 Genius Meanings
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The Black Keys – Grown So Ugly
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This song is about a World War II veteran who comes back to his wife and home after he had become severely disfigured.
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Robert Pete Williams – I've Grown So Ugly
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I got up this morning / And I put on my shoes / I tied my shoes / Then I washed my face / I went to the mirror / For to comb my head / I made a move / Didn't know what to do / I
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The Black Keys – The Lengths
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Tell me where you're going / What is goin' wrong / I felt you leaving / Before you'd even gone / Hold me now or never, ever / Hold me again / No more talk could take me from this
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The Black Keys – Keep Me
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[Verse 1] / Keep me clean / Keep me warm / Keep my soul away from harm / Keep the night / Keep the day / Keep me in-between the way / [Verse 2] / Hold that second / Hold the time
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The Black Keys – The Desperate Man
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[Intro] / Alright / [Verse 1] / See her walking with a fella / Two of them, so nice and mella / Hey-hey, hey-hey, hey-hey-hey / My heart is broken, it's open wide / Feel so down
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The Black Keys – Act Nice and Gentle
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Track 10 from the Rubber Factory. Written from the point of view of a man speaking to his girl, this track is an ode to the pleasure of kindness.
This track is a cover of 1967
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The Black Keys – Girl Is on My Mind
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[Verse 1] / Girl is on my mind / Girl is on my mind / Try to ignore her and I try to unwind / But she is on my mind / [Verse 2] / Eyes are in my eyes / Eyes are in my eyes / Where
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The Black Keys – 10 A.M. Automatic
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[Verse 1] / What about the night / Makes you change (yeah) / Oh, from sweet to deranged / What about my voice tells you who / Who's been wrong to you / [Chorus] / Yeah / You got
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The Black Keys – Till I Get My Way
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[Verse 1] / Love me don't leave me / Make me feel you need me / You kill me, thrill me / Don't you know that I will be / Calling on you everyday / Till I get my way / [Verse 2
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The Black Keys – Stack Shot Billy
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Track #9 on The Black Keys‘ third studio album Rubber Factory.
Stagger Lee, (also known as Stagolee, Stack O'Lee, Stacker Lee, etc.), apparently based on an African-American man
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The Black Keys – When the Lights Go Out
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[Verse 1] / Don't it hurt so bad / Standing in the sun / The bottom of your heart / You don't love no one / [Chorus] / You can be / Oh, so mean / I just can't see / No in-between
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The Black Keys – All Hands Against His Own
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[Verse 1] / He found all hands against his own / He found all eyes were looking down / And the sun had left and gone / All his friends could not be found / [Chorus] / Don't talk
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The Black Keys – Just Couldn't Tie Me Down
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[Verse 1] / Will you let me know / How you've changed / I can't tell / In any way / [Chorus] / Little village, is not a town / Just couldn't tie me down / [Verse 2] / You sent a
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The Black Keys – Aeroplane Blues
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[Verse 1] / I'm on an airplane / 'Cross the sea / Going nowhere / I wanna be / [Chorus] / Distant land / Don't know who I am / [Verse 2] / Eyes are heavy / Mind is shook / Can't
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JAY-Z – Song Cry
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“Song Cry” is an emotional ballad in which Jay describes the pain of a long-term relationship ending, caused by his professional schedule and personal philandering. Since his pride
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ROSÉ – Gone
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“Gone” is BLACKPINK member ROSÉ’s first original solo release, and showcases a mellifluous side of her while capturing the strengths of her soulful vocals. In this song, ROSÉ
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El Michels Affair & Black Thought – The Weather
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[Verse 1: Black Thought] / Sometimes the weather takes me back to the days of crazy summers / With Aunt Blanche telling me to run and play the numbers / I'm tryna make it to the
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2Pac (Ft. Outlawz) – Staring Through My Rear View
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Pac and the Outlawz reflect on their lives.
The original version of the song, titled “Staring Through My Rearview” was featured in the 1997 film Gang Related during the outro. An
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Big Sean (Ft. Kanye West & Roscoe Dash) – Marvin & Chardonnay
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“Marvin & Chardonnay” is the second single off Big Sean’s debut album Finally Famous. The song, featuring Kanye West and Roscoe Dash, is about making love while sipping on
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Kendrick Lamar & Taylour Paige – We Cry Together
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On “We Cry Together,” Kendrick and Taylour Paige take opposite sides in a couple’s ugly dispute that sees them hurling insults at one another for nearly six minutes. Another
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Raekwon – Incarcerated Scarfaces
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Track five off Rae’s debut solo album, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
In an interview with XXL about the making of Cuban Linx, RZA recalled:
I wasn’t making that beat for Rae. I was
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Harry Chapin – Cat's in the Cradle
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Harry’s ode to his son Josh, written when Josh was born.
Written by Harry Chapin’s wife, Sandy, long before their son was born. Once Josh was born, Harry Chapin turned it into a
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Tyler, The Creator – Nightmare
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As Tyler begins to find out, fame is not all it’s cracked up to be…
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Kendrick Lamar (Ft. MC Eiht) – m.A.A.d city
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“m.A.A.d” is an acronym for both “my Angels on Angel dust” and “my Angry Adolescence divided.”
“m.A.A.d” is also a reference to the 90s Compton based hip-hop group “WC and the
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Ugly Kid Joe – Cats in the Cradle
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[Verse 1] / My child arrived just the other day / Came to the world in the usual way / But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay / He learned to walk while I was away / He
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XXXTENTACION (Ft. Joey Bada$$ & Kemba) – Daemons
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In “Daemons,” XXXTENTACION and close friend Joey Bada$$ confront their internal demons and reflect on their connection with God. The track marks the third collaboration between the
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$UICIDEBOY$ – Ugliest
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[Intro: Northside Shawty] / Once you've found the right doctor / And have told him or her about your pain / Don't, don't be afraid to take what they give you / Often, it will be an
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Eminem – Stronger Than I Was
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This sympathetic song provides an insight into Eminem’s relationship with ex-wife Kim, and how he apologizes for acting how he did towards her in the past. The song is the polar
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Big L (Ft. Bloodshed, Cam'ron, Ma$e & McGruff) – American Dream
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The message of this song is to show that the American Dream of Harlem people is to get rich off hustling.
This is the first group Mase and Cam'ron were in, in high school. The
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Ugly Duckling (Ft. People Under the Stairs) – Shoot Your Shot
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[Andy Cooper] / Here we go! / [Hook] / SHOOT YOUR SHOT! / Man, I wanna know WHAT YOU GOT! / Load it up and HIT THAT SPOT! / Grab the mic and SHOOT YOUR SHOT! / [Andy Cooper] / Thes
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Angela Davis – Speech delivered at the Embassy Auditorium Los Angeles, California - June 9, 1972
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Directions: / Please make two annotations that function as commentary on your understanding of how social institutions were functioning in 1972. Be sure to acknowledge the source
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Lorraine Hansberry – A Raisin in the Sun (Act I : Scene II)
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ACT I / SCENE TWO / It is the following morning; a Saturday morning, and house cleaning is in progress at the YOUNGERS. Furniture has been shoved hither and yon and MAMA is giving
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Sodikken – GRETEL
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Ward off great evil / 'Fore I reach the front door / What am I in hell for? / Was I born to be tortured? / Creatures, medieval / Can you guide me? / Yes of course / Fairy, goblin
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Finny Music – Who Run It/Bring It Back/Look Alive (Megamix)
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This is the twenty-ninth megamix by FinnyFromFlickr.
This mashup is made up of three parts that has a variety of great artists out there in the world. The first part is a mashup
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Moneybagg Yo – Time Today
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[Refrain] / I just looked at my wrist, I got time today / Fuck it, I'm crossin' a line today / [Verse 1] / The hate be so real, the love be fake / Be bumpin' they gums and bumpin
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