Genius Meanings
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Russ – Aint Goin Back
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Russ pays homage to himself before he blew up to amass the huge following he’s gathered for himself now. This song is a knock at everyone who doubted him. He says how he won’t go
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KING 810 – I Ain't Goin Back Again
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[Intro] / I ain't goin' back again (Again, again) / I ain't goin' back again (Again, again) / [Verse 1] / I ain't goin back again / To that state of mind where I was ignorant and
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Russ – CIVIL WAR
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“Civil War” is Russ’s third single of 2019, following “AINT GOIN BACK” and “All I Want.” It marks his first collaboration with Canadian producer Boi-1da.
The song uses the concept
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Rican Da Menace – Ain't Going Back
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[Verse 1] / They know what the fuck goin’ on / Look at how we walked up in this bitch (this bitch) / I just signed a deal wit’ my lil’ nigga / Still reached up the glitz (they
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Russ – Missin You Crazy
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In “Missin You Crazy,” Russ talks about the past, specifically a girl he had in the past, saying he misses those times, and while the new girl he has got is good, Russ prefers the
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Russ – Ride Slow
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With everything in Russ’s life speeding up and changing, he simply needs to “Ride Slow” for a bit. His ex-girl is questioning his motives, when he really just wants to explore her
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Russ – Can't Let Go
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[Intro] / Yeah / Mhm, yeah / I can't let go (Can't let go) / Yeah, mhm / [Chorus] / No matter how much we fight, I can't let go of you (Go of you) / You got this hold on me, I got
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Russ – No More
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[Intro] / Ooh, ooh / Oh, oh-oh / [Chorus] / I don't wanna cry no more (Yeah) / Tired of hangin' on, don't wanna try no more / Too much weight up on my back, oh-oh / And I feel like
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NLE Choppa – NLE Choppa Freestyle
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[Verse] / Say nigga, I'm still trippin’, still grippin’ / Purple rag on me, still crippin' / Last nigga play, he ain’t still livin' / Really with it, you can ask the city / You don
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BET (Ft. Casanova, Flawless Real Talk, Phora, REASON & Shawn Smith) – 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards - Cypher 4
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[Verse 1: Flawless Real Talk] / I can't believe that I'm here, no I actually can't / They asked for me by name, that's what I call demand / I told people all year that this is part
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88GLAM (Ft. Lil Yachty) – Lil Boat (Remix)
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[Intro: 88 Camino & Derek Wise] / Ooh, yeah / Ooh, yeah / Yeah, yes / D-D-Daytrip took it to 10, hey / [Chorus: 88 Camino] / Ayy, I feel like Lil Boat with the ice / I want
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Concept Collective – Tired Boy
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[Intro] / [Verse 1] / Yeah, hey / This shit is crazy, man, I don't know how to deal / I should probably learn to cope but I would rather pop a pill / 'Cause that would make the
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Russ – In the Dirt
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[Intro] / Excuse me man, my voice a little gone, man / But uh, I had to get my head right, man, for real, for real / Take back control (Yeah) / I don't think a lot of us realize
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Drake – Teenage Fever
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“Teenage Fever” samples Jennifer Lopez’s “If You Had My Love.” It may describe Drake’s transition from his relationship with Rihanna to Jennifer and the tension this created.
In
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Omarion (Ft. Chris Brown & Jhené Aiko) – Post to Be
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“Post to Be” is the second single from Omarion’s fourth studio album Sex Playlist, released via MMG.
The lyrics capitalize on a loose interpretation of the word “post,” which
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Russ (Ft. Bibi Bourelly) – Distracted
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[Chorus: Bibi Bourelly & Russ, Bibi Bourelly] / Can't get distracted right now / Can't happen right now / I gotta go, come back around / And if you ain't still there / It wasn't
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Drake (Ft. Chris Brown) – Not You Too
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On this song, Drake sings about being betrayed by a woman that he didn’t expect to. He scolds her by telling her “not you too,” implying that he has been spited by multiple women
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Russ – Psycho
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“Psycho” is a love track by Russ containing a melodic sound, where Russ sings how his lover turns him crazy. Interestingly Russ continues the story-line into “Psycho (Pt. 2
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House of Pain – Jump Around
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“Jump Around” was a humongously popular hit and has enjoyed a long life ever since, thanks to sync and licensing, and rowdy pubs. House Of Pain were never able to follow the
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Russ – Fire
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[Verse 1] / Outside on the phone, I don't wanna interrupt / You insist, grab my (Uh) / Tell your friend you'll call her back (Tell your friend you'll call her back) / Tell your
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Russ (Ft. CyHi & Lloyd Banks) – Get It
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[Intro: Russ] / Statik Selektah / Yeah, turn my headphones up / I'm talkin' to myself, haha, yeah / Statik, this beat's crazy, CHOMP 2 / I think you gotta just put me in the
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Russ – Gimme Love
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[Intro] / Mmm / Yeah-yeah / Yeah-yeah / Oh / [Chorus] / You give me love, give me love and affection / Real direction, real connection / Give me love, give me love / Give me love
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42 Dugg – SpinDatBac
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[Intro] / You know? (Tst) / Turn me up / [Verse] / This for all my thugs who ain't heard me in a minute / Like ten M's comin', when I get it, I'ma split it / This for all my
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Sam Hunt – Let It Down
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[Verse 1] / I know it's gon' hurt, yeah, I ain't gon' lie / Truth is I'm liable to cry / One foot in, one out the door / Ain't no use goin' back and forth / But if you gotta do
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Convicts – Fuck School
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[Intro] / Haha, yeah / It's that nigga y'all kicked out of school / And I told y'all I was gon' get y'all back / Fuck y'all, man / [Verse 1: Lord 3-2] / Every nigga and they mama
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Asake (Ft. Russ) – Reason
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[Intro: Aşakę] / Magic, Magic / Can you imagine? / Gbe won sa're bi Sonic / Tune in to the King of Sounds and Blues / [Verse 1: Aşakę] / Say na my reason I dey reason for my bed
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Russ (Ft. Bibi Bourelly) – Oasis
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[Chorus: Bibi Bourelly & Russ] / I'm in my little oasis / Been to a whole lot of places / Nothin' like my little oasis / And it feel fuckin' amazin' / Been livin' in my little
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Russ – Hard For Me
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[Intro] / Yeah, damn / Yeah / [Chorus] / Tired of goin' hard for people who don't go hard for me / And when you love somebody, the truth gets hard to see / They gon' knock the wind
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Russ Ballard – Ain't No Turning Back
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Baby, you must know it / All the time you led me on / Honey, I can see it, the love you had / I know it's gone / It don't matter what you say / Or, lady, what you do / 'Cause, baby
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Fabolous (Ft. Mack Wilds & Tiara Thomas) – Situationships
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This song talks about unhealthy relationships. He is in a relationship but it seems as if hes single because there are things that are constantly going wrong. When people change
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Kash Doll (Ft. Big Sean) – Ready Set
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“Ready Set” is a collaboration between Kash Doll and Big Sean. On the braggadocios track, the two artists boast about their abilities in the bedroom, while also bragging about
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Russ – Live From the Villa
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[Intro] / (!llmind put the loop on) / Yeah / Yeah / [Verse] / Never throwin' in the towel, I just use it to wipe the sweat off / And get back in the ring and knock your head off, I
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Juice WRLD – Rich and Blind
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In “Rich and Blind”, Juice WRLD discusses the subject of legends dying young, speaking on XXXTENTACION’s recent and unexpected passing on June 18, 2018, along with Lil Peep’s death
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Big Sean – Big Sean Freestyle
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[Verse 1] / Look, I was with Kobe last January 1st / Trapped inside a year that just can't get no worse / Present traumatic stress got me damaged and hurt / I've been in the gym
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Russ – Voicemail
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[Intro] / Ah hold on, lemme try callin' him one time / *Phone rings* / Come on pick up man / [Chorus] / I've been callin' tryna get a hold of you, you (yeah, yeah) / Feelin' lost
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Kaden M (Ft. Russ) – Pyscho, Pt. 2 (Remix)
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[Chorus: Russ] / She got me goin' psycho / She got me going down, down, down / Got me living on a tightrope / She got me going down, down, down / She got me goin' psycho / She got
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Russ – Ain’t Nobody Takin My Baby
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A beautiful love song over a soft, relaxing instrumental. This is Russ telling his girl that no matter what happens between them, he’s not giving up on their love. He indicates
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Ezra Kairo – Not Waiting
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(Intro) / Taylor bout to fuckin' flex / (Hook) / I’m smiling / Wildin / Why you always gotta be lying / Keep on hurting me I’m still breathing / If you’re coming back I’m not
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Meek Mill (Ft. A$AP Ferg) – Me (FWM)
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[Intro: Meek Mill] / Fuckin' with me, niggas ain't fuckin' with me (Niggas ain't fuckin'—) / Niggas ain't fuckin' with me, you niggas ain't fuckin' with me (Woah, woah) / Woah
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Drake – Can't Have Everything
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On “Can’t Have Everything,” Drake realizes that he won’t be able to have everything he desires; but that won’t stop him on his quest to captivate the whole world.
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Russ – Losin Control
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“Losin Control” is Russ' 49th single of 2015 and was released on November 9th, 2015. It also stands as Russ' most popular R&B performance, proving that he is not only a rapper and
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Migos – Time for Me
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[Intro: Quavo] / I 'preciate you / You makin' me realize all the time I wasted / Thinkin' 'bout them bando days, goin' back to the basic / But I don't really think you know that
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. Eric Nally, Grandmaster Caz, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Kool Moe Dee) – Downtown
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“Downtown” is the second song released from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s follow-up to 2012’s breakout album The Heist. The track features Eric Nally of Foxy Shazam on vocals, along
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EconStories (Ft. Friedrich Hayek, John Maynard Keynes & Russ Roberts) – Fear the Boom and the Bust
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[Prologue] / [Flash and boom from off-camera] / Keynes and Hayek approach a hotel desk / Clerk: Lord Keynes, welcome sir! It's a pleasure! / [said in a fawning way] / Keynes: The
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Russ – Never Again
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On Russ' “Never Again,” he recounts what seems to be the end of a particularly bad relationship where there was a lot of stress, a lack of mutual understanding, and negativity in
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Gorillaz (Ft. Del the Funky Homosapien) – Clint Eastwood
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“Clint Eastwood” is the phenomenal debut single from “virtual band” Gorillaz, dropped in 2001. The funky aesthetic of the video and the song’s menacing, mellow beat made it one of
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Project Pat (Ft. Crunchy Black & Juicy J) – Don't Save Her
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“Don’t Save Her” was back in 2001 the lead single to Mista Don’t Play.
The concept of this track could be inspired by the classic E-40 song “Captain Save A Hoe”.
The video
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Russ (Ft. Jessie Reyez) – Basement
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Russ teams up with Jessie Reyez to deliver this emotional song about a real connection with someone that feels as though it came before he blew up.
This marks the first Russ song
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