Genius Lyrics
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Solange – Rise
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Originally written about four years ago, “Rise” was the first song written for Solange’s third full-length album A Seat At The Table, and now serves as the record’s opening track.
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Solange (Ft. Lil Wayne) – Mad
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“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” -James Baldwin
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Solange (Ft. Kelela) – Scales
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In “Scales,” Kelela joins Solange to weigh the value of various status symbols and warns against letting others determine your self-worth.
It may also explore how different people
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Solange – Things I Imagined
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“Things I Imagined” is the introduction to Solange’s fourth studio album When I Get Home. The track begins with Solange repeating the title over an electric piano vamp alongside
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Solange – Dreams
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On the seventh song of When I get Home Solange stresses that dreams will come as long as you are patient and persevere.
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Solange (Ft. BJ the Chicago Kid & The-Dream) – F.U.B.U.
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“F.U.B.U.” is solely and authentically a Black empowerment anthem. As Master P said in the previous interlude, “If you don’t understand my record, you don’t understand me, so this
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Solange – Weary
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Produced by Raphael Saadiq, Sir Dylan & Solange, “Weary” shows Solange as someone that’s ready to take care of herself and ready to fight for her purpose.
Solange asks listeners
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Solange – Way to the Show
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On “Way to the Show” pays homage to her hometown with references to the candy paint jobs that are a staple of Houston culture.
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Solange (Ft. Sampha) – Don't Touch My Hair
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“Don’t Touch My Hair” sees Solange setting limits to the degree in which she’ll compromise her beliefs and identity to satisfy other people.
Asking to touch a Black woman’s hair
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Solange (Ft. Master P) – Interlude: For Us by Us
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After being influenced by Southern rap legend Master P and Louisiana during the recording of this album, Solange had requested that her friend narrate the project.
On this
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Solange – Crush
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[Intro] / Crush / Crush / Crush / [Verse 1] / Come here stranger / Come and dance with me / Listen life changer / Don't fret take a chance with me / When you move like that / I can
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Solange (Ft. Sampha) – Time (is)
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“Time (is)” is the 10th song on Solange’s album featuring Sampha with additional vocals by Tyler, the Creator and Panda Bear. This song is a much slower pace compared to the
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Solange – Don't You Wait
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“Don’t You Wait” directly addresses Solange’s previous audience which celebrated her successful 2012 EP True. During her four year hiatus, she realized white critics felt entitled
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Solange – Sound of Rain
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[Chorus 1] / He think I don't want to tear it up / We came all night long, won't you let it up? / He think I won't want to tear it up / We lit on our own, won't you let it up? / [
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Solange – Don't Wish Me Well
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A song about growth and moving forward in life. Solange will keep moving on but will allow you to join her on the journey.
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Solange – Junie
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“Junie” is a bouncy collaboration with André 3000, inspired by funk artist Junie Morrison of the Ohio Players.
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Solange (Ft. The-Dream) – Binz
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“Binz' features contributions from R&B legend The-Dream as well from as the renowned experimental pop artist Panda Bear of Animal Collective. The song "Didn’t Want to Have to Do It
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Solange – Where Do We Go
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In an interview on Saint Heron, Solange’s mother Tina Lawson details the likely racially charged incident leading to her parents departure from New Iberia, Louisiana:
My parents
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Solange – Stay Flo
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[Intro] / Hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up / Down, down, down on the floor / Down, down, down on the floor / Down, down, down on the floor / Down, down, down on the floor / [
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Solange – Jerrod
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Although Solange rarely sings on the topic of sex, “Jerrod” is the first song in her entire discography to be centred on this theme.
The end of “We Deal With The Freek'n (
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Solange – Bad Girls (Verdine Version)
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“Bad Girls” is about, well, it’s about a bad girl. She’s in school, but she doesn’t enjoy it, she’s in partnerships that she knows won’t last, she’s a “hurricane.”
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Solange – I'm a Witness
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“I’m a Witness” delivers a compelling, prayer-like message from Solange, permitting the control over her body to accomplish what it is that needs to be done.
Layered with cosmic
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Solange – Beltway
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It can be guessed that this song is about the TX-8 Beltway or ‘Beltway 8’; a loop that runs around the circumference of the city of Houston, the place where Solange was born. From
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Solange (Ft. Gucci Mane) – My Skin My Logo
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“My Skin My Logo” is a jazzy, melodic standout from When I Get Home. Solange and Gucci sing about what each other likes.
The song also features additional vocals and production
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Solange – Losing You
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Solange Knowles returns to music after a four-year hiatus with the release of the single and video for “Losing You,” which explores the end of a relationship.
The singer/
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Solange – T.O.N.Y.
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An acronym for “T Other Night. Oh, whY?”, Solange recalls the day after a one-night stand.
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Solange (Ft. Q-Tip) – Borderline (An Ode to Self Care)
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In “Borderline (An Ode to Self Care),” Solange explores the tricky balance of engagement with the world’s struggles and self-preservation. She also teams up with Q-Tip for some
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Read All The Lyrics To Solange’s New Album ‘When I Get Home’
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It’s the follow-up to 2016's ‘A Seat at the Table.’
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Solange – We Deal with the Freak’n (intermission)
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“We Deal with the Freak'n (Intermission)” is the twelfth track on Solange’s fourth studio album, When I Get Home. The track samples the song “Turn Me On” by Rotary Connection, and
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Solange – Down with the Clique
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This song is a reference to all the men and women from Houston that possibly made it big and forgot where they came from. “We (Houston) were down with ya”. “Down With The Clique
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Solange (Ft. Lil Romeo) – True Love
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[Intro] / My heart won't let you go / I love you Romeo / You're my Juliet girl you know! / [Chorus - Solange] / Love has truly been good to me / Not even one sad day / A memory, I
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Solange – This Could Be Love
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[Chorus] / Enlightening, frightening / Always exciting / The timing has gotta mean this could be love / It's crazy, amazing, embracing / It takes me till I'm free / Maybe this
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tobi lou (Ft. Glassface) – Solange
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[Intro] / Quit my job / Can you hit the uh, aye voice modifier thing / Uh, I quit my job on a Monday (Monday) / Uh, actually can you take it off? / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Solange – Locked in Closets
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Solange talks about feeling isolated in childhood and the inability to put herself out there in a relationship in early adulthood.
Don’t worry, the song ends with her finding
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Solange – I Decided, Pt. 1
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“I Decided, Pt. 1” is the lead single from Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams. The song samples The Supremes' “Where Did Our Love Go” and “(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave” by Martha
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Solange (Ft. Beyoncé & Da Brat) – Naive
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[Chorus: Solange & Beyoncé] / I know you think I'm young and naive / But you gotta trust in me / To be strong and responsible / 'Cause I think I'm in love / I know you think I'm
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Solange – Can I Hold the Mic (interlude)
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The sample from “Can a Hold the Mic” comes from a clip featuring rappers Diamond and Princess of the crunk group Crime Mob.
https://youtu.be/35_kqMYuqi8?t=90
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Solange (Ft. Devonté Hynes) – Some Things Never Seem to Fucking Work
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This song is about young love that’s doomed to failure. There’s a chance that this is about Solange’s relationship with her ex-husband and the father of her child, who she married
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Solange (Ft. Tina Lawson) – Interlude: Tina Taught Me
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Solange’s mother Tina Lawson speaks about having pride in and love for her culture and heritage, and why many criticisms of such pride are misguided.
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Solange – Fuck the Industry
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[Verse 1] / I'll never be picture perfect Beyonce / Fly like J-Lo or singing Baby like 'Shanti / I barely comb my hair, yeah, that's on a good day / I don't care what the hood say
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Solange – Don't Let Me Down
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This song details the extent of Solange’s love and all the lengths she’ll go. The only thing she asks is that you don’t let her down.
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Solange – Sandcastle Disco
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[Verse 1] / Who would've known, the wind and the sunshine / Would oh baby, baby, build up these walls of mine / And I can't see you or breathe you / Cause there's trouble right
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Solange – Lovers in the Parking Lot
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Solange regrets toying with a guy’s heart and her inability to commit
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Solange – Exit Scott (interlude)
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[Spoken] / (Love me, love me, love me, love me) / If it were possible to place you in my brain and let you roam around, in and out my thought waves, you would never have to ask, "
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