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"ref": "1993, “U.N.I.T.Y.”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah:",
"text": "Every time I hear a brother call a girl a bitch or a ho / Tryna make a sister feel low / You know all of that gots to go",
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"ref": "2001, Adam F featuring MOP (lyrics and music), “Stand Clear”:",
"text": "You get caught in the middle, tryna dribble on my court",
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"ref": "2007 February 4, Kelefa Sanneh, “Friends, Feuds, Yelps, Sobs and a Swedish Nightingale”, in New York Times:",
"text": "[…] Mr. Kelly’s verse outshines all the others (“I’m tryna keep it R&B/But these streets is a part of me,” he sings, ascending into falsetto); he gives the chorus a tuneful makeover too.",
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"ref": "2019, Stormzy (lyrics and music), “Vossi Bop”:",
"text": "Catch me up in snowin, in my sliders and my shorts / Chicks tryna get my brotha Flips to share his thoughts",
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"ref": "2019, Amanda Koci, Henry Walter, Charlie Puth, Maria Smith, Victor Thellm Gigi Grombacher, Roland Spreckle (lyrics and music), “So Am I”, performed by Ava Max:",
"text": "You're beautiful, but misunderstood / So why you tryna be just like the neighborhood?",
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"ref": "2023 November 7 (date recorded), Chae Young Park [i.e., Rosé], Bruno Mars [pseudonym; Peter Gene Hernandez] [et al.] (lyrics and music), “Apt.”, in Rosie, performed by Rosé and Bruno Mars, New York, N.Y.: Atlantic Records; Seoul, South Korea: The Black Label, published 18 October 2024:",
"text": "Kissy face, kissy face / Sent to your phone, but / I'm tryna kiss your lips for real (uh-huh, uh-huh)",
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},
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},
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"text": "Kissy face, kissy face / Sent to your phone, but / I'm tryna kiss your lips for real (uh-huh, uh-huh)",
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