 Genius Meanings
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Blood Orange – Charcoal Baby
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“Charcoal Baby” is the first single from Blood Orange’s new album, Negro Swan. It was released on July 26, 2018.
The song was already played live when Blood Orange was opening up
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Blood Orange – Vulture Baby
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[Verse] / Give it some time / See how it goes / She'll change her mind / Go past the goals / Home is ahead / Homies are close / Sometimes the gods / Just answer hope, ooh
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Blood Orange (Ft. Janet Mock) – Family
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[Interlude: Janet Mock] / You asked me what family is / And I think of family as community / I think of the spaces where you don't have to shrink yourself / Where you don't have to
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Blood Orange (Ft. A$AP Rocky & Project Pat) – Chewing Gum
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“Chewing Gum” features Project Pat and also marks the second collaboration between Blood Orange and A$AP Rocky, following Testing’s “Hun43rd”.
This sense of exhaustion is
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Blood Orange – Orlando
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[Verse 1: Devonté Hynes] / Dreaming Orlando, get it? / Give it time / Walked these steps before / Sixteen-year-old boy / Confused and knowing that he's different, he wants to give
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Blood Orange (Ft. Steve Lacy) – Out of Your League
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[Chorus] / Follow me under and never to be too unique / Definitely a trap, she'll get ya body and you're starting to feel weak / Maybe a thing that you wanted is all that you need
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Blood Orange – Minetta Creek
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[Verse] / Choose your hair and choose to get off / Waste your time and pretty the thoughts / Nothing is forgiven, black skin and my rhythm / And you know that it's all at a cost
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Blood Orange (Ft. Diddy & Tei Shi) – Hope
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[Intro: Devonté Hynes] / Follow that sea / Chase what you know / Cover your weave / Jump in the flow / [Verse 1: Tei Shi & Puff Daddy] / Yo, yeah, yo / Uh, uh, uh / Is this the way
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Blood Orange – Nappy Wonder
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[Verse 1] / Dreaming of the place / Bring myself away / Like in Barking days / Scared my fears away / No one to complain / Baby, what's the grade? / [Pre-Chorus] / I'm riding
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Blood Orange – God Bless (Original Ending)
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[Verse] / There are so many times when I just need a hug / When I need way more than a listening ear of a friend / Being in hospital after I was raped, and I had no one / No one to
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Blood Orange – Smoke
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[Intro] / See, on me / [Verse 1] / Balance in my hair, I'm pretty as fuck, ay, ay / Choosing what you wear and getting this far / Tricking on my own time, what is it worth? / Got
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Blood Orange – Jewelry
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“Jewelry” is the second single from Blood Orange’s new album coming in August, Negro Swan.
The song was released on July 26, 2018 on the same day as the first single off the
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Blood Orange – Saint
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[Verse: Aaron Maine & BEA1991] / I got to see you live for more / You said it before / You wish I'd seen the saint you were before / Your skin's a flag that shines for us all / You
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Blood Orange – Take Your Time
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[Verse 1: Devonté Hynes] / Take your time, it's all you've ever known / And nothing gets complete when you're home / I pull you up so far / You can't keep placing yourself below
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Blood Orange – Dagenham Dream
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[Verse: Devonté Hynes] / We received our bloody circles in the mail / Only see what's really important when it's nailed / As a teen, my Lord and savior was a male / Tightened truss
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Blood Orange (Ft. Ian Isiah) – Holy Will
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[Verse 1: Ian Isiah, & Ian Isiah, Eva & Devonté Hynes] / Lord, I just wanna be / Rooted and grounded in thee / Lord, place me / Lord Jesus, place me, yeah / I wanna be centered in
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Blood Orange (Ft. Georgia Anne Muldrow) – Runnin'
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[Verse: Devonté Hynes] / Demons on my neck, neck / Summer take a toll / Lamp in my eyes shined bright on my soul / Girls awful wet, slip, fall, break the pain / And the same
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Blood Orange – I Wanna C U
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I see you runnin' out the window / Brain is runnin' like it's hidin' from the night / I think of something, I overthink it / Brain is runnin' like it's runnin' from the night / I
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Genius – Ranking Page: 50 Best Albums & 50 Best Songs of 2018
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This is the ranking page for the 2018 Year End Lists. Annotate an album or song and tell us whether its placement is too high, too low, and recommend a new spot for it. If an album
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The Genius Community’s 50 Best Songs of 2018
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The 1975, Childish Gambino, and Kali Uchis all made the cut, but who topped the list?
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Turnstile & BADBADNOTGOOD (Ft. Blood Orange) – ALIEN LOVE CALL
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[Chorus: Brendan Yates] / Can't be the only one / Can't be the only one / Can't be the only one / [Verse 1: Brendan Yates] / All my glow is on / Can the will be strong? / Can't be
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ASM (A State of Mind) – Tapass
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[Verse 1: Green T] / Yeah, pull up a seat, you know a man's gotta eat / The raw squid blood orange roasted endive / Young French clams, Japanese beef as a treat / That modern
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The Clark Sisters – Center of Thy Will
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[Verse 1] / Lord, I just want to be / Rooted and grounded in thee / Lord, place me / Lord, place me / I want to be centered in thy will / [Chorus] / In thy holy will / In thy holy
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YoungBoy Never Broke Again – Cemetery Lifestyle
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Possibly the most highly anticipated YoungBoy Never Broke Again song to release, “Cemetery Lifestyle” features the Baton Rouge native noting his murderous lifestyle in a trap-
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Afroman – Crazy Rap (Colt 45 & 2 Zig-Zags)
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“Crazy Rap” is a single from the comedic rapper Afroman detailing his various sexual experiences.
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Future (Ft. Drake) – Life Is Good
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On “Life Is Good,” Future enlists the help of frequent collaborator Drake for their first collaboration since June 2018’s “Blue Tint.” Although the song was released as a
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The Veronicas – In My Blood
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In My Blood serves as the lead single from the duo’s upcoming fourth studio album. Jessica Origliasso described the track as:
It’s that elated, euphoric feeling of love at first
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DJ Kay Slay (Ft. 3D Na'Tee, Aobie, AZ, Big Daddy Kane, Big Dubez, Billy Danze, Black Thought, Bodega Bamz, Bun B, Bynoe, Cassidy, Chris Rivers, Chuck D, Coke La Rock, Consequence, Conway the Machine, Cory Gunz, Dave East, DJ Doo Wop, Drag-On, E-A-Ski, E.D.I. Mean, Freddie Foxxx, Fredro Starr, Fred the Godson, Ghostface Killah, Gillie Da Kid, Grandmaster Caz, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Grand Puba, Greg Nice, Gunplay, Havoc, Hocus45th, Ice-T, Inspectah Deck, Jim Jones, Joell Ortiz, Jon Connor, J.R. Writer, Junior Reid, Kaflow Kaboom, King Kirk, Kool DJ Red Alert, Kool G Rap, KRS-One, KXNG Crooked, Lil' Cease, Lil' Fame, Loaded Lux, Locksmith, Lord Jamar, Lord Tariq, Maino, McGruff, MC Serch, MC Shan, Merkules, Metta Sandiford-Artest, Mike Cee, Millyz, Mistah F.A.B., Ms. Hustle, Mysonne, Nino Man, Omar Epps, OT the Real, Oun-P, Page Kennedy, Papoose, Peter Gunz, Pretty Tone Capone, PTKNY, Raekwon, Rah Digga, Ransom, Ras Kass, Redman, RJ Payne, Rock (Heltah Sk
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[Intro: DJ Kay Slay & Sheek Louch] / Trackateering Music / Man, y'all did it with this one here, y'all / People love to use that quote, "I'm doin' it for the culture" / But what
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Beyoncé (Ft. Busiswa, Moonchild Sanelly, Nija, Tierra Whack & Yemi Alade) – MY POWER
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In this team up with Tierra Whack, Moonchild Sanelly, and Nija, Beyonce quotes the crowd’s cheer for Muhammad Ali in his famous “Rumble in the Jungle” fight against George Foreman
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Necro (Ft. Goretex, ILL BILL & Mr Hyde) – Nirvana
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Nirvana was featured in Necro’s “The Prefix for Death”, and is the only song in the album where his brother Ill Bill makes a featuring.
The sample is The Opening Theme by Juan
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Qwel & Jackson Jones – Vincent Van Gogh Coke Ad
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Qwel drops a piece of art here- this song, while describing obviously a piece of Graffiti, contains multitudes of underlying themes and references to the bombings of Hiroshima and
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URLtv (Ft. Daylyt & Tay Roc) – Daylyt vs. Tay Roc
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This was Daylyt’s first battle on URL since he no-showed DNA on NOME 6 and his first battle period in over two years.
Some were surprised by this announcement since there is no
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The Doors – The End
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“The End” served as the finale for many of The Doors' most notable concerts. The lyrics are a combination of different variations sung during jam-style performances over several
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M. Night Shyamalan – Unbreakable
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INT. CLOTHING STORE - AFTERNOON / Women's casual wear department. J.C. Penny. / Legend "1961" / An African-American man carrying two J.C. Penny shopping bags is ushered past the
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