 Genius Meanings
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Models – Barbados
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All I see - is washed away / I am the voice - left from drinking / I celebrate - my love for you / Into the calm - saying I believe / That all the bitterness will last for hours
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Lil Macks – Barbados
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[Chorus] / Yeah, don't ever give away what's mine / Still masked up on them rides, yeah / Been in this whip for hours, I don't even know the time / And if she wants Chanel, she'll
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Global Dan – Barbados
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[Chorus] / In Barbados on a speedboat, counting up my C-notes / Brand new Lamborghini, candy coated Amarillo / I been on my VLONE, Raf Simons need those / Off-White belt with the
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Tori Amos – Me and a Gun
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Tori wrote the song about an incident in which she was raped in Los Angeles, California when she was 21 years old.
After performing at a bar, a man asked Tori if he could have a
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Jahmiel – Role Model
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[Verse 1] / She pretty like city lights / Pretty like city lights / The way she a move give me Trinni vibes / Every head ha fi turn any weh she go / A girl no de pan yuh levels
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J. Cole (Ft. Missy Elliott) – Nobody's Perfect
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This Missy collab features Cole talking about the ladies and wondering about his girl’s “number”. Maybe he should talk to Anna Faris.
The first verse of this song is widely
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Lil Blinga – Level Up
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(Intro) / Level up / Yeah we on dat 2023 vibe / Level up / Level up ya know wa I mean / (Hmm) / Level up level up (hmm) / Bottles up models up / Throttle up / (Hook/Chorus
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Nicki Minaj (Ft. Skeng & Skillibeng) – Forward from Trini
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[Intro: Skillibeng] / (Bas Beats) / Yuh sih? (Fully dunce) / [Verse 1: Skillibeng] / Bruk a gyal bad like Nicki and she / And she faawud from Trini and she / She, she small, broad
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The Beach Boys – Kokomo
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“Kokomo” is a song written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love and Terry Melcher and recorded by The Beach Boys in spring 1988. Its lyrics describe two lovers taking a trip
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Yaya Bey – meet me in brooklyn
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[Chorus] / Come, little baby / Tell me that you love me so / Come, little baby / Never wanna let me go / Come, little baby / Tell me what I wanna know, know, know / [Verse 1
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Rakim (Ft. Rahzel) – It's a Must
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[Verse 1: Rakim] / If I lay low and let the day go, it'll slow my payroll / Aiyo, I'mma terrorize tours and slay shows / Ra say flows, go as far as the Barbados / On the turntables
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JAY-Z (Ft. Latoiya Williams) – All Around The World
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“All Around the World” is the seventh track from The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse, featuring Latoiya Williams on the hook. In his verses Jay tells us about his numerous
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Raekwon (Ft. Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, Method Man & RZA) – Wu-Gambinos
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[Intro] / And in our line of work, we need all the help we can get / Tony Wing's the name / He works for a drug ring in Central America / Who wants to kill him? / No information
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Madonna – La Isla Bonita
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This song, originally written for Michael Jackson about the mythical island of San Pedro, was re-worked by Madonna into her first of many Latin-inspired hits.
The track reflects
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Rihanna – Man Down
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“Man Down” is a reggae influenced song which details the murder of a man who was behaving abusively towards Rihanna, as is depicted in the song’s accompanying music video.
The
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Darius King – Spazz
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She say I'm rapping too much / I don't give her no time / But I tell her that I just been working / Shawty brazilian look like a model / But never can have her she just want a
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Alison Hinds – Roll It Gal
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[Chorus] / Roll / Roll it gal, roll it gal / Roll / Control it gal, roll it gal / Roll / Roll it gal, roll it gal / Roll / Control it gal, roll it gal / [Verse 1] / When dem fly up
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Anderson .Paak (Ft. Rick Ross) – CUT EM IN
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“CUT EM IN” is Anderson .Paak’s second release of 2020, following his BLM protest track “Lockdown.” The track sees him and collaborator Rick Ross rapping about their finances
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yvngxchris (Ft. tana) – No Hook
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[Intro: BabySantana] / Uh, what / Yo, what? / [Verse 1: BabySantana] / Me-me and yvngxchris, we out here in LA though / We just tryna stack the bread like LEGO's / Get to the money
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Sting – Russians
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“Russians”, the fourth single from The Dream of the Blue Turtles, reached the top 30 in nine countries in early 1986 including a #16 US and #12 UK peak. It remained his highest-
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Nina Nesbitt – Stay Out
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[Verse 1] / He's got a Rolling Stones tee / But he only knows one song / They think they're from the 60's / But they were born in 1991 / [Verse 2] / There's a man standing in the
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Rihanna – Shut Up and Drive
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[Verse 1] / I've been lookin' for a driver who is qualified / So if you think that you're the one, step into my ride / I'm a fine-tuned supersonic speed machine / With a sunroof
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Joseph Locke and Ben Wright, eds. – The American Yawp, Chapter Three (British North America)
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The American Yawp offers a free and online, collaboratively built, open American history textbook designed for college-level history courses. Unchecked by profit motives or
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Eddy Grant – Electric Avenue
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Guyanese-British singer Eddy Grant’s seminal response to the 1981 Brixton riot; riots that were themselves a response to police brutality, racial tension, and the high level of
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Rob Paulsen (Ft. Animaniacs) – Yakko's World
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This song was written in 1993 and is a little out of date. While it is still mostly accurate, there are some mistakes:
1) San Juan is not really a nation; it is the capital of
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Genius English Translations – Arcángel & Bad Bunny - La Jumpa (English Translation)
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[Intro: Arcángel] / Aha / Yao / Arcángel, pa / Once a- / Woo-ooh! / [Verse 1: Arcángel] / She doesn't like reggaeton / But she loves the way la sensación sings (Yeah) / I didn't
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