 Genius Meanings
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NAV Breaks Down The Meaning Of “Tap”
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“The first thing that came out of my head was just, ‘Tap, tap, tap...’ I didn’t have the words for after ‘tap’ but ‘tap’ just sounded good to me.”
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NAV (Ft. Lil Duke) – Free Santana
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On “Free Santana,“ NAV and Lil Duke pay homage to locked up American rapper and actor Juelz Santana. The rapper was sentenced to 27 months in prison on a weapons charge.
While
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NAV – Vicodin
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“Vicodin” tells the story of a single stripper mom struggling to look after her kid. Sometimes everything becomes too much for her so she turns to drugs, or in the case, vicodins
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NAV – Myself
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“Myself” is the opening track to NAV’s self-titled debut mixtape and first project. He explores the world of depression and self-consciousness, stating that he feels more like
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NAV & Metro Boomin – Held Me Down
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On “Held Me Down” NAV raps about a girl who stayed loyal to him, supporting him even when he hadn’t had much before he became famous. Now that their relationship is over because of
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NAV (Ft. The Weeknd) – Some Way
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“Some Way” is NAV’s lead single from his upcoming self-titled mixtape, dropping on Feb 24th. Both artists throw subliminal jabs at Justin Bieber, who mocked The Weeknd’s single “
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Travis Scott (Ft. NAV) – beibs in the trap
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Travis Scott enlists up-and-coming Canadian rapper and record producer NAV on “beibs in the trap,” a standout track from Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight. The song is solely
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Metro Boomin Enlists Swae Lee, NAV & A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie For New Song “Calling”
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It’s the first single off the soundtrack for the upcoming ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ film.
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NAV & Gunna (Ft. Travis Scott) – Turks
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NAV and Gunna reunite with Travis Scott on “Turks,” the second collaboration between the three artists all on the song, following the featured artist’s August 2018 song, “YOSEMITE
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NAV (Ft. Don Toliver) – Recap
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“Recap” features both NAV and Don Toliver melodically rapping about catching up with a significant other they have not seen in a long time.
This collaboration was first announced
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Internet Money, Gunna & Don Toliver (Ft. NAV) – Lemonade
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Five Internet Money Records producers team up and enlist Gunna, Don Toliver, and NAV for “Lemonade,” the second single off of Internet Money’s debut studio album B4THESTORM. The
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NAV – Mariah
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On this dark ballad, NAV talks about a girl named Mariah who comes to L.A determined to find a rich guy to take her in. Despite the fact that she has a job, NAV can see right
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NAV (Ft. Travis Scott) – Champion
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On “Champion,“ NAV reunites with frequent collaborator Travis Scott for an energetic banger. On the track, the two artists rap about their various successes and conquests, likening
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NAV & Metro Boomin – Call Me
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“Call Me” is one of the two dual lead singles that was released exactly one week prior to Perfect Timing, alongside “Perfect Timing (Intro).”
On the song, NAV raps about the dark
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Travis Scott (Ft. Gunna & NAV) – YOSEMITE
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On “YOSEMITE,” Travis Scott enlists Gunna and NAV for a slow-moving track.
On the song, Gunna delivers an effortlessly smooth chorus over signature guitar-driven production by his
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NAV & Lil Baby (Ft. Travis Scott) – Never Sleep
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NAV reunites with both Travis Scott and Lil Baby on “Never Sleep,” the lead single for his fourth studio album, Demons Protected by Angels.
NAV first teased the song by sharing a
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NAV (Ft. Lil Uzi Vert) – Wanted You
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On “Wanted You,” NAV teams up with Lil Uzi Vert for a melodic, catchy song all about girls, money, and relationships ruined by cheating. It is featured on NAV’s debut studio album
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NAV – TTD
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Ten Toes Down is one of the songs NAV released before his most recent album NAV, this is third oldest from SoundCloud, behind “The Man” and “Take Me Simple”. Since he found a spot
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Coi Leray & NAV – Clingy
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[Verse 1: Coi Leray] / I don't know why you say what you say to me / You play it so safely, uh / But you won't make that space for me / Still don't need no one saving me / I got to
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NAV – Pine Soul
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On “Pine Soul,“ NAV references Pine-Sol, a brand of household cleaning products.
Notably, when opening the Pine-Sol website, this message is displayed:
Pine-Sol and other
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NAV (Ft. The Weeknd) – Price on My Head
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“Price On My Head” is the sixth track from NAV’s second studio album Bad Habits. Having “a price on someone’s head” is used as slang for an amount of money that will be rewarded to
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NAV – To My Grave
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On “To My Grave,” NAV opens us about his frustration with loyalty, boasts about his materialistic items, lavish lifestyle, and gang activity which set the tone for the rest of the
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Metro Boomin, Swae Lee & NAV (Ft. A Boogie wit da Hoodie) – Calling (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
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On the last day of May 2023, Metro Boomin uploaded the lyric video of “Calling” to his YouTube channel. The song enlists the biggest names in the genre of melodic rap for the
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NAV – Baby
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On “Baby,” NAV raps about what a woman should contribute to a relationship and expresses that both partners should work together, while he drops references to expensive cars, drugs
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NAV – Saint Laurenttt
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On “Saint Laurenttt,“ NAV raps a slow track on how he’ll do anything for his girl, including buy her Saint Laurent and other designer fashion brands.
Yves Saint Laurent, or just
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NAV – My Space
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“My Space” can be denoted as the sequel to NAV & Metro Boomin’s platinum-selling July 2017 single, “Call Me.”
Beginning the same way “Call Me“ ends – with a dial tone – this track
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NAV – Up
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On “Up,” NAV goes in-depth about his rise to stardom, coming from nothing to now being wealthy and famous. In addition to this, he talks about the drawbacks of fame and fortune
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NAV – Dior Runners
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The song’s title is a reference to the Dior Homme B22 sneakers. Their resemblance to a running shoe have earned them the nickname ‘Dior runners’ in the hip-hop community. The shoes
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NAV & Bryson Tiller – Reset
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On “Reset,” NAV and Bryson Tiller join forces on a slow and laid-back song that sees the two artists questioning their respective women if they could have a second chance in their
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NAV & Lil Uzi Vert – Interstellar
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On “Interstellar,” NAV and Lil Uzi Vert reunite on an energetic trap instrumental that sees the two boast their weaponry, choice in women, and the expensive possessions.
A short
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NAV – She Hurtin
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On “She Hurtin,“ NAV details the girl of his dreams and her perfections. Despite the countless women who want him for his fame, this one is special to him. She wants the basic
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NAV & Gunna – Young Wheezy
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On “Young Wheezy,” frequent collaborators NAV and Gunna pay homage to their friend, Atlanta producer Wheezy. Produced by the man himself, the song was previewed by the three
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NAV & Metro Boomin – Did You See NAV?
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“Did You See NAV?” sees NAV raps from different points of view of himself. On the chorus, he raps from the perspective of a fan that adores his lifestyle. He continues in third
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NAV – Loaded
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[Pre-Chorus] / I just poured a four in a Fanta, I feel like it's the perfect potion / Get geeked, stay up all night, I work like I'm tryna get a promotion / I made a lot of
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