 Genius Meanings
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Big Thief – Vegas
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Holed up in Vegas for only one week / And I caught you tongue and cheek by the side of the road / Of an automobile expo / Turned up the volume and you started to weep / And I
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Big Thief – Real Love
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[Verse 1] / Having a bad week? / Let me touch your cheek / I will always love you / [Verse 2] / Having your face hit / Having your lip split / By the one who loves you / [Chorus
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Big Thief – Paul
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Story about some good old folk presumably in the rurals of america. Partners in crime. A girl with commitment issues. A man who wants to make her his lover. She cannot accept this
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Big Thief – Masterpiece
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The first single form 2016’s album of the same name, Masterpiece is a powerful, uptempo song about the passing of time, and of lives. On one level it reminisces of times past
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Big Thief – Velvet Ring
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[Intro] / Two, three, four / [Verse 1] / Shoved in the kitchen of a city tomb / The light would flicker like a violent womb / The night was thicker than a smoky fume / And Liza
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Big Thief – Animals
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The animals are wonderful / Such a vision in the sun, how they lay low / I catch my breath and count my dough / And I only live to run and I need to go / You and I were born and I'
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Big Thief – Parallels
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[Verse 1] / Don't I make you feel alive? / Don't I give you a good home? / In a way I know you're always by my side / But today I think I've always been a long way / [Chorus] / One
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Big Thief – Lorraine
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[Verse 1] / When I saw the first time, the thunder came crashing / Your new blue eyeliner caught my distraction / And like we were two lovers forming from friction / Your mouth
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Big Thief – Randy
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Oh Randy, leave it up to me / I'll pour the water if you bring the tree / Nothing looks that real to me / I only see two or three colors / What's it like to breathe in? / Find a
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Lana Del Rey – Off to the Races
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This song has Lana professing her love for her rich, gangster boyfriend. However, their Bonnie & Clyde-like relationship is doomed.
“Off to the Races” is inspired by the book
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Big Thief – Interstate
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[Verse 1: Adrianne Lenker] / Though you let her down / You don't need to carry / What's far from here is not so scary / Though you cannot see her / You don't have to worry / She
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Pop Smoke (Ft. DaBaby & Lil Baby) – For the Night
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“For The Night” is the 3rd track off of the late Pop Smoke’s album, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon. Besides being off a highly anticipated album, the song was also highly
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AC/DC – Sin City
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“Sin City” is a song that references the sin cities of our world, in particular meaning Las Vegas, and the song tells of the seductive charms of such a place (gambling, women
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Big Thief – Little Arrow
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[Verse] / Go little arrow / Shoot like a wave through the tongue of the taro / Bloom every morning / The water, the pepper / The egg, the warming / Still play that old reel / From
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Frank Ocean – Pyramids
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Frank Ocean’s “Pyramids” is a nearly 10-minute-long tale of the ancient history of the Black woman and her gradual decline from a Queen in her homeland to her now degrading role in
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Young Thug (Ft. Trouble) – Thief in the Night
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Young Thug teams up with Atlanta’s Trouble. The duo trade bars as they appropriate the term “thief in the night” to night of debauchery. In the music video, Thugger and Trouble
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Luniz – Oakland Raiders
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Track 4 from the album Silver & Black released on August 13, 2002.
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Uranium Club – Small Grey Man
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[Verse 1] / I wanted to sneak / I wanted to snoop / Scale chateau wall / Dig up diabolical proof / Las Vegas casino / Safe-cracking thief / Surfing with terrorists down at Bondi
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Unwinding Behind Bars – Run It
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[Verse 1: Already A Thief] / I'm runnin' the beat of this song / Like I'm runnin' my feet and I'm gone / The look on your face like I did somethin' wrong / Cuz I did somethin
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Desiigner – Panda
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“Panda” is inspired by the white BMW X6—Desiigner notes the luxury car’s resemblance to the previously endangered animal.
The Brooklyn-based rapper had the vision for this
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Genius – August 2021 Singles Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' AUGUST 2021 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For August 2021 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all genres
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Big Mama Thornton – Hound Dog
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This song was written by the team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and first recorded by Big Mama Thornton in 1952. In an interview, Leiber explained:
“Hound Dog” took like
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The 9ine & Malie Donn – Muss Shot
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[Intro: The 9ine & Malie Donn] / Weh di party di party muss shot / Inna di party di party muss shot / Ah weh mi matic yea mi matic haffi kotch / Every weh mi guh mi haffi carry a
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