R&B/Hip-Hop

Miguel’s 2010 hit, “Sure Thing,” got a second life thanks to TikTok, as a sped-up version of the track went viral.
12 years after its release, the track hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart (dated May 27). An R&B/hip-hop radio hit in its original run, “Sure Thing” crowned the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, as well as R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, for a week in May 2011.
If you need a guide to follow along with Miguel’s “Sure Thing,” find the lyrics below:

Love you like a brotherTreat you like a friendRespect you like a loverOh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ohYou could bet that, never gotta sweat that (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)You could bet that, never gotta sweat that (yeah, yeah, yeah)You could bet that, never gotta sweat thatYou could bet that, never gotta sweat that (yeah)
If you be the cashI’ll be the rubber bandYou be the matchI will be a fuse, boomPainter, baby, you could be the museI’m the reporter, baby, you could be the news‘Cause you’re the cigarette and I’m the smokerWe raise a bet ’cause you’re the jokerChecked off, you are the chalkAnd I can be the blackboardYou can be the talkAnd I can be the walk, yeah
Even when the sky comes fallingEven when the sun don’t shineI got faith in you and ISo put your pretty little hand in mineEven when we’re down to the wire, babeEven when it’s do or dieWe could do it, baby, simple and plain‘Cause this love is a sure thing
You could bet that, never gotta sweat that (yeah, yeah, yeah)You could bet that, never gotta sweat thatYou could bet that, never gotta sweat thatYou could bet that, never gotta sweat that
You could be the lover, I’ll be the fighter, babeIf I’m the blunt (uh), you could be the lighter, babeFire it upWriter, baby, you could be the quote, yeah (uh)If I’m the lyric, baby, you could be the note (uh), record thatSaint I’m a sinner (uh), prize I’m a winner (uh) And it’s you, what did I do to deserve that?Paper, baby, I’ll be the penSay that I’m the one ’cause you are a tenReal and not pretend
Even when the sky comes falling (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)Even when the sun don’t shine (yeah)I got faith in you and ISo put your pretty little hand in mineEven when we’re (you could bet that, never gotta sweat that)Down to the wire, baby Even when it’s do or die (you could bet that, never gotta sweat that)(You could bet that, never gotta sweat that)We could do it baby, simple and plain(You could bet that, never gotta sweat that)‘Cause this love is a sure thing
Uh, now rock with me, babyLet me hold you in my armsTalk with me babe, yeah, yeahUh, now rock with me babyLet me hold you in my armsTalk with me babe, yeah, yeah
This love between you and I is simple as pie, babyYeah, it’s such a sure thing (it’s such a sure thing)Oh, it such a sure thing (it’s such a sure thing)
Even when (you could bet that, never gotta sweat that)The sky comes fallingEven when (you could bet that, never gotta sweat that)The sun don’t shine(You could bet that, never gotta sweat that)I got faith in you and ISo put your pretty little hand in mine (you could bet that, never gotta sweat that)Even when (you could bet that, never gotta sweat that)We’re down to the wire, babeEven when (you could bet that, never gotta sweat that)It’s do or die (you could bet that, never gotta sweat that)We could do it, baby, simple and plain(You could bet that, never gotta sweat that)‘Cause this love is a sure thing
Love you like a brother (you could bet that, never gotta sweat that)Treat you like a friend (you could bet that, never gotta sweat that) Respect you like a lover (you could bet that, never gotta sweat that)Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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Written by: Nathan Perez, Miguel Jontel Pimentel

SZA achieved her second No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart as “Snooze” topped the list dated July 1.
“Snooze” likewise is SZA’s second career champ on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay. She first led with the two-week No. 1 “Shirt” in February.
If you need a guide to follow along with SZA’s “Snooze,” find the lyrics below:

(Ooh, ooh-oh, oh)(I think I know, whoa-oh)
I’ll touch that fire for youI do that three four times again, I testify for youI told that lie, I’d kill that bi–hI do what all of them around you scared to do, I’m notLong as you juggin’ out here for me, I got itMobbin’, schemin’, lootin’, hide your bodiesLong as you dreamin’ ’bout me, ain’t no problemI don’t got nobody, just with you right nowTell the truth, I look better under you
I can’t lose when I’m with youHow can I snooze and miss the moment?You just too importantNobody do body like you doI can’t lose when I’m with youI can’t just snooze and miss the momentYou just too importantNobody do body like you do, you do
In the droptop ride with you, I feel like Scarface (Scarface)Like that white bi–h with the bob, I’ll be your main one (main one)Let’s take this argument back up to placeSex remind you, I’m nonviolent, I’m your day oneWe ain’t had sh–, yeah, it was magic, yeahSmash and grab sh–, yeahNasty habits take a hold when you not hereAin’t a home when you not hereHard to grow when you not here, I’m sayin’
I can’t lose when I’m with youHow can I snooze and miss the moment?You just too importantNobody do body like you doI can’t lose when I’m with youHow can I snooze and miss the moment?You just too importantNobody do body like you do, you do
Main one ridin’How you frontin’ on me and I’m the main one tryin’?How you blame it on me and you the main one lyin’?How you threatenin’ to leave and I’m the main one cryin’?Just tryna be your everythingMain one ridin’How you frontin’ on me and I’m the main one tryin’?How you blame it on me and you the main one lyin’?How you threatenin’ to leave and I’m the main one cryin’?
I can’t lose when I’m with you, oohHow can I snooze and miss the moment?You just too importantNobody do body like you doI can’t lose when I’m with youHow can I snooze and miss the moment?You just too importantNobody do body like you do, you do
Nah, nah, nah, nahI think I know, whoa-ohSee, no, I can’t loseI think I know, ooh-whoa, ooh-whoa-oh
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Written by: Blair Ferguson, Kenny B. Edmonds, Khristopher Van Riddick Tynes, Leon Thomas, Solana I. Rowe

Toosii enjoyed his first top five on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with “Favorite Song,” that has skyrocketed into viral success.
The rapper/singer (real name: Nau’Jour Grainger), from Syracuse, N.Y., first appeared on a Billboard chart in February 2020, when his set Platinum Heart debuted at No. 3 on Heatseekers Albums, before reaching No. 1 seven months later. The set hit No. 196 on the Billboard 200 that June, marking his first entry on the ranking.
If you need a guide to follow along with Toosii’s “Favorite Song,” find the lyrics below:

(But nobody’s gonna make you change)(What you probably don’t like anyway)(‘Bout you darling, so you might as well, mm)(Be somebody who can make you face)(What you’re guarding)(Open up the gates where your heart is)(And just let yourself, mm)(Yo, ADELSO on this)
Yeah, I’m on the stage right nowSingin’ your favorite songLook in the crowdAnd you’re nowhere to be found as they sing alongI say you look good without no makeupNo lashes, even better when you wake upUh-uh-uh
I see the look on your faceI see you hidin’ the hateI see you lookin’ for someone to scoop you right off of your feetYou wanna ride in a WraithYou wanna go out on datesYou want somebody to come bring you flowersSomeone to talk to for hoursWash your back while y’all sit in the shower, yeahSomeone to tell you, “You’re beautiful”Someone to tell you and mean itSomeone to tell you, “I love you” every dayAnd don’t got a reasonYou want someone to bring you peace, uhSomeone to help you sleep, yeahSomeone to pick you up when you’re feelin’ down, feelin’ lonely
Need somebody who can make it betterSomebody who can open up those gatesOpen up those gates to your heartOnly if you’ll let me
I’m on the stage right nowSingin’ your favorite songLook in the crowdAnd you’re nowhere to be found as they sing alongI say you look good without no makeupNo lashes even better when you wake upUh-uh-uh
I see the look on your faceI see you lookin’ for peaceI see you tired of the hurtTired of the painTired of the nights where you can’t get no sleepI see you’re tired thinkin’ ’bout if he cheatSee you’re tired thinkin’ ’bout if you leavin’See you’re tired of bein’ so tiredAnd you damn sure ain’t gettin’ even
Need somebodyWho can make it betterSomebodyWho can open up those gatesOpen up those gates to your heartOnly if you’ll let me
I’m on the stage right nowSingin’ your favorite songLook in the crowdAnd you’re nowhere to be found as they sing alongI say you look good without no makeupNo lashes even better when you wake upUh-uh-uh
(But nobody’s gonna make you change)(What you probably don’t like anyway)(‘Bout you darling, so you might as well, mm)(Be somebody who can make you face)(What you’re guarding)(Open up the gates where your heart is)(And just let yourself, mm)
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Written by: Adelso Sicaju, Naujour Grainger, Tatiana Manaois

Gunna received career gift when he blasted in at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with his fourth studio album A Gift & a Curse on the list dated July 1.

Since the album’s June 16 release, “Fukumean” has become the set’s standout track, as it currently sits at No. 2  on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart dated July 15, 2023. According to Luminate, “Fukumean” collected 10.3 million official on-demand U.S. streams during the period of June 16-20, the song’s first weekend.

If you need a guide to follow along with Gunna’s “Fukumean,” find the lyrics below:

(Ooh, Dunk Rock)
(F— you mean?)Young Gunna Wunna back, callin’ me splurgeWatch me jump right off the curbBentley Spur fly like a birdSpin on the first and the thirdSolid, I’m keepin’ my wordCan’t be my equal, I don’t know what you heardCrank up the foreign, I swerveKeep me a stick if they purge
Ha, ha, ha, haHa, ha, ha, ha
(F— you mean?)Young Gunna Wunna, they workin’ my nervesI’m ’bout to pour up some syrupF—in’ this bi–h like a perv’Smack from the back, grab her permIce, the burr, uh, sh–tin’ on all you lil’ turdsCan’t take that dick, wait your turnIn my own lane, we can’t mergeSuck with no hands, you can learnLet’s see how much you can earnWatch me go big like the WormAnd I ain’t smokin’ no shermI’m in this bi–h with P Litty, QP, QP-skiAll of my bi–hes is pretty, they showin’ they t—ies, it’s up to the ceilin’I let her run through a million, I rock with her really, let’s f— on a billionI’ma get down to the gritty, then f— up the city, the home of the villainsEcstasy, wonderful feelin’Smoke out the pound when I’m chillin’Trappin’, I made me a killin’Look, I got everybody wishin’I hope you play your positionI don’t want nobody listenin’I see the ho with precisionGet rich my only decision
F— you mean?Young Gunna Wunna back, callin’ me splurgeWatch me jump right off the curbBentley Spur fly like a birdSpin on the first and the thirdSolid, I’m keepin’ my wordCan’t be my equal, I don’t know what you heardCrank up the foreign, I swerveKeep me a stick if they purge
(F— you mean?)(F— you mean?)YeahYeah
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Written by: Florian Onganga, Lucas Difabbio, Sergio Kitchens

Lil Durk came in hot at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (dated May 27) with “All My Life” featuring J. Cole, earning the 30-year-old rapper his third leader on the survey.

“I think that the J. Cole feature was definitely unexpected for my fans,” Durk recently shared with Apple Music 1’s Nedeska Alexis. “He went super crazy. And it’s so crazy, because we’ve been talking for two years. He always be like, ‘Send me a record,’ and I’m like, ‘I got to find the right record.’”

If you need a guide to follow along with Lil Durk and J. Cole’s “All My Life,” find the lyrics below:

Durkio told me he been on some positive sh–, yeah, yeahLately, I just wanna show up and body some sh–, yeah, yeahAlways been a lil’ mathematician, lately it’s cash I’m gettin’Got me losin’ count of these bags, I’ve been movin’ too fastHard times don’t last, ‘member when cops harassedTalkin’ out my ass, boy, you ain’t sh– but a bi–h with a badge
All my life (all my life)They been tryin’ to keep me down (they been tryin’ to keep me down)All this time (all this time)Never thought I would make it out (never thought I’d make it out)They couldn’t break me, they couldn’t break me (no, no)They couldn’t take me, they couldn’t take me (no)All my life (all my life)They been tryin’ to keep me down (they been tryin’ to keep me down)
I decided I had to finish, but the media called me a menaceI done sat with the mayor and politicians, I’m tryna change the imageYou can’t blame my past no more, I come from the trenchesSome said I’d never be a superstar, but I know I’m different (no, no, no)I’m The Voice, but the system ain’t give me a choiceKnow some people that’s still on deployI know a felon who tryna get FOIDChild support your only supportFor a visit, I’m goin’ through courtsWent to jail, they was chainin’ me upAnd you know that I’m famous as f—See how you gon’ joke about stimulus?But they really had came in the clutchI know some kids wanna hurt they selfStop tryna take drugs, I refer to myselfTryna better myself, tryna better my health but
All my life (all my life)They been tryin’ to keep me down (they been tryin’ to keep me down)All this time (all this time)Never thought I would make it out (never thought I’d make it out)They couldn’t break me, they couldn’t break me (no, no)They couldn’t take me, they couldn’t take me (no)All my life (all my life)They been tryin’ to keep me down (they been tryin’ to keep me down) (yeah)
First generation ghetto n—aCole world, hello n—asMade it out the city with my head on straightN—as keep shootin’ up the lead outYoung Jordan Peele, gotta get out‘Cause the sh– that I spit outIs a cheat code like I’m facin’ a RICO, how a n—a put a hit outAnd another one, and, and another oneI got like a hundred of ’em‘Bout to lap n—as so they think they ahead of me, but I’m really in front of themNow some of them fumblin’ they bagsF—in’ up the little crumbs that they hadA reminder to humble yourself, this sh– could be gone in an instantMe, I’m runnin’ long distanceAll pistons firin’I be stuck between maybe retirin’ And feelin’ like I’m just not hittin’ my primeThese days scene rappers be dyin’Way before they even gettin’ they shineI never even heard of lil’ buddy‘Til somebody murdered lil’ buddyNow I’m on the phone, searchin’ lil’ buddy nameGot to playin’ his tunes, all day in my roomThinkin’, “Damn, this sh– wicked, to get they names buzzin’ Some n—as just gotta go lay in a tomb”And media thirsty for clicks, I got a new ruleIf you ain’t never posted a rapper when he was aliveYou can’t post about him after he get hitIt’s simple, it’s the principleOn any tempo, I’m invincibleDon’t even rap, I just vent to youI rather that than an interviewMost daysF— ’em all like I’m goin’ through a ho phaseYoung n—a shoot out the whip like road rageI pray all of my dawgs stay so paidAnd the only thing that kill ’em is old age
All my life (all my life)They been tryin’ to keep me down (they been tryin’ to keep me down)All this time (all this time)Never thought I would make it out (never thought I’d make it out)They couldn’t break me, they couldn’t break me (no, no)They couldn’t take me, they couldn’t take me (no)All my life (all my life)They been tryin’ to keep me down (they been tryin’ to keep me down)
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Written by: Durk Banks, Jermaine Cole, Lukasz Gottwald