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28,907,896 | 20,503 | Young Thug | 20,503 | Young Thug (Ft. Juice WRLD & Nicki Minaj) | Money | 5,309,025 | He want to lick the wrapper, no Chance | He want to lick the wrapper, no Chance | Nicki shouts out fellow rapper, Chance The Rapper, using a double entendre with her reference to licking a candy wrapper.
She isn’t willing to allow the guy to “lick the wrapper,” or perform oral sex on her.
This could also be a reference to Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop” where he raps,
Shawty wanna lick me… Like a lollipop
(So I let her lick the rapper) | 7,482,476 | weshagarman | 5,617 | https://genius.com/weshagarman | 9 | https://genius.com/28907896/Young-thug-money/He-want-to-lick-the-wrapper-no-chance | Nicki shouts out fellow rapper, Chance The Rapper, using a double entendre with her reference to licking a candy wrapper.
She isn’t willing to allow the guy to “lick the wrapper,” or perform oral sex on her.
This could also be a reference to Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop” where he raps,
Shawty wanna lick me… Like a lollipop
(So I let her lick the rapper) |
9,280,480 | 388 | Talib Kweli | 6,793 | Jaylib (Ft. Talib Kweli) | Raw Shit | 24,168 | Sounds sicker then cheap
Vodka | Sounds sicker then cheap Vodka | “Sounds thicker than cheap vodka and brown liquor,put it down when I get around, my outta town niggas”
Promise it’s right | 1,120,995 | AlexanderKulinczenko | 276 | https://genius.com/AlexanderKulinczenko | 1 | https://genius.com/9280480/Jaylib-raw-shit/Sounds-sicker-then-cheap-vodka | “Sounds thicker than cheap vodka and brown liquor,put it down when I get around, my outta town niggas”
Promise it’s right |
7,893,120 | 42 | The Game | 42 | The Game (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) | On Me | 2,163,613 | When we was outside with the indo
Hotboxin’ rentals in front of Centennial
Remedial thoughts, never thought that I would amount to shit
“Smoke chronic, fuck bitches, ride around bouncin’” shit | When we was outside with the indo Hotboxin’ rentals in front of Centennial Remedial thoughts, never thought that I would amount to shit “Smoke chronic, fuck bitches, ride around bouncin’” shit | Continuing in the past tense, Game reflects on sitting in enclosed spaces like rental cars smoking indo weed which is an Indonesian strain of marijuana. “Indo” is also an antonym of “outside”.
“Centennial” refers to Centennial High School in Compton where Dr. Dre, Kendrick and basketball star Arron Afflalo attended.
These hotboxing sessions provided time to reflect on life with Game thinking that he wouldn’t amount to any success and would forever live on smoking weed (chronic), having one-night stands and “bouncin'” in hydraulic lowrider cars which are famous in the West Coast. | 2,194,221 | shivB- | 18,307 | https://genius.com/shivB- | 11 | https://genius.com/7893120/The-game-on-me/When-we-was-outside-with-the-indo-hotboxin-rentals-in-front-of-centennial-remedial-thoughts-never-thought-that-i-would-amount-to-shit-smoke-chronic-fuck-bitches-ride-around-bouncin-shit | Continuing in the past tense, Game reflects on sitting in enclosed spaces like rental cars smoking indo weed which is an Indonesian strain of marijuana. “Indo” is also an antonym of “outside”.
“Centennial” refers to Centennial High School in Compton where Dr. Dre, Kendrick and basketball star Arron Afflalo attended.
These hotboxing sessions provided time to reflect on life with Game thinking that he wouldn’t amount to any success and would forever live on smoking weed (chronic), having one-night stands and “bouncin'” in hydraulic lowrider cars which are famous in the West Coast. |
21,995,265 | 88 | Rick Ross | 88 | Rick Ross | Hustlin’ | 794 | Who the fuck you think you fuckin’ with? | Who the fuck you think you fuckin’ with? | This line is a nod to Denzel Washington’s epic rant toward the end of Training Day, where (among other things) he yells at the crowd, “Who the fuck you think you fuckin' with?” | 12,809,315 | DRW23 | 19 | https://genius.com/DRW23 | 6 | https://genius.com/21995265/Rick-ross-hustlin/Who-the-fuck-you-think-you-fuckin-with | This line is a nod to Denzel Washington’s epic rant toward the end of Training Day, where (among other things) he yells at the crowd, “Who the fuck you think you fuckin' with?” |
160,081 | 507 | GZA | 1,190 | Domo Genesis (Ft. Hodgy) | Tang Golf | 6,139 | Bathin’ Ape by the bundle, | Bathin’ Ape by the bundle, | BAPE, or A Bathing Ape clothing, is a company from Japan that manufactures street wear clothing and is known for being quite pricey.
BAPE clothing is often sported by rappers such as Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Lil Wayne, and others.
Kanye also has a line about BAPE clothing, containing some witty innuendo in Katy Perry’s song E.T.. | 9,020 | CashewXD | 22,234 | https://genius.com/CashewXD | 1 | https://genius.com/160081/Domo-genesis-tang-golf/Bathin-ape-by-the-bundle | BAPE, or A Bathing Ape clothing, is a company from Japan that manufactures street wear clothing and is known for being quite pricey.
BAPE clothing is often sported by rappers such as Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Lil Wayne, and others.
Kanye also has a line about BAPE clothing, containing some witty innuendo in Katy Perry’s song E.T.. |
3,455,311 | 310 | Wiz Khalifa | 310 | Wiz Khalifa (Ft. Snoop Dogg & Ty Dolla $ign) | You and Your Friends | 482,224 | Watch full of ice, no light it still glow | Watch full of ice, no light it still glow | Wiz’s watch glows in the dark because of all the lustrous diamonds on it. | 930,042 | SeanR1614 | 247 | https://genius.com/SeanR1614 | 5 | https://genius.com/3455311/Wiz-khalifa-you-and-your-friends/Watch-full-of-ice-no-light-it-still-glow | Wiz’s watch glows in the dark because of all the lustrous diamonds on it. |
17,673,020 | 566,912 | Rich Brian | 566,912 | Rich Brian | 100 Degrees | 4,707,503 | Chase Hennessy with a kiss and then some great view | Chase Hennessy with a kiss and then some great view | A chaser is a drink taken immediately after a shot to neutralize the taste of straight alcohol.
Here Rich Brian paints a picture of chasing Hennessy with a kiss from a special someone instead of a traditional chaser. One could argue this is the best type of chaser.
This line also continues with the theme of breaking the rules mentioned in the previous line and illustrates what it means to be young and free. | 6,565,204 | GiovanniGraziano | 1,533 | https://genius.com/GiovanniGraziano | 12 | https://genius.com/17673020/Rich-brian-100-degrees/Chase-hennessy-with-a-kiss-and-then-some-great-view | A chaser is a drink taken immediately after a shot to neutralize the taste of straight alcohol.
Here Rich Brian paints a picture of chasing Hennessy with a kiss from a special someone instead of a traditional chaser. One could argue this is the best type of chaser.
This line also continues with the theme of breaking the rules mentioned in the previous line and illustrates what it means to be young and free. |
10,980,198 | 2,049 | Ab-Soul | 2,049 | Ab-Soul (Ft. ScHoolboy Q) | Beat the Case / / / Straight Crooked | 2,926,002 | Ruffled up a couple feathers when I called Barack a puppet, yo
Now that Trump is POTUS
I know this whole election is just another Muppet Show
That ain’t even none of my business, though
Whatever’s your cup of tea | Ruffled up a couple feathers when I called Barack a puppet, yo Now that Trump is POTUS I know this whole election is just another Muppet Show That ain’t even none of my business, though Whatever’s your cup of tea | Soul is referring to a line from the song “Terrorist Threats” off of his second album Control System where he accuses Barack Obama of being a puppet and lying to the public.
Hey, Dear Barack
I know you just a puppet, but I’m giving you props
You lying to the public like it ain’t nothin'
And I just love it, I hope it don’t stop
With the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, Soul sees it as nothing but a repeat of what we’ve already seen and compares it to that of the Muppet Show which is the program that Kermit, the famous tea drinking frog, was originated | 1,471,185 | BasedTurman | 6,813 | https://genius.com/BasedTurman | 56 | https://genius.com/10980198/Ab-soul-beat-the-case-straight-crooked/Ruffled-up-a-couple-feathers-when-i-called-barack-a-puppet-yo-now-that-trump-is-potus-i-know-this-whole-election-is-just-another-muppet-show-that-aint-even-none-of-my-business-though-whatevers-your-cup-of-tea | Soul is referring to a line from the song “Terrorist Threats” off of his second album Control System where he accuses Barack Obama of being a puppet and lying to the public.
Hey, Dear Barack
I know you just a puppet, but I’m giving you props
You lying to the public like it ain’t nothin'
And I just love it, I hope it don’t stop
With the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, Soul sees it as nothing but a repeat of what we’ve already seen and compares it to that of the Muppet Show which is the program that Kermit, the famous tea drinking frog, was originated |
9,667,004 | 1,529 | Missy Elliott | 338 | Busta Rhymes (Ft. DMX, Lloyd Banks, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, Ne-Yo, Papoose & Rah Digga) | Touch It (Mega Remix) | 2,626,755 | Ay yo Swizz (It ain’t over) we done created another epidemic | Ay yo Swizz (It ain’t over) we done created another epidemic | Swizz Beatz not only helped write the song, but he also produced it. Before Touch It, Swizz had produced songs for Busta Rhymes in the past, including songs from Busta’s third, fourth and sixth album | 990,294 | ItsG00BZ | 10,013 | https://genius.com/ItsG00BZ | 1 | https://genius.com/9667004/Busta-rhymes-touch-it-mega-remix/Ay-yo-swizz-it-aint-over-we-done-created-another-epidemic | Swizz Beatz not only helped write the song, but he also produced it. Before Touch It, Swizz had produced songs for Busta Rhymes in the past, including songs from Busta’s third, fourth and sixth album |
2,201,107 | 307 | RZA | 130 | Drake | Wu-Tang Forever | 214,307 | Machine gun raps for all my niggas in the back
Stadium packed, just glad to see the city on the map | Machine gun raps for all my niggas in the back Stadium packed, just glad to see the city on the map | Paying homage to Raekwon who started Wu’s “It'z Yourz” with these exact bars.
Drizzy added the note about his city to emphasize how he put Toronto on the map. He’s pleased to see that where he comes from matters in the game. | 47,098 | notero | 97,389 | https://genius.com/notero | 75 | https://genius.com/2201107/Drake-wu-tang-forever/Machine-gun-raps-for-all-my-niggas-in-the-back-stadium-packed-just-glad-to-see-the-city-on-the-map | Paying homage to Raekwon who started Wu’s “It'z Yourz” with these exact bars.
Drizzy added the note about his city to emphasize how he put Toronto on the map. He’s pleased to see that where he comes from matters in the game. |
1,242,488 | 267 | Q-Tip | 519 | A Tribe Called Quest | Vibes and Stuff | 44,667 | Yo, I wanna say peace and dedicate this joint to MC Trouble | Yo, I wanna say peace and dedicate this joint to MC Trouble | MC Trouble was a female rap artist who died of an epileptic seizure only 3 months prior to the albums release. | 160,067 | alexalex21 | 232 | https://genius.com/alexalex21 | 14 | https://genius.com/1242488/A-tribe-called-quest-vibes-and-stuff/Yo-i-wanna-say-peace-and-dedicate-this-joint-to-mc-trouble | MC Trouble was a female rap artist who died of an epileptic seizure only 3 months prior to the albums release. |
29,379,282 | 686 | Earl Sweatshirt | 3,215,246 | Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist | All the Small Things | 9,447,833 | Turn the lights off, carry me home | Turn the lights off, carry me home | Reference to lyrics in the blink-182 song of the same name: https://youtu.be/9Ht5RZpzPqw?si=gUMWm2K9hDsbgu9Z&t=45 | 176,907 | gone_3si3_74a3 | 309 | https://genius.com/gone_3si3_74a3 | 7 | https://genius.com/29379282/Earl-sweatshirt-and-the-alchemist-all-the-small-things/Turn-the-lights-off-carry-me-home | Reference to lyrics in the blink-182 song of the same name: https://youtu.be/9Ht5RZpzPqw?si=gUMWm2K9hDsbgu9Z&t=45 |
4,392,887 | 847 | Kool G Rap | 20 | Ghostface Killah (Ft. AZ, Kool G Rap & Tre Williams) | The Battlefield | 584,641 | I stays ahead, kid, I toss bread like pizza dough | I stays ahead, kid, I toss bread like pizza dough | Bakers toss pizza dough in the air to get the wanted size and to build its crust – it isn’t done just to be cool. Kool G, on the other hand, just likes to flaunt his money (bread). | 4,692 | hankmac1 | 981,142 | https://genius.com/ScopeY | 3 | https://genius.com/4392887/Ghostface-killah-the-battlefield/I-stays-ahead-kid-i-toss-bread-like-pizza-dough | Bakers toss pizza dough in the air to get the wanted size and to build its crust – it isn’t done just to be cool. Kool G, on the other hand, just likes to flaunt his money (bread). |
10,206,071 | 1,397 | Giggs | 1,397 | Giggs (Ft. Aystar & Youngs Teflon) | The Best | 2,832,728 | The MAC-10's filled up with hollows
It’s best you have some tef on your chest before these shots cause a mad ting | The MAC-10's filled up with hollows It’s best you have some tef on your chest before these shots cause a mad ting | Tef, Teflon or even Polytetrafluoroethylene is a carbon and fluorine based compound that is used in protective vests to prevent bullets penetrating the skin and causing possibly fatal damage. | 3,375,002 | skepdda | 111 | https://genius.com/skepdda | 0 | https://genius.com/10206071/Giggs-the-best/The-mac-10s-filled-up-with-hollows-its-best-you-have-some-tef-on-your-chest-before-these-shots-cause-a-mad-ting | Tef, Teflon or even Polytetrafluoroethylene is a carbon and fluorine based compound that is used in protective vests to prevent bullets penetrating the skin and causing possibly fatal damage. |
24,847,732 | 91,049 | Gunna | 91,049 | Gunna | Drip or Drown | 3,342,020 | Met Gala | Met Gala | Since this songs release, Gunna has dropped a song “Met Gala” on his May, 2020 album, Wunna. | 15,273,406 | yungHasson | 44 | https://genius.com/yungHasson | 0 | https://genius.com/24847732/Gunna-drip-or-drown/Met-gala | Since this songs release, Gunna has dropped a song “Met Gala” on his May, 2020 album, Wunna. |
14,789,256 | 56 | Nas | 56 | Nas (Ft. 070 Shake & Diddy) | Not For Radio | 3,721,008 | Calm and thoroughly, they try to Hyman Roth me | Calm and thoroughly, they try to Hyman Roth me | Hyman Roth is a character from The Godfather: Part II. He engages in business relations with protagonist Michael Corleone and the two share a suspicious relationship with one another throughout the film.
Nas is possibly alluding to the film’s conclusion, when Michael learns Roth has betrayed him and has him murdered in revenge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWNchHXrOpk
Nas also references The Godfather: Part II in “Adam and Eve”:
You broke my heart, Fredo | 647,266 | musicdweeb | 37,379 | https://genius.com/musicdweeb | 18 | https://genius.com/14789256/Nas-not-for-radio/Calm-and-thoroughly-they-try-to-hyman-roth-me | Hyman Roth is a character from The Godfather: Part II. He engages in business relations with protagonist Michael Corleone and the two share a suspicious relationship with one another throughout the film.
Nas is possibly alluding to the film’s conclusion, when Michael learns Roth has betrayed him and has him murdered in revenge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWNchHXrOpk
Nas also references The Godfather: Part II in “Adam and Eve”:
You broke my heart, Fredo |
27,160,251 | 639,521 | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | 639,521 | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | Still Think About You | 2,441,276 | I still think about you | I still think about you | I think about all of things and its you | 18,336,475 | magicfrog594 | 115 | https://genius.com/magicfrog594 | -1 | https://genius.com/27160251/A-boogie-wit-da-hoodie-still-think-about-you/I-still-think-about-you | I think about all of things and its you |
501,022 | 223 | Common | 223 | Common | Raw (How You Like It) | 61,370 | Aware of a chest cause I stay abreast
She was extra cold, I’m here to de-congest | Aware of a chest cause I stay abreast She was extra cold, I’m here to de-congest | Wordplay:
“Aware” and “abreast” are synonyms.
Also…
#This Just In:
Sex may be a safer and effective means of relieving nasal decongestion (i.e. treating chest colds) than medications. | 52,201 | Frak | 396,051 | https://genius.com/Ezzo | 1 | https://genius.com/501022/Common-raw-how-you-like-it/Aware-of-a-chest-cause-i-stay-abreast-she-was-extra-cold-im-here-to-de-congest | Wordplay:
“Aware” and “abreast” are synonyms.
Also…
#This Just In:
Sex may be a safer and effective means of relieving nasal decongestion (i.e. treating chest colds) than medications. |
2,584,642 | 1,745 | Childish Gambino | 27,983 | Rap Genius (Ft. Childish Gambino) | Because the internet Script Giveaway | 298,955 | Clapping for the Wrong Reasons | Clapping for the Wrong Reasons | #Check out the short film (and it’s script) here. | 164,938 | Andre96 | 48,566 | https://genius.com/Andre96 | 1 | https://genius.com/2584642/Rap-genius-because-the-internet-script-giveaway/Clapping-for-the-wrong-reasons | #Check out the short film (and it’s script) here. |
4,829,580 | 46 | Snoop Dogg | 72 | Kanye West | Blood On the Leaves | 167,180 | [Produced by TNGHT, Kanye West, Mike Dean, Arca, Carlos “6 July” Broady, and 88 Keys] | [Produced by TNGHT, Kanye West, Mike Dean, Arca, Carlos “6 July” Broady, and 88 Keys] | I think he worked mostly out of an apartment in Paris, but I don’t really know the details, I never went there. I do know that it was a large space, because you could hear the reverb of the space in a lot of the tracks even when you didn’t want it. I think he liked the vibe there more than thinking it was a good place to make a good-sounding recording. | 1,487,759 | RickRubin | 32,820 | https://genius.com/RickRubin | 217 | https://genius.com/4829580/Kanye-west-blood-on-the-leaves/Produced-by-tnght-kanye-west-mike-dean-arca-carlos-6-july-broady-and-88-keys | I think he worked mostly out of an apartment in Paris, but I don’t really know the details, I never went there. I do know that it was a large space, because you could hear the reverb of the space in a lot of the tracks even when you didn’t want it. I think he liked the vibe there more than thinking it was a good place to make a good-sounding recording. |
12,380,107 | 1,393 | Dizzee Rascal | 1,393 | Dizzee Rascal | Slow Your Roll | 3,166,332 | Slow your roll and get dough
Slow your roll and get dough
Slow your roll and get dough
There’s more to life than you know | Slow your roll and get dough Slow your roll and get dough Slow your roll and get dough There’s more to life than you know | People who are out on the streets need to slow down and stop what they are doing. They think that they understand what life is about (money, drugs, crime and repping their area) but in reality that is nothing compared to what life is really about. They need to slow down and realise than there is more to life than their postcode. | 4,610,699 | nckt | 3,430 | https://genius.com/nckt | 0 | https://genius.com/12380107/Dizzee-rascal-slow-your-roll/Slow-your-roll-and-get-dough-slow-your-roll-and-get-dough-slow-your-roll-and-get-dough-theres-more-to-life-than-you-know | People who are out on the streets need to slow down and stop what they are doing. They think that they understand what life is about (money, drugs, crime and repping their area) but in reality that is nothing compared to what life is really about. They need to slow down and realise than there is more to life than their postcode. |
92,809 | 46 | Snoop Dogg | 860 | Gorillaz (Ft. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble & Snoop Dogg) | Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach | 2,728 | (Just like that) The revolution will be televised | (Just like that) The revolution will be televised | A play on the song The Revolution Will Not be Televised by Gil Scott Heron, indicating the change of trends and way people tend to live by and think by flipping the negative of the “not” to a positive. At the time, it was a time for blacks in oppression to rebel, but nowadays, the entirety of today’s youth culture, no matter the race, lives on television and technology. | 4,829 | fighting-okra | 214 | https://genius.com/fighting-okra | 33 | https://genius.com/92809/Gorillaz-welcome-to-the-world-of-the-plastic-beach/Just-like-that-the-revolution-will-be-televised | A play on the song The Revolution Will Not be Televised by Gil Scott Heron, indicating the change of trends and way people tend to live by and think by flipping the negative of the “not” to a positive. At the time, it was a time for blacks in oppression to rebel, but nowadays, the entirety of today’s youth culture, no matter the race, lives on television and technology. |
15,964,699 | 1,110,328 | Lil Baby | 1,110,328 | Lil Baby | Global | 4,124,545 | Made myself a millionaire, only took a year, dawg | Made myself a millionaire, only took a year, dawg | The adjustment from coming where I come from to where I’m at now is like I’m still adjusting. I haven’t even made the full adjustment ‘cause it happened so quick. But still, I ain’t get like a deal then I’m like a millionaire. I grinded up on a million dollars. That shit felt great 'cause I’m like 400, 500, 600, 700, 750, go back down, go back up, then you become a millionaire. You be almost a millionaire before you be a millionaire 'cause you already in the midst of it then once you really become a millionaire, you already be grindin’ so hard you damn near be like, “I deserve it, I deserve it.” The way I got mine. That first million. | 5,232,307 | lilbaby1 | 3,620 | https://genius.com/lilbaby1 | 18 | https://genius.com/15964699/Lil-baby-global/Made-myself-a-millionaire-only-took-a-year-dawg | The adjustment from coming where I come from to where I’m at now is like I’m still adjusting. I haven’t even made the full adjustment ‘cause it happened so quick. But still, I ain’t get like a deal then I’m like a millionaire. I grinded up on a million dollars. That shit felt great 'cause I’m like 400, 500, 600, 700, 750, go back down, go back up, then you become a millionaire. You be almost a millionaire before you be a millionaire 'cause you already in the midst of it then once you really become a millionaire, you already be grindin’ so hard you damn near be like, “I deserve it, I deserve it.” The way I got mine. That first million. |
4,135,626 | 69 | J. Cole | 165,589 | Cozz (Ft. J. Cole) | Knock tha Hustle (Remix) | 530,615 | Headed for coffin or jail | Headed for coffin or jail | Cole sees his brother headed to jail or dying.
He understands the Prison Industrial Complex and how it creates a caste system of sorts where anyone who has been to jail is treated as a second class citizen and many laws and institutions uphold this. How this government sets a lot of blacks and hispanics up is to end up arrested and being held back by the laws as a citizen or dead. This legal alienation is a shame and is a problem that does not get noticed enough.
These thoughts are echoed in “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” which Cole has read.
http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/article_a9fbb45a-ca73-5dea-9666-a88bb7670eb4.html | 325,978 | ResidentFiend | 712 | https://genius.com/ResidentFiend | 6 | https://genius.com/4135626/Cozz-knock-tha-hustle-remix/Headed-for-coffin-or-jail | Cole sees his brother headed to jail or dying.
He understands the Prison Industrial Complex and how it creates a caste system of sorts where anyone who has been to jail is treated as a second class citizen and many laws and institutions uphold this. How this government sets a lot of blacks and hispanics up is to end up arrested and being held back by the laws as a citizen or dead. This legal alienation is a shame and is a problem that does not get noticed enough.
These thoughts are echoed in “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” which Cole has read.
http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/article_a9fbb45a-ca73-5dea-9666-a88bb7670eb4.html |
1,892,974 | 507 | GZA | 56,170 | Zero McKenzi (Ft. Alex King & Delgado) | 97 till infinity | 175,054 | The center of it is the nucleus | The center of it is the nucleus | In cell biology, the nucleus (pl. nuclei; from Latin nucleus or nuculeus, meaning kernel) is a membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells. | 178,509 | OpTIMuS | 305 | https://genius.com/OpTIMuS | 1 | https://genius.com/1892974/Zero-mckenzi-97-till-infinity/The-center-of-it-is-the-nucleus | In cell biology, the nucleus (pl. nuclei; from Latin nucleus or nuculeus, meaning kernel) is a membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells. |
8,580,491 | 217,208 | Lil Uzi Vert | 217,208 | Lil Uzi Vert | Top | 2,344,225 | Remember that bitch ain’t want fuck me
Now that bitch wanna just fuck me
Remember that bitch said I’m dusty
Look at that hoe, like, ”You ugly”, ayy | Remember that bitch ain’t want fuck me Now that bitch wanna just fuck me Remember that bitch said I’m dusty Look at that hoe, like, ”You ugly”, ayy | It’s a blessing and a curse. They didn’t fuck with me, but now they fuck with me. When I say stuff like that, that’s a real line. There’s girls that just played me before and now they’re all in my DMs and shit, on my dick. | 2,780,907 | liluzivert | 6,007 | https://genius.com/liluzivert | 218 | https://genius.com/8580491/Lil-uzi-vert-top/Remember-that-bitch-aint-want-fuck-me-now-that-bitch-wanna-just-fuck-me-remember-that-bitch-said-im-dusty-look-at-that-hoe-like-you-ugly-ayy | It’s a blessing and a curse. They didn’t fuck with me, but now they fuck with me. When I say stuff like that, that’s a real line. There’s girls that just played me before and now they’re all in my DMs and shit, on my dick. |
2,206,888 | 16,377 | Flatbush Zombies | 16,377 | Flatbush Zombies | Amerikkkan Pie | 216,911 | Ain’t no tellin what I might do for the red white and the blue | Ain’t no tellin what I might do for the red white and the blue | People can do horrible things once they get it into their minds that it’s for their country. Also, could be referring to the government from the previous line as “I”. | 185,873 | childish41 | 748 | https://genius.com/childish41 | 15 | https://genius.com/2206888/Flatbush-zombies-amerikkkan-pie/Aint-no-tellin-what-i-might-do-for-the-red-white-and-the-blue | People can do horrible things once they get it into their minds that it’s for their country. Also, could be referring to the government from the previous line as “I”. |
11,515,098 | 34,352 | Novelist | 31,426 | Jamie xx (Ft. Popcaan & Young Thug) | I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times) | 1,790,573 | If that lil’ bitch walk up trippin’ she get that mush time (Move, bitch) | If that lil’ bitch walk up trippin’ she get that mush time (Move, bitch) | His girl is tripping, which means she is heavily on dugs and seeing things. Mush is short for mushrooms, a nickname for hallucinogenic psilocybin mushrooms | 4,289,704 | drDREistheGOAT | 10,196 | https://genius.com/drDREistheGOAT | 3 | https://genius.com/11515098/Jamie-xx-i-know-theres-gonna-be-good-times/If-that-lil-bitch-walk-up-trippin-she-get-that-mush-time-move-bitch | His girl is tripping, which means she is heavily on dugs and seeing things. Mush is short for mushrooms, a nickname for hallucinogenic psilocybin mushrooms |
11,525,624 | 324,667 | JID | 324,667 | JID | NEVER | 2,934,080 | Run game, bitches think I’m Todd Gurley or something | Run game, bitches think I’m Todd Gurley or something | I played football, too, and it was just like a nod to Todd Gurley because he’s a super-dope ass NFL, and he was crazy in college.He went to the University of Georgia, and I’m from Atlanta. So I was just giving him a nod. And he need to hear this shit. Listen to this shit, Todd. Everybody tell Todd Gurley go check this shit out. Second verse. | 3,367,536 | DeAndre_Hart | 5,786 | https://genius.com/JayEyeDee | 27 | https://genius.com/11525624/Jid-never/Run-game-bitches-think-im-todd-gurley-or-something | I played football, too, and it was just like a nod to Todd Gurley because he’s a super-dope ass NFL, and he was crazy in college.He went to the University of Georgia, and I’m from Atlanta. So I was just giving him a nod. And he need to hear this shit. Listen to this shit, Todd. Everybody tell Todd Gurley go check this shit out. Second verse. |
12,768,244 | 324,667 | JID | 39,892 | EARTHGANG (Ft. JID) | Meditate | 3,219,005 | Asians like, “That’s my nigga”
Latins like, “That’s my nigga”
White folks like, “That’s my nigga”
’Til it’s time to die, bye, bye, nigga | Asians like, “That’s my nigga” Latins like, “That’s my nigga” White folks like, “That’s my nigga” ’Til it’s time to die, bye, bye, nigga | And it go back to what my nigga J.I.D said, “Everybody wanna be a nigga, but don’t nobody wanna be a nigga.” You even hear other races calling themselves, “My nigga.” And it’s like, “Alright. Whatever.” I’m not here to be like, “That’s our word. You can’t say this word” or some shit. I really don’t give a fuck. A word is a word. There’s so many of those things. But the lifestyle and the thing that we experience as being quote unquote “Niggas,” we the ones who carry that. A lot of people don’t want to stand there with us. The climate is changing more and more, but it’s safer for me to fall back when the lights on, when the heat is on. When I’m not around cameras or whatever. I say the word, I say whatever. But when the heat is on, I really gotta stand up and speak and be forthcoming and shit. Folks be quiet and stuff. | 5,259,907 | JohnnyVenus | 1,101 | https://genius.com/JohnnyVenus | 77 | https://genius.com/12768244/Earthgang-meditate/Asians-like-thats-my-nigga-latins-like-thats-my-nigga-white-folks-like-thats-my-nigga-til-its-time-to-die-bye-bye-nigga | And it go back to what my nigga J.I.D said, “Everybody wanna be a nigga, but don’t nobody wanna be a nigga.” You even hear other races calling themselves, “My nigga.” And it’s like, “Alright. Whatever.” I’m not here to be like, “That’s our word. You can’t say this word” or some shit. I really don’t give a fuck. A word is a word. There’s so many of those things. But the lifestyle and the thing that we experience as being quote unquote “Niggas,” we the ones who carry that. A lot of people don’t want to stand there with us. The climate is changing more and more, but it’s safer for me to fall back when the lights on, when the heat is on. When I’m not around cameras or whatever. I say the word, I say whatever. But when the heat is on, I really gotta stand up and speak and be forthcoming and shit. Folks be quiet and stuff. |
4,293,106 | 7,922 | Logic | 7,922 | Logic | I’m Gone | 526,729 | (You never know, know, know, know) (Lets go!) | (You never know, know, know, know) (Lets go!) | This could be a foreshadowing reference to Buried Alive, which is the fifth track in Under Pressure | 1,114,584 | Dingletron | 858 | https://genius.com/Dingletron | 5 | https://genius.com/4293106/Logic-im-gone/You-never-know-know-know-know-lets-go | This could be a foreshadowing reference to Buried Alive, which is the fifth track in Under Pressure |
18,542,584 | 14,148 | Rapsody | 14,148 | Rapsody | Chrome (Like Ooh) | 3,236,376 | That’s the big homie, daddy said always keep a G on me | That’s the big homie, daddy said always keep a G on me | She has 3 Gs on her. Her brother, her gun, and her weed. | 9,833,724 | 3NickJones | 131 | https://genius.com/3NickJones | -1 | https://genius.com/18542584/Rapsody-chrome-like-ooh/Thats-the-big-homie-daddy-said-always-keep-a-g-on-me | She has 3 Gs on her. Her brother, her gun, and her weed. |
12,165,838 | 267 | Q-Tip | 225 | De La Soul (Ft. Jungle Brothers, Monie Love, Queen Latifah & A Tribe Called Quest) | Buddy (Native Tongue Decision) | 16,337 | [Outro: Samples and dialogue] | [Outro: Samples and dialogue] | One of the many reasons 3 Feet High and Rising is a certified Hip Hop classic is how the extensive use of out of the box sampling and excellent production gives interesting texture to their tracks. Made during the brief window when the sample technology was ahead of the music industries clamp down on publishing rights, the outro is just another example of how De La Soul bucked convention and felt no limits in their creation of Art through music. | 752,183 | Cyberjazz | 11,377 | https://genius.com/Cyberjazz | 0 | https://genius.com/12165838/De-la-soul-buddy-native-tongue-decision/Outro-samples-and-dialogue | One of the many reasons 3 Feet High and Rising is a certified Hip Hop classic is how the extensive use of out of the box sampling and excellent production gives interesting texture to their tracks. Made during the brief window when the sample technology was ahead of the music industries clamp down on publishing rights, the outro is just another example of how De La Soul bucked convention and felt no limits in their creation of Art through music. |
11,073,234 | 547 | Killer Mike | 48,147 | Run The Jewels | Everybody Stay Calm | 2,922,154 | Presidential suite, got a fuck boy jealous
I’m the Nelson Mandela of Atlanta dope sellers | Presidential suite, got a fuck boy jealous I’m the Nelson Mandela of Atlanta dope sellers | Nelson Mandela is a former South African leader who is widely recognized for his efforts against apartheid in South Africa. He then became South Africa’s first president.
Killer Mike is saying he went from being a dope dealer to being an activist and leader against flawed government. He’s been a major voice politically over the past few years, someone would say it’d make a great president. Which he connects with the line of “Presidential suite” | 1,607,159 | Memo1998 | 39 | https://genius.com/traviscochran | 16 | https://genius.com/11073234/Run-the-jewels-everybody-stay-calm/Presidential-suite-got-a-fuck-boy-jealous-im-the-nelson-mandela-of-atlanta-dope-sellers | Nelson Mandela is a former South African leader who is widely recognized for his efforts against apartheid in South Africa. He then became South Africa’s first president.
Killer Mike is saying he went from being a dope dealer to being an activist and leader against flawed government. He’s been a major voice politically over the past few years, someone would say it’d make a great president. Which he connects with the line of “Presidential suite” |
16,178,323 | 149 | Nate Dogg | 8,231 | Mark Ronson (Ft. Ghostface Killah, Nate Dogg, Saigon & Trife Diesel) | Ooh Wee | 31,801 | I came here to party, just to cut up a rug | I came here to party, just to cut up a rug | According to Urban Dictionary, “Cut up a Rug” is slang for either dancing very impressively. It also has the double meaning of “giving oral sex to a woman.” Either way, Trife came to the club to have a good time. | 1,651,549 | CoolGuySevenSevenSev | 1,454 | https://genius.com/CoolGuySevenSevenSev | 0 | https://genius.com/16178323/Mark-ronson-ooh-wee/I-came-here-to-party-just-to-cut-up-a-rug | According to Urban Dictionary, “Cut up a Rug” is slang for either dancing very impressively. It also has the double meaning of “giving oral sex to a woman.” Either way, Trife came to the club to have a good time. |
4,728,045 | 18,047 | Joey Bada$$ | 18,047 | Joey Bada$$ | Save the Children | 645,111 | Okay, they sleeping on the crack, they overdose | Okay, they sleeping on the crack, they overdose | Just like sleep is the cousin of death, not paying attention to Joey’s dope music is like overdosing on crack.
He uses a double entendre, the homeless sleep on cracked streets. Note the wordplay as well – crack causes sleep problems so it’s hardly possible to sleep while under its effects.
And if you take this literally – it’s also a warning to parents: “Quit sleeping on the problem that is crack cocaine, children are overdosing on that” | 873,050 | DeathRowRecords91 | 17,876 | https://genius.com/Caslon | 16 | https://genius.com/4728045/Joey-bada-save-the-children/Okay-they-sleeping-on-the-crack-they-overdose | Just like sleep is the cousin of death, not paying attention to Joey’s dope music is like overdosing on crack.
He uses a double entendre, the homeless sleep on cracked streets. Note the wordplay as well – crack causes sleep problems so it’s hardly possible to sleep while under its effects.
And if you take this literally – it’s also a warning to parents: “Quit sleeping on the problem that is crack cocaine, children are overdosing on that” |
25,314,745 | 685 | Tyler, The Creator | 685 | Tyler, The Creator | BEST INTEREST | 5,122,612 | I’m a third wheeler
I’m a side better
I’m a home wrecker | I’m a third wheeler I’m a side better I’m a home wrecker | This is referring to how someone would cheat on a partner with Tyler. The partner finding out about Tyler might “wreck the home”, or split up a relationship. He’s also a “third wheeler” because he thinks he’s never the main person in the relationship, also referred to in A BOY IS A GUN*(https://genius.com/17198457)
“Home wrecker” could also say how someone would cheat on a marriage with Tyler, and if they have kids, it would lead to divorce. The act of this would be “home wrecking” | 15,675,621 | koopaa | 395 | https://genius.com/koopaa | 4 | https://genius.com/25314745/Tyler-the-creator-best-interest/Im-a-third-wheeler-im-a-side-better-im-a-home-wrecker | This is referring to how someone would cheat on a partner with Tyler. The partner finding out about Tyler might “wreck the home”, or split up a relationship. He’s also a “third wheeler” because he thinks he’s never the main person in the relationship, also referred to in A BOY IS A GUN*(https://genius.com/17198457)
“Home wrecker” could also say how someone would cheat on a marriage with Tyler, and if they have kids, it would lead to divorce. The act of this would be “home wrecking” |
3,021,774 | 130 | Drake | 130 | Drake | Days in the East | 384,908 | Already, already, yeah | Already, already, yeah | Drake pronounces the word “already” with that classic H-Town drawl (awwwready). This popular staple in Texas urban vernacular is prominent in Houston rap and the city’s chopped and screwed style music. Drizzy is truly a connoisseur of the H-Town culture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1XeVfQeUZ8
The repetition of the word “already” could be an emphasis on how Drake has already reached ultimate success, even though he’s a part (leader) of the new school. | 294,523 | TebogoLeburu | 666 | https://genius.com/merekare | 12 | https://genius.com/3021774/Drake-days-in-the-east/Already-already-yeah | Drake pronounces the word “already” with that classic H-Town drawl (awwwready). This popular staple in Texas urban vernacular is prominent in Houston rap and the city’s chopped and screwed style music. Drizzy is truly a connoisseur of the H-Town culture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1XeVfQeUZ8
The repetition of the word “already” could be an emphasis on how Drake has already reached ultimate success, even though he’s a part (leader) of the new school. |
114,221 | 388 | Talib Kweli | 156 | Yasiin Bey (Ft. Talib Kweli) | History | 4,121 | I rock with the Roots like the Giving Tree | I rock with the Roots like the Giving Tree | Referring to his work with the band The Roots, and referencing the storybook The Giving Tree. He’s relating them through the metaphor of a tree, and saying that The Roots and him are giving to the world. | 6,352 | Whoisyou | 3,530 | https://genius.com/Whoisyou | 7 | https://genius.com/114221/Yasiin-bey-history/I-rock-with-the-roots-like-the-giving-tree | Referring to his work with the band The Roots, and referencing the storybook The Giving Tree. He’s relating them through the metaphor of a tree, and saying that The Roots and him are giving to the world. |
25,605,962 | 684 | Pharoahe Monch | 684 | Pharoahe Monch (Ft. dEnAun) | Losing My Mind | 399,567 | A furnished house with no one home | A furnished house with no one home | The furnished house is a metaphor for the outside appearance of a person. This line is a reference to the fact that people can appear to have it all “together” when in fact they are hiding the mental health issues they are going through underneath. So much so that they can even be “vacant”, like their body is going through the motions but their mind has checked out. | 223,470 | DrKoul | 4,577 | https://genius.com/DrKoul | 0 | https://genius.com/25605962/Pharoahe-monch-losing-my-mind/A-furnished-house-with-no-one-home | The furnished house is a metaphor for the outside appearance of a person. This line is a reference to the fact that people can appear to have it all “together” when in fact they are hiding the mental health issues they are going through underneath. So much so that they can even be “vacant”, like their body is going through the motions but their mind has checked out. |
9,112,927 | 318 | Big Boi | 562,004 | Big Grams | Fell in the Sun | 2,301,223 | My demeanor’s like a king, I’m leavin’ niggas in the trap | My demeanor’s like a king, I’m leavin’ niggas in the trap | Big Boi walks with the supreme confidence of a movie cool guy.
Big Boi is now wildly successful and has left behind his days of drug dealing | 3,231,096 | sensei205 | 12 | https://genius.com/sensei205 | 1 | https://genius.com/9112927/Big-grams-fell-in-the-sun/My-demeanors-like-a-king-im-leavin-niggas-in-the-trap | Big Boi walks with the supreme confidence of a movie cool guy.
Big Boi is now wildly successful and has left behind his days of drug dealing |
10,564,963 | 42 | The Game | 42 | The Game | Savage Lifestyle | 2,860,578 | Make me wanna holla
The way they do my life
Make me wanna holla
The way they do my life
This ain’t living, this ain’t living
No-no baby, this ain’t living
No, no, no, no
Inflation, no chance
To increase | Make me wanna holla The way they do my life Make me wanna holla The way they do my life This ain’t living, this ain’t living No-no baby, this ain’t living No, no, no, no Inflation, no chance To increase | The outro is from Marvin Gaye’s “Inner City Blues.” Gaye’s lyrics on this song touch on the bleak economic situations of inner-city America. This draws a parallel to “Savage Lifestyle,” which touches on the 1992 LA Riots and the disturbance it caused the city. | 1,598,067 | Troublesome96x | 3,107 | https://genius.com/mitchell916 | 6 | https://genius.com/10564963/The-game-savage-lifestyle/Make-me-wanna-holla-the-way-they-do-my-life-make-me-wanna-holla-the-way-they-do-my-life-this-aint-living-this-aint-living-no-no-baby-this-aint-living-no-no-no-no-inflation-no-chance-to-increase | The outro is from Marvin Gaye’s “Inner City Blues.” Gaye’s lyrics on this song touch on the bleak economic situations of inner-city America. This draws a parallel to “Savage Lifestyle,” which touches on the 1992 LA Riots and the disturbance it caused the city. |
30,143,803 | 147 | Lupe Fiasco | 147 | Lupe Fiasco | KIOSK | 8,055,445 | Gabriel’s in Afghanistan passing out AKs | Gabriel’s in Afghanistan passing out AKs | Throughout the song Lupe struggles coming to terms with his own various forms of hypocrisy.
In this line Lupe demonstrates the religious hypocrisy of someone named Gabriel,a Hebrew name in the Bible
inferring a religious background yet is passing out weapons that will kill people which is a sin in the bible
demonstrating a form of hypocrisy | 21,317,541 | G_Reggaetonero | 105 | https://genius.com/G_Reggaetonero | 0 | https://genius.com/30143803/Lupe-fiasco-kiosk/Gabriels-in-afghanistan-passing-out-aks | Throughout the song Lupe struggles coming to terms with his own various forms of hypocrisy.
In this line Lupe demonstrates the religious hypocrisy of someone named Gabriel,a Hebrew name in the Bible
inferring a religious background yet is passing out weapons that will kill people which is a sin in the bible
demonstrating a form of hypocrisy |
2,041,917 | 628 | Pitbull | 2,487 | Jennifer Lopez (Ft. Pitbull) | Dance Again | 70,395 | Shimmy shimmy ya, shimmy yam, shimmy yay | Shimmy shimmy ya, shimmy yam, shimmy yay | Pitbull quotes from Ol Dirty Bastard’s 1995 single “Shimmy Shimmy Ya.” | 251,521 | DaVintchi | 34,476 | https://genius.com/KPartridge | 5 | https://genius.com/2041917/Jennifer-lopez-dance-again/Shimmy-shimmy-ya-shimmy-yam-shimmy-yay | Pitbull quotes from Ol Dirty Bastard’s 1995 single “Shimmy Shimmy Ya.” |
30,103,229 | 20,185 | Travis Scott | 20,185 | Travis Scott | HYAENA | 9,368,445 | C-notes | C-notes | Reference to fellow H-Town native and rapper, C-Note, who was a member of the Botany Boyz, part of the Screwed Up Click scene first started by DJ Screw.
However, C-notes may also be a reference to a hundred dollar bill. The roman numeral, C, stands for the number 100, therefore if C is meant to act as a 100, C-notes refers to $100 notes. | 14,197,871 | rjoneill06 | 3,129 | https://genius.com/rjoneill06 | 0 | https://genius.com/30103229/Travis-scott-hyaena/C-notes | Reference to fellow H-Town native and rapper, C-Note, who was a member of the Botany Boyz, part of the Screwed Up Click scene first started by DJ Screw.
However, C-notes may also be a reference to a hundred dollar bill. The roman numeral, C, stands for the number 100, therefore if C is meant to act as a 100, C-notes refers to $100 notes. |
17,396,102 | 88 | Rick Ross | 130 | Drake (Ft. Rick Ross) | Money in the Grave | 4,629,364 | Niggas wanna swap like it’s Slauson or Watts | Niggas wanna swap like it’s Slauson or Watts | The Slauson Super Mall, also known as the Slauson Swap Meet, is a famous shopping center located at the intersection of Slauson and Western Avenues in Los Angeles. Drake references the “swap meet” to make a play on words as he boasts that his adversaries would like to “swap” places with him. | 1,523,081 | hubbybar | 4,899 | https://genius.com/hubbybar | 46 | https://genius.com/17396102/Drake-money-in-the-grave/Niggas-wanna-swap-like-its-slauson-or-watts | The Slauson Super Mall, also known as the Slauson Swap Meet, is a famous shopping center located at the intersection of Slauson and Western Avenues in Los Angeles. Drake references the “swap meet” to make a play on words as he boasts that his adversaries would like to “swap” places with him. |
20,296,515 | 45 | Eminem | 45 | Eminem | Evil Twin | 235,736 | Lorena said I never can leave her
She’ll sever my wiener I ever deceive her
Fuck that shit, bitch! | Lorena said I never can leave her She’ll sever my wiener I ever deceive her Fuck that shit, bitch! | Continuing the reference into the next line, Lorena Bobbitt made national news in 1993 when she cut off her husband John’s penis in his sleep after years of alleged physical and sexual abuse. | 2,638,265 | OutMyWriteMind | 20,093 | https://genius.com/OutMyWriteMind | 13 | https://genius.com/20296515/Eminem-evil-twin/Lorena-said-i-never-can-leave-her-shell-sever-my-wiener-i-ever-deceive-her-fuck-that-shit-bitch | Continuing the reference into the next line, Lorena Bobbitt made national news in 1993 when she cut off her husband John’s penis in his sleep after years of alleged physical and sexual abuse. |
17,769,234 | 1,073 | Juicy J | 323,651 | BROCKHAMPTON | IF YOU PRAY RIGHT | 4,763,138 | At the door, bruh, Jehovah, you ho bitch | At the door, bruh, Jehovah, you ho bitch | One popular tradition of Jehovah’s Witnesses is to go from door to door, preaching about their beliefs to their neighbors. Note the doorbell sound effect in the background.
This perhaps plays off Matt’s part of the verse in which he says:
Watch your back, don’t leave your door cracked
Additionally, Joba consistently alludes to Christianity in his verses. On “I BEEN BORN AGAIN” Joba elaborates on this:
Ask the preacher man, said I need Jesus, like I ain’t know
Guess I found him, I am blessed, man | 3,251,272 | spillretro | 202,682 | https://genius.com/spillretro | 24 | https://genius.com/17769234/Brockhampton-if-you-pray-right/At-the-door-bruh-jehovah-you-ho-bitch | One popular tradition of Jehovah’s Witnesses is to go from door to door, preaching about their beliefs to their neighbors. Note the doorbell sound effect in the background.
This perhaps plays off Matt’s part of the verse in which he says:
Watch your back, don’t leave your door cracked
Additionally, Joba consistently alludes to Christianity in his verses. On “I BEEN BORN AGAIN” Joba elaborates on this:
Ask the preacher man, said I need Jesus, like I ain’t know
Guess I found him, I am blessed, man |
2,805,483 | 2,049 | Ab-Soul | 223 | Common (Ft. Ab-Soul) | Made in Black America | 361,300 | Still let the chain glow, | Still let the chain glow, | A play on chain. While he may be metaphorically unchained in terms of oppression, he still allows himself to indulge in a chain in the form of jewelry.
Given that some see chains as necessary in society in order to be relevant, Common could be showing how he partakes in this fad without feeling obligated to. | 163,333 | DetroitLeprechaun | 59,915 | https://genius.com/DetroitLeprechaun | 4 | https://genius.com/2805483/Common-made-in-black-america/Still-let-the-chain-glow | A play on chain. While he may be metaphorically unchained in terms of oppression, he still allows himself to indulge in a chain in the form of jewelry.
Given that some see chains as necessary in society in order to be relevant, Common could be showing how he partakes in this fad without feeling obligated to. |
4,679,078 | 44 | Three 6 Mafia | 44 | Three 6 Mafia (Ft. Project Pat, Slim Thug & Trick Daddy) | Stay Fly (Still Fly Remix) | 45,328 | [Hook 2X]
I gotta stay fly-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i
Till I die-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie | [Hook 2X] I gotta stay fly-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i Till I die-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie | The hook is taken from the original, which you can check out here. | 308,666 | WuTangKillaBee | 133,052 | https://genius.com/WuTangKillaBee | 0 | https://genius.com/4679078/Three-6-mafia-stay-fly-still-fly-remix/Hook-2x-i-gotta-stay-fly-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-till-i-die-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie | The hook is taken from the original, which you can check out here. |
4,418,235 | 11,395 | G-Eazy | 11,395 | G-Eazy (Ft. Kehlani) | Get Away (Remix) | 589,853 | I guess there’ll always be a part I won’t face
Real life and that’s why I left with no trace
Knew I couldn’t answer the “please don’t go” face | I guess there’ll always be a part I won’t face Real life and that’s why I left with no trace Knew I couldn’t answer the “please don’t go” face | G-Eazy just left as if he was never there because he knew that if he’d try saying he needs to go face-to-face, he wouldn’t be able say it. Sometimes in life it’s easier to just walk away. | 1,225,267 | callmekeenan | 162 | https://genius.com/callmekeenan | 7 | https://genius.com/4418235/G-eazy-get-away-remix/I-guess-therell-always-be-a-part-i-wont-face-real-life-and-thats-why-i-left-with-no-trace-knew-i-couldnt-answer-the-please-dont-go-face | G-Eazy just left as if he was never there because he knew that if he’d try saying he needs to go face-to-face, he wouldn’t be able say it. Sometimes in life it’s easier to just walk away. |
840,947 | 2,049 | Ab-Soul | 2,049 | Ab-Soul (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) | OnDaSpot Freestyle | 77,580 | We’re night and day like Meek Mills and Mac Miller | We’re night and day like Meek Mills and Mac Miller | Soul plays on two of his fellow rapper’s skin color:
Meek Mill is dark like “night”, and Mac Miller is lighter like “day” | 23,475 | Screv6 | 70,245 | https://genius.com/Screv6 | 4 | https://genius.com/840947/Ab-soul-ondaspot-freestyle/Were-night-and-day-like-meek-mills-and-mac-miller | Soul plays on two of his fellow rapper’s skin color:
Meek Mill is dark like “night”, and Mac Miller is lighter like “day” |
312,668 | 110 | Pharrell Williams | 652,275 | JAY-Z & Kanye West | Gotta Have It | 52,022 | Bueller had a Muller, | Bueller had a Muller, | Jay picks up where Ye left off and finishes off the Ferris Bueller reference. (In the movie, Ferris Bueller was balling hard so he could probably afford an expensive Franck Muller watch..) | 8,044 | iRod | 16,875 | https://genius.com/iRod | 41 | https://genius.com/312668/Jay-z-and-kanye-west-gotta-have-it/Bueller-had-a-muller | Jay picks up where Ye left off and finishes off the Ferris Bueller reference. (In the movie, Ferris Bueller was balling hard so he could probably afford an expensive Franck Muller watch..) |
2,951,009 | 939 | Freddie Gibbs | 369,731 | Freddie Gibbs & Madlib | Real | 375,164 | Straight to the facts, nigga—I looked up to you, put that on my momma (Ugh) | Straight to the facts, nigga—I looked up to you, put that on my momma (Ugh) | Freddie Gibbs, always considered Jeezy as one of his idols, he signed to his label CTE World and the two of them recorded many songs together, before they eventually split ways and their beef began. | 254,958 | AFDS | 14,928 | https://genius.com/AFDS | 12 | https://genius.com/2951009/Freddie-gibbs-and-madlib-real/Straight-to-the-facts-niggai-looked-up-to-you-put-that-on-my-momma-ugh | Freddie Gibbs, always considered Jeezy as one of his idols, he signed to his label CTE World and the two of them recorded many songs together, before they eventually split ways and their beef began. |
290,030 | 42 | The Game | 42 | The Game | Higher | 44,981 | Like Dre did
I created a buzz without a single like N.W.A. did | Like Dre did I created a buzz without a single like N.W.A. did | Game was well on his way to fame before “Hate It or Love It” hit the radio.
In “200 Bars $ Runnin'”, Game says:
What the fuck ya’ll mad at me for?
I ain’t sold one fuckin' record
Game tried to name this album “Nigga Witta Attitude Vol.1”. | 23,132 | mt-93 | 48,897 | https://genius.com/spadegangsta | 11 | https://genius.com/290030/The-game-higher/Like-dre-did-i-created-a-buzz-without-a-single-like-nwa-did | Game was well on his way to fame before “Hate It or Love It” hit the radio.
In “200 Bars $ Runnin'”, Game says:
What the fuck ya’ll mad at me for?
I ain’t sold one fuckin' record
Game tried to name this album “Nigga Witta Attitude Vol.1”. |
3,250,690 | 684 | Pharoahe Monch | 1,326 | Organized Konfusion (Ft. O.C.) | Fudge Pudge | 36,142 | ’Cause it’s alright with me | ’Cause it’s alright with me | Referencing the old Cole Porter tune “It’s Alright With Me”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEavX-Ciomg&feature=kp | 116,104 | SkinnyB | 14,775 | https://genius.com/SkinnyB | 1 | https://genius.com/3250690/Organized-konfusion-fudge-pudge/Cause-its-alright-with-me | Referencing the old Cole Porter tune “It’s Alright With Me”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEavX-Ciomg&feature=kp |
19,220,163 | 217,208 | Lil Uzi Vert | 217,208 | Lil Uzi Vert | Secure the Bag | 5,324,245 | They flashin’ them pics ’cause it’s VLONE on my jeans | They flashin’ them pics ’cause it’s VLONE on my jeans | Uzi has been a fan of the American streetwear brand VLONE for a long time. He even dedicated a song to the brand in 2016 which he named “Ready Set Go (VLone).”
Uzi has also mentioned VLONE in many other songs including “Buy It,” “X,” and “Money Mitch.” In the music video for Nicki Minaj’s version of Uzi’s song, “The Way Life Goes (Remix),” Uzi is also seen wearing a VLONE denim jacket. | 6,668,343 | MathO24 | 29,942 | https://genius.com/MathO24 | 15 | https://genius.com/19220163/Lil-uzi-vert-secure-the-bag/They-flashin-them-pics-cause-its-vlone-on-my-jeans | Uzi has been a fan of the American streetwear brand VLONE for a long time. He even dedicated a song to the brand in 2016 which he named “Ready Set Go (VLone).”
Uzi has also mentioned VLONE in many other songs including “Buy It,” “X,” and “Money Mitch.” In the music video for Nicki Minaj’s version of Uzi’s song, “The Way Life Goes (Remix),” Uzi is also seen wearing a VLONE denim jacket. |
1,580,702 | 507 | GZA | 7,920 | Mathematics (Ft. Cappadonna, GZA & Raekwon) | Face The Problemzz | 128,382 | And a fallen soldier, his weapon hangs on his shoulder, lights get dimmer | And a fallen soldier, his weapon hangs on his shoulder, lights get dimmer | GZA continues to narrate the story, by stating that a soldier is down and that his eyesight is fading away as he begins to lose consciousness. | 121,493 | DoctorStrange | 16,829 | https://genius.com/DoctorStrange | 0 | https://genius.com/1580702/Mathematics-face-the-problemzz/And-a-fallen-soldier-his-weapon-hangs-on-his-shoulder-lights-get-dimmer | GZA continues to narrate the story, by stating that a soldier is down and that his eyesight is fading away as he begins to lose consciousness. |
2,021,705 | 1,745 | Childish Gambino | 1,745 | Childish Gambino | centipede | 194,082 | And my brother still moving, ain’t no shit I can tell him | And my brother still moving, ain’t no shit I can tell him | Throughout his music CG has express that his family was blessed, but they didn’t have money to blow. His brother is still selling drugs to put food on the table and there’s no convincing him to stop anytime soon.
It could be about his brother being a rapper too. | 10,144 | Eon2323 | 5,455 | https://genius.com/TRILLTHIS | 6 | https://genius.com/2021705/Childish-gambino-centipede/And-my-brother-still-moving-aint-no-shit-i-can-tell-him | Throughout his music CG has express that his family was blessed, but they didn’t have money to blow. His brother is still selling drugs to put food on the table and there’s no convincing him to stop anytime soon.
It could be about his brother being a rapper too. |
14,237,911 | 176 | Black Thought | 13,426 | Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Black Thought, Joyner Lucas & Royce da 5'9") | Wrote My Way Out (Remix) | 3,468,351 | “—I wrote my way—” | “—I wrote my way—” | Parts of Aloe Blacc’s chorus for the original “Wrote My Way Out” are sampled for the remix’s hook.
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Aloe Blacc’s bridge on the original song is also sampled on the remix. | 923,739 | theKuzG | 103,147 | https://genius.com/theKuzG | 0 | https://genius.com/14237911/Lin-manuel-miranda-wrote-my-way-out-remix/I-wrote-my-way | Parts of Aloe Blacc’s chorus for the original “Wrote My Way Out” are sampled for the remix’s hook.
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Aloe Blacc’s bridge on the original song is also sampled on the remix. |
24,561,447 | 617,327 | NAV | 617,327 | NAV (Ft. SahBabii) | Do Ya Deed | 6,137,086 | This gas strong like I ate lots of cheese | This gas strong like I ate lots of cheese | Nav refers to his weed being as strong as his farts after he eats some cheese | 15,378,183 | rubbabua | 109 | https://genius.com/rubbabua | 2 | https://genius.com/24561447/Nav-do-ya-deed/This-gas-strong-like-i-ate-lots-of-cheese | Nav refers to his weed being as strong as his farts after he eats some cheese |
17,195,497 | 685 | Tyler, The Creator | 685 | Tyler, The Creator | RUNNING OUT OF TIME | 4,544,032 | Take your mask off | Take your mask off | A theme which permeates throughout this album is the notion that Tyler’s partner is hiding himself from both Tyler and from the world. This could potentially take the form of him maintaining a relationship with an ex-girlfriend, which Tyler references repeatedly on this album, or it could be that this partner is using heterosexuality to mask his true self.
The phrase “take that mask off” was also used by a BROCKHAMPTON frontman, Kevin Abstract (who includes Tyler as his biggest music influence) as an allusion to men who live their lives in the closet. | 1,880,824 | d4d2d0 | 5,457 | https://genius.com/d4d2d0 | 97 | https://genius.com/17195497/Tyler-the-creator-running-out-of-time/Take-your-mask-off | A theme which permeates throughout this album is the notion that Tyler’s partner is hiding himself from both Tyler and from the world. This could potentially take the form of him maintaining a relationship with an ex-girlfriend, which Tyler references repeatedly on this album, or it could be that this partner is using heterosexuality to mask his true self.
The phrase “take that mask off” was also used by a BROCKHAMPTON frontman, Kevin Abstract (who includes Tyler as his biggest music influence) as an allusion to men who live their lives in the closet. |
3,004,836 | 506 | Tech N9ne | 506 | Tech N9ne | Strangeulation I | 388,617 | Give her the shivers when I deliver this
Hit her then quit her ’cause she’s on Twitter shit | Give her the shivers when I deliver this Hit her then quit her ’cause she’s on Twitter shit | Givin her bug eyes from his dick in her thighs, but I guess she never heard the song “Dont Tweet This” | 132,380 | iTzRichards | 3,357 | https://genius.com/iTzRichards | 8 | https://genius.com/3004836/Tech-n9ne-strangeulation-i/Give-her-the-shivers-when-i-deliver-this-hit-her-then-quit-her-cause-shes-on-twitter-shit | Givin her bug eyes from his dick in her thighs, but I guess she never heard the song “Dont Tweet This” |
3,166,993 | 42 | The Game | 554 | Tyga (Ft. The Game) | Chiraq To LA | 422,672 | I’m taking bitches, I’m taking chains, yeah I’m Young Bergin’ these niggas | I’m taking bitches, I’m taking chains, yeah I’m Young Bergin’ these niggas | He’s talking about other rapper and producer from Chicago named Yung Berg who got robbed off his chains multiple times. | 146,208 | mikez | 25,402 | https://genius.com/DinoKyu | 17 | https://genius.com/3166993/Tyga-chiraq-to-la/Im-taking-bitches-im-taking-chains-yeah-im-young-bergin-these-niggas | He’s talking about other rapper and producer from Chicago named Yung Berg who got robbed off his chains multiple times. |
28,968,677 | 318 | Big Boi | 105 | OutKast (Ft. Sleepy Brown) | The Way You Move | 3,444 | Specially the big girl
Big girls need love, too—no discrimination here | Specially the big girl Big girls need love, too—no discrimination here | Big girls | 8,379,042 | Jcwilson01tx | 104 | https://genius.com/Jcwilson01tx | -1 | https://genius.com/28968677/Outkast-the-way-you-move/Specially-the-big-girl-big-girls-need-love-toono-discrimination-here | Big girls |
1,938,452 | 228 | Method Man | 228 | Method Man | Perfect World | 31,323 | Everything is everything in this three ringed circus | Everything is everything in this three ringed circus | Mef references Lauren Hill’s “Everything is Everything” – to show he accepts the cruel world that he lives in.
https://genius.com/1979156
He compares New York to a three ringed circus due to the amount of activity/entertainment (i.e. crime/murder) that takes place on the regular. Could also be a reference to the 3 tiered social class system | 172,565 | idenadesno | 133,975 | https://genius.com/KGtheRipper | 1 | https://genius.com/1938452/Method-man-perfect-world/Everything-is-everything-in-this-three-ringed-circus | Mef references Lauren Hill’s “Everything is Everything” – to show he accepts the cruel world that he lives in.
https://genius.com/1979156
He compares New York to a three ringed circus due to the amount of activity/entertainment (i.e. crime/murder) that takes place on the regular. Could also be a reference to the 3 tiered social class system |
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