 Genius Meanings
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Solange – Losing You
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Solange Knowles returns to music after a four-year hiatus with the release of the single and video for “Losing You,” which explores the end of a relationship.
The singer/
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FLO – Losing You
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On “Losing You,” the group sees the letting go of a relationship that has shattered due to unfaithfulness and a lack of interest from the other party, but realizing moving on and
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Will Young – Losing You
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[Chorus] / Tell me the truth, boy, am I losing you for good? / We used to kiss all night, but now there's just no use / I don't know why I fight it, clearly, we are through / Tell
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Kane Brown – Losing You
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[Verse 1] / I'm not afraid of monsters under my bed / I'm not afraid of skeletons in my closet or the voices in my head / Not afraid to speak my mind, I'm not afraid to say I'm
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WONHO (원호) – Losing You
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This all-English track marks the solo debut of South Korean singer-songwriter, WONHO. The song is released as a pre-release single off of WONHO’s debut EP, Love Synonym.
The track
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Solange (Ft. Kevin Barnes) – Sleep in the Park
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“Sleep In The Park” is the B-side track of Solange’s 2012 single “Losing You”.
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Celeste – Strange
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[Verse 1] / I tried for you / Tried to see through all the smoke and dirt / It wouldn't move / What could I do? / [Pre-Chorus] / I touch your head to pull your thoughts into my
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Genius Brasil Traduções – Solange - Losing You (Tradução em Português)
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[Refrão 1] / Me diga a verdade, garoto, eu estou perdendo você pra sempre? / Costumávamos nos beijar a noite toda, mas agora não fazemos isso / Eu não sei por que luto contra isso
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Mars Argo – Using You
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“Using You” was originally released in 2011 off Mars Argo’s EP Linden Place, which one can purchase and listen to here. However, In late 2014 the band decided to revise the song
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Solange (Ft. D'Angelo Lacy) – Sleep In The Park (Twin Shadow Remodel)
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We got a long way / No, we got a long, long way to go / No, we got a long way / Yeah, we got a long, long way to go / Stand in the dark / Sleep in the park / Sleep in the park
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Solange – Bad Girls (Verdine Version)
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“Bad Girls” is about, well, it’s about a bad girl. She’s in school, but she doesn’t enjoy it, she’s in partnerships that she knows won’t last, she’s a “hurricane.”
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Solange (Ft. Playboi Carti & The-Dream) – Almeda
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An unlikely trio, “Almeda” marks the first time Solange, The-Dream and Playboi Carti have ever worked together.
The song heavily draws from the roots and traditions of Solange’s
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Solange – Lovers in the Parking Lot
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Solange regrets toying with a guy’s heart and her inability to commit
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Solange – Sandcastle Disco
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[Verse 1] / Who would've known, the wind and the sunshine / Would oh baby, baby, build up these walls of mine / And I can't see you or breathe you / Cause there's trouble right
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Solange (Ft. Devonté Hynes) – Some Things Never Seem to Fucking Work
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This song is about young love that’s doomed to failure. There’s a chance that this is about Solange’s relationship with her ex-husband and the father of her child, who she married
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Solange – Don't Let Me Down
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This song details the extent of Solange’s love and all the lengths she’ll go. The only thing she asks is that you don’t let her down.
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Pitchfork – The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s
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1. Kendrick Lamar: “Alright” (2015) / 2. Grimes: “Oblivion” (2012) / 3. Robyn: “Dancing on My Own” (2010) / 4. Beyoncé: “Formation” (2016) / 5. Frank Ocean: “Thinkin Bout You” (
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Solange – Locked in Closets
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Solange talks about feeling isolated in childhood and the inability to put herself out there in a relationship in early adulthood.
Don’t worry, the song ends with her finding
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Solange – Looks Good with Trouble
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You Know That I’m No Good Amy Winehouse Flow. She knows that this guy is trouble, but she has to admit that trouble looks good on him
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Beyoncé – Stop Sign
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[Verse 1] / I like to feel so high and you feel good feeling low / I like my colors vivid and you paint your colors gold / I like to see the world and you like your weekends home
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Frank Ocean – Solo
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On “Solo,” Frank touches on various aspects of being alone, such as self-love or waiting for a call from your lover. It’s not entirely clear if this song is specifically about
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Beyoncé – If I Were a Boy
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“If I Were a Boy” is a commentary on the double standards that often exist between men and women and a story of role reversal. She explores what it would be like if she did all the
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SZA – The Weekend
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SZA has said that this song is about three women, not just two, all of whom are being played by the same man. However, one decided that they did not care.
The song serves to
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SZA (Ft. Don Toliver) – Used
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[Intro: Norma Rowe] / Yeah, I'll cuss your ass out in a minute / [Verse 1: SZA] / Yes, I've been used to being used like this / Ain't no difference, I'm immortalized in my thoughts
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Lauryn Hill – Lost Ones
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Lost Ones is the second track from Lauryn Hill’s 5-time Grammy winning album, the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
This song is written to an ex, following a relationship break-up. It
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Beyoncé – THIQUE
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“THIQUE” is Beyoncé’s braggadocious track over her accentuating body appearance where she also flaunts her wealth. Her lyrics speak over a dark trap-infused hip-house beat – which
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Whitney Campbell And Friends – Sad Girl Fall
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(Verse One ) / The Leaves Are Falling / The Weather Is Getting Colder / The Days Are Getting Shorter / Heartbreak Is In The Air / All I Wanted Was My Heart To Belong To You / But
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d4vd – Romantic Homicide
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[Verse 1] / I'm scared (Oh-oh-oh) / It feels like you don't care (Ooh-ooh) / Enlighten me, my dear (Ooh-ooh-ooh) / Why am I still here? Mm (Oh-oh) / I don't mean to be
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WILLOW – Wait a Minute!
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Arguably the most sophisticated and lively song on the album, this neo-funk number is extremely catchy. Following in her brother’s footsteps, Willow is experimenting with her own
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JAY-Z (Ft. Angela “Mecca” Scott) – Feelin' It
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Released on April 15, 1997, “Feelin’ It” was the fourth and final single from Jaÿ-Z’s debut album Reasonable Doubt, while the DJ Premier produced “Friend or Foe” was the single’s B
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Sade – By Your Side
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“By Your Side,” released January 12, 2001, is the lead single from Sade’s fifth album Lovers Rock, and the first new music from the band since 1993’s “Please Send Me Someone To
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Beyoncé – Halo
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One of Bey’s most vocally demanding and optimistic works, “Halo” comes off as a centerpiece in the I Am… disc of Beyoncé’s third studio album. Equipped with emotional vocalizations
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Beyoncé (Ft. Jack White) – Don't Hurt Yourself
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“Don’t Hurt Yourself” is an empowering, guitar-thrashing black woman’s anthem that continues the cheating motif from the previous song “HOLD UP.”
On the Jack White assisted hook
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Beyoncé – Dance for You
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Beyoncé penned this song with the hitmaking duo of Terius “The-Dream” Nash and Christopher “Tricky” Stewart. It finds the singer proclaiming her love for her man and saying that to
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Beyoncé – BLACK PARADE
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“BLACK PARADE” is a song celebrating blackness. It was released in the final hours of Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the United
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Adele – Easy On Me
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“Easy On Me” marked Adele’s return after a six-year hiatus. The song is the lead single off her fourth studio album 30. In an October 2021 BBC Radio 1 interview, Adele revealed
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