| Flo Rida – Elevator (feat. Timbaland) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I was. It just srikes me as humorous that people can come here and go "I like the beat, but I just wish I knew what he was singing about!" Those who commented on the state of hip hop — wait...let me qualify that: *popular* hip-hop, the chart-topping, mainstream stuff — are pretty much spot on; the lyrics are shallow and more or less pointless, but it is about the beat and the hook, and the flow, too, 'cause that sells. It rips up the clubs and that's what it's about. It's no different than the club music I listen to, which is progressive & epic trance and house...that stuff annoys the crap out of most people but I love it. I put a DJ mix on the headphones while I'm working and I just lose myself in it. If any of you have ever heard any run-of-the-mill vocal trance or house, you'll note that possibly the only place you'll find dumber lyrics is in mainstream hip hop. Maybe. I'm a lyric kind of guy, so that stuff makes me cringe and I avoid it whenever possible. But in hip hop, it's not a deal breaker. For genuinely meaningful lyrics, I get my fix with Emery and Marillion (to name two out of many). And as far as hip hop goes, Pharrell's "Best Friend" is a good example of good lyrical content, good beat, and an interesting & catchy hook. I know there are more examples out there; "Best Friend" is just what I've listened to lately. |
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| Flo Rida – Elevator (feat. Timbaland) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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this song is about the tragic state of disrepair that the elevator industry finds itself in at the turn of the century. corporate politics, bureaucratic red-tape, restrictive government policies all contribute to the decline in the quality of elevator maintenance, as well as the quality of new elevators being built and installed in hotels, office buildings, and public facilities across North America. the line: "Now I want you to break it down, DJ turn it up some more" refers to a dialog that Mr. Rida is having with an elevator repairman, whose name is obviously DJ. He wants DJ to 'break it down' — basically, tear the whole thing out and start over — and make it more powerful (faster) — 'turn it up some more'. "One night, one time broke her off 10 grand. Project all the way gutta all day" refers to an actual personal experience Flo had in the elevator in his building. It broke down and cost 10 grand to fix. It was quite a project seeing as the elevator repair union was on strike and in order to fix the elevator, they had to get volunteers from Flo's building to get it going again. Flo borrowed the 10 grand from his big-faced gold digger honey ("My first flo step want a gold digging woman") who also lives in his building. oh, and LFotF, the song London Bridge is about more or less the same thing (the elevator industry)as this one (Flo co-wrote the song with Fergie), but Fergie puts a more positive spin on it. |
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| Good Charlotte – Keep Your Hands Off My Girl Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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this song totally rocks. props to GC for stepping out like this. the whole album is good. it grows on you; just leave it on repeat and soon you'll find you can't get the songs out of your head. Black, Misery, Victims of Love, The River...all rock. dcma is their (GC's) clothing "line" — t-shirts, hoodies, pendants (yes, you can buy the brass knuckles on a chain), and that sort of stuff. and bathing ape is (mostly) known for their shoes, brought screaming into the mainstream culture by our good friend and uber-talented soulja boy. (out of sheer morbid curiosity, i decided to see if someone had posted sb lyrics on this site, and discovered to my horror, that, indeed, every carefully chosen word, every insightful verse, every astonishingly reflective chorus was there, in all it's glory. now we can finally sing along with the world's worst songs!) anyway, GC rocks. i don't really think about the meaning of this song; i just find the driving guitar, the infectious beat, the edgy vocal treatment, and the sheer COOLNESS of the song is enough for me without having to delve into the meaning... |
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| Daughtry – Crashed Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I find it interesting that some of you think this song is about God. Even more interesting is the fact that nobody has refuted it... I think the lyrics could definitely be interpreted that way; that's how my relationship with God is. I tried all the things the world said would help me fill the void — things that promised to make me happy and content — and in the end I was left with nothing. Absolutely nothing. It was all just a waste of time; an endless pursuit of temporary "remedies." My world came crashing down — and I crashed into Him. My life has never been the same since. This song could also just be an incredibly romantic song about someone he's totally and completely in love with, but the symbolism in the lyrics ("Where I've been, well it's all a blur. What I was looking for, I'm not sure," "you breathed your breath in me," "you will consume me") are just too close to the Christian experience to ignore. That's what makes a good song, lyrically: the ability to make one think about the possible meanings, or to shorten it a bit, to make one simply just *think.* Anyhow, I'm really impressed with Daughtry's album. I'd have to say "Home" is my favorite. That's a really feel-good song. It kind of tugs at the heart with a sense of yearning... |
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| Emery – The Note From Which A Chord Is Built Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I thought it was "You have always seen the best parts of me" Anyhow, the missing lyrics are (at the end of the song): awake and alive for the first time joining as voices sing together the same song which I take to mean Heaven rejoicing as another soul is saved. Actually, doctors can keep your physical body alive for a time. Sometimes they can bring someone back from a flatline. They can fix maladies (like cancer) that would have killed someone, but the long and short of it is, everyone is going to die. There is not a doctor in the world that can keep someone alive indefinitely. God saves the soul. He provides eternal life. He does this through His perfect plan of salvation through Jesus Christ. When accepting Christ as your Savior (believing that He is real, that He appeared on earth in human form to walk in our shoes—to live as we live, battle the same temptations we do, and show us that it is possible to live a life pleasing to God—and that he died, taking full responsibility for mankind's sin, then rose to Heaven to be with the Father until His return), the Bible says all of Heaven breaks out into joyous song in celebration of another life saved. I understand that a lot of you don't believe in God, and there are good reasons for that—I'll be the first to admit that American Christians are sometimes not the best spokespeople for Christianity. But if you pick up a Bible, especially a good study Bible with footnotes and comments, then you will get an unadulterated picture of the true God; the God of unconditional love, patience, understanding, compassion, and justice. There is no substitute for life after death. Jesus is the only way to God. And the genius of it all is that He leaves it up to us to choose... |
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