 Genius Meanings
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Bill Withers – Grandma's Hands
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“Grandma’s Hands” was the third single from Bill Withers' 1971 album Just As I Am.
Uncharacteristically short, it clocks in at just barely over two minutes long. The lyrics
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Gladys Knight – Grandma's Hands
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Baby don't you run so fast / (She was always giving us a warning) / Might be snakes there in that grass / (She was looking out') / Grandma's Hands / (I remember them well
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Merry Clayton – Grandma's Hands
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[Verse 1] / Grandma's hands clapped in church on Sunday morning / Grandma's hands played a tambourine so well / Grandma's hands used to issue out a warning / She'd say, "Baby
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Meg Mac – Grandma's Hands
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[Verse 1] / Grandma's hands clapped in church on Sunday morning / Grandma's hands played a tambourine so well / Oh, Grandma's hands used to issue out a warning / She'd say "Billy
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Gil Scott-Heron – Grandma's Hands
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Grandma's hands clapped in church on Sunday mornings / Grandma's hands played the tambourine so well / Grandma's hands used to issue out a warning / She say, "Scotty why you run so
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Greenfield – Safta's Hands
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[Prod. by Dogface] / [Intro] / Lemme tell you about my grandma, okay? / She's a a tough-ass lady, alright? I'm just gonna put it out there / She's the toughest woman I know, shout
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Ron Kenoly – Grandma's Hands
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Grandma's hands clapped in church on Sunday morning / Grandma's hands played a tambourine so well / Grandma's hands used to issue out a warning / She'd say Ronny don't you run so
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Blackstreet (Ft. Dr. Dre & Queen Pen) – No Diggity
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“No Diggity” is a song by Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen in her first recorded appearance.
It sold 1.6 million copies in 1996, and won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best
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Bill Withers – Better Off Dead
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This bleak tune tells the story of an alcoholic who chooses to take his own life after his wife leaves him and takes their children with her. It is the final track on the album and
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Bill Withers – Sweet Wanomi
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[Verse 1] / In a room with soft satin pillows / Cracklin' fireplace keeps us warm / Whisperin' wind through weepin' willows / And sweet Wanomi restin' in my arms / In a soft light
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Danny Brown (Ft. Purity Ring) – 25 Bucks
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Track #3 on Danny Brown’s album Old, features Purity Ring’s Megan James on vocals, and Corin Roddick on production. 25 Bucks illustrates his parents' struggle for money that
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Skyzoo (Ft. Blakk Soul) – Soft Eyes
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[Intro: Skyzoo] / Yeah / Last call for alcohol, right? / Last call for alcohol, baby / I mean, it might be a speakeasy around the corner or somethin', but / We'll figure it out
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Bill Withers – Ain't No Sunshine
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“Ain’t No Sunshine” was released as a B-side to the song “Harlem” in 1971. At the time of the song’s recording, Withers was working at a factory making toilet seats for Boeing 747
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Bill Withers – In My Heart
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[Verse 1] / When I need some affection, you're not there / I close my eyes and use my recollection / And in one moment there's my favorite scene / Taken from the place where I keep
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Anthony David – I Can't Write Left-Handed
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[Intro] / Bill Withers wrote this song in 1973 / Back then it was about the Vietnam War which my father went to / And I understood it from the perspective of a kid who went to
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Bill Withers – Hope She'll Be Happier
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[Verse 1] / Maybe the lateness of the hour / Makes me seem bluer than I am / But in my heart there is a shower / I hope she'll be happier with him / [Verse 2] / Maybe the darkness
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Bill Withers – Moanin' and Groanin'
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(Hmm) (hum) (hum) / Ah, she keeps me moanin', groanin', hey, because I feel so good / Feel real good / Why can't nobody love me like my baby does? / Young girl turned out to be two
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Bill Withers – Everybody’s Talkin’
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[Chorus] / Everybody's talkin' at me / I don't hear a word they're sayin' / Only the echoes of my mind / People stop, starin' at me / I don't even see their faces / Only the shadow
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Bill Withers – I'm Her Daddy
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In this song, Bill’s narrator confronts Lucy, a presumed ex-lover who has hidden their daughter from him for six years.
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Bill Withers – Let It Be
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[Verse 1] / When I find myself in times of trouble / Mother Mary comes to me / Speaking the words of wisdom, let it be / Lord, let it be, ah-ha, yeah / And in my hour of darkness
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Horrorshow – Bill Withers
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[Verse 1] / Long live King William! Ladies and gentleman / A living legend has just left the building / Born with a stutter, the youngest of six children / But to me Bill was more
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Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer
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“I Know What You Did Last Summer” is the first single from Shawn Mendes‘ album Handwritten Revisited, a reissue of his debut album Handwritten, released in November 2015. The
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Bill Withers – Do It Good
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[Intro] / Do it good, do it good / Do it good, do it good / Do it good, do it good / Do it good, do it good / [Verse 1] / If you want to kiss a funky beagle / Hitch a ride upon an
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Anthony David – Lovely Day
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[Verse 1] / When I wake up in the mornin', love / And the sunlight hurts my eyes / See somethin' without warnin', love / Weighs heavy on my mind / [Chorus] / Then I look at you
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Philippe Brach – Mes mains blanches
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Mes mains blanches / Ne résonnent pas à l’église le dimanche / Mes mains blanches / Ne savent pas te prendre les hanches / Mes mains blanches / Non, ne servent pas à grand-
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2Pac (Ft. Aaron Hall, Danny Boy Steward & K-Ci & JoJo) – Toss It Up
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“Toss It Up” was a diss track directed primarily Dr. Dre, with digs at The Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Kim, and Puff Daddy included in the outro.
As confirmed by featured artist and
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Sabrina Starke – Just the Two of Us
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[Verse 1] / I see the crystal raindrops fall, and the beauty of it all / Is when the sun comes shining through / To make those rainbows in my mind / When I think of you some time
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Passenger – Ain't No Sunshine (Cover)
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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone / It's not warm when she's away / Ain't no sunshine when she's gone / She's always gone too long anytime she goes away / Wonder this time where
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Dubdogz & JØRD (Ft. Jasmine Pace) – Ain't No Sunshine
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[Intro: Bill Withers] / I know, I know / [Verso 1: Bill Withers] / Ain't no sunshine when she's gone / It's not warm when she's away / Ain't no sunshine when she's gone / And she's
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Sabrina Starke – Kissing My Love
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[Verse 1] / When I'm kissing my love / I can hear a thumping in my head / When I'm kissing my love / I close my eyes and see a pretty city / With a million flower beds / [Chorus
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