 Genius Meanings
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Noname – black mirror
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[Verse 1] / Yo / She's a shadow walker, moon stalker, Black author / Librarian, contrarian / The state say we dead, we say we not / That's my bitch, I believe my sister / There are
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Noname (Ft. Phoelix, Saba & Smino) – Shadow Man
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This song is about death and mortality. Everyone on this song is young, black and talking about their funerals. This is because it’s commonplace in America for black people to be
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Noname – Song 33
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“Song 33” is Noname’s first release of 2020. It is a response to J. Cole’s single, “Snow on tha Bluff,” which was released less than two days prior and is largely about Noname’s
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Noname – Song 32
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Following the new years release of her politically charged single “Song 31,” Noname delivers yet another single on her 30’s series. On the track, she uses self-reflection, clever
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Noname – Bye Bye Baby
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The 9th track from Noname’s debut project tells a story of an abortion. She masks a traditional birth control remedy (see number 3) with feeding a child with care.
As the song
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Noname (Ft. Phoelix) – Window
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This song is the 4th track off of Noname’s highly anticipated debut album, Room 25. It tells of the short yet intense relationship Noname had with a lover, and the event of her
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Noname – Self
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“Self”, the opener to Noname’s Room 25 is as soulful and thoughtful as it is boisterous and braggadocios.
The two verse track features Noname spitting openly about politics
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Noname – Yesterday
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The first track from Noname’s debut mixtape Telefone, which was first announced nearly three years before the release of this track.
“Yesterday” is about the death of Noname’s
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Noname – Rainforest
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[Chorus] / How you get closer to love? / How you lemonade all your sadness when you openin' up? / How you make excuses for billionaires, you broke on the bus? / I need niggas
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Noname (Ft. Cam O'bi & Raury) – Diddy Bop
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The Diddy Bop if you’re not familiar is an iconic dance move originated by the man, the myth, the legend, P. Diddy in the 90s. Now it is important to remember that the Diddy Bop
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Noname (Ft. Eryn Allen Kane & Jay Electronica) – balloons
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“balloons” is the third track on Noname’s second full-length album Sundial. In the song, Noname talks openly about her struggles and how Black trauma gets exploited in the
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Noname (Ft. Adam Ness) – Prayer Song
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Noname relates sex to the current state of the United States, while also juxtaposing a black woman in the US to a cop who just killed a black woman in the US—all on on the third
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Noname (Ft. Akenya & Eryn Allen Kane) – Reality Check
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In this track, Noname raps about the fears and difficulties that kept her from completing this album and seizing the opportunities presented to her.
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Noname (Ft. Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation) – hold me down
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[Verse 1: Noname] / Uh, yeah / I hope you understand, everybody scams / A little Peter Pan paranoia, polygram tell the truth / In the booth, feed the drought / Couple opps bleedin
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Noname (Ft. Joseph Chilliams & Ravyn Lenae) – Forever
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The 8th song on Telefone focuses on self-belief. More specifically, to believe in yourself despite the inevitable opposition and using positivism to propel yourself forward. It
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Noname (Ft. Adam Ness & Yaw) – no name
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Fatimah is essentially telling us all the reasons she decided to go with her stage name, “Noname”. These are the parts of her life or the lives of the people around her that made
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Noname (Ft. Saba & Smino) – Ace
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On this track, Noname, Saba, and Smino display their rapping abilities, proving why they are the best cards in the deck. “Ace” is partially named after the Ace Hotel chain, and
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347aidan – noname
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[Intro] / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / [Chorus] / Love is all, love is all the same / Why would I expect to see it changed? / When every time I hold onto the blame / It means
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Noname – With You
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[Verse 1] / This is my happy ever suicide / My hands tied behind my breast / My silhouette did pirouettes / The curtains are closing / My baby was my ooh-lah lah, neverlasting / My
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Noname – Regal
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[Chorus] / Make my wrong turn right, make my fists turn heaven / May the lord be with me, make me look like reverend / Make me look like regal, Southside abandon / I swear I look
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Chance the Rapper (Ft. Noname) – Lost
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“Lost” tells the story of a forbidden-twisted romance as two people realize they are not ideal lovers, but accept each other’s warmth and comfort.
This song was the debut of
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Noname (Ft. theMIND) – Sunny Duet
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The second song on Telefone, “Sunny Duet” is a vibrant song about love. Noname teams up with fellow Chicago artist TheMIND, discussing love and the boundaries by which it is
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Noname (Ft. Ayoni & Common) – oblivion
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[Intro] / Into oblivion / [Verse 1: Noname] / Sacrificial lambs scam the church / The whole world berserk, the product is a perk / Cirque du Soleil, monkey see, monkey do / Clown
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America (Ft. George Martin) – A Horse With No Name
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Written by Dewey Bunnell, this song was the band America’s first and most successful single, released in 1972. Originally titled “Desert Song,” then changed to the catchier current
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Noname – You and I
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[Verse 1] / I lost you to Guatemalan summertime / Damn, we was just beginning / Our city feel like water over inexperienced swimmers / How we sink into the emails, so easy, so
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Noname – Freedom Interlude
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http://twitter.com/noname/status/710922572766941184
Weeks after changing her rap name, Noname dropped another single from her mixtape, Telefone. “Freedom Interlude” is a song
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