Genius Meanings
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Vince Staples – ARE YOU WITH THAT?
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[Intro] / Yeah, yeah / Yeah, yeah / Yeah, yeah / Yeah, yeah / (Ayy) / [Verse 1] / City goin' up (Up), so you better bust / Finna see who really one of us / Really spillin' blood (
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Vince Staples – Summertime
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After being driven crazy and wanting to build a life with the woman mentioned throughout the album, the final track on the first disc touches on a lighter side of Vince as he
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Vince Staples (Ft. Kilo Kish) – Surf
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Surf compares the cycle of systemic poverty in the inner cities to the cycle of the tide at the beach, tackling subjects like drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, and public indifference
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Vince Staples – 745
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Vince raps over a g funk/detroit techno fusion beat provided by Jimmy Edgar.
The track has Vince driving around town in a BMW 745i, an early-mid 2000s model in BMW’s luxury sedan
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Vince Staples – WHEN SPARKS FLY
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[Chorus: Lyves] / It's been two years, I keep calling / I'm standing here and I ain't got you / As we lay here, lovers in arms / I can feel your fear, can this love be true? / Come
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Vince Staples (Ft. Snoh Aalegra) – Jump Off the Roof
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Coming off a song like “Dopeman”, it’s fitting the next track focuses on Vince’s addictions and vices. From love & sex to drugs, Vince questions his control over these things
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Vince Staples & Larry Fisherman – Thought About You
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[Verse 1] / I just wanna get my bread / And talk my shit 'fore I end up dead / I got all this blood sitting on my hands / I never gave no fuck, so they understand / Why I feel this
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Vince Staples – Norf Norf
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One of three Clams Casino produced tracks on Summertime ‘06, “Norf Norf” finds Vince Staples pridefully repping his origins; the Norfside of Long Beach, CA. Vince talked about the
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Vince Staples – 3230
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3230 is the address on Poppy Street where Vince lived the latter part of his life in north LB. His neighborhood was even featured earlier in 2015 when he toured it with Complex:
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Vince Staples & Yugen Blakrok – Opps
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“Opps” (derived from the word ‘opposition’) is a term for cops or an opposite gang, against whom this song is directed. This marks the 2nd collaboration between California rappers
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Vince Staples – Home
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[Verse 1: Vince Staples] / This morning I woke up in a fortress of distortion / I'm at war with my emotions, I'm at war with they enforcement / Tryna fight for what's right and got
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Gorillaz (Ft. Vince Staples) – Ascension
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“Ascension” deals with topics such as inequality and racism. Ascension means “to rise to an important position / a higher level,” so it is a possibility Gorillaz and Vince Staples
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Vince Staples – THE BEACH
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[Verse] / Aw, yeah, everybody killer / Tryna make it to the top, we can't take everybody with us / We can't get everybody rich, we can't fuck everybody bitches / I'm afraid to
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Vince Staples – Señorita
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First performed during Vince’s performance at the Fader Fort during his 2015 SXSW run, “Señorita” gets the honor as the first single from Vince’s debut studio album Summertime 06.
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Billie Eilish & Vince Staples – &burn
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“&burn” is the first Billie Eilish release since she dropped her debut EP dont smile at me (on August 11th 2017), and marks first Billie’s collaboration (outside the ocean eyes
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Vince Staples (Ft. Jhené Aiko) – Oh You Scared
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[Produced by Childish Major] / [Verse 1: Vince Staples] / Nigga, what's the deal? Pay attention / Most the time that I've been living we been public housing tenants / Never had no
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Vince Staples (Ft. Juicy J) – Big Fish
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“Big Fish” is the second single off of Vince’s 2nd studio album Big Fish Theory. Vince muses on the ways in which rap has changed his life and how far he’s come. On the same day of
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Vince Staples & Mustard – MAGIC
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“MAGIC” is the lead single to Staples' fifth studio album, RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART. It marks his first collaboration with the project’s executive producer, Mustard, a fellow
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Snoh Aalegra (Ft. Vince Staples) – Nothing Burns Like the Cold
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Snoh is joined by frequent collaborator and label mate, Vince Staples. The song is about a struggling relationship between a man and woman. Both partners face the reality that it
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Vince Staples (Ft. Kendrick Lamar & KUČKA) – Yeah Right
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“Yeah Right” is the 7th track on Vince Staples' sophomore album, Big Fish Theory. The track is a collaboration with Kendrick Lamar, Kučka, electronic record producer Flume, and PC
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Vince Staples – BagBak
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Vince Staples announced “BagBak” on social media, saying the song is coming February 3rd, 2017.
https://twitter.com/vincestaples/status/826476838927028224
It is a single on Big
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Casey Veggies & Vince Staples) – Hive
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“Hive” features a very ominous and menacing instrumental, creating a very eerie atmosphere. The rapping features numerous instances of multiple assonant rhymes, from which Earl is
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Vince Staples (Ft. Kilo Kish) – Crabs in a Bucket
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The “crabs in a bucket” mentality can be described as an “if I can’t have it, neither can you” train of thought. Crabs trapped in a bucket will grapple and climb over each other
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Vince Staples – C.N.B.
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C.N.B. is an abbreviation of Coldest Nigga Breathing.
Vince is cutting through the bullshit to assert his realness and speak on some issues facing his community, namely racism
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Vince Staples – LAW OF AVERAGES
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[Intro: Reske] / You the only— / The story of my life started out / Lately, you the only one I can tell / Give in to insanity, paying the first loo— / [Verse 1] / Fuck a bitch, I
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Vince Staples & Lil Baby – EAST POINT PRAYER
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[Chorus: Vince Staples] / Money, mantra / Hundred racks plus, duffle bag stuffed / Better not slip, I'ma crash, yeah / You ain't shot shit, get your stats up / Kept the sticks lit
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Vince Staples, 6LACK & Mereba – Yo Love
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[Intro: Mereba] / Ride for you, I / Ride for you, I / Ride for you, I / Ride for you, I, I / Ride for you, I / Ride for you, I / Ride for you, I / Ride for you, I / [Verse 1: Vince
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Vince Staples – ROSE STREET
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“Rose Street” is the second single to be released from Vince Staple’s highly anticipated fifth studio album RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART, due to officially drop on April 8, 2022. In
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Vince Staples (Ft. Teyana Taylor) – Limos
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Track 6 on Vince Staples' “Hell Can Wait”. It samples Mary J. Blige’s song “I Can Love You” from her album “Share My World” (1997).
Name possibly a reference to his song “Taxi
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Vince Staples) – STUNTMAN
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“STUNTMAN” is the 18th song from the CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST’s deluxe edition, The Estate Sale. It features Tyler’s long-time friend and a fellow Californian rapper Vince Staples
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Vince Staples) – epaR
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On this track off his debut mixtape Earl, the namesake artist reminded us what he was all about: drugs, sex, homicide. The song features Vince Staples, and marked the first
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Vince Staples – AYE! (FREE THE HOMIES)
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[Intro] / Ah, ah / If everybody over here stopped so much hurt, stopped so much anger in they heart / We done lost a gang of homeboys / A lot of people, a lot of my friends got
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With You. (Ft. Vince Staples) – Ghost
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[Verse 1: Vince Staples] / She loaded, I mean it, pills and potion / Prescriptions and so more shit / Heartbeat and tryna focus, I mean it, she a novice / To those vices since that
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Jhené Aiko (Ft. Vince Staples) – The Vapors
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“The Vapors” is the first song from Jhené Aiko’s EP, Sail Out. The song was produced by The Fisticuffs, who also produced a majority of Sail Out. This masterpiece offers wonderful
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Vince Staples – PLAYER WAYS
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[Chorus] / Ayy, I keep it funky with the bitches, I got player ways / Can't fall asleep after I hit, I gotta stay awake / I bust it down, she want the rounds, I gotta take a break
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