 Genius Lyrics
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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 – The Charade (Made In America Festival 2012)
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[Intro] / Philadelphia, how y'all feel? / Alright, everybody put the Black fist up in the air / Put your fist in the air / This for Trayvon / This for Trayvon, Sean Bell, everybody
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – The Charade Samples
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See all of “The Charade” by D'Angelo and the Vanguard’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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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 – 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 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 – When I Die (Made In America Festival 2012)
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[Intro] / [Harmonizing] / Oh-oh, hey, oh / Philly / [Refrain] / Said when I die, I hope I'd be, huh / The kind of man that you thought I'd be / [Interlude] / Alright, hey, oh-oh-oh
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Black Thought – Thank You Samples
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See all of “Thank You” by Black Thought’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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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 – Devil's Pie (Made In America Festival 2012)
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[Instrumental] / [Chorus] / Fuck the slice, we want the pie / Why ask why 'til we fry / Watch us all stand in line / For a slice of the devil's pie, come on / Drugs and thugs
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Back to the Future (Part II)
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(I just wanna say) / I just wanna, I just wanna / I just wanna go back now / I just wanna go back now baby, baby / The season may come and your luck just may run out / And all that
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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 – 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 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 – Sugar Daddy Jam (Made In America Festival 2012)
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[Intro] / Uh, uh, good God / Woo, uh, uh, good God / [Verse 1] / It's just the way she's so raw and uncut, uh-huh, good God / She needs a spankin' to shake her up / And I just wish
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Seventh Angelo – Dog Out The Cage
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(Hook) / Lemonade coupe diamond bleed like rarri / Serenade you hear the engine throttle / Lady touching on me ay, baby girl i'm tryna play you / Taking off her barricades, I ain't
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D'Angelo – Chicken Grease (Made In America Festival 2012)
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[Instrumental] / [Intro] / Illadelph', how y'all feeling out there? / Woo, huh, good God, come on / Lord, huh, huh, huh / Illadelph', everybody put your hands together / Come on
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D'Angelo – Untitled (How Does It Feel) [Made In America Festival 2012]
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[Instrumental] / [Intro: D'Angelo] / Ooh-hoo— / [Verse: D'Angelo, Audience] / Girl, it's only you / Have it your way / And if you want, you can decide / That if you'll have me, I
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D'Angelo – Shit, Damn, Motherfucker (Made In America Festival 2012)
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[Verse 1] / Why are you sleeping with my woman? / Why are you sleeping with my woman? Yeah, come on / This comes as a total surprise / Oh, I just can't believe my eyes / Oh, my
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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 – Brown Sugar (Made In America Festival 2012)
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[Intro] / Ooh, ah, ooh, uh, it ain't over, ah, uh, we're not done / Ah, ooh, uh, it ain't over, ah, ooh, we're not done / Ah, ooh, uh, it ain't over, ah, ooh, uh, we're not done
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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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Clarkey
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Not stopping until every D'Angelo song is decoded.
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Nathan Angelo – They Ain't Far Behind
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Altercations, situations, aggrevations / Rain on my parade / Can you pour me a glass of that fine / Whining about, someway somehow, getting up out / Common place charades / Can you
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Arch Enemy – Web of Lies
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[Intro] / Weaving a web of lies and deceit / It's a dangerous game we play / [Verse 1] / All this time / The pain eating us away / All this time / The memories refuse to fade / A
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Black Thought (Ft. KIRBY) – Thank You
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[Verse 1: Black Thought] / Uh / Thanks for the memories / For 1st and 3rd of the month check deliveries / Agencies in the early '80s for givin' cheese / To families with parents
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GWAR – Triumph of the Pig Children
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[Verse 1] / When a man makes a plan that will conquer an age / When a man takes a man and he puts him in a cage / When a man makes a man into sand / And he blows him away / He took
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