Genius Meanings
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Yeat – Power Trip
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[Part I] / [Intro: Yeat] / You live and you learn / So why do I feel like that? / You live and you don't learn / [Verse 1: Yeat] / I wonder what I could've did and what I never did
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21 Savage (Ft. Childish Gambino) – monster
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On this track, 21 Savage and Childish Gambino rap about how wealth and notoriety can inadvertently turn someone into a “monster.” Gambino offers what may be one of his final
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Childish Gambino – III. Telegraph Ave. ("Oakland" by Lloyd)
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Track 7 off of Because the Internet (released December 10th, 2013). This was originally featured at the end of the trailer for his short film Clapping for the Wrong Reasons.
In
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Godholly – Power
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[Hook] / It's the power, can you feel it? / Just be yourself, the power in you / Your shield's what you been through / And your mind is a weapon, put it to use / Power, Power Power
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Childish Gambino – II. Zealots of Stockholm [Free Information]
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Over a complex beat, Childish Gambino’s “Zealots of Stockholm” explores relationships with his parents and the biggest contrast of all: life and death.
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Childish Gambino – Have Some Love
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In “Have Some Love,” Gambino calls upon his fellow brothers to appreciate and love one another, as times are getting rougher.
This song seems to be very clearly influenced by
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Childish Gambino (Ft. 21 Savage, Ink & Kadhja Bonet) – 12.38
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“12.38” is an experimental R&B track that has Gambino singing about an escapade with a girl, and what their journey entailed. It features verses from past collaborator 21 Savage as
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Childish Gambino – Stand Tall
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“Stand Tall” sees Donald Glover recount some advice his parents gave to him as a child. It is a reminder to stay positive in times of hardship and uncertainty; and most of all, to
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Sway in the Morning (Ft. Childish Gambino) – Childish Gambino Sway In The Morning Freestyle
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A super-sick freestyle over Drake & JAY-Z’s Pound Cake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfM_fb1onoI
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Kendrick Lamar – Backseat Freestyle
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In the outro of the previous song, “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe”, one of Kendrick’s friends asks him to rap. “Backseat Freestyle” serves as a flashback. The freestyle is not
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J. Cole (Ft. Miguel) – Power Trip
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In 2013, Cole dropped Born Sinner’s lead single just in time for Valentine’s Day. His Facebook page stated this was a continuation of “Dreams,” a track off of his second mixtape
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Childish Gambino (Ft. Ariana Grande) – Time
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“Time” features Childish Gambino and Ariana Grande wrestling with a lack of direction and trying to find meaning in the world. Gambino expressed similar themes of uncertainty on
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Kendrick Lamar – DNA.
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On “DNA.,” Kendrick Lamar adopts multiple viewpoints; celebrating, critiquing, and exploring his black heritage and culture. In the music video, Kendrick and actor Don Cheadle
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Childish Gambino (Ft. Jaden) – Late Night in Kauai
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Gambino is joined by fellow “online messiah” Jaden Smith and ROYALTY’s Fam on this melodic track.
https://twitter.com/famlikefamily/status/519781167524876288
With Jaden as “The
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Jhené Aiko (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Stay Ready (What a Life)
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It’s sexy but at the same time, it’s very lyrical. It’s a smart and sexy song
Jhené Aiko
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JVKE – golden hour
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“golden hour” is the third song released off of JVKE’s debut album, this is what ____ feels like.
Prior to announcing the song, JVKE shared on his Instagram story on July 12, 2022
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Kanye West (Ft. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Pusha T) – Mercy
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Matthew 5:7, which states “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy,” contrasts starkly with the song’s portrayal of “Mercy” as a symbol of materialism and excess
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Hozier – Moment's Silence (Common Tongue)
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Moment’s Silence is the third track on the Nina Cried Power EP. Here Hozier repeatedly revels in enjoying physical pleasure with the one he loves, and the shrugging off of the
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Childish Gambino (Ft. Childish Gambino) – Childish Gambino-Freestyle on Sway in the morning (2013)
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[Verse] / Let 'em speak, I know I'm meek but the mills louder / Watch the throne, kings kill when the prince feels power / It's the real deal, Holyfield, holy shit, holy grail
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Childish Gambino – Heartbeat
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“Heartbeat” is a song about The One, and not being able to have or be with her. It expresses the complicated emotions that can occur when you’re sleeping with girls you don’t love
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Childish Gambino – Bronchitis
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Track 15 off of the Royalty mixtape.
Produced by Beck (who also featured on the song Silk Pillow on the mixtape)
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J. Cole & Bas – h u n g e r . o n . h i l l s i d e
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Throughout “h u n g e r . o n . h i l l s i d e,” J. Cole discusses how he will remain the same person despite his success. Bas returns to provide vocals on the latter part of the
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Childish Gambino – This Is America
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Dropping amid ongoing political and cultural tumult and turmoil, Childish Gambino’s “This is America” appears to be a commentary on black life in America and American culture as a
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Tyler, The Creator – ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?
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“ARE WE STILL FRIENDS” features Tyler, The Creator wrestling the thought of whether or not he and his former lover can remain friends, thematically wrapping up the album and
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MGMT – Electric Feel
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“Electric Feel” is about sex and the “electric” sensations it provides. It also uses electricity to refer to love, and mentions how worldwide love would change the world.
It is
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Childish Gambino – Bonfire
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On Friday, July 22nd, 2011, Childish Gambino released the first song off of his album, Camp titled “Bonfire”
This track contains some of CG’s most hilarious, genius, and
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Childish Gambino – monster (Demo)
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[Intro] / Power / The money and the fame make a monster / A monster / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh / Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh / [Verse] / Baby Jesus
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Song Lyrics & Knowledge - Genius
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That Power by Childish Gambino · So it's 400 blows ... Gambino means that he's going to punish fake guys ... camp”, if you will). Donald explains this line on a ...
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Childish Gambino – 53.49
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“53.49“ is featured as the final track of Gambino’s 2020 album 03.15.20, and has him rejoicing about life, and what it means for both him and his children. Gambino previously
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BET (Ft. Angel Haze, A$AP Rocky, Childish Gambino, Driicky Graham & Joey Bada$$) – 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards - Cypher 4
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The Iron Mic Cypher from the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards. promoting RZA’s new movie The Man with the Iron Fists.
This video is not uploaded to Youtube, but you can find it in the r/
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Kota the Friend – REDBONE
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[Verse 1] / Front porchin it, weather hot as a sauna / Or natives to California in a truck by where the border is / Finally escaped the mentality I was brought up in / Niggas
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ScHoolboy Q (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Collard Greens
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The second single from Q’s highly anticipated album Oxymoron, on which the West Coast superstar recruits close friend and fellow Black Hippy member Kendrick Lamar to spit a
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MF DOOM (Ft. Bobbito) – Rhymes Like Dimes
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This is a classic free-association DOOM song, though its overarching idea is that he sells his rhymes, or music, like drug dealers sell Dimebags of weed (which cost $10, roughly
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Childish Gambino – Not Going Back
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On the outro song of the five-track EP, Gambino closes the project with a climactic build-up where he expresses his perseverance through all adversity. He even touches on
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Pluffaduff – Baby I'm Back V
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[Intro: “Without Me” Jingle] / [Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) & Jay-Z - The Ruler’s Back] / The ruler’s back / Uh, ah, uh / I am back (What?) / Yeah, uh, yeah
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Amanda Palmer & Jasmine Power – Mr. Weinstein Will See You Now
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Mr. Weinstein Will See You Now is about Harvey Weinstein and his victims that have spoken up. The #MeToo movement began in the fall of 2017 and has brought the horrific truth of
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Childish Gambino (Ft. Bibi Bourelly) – Die With You
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“Die With You” made its debut in the beginning credits of the film Guava Island. The sentimental lyrics are representative of the relationship between two characters in the film
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Childish Gambino – L.E.S.
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On the eighth track, Gambino sets up and knocks down a collection of hipster stereotypes in this ode to attempting to get laid on New York City’s Lower East Side.
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Childish Gambino (Ft. Prodigy of Mobb Deep) – Body
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“Body” didn’t make the cut on the mixtape Royalty and was released two days after the mixtape dropped.
One reason the song may not have made the cut was that Gambino had already
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Kendrick Lamar – untitled 03
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Throughout this song, several minorities (Asians, Indians, and Blacks) give Kendrick “a piece” of themselves—advising him on how to live his life better. However the majority (the
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