 Genius Meanings
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Thundercat (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Walk On By
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“Walk on By” is the third single off Thundercat’s Drunk. It was released on February 22, two days before the album.
The song features Compton-born rapper and close collaborator
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Thundercat (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Walk On By (Chopnotslop Remix)
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[Chorus: Thundercat] / At the end of it all / No one wants to drink alone / Baby, that's how it goes / Don't walk away from me / [Verse 1: Thundercat] / Fragmented memories
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Thundercat – Friend Zone
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“Friend Zone” is the second single taken from Thundercat’s 2017 album, Drunk. It was released on February 14 – Valentine’s Day.
On the track, Thundercat laments being stuck in the
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Thundercat (Ft. Wiz Khalifa) – Drink Dat
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“Drink Dat” is the second collaboration between Thundercat and rapper Wiz Khalifa, the pair having previously linked up on Wiz’s 2014 track “Something Special.”
This collaboration
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Thundercat – Friend Zone (Chopnotslop Remix)
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[Verse 1] / I'm your biggest fan, but I guess that's just not good enough / Is it cause I wear my hair weird or because I like to play Diablo / Don't act like you don't know what I
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KAYTRANADA (Ft. Thundercat) – Be Careful
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[Chorus: Thundercat & KAYTRANADA] / I just wanna see you move / Just let me see you walk / I only got dressed up for you / Be careful how you look at me (Look at me) / 'Cause we
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Thundercat (Ft. Wiz Khalifa) – Drink Dat (Chopnotslop Remix)
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[Chopped and Screwed] / [Pre-Chorus: Thundercat] / Can't open my eyes, girl / 'Cause I'm just too wasted / You're taking me higher / Straight shots with no chaser / I'm up past the
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Kendrick Lamar – Crooked
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[Verse] / ...my face / See the enemies I made / 'Bout to spend my last days (Crooked) / Tell me who's to blame / From eyewitness binoculars to some piñas coladas / From Argentina
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Thundercat – A Fan's Mail (Tron Song Suite II)
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A sequel to Thundercat’s previous cat-based anthem “Tron Song”, this track touches on the beauty of the feline life.
“Tron” is the shorthand name of Thundercat’s cat, whose real
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Thundercat – Lava Lamp
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“Lava Lamp” finds Thundercat musing on death. It seems he’s set on chasing somebody who’s gone before him, perhaps his late friend and fellow Brainfeeder musician Austin Peralta
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Thundercat – Jethro
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“Jethro” continues the death-oriented philosophising of “Lava Lamp,” albeit over a more energetic instrumental.
In “Lava Lamp,” his preoccupation with death was directed at
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Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Anna Wise, Bilal & Thundercat) – These Walls
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The title “These Walls” plays off the familiar expression “if these walls could talk…” Kendrick’s complex wordplay introduces layered metaphorical and literal walls—the “walls” of
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Thundercat (Ft. Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald) – Show You the Way
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“Show You the Way” is the lead single from Thundercat’s 2017 album Drunk.
The track is an expression of love and light that finds him trading verses with a pair of unexpected, yet
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Thundercat – Bus in These Streets
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On “Bus in These Streets,” Thundercat focuses on how people have become reliant and glued to technology and screens, desperately seeking to remain connected and in the loop.
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Kendrick Lamar (Ft. George Clinton & Thundercat) – Wesley's Theory
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“Wesley’s Theory” establishes the album’s theme by describing how racist American institutions upheld by white supremacy exploit Black creators for profit.
The first verse pictures
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Thundercat & Tame Impala – No More Lies
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“No More Lies” is Thundercat’s first musical release as a lead artist since his fourth studio album It Is What It Is in April 2020. On the song, he and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker
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Ty Dolla $ign (Ft. Anderson .Paak, Kanye West & Thundercat) – Track 6
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[Intro: Kanye West & Future] / I'm tryna roll like a thug already / Take you back and then out to the club already / I'm tryna make you some kids already / Make me go half on the
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Thundercat – Rabbot Ho
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“Rabbot Ho” is the opening to Drunk, a 40-second introduction to the album. Thundercat, feeling “kind of bored,” decides to “get drunk and travel down a rabbit hole” – a “rabbit
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Thundercat – Inferno
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[Refrain] / Into the fire / Black skies filled with smoke / Darker horizons ahead / [Chorus] / Out of the pan and into the fire / The descent into madness / Bright as day, dark as
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Thundercat – Captain Stupido
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The second song from Thundercat’s third studio album Drunk depicts himself in a state of monotony. The lyrics and the song itself seem to go in circles symbolizing every day of his
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Thundercat – Drunk
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[Chorus] / Drowning away all of the pain / 'Til I'm totally numb / Sometimes you want to feel alive / But not on someone else's time / [Verse] / Morning heartache / Senses your
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Thundercat (Ft. Pharrell Williams) – The Turn Down
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“The Turn Down” is the first official collaboration between Thundercat and Pharrell Williams, though both artists contributed backing vocals to Kendrick Lamar’s 2015 single, “
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Thundercat – Tokyo
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“Tokyo” is an ode to the capital of Japan. The song is about many things you can do in Tokyo, and Japan in general. It includes many cultural references and activities such as
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Thundercat – 3AM
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[Chorus] / Three o'clock, just can't close my eyes / Something's wrong with me / No, I can't deal, I can't go to sleep / There's something in my heart / The streets keep calling me
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Metro Boomin & A$AP Rocky (Ft. Takeoff) – Feel The Fiyaaaah
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In “Feel The Fiyaaaah,” Metro Boomin recruits A$AP Rocky and the late Takeoff for a slow-tempo trap song in which A$AP and Takeoff make correlations between several viral events
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Kendrick Lamar – untitled 08
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On “untitled 08 | 09.06.2014.,” Kendrick laments the financial difficulties faced by black Americans, and contextualizes his success in spite of it.
This track further
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Thundercat – Uh Uh
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“Uh Uh” is a two-minute instrumental track towards the top of Thundercat’s 2017 album Drunk. After only 20 seconds of an atmospheric intro, the listener suddenly finds him flying
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Thundercat – DUI
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“DUI” utilises the same melody as album opener “Rabbot Ho,” making for a kind of circular record.
The song also uses imagery from throughout the album – the titular drunkenness is
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Thundercat – Blackkk
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[Verse 1] / Travel through the light / Holy, holy / Take me to the highest mountain / And the lowest seas / Glory of your light / Break through / [Verse 2] / I want to experience
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The Beatles – It's Only Love
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The Beatles recorded “It’s Only Love” during an afternoon session on June 15, 1965. It took six takes to get right, though only four of those were complete. Its original working
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Thundercat – Jameel's Space Ride
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“Jameel’s Space Ride” is a 71 second song named after Thundercat’s younger brother Jameel Bruner. Jameel is also a Grammy-nominated musician, but has confirmed via his official
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Thundercat – Them Changes (Chopnotslop Remix)
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[Verse 1: Thundercat] / Nobody move, there's blood on the floor / Nobody move, there's blood on the floor / Nobody move, there's blood on the floor / A-and I can't find my-my heart
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Thundercat (Ft. Mac Miller) – Hi
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“Hi” is a bonus track included on Japanese versions of Drunk. It features Mac Miller, with whom Thundercat has collaborated before: he provided vocals to Miller’s “In The Morning
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Thundercat – Walkin'
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When it's just you and me / There's no place I'd rather be / You make my days bright as the sun / Each moment with you I adore / 'Cause there is no one like you girl / I'm just a
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Thundercat – Day & Night
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[Instrumental]
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Kendrick Lamar – Hood Politics
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Kendrick states in his poem that he dealt with survivor’s guilt by reiterating to himself that he earned his success and stayed true to his A-1 foundation.
“Hood Politics” is just
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Thundercat – Friend Zone (Ross From Friends Remix)
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[Verse 1] / I'm your biggest fan, but I guess that's just not good enough / Is it cause I wear my hair weird or because I like to play Diablo (x2) / [Chorus] / You stuck me in the
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Thundercat – Where I'm Going
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[Verse] / Here it comes / In and out and around / Feeling bare, almost there / Here it comes / This is the best part / This is the best part / Getting weak / But I'm doing fine
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Thundercat – I Am Crazy
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[Verse] / Bittersweet memories cloud my faded mind / And if I was so lucky, I could press rewind / Or could it be I'm crazy? / 'Cause I've been wrong before / Let a nigga know
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Jhené Aiko – W.A.Y.S
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[Verse 1] / At forty-four minutes to four / An angel walked up to my door / Opened the windows to my soul / Told me he thinks that I should know / There's no slowing down / As the
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Mac Miller – Colors and Shapes
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This song is about LSD and the perception of life it gives to those who take it. The man in the introduction is Timothy Leary, who was one of the inspirations for the psychedelic
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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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AVGOTDRIP, Yung Kage & void (Ft. XANAKIN SKYWOK & Yumi) – ALRIGHT*
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[Intro] / Alright, Alright, Alright, Alright, Alright / (AV with that drip, ho) / Alright, Alright, Alright, Alright, Alright, Alr— / (*beep*) / [Chorus: Yung Kage] / Walked in dat
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Kendrick Lamar – i (Album Version)
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“i” is the first single from Kendrick’s third studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly. Kendrick received two Grammys for the studio version of the song at the 57th Grammy Awards for Best
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King Von – All We Do Is Drill
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[Intro] / (Banger) / (DJ on the beat, so it's a banger) Von, Von / [Chorus] / Get Back Gang, they got my back (Uh-huh) / Still won't lack, I got my strap (Nah, got my strap) / We
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