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25,314,051 | 83 | Fat Joe | 161 | Big Pun (Ft. Fat Joe) | Twinz (Deep Cover ’98) | 298 | Street professors, Terror Squad — ghetto scholars | Street professors, Terror Squad — ghetto scholars | Pun is using a comparison to describe Terror Squad, the crew to which both he and Fat Joe belong, likening them to professors and scholars of the streets from which they reside. Not only do they possess the “street smarts” to survive in rough neighborhoods, they possess enough of them, likely acquired from years of experience, to serve as a type of professor: one capable of using their vast amounts of knowledge to educate others. | 14,009,824 | J-del-Fresco | 309 | https://genius.com/J-del-Fresco | 1 | https://genius.com/25314051/Big-pun-twinz-deep-cover-98/Street-professors-terror-squad-ghetto-scholars | Pun is using a comparison to describe Terror Squad, the crew to which both he and Fat Joe belong, likening them to professors and scholars of the streets from which they reside. Not only do they possess the “street smarts” to survive in rough neighborhoods, they possess enough of them, likely acquired from years of experience, to serve as a type of professor: one capable of using their vast amounts of knowledge to educate others. |
20,708,156 | 69 | J. Cole | 1,886,908 | Dreamville, EARTHGANG & J. Cole (Ft. Saba & Smino) | Sacrifices | 4,674,458 | I thought I’d call ’em out altogether
Rather than waste the amount of bars it’ll take for me to call ’em out by name | I thought I’d call ’em out altogether Rather than waste the amount of bars it’ll take for me to call ’em out by name | Here Saba is talking about the new wave of rappers who he thinks is hard to tell apart, basically that they’re riding a wave and bring little that’s original . | 10,124,871 | CPEI | 1,710 | https://genius.com/CPEI | 8 | https://genius.com/20708156/Dreamville-earthgang-and-j-cole-sacrifices/I-thought-id-call-em-out-altogether-rather-than-waste-the-amount-of-bars-itll-take-for-me-to-call-em-out-by-name | Here Saba is talking about the new wave of rappers who he thinks is hard to tell apart, basically that they’re riding a wave and bring little that’s original . |
52,248 | 1,529 | Missy Elliott | 22 | The Notorious B.I.G. (Ft. Craig Mack, G-Dep & Missy Elliott) | Let Me Get Down | 1,186 | If she tried to front, then I drop the Chuckii Booker on her:
“Why you wanna play your games on me?” | If she tried to front, then I drop the Chuckii Booker on her: “Why you wanna play your games on me?” | Biggie shows off his singing here, going with the chorus of Chuckii Booker’s 1992 R&B hit “Games” and dedicating that to the woman not giving him his proper respect. | 1,559 | jorax13 | 3,464,481 | https://genius.com/SmashBeezy | 2 | https://genius.com/52248/The-notorious-big-let-me-get-down/If-she-tried-to-front-then-i-drop-the-chuckii-booker-on-her-why-you-wanna-play-your-games-on-me | Biggie shows off his singing here, going with the chorus of Chuckii Booker’s 1992 R&B hit “Games” and dedicating that to the woman not giving him his proper respect. |
2,984,157 | 16,751 | Chance the Rapper | 278 | Jeremih (Ft. Chance the Rapper) | Planez (Remix) | 387,335 | She said she had too much baggage to carry on | She said she had too much baggage to carry on | When this girl says to Chance that she has ‘baggage’ she is referring to emotional baggage. Emotional baggage is usually some unresolved issues or lack of closure from events in your past. In a metaphorical essence, it is like carrying (baggage) all your disappointments, wrongs and trauma with you whenever you enter a new relationship.
Also, by saying she has too much to carry on, it means that air plane company from the previous lines won’t allow her to carry so much emotional baggage onto the flight.
Additionally, carry-on luggage is that which a passenger carries on their person. If one has too large a carry-on it may make flying rather difficult or unallowed.By homophonically comparing “carry on” with “carry-on” Chance explains that she has too much baggage to continue living(, or carry on). | 601,407 | IH8SMMRS | 1,445 | https://genius.com/IH8SMMRS | 3 | https://genius.com/2984157/Jeremih-planez-remix/She-said-she-had-too-much-baggage-to-carry-on | When this girl says to Chance that she has ‘baggage’ she is referring to emotional baggage. Emotional baggage is usually some unresolved issues or lack of closure from events in your past. In a metaphorical essence, it is like carrying (baggage) all your disappointments, wrongs and trauma with you whenever you enter a new relationship.
Also, by saying she has too much to carry on, it means that air plane company from the previous lines won’t allow her to carry so much emotional baggage onto the flight.
Additionally, carry-on luggage is that which a passenger carries on their person. If one has too large a carry-on it may make flying rather difficult or unallowed.By homophonically comparing “carry on” with “carry-on” Chance explains that she has too much baggage to continue living(, or carry on). |
2,179,306 | 42 | The Game | 42 | The Game | Daytona 500 (500 Bars) | 54,346 | Where they do that at?
Where my Bloods at? | Where they do that at? Where my Bloods at? | Game disapproves of getting women drunk to take advantage of them. He wants to know where guys are doing this and then asks where his fellow bloods are to symbolize that he will take violent measures against these people.
A possible nod to Sabi for her track, Where They Do That At, featuring Wale:
Just dont say you love me and never come back
Where they do that at?
Also Jim Jones tweeted this, questioning Lil Wayne’s blood affiliations:
So these rappers n RnB singers start gang bangin n claiming blood after th become famous n made millions WTF wher they do tht at? | 174,194 | spadegangsta | 48,897 | https://genius.com/spadegangsta | 1 | https://genius.com/2179306/The-game-daytona-500-500-bars/Where-they-do-that-at-where-my-bloods-at | Game disapproves of getting women drunk to take advantage of them. He wants to know where guys are doing this and then asks where his fellow bloods are to symbolize that he will take violent measures against these people.
A possible nod to Sabi for her track, Where They Do That At, featuring Wale:
Just dont say you love me and never come back
Where they do that at?
Also Jim Jones tweeted this, questioning Lil Wayne’s blood affiliations:
So these rappers n RnB singers start gang bangin n claiming blood after th become famous n made millions WTF wher they do tht at? |
3,460,325 | 225 | De La Soul | 225 | De La Soul | Eye Patch | 16,284 | (Ecoutez. Ecoutez.) | (Ecoutez. Ecoutez.) | The outro lines are the same French training program sampled on “Transmitting Live from Mars” from De La’s debut, 3 Feet High and Rising.
“Ecoutez” translates to ‘listen’ in English. | 56,123 | PeoplesHernandez | 2,953 | https://genius.com/PeoplesHernandez | 3 | https://genius.com/3460325/De-la-soul-eye-patch/Ecoutez-ecoutez | The outro lines are the same French training program sampled on “Transmitting Live from Mars” from De La’s debut, 3 Feet High and Rising.
“Ecoutez” translates to ‘listen’ in English. |
18,356,951 | 212,456 | Stormzy | 12,136 | Krept & Konan (Ft. Cadet & Stormzy) | Keep Talking | 4,943,763 | I test out the Aventador
That’s a Goat in a Lamb
How can I be a Vegan | I test out the Aventador That’s a Goat in a Lamb How can I be a Vegan | Vegans cannot eat meat so both goat and lamb would be off the menu for Krept if he was one. Krept plays on the double meaning of both these words; in these lines the “goat” is Krept (G.O.A.T. : greatest of all time) and the “lamb” is his Lamborghini Aventador, a luxury sports car. | 9,665,957 | M-Hencho-Huncho | 237 | https://genius.com/M-Hencho-Huncho | 2 | https://genius.com/18356951/Krept-and-konan-keep-talking/I-test-out-the-aventador-thats-a-goat-in-a-lamb-how-can-i-be-a-vegan | Vegans cannot eat meat so both goat and lamb would be off the menu for Krept if he was one. Krept plays on the double meaning of both these words; in these lines the “goat” is Krept (G.O.A.T. : greatest of all time) and the “lamb” is his Lamborghini Aventador, a luxury sports car. |
27,883,226 | 11,353 | ScHoolboy Q | 820 | Mac Miller (Ft. ScHoolboy Q) | Friends | 426,749 | I got them 4G LTE connection bars | I got them 4G LTE connection bars | 4G LTE refers to a type of network connection. Mac proclaiming he has “connection bars” is a metaphor for his connections with many different rappers, enabling him to have many featured artists in his albums.
This line is also a complement to the mention of Game of Thrones just previously, as a recerring theme in the show is having connections with others and using those connections to assist you.
The Game of Thrones mention in combination with the connection metaphor could be Mac saying thanks to everyone who has helped him get to where he is. | 11,775,154 | AintSoSunny | 8,096 | https://genius.com/AintSoSunny | 1 | https://genius.com/27883226/Mac-miller-friends/I-got-them-4g-lte-connection-bars | 4G LTE refers to a type of network connection. Mac proclaiming he has “connection bars” is a metaphor for his connections with many different rappers, enabling him to have many featured artists in his albums.
This line is also a complement to the mention of Game of Thrones just previously, as a recerring theme in the show is having connections with others and using those connections to assist you.
The Game of Thrones mention in combination with the connection metaphor could be Mac saying thanks to everyone who has helped him get to where he is. |
14,638,964 | 16,690 | Denzel Curry | 16,690 | Denzel Curry | PERCS | PERCZ | 3,375,599 | You signing to a label where they treat you like a slave | You signing to a label where they treat you like a slave | Usually after a hit, rappers sign to a major label like Interscope Records, Atlantic Records, etc. or artist labels like Rich Forever Music, but Denzel Curry is signed to an independent label called Loma Vista Recordings, where he is allowed all of his distribution rights. Although he is signed to them, he has the creative control on any record he releases and it comes out authentic which is straight from the artist itself without any external alterations. | 4,401,738 | wyvernx | 19,401 | https://genius.com/wyvernx | 68 | https://genius.com/14638964/Denzel-curry-percs-percz/You-signing-to-a-label-where-they-treat-you-like-a-slave | Usually after a hit, rappers sign to a major label like Interscope Records, Atlantic Records, etc. or artist labels like Rich Forever Music, but Denzel Curry is signed to an independent label called Loma Vista Recordings, where he is allowed all of his distribution rights. Although he is signed to them, he has the creative control on any record he releases and it comes out authentic which is straight from the artist itself without any external alterations. |
310,976 | 42 | The Game | 42 | The Game | My Bitch | 53,776 | Four grown-ass kids and ain’t none of them shit | Four grown-ass kids and ain’t none of them shit | Dudes that were signed to Roc-A-Fella but never really made it (Freeway, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, and someone else?) | 25,710 | FuckEverybody | 691 | https://genius.com/FuckEverybody | 2 | https://genius.com/310976/The-game-my-bitch/Four-grown-ass-kids-and-aint-none-of-them-shit | Dudes that were signed to Roc-A-Fella but never really made it (Freeway, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, and someone else?) |
3,877,689 | 83 | Fat Joe | 83 | Fat Joe (Ft. Jennifer Lopez) | Stressin’ | 488,190 | Alexander McQueen, Balmain Jeans | Alexander McQueen, Balmain Jeans | Pretty expensive clothes as well – Fat Joe is saying he wears the most expensive clothes | 1,105,397 | Mopsos | 207,725 | https://genius.com/Mopsos | 0 | https://genius.com/3877689/Fat-joe-stressin/Alexander-mcqueen-balmain-jeans | Pretty expensive clothes as well – Fat Joe is saying he wears the most expensive clothes |
23,917,522 | 1,073 | Juicy J | 22,001 | Isaiah Rashad | RIP Young | 7,045,253 | We work to work | We work to work | He’s saying “we work the work,” not we work to work.
Here work has two meanings, in the first sense it implies doing a job (selling) and the second time he uses work he’s talking about the product (slang term for product = work). So it’s a slick way to say him and his people are coming up based on what they’re selling.
If somebody messes up the profit of sales from this line of business, you may hear them say they “fu*ked up the work." | 4,673,982 | AshMonet86 | 142 | https://genius.com/AshMonet86 | 8 | https://genius.com/23917522/Isaiah-rashad-rip-young/We-work-to-work | He’s saying “we work the work,” not we work to work.
Here work has two meanings, in the first sense it implies doing a job (selling) and the second time he uses work he’s talking about the product (slang term for product = work). So it’s a slick way to say him and his people are coming up based on what they’re selling.
If somebody messes up the profit of sales from this line of business, you may hear them say they “fu*ked up the work." |
2,663,662 | 20,503 | Young Thug | 20,503 | Young Thug | Stoner | 315,619 | I want Michael Jackson land, ooh
Oh, I’ma cash out (And what?) | I want Michael Jackson land, ooh Oh, I’ma cash out (And what?) | Referencing the nearly 3,000-acre Neverland Ranch that housed legendary entertainer Michael Jackson for almost two decades, the only possible way to attain such large amounts of land is to do the name one of his first and most frequently collaborators – Cash Out. | 34,352 | BaCkWeRdz | 73 | https://genius.com/BaCkWeRdz | 13 | https://genius.com/2663662/Young-thug-stoner/I-want-michael-jackson-land-ooh-oh-ima-cash-out-and-what | Referencing the nearly 3,000-acre Neverland Ranch that housed legendary entertainer Michael Jackson for almost two decades, the only possible way to attain such large amounts of land is to do the name one of his first and most frequently collaborators – Cash Out. |
65,822 | 178 | Aesop Rock | 178 | Aesop Rock | None Shall Pass | 1,376 | Swap tales with heads, like every other penny throw | Swap tales with heads, like every other penny throw | Aesop has shared his thoughts on these lines:
“Swap tales with heads/Swap tails with heads” is another allusive description of both sides of a coin, two sides to every story (tale), every wish made from throwing a coin, every piece of loose change given to a panhandler, etc. It’s a very multi-layered line here. The connotation of “heads” as in “hip-hop heads”. | 2,791 | tacobandit | 6,530 | https://genius.com/HONKYSAUCE | 38 | https://genius.com/65822/Aesop-rock-none-shall-pass/Swap-tales-with-heads-like-every-other-penny-throw | Aesop has shared his thoughts on these lines:
“Swap tales with heads/Swap tails with heads” is another allusive description of both sides of a coin, two sides to every story (tale), every wish made from throwing a coin, every piece of loose change given to a panhandler, etc. It’s a very multi-layered line here. The connotation of “heads” as in “hip-hop heads”. |
14,638,640 | 643 | Pusha T | 643 | Pusha T | Santeria | 3,721,016 | You killed God’s baby when it wasn’t his will
And blood spill, we can’t talk this shit over (This shit over) | You killed God’s baby when it wasn’t his will And blood spill, we can’t talk this shit over (This shit over) | Pusha is referencing the death of his road manager De'Von “DayDay” Pickett who was also the road manager for Nicki Minaj and Fabolous. De'Von was stabbed to death outside the Che Bar & Grill along Stenton Avenue in Philadelphia’s West Oak Lane neighborhood February 18th, 2015.
Push paid tribute to his friend on his passing:
It’s killing me to talk abt you in the past tense. I don’t believe I’ve ever met someone as selfless as you. No one as humble and for the team as you. I hired you as my road manager simply because I knew you were more honest than me. There were stronger, more experienced, more polished candidates for the job but they weren’t better than you. You made me see good in people. You gave everyone a chance, they should’ve gave you a chance. You didn’t deserve this @daydaydoesdis . Love You #RIP
According to Pusha T at the listening party prior to the release of Daytona:
…this was just based on the emotions we were going through after the situation happened
https://twitter.com/PUSHA_T/status/999904050631004160
The pairing of “God’s baby” and “will” is also an allusion to Nas and his murdered friend, Ill Will. One of Nas’s nicknames is “God Son,” and Ill Will was gunned down in the Queensbridge Houses in May 1992. Pusha draws a parallel between the senselessness of the two murders. | 68,479 | YOHANFILMS | 118,368 | https://genius.com/m4ths | 97 | https://genius.com/14638640/Pusha-t-santeria/You-killed-gods-baby-when-it-wasnt-his-will-and-blood-spill-we-cant-talk-this-shit-over-this-shit-over | Pusha is referencing the death of his road manager De'Von “DayDay” Pickett who was also the road manager for Nicki Minaj and Fabolous. De'Von was stabbed to death outside the Che Bar & Grill along Stenton Avenue in Philadelphia’s West Oak Lane neighborhood February 18th, 2015.
Push paid tribute to his friend on his passing:
It’s killing me to talk abt you in the past tense. I don’t believe I’ve ever met someone as selfless as you. No one as humble and for the team as you. I hired you as my road manager simply because I knew you were more honest than me. There were stronger, more experienced, more polished candidates for the job but they weren’t better than you. You made me see good in people. You gave everyone a chance, they should’ve gave you a chance. You didn’t deserve this @daydaydoesdis . Love You #RIP
According to Pusha T at the listening party prior to the release of Daytona:
…this was just based on the emotions we were going through after the situation happened
https://twitter.com/PUSHA_T/status/999904050631004160
The pairing of “God’s baby” and “will” is also an allusion to Nas and his murdered friend, Ill Will. One of Nas’s nicknames is “God Son,” and Ill Will was gunned down in the Queensbridge Houses in May 1992. Pusha draws a parallel between the senselessness of the two murders. |
386,963 | 176 | Black Thought | 244 | The Roots | Thought @ Work | 40,486 | Ben Banneker Bay with the Al Moroccan | Ben Banneker Bay with the Al Moroccan | Ben Banniker Bay was a free African American who lived during the late 18th and early 19th centuries famous for publishing almanacs as well as being an astronomer, mathematician, author and farmer.
The Al Morrocan was the name of a religious group charged with counter fitting money in Philadelphia and New Jersey who later defended their actions by saying their religion allowed it.
Perhaps Here Thought is revealing a plot to gain money noting that a black man with math skills in combination with fake money will surely be successful | 36,447 | ytomk | 1,910 | https://genius.com/ytomk | 2 | https://genius.com/386963/The-roots-thought-at-work/Ben-banneker-bay-with-the-al-moroccan | Ben Banniker Bay was a free African American who lived during the late 18th and early 19th centuries famous for publishing almanacs as well as being an astronomer, mathematician, author and farmer.
The Al Morrocan was the name of a religious group charged with counter fitting money in Philadelphia and New Jersey who later defended their actions by saying their religion allowed it.
Perhaps Here Thought is revealing a plot to gain money noting that a black man with math skills in combination with fake money will surely be successful |
10,265,541 | 685 | Tyler, The Creator | 1,985 | Frank Ocean | Skyline To | 2,842,073 | The deer run across, kill the headlights | The deer run across, kill the headlights | Deer often run across highways, freezing in place when they see car headlights and thus causing vehicular accidents. Turning off the headlights would help prevent this potentially lethal collision.
Frank’s word choice is ironic – “killing” the headlights will prevent the driver and/or deer from being killed in a crash. | 3,443,684 | ChildishDrank | 416 | https://genius.com/ChildishDrank | 59 | https://genius.com/10265541/Frank-ocean-skyline-to/The-deer-run-across-kill-the-headlights | Deer often run across highways, freezing in place when they see car headlights and thus causing vehicular accidents. Turning off the headlights would help prevent this potentially lethal collision.
Frank’s word choice is ironic – “killing” the headlights will prevent the driver and/or deer from being killed in a crash. |
7,919,405 | 42 | The Game | 42 | The Game | Bitch You Ain’t Shit | 2,309,335 | Bitch you don’t even wash your rag | Bitch you don’t even wash your rag | Game alludes to these trifling woman not being hygienic with respect to her pum pum before or after sex. | 2,313,873 | SaveItForAnotherDay | 18,307 | https://genius.com/shivB- | 2 | https://genius.com/7919405/The-game-bitch-you-aint-shit/Bitch-you-dont-even-wash-your-rag | Game alludes to these trifling woman not being hygienic with respect to her pum pum before or after sex. |
312,681 | 2 | JAY-Z | 652,275 | JAY-Z & Kanye West (Ft. Mr. Hudson) | Why I Love You | 51,901 | And I’m bussin’ back
So niggas in a glass house should not throw stones | And I’m bussin’ back So niggas in a glass house should not throw stones | The original idiom is “people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”, meaning you shouldn’t criticize others flaws until you’ve addressed your own.
The line is a subliminal diss to Beanie Sigel and Dame Dash, both of whom were struggling financially in 2011. Sigel had just been sentenced to 2 years in jail for tax avoidance, while Dash was in the throes of bankruptcy.
Both had taken aim at Jay during this period, with Sigel releasing “What You Talkin Bout? (I Ain’t Ya Average Cat)” and Dash giving interviews criticising his long-time business partner. | 25,826 | GSCJJ | 808,476 | https://genius.com/gone_rubl_3383 | 20 | https://genius.com/312681/Jay-z-and-kanye-west-why-i-love-you/And-im-bussin-back-so-niggas-in-a-glass-house-should-not-throw-stones | The original idiom is “people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”, meaning you shouldn’t criticize others flaws until you’ve addressed your own.
The line is a subliminal diss to Beanie Sigel and Dame Dash, both of whom were struggling financially in 2011. Sigel had just been sentenced to 2 years in jail for tax avoidance, while Dash was in the throes of bankruptcy.
Both had taken aim at Jay during this period, with Sigel releasing “What You Talkin Bout? (I Ain’t Ya Average Cat)” and Dash giving interviews criticising his long-time business partner. |
25,674 | 2 | JAY-Z | 2 | JAY-Z (Ft. Swizz Beatz) | On To The Next One | 764 | Traded in the gold for the platinum Rolexes
Now a nigga wrist match the status of my records | Traded in the gold for the platinum Rolexes Now a nigga wrist match the status of my records | When Jay’s albums hit the 1 million sales mark and were certified platinum, he then had enough money to buy bling to match.
A platinum rolex would set you back around $50,000. Then again, what’s 50 grand to a motherfucker like him?
Jay was the first rapper to popularize platinum jewelry over the then-ubiquitous gold. | 588 | Mavrick369 | 14,093 | https://genius.com/CTyeah | 14 | https://genius.com/25674/Jay-z-on-to-the-next-one/Traded-in-the-gold-for-the-platinum-rolexes-now-a-nigga-wrist-match-the-status-of-my-records | When Jay’s albums hit the 1 million sales mark and were certified platinum, he then had enough money to buy bling to match.
A platinum rolex would set you back around $50,000. Then again, what’s 50 grand to a motherfucker like him?
Jay was the first rapper to popularize platinum jewelry over the then-ubiquitous gold. |
20,152,456 | 2 | JAY-Z | 498 | Beyoncé | BLACK PARADE | 5,689,642 | Yeah, yeah, I’m for us, all black
All chrome (Yeah), black-owned (Yeah)
Black tints (Yeah), matte black (Yeah, yeah) | Yeah, yeah, I’m for us, all black All chrome (Yeah), black-owned (Yeah) Black tints (Yeah), matte black (Yeah, yeah) | These lines are quite literal, since proceeds from sales of the song go toward Black-owned businesses. Beyoncé is likely demonstrating support for a central message of the Black Lives Matter movement: donating time and money to Black artists and entrepreneurs.
This part is also reminiscent of JAY-Z’s iconic bars from September 2009’s “Run This Town”:
We are, yeah, I said it: we are
This is Roc Nation, pledge your allegiance
Get your fatigues on, all black everything
Black cards, black cars, all black everything | 122,916 | dutch_courage | 20,880 | https://genius.com/dutch_courage | 13 | https://genius.com/20152456/Beyonce-black-parade/Yeah-yeah-im-for-us-all-black-all-chrome-yeah-black-owned-yeah-black-tints-yeah-matte-black-yeah-yeah | These lines are quite literal, since proceeds from sales of the song go toward Black-owned businesses. Beyoncé is likely demonstrating support for a central message of the Black Lives Matter movement: donating time and money to Black artists and entrepreneurs.
This part is also reminiscent of JAY-Z’s iconic bars from September 2009’s “Run This Town”:
We are, yeah, I said it: we are
This is Roc Nation, pledge your allegiance
Get your fatigues on, all black everything
Black cards, black cars, all black everything |
7,401,400 | 506 | Tech N9ne | 405,276 | Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard (Ft. Busta Rhymes, KXNG Crooked & Tech N9ne) | Beast (Southpaw Remix) | 2,208,931 | You fuck with me it’s gonna be cranberry and one-51
That’s murder backwards: redruM | You fuck with me it’s gonna be cranberry and one-51 That’s murder backwards: redruM | A reference to the movie The Shining, where a child writes “REDRUM” on a door, which viewed in a mirror is “MURDER”, something Crooked seems intent on carrying out.
Bacardi 151 is one of the most alcoholic beverages in the world, a type of rum, and when you add Cranberry juice to it, you get red rum, or in this case, murder. | 993,090 | GKF | 808,496 | https://genius.com/gone_rubl_3383 | 11 | https://genius.com/7401400/Rob-bailey-and-the-hustle-standard-beast-southpaw-remix/You-fuck-with-me-its-gonna-be-cranberry-and-one-51-thats-murder-backwards-redrum | A reference to the movie The Shining, where a child writes “REDRUM” on a door, which viewed in a mirror is “MURDER”, something Crooked seems intent on carrying out.
Bacardi 151 is one of the most alcoholic beverages in the world, a type of rum, and when you add Cranberry juice to it, you get red rum, or in this case, murder. |
8,509,549 | 3 | Fabolous | 3 | Fabolous | For the Summer | 2,379,092 | Me and this fly chick with a duffle for the summer (Lord)
Ass like a carry-on, marijuana marathon | Me and this fly chick with a duffle for the summer (Lord) Ass like a carry-on, marijuana marathon | Fab is with his new catch for the summer and money meaning he will spend major money on the girl. A duffle bag is the best way to carry large amounts of money, even Wayne and the Playaz Circle know this
Fab describes his girl’s behind in relation to a carry-on bag. A carry-on bag is a large bag which measures up to 45 inches (22 x 14 x 9 in) or 115 centimeters (23 x 36 x 56 cm) including handles and wheels. This is per airplane regulations. That must be a pretty huge butt.
The Marijuana Marathon is an event which involves people running while high on marijuana. This event acts as a way to break stigma on stoners. Fab could be using this to explain that even though she has a big ass she can walk comfortable without problems. | 198,371 | NderituPiusIII | 28,209 | https://genius.com/NderituPiusIII | 0 | https://genius.com/8509549/Fabolous-for-the-summer/Me-and-this-fly-chick-with-a-duffle-for-the-summer-lord-ass-like-a-carry-on-marijuana-marathon | Fab is with his new catch for the summer and money meaning he will spend major money on the girl. A duffle bag is the best way to carry large amounts of money, even Wayne and the Playaz Circle know this
Fab describes his girl’s behind in relation to a carry-on bag. A carry-on bag is a large bag which measures up to 45 inches (22 x 14 x 9 in) or 115 centimeters (23 x 36 x 56 cm) including handles and wheels. This is per airplane regulations. That must be a pretty huge butt.
The Marijuana Marathon is an event which involves people running while high on marijuana. This event acts as a way to break stigma on stoners. Fab could be using this to explain that even though she has a big ass she can walk comfortable without problems. |
11,765,424 | 643 | Pusha T | 5 | Clipse (Ft. Fabolous) | Comedy Central | 34 | Yves St. Laurent knitted, shorts Bermuda
You would think they was Pucci if you overlooked Medusa | Yves St. Laurent knitted, shorts Bermuda You would think they was Pucci if you overlooked Medusa | Pusha is boasting the spoils of his drug dealings. He is wearing luxurious European clothing; a knitted top by Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) and a pair of Bermuda shorts by Versace.
A person who is not familiar with lavish clothing such as the companies mentioned above could mistake his Versace shorts to be made by the Italian clothing company Pucci. Versace and Pucci have similar designs in some of their clothing, but there is no mistaking the iconic head of Medusa which is the company logo of Versace. | 120,422 | onlyacustomer | 16,584 | https://genius.com/onlyacustomer | 10 | https://genius.com/11765424/Clipse-comedy-central/Yves-st-laurent-knitted-shorts-bermuda-you-would-think-they-was-pucci-if-you-overlooked-medusa | Pusha is boasting the spoils of his drug dealings. He is wearing luxurious European clothing; a knitted top by Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) and a pair of Bermuda shorts by Versace.
A person who is not familiar with lavish clothing such as the companies mentioned above could mistake his Versace shorts to be made by the Italian clothing company Pucci. Versace and Pucci have similar designs in some of their clothing, but there is no mistaking the iconic head of Medusa which is the company logo of Versace. |
10,064,272 | 11,353 | ScHoolboy Q | 11,353 | ScHoolboy Q | Black THougHts | 2,670,504 | [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar] | [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar] | This is one of the many uncredited contributions Q’s label mate and fellow West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar gives on Blank Face LP. He also performs on the chorus on “By Any Means” and a writing credit and ad-libs on the chorus of “Overtime.”
In an interview with New York radio station Hot 97, Q said that this is Kendrick’s “Lord of the Rings voice.” Kendrick has used it before in songs like “Swimming Pools (Drank)” and in many skits on his mixtape Section.80. | 2,272,681 | HallelujahWhenIDoYa | 904,834 | https://genius.com/ibmac26 | 79 | https://genius.com/10064272/Schoolboy-q-black-thoughts/Chorus-kendrick-lamar | This is one of the many uncredited contributions Q’s label mate and fellow West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar gives on Blank Face LP. He also performs on the chorus on “By Any Means” and a writing credit and ad-libs on the chorus of “Overtime.”
In an interview with New York radio station Hot 97, Q said that this is Kendrick’s “Lord of the Rings voice.” Kendrick has used it before in songs like “Swimming Pools (Drank)” and in many skits on his mixtape Section.80. |
9,137,977 | 2,197 | Future | 15,369 | A$AP Ferg (Ft. Future) | New Level | 2,392,485 | They say that we couldn’t smoke in this bitch
And we fucked around and still rolled up | They say that we couldn’t smoke in this bitch And we fucked around and still rolled up | Future is both a prolific weed smoker and a frequent club presence. It’s rare to find a mainstream club that allows the consumption of weed on the premises, although this is changing now that marijuana is becoming legal in much of the US. | 1,299,009 | gone_rubl_3383 | 808,493 | https://genius.com/gone_rubl_3383 | 9 | https://genius.com/9137977/A-ap-ferg-new-level/They-say-that-we-couldnt-smoke-in-this-bitch-and-we-fucked-around-and-still-rolled-up | Future is both a prolific weed smoker and a frequent club presence. It’s rare to find a mainstream club that allows the consumption of weed on the premises, although this is changing now that marijuana is becoming legal in much of the US. |
21,075,967 | 1,169,925 | Benny the Butcher | 1,169,925 | Benny the Butcher | Burden of Proof | 6,055,678 | Okay! I’m reloaded! | Okay! I’m reloaded! | A classic feature of old jay-z tracks | 11,103,704 | Zoinks04 | 794 | https://genius.com/Zoinks04 | 17 | https://genius.com/21075967/Benny-the-butcher-burden-of-proof/Okay-im-reloaded | A classic feature of old jay-z tracks |
2,824,973 | 1,403 | Jay Rock | 11,353 | ScHoolboy Q (Ft. Jay Rock) | Los Awesome | 361,995 | I’m just a Eastside nigga | I’m just a Eastside nigga | Jay Rock, born and raised in Watts, Los Angeles, was a member of the Eastside Bounty Hunter Bloods, centered around Nickerson Gardens Housing Projects in Watts. | 254,958 | AFDS | 14,928 | https://genius.com/AFDS | 14 | https://genius.com/2824973/Schoolboy-q-los-awesome/Im-just-a-eastside-nigga | Jay Rock, born and raised in Watts, Los Angeles, was a member of the Eastside Bounty Hunter Bloods, centered around Nickerson Gardens Housing Projects in Watts. |
15,434,881 | 147 | Lupe Fiasco | 147 | Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Nikki Jean) | Sun God Sam & The California Drug Deals | 3,955,903 | And leave Earth feet-first
Breech, behold | And leave Earth feet-first Breech, behold | A breech birth refers to when a baby is born feet-first (or bottom first) rather than head first.
Here, Lupe appears to be contrasting birth and death. Leaving Earth feet-first can also refer to being carried out on a stretcher. | 8,607 | SuperLupe | 31,292 | https://genius.com/SuperLupe | 8 | https://genius.com/15434881/Lupe-fiasco-sun-god-sam-and-the-california-drug-deals/And-leave-earth-feet-first-breech-behold | A breech birth refers to when a baby is born feet-first (or bottom first) rather than head first.
Here, Lupe appears to be contrasting birth and death. Leaving Earth feet-first can also refer to being carried out on a stretcher. |
2,237,682 | 388 | Talib Kweli | 388 | Talib Kweli | Turnt Up | 148,652 | I move with the speed of cheetahs | I move with the speed of cheetahs | Cheetahs are known for running incredibly fast; from 112 up to 120 km/h (70 to 75 mph) in short bursts covering distances up to 500 m (1,600 ft). They also have the ability to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in three seconds.
This is a metaphor for how Talib Kweli lives his life; fast-paced and always on the move.
Enjoy this video of a majestic cheetah obliterating a gazelle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt8c3iTpoY4 | 164,616 | Marcus_Aurelius | 4,623 | https://genius.com/Marcus_Aurelius | 0 | https://genius.com/2237682/Talib-kweli-turnt-up/I-move-with-the-speed-of-cheetahs | Cheetahs are known for running incredibly fast; from 112 up to 120 km/h (70 to 75 mph) in short bursts covering distances up to 500 m (1,600 ft). They also have the ability to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in three seconds.
This is a metaphor for how Talib Kweli lives his life; fast-paced and always on the move.
Enjoy this video of a majestic cheetah obliterating a gazelle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt8c3iTpoY4 |
26,956,841 | 11,395 | G-Eazy | 1,772,427 | G-Eazy & Blueface | West Coast | 4,299,678 | Two dicks, big pisser and a Glicko | Two dicks, big pisser and a Glicko | Blueface refers to his “two dicks.” The first being his “big pisser” or his penis and second being his “Glicko” which is slang for a Glock pistol with an extended magazine. | 5,684,867 | adoggy23 | 568 | https://genius.com/adoggy23 | 0 | https://genius.com/26956841/G-eazy-and-blueface-west-coast/Two-dicks-big-pisser-and-a-glicko | Blueface refers to his “two dicks.” The first being his “big pisser” or his penis and second being his “Glicko” which is slang for a Glock pistol with an extended magazine. |
1,048,134 | 88 | Rick Ross | 88 | Rick Ross | Pirates | 80,545 | Homicide stay on my mind | Homicide stay on my mind | The Notorious B.I.G. often mentioned homicide in his music and Ross compares himself to Big in this song as well. He is also saying that he’s thinking about murder and isn’t afraid to commit it. Check out the crime rate in his hometown, Miami.
Also, he’s saying that homicide is on his mind, because he is getting richer, and more haters come around this time.
He is the ‘Christopher Wallace of his time’ meaning that he is the next one in his eyes to be murdered, while being a big rapper in the rap game.
Also comparing his skills and succes to Biggie. | 72,754 | CaseC | 40,861 | https://genius.com/Amema | 7 | https://genius.com/1048134/Rick-ross-pirates/Homicide-stay-on-my-mind | The Notorious B.I.G. often mentioned homicide in his music and Ross compares himself to Big in this song as well. He is also saying that he’s thinking about murder and isn’t afraid to commit it. Check out the crime rate in his hometown, Miami.
Also, he’s saying that homicide is on his mind, because he is getting richer, and more haters come around this time.
He is the ‘Christopher Wallace of his time’ meaning that he is the next one in his eyes to be murdered, while being a big rapper in the rap game.
Also comparing his skills and succes to Biggie. |
2,650,332 | 1,269 | KRS-One | 659 | Sublime | Thanx | 108,158 | Alright now, crucial thanks out to the Happoldt, Nowell, and Wilson families for their patience and support. We love y’all! | Alright now, crucial thanks out to the Happoldt, Nowell, and Wilson families for their patience and support. We love y’all! | The families of Sublime’s core band members – Bradley Nowell, Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson. Their families were supportive and Eric’s dad even taught Bud how to play the drums. | 202,099 | geogzm | 475 | https://genius.com/geogzm | 1 | https://genius.com/2650332/Sublime-thanx/Alright-now-crucial-thanks-out-to-the-happoldt-nowell-and-wilson-families-for-their-patience-and-support-we-love-yall | The families of Sublime’s core band members – Bradley Nowell, Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson. Their families were supportive and Eric’s dad even taught Bud how to play the drums. |
1,535,497 | 686 | Earl Sweatshirt | 22,931 | Flying Lotus (Ft. Captain Murphy & Earl Sweatshirt) | Between Friends | 82,218 | This is why we had to bring the guns out | This is why we had to bring the guns out | Being one of Captain Murphy’s first released songs, you should not expect anything less than greatness and to prove himself, he needed to go hard the first time around. | 10,144 | Eon2323 | 55,599 | https://genius.com/Eon2323 | 0 | https://genius.com/1535497/Flying-lotus-between-friends/This-is-why-we-had-to-bring-the-guns-out | Being one of Captain Murphy’s first released songs, you should not expect anything less than greatness and to prove himself, he needed to go hard the first time around. |
822,526 | 1,269 | KRS-One | 1,269 | KRS-One (Ft. Channel Live) | Free Mumia | 27,000 | You paint the pictures, the black man on the corner
But tell me, who blew up Oklahoma? | You paint the pictures, the black man on the corner But tell me, who blew up Oklahoma? | The caucasian Timothy McVeigh was convicted of the Oklahoma City Bombing. | 109,757 | Shut_Up_Bill | 41,842 | https://genius.com/Shut_Up_Bill | 0 | https://genius.com/822526/Krs-one-free-mumia/You-paint-the-pictures-the-black-man-on-the-corner-but-tell-me-who-blew-up-oklahoma | The caucasian Timothy McVeigh was convicted of the Oklahoma City Bombing. |
4,129,807 | 1,745 | Childish Gambino | 1,745 | Childish Gambino | Dream / Southern Hospitality / Partna Dem | 530,222 | Stone Mountain | Stone Mountain | Steve Smith is the glasses-wearing son in the animated TV show American Dad. His voice is played by actor/musician Scott Grimes, who hops on to give an intro similar to the one Blake Griffin gave for Bino’s Royalty mixtape:
This… is Blake Griffin. This… is royalty
In his exclusive Q&A with Rap Genius (aka “ask me words”) in 2013, Donald explained that American Dad was one of his favorite cartoons:
I really like China, IL. American Dad has the best jokes. Adventure time. Regular Show. Amazing world of gumball
And interesting connection a few fans made between both Donald and Steve is this still from an episode of American Dad and the Yaphet Kotto music video. | 172,611 | Brock | 199,322 | https://genius.com/Brock | 40 | https://genius.com/4129807/Childish-gambino-dream-southern-hospitality-partna-dem/Stone-mountain | Steve Smith is the glasses-wearing son in the animated TV show American Dad. His voice is played by actor/musician Scott Grimes, who hops on to give an intro similar to the one Blake Griffin gave for Bino’s Royalty mixtape:
This… is Blake Griffin. This… is royalty
In his exclusive Q&A with Rap Genius (aka “ask me words”) in 2013, Donald explained that American Dad was one of his favorite cartoons:
I really like China, IL. American Dad has the best jokes. Adventure time. Regular Show. Amazing world of gumball
And interesting connection a few fans made between both Donald and Steve is this still from an episode of American Dad and the Yaphet Kotto music video. |
1,270,156 | 178 | Aesop Rock | 178 | Aesop Rock | Night Light | 6,048 | Plus we Shimmy cross the centerfold, and our night light engulfed | Plus we Shimmy cross the centerfold, and our night light engulfed | Being that it can span two pages, the centerfold is traditionally the largest picture in a magazine, therefore it is deemed the most important. This is a metaphor for the recognition he receives from the public.
His night light being the only thing that he has to guide him in the dark is a metaphor for his determination to continue in the rap game as well as his moral compass in doing so.
Shimmying across the centerfold means he and his crew spent only a short time in the public’s eye but the harsh criticism he received as a result was enough to dismantle his hope and determination. | 162,651 | NorthBgp | 2,570 | https://genius.com/NorthBgp | 2 | https://genius.com/1270156/Aesop-rock-night-light/Plus-we-shimmy-cross-the-centerfold-and-our-night-light-engulfed | Being that it can span two pages, the centerfold is traditionally the largest picture in a magazine, therefore it is deemed the most important. This is a metaphor for the recognition he receives from the public.
His night light being the only thing that he has to guide him in the dark is a metaphor for his determination to continue in the rap game as well as his moral compass in doing so.
Shimmying across the centerfold means he and his crew spent only a short time in the public’s eye but the harsh criticism he received as a result was enough to dismantle his hope and determination. |
23,281,328 | 686 | Earl Sweatshirt | 685 | Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Earl Sweatshirt) | AssMilk | 2,710 | Over, sloppy seconds is my preference
Except for when I’m feeding on the flesh of a pedestrian | Over, sloppy seconds is my preference Except for when I’m feeding on the flesh of a pedestrian | A possible entendre, when Earl starts this line, it sounds like he was continuing Tyler’s sentence. The end of Tyler’s bar sounds like “I turn her” and then Earl says “Over”, how he would be turning a girl over during “beating the fuck out of her”. After turning her over, he would sloppily feed on her flesh.
Also Earl says “Over” in a reference to the way Tyler passes it over to Earl throughout the song, as they go back and forth. | 12,093,115 | vfrare | 1,590 | https://genius.com/vfrare | 3 | https://genius.com/23281328/Tyler-the-creator-assmilk/Over-sloppy-seconds-is-my-preference-except-for-when-im-feeding-on-the-flesh-of-a-pedestrian | A possible entendre, when Earl starts this line, it sounds like he was continuing Tyler’s sentence. The end of Tyler’s bar sounds like “I turn her” and then Earl says “Over”, how he would be turning a girl over during “beating the fuck out of her”. After turning her over, he would sloppily feed on her flesh.
Also Earl says “Over” in a reference to the way Tyler passes it over to Earl throughout the song, as they go back and forth. |
554,431 | 16,690 | Denzel Curry | 16,690 | Denzel Curry (Ft. Mike Dece, Ruben Slikk & Yung Simmie) | Klvn Shxt | 64,043 | Fucking with me better get off yo chest | Fucking with me better get off yo chest | IF YOU GOT BEEF WITH DENZEL CURRY SAY IT TO HIM | 67,178 | DENZELCURRYPH | 20,873 | https://genius.com/DENZELCURRYPH | 1 | https://genius.com/554431/Denzel-curry-klvn-shxt/Fucking-with-me-better-get-off-yo-chest | IF YOU GOT BEEF WITH DENZEL CURRY SAY IT TO HIM |
21,697,745 | 156 | Yasiin Bey | 484,708 | Navy Blue (Ft. Yasiin Bey) | Breathe | 6,303,642 | The condition of the people won’t change
Till they change what’s in themselves | The condition of the people won’t change Till they change what’s in themselves | Yasiin is referring to the 11th verse of the 13th chapter of the Qur'an where it says in the middle of the verse: ‘Indeed, Allah would never change a people’s state ˹of favour˺ until they change their own state ˹of faith˺.’ This is a well-known verse by Muslims. | 9,294,581 | furkanakkurt7735 | 10,039 | https://genius.com/furkanakkurt7735 | 3 | https://genius.com/21697745/Navy-blue-breathe/The-condition-of-the-people-wont-change-till-they-change-whats-in-themselves | Yasiin is referring to the 11th verse of the 13th chapter of the Qur'an where it says in the middle of the verse: ‘Indeed, Allah would never change a people’s state ˹of favour˺ until they change their own state ˹of faith˺.’ This is a well-known verse by Muslims. |
10,968,903 | 2,049 | Ab-Soul | 2,049 | Ab-Soul | D.R.U.G.S. | 2,926,013 | Cornea, so scarred can’t look myself up in the eyes
But if I could I would say: “Who is you, nigga?!” | Cornea, so scarred can’t look myself up in the eyes But if I could I would say: “Who is you, nigga?!” | Soulo suffers from Stevens-Johnsons Syndrome and almost lost his sight. That’s why he is always wearing the shades.
If he could actually see himself in the mirror he wouldn’t know who he was, probably due to his new found drug habits and income issues, as discussed in previous lines. | 3,788,293 | december21st | 32,029 | https://genius.com/december21st | 25 | https://genius.com/10968903/Ab-soul-drugs/Cornea-so-scarred-cant-look-myself-up-in-the-eyes-but-if-i-could-i-would-say-who-is-you-nigga | Soulo suffers from Stevens-Johnsons Syndrome and almost lost his sight. That’s why he is always wearing the shades.
If he could actually see himself in the mirror he wouldn’t know who he was, probably due to his new found drug habits and income issues, as discussed in previous lines. |
20,634,649 | 56 | Nas | 56 | Nas | The Cure | 5,869,650 | Rest in peace Kobe and Nip, that’s off the rip | Rest in peace Kobe and Nip, that’s off the rip | Nas salutes Kobe Bryant and Nipsey Hussle, who were taken too soon from the world in January of 2020 and March 2019, respectably. Kobe and Nipsey were not only top-tier performers at their craft (basketball and rapping, respectively), but they were also known to selflessly put their communities first. | 1,307,658 | PatrickCash | 33,703 | https://genius.com/PatrickCash | 30 | https://genius.com/20634649/Nas-the-cure/Rest-in-peace-kobe-and-nip-thats-off-the-rip | Nas salutes Kobe Bryant and Nipsey Hussle, who were taken too soon from the world in January of 2020 and March 2019, respectably. Kobe and Nipsey were not only top-tier performers at their craft (basketball and rapping, respectively), but they were also known to selflessly put their communities first. |
23,757,383 | 396,531 | Ski Mask the Slump God | 1,086,436 | Trippie Redd (Ft. Ski Mask the Slump God) | Demon Time | 6,886,999 | Like Zelda, bitch, I’m tryna link (Tryna link) | Like Zelda, bitch, I’m tryna link (Tryna link) | Link is the main protagonist of the popular video game franchise, The Legend of Zelda. Developed and published by Nintendo, the first installment was released in 1986, with new games continually being released.
To “link up” with someone means to meet up or connect with someone. Ski uses this wordplay to address a woman he wants to spend the night with. | 9,988,521 | WyGuy_03 | 140,908 | https://genius.com/WyGuy_03 | 28 | https://genius.com/23757383/Trippie-redd-demon-time/Like-zelda-bitch-im-tryna-link-tryna-link | Link is the main protagonist of the popular video game franchise, The Legend of Zelda. Developed and published by Nintendo, the first installment was released in 1986, with new games continually being released.
To “link up” with someone means to meet up or connect with someone. Ski uses this wordplay to address a woman he wants to spend the night with. |
25,517,724 | 324,667 | JID | 1,886,906 | Dreamville, JID & J. Cole (Ft. Kenny Mason & Sheck Wes) | Stick | 6,055,629 | Steal a nigga bitch, I feel like Aladdin | Steal a nigga bitch, I feel like Aladdin | Aladdin, also known as Prince Ali Ababwa, is the main protagonist of the Aladdin franchise. In the movie Alladin steals Jasmine from Jafar. | 15,547,488 | PopSmokeDustyLocane092MLBOA | 425 | https://genius.com/PopSmokeDustyLocane092MLBOA | 9 | https://genius.com/25517724/Dreamville-jid-and-j-cole-stick/Steal-a-nigga-bitch-i-feel-like-aladdin | Aladdin, also known as Prince Ali Ababwa, is the main protagonist of the Aladdin franchise. In the movie Alladin steals Jasmine from Jafar. |
19,352,499 | 198 | Jay Electronica | 198 | Jay Electronica (Ft. JAY-Z & The-Dream) | Ezekiel’s Wheel | 5,345,205 | Jay Cirque du Soleilica | Jay Cirque du Soleilica | Here Jay is doing a similar play with his name as made famous in his 2009 track “Exhibit C,” this time referencing the world-famous Cirque du Soleil traveling circus.
Like many circuses, it is characterized by its brilliant display of a wide variety of surprising and magnificent acts. Perhaps this mirrors his many references in this verse, or else it could be something more introspective about the pressure of being expected to entertain and dazzle. | 223,470 | DrKoul | 4,577 | https://genius.com/DrKoul | 5 | https://genius.com/19352499/Jay-electronica-ezekiels-wheel/Jay-cirque-du-soleilica | Here Jay is doing a similar play with his name as made famous in his 2009 track “Exhibit C,” this time referencing the world-famous Cirque du Soleil traveling circus.
Like many circuses, it is characterized by its brilliant display of a wide variety of surprising and magnificent acts. Perhaps this mirrors his many references in this verse, or else it could be something more introspective about the pressure of being expected to entertain and dazzle. |
7,834,848 | 2,197 | Future | 568,186 | Drake & Future | Diamonds Dancing | 2,311,366 | Ballin’ in the middle of the club, no jersey | Ballin’ in the middle of the club, no jersey | Future is balling hard in the club—not balling on the court, like an NBA player with a jersey.
And he’s not wearing a jersey to the club.
The line plays on Jersey club music—a popular genre in clubs all over the country.
Also, “Jersey” is the title of this mixtape’s 10th track. | 719,236 | steftim_ | 30,396 | https://genius.com/DonRummy | 32 | https://genius.com/7834848/Drake-and-future-diamonds-dancing/Ballin-in-the-middle-of-the-club-no-jersey | Future is balling hard in the club—not balling on the court, like an NBA player with a jersey.
And he’s not wearing a jersey to the club.
The line plays on Jersey club music—a popular genre in clubs all over the country.
Also, “Jersey” is the title of this mixtape’s 10th track. |
1,788,167 | 1,450 | YG | 554 | Tyga (Ft. Kurupt & YG) | Bitch Betta Have My Money | 60,923 | Bitch better have my money | Bitch better have my money | This line could come from MC T Tucker’s song “Where Dey At”
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ys3RPPGXbd8#t=1m58s | 351,506 | OfficialDugu | 591,475 | https://genius.com/SameOldShawn | 2 | https://genius.com/1788167/Tyga-bitch-betta-have-my-money/Bitch-better-have-my-money | This line could come from MC T Tucker’s song “Where Dey At”
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ys3RPPGXbd8#t=1m58s |
28,358,131 | 91,049 | Gunna | 91,049 | Gunna | Baby Birkin | 4,328,173 | 250 in this man purse (Man purse) | 250 in this man purse (Man purse) | Talking about his man birkin | 10,474,699 | DJLVON | 105 | https://genius.com/DJLVON | 0 | https://genius.com/28358131/Gunna-baby-birkin/250-in-this-man-purse-man-purse | Talking about his man birkin |
3,133,805 | 491 | Big K.R.I.T. | 491 | Big K.R.I.T. | Mt. Olympus | 415,336 | I don’t fall in line, I define what’s rhyme
Fuck what you was thinkin’, bloggers they can quote it | I don’t fall in line, I define what’s rhyme Fuck what you was thinkin’, bloggers they can quote it | KRIT isn’t going to let his label control him, he is going to keep expressing himself and practicing his art in his own way instead of conforming to stuff like trap stereotypes. And the bloggers and everyone else who has a problem with it can quote him on that, he still won’t back down. | 828,697 | Rand0mAcc3ss | 494,419 | https://genius.com/QueenOfCoplaints | 13 | https://genius.com/3133805/Big-krit-mt-olympus/I-dont-fall-in-line-i-define-whats-rhyme-fuck-what-you-was-thinkin-bloggers-they-can-quote-it | KRIT isn’t going to let his label control him, he is going to keep expressing himself and practicing his art in his own way instead of conforming to stuff like trap stereotypes. And the bloggers and everyone else who has a problem with it can quote him on that, he still won’t back down. |
2,015,086 | 1,257 | Brother Ali | 1,257 | Brother Ali | Work Everyday | 88,854 | So until I cop a gig and my hardship ends
Fixing to line my self up at your welfare office again | So until I cop a gig and my hardship ends Fixing to line my self up at your welfare office again | He relies heavily on concerts to put food on the table, otherwise it’s back to relying on welfare.
This line right here is the reason why we should support independent underground artists who need the money to survive. | 121,940 | TannedStan | 9,045 | https://genius.com/TannedStan | 1 | https://genius.com/2015086/Brother-ali-work-everyday/So-until-i-cop-a-gig-and-my-hardship-ends-fixing-to-line-my-self-up-at-your-welfare-office-again | He relies heavily on concerts to put food on the table, otherwise it’s back to relying on welfare.
This line right here is the reason why we should support independent underground artists who need the money to survive. |
24,881,486 | 1,469,896 | Cordae | 1,469,896 | Cordae (Ft. Eminem) | Parables (Remix) | 7,579,621 | Got ’em hot on my trail, like my stepfather with the belt, I got S.W.A.T on my ass | Got ’em hot on my trail, like my stepfather with the belt, I got S.W.A.T on my ass | Eminem’s hatred towards his stepfather has been continuous. In his January 2020 track “Stepdad,” he depicts scenes of him and his mother being physically abused:
Hickory switch to my bottom, I counted sixty-nine times
He swatted me with it, I’d cry
He just started hittin' me harder
Em also mentions “S.W.A.T” (Special Weapons And Tactics), a team of police official serving to protect public safety. The U.S. Secret Service had questioned Em’s intentions due to the violent theme in many of his songs.
His contempt for U.S. politicians is no secret, having directed a diss at the former U.S. president in his May 2002 single “Square Dance:”
Never been the type to bend or budge
The wrong button to push, no friend of Bush
Eminem also confirmed in a September 2018 interview with Sway that the presidential slander on his October 2016 track, “Campaign Speech,” warranted another investigation:
‘Cause Agent Orange just sent the Secret Service
To meet in person to see if I really think of hurtin’ him
Or ask if I’m linked to terrorists | 10,605,525 | gone_6bb9x_5b06 | 101,731 | https://genius.com/PressingPlay | 25 | https://genius.com/24881486/Cordae-parables-remix/Got-em-hot-on-my-trail-like-my-stepfather-with-the-belt-i-got-swat-on-my-ass | Eminem’s hatred towards his stepfather has been continuous. In his January 2020 track “Stepdad,” he depicts scenes of him and his mother being physically abused:
Hickory switch to my bottom, I counted sixty-nine times
He swatted me with it, I’d cry
He just started hittin' me harder
Em also mentions “S.W.A.T” (Special Weapons And Tactics), a team of police official serving to protect public safety. The U.S. Secret Service had questioned Em’s intentions due to the violent theme in many of his songs.
His contempt for U.S. politicians is no secret, having directed a diss at the former U.S. president in his May 2002 single “Square Dance:”
Never been the type to bend or budge
The wrong button to push, no friend of Bush
Eminem also confirmed in a September 2018 interview with Sway that the presidential slander on his October 2016 track, “Campaign Speech,” warranted another investigation:
‘Cause Agent Orange just sent the Secret Service
To meet in person to see if I really think of hurtin’ him
Or ask if I’m linked to terrorists |
58,406 | 1,183 | Curren$y | 1,183 | Curren$y | Michael Knight | 1,892 | I got a style for every bump in your face | I got a style for every bump in your face | This reference from a line in the movie Paid In Full.
In this scene, Mitch (Mekhi Phifer) is flossing with Dame Dash’s character. Mitch tells Dame Dash “I got a G' (grand) for every bump on your face”. Its at the 1 minute mark
Paid In Full | 270 | DonnyHayes | 638 | https://genius.com/DonnyHayes | 6 | https://genius.com/58406/Curren-y-michael-knight/I-got-a-style-for-every-bump-in-your-face | This reference from a line in the movie Paid In Full.
In this scene, Mitch (Mekhi Phifer) is flossing with Dame Dash’s character. Mitch tells Dame Dash “I got a G' (grand) for every bump on your face”. Its at the 1 minute mark
Paid In Full |
8,903,003 | 147 | Lupe Fiasco | 147 | Lupe Fiasco | Express | 2,447,323 | Back there they treat me like Michael | Back there they treat me like Michael | In Chicago, Lupe is being treated the equivalent respect of Michael Jordan, who played for the Chicago Bulls. Jordan has achieved fame from becoming the best basketball player the world has ever seen.
Chicago loves and and respects Lupe as their Michael Jordan to the rap game. | 116,710 | Faris | 491 | https://genius.com/Faris | 0 | https://genius.com/8903003/Lupe-fiasco-express/Back-there-they-treat-me-like-michael | In Chicago, Lupe is being treated the equivalent respect of Michael Jordan, who played for the Chicago Bulls. Jordan has achieved fame from becoming the best basketball player the world has ever seen.
Chicago loves and and respects Lupe as their Michael Jordan to the rap game. |
3,000,249 | 939 | Freddie Gibbs | 369,731 | Freddie Gibbs & Madlib | Terrorist | 78,844 | Ether them in interviews | Ether them in interviews | Ether means in popular slang to “Burn someones ass up” or just kill, and Gibbs is doing this to his enemies in interviews.
Nas popularized the term “Ether” with his highly touted diss against Jay Z back in the early 2000s. | 254,062 | JetLife434 | 494 | https://genius.com/JetLife434 | 0 | https://genius.com/3000249/Freddie-gibbs-and-madlib-terrorist/Ether-them-in-interviews | Ether means in popular slang to “Burn someones ass up” or just kill, and Gibbs is doing this to his enemies in interviews.
Nas popularized the term “Ether” with his highly touted diss against Jay Z back in the early 2000s. |
431,050 | 12,417 | A$AP Rocky | 12,417 | A$AP Rocky | Demons | 58,550 | ’Cause I’m a microphone fiend, give me the bass | ’Cause I’m a microphone fiend, give me the bass | A reference to the classic Eric B featured Rakim song “Microphone Fiend”. Rocky’s given name is actually Rakim Mayers, as his parents were huge Rakim fans. | 1,239 | Question | 241 | https://genius.com/LaFlamaBlanca | 22 | https://genius.com/431050/A-ap-rocky-demons/Cause-im-a-microphone-fiend-give-me-the-bass | A reference to the classic Eric B featured Rakim song “Microphone Fiend”. Rocky’s given name is actually Rakim Mayers, as his parents were huge Rakim fans. |
2,136,532 | 12,417 | A$AP Rocky | 12,417 | A$AP Rocky (Ft. A$ton Matthews & Joey Fatts) | r - Cali | 209,664 | Commas, dollas, the greens and the guava (Oh) | Commas, dollas, the greens and the guava (Oh) | These are all slang words for money.
Check out our words for ‘money’ in rap music list here. | 14,653 | Krisblak | 4,404 | https://genius.com/Krisblak | 10 | https://genius.com/2136532/A-ap-rocky-r-cali/Commas-dollas-the-greens-and-the-guava-oh | These are all slang words for money.
Check out our words for ‘money’ in rap music list here. |
18,828,858 | 405 | E-40 | 59 | 2Pac | Representin’ 93 | 4,847 | The Governor | The Governor | Another artist who worked with 2Pac and Richie Rich. Gaffled Like That was a scrapped track that was supposed to be on the early work of 2Pac’s 1993 album. | 4,355,891 | IMDXLNC | 4,335 | https://genius.com/IMDXLNC | 3 | https://genius.com/18828858/2pac-representin-93/The-governor | Another artist who worked with 2Pac and Richie Rich. Gaffled Like That was a scrapped track that was supposed to be on the early work of 2Pac’s 1993 album. |
629,285 | 176 | Black Thought | 244 | The Roots | I Remember | 58,503 | When my baptism of fire resulted in a kill | When my baptism of fire resulted in a kill | A “baptism of fire” is a traumatic and/or violent event that starts a new chapter in the life of the baptized. In this case, it is a reference to gang initiation where the new member has to perform a task to prove he is loyal to his new ‘brothers’. For Red, it involved murder. | 56,849 | Julius_Caesar | 28,510 | https://genius.com/Julius_Caesar | 8 | https://genius.com/629285/The-roots-i-remember/When-my-baptism-of-fire-resulted-in-a-kill | A “baptism of fire” is a traumatic and/or violent event that starts a new chapter in the life of the baptized. In this case, it is a reference to gang initiation where the new member has to perform a task to prove he is loyal to his new ‘brothers’. For Red, it involved murder. |
1,530,162 | 685 | Tyler, The Creator | 685 | Tyler, The Creator | Domo23 | 118,198 | [Outro]
Cut it out!
I said I didn’t want no goddamn lettuce
I don’t want that shit
I don’t want your goddamn lettuce [laughter] | [Outro] Cut it out! I said I didn’t want no goddamn lettuce I don’t want that shit I don’t want your goddamn lettuce [laughter] | Only heard on the single/album version (with the exception of “Cut it out!” in the end of Domo 23 + Bimmer video).
Lettuce is slang for money, Tyler doesn’t just want your fucking money, he wants to do shit his own way, and if he doesn’t fuck with you, you will not be fucked with just because you offer him a fat paycheck.
In Loiter Squad, Tyler made a skit where he snaps when he finds lettuce in his burger
In mid-feb Tyler posted a photo where he captioned it, “I DONT WANT DA LETTUCE”: http://instagram.com/p/Vr9OV8nADo/
It may be Felecia the Goat’s voice — this version makes sense with lettuce. Felicia The Goat is a character Tyler voiced in a Mountain Dew ad.
Finally, on the deluxe edition of the physical copies of the album, there is the actual outro after the interlude which has Tyler trying to call ‘Thurnis Haley, the best golfer in the world’, but it only goes to voice messages. Thurnis Haley seems to be Wolf Haley’s dad, so him not picking up leads into the next song, Answer.
http://youtu.be/vfJwB7L4lCM | 114,947 | metastasys | 4,098 | https://genius.com/metastasys | 86 | https://genius.com/1530162/Tyler-the-creator-domo23/Outro-cut-it-out-i-said-i-didnt-want-no-goddamn-lettuce-i-dont-want-that-shit-i-dont-want-your-goddamn-lettuce-laughter | Only heard on the single/album version (with the exception of “Cut it out!” in the end of Domo 23 + Bimmer video).
Lettuce is slang for money, Tyler doesn’t just want your fucking money, he wants to do shit his own way, and if he doesn’t fuck with you, you will not be fucked with just because you offer him a fat paycheck.
In Loiter Squad, Tyler made a skit where he snaps when he finds lettuce in his burger
In mid-feb Tyler posted a photo where he captioned it, “I DONT WANT DA LETTUCE”: http://instagram.com/p/Vr9OV8nADo/
It may be Felecia the Goat’s voice — this version makes sense with lettuce. Felicia The Goat is a character Tyler voiced in a Mountain Dew ad.
Finally, on the deluxe edition of the physical copies of the album, there is the actual outro after the interlude which has Tyler trying to call ‘Thurnis Haley, the best golfer in the world’, but it only goes to voice messages. Thurnis Haley seems to be Wolf Haley’s dad, so him not picking up leads into the next song, Answer.
http://youtu.be/vfJwB7L4lCM |
404,668 | 643 | Pusha T | 5 | Clipse (Ft. Ab-Liva, Pharrell Williams & Roscoe P. Coldchain) | Cot Damn | 14,031 | I keep a mound to pitch from, you don’t have to shop around | I keep a mound to pitch from, you don’t have to shop around | Baseball pitchers stand on a mound to pitch off. Pusha has a mound of cocaine to deal. Also note a mound is a higher than normal ground – hence he’s looking down pitching to his customers.
Oh yeah and mounds are high! | 30,043 | JustinOchoa | 25,950 | https://genius.com/JustinOchoa | 11 | https://genius.com/404668/Clipse-cot-damn/I-keep-a-mound-to-pitch-from-you-dont-have-to-shop-around | Baseball pitchers stand on a mound to pitch off. Pusha has a mound of cocaine to deal. Also note a mound is a higher than normal ground – hence he’s looking down pitching to his customers.
Oh yeah and mounds are high! |
34,753 | 88 | Rick Ross | 88 | Rick Ross (Ft. Gucci Mane) | MC Hammer | 1,157 | Bitch, I’m MC Hammer, | Bitch, I’m MC Hammer, | MC Hammer was one of the most commercially successful rappers in history
Ross should be careful, as Hammer is remembered these days largely as a cautionary example | 317 | jedrek | 451 | https://genius.com/jedrek | 6 | https://genius.com/34753/Rick-ross-mc-hammer/Bitch-im-mc-hammer | MC Hammer was one of the most commercially successful rappers in history
Ross should be careful, as Hammer is remembered these days largely as a cautionary example |
15,455,464 | 217,208 | Lil Uzi Vert | 217,208 | Lil Uzi Vert | Myron | 3,974,110 | Diamonds on my neck so wet, that shit look like Poseidon (So wet, water) | Diamonds on my neck so wet, that shit look like Poseidon (So wet, water) | In the rap game diamonds are referred to as water or ice.
In this line Uzi is saying with the diamonds on his necklaces, chains, bracelets, rings or watches, he could be confused with Poseidon, the God of the sea and water in Greek mythology. | 7,049,946 | 6phamilton | 9,300 | https://genius.com/6phamilton | 42 | https://genius.com/15455464/Lil-uzi-vert-myron/Diamonds-on-my-neck-so-wet-that-shit-look-like-poseidon-so-wet-water | In the rap game diamonds are referred to as water or ice.
In this line Uzi is saying with the diamonds on his necklaces, chains, bracelets, rings or watches, he could be confused with Poseidon, the God of the sea and water in Greek mythology. |
15,843,888 | 610,968 | Lil Yachty | 396,531 | Ski Mask the Slump God (Ft. Lil Yachty) | Cat Piss | 3,797,563 | Codename: Kids Next Door my glasses | Codename: Kids Next Door my glasses | Codename: Kids Next Door is an animated television series for Cartoon Network. Ski Mask compares his glasses to that of those worn by one of the show’s main protagonists, Nigel. | 1,541,591 | kid901 | 38,136 | https://genius.com/kid901 | 25 | https://genius.com/15843888/Ski-mask-the-slump-god-cat-piss/Codename-kids-next-door-my-glasses | Codename: Kids Next Door is an animated television series for Cartoon Network. Ski Mask compares his glasses to that of those worn by one of the show’s main protagonists, Nigel. |
613,034 | 491 | Big K.R.I.T. | 491 | Big K.R.I.T. | As Small As A Giant | 65,105 | Didn’t write it but recite it like puppets on strings | Didn’t write it but recite it like puppets on strings | These candy rappers like Soulja Boy and Bow Wow don’t write their own music, they just repeat what a paid record executive writes for them, just like puppets mimic the every move of their master. | 21,766 | shylos | 494,419 | https://genius.com/QueenOfCoplaints | 3 | https://genius.com/613034/Big-krit-as-small-as-a-giant/Didnt-write-it-but-recite-it-like-puppets-on-strings | These candy rappers like Soulja Boy and Bow Wow don’t write their own music, they just repeat what a paid record executive writes for them, just like puppets mimic the every move of their master. |
16,920,675 | 610,968 | Lil Yachty | 1,787,869 | Lil Yachty & Chance the Rapper | Atlanta House Freestyle | 4,463,512 | Your house not a home like Luther Vandross | Your house not a home like Luther Vandross | “A House Is Not a Home” is a 1964 song performed by Dionne Warwick, but one of its most popular renditions is Luther Vandross’ 1981 version, which Chance is referring to here.
Vandross’ version was notably sampled in Twista, Kanye West, and Jamie Foxx’s December 2003 single, “Slow Jamz.” | 427,740 | yxng-nate | 316,727 | https://genius.com/yxng-nate | 8 | https://genius.com/16920675/Lil-yachty-and-chance-the-rapper-atlanta-house-freestyle/Your-house-not-a-home-like-luther-vandross | “A House Is Not a Home” is a 1964 song performed by Dionne Warwick, but one of its most popular renditions is Luther Vandross’ 1981 version, which Chance is referring to here.
Vandross’ version was notably sampled in Twista, Kanye West, and Jamie Foxx’s December 2003 single, “Slow Jamz.” |
3,385,438 | 130 | Drake | 130 | Drake | Cameras | 58,342 | [Produced by Noah “40” Shebib] | [Produced by Noah “40” Shebib] | This track samples a sped up portion of Jon B’s “Calling on You”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb6mZ9LJVZU | 104,344 | streetlights | 3,104,943 | https://genius.com/streetlights | 19 | https://genius.com/3385438/Drake-cameras/Produced-by-noah-40-shebib | This track samples a sped up portion of Jon B’s “Calling on You”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb6mZ9LJVZU |
24,439,921 | 217,208 | Lil Uzi Vert | 217,208 | Lil Uzi Vert | YSL | 3,003,623 | Rest in peace, my nigga Chico
Rest in peace, my nigga Nine, man
Rest in peace, my nigga Wee
Rest in peace, my nigga Doodot, yeah | Rest in peace, my nigga Chico Rest in peace, my nigga Nine, man Rest in peace, my nigga Wee Rest in peace, my nigga Doodot, yeah | Lil Uzi pays his respect to his friends that have died
R.I.P | 13,055,767 | simkrez1 | 225 | https://genius.com/simkrez1 | 6 | https://genius.com/24439921/Lil-uzi-vert-ysl/Rest-in-peace-my-nigga-chico-rest-in-peace-my-nigga-nine-man-rest-in-peace-my-nigga-wee-rest-in-peace-my-nigga-doodot-yeah | Lil Uzi pays his respect to his friends that have died
R.I.P |
2,312,786 | 306 | Slick Rick | 45 | Eminem | Rap God | 235,729 | What I gotta do to get it through to you? I’m superhuman | What I gotta do to get it through to you? I’m superhuman | Eminem is claiming to be above other rappers and that he is a god of sorts.
One of the many references to older lyrics, this might be a throwback to a line on the song “My Dad’s Gone Crazy” from the 2002 album The Eminem Show:
What do I gotta do to get through to you
Perhaps he is alluding to the last time he called himself superhuman:
“The only fucking thing that you consume is time, I’m super human”
I’m super human― Bad Meets Evil (Ft. Liz Rodriguez) – Echo
From “Echo” by Bad Meets Evil, on their 2011 collaboration album. | 302,643 | Tristdamn | 4,111 | https://genius.com/Immortal_Mastermind | 148 | https://genius.com/2312786/Eminem-rap-god/What-i-gotta-do-to-get-it-through-to-you-im-superhuman | Eminem is claiming to be above other rappers and that he is a god of sorts.
One of the many references to older lyrics, this might be a throwback to a line on the song “My Dad’s Gone Crazy” from the 2002 album The Eminem Show:
What do I gotta do to get through to you
Perhaps he is alluding to the last time he called himself superhuman:
“The only fucking thing that you consume is time, I’m super human”
I’m super human― Bad Meets Evil (Ft. Liz Rodriguez) – Echo
From “Echo” by Bad Meets Evil, on their 2011 collaboration album. |
12,892,099 | 65,109 | Rich The Kid | 65,109 | Rich The Kid (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) | New Freezer | 3,244,532 | Rule of the day, get a view every day
Get a bitch with a tan by the pool every day
Get a clip with a plan, give a jewel every day | Rule of the day, get a view every day Get a bitch with a tan by the pool every day Get a clip with a plan, give a jewel every day | Kendrick uses some more of his signature multi-entendre to convey a daily goal of: maintaining visibility for his brand—most likely in the form of YouTube video views or social media interaction—and remaining in the financial position to stay at the top of the hill, the top of a hotel, and/or the top of the game; a view perhaps overlooking the city, his fans, or his competition.
The line that follows highlights the desires expressed in the first, and calls to mind two out of three ingredients from his April 2012 single “The Recipe,” i.e. women and good weather; while the third line contains a possible four-way homonym between the words “clip” (as in ammunition), “click” (as in online activity), “clique” (as in a crew or exclusive group) and “clit” (as in female genitalia–and plan as in Plan B).
This makes sense considering “the way to a girl’s heart” is jewelry, but K-dot is also delivering jewels every day by spitting fire bars on features like this one—his ninth from 2017 alone. Furthermore, it is important to note that a popular way to aquire clicks in this day and age is to purchase a premium plan with a site such as Authenticviews.com. | 1,603,328 | kingkillmonger | 409,599 | https://genius.com/kingkillmonger | 46 | https://genius.com/12892099/Rich-the-kid-new-freezer/Rule-of-the-day-get-a-view-every-day-get-a-bitch-with-a-tan-by-the-pool-every-day-get-a-clip-with-a-plan-give-a-jewel-every-day | Kendrick uses some more of his signature multi-entendre to convey a daily goal of: maintaining visibility for his brand—most likely in the form of YouTube video views or social media interaction—and remaining in the financial position to stay at the top of the hill, the top of a hotel, and/or the top of the game; a view perhaps overlooking the city, his fans, or his competition.
The line that follows highlights the desires expressed in the first, and calls to mind two out of three ingredients from his April 2012 single “The Recipe,” i.e. women and good weather; while the third line contains a possible four-way homonym between the words “clip” (as in ammunition), “click” (as in online activity), “clique” (as in a crew or exclusive group) and “clit” (as in female genitalia–and plan as in Plan B).
This makes sense considering “the way to a girl’s heart” is jewelry, but K-dot is also delivering jewels every day by spitting fire bars on features like this one—his ninth from 2017 alone. Furthermore, it is important to note that a popular way to aquire clicks in this day and age is to purchase a premium plan with a site such as Authenticviews.com. |
5,001,959 | 198 | Jay Electronica | 198 | Jay Electronica (Ft. JAY-Z) | Road to Perdition | 718,117 | And shoot up every club we clone | And shoot up every club we clone | Far from the only time he has compared himself to an atomic bomb. | 753,425 | Soulquarians | 70,245 | https://genius.com/Screv6 | 3 | https://genius.com/5001959/Jay-electronica-road-to-perdition/And-shoot-up-every-club-we-clone | Far from the only time he has compared himself to an atomic bomb. |
1,180,890 | 251 | Mobb Deep | 251 | Mobb Deep | Shook Ones, Part I | 33,500 | Forever beef, nobody will ever be even
So I grab the heat before breezing | Forever beef, nobody will ever be even So I grab the heat before breezing | That’s the life on the streets, constant never ending gang warfare and beefing, it will never end. A truly tragic situation, a neverending bad spiral. Your options:
If you were a law abiding citizen in the ghetto, you had big chances of being killed in stray bullets or being robbed of the little money you earned.
So, in order to survive, people were forced in to the world of crime where you robbed or selled crack to get some real money. This, in turn, hurt other people, such as, of course the ones you robbed or sold cracked to. Someone close to the person, who you murdered would do revenge killing either you or innocent people, who might get shot for being at the wrong place at the wrong and so it continues.
The third option and the only real way out of the ghetto was becoming a basketball player in NBA or through rapping.
P chose the hybrid route. Rapping to make the bulk of his money, and holding the gats for when the fighting sets off. | 137,462 | gangstaniblet | 66,419 | https://genius.com/PiecesOfAMan | 7 | https://genius.com/1180890/Mobb-deep-shook-ones-part-i/Forever-beef-nobody-will-ever-be-even-so-i-grab-the-heat-before-breezing | That’s the life on the streets, constant never ending gang warfare and beefing, it will never end. A truly tragic situation, a neverending bad spiral. Your options:
If you were a law abiding citizen in the ghetto, you had big chances of being killed in stray bullets or being robbed of the little money you earned.
So, in order to survive, people were forced in to the world of crime where you robbed or selled crack to get some real money. This, in turn, hurt other people, such as, of course the ones you robbed or sold cracked to. Someone close to the person, who you murdered would do revenge killing either you or innocent people, who might get shot for being at the wrong place at the wrong and so it continues.
The third option and the only real way out of the ghetto was becoming a basketball player in NBA or through rapping.
P chose the hybrid route. Rapping to make the bulk of his money, and holding the gats for when the fighting sets off. |
28,196,857 | 12,417 | A$AP Rocky | 3,367,318 | Metro Boomin & A$AP Rocky (Ft. Takeoff) | Feel The Fiyaaaah | 8,461,379 | Ice and igloo on a pendant (Ice) | Ice and igloo on a pendant (Ice) | Takeoff plays with a double entendre, suggesting that he’s got so much ice (an informal word for diamonds) on his penchant that it’s an igloo. | 19,621,373 | Krononaut | 468 | https://genius.com/Krononaut | 1 | https://genius.com/28196857/Metro-boomin-and-a-ap-rocky-feel-the-fiyaaaah/Ice-and-igloo-on-a-pendant-ice | Takeoff plays with a double entendre, suggesting that he’s got so much ice (an informal word for diamonds) on his penchant that it’s an igloo. |
164,139 | 338 | Busta Rhymes | 338 | Busta Rhymes (Ft. The Notorious B.I.G.) | I Knock You Out | 6,357 | Cause when I bust, I lick shots like a shotty
Thats why nut is drippin all over your body! | Cause when I bust, I lick shots like a shotty Thats why nut is drippin all over your body! | The Notorious BIG ejaculates like a shotgun – ain’t no dribblin.. | 7 | Maboo | 538,073 | https://genius.com/Maboo | 1 | https://genius.com/164139/Busta-rhymes-i-knock-you-out/Cause-when-i-bust-i-lick-shots-like-a-shotty-thats-why-nut-is-drippin-all-over-your-body | The Notorious BIG ejaculates like a shotgun – ain’t no dribblin.. |
12,759,364 | 639,521 | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | 639,521 | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | Friend Zone | 2,451,940 | Scorin’ like the end zone | Scorin’ like the end zone | A Boogie is scoring as in having sex with her, because of their friends with benefits-style relationship. The end zone is the area on a football field where points are scored. He is scoring with the girl like a football player scores in the end zone. | 3,446,914 | SidneyNaseralla | 439 | https://genius.com/SidneyNaseralla | 4 | https://genius.com/12759364/A-boogie-wit-da-hoodie-friend-zone/Scorin-like-the-end-zone | A Boogie is scoring as in having sex with her, because of their friends with benefits-style relationship. The end zone is the area on a football field where points are scored. He is scoring with the girl like a football player scores in the end zone. |
29,207,391 | 13 | Gucci Mane | 13 | Gucci Mane | Truth | 85,698 | [Outro: Woman, (Lawyer), & Cop]
Hes had to defend his life last week and now
He has to defend his freedom
(Don’t just say anything ok?)
Suspect and lawyer if I believe...
Basically what happened, umm to make a long story short. He visited a young lady. Uhh went over to her place umm she was there he was there. At one point she opened up the door. Five guys come runnin’ in, one of them had green tape umm, one of them had a weapon, one of them had brass knuckles and hit him with brass knuckles umm and hit him real hard. Had him wrapped up, another guy had a weapon, hit one of the other guys with uhh the weapon umm there came a situation where he defended himself umm somebody yelled, one of the other five guys yelled shoot him, something to that effect. He grabbed a gun nearby and he start too, he open fire | [Outro: Woman, (Lawyer), & Cop] Hes had to defend his life last week and now He has to defend his freedom (Don’t just say anything ok?) Suspect and lawyer if I believe... Basically what happened, umm to make a long story short. He visited a young lady. Uhh went over to her place umm she was there he was there. At one point she opened up the door. Five guys come runnin’ in, one of them had green tape umm, one of them had a weapon, one of them had brass knuckles and hit him with brass knuckles umm and hit him real hard. Had him wrapped up, another guy had a weapon, hit one of the other guys with uhh the weapon umm there came a situation where he defended himself umm somebody yelled, one of the other five guys yelled shoot him, something to that effect. He grabbed a gun nearby and he start too, he open fire | Imagine your most hated opp smoked your good homie and recent father. Imagine you made the order to snatch that opp’s chain and the three goons you sent to do your dirty work didn’t have a chance against a fat, lumbering, unathletic man who was likely under the influence of a few substances.
Now imagine all of that combined with the fact that the opp got the charges dropped and came out a rap legend. Killed a man broad daylight and shook the murder off like it was nothing.
Not only Jeezy built the easiest case for Gucci to win, but he also cemented Gucci as an icon. Gucci should be thanking the man, to be honest. Jeezy failed so Gucci could succeed.
Ending the song with the news recap of what went down is just a purposefully painful reminder from Gucci to Jeezy. You did this, it was all you big homie. | 10,311,150 | newportmenthols | 164 | https://genius.com/newportmenthols | 1 | https://genius.com/29207391/Gucci-mane-truth/Outro-woman-lawyer-and-cop-hes-had-to-defend-his-life-last-week-and-now-he-has-to-defend-his-freedom-dont-just-say-anything-ok-suspect-and-lawyer-if-i-believe-basically-what-happened-umm-to-make-a-long-story-short-he-visited-a-young-lady-uhh-went-over-to-her-place-umm-she-was-there-he-was-there-at-one-point-she-opened-up-the-door-five-guys-come-runnin-in-one-of-them-had-green-tape-umm-one-of-them-had-a-weapon-one-of-them-had-brass-knuckles-and-hit-him-with-brass-knuckles-umm-and-hit-him-real-har | Imagine your most hated opp smoked your good homie and recent father. Imagine you made the order to snatch that opp’s chain and the three goons you sent to do your dirty work didn’t have a chance against a fat, lumbering, unathletic man who was likely under the influence of a few substances.
Now imagine all of that combined with the fact that the opp got the charges dropped and came out a rap legend. Killed a man broad daylight and shook the murder off like it was nothing.
Not only Jeezy built the easiest case for Gucci to win, but he also cemented Gucci as an icon. Gucci should be thanking the man, to be honest. Jeezy failed so Gucci could succeed.
Ending the song with the news recap of what went down is just a purposefully painful reminder from Gucci to Jeezy. You did this, it was all you big homie. |
11,440,731 | 11,353 | ScHoolboy Q | 187,600 | JAHKOY (Ft. ScHoolboy Q) | California Heaven | 2,844,657 | Lift your skirt skirt
Give me work work | Lift your skirt skirt Give me work work | ScHoolBoy Q uses a similar rhyming method as seen in Rihanna’s song, “Work.” He also makes a direct reference to the song when he says:
Give me work work
Similar to the male character in “Work,” ScHoolBoy Q is also asking the woman for sex. | 3,158,803 | LukeHanna | 60,499 | https://genius.com/LukeHanna | 2 | https://genius.com/11440731/Jahkoy-california-heaven/Lift-your-skirt-skirt-give-me-work-work | ScHoolBoy Q uses a similar rhyming method as seen in Rihanna’s song, “Work.” He also makes a direct reference to the song when he says:
Give me work work
Similar to the male character in “Work,” ScHoolBoy Q is also asking the woman for sex. |
29,151,764 | 20,185 | Travis Scott | 20,185 | Travis Scott (Ft. Playboi Carti) | FE!N | 9,368,459 | [Verse 2: Playboi Carti] | [Verse 2: Playboi Carti] | It is a common misconception that this is Homixide Meechie but it is not, this is Playboi Carti’s deep voice which has been seen in snippets such as “All Red” and “Killers”.
Playboi Carti confirmed this on his Instagram story:
This is the first time Playboi Carti has used his deep voice on a released song which is the reason for the mass confusion, this voice is expected to be seen more on his third studio album MUSIC. | 20,180,100 | AntShortNoseOnTikTok | 1,964 | https://genius.com/AntShortNoseOnTikTok | 278 | https://genius.com/29151764/Travis-scott-fe-n/Verse-2-playboi-carti | It is a common misconception that this is Homixide Meechie but it is not, this is Playboi Carti’s deep voice which has been seen in snippets such as “All Red” and “Killers”.
Playboi Carti confirmed this on his Instagram story:
This is the first time Playboi Carti has used his deep voice on a released song which is the reason for the mass confusion, this voice is expected to be seen more on his third studio album MUSIC. |
22,814,770 | 70 | MF DOOM | 70 | MF DOOM | Hoe Cakes | 31,389 | “Super!” | “Super!” | The “super” sample heard throughout the track is taken from J.J. Fad’s “Supersonic,” specifically the “Supersonic!” from the chorus, with only “Super” being heard and “-sonic” cut off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti1bFMBd6V4&t=28s | 5,773,728 | Nickster19 | 6,486 | https://genius.com/Nickster19 | 30 | https://genius.com/22814770/Mf-doom-hoe-cakes/Super | The “super” sample heard throughout the track is taken from J.J. Fad’s “Supersonic,” specifically the “Supersonic!” from the chorus, with only “Super” being heard and “-sonic” cut off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti1bFMBd6V4&t=28s |
774,480 | 2,049 | Ab-Soul | 2,049 | Ab-Soul | Track Two | 73,956 | In this world of luxury cars and legal tender
Johnny want me like Wyclef Jean: gone til’ November | In this world of luxury cars and legal tender Johnny want me like Wyclef Jean: gone til’ November | Reference to “Gone Till November” by Wyclef Jean, a story about a drug dealer that had leave til' November when he could do that kind of work. In this case rappers and the police (a.k.a Johnny Laws) want Ab gone so they can work in peace. | 2,670 | Riptide | 51,156 | https://genius.com/Riptide | 7 | https://genius.com/774480/Ab-soul-track-two/In-this-world-of-luxury-cars-and-legal-tender-johnny-want-me-like-wyclef-jean-gone-til-november | Reference to “Gone Till November” by Wyclef Jean, a story about a drug dealer that had leave til' November when he could do that kind of work. In this case rappers and the police (a.k.a Johnny Laws) want Ab gone so they can work in peace. |
23,244,266 | 307 | RZA | 307 | RZA (Ft. Doc Doom, Ghostface Killah, The Holocaust & Ms. Roxy) | Holocaust (Silkworm) | 40,916 | Dick swinging like shit went well
Call it the mighty Joe Young | Dick swinging like shit went well Call it the mighty Joe Young | null | 13,059,400 | DotComMotion | 110 | https://genius.com/DotComMotion | 0 | https://genius.com/23244266/Rza-holocaust-silkworm/Dick-swinging-like-shit-went-well-call-it-the-mighty-joe-young | null |
1,834,134 | 69 | J. Cole | 69 | J. Cole (Ft. TLC) | Crooked Smile | 93,987 | Now is it real? Eyebrows, fingernails, hair
Is it real? If it’s not, girl, you don’t care | Now is it real? Eyebrows, fingernails, hair Is it real? If it’s not, girl, you don’t care | There is often social pressure for women to conform to mainstream standards– which within the last decade have become things like artificial nails, hair extensions, and a full face of makeup. Real or not real, it doesn’t matter to Cole and shouldn’t matter to the girl. What matter’s is what’s on the inside.
Furthermore, Cole isn’t impressed by unnatural altered beauty and believes there are more important (more real) things to focus on in life like the person you are (rather than materialistic things that society has led us to believe is the only way a woman can be beautiful). He looks beyond exterior appearance and finds something in all women thats special and beautiful. | 16 | SameOldShawn | 3,758 | https://genius.com/Univ | 25 | https://genius.com/1834134/J-cole-crooked-smile/Now-is-it-real-eyebrows-fingernails-hair-is-it-real-if-its-not-girl-you-dont-care | There is often social pressure for women to conform to mainstream standards– which within the last decade have become things like artificial nails, hair extensions, and a full face of makeup. Real or not real, it doesn’t matter to Cole and shouldn’t matter to the girl. What matter’s is what’s on the inside.
Furthermore, Cole isn’t impressed by unnatural altered beauty and believes there are more important (more real) things to focus on in life like the person you are (rather than materialistic things that society has led us to believe is the only way a woman can be beautiful). He looks beyond exterior appearance and finds something in all women thats special and beautiful. |
1,150,930 | 1,421 | Kendrick Lamar | 1,421 | Kendrick Lamar | Black Boy Fly | 90,481 | A tall nigga hopped out with Jordans and a white tank top | A tall nigga hopped out with Jordans and a white tank top | The Game is really tall (about 6'4'‘)
He is also an avid sneaker collector, which is why Jordans were mentioned. He was on Sneaker Shopping with Complex | 16,069 | iLoveRap | 16,209 | https://genius.com/iLoveRap | 63 | https://genius.com/1150930/Kendrick-lamar-black-boy-fly/A-tall-nigga-hopped-out-with-jordans-and-a-white-tank-top | The Game is really tall (about 6'4'‘)
He is also an avid sneaker collector, which is why Jordans were mentioned. He was on Sneaker Shopping with Complex |
28,905,985 | 881,997 | Rico Nasty | 881,997 | Rico Nasty | Pussy Poppin (I Don’t Really Talk Like This) | 6,220,613 | He kill it every single time, put me in a coffin (Yeah) | He kill it every single time, put me in a coffin (Yeah) | This lyric refers to that Ricos partner fucks her so good that it “kills her” and puts in a coffin. | 20,923,831 | kiekieda | 162 | https://genius.com/kiekieda | 1 | https://genius.com/28905985/Rico-nasty-pussy-poppin-i-dont-really-talk-like-this/He-kill-it-every-single-time-put-me-in-a-coffin-yeah | This lyric refers to that Ricos partner fucks her so good that it “kills her” and puts in a coffin. |
17,964,389 | 941 | Vince Staples | 941 | Vince Staples (Ft. Kilo Kish) | Loco | 2,844,671 | (I fuckin’ hate you, just leave me the fuck alone) | (I fuckin’ hate you, just leave me the fuck alone) | It’s quote from movie “Enter The Void”. That’s the same movie that inspired video to LSD by A$AP Rocky. | 7,153,279 | biggerleb | 5 | https://genius.com/biggerleb | 0 | https://genius.com/17964389/Vince-staples-loco/I-fuckin-hate-you-just-leave-me-the-fuck-alone | It’s quote from movie “Enter The Void”. That’s the same movie that inspired video to LSD by A$AP Rocky. |
463,193 | 1,745 | Childish Gambino | 1,745 | Childish Gambino (Ft. Sway in the Morning) | 5 Fingers of Death (Freestyle) | 58,816 | Like I’m eatin’ salsa, cause she Puerto Rican
Some people speakin’ like she ain’t white
But you know that’s alright ’cause I keep it tight | Like I’m eatin’ salsa, cause she Puerto Rican Some people speakin’ like she ain’t white But you know that’s alright ’cause I keep it tight | He’s eating her out like she was salsa, and she is spanish so people are sterotypically asking why is gambino talking to a spanish chick. The stereotype is that black people go for white people but he doesnt care because he go for all races. | 45,781 | jmusic | 1,242 | https://genius.com/jmusic | 0 | https://genius.com/463193/Childish-gambino-5-fingers-of-death-freestyle/Like-im-eatin-salsa-cause-she-puerto-rican-some-people-speakin-like-she-aint-white-but-you-know-thats-alright-cause-i-keep-it-tight | He’s eating her out like she was salsa, and she is spanish so people are sterotypically asking why is gambino talking to a spanish chick. The stereotype is that black people go for white people but he doesnt care because he go for all races. |
13,526,755 | 566,912 | Rich Brian | 566,912 | Rich Brian | See Me | 3,405,747 | Blinders on me, I can’t even see | Blinders on me, I can’t even see | Racehorses wear blinders to prevent them from seeing side to side, or the other horses. They can only focus on their end goal/what’s ahead of them, just like Brian does. | 4,146,357 | w0w0w | 426 | https://genius.com/w0w0w | 7 | https://genius.com/13526755/Rich-brian-see-me/Blinders-on-me-i-cant-even-see | Racehorses wear blinders to prevent them from seeing side to side, or the other horses. They can only focus on their end goal/what’s ahead of them, just like Brian does. |
14,063,322 | 610,968 | Lil Yachty | 610,968 | Lil Yachty (Ft. 2 Chainz & K$upreme) | OOPS | 3,565,026 | Sold so many Z’s, can’t take a nap (Tell ’em) | Sold so many Z’s, can’t take a nap (Tell ’em) | 2 Chainz uses two different meanings for “z”. The first usage of the letter refers to an ounce of marijuana. In the latter of the line, “z’s” refer to the amount of sleep a person gets (e.g. “I’m going to catch me some z’s.”) | 5,844,559 | KXC | 60,826 | https://genius.com/KXC | 2 | https://genius.com/14063322/Lil-yachty-oops/Sold-so-many-zs-cant-take-a-nap-tell-em | 2 Chainz uses two different meanings for “z”. The first usage of the letter refers to an ounce of marijuana. In the latter of the line, “z’s” refer to the amount of sleep a person gets (e.g. “I’m going to catch me some z’s.”) |
1,461,971 | 3 | Fabolous | 3 | Fabolous | Swag Champ | 62,256 | That hotel, that noon shit, yea I see em tryna check me out | That hotel, that noon shit, yea I see em tryna check me out | Most hotels offer check out until noon. Likewise, girls are trying to check Fab out, referring to his looks. | 14,660 | Magnitude901 | 249,610 | https://genius.com/Magnitude901 | 1 | https://genius.com/1461971/Fabolous-swag-champ/That-hotel-that-noon-shit-yea-i-see-em-tryna-check-me-out | Most hotels offer check out until noon. Likewise, girls are trying to check Fab out, referring to his looks. |
3,476,924 | 3 | Fabolous | 3 | Fabolous (Ft. Jadakiss & Styles P) | B.E.T | 62,342 | Little stupid niggas, they ain’t got their G.E.D | Little stupid niggas, they ain’t got their G.E.D | They are so stupid they never graduated high school and don’t even have their G.E.D. A G.E.D. is considered a diploma for those who were unable to finish high school. It is still as good as a HS diploma except you can not get into every single college with it.
G.E.D stands for General Educational Development. | 743,800 | DrFaTe_X | 8,693 | https://genius.com/DrFaTe_X | 0 | https://genius.com/3476924/Fabolous-bet/Little-stupid-niggas-they-aint-got-their-ged | They are so stupid they never graduated high school and don’t even have their G.E.D. A G.E.D. is considered a diploma for those who were unable to finish high school. It is still as good as a HS diploma except you can not get into every single college with it.
G.E.D stands for General Educational Development. |
13,123,573 | 225 | De La Soul | 860 | Gorillaz (Ft. De La Soul & Gruff Rhys) | Superfast Jellyfish | 5,427 | With the twenty-four hour sign | With the twenty-four hour sign | Stores attract more people when they are open 24 hours, and same thing with music. If they can make a song in a short time and then pump out more hits by the minute, they’ll make money. The human race is an impatient bunch, and when we want something, we want a lot of it, fast. This often results in low quality things, because they didn’t have the time to have care put into them. | 4,770,829 | Ethanol_Tea | 28,649 | https://genius.com/Ethanol_Tea | 16 | https://genius.com/13123573/Gorillaz-superfast-jellyfish/With-the-twenty-four-hour-sign | Stores attract more people when they are open 24 hours, and same thing with music. If they can make a song in a short time and then pump out more hits by the minute, they’ll make money. The human race is an impatient bunch, and when we want something, we want a lot of it, fast. This often results in low quality things, because they didn’t have the time to have care put into them. |
118,515 | 1,745 | Childish Gambino | 1,745 | Childish Gambino | Freaks and Geeks | 4,330 | E.E. cummin’ on her face, now that’s poetry in motion | E.E. cummin’ on her face, now that’s poetry in motion | I doubt one of the preeminent voices of 20th century poetry, e.e. Cummings, would appreciate such a crass pun, but maybe he would?
“Poetry in Motion” is a public arts campaign that displays poetry instead of advertisements in New York City subways. It is immediately recognizable to people like Gambino who grew up in New York. The campaign featured e.e. cumming’s poem “Love is a Place”, giving Gambino the play on words with the poet’s name as well as the literal sexual meaning of the line.
When spitting “e.e.” on the track, Gambino also sounds as if he could be saying “he, he,” both changing the line to third person and imitating the sound of gasping before orgasm. It may also be imitating the creaking of a bed, like the beat in Kanye West’s “Marvin Gaye and Chardonnay,” or, alternately, a witch’s cackle (in a callback to the previous line). | 1,211 | BauceSauce | 461 | https://genius.com/shessomickey | 124 | https://genius.com/118515/Childish-gambino-freaks-and-geeks/Ee-cummin-on-her-face-now-thats-poetry-in-motion | I doubt one of the preeminent voices of 20th century poetry, e.e. Cummings, would appreciate such a crass pun, but maybe he would?
“Poetry in Motion” is a public arts campaign that displays poetry instead of advertisements in New York City subways. It is immediately recognizable to people like Gambino who grew up in New York. The campaign featured e.e. cumming’s poem “Love is a Place”, giving Gambino the play on words with the poet’s name as well as the literal sexual meaning of the line.
When spitting “e.e.” on the track, Gambino also sounds as if he could be saying “he, he,” both changing the line to third person and imitating the sound of gasping before orgasm. It may also be imitating the creaking of a bed, like the beat in Kanye West’s “Marvin Gaye and Chardonnay,” or, alternately, a witch’s cackle (in a callback to the previous line). |
19,896,602 | 178 | Aesop Rock | 178 | Aesop Rock | KOWP | 5,396,462 | Not in the race to pass go | Not in the race to pass go | In the game Monopoly players race across the board clockwise to pass the Go tile and earn $200. Aesop is not playing Monopoly where most people are in the race to earn money. | 10,932,811 | Kmart_Express | 105 | https://genius.com/Kmart_Express | 0 | https://genius.com/19896602/Aesop-rock-kowp/Not-in-the-race-to-pass-go | In the game Monopoly players race across the board clockwise to pass the Go tile and earn $200. Aesop is not playing Monopoly where most people are in the race to earn money. |
4,239,951 | 388 | Talib Kweli | 388 | Talib Kweli | Talib Kweli’s Top 100 Hip Hop Albums | 230,065 | Liquid Swords - GZA | Liquid Swords - GZA | The critically acclaimed album by the GZA released in 1995. While it only went gold in sales, it is very highly praised for GZA’s lyricism and technique in rhyming, accompanied by the eerie beats produced by the RZA. It is now widely considered one of the greatest rap albums of all time. | 1,220,499 | jellybeanjoe | 1,271 | https://genius.com/jellybeanjoe | 1 | https://genius.com/4239951/Talib-kweli-talib-kwelis-top-100-hip-hop-albums/Liquid-swords-gza | The critically acclaimed album by the GZA released in 1995. While it only went gold in sales, it is very highly praised for GZA’s lyricism and technique in rhyming, accompanied by the eerie beats produced by the RZA. It is now widely considered one of the greatest rap albums of all time. |
1,686,605 | 110 | Pharrell Williams | 13,585 | Daft Punk (Ft. Nile Rodgers & Pharrell Williams) | Get Lucky | 139,968 | [Verse 1: Pharrell Williams] | [Verse 1: Pharrell Williams] | This is Skateboard P’s third time working with Daft Punk. The Neptunes made an official remix to “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”, for Daft Punk’s remix album, Daft Club. N.E.R.D.’s “Hypnotize U” was produced by Daft Punk.
This track also features prolific R&B/Disco guitarist Nile Rodgers on his mighty axe, who both duos are fans of. You may have heard of some of his big hits | 125,524 | squanto | 107,482 | https://genius.com/squanto | 42 | https://genius.com/1686605/Daft-punk-get-lucky/Verse-1-pharrell-williams | This is Skateboard P’s third time working with Daft Punk. The Neptunes made an official remix to “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”, for Daft Punk’s remix album, Daft Club. N.E.R.D.’s “Hypnotize U” was produced by Daft Punk.
This track also features prolific R&B/Disco guitarist Nile Rodgers on his mighty axe, who both duos are fans of. You may have heard of some of his big hits |
12,350,386 | 396,531 | Ski Mask the Slump God | 396,531 | Ski Mask the Slump God | BabyWipe | 3,063,333 | And I’m in the field like baseball bat
And I’m fresh off a lick like an old Tic-Tac | And I’m in the field like baseball bat And I’m fresh off a lick like an old Tic-Tac | Because it’s a baseball field. And I’m in the field like a baseball bat. And I’m fresh off a lick, like a old TicTac. Because, a TicTac is something you lick. I said old TicTac. I’m fresh off a lick.
In Florida, they say if you hit a lick, you just stole something. Like, you hit a house or a robbery or some shit. It was just a synonym. So, like an old TicTac, obviously you lick, because it’s old. | 4,919,975 | skimasktheslumpgod_1 | 11,000 | https://genius.com/skimasktheslumpgod_1 | 24 | https://genius.com/12350386/Ski-mask-the-slump-god-babywipe/And-im-in-the-field-like-baseball-bat-and-im-fresh-off-a-lick-like-an-old-tic-tac | Because it’s a baseball field. And I’m in the field like a baseball bat. And I’m fresh off a lick, like a old TicTac. Because, a TicTac is something you lick. I said old TicTac. I’m fresh off a lick.
In Florida, they say if you hit a lick, you just stole something. Like, you hit a house or a robbery or some shit. It was just a synonym. So, like an old TicTac, obviously you lick, because it’s old. |
3,035,431 | 1,745 | Childish Gambino | 1,693 | N.A.S.A. (Ft. Aynzli Jones & Childish Gambino) | Hide (Tropkillaz Remix) | 394,119 | We should fuck, right? | We should fuck, right? | Gambino says:
But, the truth is–he might not even wait that long | 124,147 | Max_Power34 | 1,598 | https://genius.com/Max_Power34 | 5 | https://genius.com/3035431/Nasa-hide-tropkillaz-remix/We-should-fuck-right | Gambino says:
But, the truth is–he might not even wait that long |
2,601,771 | 2,319 | Nujabes | 18,637 | Uyama Hiroto (Ft. Golden Boy (CAN)) | Vision Eyes | 69,283 | I get harangued like gold. Just try to enjoy shit a little | I get harangued like gold. Just try to enjoy shit a little | Reference to the above line, since people know that he is clairvoyant, people won’t leave him alone, like chasing after gold in the early 20th century where everyone was crazy about “goldmines” and the riches. But even through this, Golden boy tries to enjoy shit a little. | 361,197 | newjazzradio | 77 | https://genius.com/newjazzradio | 2 | https://genius.com/2601771/Uyama-hiroto-vision-eyes/I-get-harangued-like-gold-just-try-to-enjoy-shit-a-little | Reference to the above line, since people know that he is clairvoyant, people won’t leave him alone, like chasing after gold in the early 20th century where everyone was crazy about “goldmines” and the riches. But even through this, Golden boy tries to enjoy shit a little. |
1,535,927 | 21 | Wu-Tang Clan | 21 | Wu-Tang Clan (Ft. Dhani Harrison, Erykah Badu & John Frusciante) | The Heart Gently Weeps | 47,888 | That bitch is crazy
And, uh, she brought her baby | That bitch is crazy And, uh, she brought her baby | Here Ghostface sings in the same style as George Harrison on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, which this song is a cover of. | 190,907 | Quikstik | 50,527 | https://genius.com/Quikstik | 0 | https://genius.com/1535927/Wu-tang-clan-the-heart-gently-weeps/That-bitch-is-crazy-and-uh-she-brought-her-baby | Here Ghostface sings in the same style as George Harrison on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, which this song is a cover of. |
24,254,474 | 820 | Mac Miller | 820 | Mac Miller | Conversation, Pt. 1 | 3,835,472 | Said it’s your money if you make it
Otherwise, it’s just a conversation | Said it’s your money if you make it Otherwise, it’s just a conversation | People often talk about their plans and ideas but never take action on them. Mac understands that you can talk all you want, but such a conversation means nothing without action. Mac is a prime example of this way of thinking, having released a #1 album Blue Slide Park at the age of 19. | 4,061,905 | TestTubeJesus | 363 | https://genius.com/TestTubeJesus | 8 | https://genius.com/24254474/Mac-miller-conversation-pt-1/Said-its-your-money-if-you-make-it-otherwise-its-just-a-conversation | People often talk about their plans and ideas but never take action on them. Mac understands that you can talk all you want, but such a conversation means nothing without action. Mac is a prime example of this way of thinking, having released a #1 album Blue Slide Park at the age of 19. |
1,059,314 | 228 | Method Man | 228 | Method Man | The Riddler | 87,891 | [Verse 2] | [Verse 2] | Part two of the story, leaving clues to see if he can be found | 10,285 | Ameer925 | 2,074 | https://genius.com/Ameer925 | 0 | https://genius.com/1059314/Method-man-the-riddler/Verse-2 | Part two of the story, leaving clues to see if he can be found |
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