Genius Meanings
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John Legend – Preach
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[Verse 1] / Every day I wake and everything is broken / Turnin' off my phone just to get out of bed / Get home every evenin' and history's repeatin' / Turnin' off my phone 'cause
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2 Chainz (Ft. John Legend & Scarface) – Ghetto Dreams
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[Intro: 2 Chainz & John Legend] / Yeah, preach, preach / My ghetto dreams always turn to ghetto nightmares / [Verse 1: 2 Chainz] / At night I can't sleep, I toss and turn
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Young Dolph – Preach
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[Intro] / (Zaytoven) / Ayy / You know what up, haha / It's Dolph / Zay, what's poppin'? / Never trust a bitch, never trust a nigga / Fuck bitches, fuck bitches, get the scrilla
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YoungBoy Never Broke Again – Grind Flow
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[Verse] / If you love that nigga, right before you sleep, y'all should pray / And in yo prayers, you should ask yo' God to open the gates / Put all yo' feelings in the bottle, toss
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Naughty Boy (Ft. Sam Smith) – La La La
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Topping the UK charts in June 2013, this song by Naughty Boy is about running away from one’s problems. It features then up-and-coming artist Sam Smith, and was produced by Naughty
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Drake – Legend
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“Legend” is the hard-hitting opener to Drake’s surprise mixtape If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.
On the track, Drake’s braggadocio goes 0 to 100, real quick as he flaunts his
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Logic – 44 More
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On “44 More,” Logic raps just one verse made out of precisely 44 bars. He talks about issues ranging from family troubles to doubters in the industry, while boasting his current
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Boney M. – Rasputin
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“Rasputin” is a 1978 euro disco hit single by the Germany-based pop and disco group Boney M. It’s the second track on their album Nightflight to Venus. With a tune resembling the
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TMVC – PREACH
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[Chorus] / Spend a couple racks / All my homies sayin preach / Jump from bed to bed / All my homies sayin preach / All my bitches bad / All my homies sayin preach / Made a couple
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Kanye West (Ft. CyHi, JAY-Z, Pusha T, RZA & Swizz Beatz) – So Appalled
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“So Appalled” was originally released as part of the G.O.O.D Fridays series on September 24, 2010. The song touches on fame, critics and popular culture.
At one point, the song
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Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (Ft. Teddy Pendergrass) – Wake Up Everybody
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“Wake Up Everybody” is the title track from American R&B group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes album Wake Up Everybody, released in November of 1975. The song features Teddy
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Kanye West (Ft. Pusha T) – Runaway
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The piano, the echoing voice in the background, the distortion on his singing, the vocoder solo: every single element of this track is spine-tingling, hauntingly beautiful. Combine
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Immortal Technique – Dance with the Devil
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On “Dance with the Devil,” Immortal Technique spits a fiendish, yet remarkable, story that is allegedly based on a true life story. It tells the tale of a teenager who had large
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Dax – The Next Rap God 2
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“The Next Rap God 2” is a sequel to Dax’s June 2021 single of the same name. The song was released on November 23, 2021. It marks Dax’s first release following the release of his
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John Milton – Eikonoklastes (Upon the king’s calling this last parliament)
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This 1649 book is, quite literally, a tearing down of the late King Charles I’s image. A response to the King’s book Eikon Basilike (Icon of the King), it was commissioned by the
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George Michael – Father Figure
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[Verse 1] / That's all I wanted, something special / Something sacred in your eyes / For just one moment to be bold and naked / At your side / [Refrain] / Sometimes I think that
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Kanye West – Jesus Walks
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The fourth single off Kanye West’s debut album The College Dropout, “Jesus Walks” was a bombshell within the musical community—a pop song endorsing Christianity. Yet it became
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Kanye West (Ft. Rick Ross) – Devil In a New Dress
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Produced by Bink!, “Devil In a New Dress” finds Kanye using familiar religious imagery in contemplating all kinds of nasty thoughts about his girl.
It’s perhaps an ode to Amber
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Michael Jackson – Heal the World
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It is one of Michael’s many anthems on improving the world’s circumstances, grouped with other tracks such as “Earth Song” and “Man In The Mirror.”
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Sting – Shape of My Heart
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“Shape of My Heart” is the 9th track (10th on international copies) on Ten Summoner’s Tales. It was co-written by Dominic Miller, Sting’s guitarist, which makes it one of the few
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Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
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One of Michael Jackson’s signature songs, “Billie Jean” tells the tale of a young girl who claims to be the mother of Jackson’s alleged son. The song was the second single from his
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NKtwelve – 2020 CHH Release Calendar - Singles
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January / 3rd / 1K P-Son: Slide (feat. 1K Phew & 1K Don Tino) / 10th / Joey Vantes: I'm Back (feat. Miles Minnick) / Xay Hill: Bag (feat. TeeJay Godfearing & Big Breeze) / Jon
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Aaliyah – Rock the Boat
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“Rock the Boat” is Aaliyah’s second single from her eponymous album released one month before the tragic airplane crash that killed her and eight others in the Bahamas on August 25
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GameboyJones (Ft. Breeton Boi, Connor Quest!, Dan Bull, Ham Sandwich (USA), Hi-Rez, Mega Ran, Mir Blackwell, NerdOut, PE$O PETE, Shofu & Shwabadi) – Youtube Geek Cypher
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[Verse 1: Mega Ran] / Yeah, yeah, Mega Ran, knock knock, open up, Mega Ran is up and I'm going nuts / Rowdy like the dude who hit superfly with the coconut / Gameboy say he need me
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