he will always be there for him/her, feeling a sincere love.
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – The Charade
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One of the most explicitly political songs on Black Messiah, “The Charade” discusses the Black experience in America and the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
From engineer Ben
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D'Angelo (Ft. Method Man & Redman) – Left & Right
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“Left & Right,” the second single from Voodoo features guest vocals by hip-hop duo Method Man and Redman who also co-wrote the song.
The song contains a sample from Eric B. & Rakim
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Ain't That Easy
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[Verse 1] / Take a toke of smoke from me as you dream inside / Let your days slip away come with me and ride / My darling, you aren't the average kind / You need the comfort of my
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Till It's Done (Tutu)
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[Verse 1] / In a world where we all circle the fiery sun / With a need for love / What have we become? / Tragedy flows unbound and there's no place to run / 'Til it's done
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D'Angelo – Use Me
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[Intro: David Sanborn] / He's one of the most soulful and talented musicians around / Doing the Bill Withers tune "Use Me," please welcome D'Angelo / [Instrumental Break] / [Verse
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D'Angelo – One Mo' Gin
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“One Mo' Gin,” with a sonic similarity to someone stirring a humongous pot of gumbo somewhere in Haiti, is a vaguely Prince-inspired musing that finds D'Angelo singing to “the one
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Jeymes Samuel, D'Angelo & JAY-Z – I Want You Forever
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[Intro: D'Angelo] / Yeah / [Pre-Chorus: D'Angelo] / All I wanna say is that I love you so much / I don't wanna be without you, I want you forever / All I wanna say is that I love
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D'Angelo (Ft. AZ) – Lady (Remix - Just Tha Beat Mix)
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[Chorus: D'Angelo] / You're my lady / You're my lady / You're my lady / You're my lady / [Verse 1: D'Angelo] / Don't think I don't see them looking at you / All of them wishing
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D'Angelo – Shit, Damn, Motherfucker
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“Shit, Damn, Motherfucker” details a man coming home to find his wife in bed with his best friend. In anger, he shoots both of him, leading to his arrest. The lyrics are
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D'Angelo – Unshaken
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SPOILERS FOR RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2
“Unshaken” is a song that appears in Red Dead Redemption 2 at the gang’s lowest point. During a ride to Shady Belle, Arthur is left to reflect
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D'Angelo – Greatdayndamornin'/Booty
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Part 1: Greatdayndamornin' / [Intro] / Oh-woah / Oh-woah / Oh-oh-oh, oh / Yeah, yeah / Yeah / Oh / Woah / Yeah / [Verse 1] / Today, I played it safe / Cards are in my favor, yeah (
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Back to the Future, Pt. 1
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[Intro] / I think this is just being so / Carefree and loss (ohh) / Its natural [Incomprehensible] / Soon at the bar / Know what I am saying, its just hard / Just whatever the fuck
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – 1000 Deaths
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“1000 Deaths” folds the old adage about cowards and soldiers into a word about guns, fear and desperation, and contains a message similar to the By Any Means Necessary speech from
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Lauryn Hill – Nothing Even Matters (Feat D'Angelo)
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Now the skies could fall / Not even if my boss should call / The world it seems so very small / 'Cause nothing even matters at all / Nothing even matters / Nothing even matters at
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Common & D'Angelo – So Far to Go
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Produced by J Dilla, 9th track from Common’s Finding Forever album.
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D'Angelo – Jonz in My Bonz
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“Jonz in My Bonz” is a sultry track that sees D'Angelo profess his desire for his woman. “Jones” is a term for a “strong desire or craving;” in D’s case, his woman.
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Bailey Wiley (Ft. Noah Slee) – Put D’Angelo On
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[Intro] / (No, no, no, no, yeah / Ooh, ooh ooh-ooh ooh) / [Verse 1] / Let me take your clothes off (Let me take your clothes) / And let me love you real good / Change your mind if
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David August – D'ANGELO
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[Verse 1] / This is where you want to be? / Show it to me / I didn't know / Is it what you really see? / I hope you care / I want to grow / [Chorus] / You were dealing me in / In
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D'Angelo – Soultronic (Live At The Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden, July 8, 2000)
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[Intro] / Full time now / Hit me / Keep it going / [Verse] / Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah / I think I wanna talk to sister / Good Lord, yeah, I think I wanna talk to sister / I'm alright, I
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