Genius Meanings
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Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World
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Tears For Fears' biggest chart hit, peaking at #2 in their home country of Britain and topping the charts in the US, Canada and New Zealand. Although a massive hit, Rule The World
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Nas (Ft. Lauryn Hill) – If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)
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Nas' exercise in Utopianism – inspired by Sir Thomas More (and Kurtis Blow).
Nas told Complex:
Being a hip-hop fan and Krush Groove fan, Kurtis Blow was my favorite rapper when I
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Coldplay – Viva La Vida
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Revered as an essential rock song of the 2000s, “Viva La Vida” tells the story of a monarch who’s lost his kingdom. In another aspect, the song is also seen as a narrative on the
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GAMPER & DADONI (Ft. ILIRA) – Rule The World
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[Verse 1] / Turn your phone off / I'll take you to a place / Where no one knows us, yeah / Maybe we messed up / But we got all we need / And tonight, we rule the world / [Pre-
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Young Rising Sons – King of the World
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[Verse 1: Young Rising Sons] / Cold as winter in the dead of July / That bitter chill don't just live in my mind / And I can see us taking over the world / [Verse 2: Young Rising
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Taylor Swift – Long Live
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“Long Live” is the last track on the standard version of Taylor’s 2010 album, Speak Now. In the song, Taylor finds herself looking back at her fondest memories of her career, none
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2 Chainz (Ft. Ariana Grande) – Rule the World
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“Rule the World” sees 2 Chainz rapping about his respective partner. The Ariana Grande-assisted track arrives exactly a month after their “7 rings (remix),” following multiple
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Zayde Wolf – Rule the Wold
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[Verse 1] / No one ever told us / Where the easy part begins / The story that they sold us / Keeps us hanging from the end / [Pre-Chorus] / So we'll keep on starting the fires
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Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty
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Daya expresses in this song that she doesn’t need a lover or boyfriend to live life and that she will do fine by herself. Daya wants to do better things in her life instead of
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CaptainSparklez (Ft. TryHardNinja) – Fallen Kingdom
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“Fallen Kingdom” is Captain Sparklez’s second Minecraft parody of Coldplay’s track “Viva La Vida” performed by TryHardNinja. The story is told from the king’s perspective
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The Dresden Dolls – My Alcoholic Friends
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[Verse 1] / I'm counting back / The number of the steps / It took for me to get / Back on the wagon of the weekend / I'll use the auto-timer to prove that I'll / Get home with my
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Sam Smith – Man I Am
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“Man I Am” is a song by Sam Smith from Barbie: The Album. The song is a reimagining of Ken doll’s identity in pop culture. Sam switches between a humorous, gravelly, mock “
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Your Favorite Martian – Take Over The World
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This song is about Your Favorite Martian being sick of his job and wanting to take over the world.
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Nas (Ft. Amerie) – Rule
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This song is from Nas' 2001 classic Stillmatic. It heavily samples and makes lyrical reference to Everybody Wants to Rule the World by the English New Wave band Tears for Fears.
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Take That – Rule The World
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Asked to write a song for the film Stardust, Take That came out with what turned out to be one of their major hits. The song became the 5th biggest selling single of 2007 and
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LIZ – When I Rule the World
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“When I Rule The World” sees LIZ collaborating with London-born electronic producer SOPHIE.
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Travis Scott – Pornography
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“Pornography” serves as the lead track off of Travi$ Scott’s highly anticipated 2015 album, Rodeo.
The song includes narration by one of Scotts label heads, T.I.. The narration is
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Genius English Translations – BTS - If I Ruled the World (English Translation)
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[Intro: V & Jimin, Jungkook] / If I ruled the world I’d do it all / (Westside, westside, westside) / If I ruled the world I’d do it all / (Westside, westside, westside) / [Verse 1
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No Doubt – Just a Girl
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Stefani’s famous critique of male-dominated society, written from the perspective of the “little girl” who “needs” protection. As it turns out, Stefani, like others, are quite
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Garbage – The Men Who Rule the World
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“The Men Who Rule The World” is the lead single of Garbage’s seventh studio album No Gods No Masters. The single was released on Tuesday March 30th.
The music video was directed
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MF DOOM (Ft. Mr. Fantastik) – Rapp Snitch Knishes
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DOOM and Fantastik talk about how foolish it is to rap about crimes that you could be prosecuted for one day.
The song’s instrumental had previously been released in DOOM’s
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Dr. Carver (Ft. Peanut Genomes) – If I Ruled The World
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(If I ruled the world) / I would make sure my clones don't give any slack / If I ruled the world / (hahahaha) / I would treat people bad / That's a well know fact / Imagine that
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Lil Wayne – Get High Rule the World
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8th track on Da Drought 3. On this track, Weezy tackles “If I Ruled The World”, which is arguably Nas' most popular song.
This track, much like the original, is Wayne dreaming of
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Rare Americans – Run the World
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[Verse 1] / The best part of putting myself out there / Is when you say we’ve helped cure your worst despair / Depression, grief, or just the courage to get out the sheets / And
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Sarah Jeffery – Queen of Mean
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“Queen Of Mean” is Audrey’s solo. The song is about her becoming evil after feeling like she has lost Ben and royalty to Mal. During the song, Audrey takes the Queen’s crown and
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