Kehlani — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 67 songs across 5 albums by Kehlani. They use 1,924 unique words out of 9,168 (lexical richness MATTR 0.70), with an average of 137 content words per song. Emotional tone: 40% of songs positive, 39% neutral, 21% negative.
Most used words by Kehlani
- want (164)
- know (149)
- baby (134)
- love (121)
- one (108)
- make (107)
- way (106)
- back (105)
- need (97)
- say (96)
- see (96)
- right (81)
- let (79)
- come (77)
- everything (75)
- keep (68)
- eight (66)
- shit (64)
- feel (59)
- tell (54)
Signature phrases
- “call back” (23)
- “want really want” (20)
- “want another luva” (15)
- “really want really” (15)
- “throw window” (14)
- “day one day” (13)
- “one day one” (13)
- “back forth tonight” (12)
- “see happen say” (12)
- “happen say fuck” (12)
Colors in the lyrics
- blue (8)
- gold (4)
- black (3)
- red (2)
- white (2)
- silver (2)
- tan (1)
Albums analyzed
- SweetSexySavage (2017)
- It Was Good Until It Wasn’t (2020)
- blue water road (2022)
- CRASH (2024)
- Kehlani (2026)