Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Author: Amanda London

We Dem Boyz

Wiz Khalifa

“We Dem Boyz” by Wiz Khalifa

Getting right down to the nitty-gritty, making an assertion like “we dem boyz” would be equivalent to saying something like ‘we’re the sh-t’. Or put more plainly, it is a self-exalting comment, one that also...

Daughters

Nas

“Daughters” by Nas

Pretty much from the onset, we see that Nas is dedicating this to his “brothers with daughters”.  Said individuals would be men, like himself, who have their own female offspring. And more specifically, he is...

D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)

Jay-Z

“D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” by Jay-Z

There was a juncture in the history of rap music, i.e. the era in which this “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” was released, that auto-tune was being relied on so heavily some listeners started having...

Skate

Silk Sonic

“Skate” by Silk Sonic

From the onset, we see that Silk Sonic’s “Skate” is akin to a love or seduction song. Anderson .Paak goes about dropping a number of colorful metaphors pointing to just how enamored he is with...