How do I delete duplicate songs from my iPhone 5s?

Almost all of my itunes music shows up twice on my iPhone, but not in my iTunes library. I've tried to delete one of the duplicates from my actual iPhone, but that doesn't work. How do I fix this?

Hello jojorey,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities. 
It looks like you are deleting your song correctly. The cloud and arrow is indicating that the song is no longer on your iPhone, but remains available from iCloud. See this: 
Remove a song that’s been downloaded. Swipe left, then tap Delete. The song is removed from iPhone, but remains available from iCloud.
From the user guide:
iPhone User Guide
Regards,
Jeff D. 

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