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Chase & Status - Machine Gun

Chase & Status - Machine Gun Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Brand New Machine
Released: 2013

Machine Gun Lyrics

Chase and Status
King Push

D boy, dark side, stash money, archive
R.I.P. nigga, that's me nigga, that's all eyes
Seein' me with them hoes, seein' me in them clothes
I'm settled in, I'm settin' trends, they TMZin' my pose
Doors up, hard top, money, cash, that's hard knock
Life foul, this lifestyle, I'm documentin' it right now
G.O.O.D. Music, God level, goes hard for the whole game
All white everything, my hands dirty with cocaine

Machine Gun
Machine gun

Daredevil, stunt man, fly nigga, you jumpman
G5s we jump start, with the Joker smile on that front end
Fist in, might sit twelve, you ain't talking no thick hoes
If you like me? That's 2 niggas and 6 bitches in tight clothes
"Mo' money, mo' problems" motto don't mean much
All gold everything, not Trinidad, nigga, King Tut
King Push, kilo, I'm the voice of it, Cee Lo
Machine gun, Steve-O, it's just as big as my ego

Machine gun
Machine gun

Writer/s: THORNTON, TERRENCE / KENNARD, WILLIAM / MILTON, SAUL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Machine Gun

This song features vocals from former Clipse rapper and Kanye West collaborator Pusha T. Chase & Status' Will Kennard told The Sun: "I think Pusha T is one of the best rappers in the States, he's never gone down the commercial route. He's so street still. There was a mutual link, we sent him a beat, he liked it."

The production duo wanted to take Clipse in a different direction with the '90s-flavored track. Saul Milton (Chase) explained to Spotify listeners: "We just wanted to put him on something that he's never done before, and I think we succeeded. We've got a really dark, kind of like moody intro with him spitting his bars on it and then we dropped in some kind of Hip Hop track... nods to Dubstep still with old hardcore stabs in there, and break beat at the end of the fills… really reminiscent of the period of time."

Christopher Cross - Think Of Laura

Christopher Cross - Think Of Laura Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Another Page
Released: 1983

Think Of Laura Lyrics

Every once in a while
I'd see her smile
And she'd turn my day around
A girl with those eyes
Could stare through the lies
And see what your heart was saying

Think Of Laura but laugh don't cry
I know she'd want it that way
When you think of Laura laugh don't cry
I know she'd want it that way

A friend of a friend
A friend till the end
That's the kind of girl she was
Taken away so young
Taken away without a warning

I know you and you're here
In everyday we live
I know her and she's here
I can feel her when I sing

Hey Laura, where are you now
Are you far away from here
I don't think so
I think you're here
Taking our tears away

Writer/s: CROSS, CHRISTOPHER C.
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Think Of Laura

Christopher Cross wrote this song about Laura Coffin Carter, an 18-year-old student at Denison University in Granville, Ohio who was killed by a stray bullet on April 17, 1982. She was riding in a car with her parents and three friends when gunfire broke out a block away and the bullet hit her in the chest.

Cross was dating Paige McNinch, who was Laura's best friend and one of her sorority sisters. He wrote this song to honor Laura's memory:

A friend of a friend, a friend to the end
That's the kind of girl she was
Taken away so young
Taken away without a warning

Think of Laura but laugh, don't cry
I know she'd want it that way

Cross released this song on his second album, Another Page, in January 1983. Later that year, the song was used on the popular soap opera General Hospital as the love theme for the characters Luke and Laura, who were arguably the most well known of all daytime TV couples - their 1981 wedding was the highest-rated episode in American soap opera history. Its use on the show vaulted the song up the charts, and in February 1984 it reached #9 on the US Hot 100 and went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, where it stayed for four weeks.

Boyz II Men recorded a new version of this song called "Think of Aaliyah (The Aaliyah Song)" in honor of the singer Aaliyah after she died in 2001. The song was never officially released, but appeared on various download sites and can be found on YouTube.

This wasn't the first song General Hospital pushed up the charts. In 1979, the Herb Alpert song "Rise" was used in a scene (and subsequent flashbacks) where Luke rapes Laura (yes, that's how their story arc started - strange things happened on daytime TV), sending it to #1 in the US. In 1982, "Baby, Come To Me" by Patti Austin and James Ingram stalled at #73 US, but when the show started using it for Luke and Laura scenes, it revived the song, which made #1 in February 1983.

Danny Brown - Torture

Danny Brown - Torture Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Old
Released: 2013

Torture Lyrics

Remember one time, dawg, this fiend owed the boss
Put Peanut Butter on her pussy, let his pits lick it off
Back when I was living on Flanders
Seen another dope fiend beat another with a hammer
Remember at the park, seen a nigga at a payphone
Got rocked in his dome, momma picked me up and ran home
Was like fucking seven years old
When I first seen a fiend try to light a rock off the stove
Damn near burned his top lip off, so my mind ticked off
Desensitized to a lotta things, mind would drift off
Wish it was what I seen on tv, I snapped outta that
Unc' beating on my auntie
Gunshots outside was sorta like fireworks
We know they ain't fireworks, its December 21'st
Cold winter with a kerosene heater on the couch so cold
Can't take off your sneakers

And it's Torture
Look in my mind and see the horrors
All the shit that I've seen
Nigga, it's torture
Look in my mind and see the horrors
All the shit that I've seen
Nigga, it's torture
Look in my mind and see the horrors
All the shit that I've seen

I feel like a prisoner of war
Reacting sporadically to what the mind absorb
Probably need a shrink, can't get a wink
So I smoke a lot of kush and pop a Xanax to sleep
Close my eyes, look up, fiend said 1 for 8
Can tell that I scared him by the look on my face
Reached in my pocket served him nervous as a surgeon
Can't believe where I'm at 'pose be writin' verses
Heard a knock at the do', 'Nother fiend wanted fo'
Gave him what he came for, told him go to the sto'
Lemme get a box a box of Swishers, Faygo Cola
Gave his ass another stone now guess what it's over
He ain't come back, before I could look back
I heard the wood on the door crack, and they yelling police
With this work up in my jeans man this a bad dream

And it's torture
Look in my mind and see the horrors
All the shit that I've seen
Nigga, it's torture
Look in my mind and see the horrors
All the shit that I've seen
Nigga, it's torture
Look in my mind and see the horrors
All the shit that I've seen

Writer/s: Wakefield, Kathy / Jackson, Jackie
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, THE ROYALTY NETWORK INC.
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Torture

This song finds Brown reflecting on his childhood struggles with nightmares caused by post-traumatic stress syndrome, the result of a childhood numbed by violence:

"I feel like a prisoner of war
Reacting sporadically to what the mind absorb
Probably need a shrink, can't get a wink."

"I can't sleep at night because I have these nightmares all the time," Brown explained to MTV News, breaking down the song. "I don't know if you can really consider them nightmares, but it'll be dreams of me being back in the day, as a 19-year-old, and I get so caught up in the dream that when I wake up, I'm so just happy to be where I'm at in my life. I'm glad I'm not doing that anymore. It gives me real bad anxiety."

Ferlin Huskey - Wings Of A Dove

Ferlin Huskey - Wings Of A Dove Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Wings Of A Dove
Released: 1960

Wings Of A Dove Lyrics

Wings Of A Dove

This is based on the Biblical story Noah's Ark.

Actor Robert Duvall sang this in the movie Tender Mercies. Duvall won the Oscar for Best Male Lead for his performance in the film.

Danny Brown - Dip

Danny Brown - Dip Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Old
Released: 2013

Dip Lyrics

Dip, I dip, you dip, dip, I dip, you dip, I dip
Dip, I dip, you dip, dip, I dip, you dip, I dip
Dip, you dip, I dip, dip, you dip, I dip, you dip
Dip, I dip, you dip, dip, I dip, you dip, I dip
Don't let me into my zone, don't let me into my zone
Don't let me into my zone, you haters leave me alone
I say, don't let me into my zone, don't let me into my zone
Don't let me into my zone, you haters leave me alone

Like Lieutenant Dan, I'm rolling, back to back, I keep on smoking
Eyes keep shaking and I can't stay focused
I'm fucked if you niggas ain't noticed
I'm sweating but I'm cold, mouth all dry but I got a runny nose
I just bought me a water bottle
Chug that down but I think I need me some more
And I keep feeling like I'm gon' faint, but fuck that nigga, pass me that drank
I done drunk too much, I might throw up in a hotel bathroom sink
Bitch, I'm wilding, I'm zooted, can't believe that I'm even moving
Off a half a gram of molly, we about to go party, and I don't know what I'm doing

Dip, I dip, you dip, dip, I dip, you dip, I dip
Dip, I dip, you dip, dip, I dip, you dip, I dip
Dip, you dip, I dip, dip, you dip, I dip, you dip
Dip, I dip, you dip, dip, I dip, you dip, I dip
Don't let me into my zone, don't let me into my zone
Don't let me into my zone, you haters leave me alone
I say, don't let me into my zone, don't let me into my zone
Don't let me into my zone, you haters leave me alone

Now all these rappers talking 'bout that molly
Bet a million dollars these niggas ain't dipping
Pure MDMA, put it in a shot we talking 'bout crystals
Been dancing hard up all day, rest in peace to Mac Dre
Throw up the T, scratch on my face, do the Thizzle dance up in the place
I'm grinding on your bitch while I'm grinding on my teeth
Don't give a flying fuck, so right now you don't want beef
I'm blown, I'm zooted, can't believe that I'm even moving
Off a half a gram of molly, we about to go party, and I don't know what I'm doing

Dip, I dip, you dip, dip, I dip, you dip, I dip
Dip, I dip, you dip, dip, I dip, you dip, I dip
Dip, you dip, I dip, dip, you dip, I dip, you dip
Dip, I dip, you dip, dip, I dip, you dip, I dip
Don't let me into my zone, don't let me into my zone
Don't let me into my zone, you haters leave me alone
I say, don't let me into my zone, don't let me into my zone
Don't let me into my zone, you haters leave me alone

She licked it off my index, before that she been wet
Now she licking on her best friend while they suck me watching sunset
That's right bitch we ain't done yet, lifting up her sundress
It kicked in she licking, before I blink she undressed
Molly making her feel good, it's a feeling she can't explain
But obvious we got some problems, so bitch, let's kill that pain
I'm blown, I'm zooted, can't believe I'm even moving
Off a half a gram of molly, we about to go party, and I don't know what I'm doing

Dip, I dip, you dip, dip, I dip, you dip, I dip
Dip, I dip, you dip, dip, I dip, you dip, I dip
Dip, you dip, I dip, dip, you dip, I dip, you dip
Dip, I dip, you dip, dip, I dip, you dip, I dip
Don't let me into my zone, don't let me into my zone
Don't let me into my zone, you haters leave me alone
I say, don't let me into my zone, don't let me into my zone
Don't let me into my zone, you haters leave me alone

Writer/s: WEST, KANYE / TIMMONS, ERIC HENRY / CARTER, SHAWN / DEAN, MIKE / DONALDSON, W.A. / HOLLIS, CHAUNCEY / BROWN, DANNY
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUB GROUP, WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC INC, THE ROYALTY NETWORK INC., SONY ATV MUSIC PUB LLC
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Dip

This song was premiered by the English disc jockey-record producer Mark Ronson July 30, 2013 during his live set at the Boiler Room. The song had previously been performed by Brown at live events, however Ronson grabbed the studio version of "Dip."

The song samples Freak Nasty's 1996 single "Da Dip" and also contains a interpolation of Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Niggas in Paris."

Vince Gill - Go Rest High On That Mountain

Vince Gill - Go Rest High On That Mountain Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: When Love finds You
Released: 1994

Go Rest High On That Mountain Lyrics

I know your life
On earth was troubled
And only you could know the pain.
You weren't afraid to face the devil,
You were no stranger to the rain.

Go Rest High On That Mountain
Son,your work on earth is done.
Go to heaven a-shoutin'
Love for the Father and the Son.

Oh,how we cried the day you left us
We gathered round your grave to grieve.
I wish I could see the angels faces
When they hear your sweet voice sing.

Go rest high on that mountain
Son,your work on earth is done.
Go to heaven a-shoutin'
Love for the Father and the Son.

Writer/s: Gill, Vincent Grant
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Go Rest High On That Mountain

Gill began writing this following the untimely death of Country music superstar Keith Whitley. Gill didn't finish the song until a few years later following the death of his brother. Thus, the song is a tribute song to both Keith Whitley and Gill's brother.

Additional background vocals were provided by Patty Loveless and Ricky Skaggs.

Gill played this song during his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in February 2009. He explained he penned it after his older brother Bob's death from a heart attack in 1993. "I wrote this song, and I didn't have any idea if anybody would want to hear it, or like it. All I wanted to do was grieve for him and celebrate his life. That's how I always process grief—sit down with a guitar and make something up. Turns out that if anybody remembers any of my songs, it'll be this one."

This won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Country Song.

DJ Khaled - Feel Like Pac / I Feel Like Biggie

DJ Khaled - Feel Like Pac / I Feel Like Biggie Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Suffering From Success
Released: 2013

Feel Like Pac / I Feel Like Biggie Lyrics

I've been waiting for a long time (how long)
Real damn long time (how long)
I've been waiting for a long time (how ya feel)
Man

I feel like Pac, I feel like Biggie
I'm feeling like these hating niggas waiting to get me
I'm losing my sleep, I'm losing my mind
You know I go hard when it comes to mine
I feel like Pac, Biggie, Pac, Biggie

Sucka walk up on me, talking like he know me
Ain't no co defendant do my dirt all by my lonely
Down south nigga, talking jam pony
Rest in Peace to Uncle Al he showed me my first Rollie
Bitches want to know me, haters want to show me
But I'm so vicious double m worth eighty tickets
Cop just pulled me over, caught up in this thing
Take my case to trial, my juror Paula Deen
I know they hate a nigga but he's such a major nigga
Tell the clip the .40 when C.I.A. with us
305 them killas, Ricky Ross the richest
Bel- Air on my table, I talk it then I live it

I feel like Pac, I feel like Biggie
I'm feeling like these hating niggas waiting to get me
I'm losing my sleep, I'm losing my mind
You know I go hard when it comes to mine
I feel like Pac, Biggie, Pac, Biggie

All of you starve and I eat fast
Moussain when I creep past
Blacked out I max out with the same same watch on me chain
We killing niggas no repass my momma got like 3 Jags
You talkin' bout how you ball nigga we really gettin' that street cash
Say old money, new work
Smell the caine on my new shirt
My old g said strap up and don't lay your head where you do dirt
And my momma said do school work
I was making that tool work
And niggas wanted me dead with a whole lot on my head
Man they hit Big in the passenger, hit Pac in the passenger
So I'm riding round with this Mac on me
And a bunch of shooters in back of us
Roll up and you a dead man
Head shot when we clapped ya
We sellin' niggas to the murk em man, and I ain't talkin' bout Erica

I feel like Pac, I feel like Biggie
I'm feeling like these hating niggas waiting to get me
I'm losing my sleep, I'm losing my mind
You know I go hard when it comes to mine
I feel like Pac, Biggie, Pac, Biggie

Feel like it's me against the world
Bury me a g
My middle finger to the world
I'm gon' forever be a g
Pussy nigga want a witness stay armed no Biggie
When we get busy no alarms just semis
We pour out a lil liquor throw it like straight ballers
We cradle to the grave ride when my homie call
Give a damn if you me ? West P
When somebody gotta die, we gon' march to the steps
They said Brenda had a baby but she left it in the alley
One shot that playa hater now we going back to Cali
Hit the time nigga I got a story to tell
My ambitions as a rider got me ready to die
And when we ride on no more paint we go hard as shit
Why you complaining and you wonder why we call you bitch
It's an every day struggle nigga me and my bitch
It's unbelievable suicide I thought you would get
Said fuck me warning and the gun don't blast
Give me the loot sorry nigga one more chance
You know this shit don't stop
Keep these sucker under pressure
Only god can judge me shawty I ain't mad at ya

Ya nigga can't see me
A paid thug nigga
That's why shawty wanna be me
See a kid around around in your town kick in your door
I feel like Pac and Biggie love the dough, more than you know

I feel like Pac, I feel like Biggie
I'm feeling like these hating niggas waiting to get me
I'm losing my sleep, I'm losing my mind
You know I go hard when it comes to mine
I feel like Pac, Biggie, Pac, Biggie

Ey yo, how you gon' compare yourself to greatness
If you ain't ready to be great, man?
Ain't no more to it

Writer/s: WILLIAMS, ROBERT / HARRIS, CLIFFORD / ROBERTS, WILLIAM / DEAN, KASSEEM / KHALED, KHALED / TUCKER, ANTHONY DELVON / WALLACE, CHRISTOPHER / MARTIN, CHRIS
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Feel Like Pac / I Feel Like Biggie

DJ Khaled recruited an all-star line up for this tribute to the late rappers Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. Diddy supplies the introduction and sporadic ad-libs, while Swizz Beatz tackles the hook and Rick Ross, Meek Mill and T.I. handle the verses over The Beat Bully's drum-lined instrumental. "When I made 'I Feel Like Pac / I Feel Like Biggie' me and Swizz was in the studio and I played Swizz the beat and I gave him a vision of who I wanted to be on the record. Swizz came up with this hook: 'I feel like 'Pac,' " Khaled told MTV News .

"That chemistry with me and Swizz was amazing when we were cooking that, but at the same time I couldn't have put just any rapper on that record so I put Ross, I put Meek and I put T.I.," he added.

Khaled explained why he chose Rick Ross, Meek and T.I. for the verses. "Ross is one of the biggest rappers in the game and one of the hardest gangsta rappers in the game and that's what Biggie and 'Pac was," said Khaled. "And then you got T.I., another brother from the south who's one of the hardest rappers in the game and in and out of jail, going through so much s--t. If you really look at T.I.'s story, he done been through a lot of sh--, as well as Ross.

"Then you got Meek Mill, who has been through a lot of s--t, and where he comes from, from a young age. If you look at his story, he's like a young 'Pac, " he continued. "Nobody's like 'Pac and Biggie, nobody's sounding like 'em. I'm talking about the energy."

The song's allusions to Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. stirred up emotions amongst some who knew them. "[They] sold you out, B.I.G.," former Notorious B.I.G. sidekick Ma$e said on his Instragram account hours after the song was released. "I hate the way your legacy has been watered down… Let him rest."

Eagles - King Of Hollywood

Eagles - King Of Hollywood Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Long Run
Released: 1979

King Of Hollywood Lyrics

King Of Hollywood

This song is about the decadent lifestyle of the big bosses of Hollywood, primarily the producers. There are rumors that Don Henley was angry about a promised role in a Western movie he didn't get.

Havana Brown - Big Banana

Havana Brown - Big Banana Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Flashing Lights
Released: 2013

Big Banana Lyrics

DJ Havana Brown, you crazy?
Havana I heard you had a question though
Talk to 'em

Let's go, thicker than a Magnum, ace of spades
Strobe light, we can play charades
My pants keep grenades
Bananas, clips, shoot for days let's go (Gi-gi-gi-give me)
Let's go (Gi-gi-gi-give me)
Let's go (Gi-gi-gi-give me)
What? That big fat

I'm goin' out tonight
Got it locked down, I don't want to fight
I'm a hot girl, I have a right
Have a right, have a right
Kill or die hard I'm a call you bruised
Feel dropped out and I'm a call you Cruise
Beat it up up up, pop the juice
Pop the juice, pop the juice

Big ba-na-nana ooh na-na-nana
Big ba-na-nana ooh na-na-nana
Big ba-na-nana ooh na-na-nana
Big ba-na-nana ooh na-na-nana

If you want that, baby I got it

Gi-gi-gi-give me
Gi-gi-gi-give me
Gi-gi-gi-give me
That big fat

Freaky shit don't matter black or white
Let me shake the uh don't cut the light
Let 'em all bark, I love to bite
Love to bite, love to bite
Getting tipsy, ain't getting loose
I got the vibe, they got the juice
Beat it up up up, pop the juice
Pop the juice, pop the juice

Big ba-na-nana ooh na-na-nana
Big ba-na-nana ooh na-na-nana
Big ba-na-nana ooh na-na-nana
Big ba-na-nana ooh na-na-nana

Big ba-na-nana ooh na-na-nana
Big ba-na-nana ooh na-na-nana
Big ba-na-nana ooh na-na-nana
Big ba-na-nana ooh na-na-nana

Do you have a Big Banana?
If you want that, baby I got it
(Gi-gi-gi-give me)
Let's go (Gi-gi-gi-give me)
Let's go (Gi-gi-gi-give me)
Let's go, that big fat
Let's go (Gi-gi-gi-give me)
Let's go (Gi-gi-gi-give me)
Let's go (Gi-gi-gi-give me)
Let's go, that big fat let's go go

She don't know
Underneath the belt and the Polo
Thicker than a trunk on a Volvo
Audemar black with the rose gold

Let's go go, she don't know
Underneath the belt and the Polo
Thicker than a trunk on a Volvo
Audemar black with the rose gold

Writer/s: HAJJI, BILAL / JANNUSI, ACHRAF / GUILLORY, MIKA / EL GHOUL, FADIL / BRUNINGS, RABON O. / LENSSEN, FABIUS FABIAN / MEUNIER, ANGELIQUE / ANGULO, GARY
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, OLE MM
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Big Banana

This ode to underwhelming men finds Brown turning the tables on misogynist males. "It's something for the girls and the gay boys. There hasn't been a song about that for a long time. The guys get out there and talk about big-booty women, big boobs," she said. "There's this unrealistic expectation on girls so I thought, hang on, do you have a big banana?"

The song features the Dutch DJ and record producer R3hab, who alongside Afrojack and Chuckie, is one of the main exponents of the modern "Dutch House" subgenre. Rapper Prophet of 7Lions also contributes to the tune.

Released as the third single from Flashing Lights, the song peaked at #18 on the on the ARIA Singles Chart and topped US Hot Dance Club Songs.

The music video was directed by Icelandic software developer Einar Egilsson and shot on February 20, 2013 at the Encino Hills in Los Angeles, United States. American model and actor Nick Baga plays Brown's love interest. "The clip reflects everything about the song," said the singer, "it's fun, upbeat, tongue-in-cheek; it's dirty but fun at the same time."

Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone

Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Breakaway
Released: 2004

Since U Been Gone Lyrics

Here's the thing
We started out friends
It was cool, but it was all pretend
Yeah, yeah
Since you been gone

You're dedicated, you took the time
Wasn't long till I called you mine
Yeah, yeah
Since you been gone

And all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I picture me with you
That's all you'd ever hear me say

But since you been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so moving on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you
Now I get what I want
Since you been gone

How can I put it? You put me on
I even fell for that stupid love song
Yeah, yeah
Since you been gone

How come I've never heard you say
I just want to be with you?
Guess you never felt that way

But since you been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so moving on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you
Now I get what I want
Since you been gone

You had your chance, you blew it
Out of sight, out of mind
Shut your mouth, I just can't take it
Again, and again, and again, and again

Since you been gone (since you been gone)
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so moving on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you (thanks to you)
Now I get, I get what I want

I can breathe for the first time
I'm so moving on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you (thanks to you), now I get (I get)
You should know (you should know)
That I get
I get what I want
Since you been gone
Since you been gone
Since you been gone

Writer/s: SANDBERG, MARTIN KARL / GOTTWALD, LUKASZ
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Since U Been Gone

Clarkson (from Entertainment Weekly, September 2, 2005): "Hazel Eyes is about the dipstick who completely screwed up and now is unhappy and you're happy. And then you're just shouting praises at the fact that he's miserable in Since U Been Gone."

The music video for this song is about a girl going into her ex-boyfriend's house and destroying everything. It's what everyone wants to do in that situation but isn't crazy enough to do it.

This won a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

With two Grammy Awards from this album, Clarkson is the most successful winner of American Idol to date.

This song almost didn't make it onto the Breakaway album; when Clarkson heard the first, acoustic version of the song, she didn't like it. It wasn't until it was given a rocking treatment that she warmed to the song.

This was written and produced by Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald and Max Martin. Gottwald recalled the genesis of the song to Billboard magazine: "That was a conscious move by Max and myself, because we were listening to alternative and indie music and talking about some song-I don't remember what it was. I said, 'Ah, I love this song,' and Max was like, 'If they would just write a damn pop chorus on it!' It was driving him nuts, because that indie song was sort of on six, going to seven, going to eight, the chorus comes . . . and it goes back down to five. It drove him crazy. And when he said that, it was like, light bulb. 'Why don't we do that, but put a big chorus on it?' It worked."

It was Sony Music chief creative officer Clive Davis' idea to give the song to Clarkson, but Martin and Gottwald, certain that they had written a rock hit, were initially reluctant. "They weren't prepared for the casting idea," Davis recalled to Billboard magazine. "Max was looking to move on from what he had done with Backstreet Boys, and I really spent time convincing them that an American Idol winner could bring all the feeling and passion that was required to the song."

Clive Davis claimed in his memoir, The Soundtrack of My Life, that Clarkson burst into 'hysterical sobbing' in his office when he demanded that this song be included on her album.

"Not true at all," Clarkson responded. "His stories and songs are mixed up. I did want more guitars added to the original demo and Clive did not. Max, Luke and I still fought for the bigger sound and we prevailed and I couldn't be more proud of the life of that song. I resent him dampening that song in any way."

Ester Dean and Skylar Astin perform the song during the audition sequences of the 2012 musical comedy film, Pitch Perfect.

Dr. Luke and Max Martin originally wrote the song with Pink in mind, but she turned it down. They then reached out to Hilary Duff but she rejected the song because she couldn't reach its higher notes. Clive Davis then convinced the producers to give the song to Clarkson.

Janelle Monáe - Lettin' Go

Janelle Monáe - Lettin' Go Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Audition
Released: 2003

Lettin' Go Lyrics

Oooh! I got a call today, from my job up the block
It was my boss to say, you know we like you a lot
But we don't need you J, you daydream too much,
Well man I'm glad ya'll let me go!

'Cause with no 9 to 5, it's a brand new day!
My rents due but I'm a party any way!
I feel so alive, stress just faded away!
It's time to live my own life!

So, I'm a let it go!
Gonna leave my worries behind!
Gotta take control!
I just came to have a good time!
I'm a let it go, no time for stress on my mind!
I'm a lettin go! Oooh I'm lettin go!

That's right, left right
I'm losing it to music, cameras, bright lights!
I'm staying out all night
Don't shove don't fight!
Well make a million memories - all incredible!
Cause with no 9 to 5 it's a brand new day!
Got bills due, but I'm a party anyway
I feel so alive! Stress just faded away
It's time I live my own life!

So, I'm a let it go!
Gonna leave my worries behind!
Gotta take control!
I just came to have a good time!
I'm a let it go, no time for stress on my mind!
I'm a lettin go! Oooh I'm lettin go!

(Dance away your rainy days)
Oh! Come on and dance with me right now!
(Just for a little while!)
Hey! Just, for a, just for a little while!
(I know it's hot but we gon keep it cool!)
I know it's hot ya'll, aye, but wait a minute, we gon keep it cool!
(One last chance, come on and dance!)
Come on and dance with me!
I'm a let it go!

I'm a let it go!
Gonna leave my worries behind!
Gotta take control!
I just came to have a good time!
I'm a let it go, no time for stress on my mind!
I'm a lettin go!

Oh, yeah, alright everybody!
Now, I see ya'll jammin out there!
But I want ya'll to do one more thing for me, one more thing!
Now, when I say L-E-T-T-I-N G-O!
I want everybody to repeat after me
On the count of 1-2-3! Unh!
(L-E-T-T-I-N G-O!)

Yeah! Come on we gotta let go!
Awww I see ya!
Now we gon break this down
Like this!
(L-E-T-T-I-N G-O!)
Clap ya hands! Unh!
(L-E-T-T-I-N G-O!)
If you wanna dance, I'm a make you dance
If you wanna groove, I'm a make you move

Congratulations to you,
You had to let it go
You finally let it go
I'm glad you let it go
Do do do do doo
Dance

Congratulations to you
You had to let it go
I'm glad you let it go
You finally let it go
Glad you let it go.

You keep dreamin,
Don't let your dreams die,
You know?
Life is not a rehearsal
You gotta live it out
You gotta do it baby
You gotta do what you're gonna do
Come on, somebodys gotta hear me

Writer/s: JANELLE MONAE ROBINSON, CHARLES JOSEPH, NATHANIEL IRVIN, TERRENCE WILLIAM SMITH
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Lettin' Go

This track from Janelle Monae's debut EP The Audition finds her recalling getting sacked from her job selling ink and erasers at Office Depot. The young singer had been caught using a computer to update her MySpace page and communicate with fans on her website.

Big Boi got to hear the song, setting off a chain of events that eventually led to an artistic friendship, which helped inspire Monáe's move from New York to Atlanta. The OutKast star was the co-executive producer of Monáe's The ArchAndroid album and also featured on her single, "Tightrope."

Monáe re-recorded the song for southern Hip-Hop supergroup, Purple Ribbon All-Stars' 2005 album Got Purp? Vol. 2.

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Boys Don't Cry
Released: 1980

Boys Don't Cry Lyrics

I would say I'm sorry
If I thought that it would change your mind
But I know that this time
I have said too much
Been too unkind

I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try and laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
Because Boys Don't Cry
Boys don't cry

I would break down at your feet
And beg forgiveness
Plead with you
But I know that it's too late
And now there's nothing I can do

So I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try to laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
Because boys don't cry

I would tell you
That I loved you
If I thought that you would stay
But I know that it's no use
That you've already
Gone away

Misjudged your limit
Pushed you too far
Took you for granted
I thought that you needed me more

Now I would do most anything
To get you back by my side
But I just keep on laughing
Hiding the tears in my eyes
Because boys don't cry
Boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

Writer/s: SHEERAN, ED / WILLIAMS, TYLER / LEWIS, RYAN / HAGGERTY, BEN / KARP, JOSHUA / ARUNGA, OWUOR / RAWLINGS, JOSHUA
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Boys Don't Cry

This is about maintaining the manly image and hiding your tears behind your eyes. Tough guys still sometimes don't get the girl.

Nathan Larson covered this in 1999, and his version was used as the title song of the film Boys Don't Cry, for which Hilary Swank won the 1999 Oscar for Best Actress. Larson is the husband of Nina Persson , the lead singer of the Swedish pop group The Cardigans.

"Boys Don't Cry" was The Cure's second ever single release in June 1979 and it wasn't a hit at the time. In 1986 a new version was released as a single in which the original track was remixed and the vocals re-recorded. This time it reached #22 in the UK charts.

Oleander recorded this for their album February Son and released their version as a single. Reel Big Fish often plays the song in concert, and Razorlight performed this at The Cure's "MTV Icon" ceremony in 2004.

The track also provided the title for British Children's laureate Malorie Blackman's 2011 young adult novel. The book tackles issues of masculinity and teenage fatherhood.