Genius Lyrics
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Stevie Wonder – Happy Birthday
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Today a staple at birthday parties, Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” originally served as an unofficial commercial to call up people to sign the petition for a Martin Luther King
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Nas – Fever
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[Intro] / Uh-huh / [Verse 1] / Early on the wake up, cunning as the father of the 12 sons of Jacob / Shake up the world, cake crumbs / Cover my gold teeth, cufflinks, waiters
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The Twilight Orchestra – Happy Birthday
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[Instrumental]
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Brotherhood of Man – Happy Birthday
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[Verse 1] / But, It doesn't make much sense / There ought to be a law against / Anyone who takes offense / At a day in your celebration / We all know in our minds / There ought to
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Saxtribution – Happy Birthday
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[Instrumental]
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Ray Rashad – November 1st
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[Intro] / It’s just different / So special / A special occasion for somebody special / Woo / [Verse] / It’s ya soul day, Biggie it’s ya soul day / It’s ya notifications blow up ya
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Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder – For Once In My Life
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[Verse 1: Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder] / For once in my life, I have someone who needs me / Someone I've needed so long / For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me / And
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Aneka – Ooh Shooby Doo Doo Lang
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[Verse 1] / My name is Sue and I'm a singer / I'm working nearly all the time / On the radio and all the big rock shows / And almost ev'ry record you can buy / [Pre-Chorus] / I
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India.Arie – Private Party Samples
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See all of “Private Party” by India.Arie’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Lenny Kravitz – Happy Birthday
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This morning is a special morning / We gonna party all day long / We'll gonna celebrate the day that you were born / And we will start right with this song / Happy, happy, happy
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Stevie Wonder – Isn't She Lovely?
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“Isn’t She Lovely?” is a song that celebrates the birth of Stevie’s daughter, Aisha Morris. Morris was his first child and is now a singer herself.
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Stevie Wonder – Lately
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[Verse 1] / Lately, I have had the strangest feeling / With no vivid reason here to find / Yet the thought of losing you's been hanging / 'Round my mind / Far more frequently you'
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Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin')
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The Reggae-inspired “Master Blaster (Jammin')” was the first single off Stevie Wonder’s 1980 album Hotter Than July. The song interpolates “Jamming” by Bob Marley and the Wailers
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Angie Stone – You Will Know
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[Intro] / Lonely one of young so brokenhearted / You know, when I got the call to do a Stevie song / I was surprised, a little intimidated / I had to sift through 'cause I knew
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Stevie Wonder – Superstition
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“Superstition” was a pivotal shift not only in Stevie Wonder’s career, but also in popular black music. The song in some ways represents the end of the Civil Rights Movement and
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Common (Ft. Stevie Wonder) – Black America Again
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“Black America Again” combines powerful, socially conscious lyrics with a jazz-infused instrumental. It is also the title track appearing on Common’s forthcoming album by the same
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Stevie Wonder – As If You Read My Mind
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[Verse 1] / Close your eyes ‘til the morning / Close your eyes ‘til the early dew / Get inside what you've been missing / Are the very first words that I heard coming from you / [
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India.Arie – Private Party
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[Chorus] / I'm having a private party / Ain't nobody here but me, my angels, and my guitar singin' baby look how far we've come here / I'm havin' a private party / Learning how to
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Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke
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Side 1 of Stevie Wonder’s iconic 1976 double LP, “Songs in the Key of Life,” ends with a tribute to Duke Ellington, who passed away in 1974.
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Stevie Wonder – I Just Called to Say I Love You
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This song was written, produced, and performed by Stevie Wonder for Gene Wilder’s October 1984 romantic-comedy, The Woman in Red. The song won both the Golden Globe and Academy
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