 Genius Meanings
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John Legend & WENDY – Written In The Stars
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“Written In The Stars” is an R&B-Ballad with beautiful guitars. The lyrics are engraved on the stars, it is said that they will never change even if they are away or far from each
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John Legend – Under the Stars
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[Intro] / [Chorus] / Here we are, under the stars / Here we are, under the stars / Heaven is not so far / Heaven is not so far / Heaven is not so far / Under the stars / [Verse 1
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John Legend – Medley: City Of Stars / Audition
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This covered medley version was released at the same time as its first performed by John Legend at the 89th Academy Awards ceremony that was held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood
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John Legend – All of Me
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“All of Me” is the third single from and sixth track on John Legend’s album Love in the Future (2013). Legend wrote it along with Toby Gad.
It has become one of Legend’s most
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John Legend – Nervous
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[Verse 1] / Adrenaline runnin' through my veins / I'm a skeleton when you say my name / And the high, no, it never goes away / Like jumpin' out an airplane to swimmin' with the
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John Legend – You & I (Nobody in the World)
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[Intro] / I... Yeah / [Verse 1] / You fix your make-up, just so / Guess you don't know, that you're beautiful / Try on every dress that you own / You were fine in my eyes a half
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John Legend – Love Me Now
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“Love Me Now” is the first single off John Legend’s fifth studio album: Darkness & Light.
John provided a teaser of the song on his Instagram, afterwards, during a Facebook live
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John Legend (Ft. J. Ivy) – So High
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[Verse 1] / Baby, since the day you came into my life / You made me realize that we were born to fly / You showed me everyday new possibilities / You proved my fantasy of love
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Big Sean (Ft. John Legend & Kanye West) – One Man Can Change the World
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On this soulful ballad, Sean invites label mates Kanye West and John Legend along as he reflects on the positive influences in his life, the struggles he faced throughout his
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John Legend – P.D.A (We Just Don't Care)
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“P.D.A. (We Just Don’t Care)” was the third single from John Legend’s sophomore album Once Again. Named after an acronym for “public display of affection,” the lyrics wax poetic
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John Legend (Ft. André 3000) – Green Light
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“Green Light” was released as the lead single for John Legend’s third studio album Evolver. Known for his soulful piano ballads, Legend opted for an electro-funk sound this time
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John Legend – By Christmas Eve
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[Verse 1] / I'm a thousand miles away, it's not snowing in LA / But I'm falling just the same, I'm sorry / All the flights have been delayed, I've got nowhere to stay / But if I
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Kanye West (Ft. Chris Martin) – Homecoming
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Interpolating a line from Common’s “I Used To Love H.E.R.,” Kanye uses extended metaphor to describe his feelings for Chicago, his home, by comparing it to a lost girlfriend.
Ye
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John Legend – One Life
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[Verse 1] / Time stands still / When you feel like I feel / I forget where I was goin' / But I know who I'ma go with, it's you / We're in motion, and I'm emotional, and I'm all
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John Legend (Ft. Ludacris) – Tonight (Best You Ever Had)
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Purposely written for the Think Like A Man soundtrack (Kevin Hart movie) the track was used towards the final scenes of the movie.
John Legend talks to a girl in the song and let’
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John Legend – Start a Fire
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[Verse 1] / I don’t know why I keep moving my body / I don’t know if this is wrong or if it’s right / I don’t know if there’s a beat, or something’s taking over me / And I just
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John Legend – Never Break
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[Intro] / Oh, yeah / [Verse 1] / We got a good thing, babe / Whenever life is hard / We'll never lose our way / 'Cause we both know who we are / Who knows about tomorrow? / We don'
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Kanye West (Ft. John Legend) – Blame Game
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This entire song can be taken two different ways: One, Kanye is talking about his relationship with fame (pretty easy to see metaphor-wise). Two, he’s talking about a specific girl
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Common & John Legend – Glory
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Off the soundtrack to the movie Selma, John Legend & Common’s “Glory” won “Best Original Song” at the 2015 Golden Globe Awards and the 87th Academy Awards.
Inspired by the 1965
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John Legend – Marching Into the Dark
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[Verse 1] / What can you buy with the ultimate sacrifice / If you don't believe in the afterlife? / Oh I still grieve rememberin' what you were like / Now what good is a dream when
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. John Legend) – Never Forget You
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[Hook: John Legend] / Take me to that old familiar place / Take me to memories we won’t erase / Take me to all that we had / Good and the bad / I’ll never forget you / I’ll never
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John Legend – Ordinary People
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“Ordinary People” is a song by American recording artist John Legend, recorded for his debut album Get Lifted and released as the album’s second single.
This song was originally
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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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John Legend (Ft. Rick Ross) – Who Do We Think We Are
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Who do you think we Are, is a song about how we as individuals look at our self compared to our better self and Idols. We should start looking high of our self like we do to other
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Lauryn Hill – Everything is Everything
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A song about injustice and struggles among youth communities in inner city America, it’s the fourth single from Lauryn Hill’s platinum selling debut album, The Miseducation of
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Estelle & John Legend (Ft. John Legend) – Fall In Love (Remix)
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[Chorus: Estelle] / Let's just fall in love / So we could fall in love / We could fall in love / We could fall in love / Beyond the stars and the moonlit skies / Let's fall in love
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John Legend & Sebastián Yatra – Nervous (Remix)
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[Letra de "Nervous (Remix)"] / [Verso 1: John Legend] / Adrenaline runnin' through my veins / I'm a skeleton when you say my name / And the high, no, it never goes away / Like
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Kanye West – All of the Lights
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“All of the Lights” is the 4th single from Kanye West’s 5th studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
The song is about Kanye’s qualms living as a celebrity with personal
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John Legend – O Holy Night
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Oh, Holy Night / The stars / Are brightly shining / It is the night of the dear / Saviour's birth / Long lay the world in sin / And error pining / 'Til He appeared / And the soul
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