 Genius Meanings
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Kanye West – Up From The Ashes
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“Up from the Ashes” initially appeared to be the introduction to Jesus Is King. The track’s title comes from the phrase “rise from the ashes,” which means to emerge from something
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Sean Leon (Ft. Daniel Caesar) – THE GLADE
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[Chorus: Sean Leon] / I ain't going, I ain't givin' up / We ain't going, we ain't givin' up / Time gets going, time keeps goin' on / I'm still holding, I'm still holdin' on / [
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Kanye West & Dr. Dre (Ft. NIKKI GRIER & Sunday Service Choir) – Ashes
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[Intro: Kanye West & Federico Vindver] / Up from the ashes, into the sky / Found a redeemer, how I survive / Boys hug their mothers, Mary and Christ / Your light has healed me
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Kanye West (Ft. 2 Chainz, Andrea Martin, Common, CyHi, D'Banj, Kid Cudi, Pusha T & Raekwon) – The Morning
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“The Morning” is track number five off of the G.O.O.D. Music compilation album Cruel Summer. Featuring recent G.O.O.D. Music signee D'Banj (a Nigerian artist), this song is his
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Kanye West (Ft. JAY-Z) – Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)
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Both this remix and the original were singles from Kanye’s Late Registration album. Kanye uses the remix to go into more detail on “conflict diamonds”: diamonds which are mined
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kanye West - Up From The Ashes (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Kanye West - Up From The Ashes (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro: Kanye West] / Desde las cenizas hacia el cielo / Encontré un Redentor, cómo sobrevivo / Los niños
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Kanye West – Ashes (Dr. Dre Remix)
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[Intro: Kanye West] / Up from the ashes, into the sky / Found a Redeemer, how I survive / Boys hug their mothers, Mary and Christ / Your light has healed me, blessed with new life
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Kanye West & Dr. Dre – Ashes Samples
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See all of “Ashes” by Kanye West & Dr. Dre’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Keri Hilson (Ft. Kanye West & Ne-Yo) – Knock You Down
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The fourth single from Hilson’s 2009 album, In A Perfect World…, features a passionate verse from West, and a reference to Ne-Yo’s hit Miss Independent.
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JAY-Z – Lucifer
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“Lucifer” is one of the stand-out tracks off of The Black Album, produced by JAY-Z’s friend and frequent collaborator, Kanye West.
This song heavily relies on religious and
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Lil Wayne – DontGetIt
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Lil Wayne closes Tha Carter III with a song reminiscent of Kanye’s West’s “Last Call”: a final track with two verses followed by an extended monologue about life. Instead of
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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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Tyler, The Creator – Tron Cat
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Tron Cat is the first leaked track from Tyler the Creator’s forthcoming Goblin
Tyler addressed it on Twitter
https://twitter.com/fucktyler/status/64472160504250369
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Pusha T (Ft. Clipse, Labrinth & No Malice) – I Pray For You
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Pusha’s favourite song off the album, “I Pray For You” is the fourth Clipse collaboration since the group ended in 2010, and the second in the past month. This is also the first
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Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do
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The lead single from the highly anticipated follow-up to 1989 takes shots at several unnamed rivals, who most fans suspect to be Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West, and Katy Perry
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Lana Del Rey – Diet Mountain Dew
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“Diet Mountain Dew” is the fifth track off Lana’s debut album Born to Die. The song was written back in 2008 in collaboration with Mike Daly who produced the first two demos of the
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Kanye West (Ft. Syleena Johnson) – All Falls Down
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“All Falls Down” is a self-reflection of Kanye’s personal battle with consumerism. The track was the third single from his debut album, The College Dropout. The song peaked at
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Kanye West & André 3000 – Life Of The Party
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“Life Of The Party” is a collaboration with André 3000. Its title is a term Ye has used in his song “Jesus Lord” to refer to his late mother Donda West.
A version of the song was
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Kanye West – 24
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“24” is a collaboration between Kanye West and Sunday Service Choir. The song was first previewed by Tony Williams, who posted a snippet of the track on September 11, 2020, and
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Taylor Swift – Innocent
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Taylor penned “Innocent” after Kanye West stormed the stage at the 2009 Video Music Awards after Taylor won an award for her “You Belong With Me” music video. In the song, she
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Kanye West – Never Abandon Your Family
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“Never Abandon Your Family” is the first time that Ye publicly opens up about his divorce from his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and the emotional labor the familial separation has caused
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Kanye West – Never Abandon Your Family
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“Never Abandon Your Family” is the first time that Ye publicly opens up about his divorce from his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and the emotional labor the familial separation has caused
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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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Kanye West – Diamonds from Sierra Leone
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This was Late Registration’s lead single, and it was technically a bonus track on the album.
Jay-Z would later jump on the track for the remix.
West explained the inspiration for
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Kanye West – School Spirit (Skit 1)
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In this skit, the speaker delivers an incredibly sarcastic monologue to Jimmy which explains how degrees by themselves will not get you far in life. This continues the theme of The
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2 Chainz (Ft. Kanye West) – Birthday Song
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2 Chainz drops off another hot single featuring G.O.O.D. Music frontman Kanye West, who co-produced the track with Sonny Digital.
During a interview with Fuse, 2 Chainz shared the
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Blue Scholars – Sagaba
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[Verse 1] / Sister sits on the steps / Cigarette rests on fingertips / Takes a sip of slow death deftly through her lips / She blows a kiss / Which I can only resist in vain / She
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Curtis Mayfield – Move on Up
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“Move On Up” is what some would call the pièce de résistance in American soul music legend Curtis Mayfield’s catalogue. Released on his eponymous 1970 album Curtis, you may have
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Chance the Rapper (Ft. BJ the Chicago Kid, J.P. Floyd, Kiara Lanier, Lili K, Peter CottonTale & Will Miller) – Good Ass Intro
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A song seven months in the making, “Good Ass Intro” takes the listener through a joyride as they find Chance expressing how he’s even better then ever before, telling them his past
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Kanye West (Ft. Kid Cudi & Young Thug) – Remote Control pt 2
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“Remote Control pt 2” is an alternate version of “Remote Control” from Kanye West’s tenth studio album Donda.
This version is an amalgamation of different versions of the song
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Tyler, The Creator – Tron Cat (OG)
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[Intro] / La, la, la, la, la, la, la / AAAAHHH! / [Verse] / Satan's getting jealous of the wolves, the demons say they preferring us / Books on not giving a fuck is what they're
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Linkin Park – Nobody’s Listening (Green Lantern Remix)
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[Intro: Mike Shinoda & Green Lantern] / Yeah, Green Lantern, Mike Shinoda / Ay yo, Green, tell them the name of the mixtape is / Ha ha! Fort Minor: We Major / Let's go! / [Verse 1
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Kanye West (Ft. Conway the Machine, KayCyy & Westside Gunn) – Keep My Spirit Alive pt 2
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This is the original version of “Keep My Spirit Alive,” released on the first version of Donda. On September 28, 2021, the album was updated with some significant changes. One
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Kanye West – Wake the Dead
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“Wake the Dead” is an unreleased track that first appeared on a tentative tracklist for JESUS IS KING, as the eighth track. It wasn’t finished and released, but it has since
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Softwilly, void & Larrrycroft (Ft. 1nonly & Shady Moon) – ILY BABY
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[Intro] / (AV with that drip, ho) / [Chorus: 1nonly & Shady Moon] / Said, bitch, tell me what the fuck is up (What's up?) / You said you wanted me, but I don't know where the fuck
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Chaka Khan – Through the Fire
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“Through the Fire” is a song from Chaka Khan’s 1984 album, I Feel for You. This romantic song is about someone who is so certain that she’s met the love of her life, she’s willing
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Kanye West (Ft. KayCyy & Sunday Service Choir) – 24 (Las Vegas Version)
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[Chorus: Sunday Service Choir] / All my people out the trenches / Lift us up, make us alright / The devil can't stand your presence / Stand with God and I got leverage / Throw our
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Kanye West – Come to Life (Deluxe Version)
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“Come to Life (Deluxe Version)” is an alternative version of Kanye West’s song “Come to Life” with vocals from California native, Tyler, the Creator.
In the song, Kanye talks
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Charles Goose – Lift Yourself 2
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Yeah / Kanye over here going crazy / I'm over here going like, talking about liberty and freedom / Yeah we gotta, gotta make a change man, something gotta change / Born on the
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Xzibit (Ft. Eminem & Nate Dogg) – My Name
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This song was during the Dre/Dupri and Eminem/Canibus beefs. Xzibit wasn’t directly involved with either, but wanted to make sure Dre and Em knew he had their back. Off of Xzibit’s
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Period Tears – Clit
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[Intro: Jorge] / I really like cock cock for dinner / But it taste kind of salty / So I wait for... lunch / [Verse 1: Jorge] / Oh God, who fucking with me? / Ain't nobody fucking
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