Genius Meanings
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Lil Wayne (Ft. Raekwon) – More to the Story
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“More to the Story” tells the story about a drug dealer who dies after a massive shootout with the cops. The song has two chapters; Wayne raps chapter one and Raekwon raps chapter
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Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem – Forever
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Four of hip-hop’s heavyweights take turns going in over a hard beat by Boi-1da.
During his Detroit stop on his Summer Sixteen tour, Drake brought out Eminem to perform his epic
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Lil Wayne (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Mona Lisa
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“Mona Lisa” is a story of a deceptive woman named Liz who sets her “boyfriend” up for a robbery.
Liz is compared to the famous portrait painting due to the dubiety of Mona Lisa’s
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Lil Wayne – Moral of the Story
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[Intro] / Ah-em / [Verse] / Baby mama say I ain't shit / Make a nigga feel like shit / Talkin' 'bout some real life shit / Goodbye letter, "Dear Life" shit / So if a nigga kill me
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King Von – Wayne’s Story
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[Intro] / (Banger) / (DJ on the beat, so it's a banger) / [Verse 1] / My young nigga fourteen (Fourteen) / He ridin' round with that pole on him (Uh-huh) / See, shorty 'bout that
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Lil Wayne – Nightmares of the Bottom
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Previewed during Wayne’s I Am Music Tour, this song plays on the age-old “lonely at the top” cliche, but reveals the inverse–the fear of a fall from grace. It’s
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Lil Wayne (Ft. Drake) – Believe Me
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Floyd Mayweather Instagrammed footage of the studio session when Wayne and Drake were recording this.
Drake addresses his mentor and career succession. Mostly he talks about the
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Lil Wayne – Let the Beat Build
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As Deezle told XXL:
Wayne came to me and said, I have an idea. I want to do a song where over time the beat just progressively gets bigger and bigger until the hook drops. […W]e
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2 Chainz, Lil Wayne & Benny the Butcher – Oprah & Gayle
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[Intro: 2 Chainz] / Collegrove / [Verse 1: 2 Chainz] / Checkerboard luggage, Ramen in the cupboard / I left Art Basel with a sculpture / You listening to the lyrical nunchuck
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Lil Wayne – Dreams
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“Dreams” is one of the songs Lil Wayne teased on his Instagram before Funeral’s release. In this song Wayne imagines what life might be like if he hadn’t succeeded in achieving his
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Lil Wayne – Open Letter (Demo)
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This is the demo version of September 2018’s “Open Letter,” which appeared as track 10 on the final version of Tha Carter V.
The song was incorrectly leaked under the title “Moral
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Wyclef Jean (Ft. Akon, Lil Wayne & Niia) – Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)
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Off Wyclef Jean’s Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant. Wyclef collaborates with Lil Wayne and Akon to tell the story of a girl who immigrated to the United States in order to
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KSI & Lil Wayne – Lose
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[Intro: KSI] / Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh / Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh / [Refrain: KSI] / I'm gon' need therapy / 'Cause you're not here with me / Light me up like amphetamines, yeah (Yeah
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Nicki Minaj (Ft. Chris Brown, Drake & Lil Wayne) – Only
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On “Only,” the third single from The Pinkprint album, Nicki Minaj plays with her dominance over her male Young Money labelmates and asserts her sexual and rap prowess. Producers Dr
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Lil Wayne (Ft. Eminem) – Drop the World
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“Drop the World” is the third single by Lil Wayne, which features Eminem. The song was released on iTunes on December 28, 2009. Lil Wayne, Eminem, and Travis Barker of Blink-182
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Lil Wayne) – HOT WIND BLOWS
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Tyler, The Creator teams up with Lil Wayne for “HOT WIND BLOWS,” a spin on Penny Goodwin’s 1974 song “Slow Hot Wind.” With continued contributions from DJ Drama, this marks Tyler
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Eminem (Ft. Lil Wayne) – No Love
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The main theme of the third single off of Recovery remains a point of controversy. While many believe it to be a personification of Hip-Hop (with another notable mention on the
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Lil Wayne (Ft. Detail) – No Worries
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[Chorus: Detail] / You can look me in my face / (I ain't got no worries) / (I ain't got no worries) / (I ain't got no worries) / See the sh-rooms keep me up / (I ain't got no
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Lil Wayne – F Him Good
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“F Him Good” is a song by Lil Wayne that originally appeared on a tentative tracklist of Tha Carter V from October 2014 and leaked alongside the rest of the 2014 version of the
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YNW Melly – Murder on My Mind
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“Murder on My Mind” is YNW Melly’s breakout song. It depicts a dark, upsetting story of Melly shooting a close friend and holding him in his arms as he slowly lost consciousness
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Lil Wayne – I Feel Like Dying
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A change from Wayne’s usual glorification of drugs, this is seen by many as Wayne’s most introspective song. It’s a meditation on the slippery slope of addiction; everything’s fun
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Chris Brown (Ft. Busta Rhymes & Lil Wayne) – Look at Me Now
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“Look at Me Now” is a braggadocious track featuring rap veterans Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne and is Chris' first rap-centered single to be released. The track was released as the
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Lil Wayne (Ft. Bobby V & Kidd Kidd) – Mrs. Officer
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A radio song with Bobby Valentino singing a lovey-dovey hook…certainly nothing intellectual going on here, right? Except that you dealing with Lil Wayne! The female officer
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