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Riff: B.o.B – “Coastline”

Dec 18, 2013

Sacrificial executions disguised as/Shootings and crimes, the news televises/Who pulls the strings?/Who has the dots?

from Coastline lyrics by B.o.B

Beginning with a wave of glitchy percussion, “Coastline” then unexpectedly turns into an AutoTuned sing-along as a quicksand-battling B.o.B finds himself questioning both his incessant need for material possessions and on a much wider scale, the whole of humanity; [LISTEN].

Riff by Jon O'Brien

Jon O'Brien is a UK-based staff writer for SONGLYRICS. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Central Lancashire and has written thousands of biographies and reviews for Allmusic.com, among several other pieces for established music publications.

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