 Genius Meanings
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The Score – Run Like a Rebel
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[Verse 1] / I feel a shiver / Ripple down my spine / It cut likes a river / And lets me know it's time / There's a million faces / Told to get in line / Spend their lives in cages
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The Score – Unstoppable (Rebel Remix)
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[Verse 1] / There's a moment / In your bones when / When the fire takes over / Blood is running / Heart is pumping / As the battle gets closer / Ooh, they can say what they want
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Fugees – Ready or Not
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The Fugees' second biggest hit is an ominous warning to wack MCs. The song puts a hip-hop spin on a soul classic—its chorus and bridge are an interpolation of The Delfonics' 1968
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The Score – Unstoppable
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[Verse 1] / There's a moment / In your bones when / When the fire takes over / Blood is running / Heart is pumping / As the battle gets closer / Ooh, they can say what they want
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G-Eazy – Rebel
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[Produced By: G-Eazy] / [Hook] / He's a rebel and he'll never ever be any good / He's a rebel cause he never ever does what he should / He's a rebel and he'll never ever be any
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Run The Jewels (Ft. Zack de la Rocha) – A Report to the Shareholders / Kill Your Masters
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“A Report to the Shareholders/Kill Your Masters” continues the powerful messages from the first RTJ track that Zack de la Rocha was featured on: “Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck
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A Tribe Called Quest – Check the Rhime
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“Check the Rhime” is the quintessential and most celebrated hip-hop song for call-and-response rhyme cipher. Q-Tip and Phife Dawg celebrate their middle-class roots from Queens
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The Score – Rush
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[Verse 1] / My brain is a one-way train and I'm 'bout to ride it out / Octane running through these veins, burning all my fears down / Today, yeah, the cycle breaks, it's time to
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Jelani Blackman – Hello
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[Chorus] / Hey, hello / I been here since Ghetts was Ghetto / Yo, I know road not meadows / I don't score goals from penos / Screamers even when a girl look mellow / Hm, yeah, my
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Snoop Lion – Rebel Way
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The Score – Can't Stop Me Now
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[Verse 1] / I'm a bullet from a gun and my heart is the trigger / When I was just a kid I would dream I was bigger / If you wanna make a name, better stand and deliver / 'Cause
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The Score – In My Bones
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[Verse 1] / So tired of comparisons, tryna learn the lesson in / Falling every time that I do / The chemicals inside my brain never let me feel the pain / Pushing me to see the
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The Score – Higher
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“Higher” is a song by The Score that was originally released as part of their Myths & Legends EP on April 14, 2017. It was later included as one of the singles from their debut
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Eminem – Campaign Speech
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Eminem’s “Campaign Speech,” much like his last freestyle leading up to an album, is a verbal onslaught with dense wordplay and rhyme schemes devoid of reverence for anyone famous
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Proof – Violence
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[Intro: Proof] / Violence / Take one / If you hearing this, this a rough draft / Got no business listening to us / [talking] / On the real, listen / [Verse 1: Proof] / Put the
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The Score – Stay
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[Verse 1] / I've been lying to myself at night / Thinking everything is alright / Yeah, I get lost in this state of mind / Losing my words got me, got me, got me tongue-tied
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The Score – Money Run Low
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[Verse 1] / Tongue tied / Dreams die / We all lose our way / We have fears / Shed tears / And we carry our mistakes / It's funny when you're down and out they don't come around
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Kane Roberts – Rebel Heart
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Tonight I'm leavin' on the midnight train / To stay would be to leave a lie / I'm stingin' from the fire of your farewell kiss / Disappointment in your eyes / I left you in the
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The Irish Brigade – The Sam Song
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[Verse 1] / Well I have been a Provo now for 15 years or more / With armalites and mortar bombs I thought I knew the score / Oh but now we have a weapon we've never used before
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BabySolid – Diablo
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[Intro] / What (stop playing) / (Chapo) / (K.I.) / MOB / [Chorus] / Ouuuu / Man I just catched a opp it get busy / Don't ask where they at cause I just got the drop in the city
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Run–DMC – I'm Not Going Out Like That
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[Malcolm X] / Many of our people.. / Stealing.. / Gambling.. / Many of our people turn to.. / [Run] / Crime, time, nah I get mine / Climb, do fine, wine and just dine / Make, break
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James Newton Howard (Ft. Jennifer Lawrence) – The Hanging Tree
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Note: The text on this page contains the original lyrics contained in Suzanne Collins’s novel, which do not exactly match the lyrics sung by Jennifer Lawrence in the film
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Phasewave – OPIUM CULT VOL. 2
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[Intro] / [Instrumental] / [New Bag] / [Chorus: Playboi Carti] / And I take heads off / Uh, and I take heads off / I got some new cash / I got some new swag / I got some new packs
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Wally Fattz (Ft. Murphy Holloway) – Fins Up
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(Chorus) / Hotty Toddy 3x / I was born to be a rebel boy / Hotty Toddy 3x / I was born to be a rebel / Hell yeah, Damn right 2x / I was born to be a rebel boy / (pause) / Hell yeah
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Pharrell Williams (Ft. Charlie Wilson & Snoop Dogg) – That Girl
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[Intro: Pharrell Williams & Snoop Dogg] / We do this in our sleep, nigga / Yeah / Ever been in love before? / I wanna holla at you, ma / You know it's hard for a player to admit
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Nipsey Hussle (Ft. Diddy) – Young Nigga
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“Young Nigga” is a pseudo-autobiographical song where Nipsey speaks on how he has persevered, working on his craft and sticking with people who he grew up with. He also speaks on
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Bobby Shmurda – Hot Nigga
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“Hot Nigga”’s popularity came primarily due to the Shmoney Dance and this iconic line. The Shmoney Dance blew up on the popular social media app Vine, drawing a lot of interest in
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Madonna – Score
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“Score” is an unreleased song by Madonna, recorded during album sessions for her thirteenth studio album, Rebel Heart (2014).The song leaked online for the first time in December
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The Score – Hunger
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[Verse 1] / It's feeding time in the jungle, jungle / The cold streets, yeah, they come alive / Ain't a time to be humble, humble / 'Cause only the strong survive / [Pre-Chorus
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The Score – Miracle
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One of the fan favorite songs by The Score, Miracle was originally featured on the Myths & Legends EP before its placement as one of the singles available on the band’s debut album
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The Score – Revolution
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First a single off their Myths & Legends EP before being included as a single from their debut album, Atlas, “Revolution” is a thumping indie rock song inspired by a protest
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Styx – Renegade
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The song is a first-person narrative told by an outlaw about to be executed for his crimes. As the first verse notes, his execution will be by hanging.
A staple of classic rock
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Travis Scott (Ft. 2 Chainz & Future) – 3500
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“3500” is the first single from Rodeo and was premiered at the Hot 97’s Summer Jam on June 7th, 2015. The title refers to a $3,500 fur coat bought by Kim Kardashian for her
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The Score – Livin' Right
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[Intro] / Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh / Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh / [Verse 1] / I'll be the place you run to hide / The heart when you need a fight / A flickering flame when you need to light
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Jehst – Run Hard
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It's the million militant picture paintin, quick debatin' / I hit terrain my trainers grip the pavement / The city's depraved decayed, quick to cave in / I kick the greatest game
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Nas – Street Dreams
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“Street Dreams” has Nas illustrating the mind-state of drug-dealing, and explains why kids growing up in the ghetto often choose this lifestyle. The bigger picture, or the “street
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The Score – Stay
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[Verse 1] / I've been lying to myself at night / Thinking everything is alright / Yeah, I get lost in this state of mind / Losing my words got me, got me, got me tongue-tied
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Run The Jewels – Run the Jewels
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[Intro: Killer Mike & El-P] / Run, run, run, run, run / Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy / [Verse 1: El-P & Killer Mike] / Oh dear, what the fuck have we here? / These
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The Score – Strange
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[Verse 1] / Lately I've been thinking everyone around me is insane / March in single file 'cause they're thinking that it's the only way / But I'm never gonna fall in line / Never
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Lil Baby – Emotionally Scarred
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“Emotionally Scarred” finds Lil Baby looking back at the influence that his old hood life left on his mindset. The rapper recalls being poor and explains that his come-up forced
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Don't Flop (Ft. Arsonal & SHOTTY HORROH) – Shotty Horroh vs. Arsonal
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Here it is – the lyrics to the legendary Don’t Flop promo battle between Shotty Horroh and Arsonal.
They did a rematch at KOTD two years later which you can check out here.
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The Stop the Violence Movement – Self Destruction
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“Self-Destruction” was released as a charity single to benefit the National Urban League, a New York-based civil rights organization that fights racial discrimination. The benefit
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Rebel Diaz (Ft. dead prez & Rakaa Iriscience) – Which Side Are You On? (Remix)
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[Intro: Pete Seeger] / Which side are you on, boy? / Which side are you on? / Which side are you on, boy? / Which side are you on? / [Verse 1: G1] / See before I draw the line, I
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