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Before asking a question, first ask yourself:

Has this question already been answered in the song bio?

Always check to see if the answer you are looking for is in the song bio before asking a question. The Q&A section and the song bio should work in tandem.

Is the question I'm asking relevant to the song?

Genius is built with individual song pages. All knowledge is curated around these pages, so make sure your questions are only relevant to the song you’re asking them on.

Is there a specific, definable answer that I am looking for?

Questions can be answered more efficiently if the meaning is clear. If you aren’t sure what type of answer you are looking for, you may want to rephrase the question.

When possible, use the title of the song in Q+A over pronouns like "this" or "these"

Do: “Is "Attention” based on personal experience?"

Don’t: “Is this song based on personal experience?”

Archiving

In general, you should archive:

Any statements (ex. “I love this song,” “this rocks”)
Questions that can’t be deciphered or understood
Questions that reword a previously answered question
Questions that ask “what does the song mean?” in one way or another. This is covered in the song bio for the whole song, or in line-level annotations for specific parts.
Old default questions that are not answered.
Questions that are already answered in the song bio
Questions that are directed towards the artist (ex. “Why did you decide to play this song in Berlin?”)
Questions that have been answered, but where the question and/or answer do not meet the expectations set in this guide

Read more on Q&A here.

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Before asking a question, first ask yourself:

<ul><li><b>Has this question already been answered in the song bio?</b></li></ul>

Always check to see if the answer you are looking for is in the song bio before asking a question. The Q&A section and the song bio should work in tandem.

<ul><li><b>Is the question I'm asking relevant to the song?</b></li></ul>

Genius is built with individual song pages. All knowledge is curated around these pages, so make sure your questions are only relevant to the song you're asking them on.

<ul><li><b>Is there a specific, definable answer that I am looking for?</b></li></ul>

Questions can be answered more efficiently if the meaning is clear.  If you aren't sure what type of answer you are looking for, you may want to rephrase the question.

<ul><li><b>When possible, use the title of the song in Q+A over pronouns like "this" or "these"</b></li></ul>

**Do:** "Is "Attention" based on personal experience?"

**Don't:** "Is this song based on personal experience?"

<h2>Archiving</h2>

In general, you should archive:

<ul>
<li>Any statements (ex. “I love this song,” “this rocks”)</li>
<li>Questions that can’t be deciphered or understood</li>
<li>Questions that reword a previously answered question</li>
<li>Questions that ask “what does the song mean?” in one way or another. This is covered in the song bio for the whole song, or in line-level annotations for specific parts.</li>
<li>Old default questions that are not answered.</li>
<li>Questions that are already answered in the song bio</li>
<li>Questions that are directed towards the artist (ex. “Why did you decide to play this song in Berlin?”)</li>
<li>Questions that have been answered, but where the question and/or answer do not meet the expectations set in this guide</li>
</ul>

Read more on Q&A [here](https://genius.com/Genius-users-q-and-a-guidelines-annotated).

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Why should we archive old questions that aren’t answered? makes no sense tbh

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@Hermione117 this is an Editor’s power

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2 years

How much IQ or what role do you need to archive Q&A?

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2 years

how to make lyric card?

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@alabama4ever

@mirai1111 sure!
@ChrisBeezy37

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can i upload a song that i made

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Young nigga poppin' with a pocket full of cottage (Ayy) Migos – T-Shirt

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“Cheese” is slang for money—"cottage" refers to cottage cheese.

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Put a model bitch on coco
Told her "Read between the lines" (Coco) Migos – Call Casting

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Cocaine is usually cut in lines before snorting. Quavo tells her to “read between the lines"—he’s only giving her cocaine because he wants to sleep with her.

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tirant Genius Users – New Year's Resolutions 2017

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travel more

drink less

read/write more

be more tirant

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7 years

drink less

Smh, always drink more

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drink less

be more tirant

impossible

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be more tirant

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New Year's Resolutions 2017 Genius Users – New Year's Resolutions 2017

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Welcome to the fourth annual Genius Users New Year’s Resolutions List! The rules are basic, post whatever resolutions you have for 2017. We all wish you good luck on them.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

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You see me on TV thinking "oh, TDE got the recipe" Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Jay Rock) – Vice City (Freestyle)

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A nod to TDE’s success as a label, as well as Kendrick’s 2012 collaboration with Dr. Dre titled “The Recipe.” Black Hippy featured on the remix.

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But what do you do when there's no place to turn?
I have no one, I'm lonely, my bridges have burnt down
Lord
Lord J. Cole – For Whom the Bell Tolls

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“Burning bridges” refers to ending long-term relationships. When an artist becomes famous, sometimes they lose friends/family they used to be close with. This a common hip-hop trope.

This may also be an allusion to Ernest Hemingway’s 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. The book’s protagonist, Robert Jordan, has to literally blow up a bridge while fighting in the Spanish Civil War.

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