Genius Meanings
|
|
Oliver Tree – Freaks & Geeks
|
[Verse 1] / I'm a weirdo, I'm a freak / No matter who I try to be / I change my life, I change my ways / I always wanted better days / I try my best, I've been the worst / For all
|
|
Oliver Tree – Sunshine
|
[Pre-Chorus] / I've been searching for my sunshine / She's all I ever need / I've been searching for my sunshine / She's all I ever need / [Chorus] / I've been waiting for my
|
|
Oliver Tree – Get Well Soon
|
[Verse 1] / I saw the devil in your eyes all the time / I felt the pain from your entire life / When I met the darkness in your soul, I asked, "Why?" / You were already broken, I
|
|
Oliver Tree – Swing & A Miss
|
[Verse 1] / Everybody's thinkin' 'bout all the things they're missin' out / Wastin' time lookin' back / Actin' like they live it up when it's really just a front / How funny is
|
|
Oliver Tree – Cowboy Tears
|
[Intro] / Hoo-ooh, ooh-ooh / Hoo-ooh, ooh-ooh / Hoo-ooh, ooh-ooh / Hoo-ooh / [Verse 1] / Please don't run, don't give up / You're not alone, but I can't help you / Please don't
|
|
Oliver Tree – Cowboys Don't Cry
|
“Cowboys Don’t Cry” is a single that Oliver Tree first teased through his social media pages on June 27, 2021, when he announced that he was coming out of retirement to release one
|
|
Oliver Tree – Playing With Fire
|
[Verse 1] / Don't look my way / From my view, it don't look so great / From a mile away / I'm looking like a mighty disgrace / [Chorus] / But baby, don't call me a liar / Watch me
|
|
Oliver Tree – Cigarettes
|
[Verse 1] / Walking out the house with a pack up in my hand / Ten cigarettes for lunch, ten for dinner, goddamn / I really wanna stop, but I'm feeling like I can't / I smoke more
|
|
Oliver Tree – A-Okay
|
[Verse 1] / I can't keep a straight face / No, dear, I'm not kidding / I'm sick of the chase / I can feel my head still spinning / Diggin' my own grave, thinkin' 'bout all I'm
|
|
Oliver Tree – Replacement
|
[Intro] / No I'm not a saint / I've made some big mistakes / I've thrown so much away / Now I'm thinking how'd it go to waste / Too late, I've been replaced and now forgotten for
|
|
Oliver Tree – The Villain
|
[Verse 1] / What are you waiting for? / I can't take anymore / You make me sick to my core / And I've never felt so sure / What do you really need? / I've seen your heart still
|
|
Oliver Tree – Placeholder
|
[Refrain] / We both know I'm your placeholder / I'm stuck waiting getting older / We both know you're my placeholder / You hate crying on my shoulder / [Chorus] / I see all of my
|
|
Oliver Tree (Ft. Big L) – Put It On (Kryph VIP)
|
[Intro: Kid Capri] / Hey, hey, hey / Come on, come on, come on, come on / Come on, come on, come on, come on / [Verse 1: Big L] / Ayo, you better flee hops, or get your head flown
|
|
Childish Gambino – Freaks and Geeks
|
The second track off of Gambino’s debut EP, which ended up being his most loved songs he’s ever released.
When Camp was released, it was re-released onto the deluxe edition of the
|
|
Oliver Tree – Suitcase Full of Cash
|
[Intro] / We just stopped a red G-Wagon / Driving northbound on the wrong side of the 101 / Carrying fourteen suitcases full of fake, unmarked dollar bills / Bring in those
|
|
Oliver Tree – I Hate You
|
[Verse 1] / Some things are still stuck inside my head / Some days are still better than the rest / I started to like you less and less / And since we met, my life's been a mess
|
|
Oliver Tree – Wasteland
|
[Intro] / I came / I left / No more wasteland / I ran / I'm gone / No more wasteland / [Chorus] / You got me thinking this is it / You got me thinking this is the end / You got me
|
|
Oliver Tree – Oxymoron
|
[Verse] / When you say something / But you really mean something else / When you're starin' in the mirror / And don't recognize yourself / [Pre-Chorus] / We are oxymorons / To be
|
|
Genius – February 2022 Singles Release Calendar
|
WELCOME TO GENIUS' FEBRUARY 2022 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For February 2022 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all genres
|
|
Oliver Tree – Mind Control
|
[Chorus] / Well darlin', you're not so likable / Well darlin', you don't have mind control / I used to like you a lot / But that was such a long time ago / I used to like you a lot
|
|
Oliver Tree – Battleship
|
[Pre-Chorus] / Now we’re both dead inside, it’s true / No thanks to you, no thanks to you, it's true / No thanks to you, no thanks to you / [Chorus] / I can’t help you / You’ve
|
|
Oliver Tree – California
|
[Chorus] / Take me back to California / West Coast, I'm coming home / Take me back to California / Right where I started from / [Refrain] / California / That's where I lived my
|
|
Oliver Tree – Crash Test Dummy
|
[Chorus] / You’re a crash test dummy if I ever seen one / I know you’re tough little buddy / Please don’t ever give up / You’re a crash test dummy if I ever seen one / [Verse 1
|
|
Oliver Tree – Balloon Boy
|
[Verse 1] / Running for my life / While I'm bleeding out my eyes / And my teeth start feeling loose / Watch them fall right from the roots / While my flesh starts to decay / And my
|
|
Oliver Tree – Doormat
|
[Verse 1] / I don't like the way that you treat me / Like a mat on the floor that you clean your feet with / I'm done bein' walked all over again / Find another punchin' bag for a
|
|
Oliver Tree – The Exploding Man
|
[Verse 1] / I make explosions when I can / Napalm stuck to my hands / If I blow up I won't give a damn / Got a hand grenade in the pocket of my pants / [Chorus] / Here comes the
|
|
Oliver Tree – Things We Used To Do
|
[Verse 1] / I don't see what you're waiting for / I wanna see what you've got in store / I don't see what you're waiting for / Darling, I can't wait no more / You should know I won
|
|
Childish Gambino – Bonfire
|
On Friday, July 22nd, 2011, Childish Gambino released the first song off of his album, Camp titled “Bonfire”
This track contains some of CG’s most hilarious, genius, and
|
|
Tom Petty – Free Fallin'
|
“Free Fallin',” one of Tom Petty’s biggest hits, is an escapist’s ode to Los Angeles, California. The song, which peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, was inspired by what Petty
|
|
Childish Gambino – Fire Fly
|
[Chorus: Childish Gambino & Janet Leon] / Now when they see us in the streets / All they wanna do is take pics / And I'm like, okay (Yeah, okay) / And when they hear us on the beat
|
|
Childish Gambino – Heartbeat (Oliver Remix)
|
I wanted you to know / That I am ready to go / Heartbeat, my heartbeat / I wanted you to know / Whenever you are around / Can't speak, I can't speak / I wanted you to know / That I
|
|
Childish Gambino – Not Going Back
|
On the outro song of the five-track EP, Gambino closes the project with a climactic build-up where he expresses his perseverance through all adversity. He even touches on
|
|
Childish Gambino – That Power
|
The end is a spoken word piece telling a story that really ties together the album’s summer camp theme.
The outro is written by fellow Derrick Comedy member and rapper D.C
|
|
Childish Gambino – Heartbeat
|
“Heartbeat” is a song about The One, and not being able to have or be with her. It expresses the complicated emotions that can occur when you’re sleeping with girls you don’t love
|
|
Childish Gambino – You See Me
|
On this track, Childish uses a flow similar to Drake’s verse on “Forever” while talking about his love for Asian girls.
|
|
Childish Gambino – L.E.S.
|
On the eighth track, Gambino sets up and knocks down a collection of hipster stereotypes in this ode to attempting to get laid on New York City’s Lower East Side.
|
|
Childish Gambino – Letter Home
|
Gambino strips down the instrumental to “All The Shine,” leaving just the violins, to address an ex that he still has feelings for in a poignant interlude.
|
|
Childish Gambino – III. Life: The Biggest Troll [Andrew Auernheimer]
|
The final track on Childish Gambino’s 2013 album Because the Internet. In the corresponding screenplay, this song corresponds to the credits.
This song shows how The Boy reflects
|
|
Childish Gambino – All the Shine
|
On “All The Shine,” Gambino raps about not being taken seriously as a rapper and critics dismissing him as a rapper for not meeting typical rap standards. At times, he even
|
|
Childish Gambino – Kids (Keep Up)
|
[Chorus] / If we were kids, I'd want to give / You everything that you would want / Those other boys, they give you toys / But all they wanna do is / Keep up, keep up, keep up
|
|
Childish Gambino – Outside
|
“Outside” is the opening track to Gambino’s album Camp released on November 15th, 2011.
It could be said that this song relates to Plato’s Cave Allegory. CG draws a parallel
|
|
Childish Gambino – Sunrise
|
[Verse 1] / Yeah, nigga, it's me again / I'm still around, I guess I win / You hear me in your sister's room, like, all the time / "Gambino Girl forever" on that bracelet that she
|
|
Childish Gambino – Hold You Down
|
“Hold You Down” deals with Gambino’s experiences with racism in school and neither fitting in with the black nor the white demographic.
|