Lyric of The Week

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*Updated Biweekly*

May 15, 2024
Peel me apart, all my layers
All of my fears, all my pride
They say, "Laugh now, and cry later"
I can't ignore how I feel inside

Laugh and the world will laugh, too
Cry and the world laughs at you, girl
So I lie to myself
Let's be real, I'm afraid of how I feel
So I lie to my friends
But they can tell
Just a shell of who I am when I lie
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
- Miguel, So I Lie

May 1, 2024
Wanna feel your soul
Will you let me?
- Jared Brady, Let Me

April 17, 2024
When the sun shines down on the Southside
On my little brown world, little brown world
When the sun shines down on the concourse
On my little world made in the image of you
- Bathe, Bolero

April 4, 2024
If everything is dipped in gold
Then, baby, it will never grow
- Jhene Aiko, Stay Ready (What a Life)

March 20, 2024
So are you looking up?
Arе you asking why?
'Cause if you wanna go
Then baby, go wild
Are you looking for somеbody
To put out your fire?
We can put it all to rest
Just for one night
- Mk.gee & Two Star, Are You Looking Up

March 6, 2024
"Heaven knows that I've made my mistakes
Thank God, what a guy, as I say my grace!"
- JAY-Z, Thank You

February 21, 2024
"I missed the last bus, I'll take the next train
I'll try, but you see, it's hard to explain
I say the right thing, but act the wrong way
I like it right here, but I cannot stay
I watch the TV, forget what I'm told
Well, I am too young and they are too old"
- The Strokes, Hard To Explain

February 7, 2024
"What would you know?
And who would you be?
If you had not been who you needed to be?
To the moon and back, baby
Really got love for you"
- Yaya Bey, Reprise

January 24, 2024
"Because we separate like ripples on a blank shore
(In rainbows)
Because we separate like ripples on a blank shore
(In rainbows)"
- Radiohead, Reckoner

January 10, 2024
"Sometimes the pain sit and fester into hate, beloved
I'm workin' on it
It's worth the time
Further down the line
Might realize
What's yours obviously mine
Toss the sword back into the vines"
- Earl Sweatshirt, Lye

December 27, 2023
“Lucidity came slowly
I awoke from dreams of untying a great knot
It unraveled like a braid into what seemed were thousands
Of separate strands of fishing line
Attached to coarse behavior, it flowed
A calm it urged, what else is here?”
- Japanese Breakfast, Paprika

December 13, 2023
"I watch 'em all pass by the moon and stars
Let me hold him in my arms, forevermore
These cold nights, the park is ours
Standing by the side
Let you go on
To the sea, just for me
Don't ever leave me, my love
Keep holding on, let the modest go
As my mind goes to and fro
Waking up for one more show
We see him in the night
Tell him I'm not afraid of him"
- Childish Gambino, Urn

November 29, 2023
“I still light the fire on a rainy night
I still like it better when you
Holding me tight
Now hold it”
- Prince, How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore

November 15, 2023
 “A dream never leaving my sight
A sun never leaving my side”
- Blood Orange, Jewelry

November 1, 2023
"We have a special need
To feel that we belong
Come with me inside
Inside my velvet rope" 
- Janet Jackson, Velvet Rope

October 18, 2023
"I’ve got my own life to live
I’m the one that’s going to have to die
When it’s time for me to die
So let me live my life
The way I want to, yeah"
- Jimi Hendrix, If 6 was 9

October 4, 2023
“Check in on your strong friends
Tap in with your brother, sister,
We gon’ keep it solid”
- EARTHGANG, STRONG FRIENDS

September 20, 2023
“Let love define you
Everything that I’ve been looking for
Is waiting for a chance to be”
- Sidibe, Ready Enough