 Genius Meanings
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Bread – Make It with You
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[Verse 1] / Hey, have you ever tried / Really reaching out for the other side? / I may be climbing on rainbows / But baby, here goes / [Pre-Chorus] / Dreams, they're for those who
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Bread – The Guitar Man
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This haunting song with simple, but telling lyrics is about the life of a musician and his relationship with the fans.
At the end of the song, there is a recording of a crowd
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Bread – Everything I Own
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[Verse 1] / You sheltered me from harm / Kept me warm, kept me warm / You gave my life to me / Set me free, set me free / [Pre-Chorus] / The finest years I ever knew / Were all the
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Jack Harlow – I'd Do Anything To Make You Smile
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[Intro] / (Yeah, check me out) / (Wait) / [Chorus] / I'd do anything to make you smile, bitch / Travel 'round the world and come back home and now my style switched / They say I
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J. Cole – MIDDLE CHILD
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J. Cole’s first offering of 2019 serves as a warning in advance of an extensive rollout of Dreamville material. On the track, Cole envisions himself in the center of the old and
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Men at Work – Down Under
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The song was released in 1981 on Men At Work’s first LP Business As Usual.
The group went to court over the flute riff sounding too much like Kookaburra.
By far Men At Work’s
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Drake – Champagne Poetry
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“Champagne Poetry” is the intro track to Drake’s album Certified Lover Boy.
Initially revealed in an Instagram post of Drake’s son, Adonis, holding up a whiteboard, he captioned:
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Drake – TSU
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On “TSU,” Drake sings about a stripper who’s trying to get her life together. However, because she started stripping in the first place, her parents cut off all ties with her and
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Kanye West – Family Business
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The stories in this song are not actually all about Kanye’s family. Per Complex, Tarrey Torae (who sings “they don’t mean a thang” toward the end) helped Kanye with the stories for
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Grits (Ft. TobyMac) – Ooh Ahh (My Life Be Like)
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A Christian rap song featuring acclaimed Christian artist tobyMac, this was made famous for being featured in The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift.
The song is built around the
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Justin Bieber (Ft. Quavo) – Intentions
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“Intentions” is the third single for Justin Bieber’s Changes album. The song’s lyrics are full of compliments towards both Bieber’s and Quavo’s love-interests: Hailey Bieber and
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UGK (Ft. OutKast) – Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
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The Underground Kingz (Bun B, Pimp C) and the Outkasts (André 3000 and Big Boi) unite in a classic track about the women in their lives. There are two stories about actually
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Joey Bada$$ – Love Is Only a Feeling
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“Love Is Only a Feeling” serves as Joey’s first solo release following his 2017 sophomore studio album, ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$, and was released as a single alongside “500 Benz.”
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Tyler, The Creator – PUPPET
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“PUPPET” is the second collaboration between Tyler, the Creator and Kanye West, the first being on “SMUCKERS” from Cherry Bomb. The track discusses the obsessive and protective
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Ty Dolla $ign & YoungBoy Never Broke Again) – WUSYANAME
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“WUSYANAME” portrays Tyler, The Creator falling madly in love with a woman he just met, shortly before finding out that she’s taken.
The song samples the legendary R&B group H-
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Dua Lipa (Ft. DaBaby) – Levitating (Remix)
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Dua Lipa enlists DaBaby for another version of her March 2020 hit track “Levitating,” which appears on her sophomore studio album, Future Nostalgia.
Dua Lipa’s second verse from
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Gunna – bread & butter
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“bread & butter” marks Gunna’s first release following his December 2022 release after he plead guilty to one count of racketeering charges.
Throughout the track, Gunna speaks on
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Ralfi Pagan – Make It with You
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Hey, have you ever tried / Really reaching out for the other side? / I may be climbing on rainbows / But, baby here goes / Dreams they're for those who sleep / Life is for us to
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Doja Cat – Rules
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“Rules,” is a single track off Doja’s second studio album Hot Pink, following last year’s Amala.
The track follows “Bottom Bitch,” another promotional single off the album
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Shawn Mendes – Stitches
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“Stitches” is the sixth single of singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes’s debut album, Handwritten.
“Stitches” shares some similarities with “Love the Way You Lie”—both are about loving
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DMX – X Gon' Give It to Ya
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“X Gon' Give it to Ya” is the debut single from the Cradle 2 the Grave soundtrack—a 2003 action movie starring DMX and Jet Li.
In the song, DMX asserts his power, telling everyone
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The Weeknd – XO / The Host
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The track serves as the XO anthem, XO referring to The Weeknd’s clique. He’s trying to get his girl to roll with him and indulge in his lifestyle, a pressure that becomes a key
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The Living Tombstone – My Ordinary Life
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“My Ordinary Life” is an original song using samples from the Japanese anime Nichijou by Kyoto Animation. It’s also worth noting that when translated to English, the word nichijou
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Aaron May – Let Go
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[Intro] / The time, can't erase, together, oh / The time, can't erase, together, oh / The time, can't erase, together, oh / The time, can't erase (Yeah), together, oh (Yeah, uh
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JAY-Z – Encore
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Jay-Z kills the jive turkeys like it’s Thanksgiving
The production features vocals by John Legend, Don Crawley, GLC and Kanye West – a family singalong
Kanye samples the trumpet
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Juice WRLD – Flaws and Sins
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On “Flaws and Sins” Juice WRLD raps and sings about his true love for his significant other, whilst also sharing his fear that she might only want him for his money and fame.
The
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Kevin Gates – Me Too
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[Intro] / Rock Boy Beats / That nigga Ladd got the juice, boy / [Chorus] / Heard you want a nigga that's gon' please you / Suck your toes, dick you down, please you / She say, "Bae
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Nas (Ft. Chrisette Michele & Kanye West) – Still Dreaming
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[Produced by Kanye West] / [Intro: Kanye West] / Some people really are / Yeah, uh, uh / And as the sun sets / And the night falls / And them ho's call / [Verse 1: Kanye West] / He
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21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin (Ft. Travis Scott) – Ghostface Killers
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21 Savage, Offset, and Travis Scott open up Without Warning with “Ghostface Killers”—an ode to why they aren’t to be messed with. The song’s title is a reference to Ghostface
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80purppp – Hex
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[Verse 1] / East and the west, I'm rackin' up all my bread, uh / Power on me, I'm feelin' just like a Tesla / Too much tree, the smoke is makin' my chest hurt / Girl on me, I'm
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Ryan Beatty – Cinnamon Bread
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[Verse 1] / Infinite Jest and cinnamon bread / Why don't you make yourself at home? / When you open up, you close me in / And cut me to the bone / Close as a kiss on the lip / To
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