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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – The Charade
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One of the most explicitly political songs on Black Messiah, “The Charade” discusses the Black experience in America and the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
From engineer Ben
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Prayer
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[Verse 1] / Soul prayer, soul prayer / Hallowed be thy name / Kingdom come, will be done, oh yeah / I do... the devil on your feet / I know that he will, he will try to stop you
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Betray My Heart
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On “Betray My Heart,” D'Angelo addresses someone he loves and promises in a reassuring way that he will always be there for him/her, feeling a sincere love.
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Another Life
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[Verse 1] / How does one attempt to be / The kind of friend that you would want to keep? / I just want to say to thee / Even though it might be hard to believe / The candy-coated
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Sugah Daddy
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[Produced by D´Angelo, James Gadson & Pino Palladino] / [Verse 1] / It's just the way she's so raw and uncut / She needs a spankin' to shake her up / And I just wish that I could
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard (Ft. Gina Figueroa) – Really Love
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“Really Love” sees D'Angelo croon over a girl who has been with him since day one. The song is believed to be one of the earliest to be recorded from the album. In 2007, Questlove
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Till It's Done (Tutu)
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[Verse 1] / In a world where we all circle the fiery sun / With a need for love / What have we become? / Tragedy flows unbound and there's no place to run / 'Til it's done
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Ain't That Easy
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[Verse 1] / Take a toke of smoke from me as you dream inside / Let your days slip away come with me and ride / My darling, you aren't the average kind / You need the comfort of my
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – The Door
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I told you once but twice / You wasn't very nice / In your hands you held my life / I told you once but twice, my love / Don't lock yourself out that door / No, no, no / Don't lock
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Back to the Future (Part II)
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(I just wanna say) / I just wanna, I just wanna / I just wanna go back now / I just wanna go back now baby, baby / The season may come and your luck just may run out / And all that
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – 1000 Deaths
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“1000 Deaths” folds the old adage about cowards and soldiers into a word about guns, fear and desperation, and contains a message similar to the By Any Means Necessary speech from
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D'Angelo – When I Die (Made In America Festival 2012)
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[Intro] / [Harmonizing] / Oh-oh, hey, oh / Philly / [Refrain] / Said when I die, I hope I'd be, huh / The kind of man that you thought I'd be / [Interlude] / Alright, hey, oh-oh-oh
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D'Angelo – Untitled (How Does It Feel) [Made In America Festival 2012]
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[Instrumental] / [Intro: D'Angelo] / Ooh-hoo— / [Verse: D'Angelo, Audience] / Girl, it's only you / Have it your way / And if you want, you can decide / That if you'll have me, I
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D'Angelo – Sugar Daddy Jam (Made In America Festival 2012)
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[Intro] / Uh, uh, good God / Woo, uh, uh, good God / [Verse 1] / It's just the way she's so raw and uncut, uh-huh, good God / She needs a spankin' to shake her up / And I just wish
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Back to the Future, Pt. 1
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[Intro] / I think this is just being so / Carefree and loss (ohh) / Its natural [Incomprehensible] / Soon at the bar / Know what I am saying, its just hard / Just whatever the fuck
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D'Angelo – Shit, Damn, Motherfucker (Made In America Festival 2012)
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[Verse 1] / Why are you sleeping with my woman? / Why are you sleeping with my woman? Yeah, come on / This comes as a total surprise / Oh, I just can't believe my eyes / Oh, my
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Arch Enemy – Web of Lies
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[Intro] / Weaving a web of lies and deceit / It's a dangerous game we play / [Verse 1] / All this time / The pain eating us away / All this time / The memories refuse to fade / A
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Black Thought (Ft. KIRBY) – Thank You
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[Verse 1: Black Thought] / Uh / Thanks for the memories / For 1st and 3rd of the month check deliveries / Agencies in the early '80s for givin' cheese / To families with parents
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GWAR – Triumph of the Pig Children
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[Verse 1] / When a man makes a plan that will conquer an age / When a man takes a man and he puts him in a cage / When a man makes a man into sand / And he blows him away / He took
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GWAR – Carry On Wayward Son
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A European bonus track for Battle Maximus, “Carry On Wayward Son” is a thrash-ified cover of the Kansas classic, with added lyrical twists about a lazy, unemployed freeloader. The
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Fantômas – Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
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Memories fade to gray / My smile, your name / Roof leaks, dim lights / Low rent, high tide / Boxsprings, spare change / Your scent, my ways / Your breath, my air / Fog lifts, I
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The Genius Community’s 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
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Pusha T, Lana Del Rey and J.Cole all made the list, but who will be at the top?
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Chloe Conlon 🍀 – Jennifer Lopez Cleanup ✅
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This page will be used to track the changes made to older albums. As verifying the lyrics are correct and approving the lyrics is the main focus of this project, screenshots of the
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John Kennedy Toole – A Confederacy of Dunces (Chapter 12)
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THERE HAD BEEN a flurry of excitement. The wild blowing of the postman’s whistle, the chugging postal truck out on Constantinople Street, his mother’s excited screaming, Miss Annie
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Grand Corps Malade – Sur La Lune
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5 continents, des océans pour faire son terrain de jeu / Il a parfois été grand, parfois très courageux / Pour s’adapter il a construit, il s’est montré inventif / Pour développer
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Grand Corps Malade – Le langage du corps
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[Couplet 1] / Le corps humain est un royaume où chaque organe veut être le roi / Il y a la tête, le cœur, les couilles : ça, vous l'savez déjà / Mais les autres parties du corps
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