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Solange

Junie

Release date: 30th September 2016

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About This Track

A propulsive track built around André 3000's insistent chorus, 'Junie' channels funk muscle and tactical sharpness. Solange moves through the song with the precision of someone laying down strategy, the verses sketching a world of competition and self-protection. The production carries weight without excess; the rhythm locks in place and stays there, letting the vocal work do the real labour. The song takes its name from funk musician Junie Morrison, whose influence shapes the track's groove and attitude. Solange's lyrics pivot between warning and instruction, addressing the cost of visibility and the need to guard what matters. There's no sentiment here, only clarity: the opening question "First one's a fool, who'll be the fool now?" sets the tone for everything that follows, a meditation on precedent and the price of being first.

"Junie" is a track by Solange, from the album A Seat at the Table, released 30th September 2016. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Solange

Solange

Lyrics

Junie

[Intro: Nia Andrews & Kelly Rowland]

Have it, yeah

[Verse 1: Solange]

First one's a fool, who'll be the fool now?

Who's gonna get in line?

First one to go, first one to vet the way

Let's go to moonlight, then they will never find

Let's go to home, free from the mother mind

Come on along, along, along, along, along, along, along

[Chorus: André 3000]

Jump on it

Jump on it, on it

Jump on it

Jump on it

[Bridge: Solange]

Hit 'em with a left

Hit 'em with they knock, knock

Hit 'em with a play

Then away, and away, and away, and away

Hit 'em with a knock, knock

Hit 'em on the top

Hit 'em when they flock, flock

Hit 'em with a shock, shock

Then away, and away, and away, and away

Hit 'em when they watch

Hit 'em with a dot, dot, dot, dot, dot

Then I'm up, up, up and away, and away, and away, and away

Hit 'em when they watch

Hit 'em when they cop, cop, cop what you got

Then away, and away, and away, and away, and away, and away

[Chorus: André 3000]

Jump on it

Jump on it, on it

Jump on it

Jump on it

Jump

[Verse 2: Solange]

You want to be the teacher

Don't want to go to school

Don't want to do the dishes

Just want to eat the food

But what you gonna do

When they saw all your moves and practiced 'em daily?

Protect your neck, or give invitations?

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Track details

From A Seat at the Table

2016
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Album
A Seat at the Table
A Seat at the Table
Solange
Release year
2016
  1. —Mad
  2. —Don't You Wait
  3. —Closing: The Chosen Ones
  4. —Don't Touch My Hair
  5. —Interlude: Tina Taught Me
  6. —Weary
  7. —Rise
  8. —Don't Wish Me Well
  9. —Interlude: I Got So Much Magic, You Can Have It
  10. —Where Do We Go
  11. —Cranes in the Sky
  12. —Junie
  13. —Interlude: Dad Was Mad
  14. —F.U.B.U.
  15. —Interlude: The Glory Is in You
  16. —Borderline (An Ode to Self Care)
  17. —Scales
  18. —Interlude: For Us by Us
  19. —Interlude: Pedestals
  20. —Interlude: This Moment
  21. —Interlude: No Limits
  22. —Don't Wish Me Well
    4:16
  23. —Rise
    1:42
  24. —Mad (feat. Lil Wayne)
    3:55
  25. —Borderline (An Ode to Self Care) (feat. Q-Tip)
    3:03
  26. —Cranes in the Sky
    4:11
  27. —Weary
    3:14

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
John Carroll Kirby, Raphael Saadiq, Solange
Composer
André 3000, John Carroll Kirby, Raphael Saadiq, Solange
Producer
John Carroll Kirby, Raphael Saadiq, Solange
Additional Vocals
André 3000
Assistant Engineer
Kevin Peterson
Mastering Engineer
Dave Kutch
Mixing Engineer
Mikaelin “Blue” Bluespruce
Recording Engineer
Mikaelin “Blue” Bluespruce, Nino Villanueva, R8DIO
Synthesizer
John Carroll Kirby
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