R & B Lyrics, Then and Now

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How quickly things change.

The lyrics to an R&B hit single in 2014 from Flo Rida:

Where the feeling I get the throw up my pistols
From party, and bigger than life
50 bottles of Luminis
24 Karat, pop my dollars, wake up for the night

The lyrics to an R&B hit in 1970, from Smokey Robinson & The Miracles:

Just like Pagliacci did
I try to keep my sadness hid
Smiling in the public eye
But in my lonely room I cry
The tears of a clown
When there's no one around

One of these things is not like the other.