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The rulers Rulers of the world Ugh Every hood, stand up Every street, stand up And be accountable Yeah, come on.... Oh oh-oh oh-oh And now we in the club like... HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! Sunglasses , black tee, man Red carpet all cameras on me man But the cameras cant see what I see, man Why I had to treat the haters like fleas, man Muhfuckers wanna talk about me, man I check the ice and I brush off my sleeves man Im too hyped to have dirt off my shoulders Lyrics from heaven, chuuch! Thought I told ya Tasha told Kim that Lisa said Mike said Kells doin drugs now man he a crackhead Yall mean to tell me yall believe that But I do be askin, "Where the weed at?" Easy killa! Cause Im a go-getta come day or night See, easy killa! And I already got my money right, right, right! And this for all my niggas in the hood That be dodgin those To all the honeys in the club That be showin love when they see the Your boy Kells Kanye in the club, remix, like Whoa-oh whoa-oh I know its been a while sweetheart We hardly talk, I was doing my thang I know it was foul, baby Ayy, babe, lately, you been all on my brain And if somebody woulda told me a month ago Frontin though, yo, I wouldnt wanna know If somebody woulda told me a year ago Itd go get this difficult Feelin like Katrina with no F.E.M.A Like Martin with no Gina Like a flight with no visa First class with the seat back I still see ya In my past, you on the other side of the glass Of my memorys museum Im just sayin, hey, Mona Lisa Come home you know you cant roam without Caesar As I recall I know you love to show off But I never thought that you would take it this far What do I know? What do I know? Know, oh, oh-oh As I recall I know you love to show off But I never thought that you would take it this far What do I know? What do I know? Know, oh, oh-oh Come on! So flash your light on me So that the world can see

Now that youre tuned in I suggest you zoom in And claim Puff dead Im out the tomb then Im married to the game like the bride and the groom is If you dont want to move then leave the room here See you the type of nigga believe the rumors But Im the type to show yall what the truth is And show you how the coupe is And you dont know where the roof is And the interior is stupid So Imma shoot my shot and just do it Cause I cant stop my love for the music Been a decade since Biggie dropped "Juicy" When I think back sometimes I still lose it And feel the ambiance From the screams of the audience And yall response Ima give it everything I got, just to stay on top For the love of the block, cause its still part of me And we from Harlem, we Gonna give it everything I got, just to stay on top For the love of the block, cause its still part of me And we from Harlem, we Cause we cant stop, and you dont stop, cause you cant stop Whats up, rap world I figured Id take this opportunity to look outside of myself and say What would I say if I was them 9-1 Heavy D, 9-2 Mary J No more Uptown Bad Boy on the way 9-3, 9-4 B.I.G.s in the door 9-5 making hits, Junior M.A.F.I.A. clique Craig Mack, "Flava in Ya Ear" Dont stop there, Lil Kim posing in the panties and a brassiere Sayin "Biggie Biggie give me one more chance "Biggie Biggie give me one more chance" ah man Fly chicks, rolling in fly whips 9-6 Bad Boy invented the remix These hits got the whole world loving my clique They loving the sound The whole world hitting my hit 9-7 Big passed and he went up to heaven Only on the second album he already a legend Man I wish Big couldve seen the world in 07 Matter of fact sometimes I wish I just died with him Ima give it everything I got, just to stay on top For the love of the block, cause its still part of me And we from Harlem, we Gonna give it everything I got, just to stay on top For the love of the block, cause its still part of me And we from Harlem, we I miss him Hes still part of me

Change if you can do without the things I cant get you Mink coats, diamond rings and cash for you to burn The kind of stuff you earn 40 acres and a mule, somebodys a fool 20 brothers with Bugattis couldve went and bought a school Here we like jewels, diamonds, reefers and booze Got cash for my boo, she can buy some new boobs Life is a heffa, I order travel to Mecca In the Tesla that can fly while I visit my ancestors Something that I can buy, help out the Chi Stop the gun shots, I will somersault to the sky Ride to the heaven with Teddy, Riley and Guy Jim in the chariot, pain, I had to carry it You aint treated yet but youre still wearing your lazarus Cash for you to burn, but I swear to you, its hazardous All you do is party, you just lookin for somebody With some All that ass dont hurt nobody Me and all my posse, we brought Visionary, like Webster making the dictionary Niggas go to church but they never part of the missionary Time to tell the truth, Im good times painted in the flesh And Mona Lisa was seduced Mike Jack had the glove, I got the kicks and the boots Yeah, Im sorry for the hat, I was a tad bit confused Making Africans great, then Im throwing up the deuce But I still got love for the whites and the Jews Anybody thats any color, love is the move Love is the new cash like Teyana said Like a virgil, like a prayer, live to tell like Madonna said And always do good like your momma said All you do is party, you just lookin for somebody With some All that ass dont hurt nobody Me and all my posse, we brought Cash for you to burn The kind of stuff you earn Cash for you to burn The kind of stuff you earn

We could leave the Christmas lights up til January This is our place, we make the rules And theres a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you, dear Have I known you 20 seconds or 20 years? Can I go where you go? Can we always be this close forever and ever? And ah, take me out, take me home Youre my, my, my, my lover We could let our friends crash in the living room This is our place, we make the calls And Im highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you Oh, Ive loved you three summers now, honey, but I want em all Can I go where you go? Can we always be this close forever and ever? And ah, take me out, take me home Youre my, my, my, my Darling, youre my, my, my, my lover As I recall, I know you love to show off But I never thought that you would take it this far What do I know? What do I know, oh? I know its been a while, sweetheart We hardly talk, I been doing my thing I know it was foul, baby Aye, babe, lately, youve been all on my brain If somebody woulda told me a month ago Frontin, though, nah, I wouldnt wanna know If somebody woulda told me a year ago Itll go get this difficult Feelin like Katrina with no FEMA Like Martin with no Gina Like a flight with no Visa First class with the seat back, I still see ya In my past, you on the other side of the glass Of my memorys museum Im just saying, hey, Mona Lisa Come home, you know you cant roam without Caesar As I recall, I know you love to show off But I never thought that you would take it this far What do I know? What do I know, oh? As you recall, you know I love to show off But you never thought that I would take it this far I know What do I know, oh?

Whats the best form of genocide? Black-on-black crime Cause I guess it takes up less of they time Whats the best form, best, best form of genocide? Black-on-black crime Cause I guess it takes up less time Now, if you can make the niggas kill the other niggas, go figure If you can make the niggas kill the other niggas, go figure Then well have more time to make real figures And we can still keep it lookin at them like "Damn, look at those real niggas With they chains and they cars, but they still niggas" Cause soon as a nigga gets it Then another nigga wants to get it Soon as another nigga has a girl Then another nigga wants to hit it, admit it Soon as a nigga has a crib They want to break into that nigga crib See where he live, see what he did And dont wanna do the same shit he did to get that crib Get it? You know, when niggas is killin niggas Whats amazin to me What dont phase me is when niggas try to call me crazy Cause they dont phase me Cause I dont give a fuck what people think Cause people dont think See, I dont give a fuck what people think Cause people just dont think Now picture this; now if I show up onto this motherfucker And express myself creatively They always want to say, "Hes crazy, see" And when they so distressed What would be the best thing to write? How bout this: "Kanye West wears a dress"? Yes, now maybe that can take away from the way I kick them niggas ass on 12/12/12 Maybe that can take away Nah, nah, nigga, they seen it, these niggas seen it theyself Well, and my grandfather ninety-seven He said, "I aint never seen you get down like that" He aint give a fuck about the kilt, this dress Whatever the fuck they call it You see, niggas killin niggas You cant see through the fog With all the negativity that they write on a blog I give a fuck about what somebody think If that person doesnt think Its too early in the conversation anyway You know, they say, "You should be embarrassed You should be embarrassed, you a nigga How the fuck you gonna show your clothin line in Paris?" You should be embarrassed, you should be Didnt you read the reviews, the press? I dont give a fuck, I guess I dont give a fuck, no, its not that I dont give a fuck Its that I give most of the fuck and Im not givin up And its not that Im crazy, no, thats a lie Im not crazy, Im just not satisfied And I would die for what I believe in When I see that, uh, just a change what yall receivin Do you all receive us? Do yall believe it? Its too much Okay, theres someone they cant touch How bout some integrity from your favorite celebrity? Thats me, thats me, niggas killin niggas "Why he do that? Why he wear that? Why he say that? Where he play it? Oh, my God, nigga, niggas Its bad enough, its hard enough Its hard enough, its hard enough, its hard enough Its hard enough, its hard enough But you can never say I didnt give my heart enough And if we did somethin good And we didnt say, "Oh, excuse me. Pardon us" Then they want to throw niggas back On, on, on the retarded bus And when they riot in the streets They gon say, "What, what the fuck started us? And made em start it up?" And look at me like I aint smart enough And everybody got a suggestion and a lesson And a question and a stress And then they always want to stress a man, uh And say, "Maybe hes too aggressive", or, uh, well Maybe the shit you doin is just not impressive to a nigga So let me make this clear It wont be long til yalls get more of what yall gettin right here No, I aint talkin bout nobody comin to Atlantic City Talkin bout, "Oh, its just a casino show" Or, "Its just New Years, so we cant do nothin really creative" No, Im talkin about a motherfucker workin every day From four oclock in this buildin Readjustin all these fuckin cameras To make this show better and better Better every night for yall And all they can say, "He got a mask on. He crazy" But they just tryin to fuckin deter you From what you are seein in front of you This is "Jesus Walks", this is "Cant Tell Me Nothing" Im not crazy, Im just not satisfied So maybe let this time open up your mind And let you know that you can do anythin in life Yeah, baby, you can shine This right here lets you know you can do anythin in life With enough time and focus and focus and time and time And dont let nobody tell you Cause aint nobody fuckin with my clique When I look around, they dont do it like my clique When I look around, they dont do it like my clique When I look around, they dont do it like my clique, so here Since theyll probably put this online Let me make this shit real clear Michael Jackson died from a lack of information From motherfuckers bein around him lyin to him Actin like shit okay, but Im a find the information Dont believe nothin that they say Dont matter who you look up to Dont take more than ninety percent of what the fuck they say Cause they are not you And that extra ten percent is what makes you you So you do what the fuck you want to do And if somebody tell you you cant do it Be like, "Man, who the fuck are you?" You only got one life that you know about, you only got And time is somethin you can never get back Most important thing Dont forget that time is somethin that you never can get back So dont forgot that cause the money could go And you could spend it over and over And over and over, over, over, oh And the cars could crash And now did that tell me, "What do you have?" And the house can burn down And whose your real friends when you turn around? Yeah, thats your clique, clique, clique, clique, clique Aint nobody fresher than my motherfuckin clique Clique, clique, clique, clique As I look around, they dont do like my clique Clique, clique, clique, clique And all these bad ladies

Wassup, wassup, wassup Its your man DJ PlayForFree getting you through this rush hour As promised I got that Teyana Taylor "Your Wish is My Command" On WZUP Your wish is my command Your wish is my command Your wish is my command Your wish is my command Are you ready, lets talk about Said you giving up a piece of your heart I want to see it, oh walk that walk Boy I want to be blown away In love a lot of love There here and gone the next day Ive been there done there over this thing You say you feeling me You never had a woman like this I hear you but its hard to really hear you Oh he said Your wish is my command Your wish is my command Your wish is my command Your wish is my command Lately, youve been on it Got me really thinking you were heart If you say it, you better mean it Dont be saying that its love, its not Oh he say In love a lot of love There here and gone the next day Ive been there done there over this thing You say you feeling me You never had a woman like this I hear you but its hard to really hear you Oh he said Your wish is my command Your wish is my command Your wish is my command Your wish is my command

All of the lights, lights, all of the lights All of the lights All of the lights, all of the lights Something wrong, I hold my head MJ gone, our nigga dead I slapped my girl, she called the feds I did that time and spent that bread Im heading home, Im almost there Im on my way, heading up the stairs To my surprise, a nigga replacing me I had to take him to that ghetto university Cop lights, flashlights, spotlights Strobe lights, street lights Fast life, drug life, thug life Rock life, stripper life Restraining order, cant see my daughter Her mother, brother, grandmother hate me in that order Public visitation, we met at Borders Told her she take me back, Ill be more supportive I made mistakes, I bumped my head The courts sucked me dry, I spent that bread She need her daddy, baby, please Cant let her grow up in that ghetto university Cop lights, flashlights, spotlights Strobe lights, street lights Fast life, drug life, thug life Rock life, stripper life Gettin mine, baby Gotta let these niggas know, yeah Gettin right, babe You should go and get ya own I am rich and I am brilliant

"...394 is not available. At the tone, please re- Please enter your password You have no unheard messages. First skipped message." "Hi-" "Message skipped. Next message." "Hey, what up, this is-" "Message skipped. Next message." "Um, I just wanna know why, um, my food stamps have not come as of yet, and um... In addition to the food stamps, uh, the cheese and butter was, uh, supposedly or more specifically was to be delivered to me for the holidays, and um... If you could check in the damned there items and get back with me, it would be most greatly, preciously, hospitably appreciated Talk to you later, bye." "End of message. To er-" "Message erased. Next message." Drug dealin just to get by Stack ya money til it get sky high We wasnt sposed to make it past 25 Jokes on you, we still alive Throw your hands up in the sky and say: "We dont care what people say" "Hey Kanye, this is your cousin Kim I just wanted to call ya and congratulate you on this CD, its hot! Especially that song “Drug Dealer” You know, Ive been a social worker for 10 years Ive been paying peoples lights, rents, mortgage You talkin bout people paying shine on $6.55 an hour; People cant pay their rent for $6.55 an hour So, it just... Its just really difficult to truly understand what these people are going through You know, and people are human They wanna look good, they wanna take pride at how they look, they wanna take pride at what they do The other part that really hit home for me is that people borrow other peoples kids and put it on their income tax A lot of times, what theyre doing with that money is finding another place to live because the place that they live in The toilets overflowing or the roof is caving in and the landlord doesnt care- Landlord doesnt care enough to come in and fix those things and make sure that the people have a safe environment to live in So, they borrow somebody elses kid, so that maybe they can get a car so they can get back and forth to work, cause you know, in the hood, the best paying job aint always next to yo house, its not within walking distance. So you have to take 20 buses to get back and forth; You have to spend a lot more money than what you have just on transportation, then you get paid on the job So, maybe they might buy a car, maybe they might buy shoes for their kids.... You know, and the drug dealing is just supplementary of all of that, I mean like I said, I dont condone it, but I definitely got hugs for my thugs, you know Tryna get out there makin and the only thing that I can ask is once they stack the money til it get sky high is that they try to do something positive with it... That they try to send their kids to school... That they try to make a difference." "Next message."

Kanye, can I talk to you for a minute? Me n the other faculty members was wonderin Could you do a lil some, somethin beautiful? Somethin that the kids is gon love when they hear it Its gonna make em start jumpin up n down and sharin candy and stuff Think you could probably do somethin for the kids for graduation to sing?

We got the remix Its another hot exclusive from the dominators Flashing lights, lights Flashing lights, lights Flashing lights, lights What do I know? Flashing lights, lights Know Pharmaceuticals bought me charm like the jeweler jewels Squares of ice shed light like the Rubix cube I get it mixed up, red with the blues And she all mixed up, admirin the hues Four years later, niggas admirin your shoes Bape year late, we call you Tokyo buffoons Cause stylists admire us, look at how you groom Keep runnin to SoHo, them exclusives in my room Niggas is biters, we let you slide with your writings We knew that cocaine talk was not like you But who goes as far as tryin to dress like him? One sequin glove can never make you Michael I moonwalk over tracks and make niggas spiteful But never hear a word cause them niggas know That my flow so viper and if Pusha go psycho Hell seance that pen and pull your spirit up out yah, P Im so literary with it, you can tell how I write The boy such an author, I should smoke a pipe Rockin an ascot, the coupe with a glass top 17 inch rims makin the ass drop I was in the spot from the first to the fifth With a mean comeback like The Return of the Sith Like ridin a bike, never you forget Still I got it for cheap, whether you smoke or you sniff The gift is the curse and vice versa To remove me off that horse takes more than a merger Durin that hiatus I was with the natives Then back to the States, pass along the savings Put it in the street, caterin the cravings Like the second-comin, got the fans awaitin Victory is sweet, even amongst the hatin Find me on that beach, island in the Caymans, gone As you recall, you know I love to show off But you never thought that I would take it this far What do you know? Flashing lights, lights What do you know? Flashing lights, lights Know... Flashing lights, lights Flashing lights, lights What up, you know who it is, its the one and only Mr. Thanksgiving a.k.a. Mr. Gangsta Grillz himself, DJ Drama. And right now youre locked into Benzys Get Right Radio. Pay attention!

"Electro-convulsive therapy part one." I cant stop till we all ball And walk around with gold in our mouth like Paul Wall Nigga fuck all yall Ill just stay on the grind and sell out beats Til Im all over the hood like LRG Matter fact all over Chicago And Im about to be on Oprah tomorrow Theres nothin nobody can ever say to top that line Im in housewives livin rooms, stop that shine Yall already know Kan is a legend like John is Rockin that Louis Vuitton that only a don get Got beef, bitches gettin they Boost on They bring me that Gucci I give em a Boost phone Fel feel the new song so he give it airplay Got calls bout Diamond from Nas and Jay on the same day Fans askin, "Where yo ass been?" Weak niggas been eatin while you been fastin But you can ask Kaz 1 When my shit drop, yall has-beens Been gainin popularity now Im bout to cash in I used to sell coke before I got in this rap shit I wrap bricks now my is a mattress You runnin from the cops, tryin to get that lil pack flipped Im runnin round tryin to stick my dick in an actress The mac spit, it can make that ass do back flips Smoke a nigga, Id rather just poke a nigga like cactus Come up off that fetty Take a niggas jewels then walk right past him with them on the next day Goons Mob get in, get in tune Its plenty room The back seats feel like a living room Hes a great These left rights will beat your face Poppin bottles, my brother just beat his case I up the iron, every one of you will bail I got fully semi hand guns and none of them for sale Yeah, homie peep my steez My ice game sick, I got a lot of stones like Chief Malik You know what Im about Money and gun play The right stain will make a nigga rich in one day Rappers Stop askin about Boogz and Kanye You know I cant let your stupid ass get Bump J Im ten with a gun when I fired it work Around the same time I got tired of church Yeah, as a shorty I aint play with the fireworks I ran up on niggas and show them how the fire work I remember when we was just kids with no names Then we start robbin dealerships, usin cocaine The money was best, the power was next For that paper I shoot slugs out of the tec I mean Sly jumped out of the rest And have a nigga butt naked, puttin cigarettes out on his chest Im a Goon Squad gangster you cant make a nigga say we cowards Niggas already know what it is when they play the album I hustle the streets with the shit that look like baby powder You was at home with a bitch, tryin to suck a baby bottle They took me out the streets now Im back on em Fuck a credit card, know Sly got the stacks on em Know that And know Sly got the straps on em My white Air Force 1s dont got a scratch on em If I aint a gangsta nigga what do you call that? I fresh out on bond with a pistol and all black If you was gettin money I was comin for all that Cheif gave me a hundred thou Told me to fall back You heard about the shit we carry around I kidnap, rob em, starve niggas Last victim lost thirty pounds This is a dirty town I wouldnt of never took em but he called for the cheese and His bitch didnt hurry down

I need you, I want you to Come to me, ecstasy Ecstasy, ecstasy, ecstasy Ecstasy, ecstasy,  ecstasy Ecstasy, ecstasy, ecstasy Ecstasy, ecstasy,  ecstasy Ecstasy— I had a out-of-body off a half a Molly At the afterparty, had to grab a shawty She was in the corner all melancholy We was both rollin off the edamame I feel the Devil on me, I feel the pressure on me Yeah, I said it, call me up and met a zombie on First the brain releases dopamines Then you lose all control of things Im an addict myself, so I know a fiend When I see one in Fashion Nova jeans Im in that euphoric psychedelic state All I remember is an angelic face I felt myself start to elevate to a place called Ecstasy, ecstasy, ecstasy Euphoria, its four of ya Theres only two girls, feel like its four of ya Before you take this journey, heres a tutorial Take the Adderall with the Xans, thats the morsecode She took two and some coke, thats an Oreo You dont remember shit, thats how the story goes Comin down, you gon feel horrible Just make sure you drink a lot of water, though Now you startin to feel the side effects Like you aint had the right type of rest When you grind your teeth and get out of breath I suggest you take a seat cause you high as hell But dont trip, you fully functional You just feelin comfortable Stop at Walgreens, get a lunchable You spent all your money on Ecstasy, ecstasy, ecstasy Ecstasy, ecstasy, ecstasy Ecstasy, ecstasy, ecstasy Ecstasy, ecstasy, ecstasy Ecstasy—

And you say Chi city And you say Chi city Im down with Chops in Philly Nothin really just to Roc, me, Free and Mac Milli Listen, yo I drove to New York with ten dollars to my name Brought back a couple platinum plaques on a plane Brought back the soul to change the game Had a little beef I had to aim, its stainless steel The lyrics in my heart I cant restrain they real I swear to God I wish I had a dollar bill For every time a nigga told me stick to the beats I could have ate at Cheesecake at least six times a week Plus Im killin these niggas on that lyrical shit Mayonnaise colored Benz I push miracle whips Dawg Im killin these niggas on that lyrical shit Mayonnaise colored Benz I push miracle whips Changing lanes Yeah, Im changing lanes And you say West Philly And you say West Philly Im down with Kanye and Chi City Nothing really, just Chops with beats to smack you silly Listen Let it be said and let it be known: without a touch of ego The Chops is out your league like Pete Rose To see most of these Joes that make beats Their flows is type-weak yo, like Shaq on the free throw The difference between them and me though Is similar to Big Pun and Suave Rico Cause they beef oh, artificial like insemination - in vitro When I bust like a depot, I be colder than December when the heat cold Cool breeze leave the street froze Quantum leap over these freak shows, I be unique yo And check the stink, it fucking reeks so Instead of making money, making music, thats the creed oh On the D-low stack chips and lay like Fritos Instead of making money, making music, thats the creed oh On the D-low stack chips and lay like Fritos Changing lanes

Bout the baddest girl I ever seen Straight up out a movie scene Who knew she was a drama queen Thatd turn my life to Stephen Kings Up late night like she on parole Checking everything like Im on parole I told her its some things she dont need to know She never let it go Ok, Ok, Ok, Ok You will never stop it now You never stop it now Ok, Ok, Ok You will never stop it now You need to stop it now Drop it, drop it Just looking at your history Youre like the girl from Misery She said she aint take it to this degree Well lets agree to disagree Shorty kind of crazy but it turn me on Keep it up enough to keep it going on I told her it’s some things she dont need to know She never let it go Ok, ok, ok, ok You will never stop it now You never stop it now Ok, ok, ok You will never stop it now You need to drop it now Drop it, drop it Cause I dont want no Robocop You move is like a Robocop When did you become a Robocop Somebody please make her stop Make her stop, stop… Somebody make her stop, stop… And we won’t stop I’d like to welcome everybody to VH1 storytellers I go by the name of – Kanye, West You could’ve been anywhere in the world this evening, but you wouldn’t be as happy as you are right now No, you wouldn’t be as happy as you are right now We’re gonna run through some of the new songs and some of the old songs And tell you where the whole thing went wrong, and tell you were the whole thing went wrong that forced me to write these songs For my love, my love, my love My love That spoiled little LA girl, you just an LA girl That spoiled little LA girl, you just an LA girl Oh youre kidding me You must be joking Or you are smoking Oh oh youre kidding me Oh youre kidding me Haha that was a good one Your first good one in a while Your first good one in a while You need to stop it now Go ahead and stop it now You need to stop it now You know, I really like that part of the album When I said That was a good one, your first good one in a while ‘Cause I love Tenacious D and I listen to them all the time And I feel that was the closest I got to like a real Jack Black moment And there was a lot more that I said, I said We got to the movies and we laugh at different jokes It went on and on and on and on… But I just narrowed it down to: Spoiled little LA girl, you just an LA girl Spoiled little LA girl, you just an LA girl Spoiled little LA girl, man I love these LA girls These LA girls, man I love these LA girls Ok, Ok, Ok, Ok You will never stop it now You never stop it now Ok, Ok, Ok You will never stop it now You never stop it now Cause I dont want no Robocop You move is like a Robocop When did you become a Robocop? Somebody please make her stop Make her stop, stop…

Made a transformation Black fortune, took Katrina, trust a nation Mostly something on a sensation Genius, brilliance, strong, resilience We in the buildin Oh that’s beautiful, Im just rappin right now James Rap, wrap the Rolex No more something, just owe less That ain’t something, you holy No Im literally on the mic, rappin while you FaceTime me

*Lyrics from Snippets* I want the information, you can keep your woke facts The truth they teach the kids is all the keys to keep you broke facts And if you go Chappelle, they say you crazy or you smoke crack Me rocking the cap

Don’t let nobody tell you what you can do, what you can believe, what you can achieve. Don’t let nobody but you You know, people be looking at me like I got a problem or something. Like I’m uncontrollable or something. Like I don’t do what I’m supposed to do. You know it’s like they want to have everybody so brainwashed. They want to control everybody, you know, rumors, lies, media, marketing. It’s like they want to steal you from you, and sell you back to you after they stole it. They want to make you feel like you less than who you really are Cuz as far as I’m concerned everybody’s a star. See they want to make you feel like you less than you really are. Cuz as far as I’m concerned everybody’s a star You know, uh, the first thing they do is crush your dreams. Crush your dreams. Then add a couple drops of low self-esteem. And then I don’t think everything is what it seems. And control you with lies. And control you with lies You know Imma tell you something, first thing they do is crush your dreams. Then let’s add a couple, a couple of drops of low esteem. And they control you with lies. And they control you with lies. And they control you with lies. We goin’ out of control tonight. We goin’ out of control tonight. Ahh How many people tonight with a show of hands think they are fucking awesome? Now with a show of hands: How many people tonight have had people tell you your whole life that you wasn’t fucking awesome? See this is what I’m talking about.This is what I’m talking about. This is what I’m talking about. I mean, this is what I’m talking about, this is what I’m talking about How many people tonight have ever talked to somebody right, that you know they’ll say, I don’t know what’s wrong with Kanye or make it seem like I’m a bad person in some way, right? Now what have I ever done that was so wrong other than believe in myself? Now believing in yourself is so, so, so wrong that the other side is so, so, so, so strong, they’re trying to beat down and demonize and dishumanize — I don’t know if that’s a word or not, but it’s now a word, cuz I said it’s a fucking word — and try to dishumanize people who believe in themselves. Cuz then what happens? Then you believe in yourself. And then you believe in yourself and you believe anything is possible. How many people believe that what they dream about, what y’all want to do, whether you want to be a doctor or lawyer, a designer, a musician, video-game programmer, a lighting guy, a manager … how many people want to contribute something to the world? You see, I know you all might have seen some of my interviews and seen me on TV, but what I was saying the whole time is, what I was saying the whole time is, cuz I’m not — making it lighter, make it lighter, the second, the second light — I’m not particularly angry or anything like that, but what I’m saying is, they taking the idea of celebrity and trying to make me seem I was stupid or something. You know, when I take these meanings and shit, people they talk to you like you’re stupid or something. And then you look back and say, you know, like I’m not gonna call no names out, I’m not going to mention Nike or nothing like that. I’m not going to say no names or anything But if you’re a creative and you want to create, and you just want to create more, this is exactly what I’ve been fighting for. So if you hear me talking about Louis Vuitton or the Gucci Group or anything like that. I’m not dissing Louis Vuitton, I’m not dissing the Gucci Group and shit. I’m just saying, don’t discriminate against me, because I’m a black man or because I’m a celebrity, and tell me that I can create, but not feel. Cuz you know damn well there aren’t no black guys or celebrities making no Louis Vuitton nothing. They let Pharrell make those glasses, and we liked them, right? They let me make those shoes, and we liked them right? And they say, “No, no, no, nigga. Not no more. That’s too much. That’s too much. No, no, no, no, no, no, nigga not no more. That’s way too much. That’s way too much. Stay in your place. Sit in the front of that show and wear this jacket I made you. Stay in your place. Do what you get paid to do. Stay in your place. Don’t embarrass yourself trying to chase your dreams. Save face. Save face.” That’s why I got this fucking mask on, cuz I ain’t worried about saving face. Fuck my face! Let’s set ‘em off. Pause. Now they finally got a headline. But fuck whatever my face is supposed to mean! Fuck whatever Kanye is supposed to mean! It’s about my dreams. It’s about everybody’s dreams. It’s about creating. It’s not about the idea of being a fucking celebrity, it’s not about the idea of a black man trying to do fashion and shit. Cuz these walls that I break down, these walls that I break down and we will And I’m arguing with my friend Spike Jonze in the car cuz he said, Kanye, what you need to say is you’re gonna try. You’re gonna try to break them down. Don’t say you’re just going to do it. And I said, I am gonna do it! I told Kim seven years ago, I’m gonna marry you! And I’m telling you right now as I stand on this stage, all this shit that you heard me talking about, I’m gonna come and back all that shit up. You don’t know how hard it was to get the Nikes, that wasn’t my fault. They try to control y’all and try to control me. And when I was in my negotiations, they told me, “We don’t negotiate with celebrities.” That’s like a terrorist. They talk to you like it’s fucking terrorist You know, I just want to make something awesome. I just want to be awesome, and I want to hang around my awesome friends and change the fucking world, and that’s exactly what I plan to do. And if you plan to do the same, put your hands in the air right now. If you just want to be awesome and make awesome shit and change the fucking world and this is what you plan to do Let’s have a toast for the douchebags Source: Vulture

I know youre tired of lovin, of lovin With nobody to love, nobody, nobody Just grab somebody, no leavin this party With nobody to love, nobody, no- Bound to fall in love SHABADABADEWWTWEETTWEE YEAH Bound to fall in love OOOOOOooooh All them other dudes lame, and you know it now When a real brother hold you down, you supposed to drown Bound... OOOOOOOooooh Bound... Bound to fall in love Bound to fall in love What you doin in the club on a Thursday? She say she only here for a girl birthday They ordered champagne while they look thirsty Rock Forever 21 but just turned thirty I know I got a bad reputation Walking-round-always-mad reputation Leave-a-pretty-girl-sad reputation Start a Fight Club, Brad reputation I turnt the nightclub out of the basement Ill turn the plane round, your ass keep complainin How you gon be mad on vacation? Dutty wining round all these Jamaicans Uh, this that prom-ish This that what-we-do-dont-tell-your-mom-ish This that red-cup-all-on-the-lawn-ish Got a fresh cut, straight out the salon, Trish I know youre tired of lovin, of lovin With nobody to love, nobody, no- Close your eyes and let this words paint a thousand pictures One good girl is worth a thousand pictures Bound to fall in love Bound to fall in love I wanna hit it hard on the sink After that, get you somethin to drink Step back, cant get spunk on the mink I mean damn, what would Jeromey Romey Romey Rome think? Hey, you remember where we first met? Okay, I dont remember where we first met But hey, admittin is the first step And hey, aint nobody perfect And I know, with the girls I got the worst rep But hey, that backstroke Im tryna perfect And hey, we made it: Thanksgivin So hey, maybe we can make it to Christmas She asked me what I wished for on my wishlist Have you ever asked your chick for other chickens? Maybe we could still make it to the church steps But first, you gon remember how to furrget After all these long-ass verses Im tired, you tired, Jesus wept I know youre tired of lovin, of lovin With nobody to love, nobody, nobody So just grab somebody, no leavin this party With nobody to love, nobody, nobody Uncle Charlies in the house, watch your mouth Uncle Charlies in the house, watch your mouth Bound... Bound... Bound to fall in love Bound to fall in love

Well seeing that, I think I, maybe for one of the first times in my life, I understand how it is to feel humbled. I want to say some "thank you"s really quick. Thank God for Stephen Hill, who is so sincerely good at exactly what he does and gives so much and doesnt care about what Ghost somebodys driving or how big somebodys house is and brings the most awesome collection of classic, current, and futuristic black music every day. So, make some noise for Stephen Hill to start this So, since this is pre-taped and the fact that Adam Blackstone used to be my music director, Im pretty sure hes not gonna start the music on me. If I go Chicago for a second, you know it was interesting when I went and visited Minister Louis Farrakhan, and I just really wanted to expand so much more on the things that I had been talking about over the past couple years. And it was interesting or groundbreaking and really special for me to see his reaction and his expression about my relationship with a woman not of color, and for us to focus on the idea of love and not the idea of separation. You know, at the barbershop and everything, I used to hear people talking about, "You know when an entertainer get on, of course you know he gon go and get a white girl and buy her all this... and the white girl gon go and get a rich black dude." But I want to say that my wife has dated broke black dudes. So it aint got nothing to do with the money And it takes me back to a story that she told me where her father, Robert Kardashian, walked out, and on the side of his Bentley, they wrote "Nigga lover" because Robert Kardashian was the genius that put together the defense team that got O.J. off. She had never seen her father curse, get mad, he was the most laid back human being. And he went so crazy and tried to chase the people down, and she sat there crying and said, "Dad why you going so crazy?" He said to her, "One day you may have a black child. A beautiful, beautiful, beautiful black child. And its gonna be hard, youre gonna see how hard it is." So, true enough, we deal with racism because there are different races, or the micro of it is that we focus on the different races, as opposed to the macro, which is the human race. The bit of soundbytes that everyone loved from last year that got taken out of context or misunderstood did come from a place of saying part of the reason why Im not allowed to be empowered is because of race, because of peoples perception of celebrity, because all they want to present to young black men is the idea of making it to the league or making it to be a rapper, but not the idea of becoming an owner. And they would do anything they can to make it seem like a truthful idea is a stupid idea or a crazy idea Harriet Tubman said she could have freed so many more, and Im sorry mom if that was incorrect English. Harriet Tubman could have freed more if they only knew they werent free. So dont think that because we can afford this custom Balmain suit that were free. And dont think that because we can buy a $300,000 car that were free. And dont think that because its 3% of a gated community that has colored people in it that were free. Its the mentality, the slave mentality, where we all eventually become slaves to that car. Slaves to the perception. Slaves to the idea of being cool I thought it was so appropriate the way Wayne Brady kicked his whole shit off tonight. For us to express ourselves. Our power, our oil, since we dont own any oil. Our oil is our expression, is our influence. Dont never let them take that away. And when we have the chance to express it and influence, dont only do it for us, do it for the human race

Pull out the zip, pull out the ride We so high, upper echelon We so fuckin high, upper echelon Pull out the zip, pull out the ride We so high, upper echelon We so fuckin high, upper echelon Dozin off them Xannies, just popped a bandie Wave rock like Atlantic, froze like Atlantic Party at the Sphinx, damn thats so outlandish She gon make it clap, clap, throw them bands Walkin through the Waldorf they know my name, yeah Dropped out, got signed, got mom house all in the same year Dont you come around me, aint got the time, B, naww Watch me do the Randy, touchdown Knew how much I get, think La Flame the golden child Ridin right behind her, pull up beside her We poppin champagne, damn you apple cider Pull out the zip, pull out the ride We so high, upper echelon We so fuckin high, upper echelon Pull out the zip, pull out the ride We so high, upper echelon We so fuckin high, upper echelon So many shots, fuck your kidneys My money flip like a gymnast Prada and pimpin Yall be stylin my dentist Neil Hard to an a [?} We be a shotty Make it wider then whip it Chillin with cheetah outside the theater no favor Toppin outside la Drippin the dip the flip Pop a thotty with TIP Rollin that by the zip Poppin off with no corner Real niggas dont do coke Pop nigga with the Top for the nine for the soap Why niggas so folil for Wildin, I got it, the deal You know we robbin the scales Pull out the zip, pull out the ride We so high, upper echelon We so fuckin high, upper echelon Pull out the zip, pull out the ride We so high, upper echelon We so fuckin high, upper echelon

Yo, Imma rise to the top cause it aint in me to fail Or die bustin at the cops before they send me to jail The same nigga ya serve with wont even send you the bail And sail with some niggas tryin to send me to hell So whether Rap or crack Beats or streets This summer Im rockin ice to beat the heat Now Im gonna cop a Benz 6 and tell em "Keep the Jeep Keep the receipt, keep the change, keep the game." As long as I keep the fame and keep my name Kanye to the Motherfuckin West She said, "You from The Outfit?" I told her, "Motherfuckin yes." So every time I spit, its got to be fresh So whether freestyle or written Whats the point of rhyme? Id rather hear somethin bitten, as long as its hittin Wack niggas grab my tracks, just get to shittin My niggas grab they gats, just get to spittin Faggot niggas be like, "Uh huh, no he didnt." But I did Ever since I hooked with Syndicate And shit Ive been blazin niggas ever since Ya heard me? Blazin niggas ever since

Cant wait to see your new body And youre actin like you dont know nobody Nobody count on the new body Got a new body, old dick dont count Ill be the first one to hit the new body Fuck em new titties, them bitches dont bounce Bought a new body, old dick dont count Got some new titties, them bitches dont bounce Bought a girlfriend cause she was missin out Said she need a new ass, let me check in my account Double dribble on them titties, tryna make them bitches bounce Throw on that see-through Fashion Nova, when you steppin out Yeezy, Yeezy, Yeezy, we still need you for the style Yeezy got his confidence and move back to the shot But that bitch booty big, got a nigga hypnotized Need a shake and the fries, need a super-duper size Hit Popeyes for the breast, leg, and thighs But wifey just told me its room for something on the side Its funny how product can change the situation And Yandhi got a dojo for the education And you could do some yoga for your inner peace, huh And you should follow wifey for the motivation Cant wait to see your new body And youre actin like you dont know nobody Nobody count on the new body Old dick dont count, new titties dont bounce And be the first one to hit the new body

Wise came home Far Rock edge, man; I figured Id drop in Bless him with a lil short change to go shoppin! Buzzer dont work! - Elevator shitty staircase pissy His sister ran out huggin on a nigga, she missed me! Momma living room, she sipped Cristy till she was pissy! Told em niggas tried to blaze me last night but they missed me In the CL, some niggas wet the driver side door, I had my vest on. - I put the fuckin\ pedal to the floor! Her son facin her - for a less or tens, he hurtin They be hollerin like: "50, let us put some work in!" Todays a nice day if tonights a nice night, - somebody gon die It is what it is my nigga; why ask why?! See? I stay with some s*it in the street But the niggas Uptown love me like they love Pistol Pete. - You heard me? Haha, haha! BRAAAAAAAAAAAAATT! Yall n*ggas eat that, n*gga! Live with that! I started small time, dope game, pushin on the corner Twenty cent cook-up, fifty flippers if you want em Full of formaldehyde, my clothes wreakin marijuana Cops rollin up on us, my neighborhoods like a sauna Pistol-grippin, insurin wont nobody run up on us But if they do, fuck em, we murderous nickel-dome em I aint playin no games, Im on a mission fo the change Motherfuck bein a lame, Im ten toes in the game - deep I cant slip, this whole world want me sleep See I hustle like a predator and prey on the weak And playin for keeps, cause see, its a thin red line Between a nigga gettin his, and me gettin mine And plus Im a nigga with that feelin like its my time And anybody standin in the way of that is dyin I bust nine, how many times I gotta warn you? I aint the one, be pushin buttons in the sight of my gun Im the real live version of the Corleone family So I spit this clearly, so you hoesll understand me.. I had my eyes on the Mascara, - mami, the Maybelline queen; Dolce Gabana, Fergano gettin choked in the sauna. She had a - dot on her face like Madonna, dressed like she date a designer. Looks so good, I spent a day with her mama. {whoooo!} Tried to break her, bring her, beat her, eat a plate of lasagna, {uh-huuuuh!} Grab some paper, bring the heater in case its haters behind her. {AAAAHH!} They call me "Bandana Bank$", baby, I clap your homie, homie Then Im through with her, - go holla at Macaroni Tony, {TONY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYO!} In the back with a few cup of Henny, baggy pants to tuck the semi In case you get to fuckin\ friendly. - My clique as tough as any! {any!} Stuntin plenty, I dont trick a penny; {haha!} get your own shit! Callin me with questions will only get you a phone click. - ! I can squeeze without blinkin, Im a cold-blooded nigga Bank robber Im a natural born killer Drug dealer, anything it took to survive Even if it took a nigga to die, Im a gangsta

I can hold my liquor But this man can’t handle his weed Dark and lonely now On Chicago, south of town Im on to Indiana I heard it in the radio now I cant handle no liquor And these bitches cant handle me I cant control my bitches And my bitches they cant control me You say you know me, my witches But you really just know the old me Bitch, Im back out my coma Wakin up on your sofa When I park my Range Rover Slightly scratch your Corolla Okay, I smashed your Corolla Im hanging on a hangover Five years we been over Ask me why I came over One more hit and I can own ya "Baby girl, hes a loner" "Baby girl, hes a loner" Late-night organ donor After that, he disown ya After that hes just hopeless Soul mates become soulless "When its over its over" And bitch, Im back out my coma

Get you super wet after we turn the shower off I choke you softly Grab your face too, rape you like I love you

Uh, spit at the world My lyrics, I could spit at your girl Spit when I hurl, spit on the Dutch and finish the twirl Spit facts, spit on wax my whole lifetime Spit on my watch, make the ice shine Spit trife lines, .44 spit slugs out Ready to thug out at the clubhouse Chickens who lickin or spit a nut out My name within itself is a language that bring you wealth Careful, comin at mes like hangin yourself, at a..... I know you thought Id be locked up Dead by now, shot up, full of lead by now Got up with JD though, crazy dough Queens with the So So Def, A-T-Ls best Every ride up the 9-5, fly friendly skies Thug passion for J Doves, Hennys for Nas Then we mix that shit, tip that shit Pass it around, hood to hood, everybody get with it Through thick and thin, from beginning to the end Never do I lose, all I do is win Cause Queensbridge is in the house This is Nas Escobar and I turns it out Through thick and thin, from beginning to the end Never do I lose, all I do is win Cause College Park is in the house They call me Don Chi Chi and I turns it out Im sumpin yall dread like locks, get bread by the flocks Bitches love me and Im duggy from the head to the socks Too much to handle, here the man of the year Hit rooms and light em up like a chandelier From C-P to the Bridge, yall know what it is Been gettin money like this since I was a kid Im in the corner with bitches and buckets of Cris Pourin at the most goinest nigga wit shit that showin it Now look at my ice, look at your ice, DAMN! Look at my life, look at your life, DAMN! See, I got niggas wantin to drop me, top me, stop me Copy Chi to the T cause Im nice in the 3 black same color AMGs TVs, front and back pack with nuttin but ladies You can look up or down, right or left But all you gon hear and see is So So Def Through thick and thin, from beginning to the end Never do I lose, all I do is win Cause College Park is in the house They call me Don Chi Chi and I turns it out Through thick and thin, from beginning to the end Never do I lose, all I do is win Cause Queensbridge is in the house This is Nas Escobar and I turns it out Touch the whole global with cold vocals and dark words Vocal cords translate what my drunk heart slurs Chest clogged up with sparked up herb, I feel faint Tryin to hold myself together, coulda spilt my own drink All I hear is beats bumpin, Im seein in doubles Last thing I need to happen is to be in a scuffle Where my dogs at? These aint my niggas Allah Help the guard, forgot my niggas took some girls to the car Tryin to make it through the crowd, which way is out? Which way is around? These grimy motherfuckers pointin me out I wish I had the drink But then Im too intoxicated to aim and put the clip in Its like the floors wet and every step is like Im slippin And yo, I cant lose a step, I feel my enemies followin All I got as a weapon is this Hennessy bottle Im talkin to myself, my peoples should be stickin with me Somebody grabbed me up, "Yo Nas, come take this picture with me" My ice strillon, Im feelin my arm Thought my Rollie was gone, now I wanna swing but Im calm Still got that, DJ musta threw on another hot track Think it was this one here, bounce to that Too much Thug Passion and smokin Made it outside, mouth wide, vomittin, gaggin and chokin From behind, niggas plottin and scopin Everything was blurry at first, but now shit is movin in slow motion I saw my niggas pull up, Pirellis they skidded They open the car door and toss-ed me in it Cats tried to rob me, the crowd was rowdy But one things for sure, So So Def know how to party All night long {?til when?}? Til the early morn And uh And uh

And we gone stay hustling on the block until we caught And we gone stay showing off that jewelry that we bought And we gone stay heated in case its in and out of court Cause we some gangstas, I dont know what the fuck you thought Sometimes I think that I gotta see a little bit of brighter days Cause I confine myself to a city near you in a solid cage And you could look to the left and the right, but Im trapped on center stage And I could rap to the beat, but I dont know how to change my wage I still hear a pull and I track em, and strack em, and whack em Jack a nigga for the Dana Danes and I yak em, attack em, and sack em Get a weapon and I crack his brain cause Im hustler, baller, pro And it wouldnt be right for me to be around busters, and crawlers, and hoes But Im a pimp at night so talk shit and Im gonna lift em up off of their toes With a street sweeper regulating quarters, and kis, and os In the two seater, Ludacris and Twista with bags of dro Smoking and choking, get em up and croaking Its so potent, Im hoping to keep on floating Soaking wet and you can bet, people Im high Im seeing lions, and tigers and bears - oh my! And I cant hide it and keep it hidden, good riddance of feeling good Im weapon-concealing, stealing my neighborhood Would, could, and should break a nigga off Theyll see you later, go to the doctor, hold my balls and Because the vapors and I caught the drawn, brain blown, honey Im home Give me the microphone, and fools is like, "leave me alone!" Throw it up if you get high, get blowed, get drunk If you on what Im on come on and kick it, lets ride, smoke dro, beat the trunk All the bad ass bitches that want to party, just shake it, great players get pumped Me and my thugs and hustlers in the party, get money, fuck hoes, get crunk Put a little bit of hash and some motherfucking purple haze I feel it all over my body, adrenaline with the Bacardi Got me up and then ripping shit in a rage In the netti confetti with a belly, gucci Timberland stepping on the pedal up in the lac truck Want to get me for the wood Better get the whole motherfucking hood to come and give you some back up We can get into it and if you want to do it Im leaking the fluids out of the bodies that want to come at this If they ever got some blood for fucking with thugs that I bury My adversaries better not want none of Twis Represent for the city, anybody that different with me Got into thinking its a game And whether you in my city and I talk shit Im going to kill him, especially if he say my name Ive been known to handle my business Or Im gonna stick him up for the scrilla, from K-Tilla, smoking on a fat pilla Murder haters that Im full of Niggas claiming they wanna bring a baretta theyll be killas Balling out so hard the size of my rims grows to a hellafied sight-scene When the dough become no bigger, Im gonna still drop that 2003 - 2X

Ho! I gotta testify Come up in the spot lookin extra fly Fore the day I die, Ima touch the sky I gotta testify Come up in the spot lookin extra fly Fore the day I die, Ima touch the sky Back when they thought pink Polos would hurt the Roc Before Cam got the shit to pop The doors was closed I felt like Bad Boys street team: I couldnt work the locks Now lets go, take em back to the plan Me and my momma hopped in that U-Haul van Any pessimists, I aint talk to them Plus I aint have no phone in my apart-a-ment, uh Lets take em back to the club Least about an hour I stand on line I just wanted to dance, I went to Jacob an hour After I got my advance, I just wanted to shine Jay favorite line: "Dawg, in due time!" Now he look at me, like, "Damn, dawg! You where I am!" A hip-hop legend I think I died in that accident, ‘cause this must be Heaven Uh, I gotta testify Come up in the spot lookin extra fly Fore the day I die, Ima touch the sky Oh! We gotta testify Come up in the spot lookin extra fly Fore the day we die, we gon touch the sky Now lets take em high Everybody take em high Now lets take em high Now lets take em high Back when Gucci was the shit to rock Back when Slick Rick got the shit to pop Id do anything to say I got it Damn, them new loafers hurt my pocket Before anybody wanted K. West beats Me and my girl split the buffet at KFC Dog, I was havin nervous breakdowns Like, "Man, these niggas that much better than me?" Baby, Im goin on an aeroplane And I dont know if Ill be back again Sure enough, I sent the plane tickets But when she came to kick it, things became different Girl I cheated on, sheets I skeeted on Couldnt keep it at home, thought I needed a Nia Long Im tryin to right my wrongs But its funny them same wrongs helped me write this song Now, I gotta testify Come up in the spot lookin extra fly Yeah, fore the day you die, you gon touch the sky You gon touch the sky, baby girl, testify Come up in the spot lookin extra fly Fore the day you die, Lupe, touch the sky Uh, uh, uh Yes, yes, yes, guess whos on third? Lupe steal like Lupin the 3rd Here like ear til Im beer on the curb Peachfuzz buzz but beard on the verge Lets slow it down like were on the syrup Bottle-shaped body like Mrs. Butterworth But, before you say another word Im back on the block like Im layin on the street Im tryna stop lyin like Im Mumm-Ra But Im not lyin when Im layin on the beat, en garde Or touché, Lupe cool as the unthawed But I still feel possessed as a gun charge To come as correct as a porn star In a fresh pair steps in my best foreign car So, I represent the first Now let me end my verse right where the horns are, like uh You gotta testify Come up in the spot lookin extra fly Fore the day you die , you gon touch the sky You gon touch the sky, baby girl Come up in the spot lookin extra fly Yeah, til the day you die, you gon touch the sky Now everybody throw your hands up Uh, Im sky high, say Im, Im sky high Im, Im sky high, Im, Im sky high Im, Im sky high, Im, Im sky high Sky, uh, sky high, Im, Im sky high We back at home, baby! Yeah We back at home? Yeah, yeah Make some noise for Lupe Fiasco right quick, yeah Feels good to be home Feels good to be home Feels good to be home Feels good to be home Chi-town Feels good to be home Yeah, woo!

In the night I hear em talk The coldest story ever told Somewhere far along this road He lost his soul To a woman so heartless... How could you be so heartless? How could you be so heartless? How could you be so Cold as the winter wind when it breeze yo Just remember that you talking to me yo You need to watch the way you talking to me you know I mean after all the things that we been through I mean after all the things we got into And yo I know of some things that you aint told me I did some things but thats the old me And now you wanna get me back And you gon show me You walk around like you dont know me You got a new friend But I got homies But in the end its still so lonely In the night I hear em talk The coldest story ever told Somewhere far along this road He lost his soul To a woman so heartless... How could you be so heartless? How could you be so heartless? How could you be so Dr. Evil Youre bringing out a side of me that I dont know I decided we wasnt gonna speak so why we up 3 a.m. on the phone Why does she be so mad at me for Homie I dont know shes hot and cold I wont stop, wont mess my groove up Cause I already know how this thing goes You run and tell your friends that youre leavin me They say that they dont see what you see in me You wait a couple months then you gon see Youll never find nobody better than me In the night I hear em talk The coldest story ever told Somewhere far along this road He lost his soul To a woman so heartless... How could you be so heartless? How could you be so heartless? Talkin, talkin, talkin, talk Baby lets just knock it off They dont know what we been through They dont know bout me and you So I got something new to see And you just gon keep hatin me And we just gon be enemies I know you cant believe I could just leave it wrong And you cant make it right Im gon take off tonight Into the night... In the night I hear em talk The coldest story ever told Somewhere far along this road He lost his soul To a woman so heartless... How could you be so heartless? How could you be so heartless?

*Lyrics from Snippet* Everytime, everytime Everytime, you aint lying Heaven is a ride

This is my problem with interviews, you know. What if you did music and someone else could come in and change your words around and then release it to the radio? And you dont even get a chance to listen to it before they dropped it to radio. Thats how interviews are. You, you say what you say and then youll get paraphrased and then theyll do shit like, if you say a joke, most jokes are inappropriate. Theys, theyre like fucked up things that you say but its kind of funny the way you word em. And if you take away, you know, the setup or the punchline, you just sound absolutely crazy. Which is, they love to do that because I love to joke and I give them too much and then my shit dont be like all dry ass interviews and stuff, like I dont have media training or whatever. And then, so they take that, and I, and I told Gabe, I said look, well I wanna, I wanna do uh, I wanna get approval over the shit, just because I wanted to be as entertaining as possible, I want people to have the information. And you know, like a lot of magazines, they got real uptight, they like, "no you ont get approval, you ont get approval, you dont get approval." So, you know, when I say the line bout The Rolling Stone, I dont have a problem with Rolling Stone. I really appreciate the fact that they did put me on the magazine and I realize that you know I was halfway out of my mind for the past two years and shit. I was, you know, off that drug called fame and shit like that, I was really like, I was like a little crazy, you know what Im sayin, like Ive calmed down and shit and like come back to Earth. So, you know, for the editor of Rolling Stone, I wanted to say that. But I do wanna say that it was pieces of the article that was, information in the article that was incorrect. And you know, if you allowed me to proofread it, the people couldve had the proper information. And just to speak to the Dave LaChapelle, cause Dave LaChapelles one of my favorite photographers, modern-day Warhol. I wanna speak to the cover. You know, people say, "Okay well he has a god complex." Fam if someones in college and they do like a play where they emulate Christ, do they have a god complex? Are they allowed to do that? You know, its because of my position, its like Im not allowed to be creative. So every cover I take has to just be a picture of my face and shit, just... look its my face! Its me! And sometimes its like after you see—after I see me so much, I get tired of me and shit... I gotta look at me every day! I wanna do shit thats exciting to me. So the Rolling Stones cover was exciting to me, that shit went down in history. I did it purely for creative reasons, it wast speaking upon you know, anything disrespectful to Christianity, to anything like that. It was something I did purely creative. Lot of times I do shit and people take more out of it. You know like I said Bush doesnt care about Black people and then people took it and said, "Well you said, "Bush hates Black people."" You know, everybody takes it and makes it what they want it to be. When you know, I just say, I express something. You know, the other day somebody came to me like, "Okay well who you voting on? Barack or Hillary?" And Im like Im not really political dawg, Im not getting into like you know Im taking sides and this type of thing. Hes like, "What do you mean youre not political? Youre not..." I was like, fam! Im emotional! Im social! Im like... Im an artist! Like if you give me the opportunity, Im like the fan that got too close to the stage and shit. Im the glitch in the matrix, Im like the last person to say, yo I really feel... I know Im supposed to feel like this and know Im supposed to read this teleprompter or whatever, but I feel like this what I wanna say. That doesnt put me... Im never going politically incorrect or anything. I dont know about politics like that. I just know about people. I make music for people

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Man, I know what type of guy you is Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Money, thats my girl! Lookin, you dig? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh You know what man, Im used to yall Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Fuck you! Shit you heard that? I hated on yall niggas before But not on no ho shit, I just wanted your hoes And I aint gon lie, Ill lie to a bitch Quick as hell, you sick as hell, that bitch thick as hell I let her get my pager, she let me get the cell Picked her up, did her well, dropped her off, get my mail Yall know, she wanna page me all day Wanna ride the dick like yippee Kanye I figured though, long as she dont let a nigga know Game tight, like ankles on Girbauds And you know go getters be on these hoes Genuwine, they wanna ride my pony though Cause their niggas all lame, need to give back their name Or return their jersey and retire from the game Why this nigga wanna hate me mane? Make me take it off safety mane, and make me aim .380s make it hotter, 87 street Eight deep in a Cadillac Escalada That I just leased out with my pants creased out When I pull the piece out, niggas like peace out Oh, oh, oh, oh Why these niggas wanna hate me mane? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Why these niggas wanna hate me mane? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Gotta take it off safety mane No, no, no, no, no No I cant let em take me mane They dont wanna see a nigga got it made, rappin on stage Theyd rather see me packin a gauge, and actin my age They say to get your eyes swole, let em know how I roll Never seen six niggas jump out one Oldsmobile Nah eight, bumpin Ice Cube I push rhymes like weight, with nothin to lose Still runnin from the feds in my And 1 shoes I went from hoppin fences to jumpin out of Benzes Whippin 4 doors with the mo mos The gate go up and down like yo-yos Dont try to play me out fore these shots spray you out Could really give yall niggas somethin to hate about Oh, oh, oh, oh Why these niggas wanna hate me mane? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Why these niggas wanna hate me mane? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Gotta take it off safety mane No, no, no, no, no No I cant let em take me mane Its that go-getter life, bogus life, all I know Stood on the block for 20 minutes, nigga got off all my blow Silver rockin niggas try to hate my gold Bouncer ass niggas wanna hate my swole Fiends run around, tryna hate my blow I found a hater broke in my crib and Ima break his nose This ho nigga tried to get me, but he didnt so he slippin When I see him, thats when I get him Now his people say he missin I tied him up inside of my truck Wouldve been dead if I didnt duck Couldve been shot, I couldve been bust But I dropped, didnt get touched Just my luck that I had this pump Nigga didnt know that I had this pump Came at the nigga like "Uh huh" What, nigga? Up them funds Smokers just wanna have fun, bustin a gun Kept my Ones laced up when them people chased us Plus my work in the toilet down in the basement And I stay a step ahead of all of you haters Oh, oh, oh, oh Why these niggas wanna hate me mane? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Why these niggas wanna hate me mane? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Gotta take it off safety mane No, no, no, no, no No I cant let em take me mane

Lyrics from Snippet Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah Yeah, oh yeah, my son Woah yeah, bangers on Bangers dont, bangers dont Bang, bangin to ya Long as i,   , papi was a star Oh yeah, oh yeah Hoe death and hoe there When the sun, it goes there Why the fuck they go there? Where the sun is no fair When im on some im so flair Where the sun are going less When im on some i pull up there Ima pull out and in the lair Want us pullin in the rear Think up son, why wont we hear? Bout to go another year Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah For the health and for the care im supposed to Yeah, oh yeah, my son Woah yeah, bangers on Bangers dont, bangers dont Bang, angin to ya Long as i, , papi was a star Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah How many kings can still be crowned? Someones got my bump Pumpin on my line Niggas waiting on my turn You niggas is dead Niggas all with that Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah Poppin, ooh, pop this too Im for , having thru , like they do Singing with you Im on some, niggas done with you Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah

Why would she make calls out the blue? Now Im awake, sleepless in June Hey hey hey hey Dont say you will Hey hey hey hey Dont say you will, unless you will Mrs. So Fly crash-lands in my room Cant waste no time, she might leave soon Hey hey hey hey Dont say you will, you will Hey hey hey hey Dont say you will, you will, one day you will When I grab your neck, I touch your soul Take off your cool then lose control Hey hey hey hey Dont say you will, unless you will Say aye aye aye Dont say you will, I pray you will, I pray you will I wish this song would really come true I admit I still fantasize about you, about you Hey hey hey hey Dont say you will, you will, you will Hey hey hey hey Don’t say you will, unless you will, I pray you will Hey hey hey hey Dont say you will, you will, you will Hey hey hey hey Don’t say you will Hey hey hey hey… Dont say you will Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t say Keep the music on This is a This song was written for A special moment in my life Someone so special, that I love forever And you know like, when you break up with somebody And you have those times where you wanna see ‘em again And you’re trying to make plans on a Friday night, in New York City And you clear your whole schedule for this person, even though you’re not together no more ‘Cause there’s nothing better than, someone you know and love Even if you know you can’t love them no more You can’t love them no more Today, take presidents over anybody you dating or going out with or just hooking up with And she knows who she is To have someone so special in your life, that you’re inspired by them I ask myself, as I date What am I looking for? The requirement of this position is inspirement The requirement is inspirement And I am higher in But also firing Also firing, firing I wanted to express that story better, it didn’t come out as good as I wanted Wasn’t as poignant as I wanted to make it for my favorite story and for my ode to my loves

Good morning America, good morning to Erica Who gave me good head while watching good morning America And good day New York, have a good day in court My niggas drive around the hood looking for good ye to snort I never liked the goodbyes, always caught a good vibe Always had a good time, could always spot a good guy From a good guy, look alive, look alive, look or try You know that old saying what they say about good guys I bet thats why I went bad, needed all my chips bad Fiends needed it bad, started hittin liq bad Had to get that work off before that shit went bad If not, it gets bad, and things will only get bad So now Im getting bad skin, and I got that badge and Tellin me them bastards, dont catch a bad break Caught a bad rate on whip with bad brakes Im caught up in these bad ways havin a bad day So now the games ugly, and my pains ugly And my chains ugly, things became ugly, cause Im ugly ducklin Got a stain and its musty, wakin up looking crusty And miss thang whos ugly is sayin to me "dont touch me" I went from pretty willie to pretty silly But Im still pretty gully so you thins will still get pretty ugly And this is for the hoods, the crabs, the junkies We showin you the good, the bad, the ugly We showin you the good, the bad, the ugly B.I.G. said get ya money aint no telling they gon love me We showin you the good, the bad, the ugly When your money get funny and them days aint sunny We showin you the good, the bad, the ugly Niggas give pounds and hug me, tho they really wanna slug me We showin you the good, the bad, the ugly And this for the hood, you got to love me Good morning to ummm, I dont remember your name But I remember the brain, here go a fare for the train and Good morning to Chi-Town, where my niggas ride down And bust clowns, and look for some bustdowns to bust down And she aint got a car she on the bus now But her gear is bangin, she one of us now I wanted badly to bone cause she was bad to the bone She from a batter home, she mad when she at home So I gave her my number to beep off, she wanted to take a week off Bustin scary movie nuts, I had to get the freak off The new Tom Cruise, took the Moulan Rouge on a too long cruise She said "I aint bonin you with them two long shoes" And I get bougie in a grape poupon mood So Im gon act cheap in a coupon mood She said "Ye you dont love me" I told her thats the good, the bad, the ugly We showin you the good, the bad, the ugly B.I.G. said get ya money aint no telling they gon love me We showin you the good, the bad, the ugly And this for the hood, you got to love me Good morning to Queens, the north side of my scene And when it comes down to it, Im a ride for my team See its a beautiful life, but the bills will make it ugly And the beauty of life, is when youre forced to make it ugly Had a beautiful night, until a storm done made it ugly And a beautiful wife, now we divorcing and its ugly Now my mind state is ugly, my blind dates are ugly Im ready to turn it up in the streets and make it ugly Used to sit in Mr. Uglies with these chickens that were ugly And these bitches used to bug me to the point it made me ugly Say things that were ugly in regards to their tummies But I took it all back, cause God dont like ugly Now Im curbin my bad words, they say that the bad burn I left it on bad terms, with a chic with a bad perm Whose case took a bad turn, and face caught a bad burn And took the news bad when they said she had bad germs The bad thing about it, the bitch was bad and bout it But the pussy smelled bad, so I had to get up out it So now we got bad blood, her son is a bad blood But it happens in the hood when you inherit that bad blood And once it get bad, it be bad for good Thats bad meaning bad not bad meaning good But I greet it as good, when you leave with the good Its all good in the hood, got called good cause Im good Now Im havin some good nights, livin this good life Got me a good girl that Im gon make me a good wife So Im, good to go, and Im good where I go Look my man got good aim and thats a good thing to know And he came home for good, off of good behavior Spittin that good game, so whats good with this paper And this is for the hoods, the crabs, the junkies We showin you the good the bad the ugly

Yeah, and we G.O.O.D Keep talkin about this shit but whatever We can go back and forth all day How much I feel, I live for your love Live for your love Live for your love Live for your love Tom Cruise, jumpin up on them couches Thats a fresh house That a guest of the house got another house? My bitch got a bitch, my spouse got another spouse Someone, humped on, kissed on another, ah Hug her, gon thugga, uh, huggin when we hug it out Bitch, Ima live another , we gon live it out Somethin for the niggas who be huntin and we on it now and I bet I paid a hunnid now be turnin if you want it now and they frontin now I can and I want it now How much I need And you know its all your fault Nobody, nobody, nobody, babe You know its all your fault Nobody, nobody, nobody, but me First off, you lame, nigga You fuck-nigga, you nigga You test on, but you tame, nigga You tame, nigga, you stain, nigga You kept the ones that you came, nigga You changed, nigga, you changed, nigga cant blame, nigga Dont blame, nigga, cant blame, jigga Cant blame Yeezy, cant blame nigga make way, nigga My fame, nigga, that thing, nigga Ima come on the that you came, nigga How lame niggas get made, nigga? I got on my name, nigga I that same nigga Im gone a day, Im the same nigga, you How much I need And you know its all your fault Cant nobody hold it but you, nigga, thats you, thats You know its all your fault Cant nobody put the blame, nigga, its the same, nigga

"Im not a hater... I dont hate Conway West. I was talking about an environment in which people were willing to say things that hurt. Nobody wants to be called a racist if in your heart you believe in equality of races."

Kanye West and his creative enterprise DONDA have officially launched the GOOD Music Merchandise online store featuring multiple designs on everything from socks to snapbacks. After recently opening the Yeezus Tour Pop-Up Shop , Yeezus has dropped a whole new line of merchandise in support of his record label and newest enterprise in DONDA. The GOOD Music merchandise online store features all black and white items and some of the merchandise has even been worn by Yeezy himself. Recently, West spoke in an interview with Power 106s Big Boy Neighborhood denouncing high-fashion company Louis-Vuitton claiming their prices were "too extreme." "If I had the opportunity to design for Louis Vuitton now I wouldn’t, because the prices are just too extreme,” said West. “I don’t want to use my message to have kids saving up that much to be a part of what the ideas are. That’s the problem to me with luxury.” Wests desires to keep prices more affordable and "less extreme" shows in his recent ventures with both the GOOD Music store and his collaboration with PacSun and Wes Lang that offers Yeezus Tour shirts for $40 per shirt. Merchandise from the GOOD Music store ranges from $34-$160 His less recent collaboration with A.P.C. has also been considered more "accessible." You can check out the new merchandise store at http://goodmusicmerch.com/.

Theres only one girl on my agenda Naw Im talking bout Linda, from last September Now Linda love lace like Linda love lace LaFace says she like +Mase+ but she love +Face+ And I know that Linda was a hip-hop-head And I know that Linda gave Hip-Hop head But I feel I could convert her Cuz I aint here to hurt her mayn And she was messin wit me when I was still at Burger King She aint hop in my bed cuz of the whips and cream Cuz when I had her in bed I had whip cream Shakespearian midsummer night dream I unzip things and pull out big things They was flashin gr-green, she was like "ch-ching" Got em, but she know a rreeal nigga when she, spot him So now shes pickin dresses from Veroraiyn Scratchin out her maiden and heres my name Now Im sittin at the bar wit all my guys They sayin "Cheers to you for your future years of pain" Like "Dog you ready to give all this shit up? The summers on its way and these hoes doin sit-ups And when they see the way the G-5 lights lit up Your gonna wanna have two like John Ritter" But naww, I bought her a brand new BM He said "Dog, slow down like Brand Nubian now" I just feel the need to purge my soul from the work load Couldnt watch another nigga get burnt slow She said her man was busy, always bored her with work load Never takes her out and falls asleep in his work clothes She needs some excitement, which leads to this indictment Believe what you like kid, according to her When we recorded with her, Linda changed her name to Nicky Sang along to Darlin Nicky, co-star of my quickies That foot is so pretty, but Im sure you recognize That bra holds titties, those are her titties Solars so pretty, but not to rub it in But that white Russian did make her lonely like the wind So the over right thats in, on the over night depends If you take heed the game, and please keep ya name, word Cuz shes just a playa playa Thats playin games wit me I cant see myself getting out the game, no time soon Ooooh, as I continue as I, Ooooh, as I continue as I Oooh, Oooh Cant see myself getting out the game, no time soon Ooooh, as I continue as I, Ooooh, as I continue as I Oooh, Oooh

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This shit right here is called The Return Of Malcolm Dont take it too personal. Listen close I feel like Im at the height of my jump while yall pivotin While yall visitin Im livin here, ball in a year The hundreds and fifties in cheeseburgers The twenties is balled up You lookin for singles they all in the air The hundreds of bitches that we murdered We aint literally speakin We just team up and we squirt all up in they hair Give us some coke and a promise Give us some nut in the throat She suck till she spittin up coconut vomit Get it? Pardon me miss Im just fed up with the way the system is set up The shit that they had me livin in prison was better Rhymin perfection Is it a set up? To give me a year in the county around the time of election? Or should I just shut up? Zip it or kick it? Try to get you to picture the vision Lyrically, this is my petition to picket Free me or, eventually see me The heat in my belt hangs an inch from my pee pee like a key to my cell To censor me is to censor my CD which inspires me To spit what will eventually be the key to myself Times is changin Everybodys Gods the same But they minds aint So I talk about they kind is dangerous Blacks against Affirmative Action sounds as insane As the war in Iraq while Saddam is hangin A dead mans a dead man Aint two of a kind You cant break me Im head standin doin my time Its nothin My crew bakin my bread while Im jail Had niggas buffin my boots and makin my bed Time will tell who down to bail If you gettin down and how wild your arms will flail When I bomb I unwind like Im a spawn from hell The only shots you takin are those that evolve from shells Something is on your mind then nigga say it You scared? If I was tryin to X you out then you know youd be dead You need beef with me like you need a hole in your head You little Stone Throwers You signed-to-a-label-ass-niggas aint sayin shit till you own yours Whenever them triggers is buckin I got to write a label to Trojan requestin them niggas to up it Cause my dick get bigger My balls get larger To a size that my drawers cant swallow For yall it suicide The verbal amphetamine The quotes is cold places, inserted with Ketamine Spoken, they pulsate Earthquake Houston we got a problem Im settin your turf straight Your troops I private piles em up The holocaust you pay is Hitlers Way You dis me, and get merked for Christmas But the curse if gift less Im the first to spit shit From a podium Go to your local church to get this Yall sell chickens I only serve the biscuit Leave your blood on the street You get curbed with blisters Chicken noodle soup your brains, let it rain And I clear it out All the vets say Im official And you can ask Diddy But now that Im doing time like Shyne Nigga Ill probably +Press Play+ on a pistol Political prisoner Got ammo around my torso like Rambo Banana around my waist like Imma gorilla Its time to apply my pace now on the fo rilla Bandanna around my face like dead prez Statik Selektah Take a breather You are now ridin with a flow the fliest Selassie inside Who Jesus chose Who Hov inspires Extreme formula in this chess game Accept change You the king We the queen corner a Best thing spittin since a geyser The methane rhythm, its supplier Written with the fire Doused by the best team With him when he ridin Out Cause the check flame when it get divided Bout Niggas livin through decisions Learnin aint givin you the business Quittin is a privilege Suited at a funeral, killin any witness Over dead prezs Im here to view the digits Clearin out the air space Pointin out who aint dead Gods gift to this world Im going out with reindeer Comin back and bang ya Leap Year is a thang of the past When I return and spring from my ashes Like a deranged angel Who came cause you asked But I aint here to save you, I came for your ass Its sorta like the reaper Blowin at your concert We write through the speakers Knowin that its Gods work Rap is a prison thatll trap you in freedom The contradiction of your past The after you see Him I dont have to proceed with no masters degree To change the art I came and waxed the museum I saw, I conquered I paused my disc to do a bid So yall can spit bout how you do it big Nigga is you grown or you a kid? You trash And dont make me blast And turn your dome into a lid Open your mind Put led in your brain You dope for your time Im ahead of your game The doors open And Im in it Im so focused You still focusin And when Im finished you gonna be hopin it still opens Maybe I lucked up? Either Im straight crazy or slavery got a nigga fucked up Eminem and Kramer The minimum will blame em The average nigga got the word spinnin in they chambers The average nigga raised by the average nigga, aye Its the average nigga way To say "nigga" with an "a" Riddle em and hit em with the K Let it speak when he fiddle with the trigger Let em kill em with the say Sodom or Gomorrah Which one are you the more of? Chevys sittin on 30s and 20s on the Saurus Fiendin for that spot The money bout to burn a hole in my pocket So I got to extinguish that with a "Blao" Put it out with a Phantom Bring it out on the block With no driver Hoes, yall wanna drive or not! I gotta peel the peddle A lot of troops done died Why deal with the devil, knowin I got a truce with God? Gotta peel the peddle A lot of troops done died Why deal with the devil, knowin I got a truce with God? I gotta peel the peddle A lot of troops done died Why deal with the devil, knowin that I got a truce with God? Nickel

Yall Ready? Phally Phel, Cyssero, Ne-Yo, jeezy, calm down, easy, easy Keep tellin me you got a man, but he cant do what I can Let me show you what youve been missing Hes showing you the minor things Let me show you the finer things Let me show you what youve been missing Right about this time, raise your glasses Whats my motivation? That ass is Start a conversation like as if You really want to know about a day in that shit Go ahead and tell the dj "play Swiss" Now I aint gotta tell these hoes who I is Bitches hatin again, thats music to my ears What you think my fuel was for all of these years? Im inspired when people dont like me You keep me writing, so exciting Man, the drama is so enticing I might just bite a motherfucker like Tyson Just to try the motherfuckers so you chain Throw some cash, thats cake and icing I ask her "you blind?" she said "no, just sightseeing" Maybe thats good, you just aint found a right thing Keep tellin me you got a man, but he cant do what I can Let me show you what youve been missing Hes showing you the minor things Let me show you the finer things Let me show you what youve been missing Let me show you what youve been missing Guaranteed youll be hooked like fishes By the fisher man when he goes fishing Lips made for kissing, body for caressing Let me caress ya, let me undress ya I could be your professor, lemme just test ya Ill be your ultimate sexer, and yes sir Ima sex ya all through the semester Hey, skip the lecture, I wanna get next to You boo, boo, let me show you what its like to ride with a G like me Ill be where they cant go, see what they cant see I could show you the finer things Im too major to know about the minor things Obviously, you aint found the right thing yet I bet your man cant do it like me, check Keep tellin me you got a man But he cant do what I can Let me show you what youve been missing Hes showing you the minor things, Let me show you the finer things Let me show you what youve been missing We can parler, ball out all day Yeah, Im just trying to show you what the song say Louis Vuitton sneaks, Louis Vuitton lay, Louis Vuitton Don and ridin with Kanye What did this bra say? "Those heavy stones on your wrist". She keeps askin how much do my arm weight I replied back "Boo, never mind that. Im G4 jet. You ever fly that?" The Paradise Island I was reclined back In our bed, when we laying, you wont wanna fly back You wanna try that, hit the mall and buy that? But youll miss out if you decide to sidetrack I can have you by my side, ma, besides that Hit it from the side, I took the decide to climax Chain swing side to side and blind cats Cyssero, Kanye and Ne-Yo, rewind that Keep tellin me you got a man, but he cant do what I can Let me show you what youve been missing Hes showing you the minor things Let me show you the finer things Let me show you what youve been missing

I had a dream I could buy my way to heaven Woke up, I spent it on a necklace I told God Id be back in a second Its so hard not to act reckless To whom much is given much is tested Until they get the message Now Im under more scrutiny But I act more stupidly My momma couldnt get through to me Im talking like its just you and me I guess the money shouldve changed him Shouldve forgot where he came from So let the champagne splash Let that man get past You dont need to stop to get gas If he can move through the rumors, he can drive off the fumes, cause How do you move in a room full of nos? How do you stay faithful in a room full of hoes? He must be in tune with his soul Hes buried in a tomb full of gold Theyll be looking like "Why God?" When they reminisce over you, my god La, la, la, la La, la, la, la Wait till I get my money right Then you cant tell me nothing right

Dont you remember you told me you loved me baby? You said youd be coming back this way again Baby baby baby baby ohhh baby I love you, yeah, I really do Uhh, its real Dear Lord, yeah This letter is from Saigon, the Yardfather We fucked up Lord Will, talk, to em I tell em Its alright, its alright I know my rent is overdue, they bout to shut off my light And even if I get a job, too late, youre too right Gotta do what I gotta do to get this loot up tonight Its alright, I write a letter dedicated to God First Ill thank him, without him Ida never made it this far But its hard tryin to think of why he not gettin involved Its a lady with a newborn baby livin in the car The police is beatin us up, the hurricane is eatin us up Katrina flood water was deep as a fuck Dear Lord, are we ever gon receive a reward For all the sufferin and pain and misery we endure? Just like Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the AIDS, the crack When are we ever gon get paid back? PS: write your boy S to the A back And tell Luther we got a joint we gave that stays on playback {"Dont you remember you told me you loved me baby?"} When you told me you loved me {"You said youd be coming back this way again"} Im back {"Baby baby baby baby ohhh baby"} You told me you was comin back, that I would see you but you never told me when {"I love you, yeah, I really do"} I want you here to guide me by my side so it doesnt have to be in vain So never leavin you again Its alright, its alright They narcotized our neighborhood flood the ghetto with white My nigga only 21, he too young for two strikes But if he catch another felony he gonna do life, that aint right I write a letter dedicated to our Father who art in Heaven, Muslim brothers call him Allah And they all tryin to think of why he not gettin involved America is bombin them for no reason at all Gas prices eatin us up, parole officers cheatin us yup They lock us in for dirty pee in a cup Ayo I know you love us Lord, but please show black people a sign To us, societys a lethal design Them A-T-Liens adapt to the track Up top, we call it the block, when not most of the crackers live that Cmon Lord, you dont see nothin the matter with that? Hit me back, I think me and you need to chat To all the ladies havin babies on they own These niggas aint shit ma, for real yo? You better off alone If he aint smart enough to know why he should stay Then what could he possibly teach his seed anyway? You gotta grind like you never grind Even if it mean you gotta shake your never mind, I know I read your mind You gotta do what you gotta, get it together ma A baby aint temporary, that shits forever ma A mothers love is the freshest kind Thatll get yall through the hard times, the pain and the stress combined Raise your seed, you dont need no man Especially one that need to be de-programmed Type brother think he righteous cause he dont eat no ham But he keep plans of fuckin with some kilograms Girlfriend, you know what you do when the time is right You tell your lil one that its alright For real, keep your head up I dedicate this song, to the whole Abandoned Nation If youve been abandoned in any sense of the word Then you part of this Abandoned Nation Gotta take it for what its worth, right God love us young brothers, thats right To all my brothers on lockdown, the whole Abandoned Nation Lets go

They say "Whats happenin?" We say the facts and if, they lie We comin back for them They might say... but they dont know! They dont knowwwww They say a nigga lost his mind But in the scheme of things I never lost a rhyme The thin line between love and hatred Im the black pill in the Matrix, the saturated life They say life is what you make it So I wait quick on a spaceship so I can take it As high as the stakes get when paper get low I be tellin Derick, "Tell Cara get us a show" Little Com, I make righteous bitches get low The richest man aint necessarily the nigga with dough They say "You ripped" "Wow..." Yea, thats what they say My niggas couldnt tell it was me, like Jamie in Ray Paintin a day, wit focused crime, broads, and good wine They say "Dope is sour so its homework and hood crimes" I stood mine, for forever and a day so goodbye They never could say - tell em, J See my life was kinda simple like Nicole and Paris Til i started making dollars like I rolled with Paris Then we went our seperate ways like annulling a marriage Cause they talk behind my back even worse than the past Cause while i tried to make it happen they preferred an excuse And that rubbed me the wrong way like a pervert masseuse Cause nothing free about juice when you go to the market So how you using mine just to corner the market Now Im more of a target than the items in Target And matter fact homie Im tired of talkin So if you got them killers what you need to do is send one Otherwise start calling me Ben cause i been one Cause Quence getting stung aint in this package deal So Im screening all my calls like the actors deal And since in the hood is even higher than Dre Day I could give a damn about the things that they say

Okay, G.O.O.D. Music has arrived You and your girls can finally get live Imma need you to turn the lights down Whatever gon happen gon happen right now Do whatever you want Whatever you want Whatever you want, want, want, want, want, want, want Whatever you want, want, want, want, want, want, want Baby let me get the number to your blackberry curve So I can buy you everything that you deserve I aint gotta front mama thats my word With that kinda ass I might spaz like N.E.R.D And buy whatever you want Whatever you want, want, want, want, want, want, want Whatever you want, want, want, want, want, want, want Now I need you to leave home any inhibitions I promise you, wont be any intermissions Whats up with your home girl, Im so persistent We need an assistant, Im just kidding Whatever you want Whatever you want, want, want, want, want, want, want Whatever you want, want, want, want, want, want, want The number one team is back it aint fair And if you feel the same, raise you glass in the air I like the pack Jordans that come with the wack pair Yall really dont want it and were making that clear So do whatever you want Whatever you want, want, want, want, want, want, want (Put you hands in the air Wave them around like you just dont care) Whatever you want, want, want, want, want, want, want (And once youre done with that, keep your hands up high If youre with your girls let me see you get live And get whatever you want) Hey girl, we gon live it up tonight Hey girl, welcome to the Grammy life Hey girl, you know how this goes If you all, centerfolds, is all I know Whatever you want Now when everybody way too aggressive Imma be the one to cool to even stress it Even though I bought dresses, breasts, Benzs, Lexus Yeah, you get the message Whatever you want Whatever you want Whatever you want, want, want, want, want, want, want Whatever you want, want, want, want, want, want, want So dont be shy baby pick a handbag And the shoes to match thatll really get them mad And dont worry about it cause Im picking up the tab Cause nothing gets the girls like a little bit of cash Or whatever they want Hey girl, we gon live it up tonight Hey girl, welcome to the Grammy life Hey girl, you know hows this goes Doesnt get old, centerfold Is all I know Whatever you want La la la la la la La la la la Whatever you want La la la la la la La la la la

Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh I had to dip on my boss over our differences See, this drip really caused all the differences These tips just became insignificant With this much sauce, man, I should order chicken strips Im from the strip where they might take your rights away Where the hicks might try to take your life away But theres the price to pay for the evil that men do For the betrayal that friends do Evaluate what I been through Stolen VIN numbers and venues And thats enough to change whats on your value menu I see through you and your awful lies I can see through all you little squares, like waffle fries Not to philosophize or wit and riddles But interfere in my bread and find yourself in a pickle I made my life really simple, I need a mild, and a wifey Not a bird thatll talk to me spicy Huh, my new affidavit Id rather choke my chicken than have a snack from Satan Cause its no longer enough that you thick for days Same policy as Chick-fil-A, ugh Closed on Sunday, youre my Chick-fil-A Closed on Sunday, you my Chick-fil-A Hold the selfies, put the Gram away Get your family, yall hold hands and pray When you got daughters, always keep em safe Watch out for vipers, dont let them indoctrinate Closed on Sunday, you my Chick-fil-A Youre my number one, with the lemonade Raise our sons, train them in the faith Through temptations, make sure theyre wide awake Follow Jesus, listen and obey No more livin for the culture, we nobodys slave Stand up for my home Even if I take this walk alone I bow down to the King upon the throne My life is His, Im no longer my own I pray to God that Hell strengthen my hand They will think twice steppin onto my land I draw the line, its written in the sand Try me and you will see that I aint playin Now, back up off my family, move your hands I got my weapons in the spirits land I, Jezebel dont even stand a chance Jezebel dont even stand a chance

Mustard on that beat, ho Baby girl, shake that You gon make me spank that, Im tryin not to break that Its the big payback Your momma gave you all that, you better not waste that  I see you got on all latex I see you fuckin with the ballers and the players Got sticks in Andreas Baby, bring it up , bring it up like She do a split on the dick Lil freaky-ass bitch always showin her tits Girl, I know your man at home pissed You throwin it back like you need you some rent You sayin that CÎROC got you bent You and your friends can meet all my friends Fifteen freaky girls in a Bent You know I got the drip that can thirst your quench After the club, hit the crib with shawty Ima send her naughty ass back by mornin 8AM in the Maybach yawnin Got a real big play to make this mornin Yesterday, I was in the club, it was crazy I know these bitches backs hurt from all that shakin Baby, you a star, no Macys This song right here is for the Sonias and Staceys Let them, let them, praise the name of Lord Please dont never, dont insult it His Majesty is above Earth aint have Let them praise the name of Lord His alone is exalted His Majesty is above Earth aint had this, Psalm 148 Psalms on the way, Psalm 148, 148 Let them praise the name of Lord Let me praise the name of the Lord Dropped on the game, went and scored Uh-dun, I came and I saw Though I love her, came on a four Bitch, you wanna game when youre bored You know it, you a came and afford Got that that you cant even afford Puffin on a for the cord Let me praise the name of the Lord Somethin all a sudden got me bored Runnin and its feelin like a chore Somethin cause you only want more get the bitchin at the door Somethin in the name of the Lord , oh yeah, uh, oh yeah, uh, uh, uh Oh yeah, oh yeah, uh Pullin off us for the opposite, dont attack at it , what you try to get? Hold em off a bit, thats a This is how to teach on some politics On some mobster shit, thats the Carter bitch Its a college bitch on some knowledgin This is not a bitch, if they not a Crip If you not a quit, that you gotta get Let me praise the name of the Lord, huh

Im not loving you, way I wanted to What I had to do, had to run from you Im in love with you, but the vibe is wrong And that haunted me, all the way home So you never know, never never know Never know enough, til its over love Til we lose control, system overload Screaming, "No, no, no, n-nooo!" Im not loving you, way I wanted to See I wanna move, but cant escape from you So I keep it low, keep a secret code So everybody else dont have to know So keep your love lockdown - your love lockdown Keeping your love lockdown - your love lockdown You keep your love lockdown - your love lockdown You keep your love lockdown - you lose Im not loving you, way I wanted to I cant keep my cool, so I keep it true I got something to lose, so I gotta move I cant keep my-self, and still keep you too So I keep in mind, when Im on my own Somewhere far from home, in the danger zone How many times did I tell you fore it finally got through? You lose, you lose Im not loving you, way I wanted to See I had to go, see I had to move No more wasting time, we cant wait for life Were just racing time, wheres the finish line? Im not loving you, way I wanted to I bet no one knew, I got no one new Know I said Im through, but got love for you But Im not loving you, way I wanted to Gotta keep it going, keep the loving going Keep it on the roll, only God knows If I be with you, baby Im confused You choose, you choose Im not loving you, way I wanted to Where I’m bout to go, I dont need you Ive been down this road, too many times before Im not loving you, way I wanted to So keep your love locked down, so keep your love lockdown So keep your love locked down, so keep your love lockdown Is anybody in the house right now in love right now? In love right now, well keep your love lockdown If anybody in the house right now is in love right now Try your best to keep your love lockdown Keep your love lockdown Keep it on Is it better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all? This brings us to the end of my VH1 Storyteller Thank you for Being my shrink today and the stage as my couch Thank you for allowing me to get some things off my chest and out of my mind The ghosts out of my head so they will not haunt me at night And just for this moment as I hear clap and hear you scream, just for this moment I feel alright My pain shall be your pleasure, my torment and tragedy Im not loving you, way I wanted to See I had to go, see I had to move No more wasting time, you cant wait for life Were just racing time, wheres the finish line? Where’s the finish line? Are we at the finish line? Running for the finish line Running for the finish line Are we at the finish line? Are we at the finish line? Are we at the finish line? Are we at the finish line? You run for the finish line You run for the finish line I’m not ready to fi-finish life But I’m on the finish line So I run from the finish line I run from the finish line ‘Cause I’m not ready to finish life I gotta run from the finish life So keep your love lockdown, so keep your love You keep your love We’re low… Not loving you, way I wanted to What I had to do, had to run from you Im in love with you, but the vibe is wrong And that haunted me, all the way home So you never know, never never know Never know enough, til its over love Til we lose control, system overload Screaming, "No, no, no, no, no, noo Im not loving you, way I wanted to What I had to do, had to run from you So I keep it low, keep a secret cold So everybody else don’t have to know So keep your love lockdown You keep your love lockdown So keep your love lockdown You keep your love lockdown and you lose Is anybody in the house right now that’s in love right now? You gotta keep your love locked down, you gotta keep your love Promise me, promise me, promise me, promise me Please, please, promise me Please, promise me, please That you will keep your love lockdown Just try to keep your love lockdown You don’t want to make the music I’m forced to make right now I know it sounds good and all But I would rather have my love lockdown That number one hit don’t mean shit If it’s nobody to celebrate with To celebrate with, to levitate with You gotta keep your love lockdown, your love lockdown Your love lockdown, your love lockdown Now keep your love lockdown, your love lockdown You lose

YO! Good evening ladies and gents, close and distant fam Let me break it down for yall exactly who I am... That brotha straight off of Myrtle Ave That dude that make the other dude say thats my man, It aint nuttin I want I cant have The haters know its real and thats why they mad They struggle so hard while I just lay back They sound under pressure, sweaty and straight wack I rock like this because I aint that, Tell the players Im taking the game back... Matta fact tell the coaches, the GMs, and owners Shut down the stadiums, its over I make the cats in the back draw closer Get the comp choked up like white folks on Oprah Yeah you dope, but its more doper More skill, more style, and more focus I hit the lab with good shit to smoke up And tell the sound man where I wanna go from Blow up, skit sheet across the notepad School em all from the drop out to post grads What history book you do or dont have Theres only two eras of rap, pre and post CAV Now you know that Stop the train, theres no place for the game left to go at Cavee is my name but you can call me, Its all the same abbreviated or whole Shout it out so it dont be a secret to folk it go, Short for Cavee but Im not from Cali Im from the rotten apple, dirty streets and alleys Bed-Stuy Brooklyn doin it exactly, Get at me!!! Holla!!...Like Missy and Ja Rule Aint a crowd in the world that CAV cannot move Hot dude, cats was thinkin its not true But come front row at the show, I got proof I went from sellin candy in junior high school To servin spoony g for the fiends to gnaw to Got sent upstate on a bus, In the yard thinkin damn shouldve listen to ma duke Come home in 99, what the fuck Im gonna do I wont move bundles, I got a new hustle I quit pie baking, started rhyme makin Buildin up my rep to be one of the five greatest And I aint saying CAV the best nigga out there But until he appear, Im sittin in his chair And Imma need a few moments just to get in yall ear To make you forget that dude was ever even here I got two words for the world: Be prepared I got three words for your girl: Dont be scared! And when they ask where the real hip-hop, ITS OVER HERE! And when they ask where Brooklyn at, HOLD YA EARS! Its like YEAH! Chris Antione Vashon Capricorn hit em off with the classic bong and then Im gone... Ridin back to Brook-Lan... boyeeeeee

Bret Easton Ellis: Maybe it’s because movies seem more disposable now, and I’m just aching for that type of pleasure that you got with There Will Be Blood, but I find this year hard to get into. Has there been anything that you’ve recently seen that you’ve said “yes, that’s interesting, yes, that’s moving the dial over a little bit,” or? Kanye: I mean, I’m gonna sound cliché again to say “Twelve Years of Slave” – it’s not that I only like black movies about black people. Of course, I love… Steve McQueens films are interesting. I think he is more about mood and story – even if he was more about story, it’s his mood and the way things look that really force a real opinion on how long he holds moments of emotion. Not just holding the shot – he holds moments of emotion. I’ve liked his growth from more of this art film approach to – not that that was even an attempt; that was just him doing what he was doing – now to something that’s finally grasped the ability to have commerciality. The word “commercial” has such a negative connotation, but Steve is such a fine artist too, as full exhibits at Basel show. To be able to tread those two worlds - I really admire that and think that is what the modern artist is about: having multiple talents and expressing those talents, especially in a world where you just get boxed into something. Even when I’ve done short films – every video I’ve done has basically been a short film, and “Flashing Lights” is my favorite because it has the best mood, feels the most like a film, has a storyline, bam it’s a surprise in there, it’s really like a short clip out of a film. It almost gives you a hint to what happened before and what happens after that. I did this film Runaway. There’s times where people see it and they’re moved by the emotion. They see the naiveté because I’m not trained at all. When I talk to Spike Jonez about it, he’ll be like “Oh, that completely sucks.” When I talk to an artist about it, he’ll say “Oh, that’s my favorite thing.” When I talked to Takashi Murakami about it, he said he cried when he saw it. Just explaining to people out there that are listening that maybe have some perception or have heard some brash comments that I have made like doing Disney or Steve Jobs comparisons… I have the right to do that, and I have the right to say that. And it’s fun for me, because like, to set your goals that high. Steve Jobs was never, you know, the best computer programmer, but he had an understanding and a feeling, and it’s exactly what you’re talking about – creating these moments that people connect with and maybe that are life changing. As we approach Hollywood or as I approach the clothing industry in the same way I approached the music industry with none of the boundaries of what this genre is supposed to be, what I’m supposed to be, what I’m supposed to be, what Im supposed to represent, what you wanna… It’s literally like a 14 year old’s emotion expressed. And you’re limited only by the people that you get to collaborate with.

We the Teriya-Kings Kings Kings Kings Kings Verbal asked me do I need a pen? Not right now Everything I write now I dont even write down I dont need her right now But Im so bad Ask her can she hold my gonads before they go bad Since I did a song with Teriyaki I been acting very cocky Using every opportunity to shit on everybody If you heard Ill be in Houston like Bobby Puffing on a blunt until the "B" got me body There fees in the party? Chillin in the lobbies Anything you heard happened, yo it probably did Full Force trying to find where the Party is For the last time to kick it like Karate Kid Man that line was way obvious Way out of my jurisdiction of my high snob On my job kill a nigga no prob type flow Just seen a nigga get Rob like Whoa! Oh, should have tucked your chain Niggas aint playing man, it aint a fuckin game All that frontin for the audience Make em not exist no more, Yugoslavians (Yo They try to jack my practice Fully grown, fully blown, styles infectious Whys it always VERBAL? The fact is Im in your face for ten years and still that fresh kid Encrusted with stone colors never seen Haters hate the accolades I get and underestimate But wait, they still salivate Looking at the chains I make And they start calculating Rumors start circulating Theres no relating Yall should be left out This is my house, you dont like it? Get the _______ So what now? Why you want to get with me? Cuz Im leaving legacies? 怒るでしかし! 全然デリカシー 無いとDANGER! その頭はFAKE like its アートの姉ちゃん Im that futuristic youth from Asia If you cant comprehend then its euthanasia) Hit the stage see the floor all the seats obsolete We gonna probably need more And I dont walk around with an ID Hit the club watch them line up like IV? And hop up on that motherfuckin carpet like HI-G? Im trying to get paid so I feel like a Cosby! Ching-Ching Ooh yeah, Teriyaki Boyz, Big Sean we here So make sure that cameras recording Im so important outfits imported And your girl said "Hes so ignorant" So why the hell she cant ignore it Dog, cause Im everything you couldnt be Everything you would be and everything I should be

Back when they thought pink polos would hurt the Roc Before Cam got the shit to pop The doors was closed, I felt like Bad Boys street team I couldnt work the locks Now lets go Take em back to the plan Me and my momma hopped in the U-Haul van Any pessimists I aint talked to them Plus, I aint have no phone in my apartment Lets take em back to the club Least about an hour I would stand on line I just wanted to dance I went to Jacob an hour after I got my advance I just wanted to shine Jays favorite line: "Dog, in due time" Now he look at me, like "Damn, dog, you where I am" A hip hop legend I think I died in an accident, cause this must be heaven They say your attitude determines your latitude Im high as a motherfucker, fly as a motherfucker And still the motherfucker you love to hate But cant because you love what I make Now aint that about a bitch That Imma talk shit until Im out of hits They say your attitude determines your latitude Im high as a motherfucker, ffly as a motherfucker And still the motherfucker you love to hate But cant because you love what I make But its another story over here at Drakes house Cause Im dripped up and Im draped out And Im lean back Scoping Looking for a woman that I should wife Who got just the right amount of loyalty Yeah but is still anticipating us living the good life We go L-A, V-A N-Y, T-O Sunshine in that heat stroke And them fur hoods in that deep snow We have breakfast in the bedroom Break bread downstairs in the basement I took my lifestyle from mediocre to good and now I say its sittin at amazing Girls tryin sell a whole lobby of us Hear em all screaming then its probably is But I cant blame females, females cant really ignore something this obvious What you really expect when I strut through town Two or three days I shut you down They say your attitude determines your latitude Im high as a motherfucker, fly as a motherfucker And still the motherfucker you love to hate But cant because you love what I make Now aint that about a bitch That Imma talk shit until Im out of hits They say your attitude determines your latitude Im high as a motherfucker, ffly as a motherfucker And still the motherfucker you love to hate But cant because you love what I make Guess whos on third? Lupe still like Lupin the Third Hear life here till Im beer on the curb Peach fuzz buzz but beard on the verge Slow it down like were on the syrup Bottle-shaped body like Mrs. Butterworth But, before you say another word Im back on the block like Im layin on the street Im trying to stop lying like a Mum-Ra But Im not lying when Im laying on the beat Engarde, Touch Lupe cool as the Unthawed But I still feel as possessed as a gun charge I come as correct as a porn star In a fresh pair of steps and my best foreign car In a fresh pair of steps and my best foreign car They say your attitude determines your latitude Im high as a motherfucker, fly as a motherfucker And still the motherfucker you love to hate But cant because you love what I make Now aint that about a bitch That Imma talk shit until Im out of hits They say your attitude determines your latitude Im high as a motherfucker, ffly as a motherfucker And still the motherfucker you love to hate But cant because you love what I make

I want everybody to put they hands together for me I want to talk about somebody real special tonight Ok, come on Hey Mama, ahhhhhhhhhh, I wanna scream so loud for you Cause Im so proud of you, let me tell you what Im about to do I know I act a fool, but I promise you Im going back to school I appreciate what you allowed for me, and I, I just want you to be proud of me I wanna tell the whole world about a friend of mine This little light of mine, Im feelin let it shine Im feelin take yall back to them better times Im feelin talk about my mama if yall dont mind I was three years old when you and I move to the Chi Late December, harsh winter gave me a cold You fix me up something that was good for my soul Famous home chicken soup, can I have another bowl You work late nights just to keep on the lights Mommy got me training wheels so I can keep on my bike And you would give me anything in this world Michael Jackson leather and the glove, but didnt give me a curl And you never put no man over me, and I LOVE you for that Mommy cant you see? Seven years old, caught you with tears in your eyes Cause a nigga cheatin, tellin you lies, then I started to cry As we knelt on the kitchen floor I said, "Mommy, Ima love you til you dont HURT no more!" And when Im older, you aint gotta WORK no more And Ima get you that mansion that we couldnt afford See your unbreakable, unmistakable, highly capable, lady thats making loot A living legend too, just look at what Heaven do, sent us an angel, and I thank you , Oh your son done turned into a man living life From the lesson straight from the palm of yo hand And I know well that my words - they just aint strong enough If I had to pay for yo love, my money aint long enough! Its only 60 seconds in a minute, 24 hours in a day The sun rises, the sun sets & goes away "How this day went so fast?" is what I thought Only 12 months in a year - life is short Before my time is up, you know what Ima do? Take this time out to say, "I love you" Cause right after you finished raisin all ya kids You turned right around & raised foster kids We was the first ones in the hood with bunk beds Popped me in my mouth for somethin I shouldnt said & when I caught that case, ya face turned red You picked me up from the precinct - I was a knucklehead You told me when I frowned up my face & pout "I brought you in this world, boy, Ill take you out" Daddys stressin you out? You tired of the drama? Divorce that fool - Ill marry you, Mama , Oh your son done turned into a man living life From the lesson straight from the palm of yo hand And I know well that my words - they just aint strong enough If I had to pay for yo love, my money aint long enough!

What it, what it What it is cu cuz What it is fo folk I’ve been watchin’ you from over here on the other side of the club lookin’ at’chu all through that Smoke What do you drank, -drank Little Patron, a little Grey Goose, a little Hennessey But when I see you, all my girls like “What do you— “Thank?” “How do you feel,-feel?” Butterflies running all up and down my chest but he’s so hot to death and I’m Sophia Fresh and that’s Real What am I suppose to do? Get up and walk to a th-iz-ug and act like Im innocent and cute? Nah, I’mma step like Yeah Have you ever been down wit a female from the hood? She can really make you feel good an’ make you sang Hop in a Maserati, baby boy, we can roll All I really wanna know is… What it is What it is What it is What it is What it is What it is What it is What it is Tch, whatever nigga Huh, check this out What it is pi-pimp What it is du-dude? I see you in your C-A-D-I Double L while the A-C blows so Cule How does it ride –ride? 24s on the back wit a fifth 24 on the back Twenty hits on a lac truck back up to a Glide Super high from the ground I feel like I’m an alien in a UFO Somebody better beam me up back on down What else am I suppose to do? Get up an’ walk to a th-iz-ug and act like im innocent and cute? Haha, I’mma step like… Uh, I don’t need no little ass I need a ghetto ass Girl wit a little car that can make it cross town wit just a little gas I know when we first met You was a little gassed But you wanna keep your swag So you was holdin’ back Yo’ little brotha luv me He say “Yeezy got some fresh clothes” Yo’ grandmother luv me ‘cause I always dress in dress clothes I can switch yo’ dress code Change your life like “Presto” I am like that aston martin engine, you just press “Go” Why –why you ac’in’ like you ain’t impressed for? Oh, see, why you listen to the press, though? I-I-ain’t fitta ‘splain my life up on no Larry King ‘cause when I show her that thing, she say “That explains everything” “Everything” “That just changed everything” Yeezy on her name ring Yeezy with her chain bling Yea I throw Barack up, but Baby, you get my vote Love a ghetto girl With more ass than the models

Like this From the realm of the dunzillas From Chi town to uptown My man Rashaun, Kanye, Seldom C, Sweat Me, Grav And sparking the cyph off, Dave Wreck Flows wicked like eurocentrics, magically makin men emerge Spiritual urge, that leave from their body to surge to witness my verbs Leave holes in chest cavities like vaginas black Finger poppin souls with facts Mishaps and missteps, repulsive acts nonstop We load the clip to keep my mind skills on cock Against corrupted MCs, splittin their skulls with one swift motion Cosmic destruction cause I get high from Merlins potion Yo mad niggas got dreams of the Lexus and coupes Got their signin bonus and bought TECs for the video shoot Ayo them shits backfired before the cameraman arrived, he died For his image, now lets start the scrimmage In the first quarter, I sacked 25 MCs By halftime you still got rhymes but they are diseased They infected with 75 seconds of life left I cremate MCs and breathe they ashes in my lifes breath In a life or death situa I come through with the Chi representa And bleed you pussies every month like ovula The sensationll shine through your mind Take it line for line Play across the board to rob these niggas blind When were takin em line for line Yo lets react with our mind, kill the black-on-black crime Ill be takin it line for line Yo what you got, nigga? I got a fix for your binge Laced dope that soaks nerves numb Slung in slums to a steady stream of clientele Eager tongues fold under pressure, the parallel Doubt disarrays the strongest efforts like a spell The spell will lift, the truth be even more vague Infectious on phonograph, a verbal plaque plague That preys on focused ears, I steer the culture in a new direction Disarm your psyche before you can reach your Smith & Wesson I write like a cartel Melody mercenaries that flips the art well A secret order of chosen artists summoned from global markets Plottin precise assaults on sub-terrainian targets Citizens seek refuge from bombshed that drops constant Poetically potent content executed on some calm shit Yo I heard they said ghettobred, thorough head That an MC that cant rhyme is better off than said Best music off rhymes like holdin 8ths From a malicious mouth face that makes radioactive space The science we seek, world supremacy over beats A league of crowd catalysts unleashed on the streets Why you reachin for your heat? My shits concealed in the mind When Im takin em line for line Anonymous masterminds shiftin a paradigm When Im takin em line for line From the cotton fields runaway slaves misbehavin My cravings remain eclectic, stay pathetic Prognosis, verbal dope feign who overdoses Regain focus, but hold, the pale horse approaches Roaches, collect the Ls up, my head said it Plus up the magnetic, I keep shit connected When crews get beheaded, slave ring the antiseptic My man Sway erect shit lace it then I bless it Ayo, uptown heads gravitate toward Saturn Moon spin me while Seldom Cs gone with the wind On the third day let my mental ascend Where platinum dicks make your portals do tricks Dimensional slits trip through space and time While you black cats remain blind I become sunshine Risen from tombs To wreak stress havoc and doom On flesh and bones of niggas who think microphones Are restitutes for gods controllin the weather Verbal showers and razor blades rain down to sever Body parts to expose their inner skin linin Death to weak foes from my in depth rhymin My timin is exact and quick to stain brains From gusts to strong winds and ill hurricanes Somethin wicked this way comes Hey yo in the side of the norm Niggasll run take cover from the storm I cause, when provoked and forced to get loose With the same lightnin bolts that I stole from Zeus Its a holocaust with terror that most niggas fear Grizzly type style thats rather hard to bear Forces driven by ancient spirits Thats barefoot with naps, goatees and Chuck spears Yo, check, as shadow emits from headstones to headphones Bust eardrums, leave dead tones In hemispheres of brains used to comprehend How me and my niggas turned gods to mortal men In apocalyptic times I let my third eye shine When Im takin em line for line I take five niggas souls and convert em into mine Now we takin em line for line Take em now, take em now, take em now Take em to the side Side for side

*Lyrics from Snippets* Yeah, here we go, here we go Here we go

My mama was raised in the era when Clean water was only served to the fairer skin Doin clothes, you woulda thought I had help But they wasnt satisfied unless I picked the cotton myself You see its broke nigga racism Thats that "Dont touch anything in the store" And its rich nigga racism Thats that "Come in, please buy more" "What you want, a Bentley? Fur coat? A diamond chain? All you blacks want all the same things" Used to only be niggas, now everybody playin Spendin everything on Alexander Wang New slaves You see its leaders and its followers But Id rather be a dick than a swallower You see its leaders and its followers But Id rather be a dick than a swallower I throw these Maybach keys I wear my heart on the sleeve I know that we the new slaves I see the blood on the leaves I see the blood on the leaves I see the blood on the leaves I know that we the new slaves I see the blood on the leaves I throw these Maybach keys I throw these Maybach keys Fuck you and your corporation Yall niggas cant control me I know that we the new slaves I know that we the new slaves I see the blood on the leaves I know that pumpin aint free I know that pussy aint free You niggas pussy, aint me I know that pussy, I dont need I got that bump you gon need I throw these Maybach keys I see the blood on the leaves I know that we the new slaves Yall niggas cant fuck with me Yall niggas cant fuck with Ye Yall niggas cant fuck with Ye I get something from my crib but nigga I wont bump the state And fuck your stores and your employers Im good for grabs for all the reporters None of them thump, all recorders I ball with something with thump I see they coming down my block and I show my ass like this Ill be cooling out in my pants and jacking off my black dick All of yall motherfuckers basic I got that bump-bump places Go stop, nothing for the kids Aint no more, nothing for the gangsters Fuck you and your Hampton house Ill fuck your Hampton spouse I got that damn near snout I got that damn near clout Im out those milestones now We bout to bounce back now I got that motherfucking wet Now what the fuck they gon say now? I cant get too high, cant get too high again So long, so long, so long You cant not fall or fly, and I won’t fly again I can’t lose, I can’t lose And I dont know but I wont be without you You cant get too high, get too high again Haha, too high again, too high, ooh hoo-hoo-hoo, woo Yeah, h-h-h-high, h-high-high, high-high high-igh-high-high H-high-igh, yeah, high, high-igh Mhm-igh

Left, right, right, left We go left, right, right, left Cmon left, right, right, left We gon tighten up our boots and march till it ends, cmon Left, right, right, left We go left, right, right, left Cmon left, right, right, left We gon tighten up our boots and march till it ends This a story about a bad girl that used to be good A miseducation of Lauryn that stayed in the hood See she probably could have made it in Hollywood But she was misguided, misled, and misunderstood She wanted her baby dad with good hair like Blair Underwood And push a whip with 12 cylinders under the hood Now she got 6 kids to feed under her roof She didnt want her daughters to end up in the same position So she named one hope named the other ambition But the problems with poverty left them with no choice Then one got locked Then one got popped Dont worry Mom

Uh, you swear your foot aint on the gas, huh? Who you foolin? Still a backseat driver Every time you get close, you can’t make your mind up Gotta move away, run fast from that fake stuff Bottle full of poison, make the writing go too tough Sleepin on your Nanny’s couch; City of Angels They got devils in dresses, so pretty, make you question; That Satan that you kissin? Fuck it! You’re trippin! Get a car for the weekend, get a room at The Days And let the days blur together, bet that line’ll wash away quick Birds of a Feather; rockin furs in the Winter She gon fly north for Summer, leave your ass for the next thing Gave your last dollar to that whore that love attention Had her any better; would’ve seen it in the fine print Gotta take a loss, kiss your mamma with them lips Make ammends with his right hand; ask him to forgive It’s ‘bout truth & freedom. Good word, innit’? Love Ignorant shit but feel that Sunday could redeem it? Yeah, you in between that; Devil & a Deep Blue No Nanny now, so stick to what you used to If this bitch could do a few, carry two and sell a single Crazy, knock ‘em back & still get picked up for the sequel? Baby, piss into the wind probably still break equal Youll probably win, thats what my best friend Shawna says My manager and all the big record label heads Said to make songs for they who cant write sentences Said to keep it dumb because they just cant make sense of this Misery dont love company, it loves ignorance So get your mind gone, keep your mind blown We dont need no knowledge, you just want another rap song Get your mind gone, keep your mind blown You don’t need no knowledge, you just want another rap song You just want another rap song You just want another rap song…

This is a stream of consciousness… twitter poetry… Lease see these next tweets as such because the ideas will jump around a bit… a bit like a mood board... Up late designing in Sweden… Super inspired by my visit to Ikea today , really amazing company… my mind is racing with the possibilities… Playing the new Kendrick… 1 thousand images on the desktop… Hennessy & what’s left of the ice and coke zero… Sitting with @Robinnowicki from @ustwo working on the YEEZY site… Really happy to get the quality of the products better at half the prices of last year… Bear with me guys, Rome wasn’t built in a day but I promise to keep my promises… So proud of my brother @VirgilAbloh with his new @OffWht collection!!! Was speaking with @souljaian earlier about a new idea… Met with @Hermes_Paris family yesterday… been out here fighting for 13 years and it feels like we’re finally seeing wins… Can’t wait to get home to North, Saint and my wife… Sometimes the quiet moments feel like I’m home from battle… What war? a class war… a war against time… Feeling like Robin Hood… @Adidas is making a million Yeezys this year, opening up new factories… It’s been a lot of confusion in the past 3 weeks so let me apologize for in any way being confusing… I guess in a media world where you never hear the truth, the truth can come off as crazy… Thank you to @asvpxrocky for supporting me at the MSG show… Together we stand… we win… The future thinkers win… The artists win... The thinkers win… The pure of heart win… We win Get Top on the phoooone!!!!! @Kendricklamar

... back in town We only making the highlights Baby Im back in town I want my whole life to only be highlights We only making the highlights I want my whole life to only be highlights Can we play that back one time? And after that night Ima wanna play this shit back, I dont know Sometimes Im wishin that my dick had GoPro So I could play that shit back in slo-mo I just shot an amateur video; I think I should go pro We only making the highlights Tell my baby Im back in town I want my whole life to only be highlights We only making the highlights Baby Im back in town I want my whole life to only be highlights Uhh Shine like me Ain’t gon lie that pussy might give her a pay stub She tryna make the highlights how she made love Whoever did her hair and makeup Definitely need a pay cut She went from Ds to an A cup Tryna get a me to theJacob That was posed to be your money, wasnt it? That was posed to be honey, wasn’t it Thump thump, *mumbles* Up now Oh no! *mumbles* Good looks, good love *mumbles*

Fallin, dreamin, talkin in your sleep I know you want to cry all night, all night Plottin, schemin, findin Reason to defend all of your violent nights Promise me you will see Dont you grow up in a hurry, your momll be worried, aw It was all part of the story, even the scary nights Thank you for all of the glory, you will be remembered, aw Thank you to all of the heroes of the night They gotta repaint the colors, the lie is wearin off Reality is upon us, colors drippin off Colors drippin off Sturdy, solid and sturdy, voice of a birdie Told me, "Just stay determined, she would deter me" Purdy, pretty and curvy, developed early Curve me, til she finally heard me, and one day she served me "Hurt me," she just kept yelling "hurt me! Slap me and choke me and curse me!" She still got wounds from the nursery This is the woman who nursed me Gave me some water Im thirsty Gave all her best to the worst me Showed me my first bit of mercy Showed me that someone can substitute love for so long that they dont know the difference and sex for her now is a bad anniversary She want the alley like Kirsty, she dont remember the first me Someone went into her purse and she just wanna know when they gon reimburse me She dont want no one at , she dont want no one to court her She dont want no one to curtsy, you know how people in church be Callin her fast but no onell ask like, "Who the fuck put her at her speed?" She come with the , and all of this happened at thirteen Dont you grow up in a hurry, your momma be worried now Some people owe you a sorry, but thats not your story now Dont you grow up in a hurry, in a hurry, in a hurry Hurry, hurry Dont you grow up in a hurry, in a hurry now In a hurry now

Can I get some light in here? Cellphones in the air Lets dance in style, lets dance for a while Heaven can wait, were only watching the stars Hoping for the best but expecting the worst Are you gonna drop the bomb or not? Let us die young or let us live forever We dont have the power, but we never say never Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip The musics for the sad man Forever young I wanna be forever young Do you really want to live forever? Forever and ever Forever young I wanna be Forever young young ah Do you really want to live forever? Forever, forever young So we live a life like a video When the sun is always out and you never get old And the champagnes always cold And the music is always good And the pretty girls just happened to stop by in the hood And they hop their pretty ass up on the hood of that pretty ass car Without a wrinkle in today cause there is no tomorrow Just some picture perfect day that last a whole lifetime And it never ends cause all we have to do is hit rewind So lets just stay in the moment, smoke some weed, drink some wine Reminisce, talk some shit, forever young is in your mind Leave a mark that cant erase, neither space nor time So when the director yells cut well be fine, ah Forever young young I wanna be Do you really want to live forever? yeah Forever and on top ever Forever young I wanna be yeah, yeah Do you really want to live forever? Forever and ever young Slamming Bentley doors, hopping out of Porsches Popping up on Forbes lists, gorgeous, hold up Niggas thought I lost it, they be talking more shit I be talking more shit, Im nauseous, hold up Ill be here forever, you know Im on my fall shit And I aint waiting for closure, I will never forfeit Less than four bars, baby, bring the chorus in Did you get the picture yet Im painting you a portrait Forever young I wanna be forever young yeah, yeah Do you really want to live forever? And ever and ever Forever young I wanna be forever young Do you really want to live forever? Forever your time, sing! (Forever young I wanna be Forever young Do you really want to live forever? Forever and ever) One more time, sing! (Forever young I wanna be Forever young Do you really want to live forever? Forever, forever young) Make some noise for Beyoncé one time Brooklyn Imma leave you with this Dont be good, Brooklyn, be great Be great Thank you for tonight, thank you for tonight I love you

So many people get caught up in trying to remake their first album and its impossible for me to make another College Dropout, but I could make the best Graduation and best 808s that I could make. And thats how you, I think, keep advancing as an artist. So few, you know, Hip Hop artists have ever advanced: their songs on their seventh, eight album sound exactly like the songs of their first album. More than a artist, Im a real person and real people grow and I wanna just sing my growth I got the right to put up a fight But not quite cause you cut off my lights But my sight is better tonight And I might see you in my nightmare But howd youd get there Cause we were once a fairy tale But this is farewell I got my life and its my only one I got the night, Im running from the sun So good night, Im headed out the door.. After tonight, there will be no return After tonight, Im taking off on the road Im taking off on the road And that you know That you know Tell everybody that you know That I dont love you no more And thats one thing that you know That you know Okay, Im back up on my grind You do you and Im just gon do mine You do you and Im just gon be fine Okay, I got you out my mind And the night is young, the drinks is cold The stars is out, Im ready to go You always thought I was always wrong Well, now you know Tell everybody, everybody that you know Tell everybody that you know That I dont love you no more And thats one thing that you know That you know That you know, ohhh

Lou Stoppard: Kanye West, welcome to SHOWstudio. Were gonna be answering questions from some of your fans, some of your friends, some of your peers. But the first question I wanna ask you, its actually from me, so Lou from London. Youre one of the most famous men in the world and I think everyone has an opinion about you - I really noticed that as we were preparing for this interview. Everyone thinks they know you. Ive watched quite a lot of your interviews recently and youve really talked about this idea of not being heard. Theres quite an irony to that cause you have such a huge direct reach, but I got the sense youve really felt you were not being listened to or not being understood. Do you think everyone fully understands Kanye West? Or do you think youre very different to your public persona? Have you created that in some way? Kanye West: Yeah, I think theres people who understand. They see it. Thats the same people who see an earthquake coming on, or see a tsunami coming. I think there’s people who don’t want to embrace what it really is so they use their position of like class, or snobbery, or whatever comments they have, to just try to always down things and to not give it its just due, or just opportunity as a form of discrimination. You know, most people dont understand who they are. So peoples misunderstanding to me is a misunderstanding to themselves. That they dont understand that hes not being the projected version of himself. Hes not what he was taught by current society or taught by this lifetime. Hes evoking something from another place and this is unfamiliar; its alien to us. You know, its easier for us shun it, than to really try to dig deeper and find out more about it. Its funny that so many people that are supposed to be like so super educated love to just pick the lowest hanging fruit of a concept of fame or celebrity. as a way to diminish or to take away the validation of what is being done up to this point and what will be done in the future. LS: Talking about what you did in the past and what you want to do in the future. A question that was submitted by one of you fans, Sam Hollis. He said, what do you consider your greatest contribution to music, but also your greatest contribution to creativity? KW: Well, Im answering the second question first. The greatest contribution to creativity is taking away the bullying. Well, Im sure that Ive bullied myself sometimes, but taking away people being able to bully you because youre a creative. Were bullied and controlled by organisations and money and the people with money are in power. And thats gonna change after me and Kims lifetime. Its gonna go more back to when people used to philosophise and talk about proportions and shape and colour and what we can do for the next generations, but right now its all about what people can do to make the most money and how they can not cut in creatives in any profit and use creatives against themselves in a way. Like if they know someone is a genius but not business smart, they take advantage of that. So, me constantly fighting that on the front line I think is the greatest thing I’ve tried to open up, so that creatives can be more empowered, because I believe the world can be saved or helped, and the world meaning us as human beings, our civilisation, us as a race, as one race, can be helped through allowing people with more positive motives, who see more colours than just green. To help be at least a part of the conversation and be heard and listened to. What was the first question? LS: It was about your greatest contribution to music, but maybe you don’t think like that anymore? KW: Yeah… music synthesis. Just to synthesise. To take Mos Def and bring him to the studio with Jay Z, I think is the greatest... When people say ‘oh this is backpack or this is gangster,’ or to go on tour with Roc-A-Fella with a chain and have people boo me and be like ‘Roc-A-Fella is not hip hop’ and fight against that. Now, it’s considered to be one art form. Like what Louise Wilson would always talk about, there’s this juxtaposition, high, low, these opposites and combining them. This combination that makes a greater civilisation and a greater human being. The actual human being a thousand years from now, generally, as a race we should be far advanced. Like at the beginning of ‘Prometheus’, like how that guy was just like *chtchhhhhe noise*. He was like Mike Tyson meets Steve Jobs meets Shakespeare as a person. There was a time when people were working on multiple things and have multiple art forms and businesses and different things that they could do but now you’re only supposed to be able to do one thing and in the future, people will be highly skilled in a lot of things because they won’t be afraid to fight for their education LS: I think it makes people uncomfortable, doesnt it, when people try and kind of get themselves out of their box. They see musicians as musicians and when you do fashion it makes people annetuate. This relates to a question that came in from Nick Knight - he runs SHOWstudio, who you collaborate with a lot. He talks about your bravery. He said you seem, sort of, be open to make very brave decisions. And I think in some points that relates to pushing yourself into new arenas. He gave examples like opening Black Skinhead with three black KKK hoods and not putting New Slaves on YouTube or appearing naked in the Black Skinhead video. Hes interested, do these decisions feel brave at the time? Do you feel brave? And maybe whats the bravest thing youve ever done? KW: I mean, theres nothing to be afraid of, really. I dont ever wanna take to much credit for being brave. Thats just a responsibility of ours, as artists, to give our truth at time. And its just as simple as that. Soldiers are brave, they have a serious responsibility to go fight for their countries, police officers are brave, fire fighters, its their responsibility to go into a fire. And for the rest, an artists responsibility to give our truth. I just think more than courage or bravery, its just, I... LS: Honesty? KW: Yeah, honesty. Maybe the answer didnt... some answers Im gonna give are not gonna make complete sense, if youre a very literal-by-the-book person. You might find a flaw in the final finishing. I suppose you understand the just of what Im saying. And, you know, the other day I came up with an equation that explains the way visionaries think, I suppose to very calculated people. As someone as you, get 2 and 3, most people will say 5. If you put 2 and 3 in front of me, Im gonna say: well, 2 plus 3 is five, 2 times 3 is 6, 2 divided by 3 is this and 3 divided by 2 is that and then come up with an average of all those things. And then when you say 5.76 blah blah blah, thats the thing that people marvel at. Like, wow, that really was not what I was expecting or not what we wanted to put you in a box for. But I felt I got something more out of it and that is the calculation of the Zeitgeist. Because everything changes, every day something changes. People get so caught up in the embarrasment of changing their mind in front of someone. And one thing can change everything. So you have to put that, as a part of your 2 and 3. You dont have to, I have put it as a part of my 2 and 3 equation. LS: Its interesting you use the world visionary there. A lot of our viewers, they ask questions about that term and about the term creative genius. Sam Thompson, he has this question where he said, youve called yourself that and equated yourself to these different people; Da Vinci, Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, Michaelangelo. He asks, how would you define a genius in that context? But also, why do you feel the need to call yourself that? KW: Because otherwise Im called celebrity. Im called nigger. Im called rapper. And when they use the word celebrity, nigger, rapper, isnt that in a positive way. And all these things, all these words, can be used in an extremely positive way: "whats up my nigger", you know. But thats not the way its used. So I have to define who I am. All of my aspirations are the things that currently only sixty-year old white people do. So I have to redefine and let people know exactly who I am and its not letting them know by, you know, wearing a suit or letting them know by wearing a Rolex or letting them know by bragging about how much money a sponsorship made on top of a rap. Its letting them know by saying, "lets start with this, Im a creative genius". *Laughs* Its proven and now well continue to prove it. When people try to take the piss out of me for clothing and this and that. They never think about the fact that Ive never had the opportunity to be properly educated and if given the meanings to be properly educated or given the proper support groups, I would completely shhh, light the lights up. We sell shoes that people wanna line up for because we put love in them, we put heart in them, we want to make Christmas presents, we want to make something that people want so bad that it hurts them if they cant have it. It not a... its not a... just a financial oppertunity, cause you need finances. But its a form of discrimination and racism, especially with blacks and fashion. And it literally, you know, it took me, being Kanye West, to get this far in fashion. Meaning, I was being able to become a multimiljonair and invest in myself, because no one else would have. I got this employee, thats a black guy and there will be, sometimes there will be a piece of misinformation. Three weeks later hell tell me something and he says it kinda, like, with his voice down. I remember being with my dad and my dad was the type of dad that would be everybodys dad. A guy would come in and sell some cookies, but my dad was a sellsman also. So hes saying, "excuse me, I got these cookies" and hed say "yo, sir, pick your head up and explain to me what you wanna say and what you wanna sell". This guy, this employee, because blacks especially in America have been raised with slave mentality, dont feel they have the right to speak as loud as possible. And everytime you hear a black person speaking as loud as possible, its after someones gotta say "look at this niggers over there". So if you dont want to be called a name in a derogatory way. Youd rather put it in whats peoples favorite word to use for me? Humble? But if we go on your iPhone on a dictionary and look up the word humble, eighty procent of the definition is negative. Its a controlling word. Its a way to control the masses and to control the sheep. Yeah, I think there’s a level of reality to being nice, to being cordial to people. But if you have the ability to lead, you are a leader. You have the answers or you have the ability to find people with the answers and your will is to help. You should not be humble, you should speak up, because this world is broken. So someone needs to say something and sometimes I just feel like the only one thats not crazy. LS: I want to ask you a question thats relatable to what you were saying. The question came in quite a lot, but it was posted particularly nicely by Aravin Sandran, hes 25 and from London. And he said, "do you think the resistance and criticisms to your work is being partly because youre a black man. Would your ideas and work received differently if you were a white man?" KW: If I was a white man that became a really successful musician, that box would have put me in a chamber that would have said that I shouldn’t work. So there’s a lot of white people that if they’re really super good at something, they also get discriminated against in another field. You could be a photographer and someone would say you can’t be an artist. You could be a designer and someone would say you can’t be a musician or someone would say you can’t be a film director. As far as the advantages in life, yes, if you are born white, you have that on your gene pool. Currently because the world is controlled by whites, you have that as a 100, as an advantage, and if you add a couple of other things to it, you have a very high chance of success. Whereas, because the world is run by whites currently, if you’re born black, if you make it to something like the Met Ball or the Grammys, most likely you’ve done ten times the amount of everyone else there to get there. LS: Its interesting, Simon Foxton, whos a stylist. I know you know his work. Asks the question that relates as well. He said, your clothing line has been greeted with a lot of harsh criticism. Do you reflect like a lot of designers do, where they take that criticism and they use it to kind of develop their aesthetic and change their work? So do you do that? Or does it just make you even more convinced in your belief and vision? KW: Yeah, I’m convinced that I know what I like and I know that I just know. I know and I don’t care. I don’t care because anyone that is criticising, most likely they saw the 350s and acted like they didn’t like them because they’re racist and discriminatory. They’re not only racist against black people; they discriminate against celebrity. They discriminate against people with multiple art forms. Or they could say, ‘Oh wait a second, that cut wasn’t that good,’ but they do enough to throw a stab at, ‘Oh that didn’t fall the right way’ or ‘That wasn’t styled the right way.’ But they didn’t do the research on how difficult it was to one by one put together a design team and to fight against the idea of celebrity, to get overcharged because you’re a musician or people feel like you have money, to get completely taxed by the fashion world. And I love it because it’s like going to Harvard. That’s the reason why I’m in fashion. I think it’s the ultimate training because I dropped out of art school. Eventually, I got a PHD this year, like a honorary PHD at the Art Institute of Chicago. I dropped out of that school and I wanted to go back to the school of hard knocks. Right now, in all honesty... You know whatever the fuck I’m going to say today, I’m going to say it and I’m just gonna fucking own it and that’s how I feel right now. If I feel differently in three years, I’ll tell you how I feel... but right now, the highest art form is actually fashion. What’s funny about that is people in art look down at fashion designers. It’s like a class... I mean, where’s architecture? The most energy currently is around fashion because with music, it’s in question if a song is popular, if that person is really a good artist or not. In fashion, for the most part, if someone is really popular, it’s because it’s agreed upon that they’re an amazing artist. They’re amazing at what they’ve done. People do the history on what their background is. Did they intern for Christian Lacroix? Did they work at Margiela for a period? They find out what the history is and see if that someone is making a connection to something that is current, that’s relative, that is in touch. And fashion designers are superstars currently too. It feels like hip-hop felt to me in the nineties. It’s like, me, I’m a hip-hop artist but it’s like why are you going to the fashion world? I mean it’s just a really interesting art form. It’s just a different art form. Business is an art, the way you talk to people is art, an interview can be an art, everything is a form of art. I appreciate the critics because when I see the collection I just did and when I used the stretch French Terry that I found in Japan and I use on market canvas, like heavyweight canvas, and I put it in my colour palette and I see 64 different tones come down together, you know, I’ve created like a moving expressionist painting and that satisfies me. So if someone was to go up to a Monet and say, ‘This dot wasn’t Louis Vuitton level,’ it’d be like, ‘What do you mean?’ It’s all an expressionist painting. By the way, you know we die. 80 years, 60 years, 50 years, you know we will die. But on that day, I lived. LS: A question that came in from Natalie Wo, it goes back to what you said about your dad. Your dad was in the Black Panthers and your last collection did have a very political undertone. It was very much about racism. KW: Wait a second, is that a white person who said that? LS: I don’t know her ethnicity KW: I think it’s racist when white people assume when a black person uses colour, it’s a political statement. LS: Were you not making a political statement? KW: No! It’s a painting. It’s beautiful colours. That statement is not gonna stop the murders in Chicago. That statement is not gonna help people get jobs. That statement is not gonna take guns out of hands in Atlanta. That statement is not going to stop Zimmerman from bragging about… It’s such a thing like I had this one stylist come up to me and Virgil was standing next to me and said, ‘You need to watch out for him. He’s taking your place.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, the one spot for the black guy at the dinner table in fashion? That place? Is that what you’re talking about?’ So the assumption that my artistic expression of clothing has something to do with race or politics - a more politically correct term ironically for racism - is racist in itself. LS: A lot of fashion designers do see their work as political so maybe that’s why people see your work as political or about social issues. Perhaps it’s a compliment. They want to read something into your work because they think it has depth and it matters. It doesn’t seem like you see it like that? Like McQueen’s work for example, people saw it as political. KW: Yeah, I’m not gonna let anyone score points on me. If someone asks me about something, I’m gonna block all shots and I’m not gonna take any free points. I’m not gonna have someone say, ‘Oh I heard you knocked that guy out two weeks ago while this happened,’ and I would be like, ‘Oh yeah…’ No. If it wasn’t my intention for it to be political and everyone gives it this credit, and somehow they’re giving it a credibility, I’m like well no… I don’t even want that kind of credit. I don’t want anything that I don’t deserve. I just want a chance to drink at the clear fountain. I just want a clean shot. I just want a clean bat to swing, I want a clean bat to be able to swing at the ball with. Every one of these questions are gonna show the amount of dirt that’s actually on the bat. LS: Do you think it would be easier for you if you weren’t famous then? KW: Yeah, being famous is like the n-word. People remind me at every meeting about how famous I am. But somehow…. No, it wouldn’t be easier. The answer is absolutely no. You need fame in order to sell your shit. That’s why people pay for advertisers. So I’m basically the first of a celebrity that approached his entire career and life like he was an old bag brand that went and re-did itself and went and got a really cool designer that Anna Wintour suggested, to revitalise it and became a really big brand… Meaning like celebrities have always had a way that they were supposed to do business with licensing deals and this and this, but I always approach myself in a luxury way whether it’s calling Nick Knight a million times to work with him or going to factories in Italy or begging Tessiclub which hasn’t called me back yet to use their fabrics because they do Celine and Lanvin. I’ve always fought just to have better paints to work with. When I was in high school, I was at this national competition where I did a watercolour and the colour was really intense and I lost the competition because the judges were confused. They said either it’s not really watercolour because the paint was too thick or I used watercolour in the wrong way. So I lost because of that. I don’t know where those judges are today but… LS: It wasnt the best feedback. You mentioned Anna Wintour and I wanna bring her up. She actually sent us a question for you. She said, what will you name your son and what do you hope for him as he gets older? KW: I don’t have a name for him, but what I hope for him is that he can feel purpose, that he can learn, that he has the opportunities. The other night, I was driving in Paris and I saw these three high school kids running at top speed. I don’t know if they were chasing a guy or what. Once they got up to the street, there was a bus pulling off and they’re beating on the side of the bus. Then I looked at the time and it was 1am so that might be the last bus of the night. And I was really saddened because I was like, ‘How can I make my son feel that?’ Because once you’ve felt that, none of these fucking questions matter. When you’ve missed that last bus before, when you had the opportunity to get on the bus, you don’t give a fuck about any of this. LS: When have you felt that? KW: When I’ve missed the last fucking bus! Going through the streets of Chicago and having to sleep downtown in a parking lot. LS: Do you still get that feeling today about different things? KW: No, it’s almost like not feeling anything. It’s almost like being numb because of what I went through. There’s an employee that I’m about to hire that was the global manager of accessories at a really good company and she was really direct in the way she was talking. Then she went into this thing about how she stayed in a concentration camp till she was five years old and she didn’t know that people actually took showers by themselves. After someone’s been through something like that, they could give a fuck less about fuck. It’s just like... be real. None of this facade. LS: Do you care about the negative press coverage around you and your family? But also just the general coverage that your every move is scrutinised? KW: Yeah. And that’s the reason why, with the help of Anna Wintour and other people, we have actually made a lot of positive press coverage. The majority of the press we get is actually positive because the majority of the things that we do are actually positive. And even the negative can’t outshine the truth. The truth shall come to light. You see it in front of you. You read this thing and they try to diminish me into some really simple concept and simple idea and every time someone has a conversation about this and that, they’re like, ‘Wow, it’s a possibility that he’s thinking about more things and he wants to contribute more than I thought.’ So, let me dig into what I think the gist is of what that person was asking. Do I worry about being in the public eye and raising kids? Yeah. Any situation you’re in, you’re going to worry about raising kids. But it’s champagne problems too. There’s people who can’t feed their kids. That’s something more to worry about. So I’m not going to sit here and complain about the so-called issues I have. These aren’t real issues. There’s people at war. There’s people trying to make it to London right now. It’s really fucking serious. You guys are talking to me about some celeb shit. That’s not real shit. You know what? I’m alive. I’m breathing. I did a show. We sell it. I’m doing a second collection. I have no problems. LS: Talking about the bigger things that do change who you are and completely affect your work. Carine Roitfeld, the stylist, she ask how has becoming a father changed the way you work? KW: Well, the way it changed who I was... Three years ago, after this interview, I would have been on a train back to Paris to see the last of the shows and get that inspiration. And now, I’m on the first flight back home to see my greatest inspiration, that’s my daughter. LS: A lot of people have asked about your daughter. A particular one has to do with having a daughter and how its changed the type of explicit lyrics you put into a song. And the way you talk about women in your songs. That question came from Ashley Geevers. She asked if having a daughter specifically affected the way you depict women in your music. KW: Having a family period has completely made me rethink the way I rap. You know people extend their brand for a long time. There’s true moments of genius and then there’s just moments of looking through the archives and placing shit together. So many people rate ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ as one of the best albums. And ‘Yeezus’ and ‘808s & Heartbreak’ are so much better and stronger. ‘Dark Fantasy’ is almost like an apology record. ‘Power’ was the least progressive song that I ever had as a first single. It was like me going back and spending six dedicated months - it took over two years to release the album - but six dedicated months piecing together what people liked about me, to make an entire bouquet that they loved, that was the most listenable, that was the least challenging. People want to talk about how much they loved that like it was Thanksgiving dinner. And how long has Thanksgiving dinner been cooked for? And it’s great, you don’t want anybody changing things on Thanksgiving dinner. But you take ‘808s’ or ‘Yeezus’ where these albums got completely panned when they came out and then you see how they end up influencing things. So it’s that balance of doing something that gives you a blanket of comfortability for the listeners and for yourself that you can go on tour and do this and walk around and everybody thinks it’s so great and they’re really happy that you did something they liked. And then you’ve got the times when you just have to give them what you see as your future. Give them your innovation. LS: And having a family gives you more motivation to do that? To be more true to yourself? KW: No. LS: That just comes from you? KW: I just love my family. LS: You talked about wanting to be given a shot and wanting to have your opportunity. Do you actually believe that one day you will be respected and regarded as one of the greatest of all time in fashion in exactly the same way you are in music? KW: Of course. I’m Michelangelo. Of course. There’s a time when I’m sure there were people sculpting better than Michelangelo, but he made David. So as far as that question goes, is there a time that you can go on the internet and find a shoe that people want more than my shoes? Well go fuck yourself then if it isn’t and don’t ask me no stupid shit like that again. With the love. LS: Do you ever experience self-doubt? KW: No. LS: Never? KW: No. LS: Even when you were little? KW: No. LS: Okay, good to know. One thing that came in from a lot of people: they picked up on that quote of your fashion being available to everybody. They want to know what that means and when it will happen because price point really relates to that. KW: I’m not H&M, I don’t have giant factories. How can I get the price point to what I need to be if I’m running an eight person design team... I’m saying it’s going to take time to get there. This is what I’m saying when you don’t have the right tools. This is the question that everybody has to ask. If you had the Celine design team and the Nike design studio and the Zara factory, could you do everything that you thought you could do? And what would everyone’s answer be to that? Yes. But if you don’t have the Celine outerwear person or the factory or you don’t have the entire adidas studio and you don’t have the marketing team or the sales team, you can only do what you can do. And we are doing a lot with what we have. What we have is the highest level of communication that has happened in the entire universe. My wife. She’s like MTV and NBC and all this combined. Number one on Instagram. And then the entire family. And then you have me and my entire music family. Basically, there is no ad that you can put in any magazine that could somehow add up to any one of me or my friends or my family just walking on the street and getting photographed. That is the fucking reality of 2015 people! LS: Does that make it easier to care less about critics? Because as you say, it doesnt really matter what they say. The percentage of people that would engage with that is a fraction of the percentage of people that would see one Instagram post from Kim. KW: Yeah you know… I mean, what can I say about them? I appreciate everyone’s opinion, but I refuse to have a lesser opinion about myself. LS: What specifically do you think fashion is missing that you can bring? KW: I’m not even concerned about bringing something to fashion. I’m just... I just want to be five years old. You know, when I was five years old I picked out my outfit for kindergarten. I would go to discount furrier, my mum would take me to discount furrier and I would keep grabbing furs and say, ‘What about this one mum? Or this one?’ And they were always too expensive. The ones I liked when I was five. So I just want to be five years old. I loved clothes before I even knew a fuck about the fashion world. And I can’t let the fashion world jade anything or try to give me a reason, or purpose, or a lack of purpose, or acceptance or a lack of acceptance to anything to just who I am when I was five. When my grandfather had a store in Oklahoma and he’d go to the flea market and hustle to get the best prices. He’d go and re-do people’s furniture, he was a carpenter also. He took that store and he was able to raise a family in a time where the schools were still segregated and he named my mother Donda in 1949. He was predicting the future in 1949 and put himself in a situation where he was thirteen and his father put 50 cents in his hand and told him he was out of there. He raised himself in a situation to be able to put my mother into college to the point where she got a PhD and became the first black female chair of Chicago state University. And then had a son that she then named Kanye which meant the only one that would go on to combat every form of thought, of tradition, that the media have presented up to that point. So tell me about other people’s opinions again? LS: Is it your family who have had the biggest impact on your creativity, your sense of self and what you produce? Or were there other influences? It feels like all your creativity came from your sense of self, which obviously came from your family. Or am I wrong? KW: I can’t say where my creativity came from. I’m blessed to be talented. I would say that came from God. My ability to give a fuck about somebody’s opinion came from my family. My ability to fight for my creativity came from my family. I’m sure people would just take that Michelangelo comment I said earlier and would take offense to that and think ‘Whoa, he still won’t stop.’ Let me just explain the justification of that. The proof of that. Ask any musician, period, of the past fifteen years - and I would be the closest thing to that. Those were be the sonic paintings. Fashion, clothes are sculptures, wearable art. Now, if you think about any brand, do you love every single thing from a brand? Look at the few opportunities I got to collaborate with Louis Vuitton, Nike, Adidas, really established companies and the level of love and impact people have for that product. That had proper infrastructure. So I had to take the money I made from being the motherfucking Michelangelo of music of the past fifteen years and invest it in trying to build an infrastructure against all odds, and basically building a sculpture studio. So I wanted to raise the branch up a little bit higher on that low-hanging fruit everyone was going to snatch at. LS: Why run for president? You have proven to be more influential than a president and running for office would limit your ideas. Everything you could do and would want to do as president can be done now. Other great leaders, Gandhi, Mandala, never needed to be elected to make a change, so why do you feel the need? KW: Mandela got elected. LS: Yeah, he’s fourteen, give him a break. KW: Okay, I won’t start cursing at him. Certain things that I’m compelled to do in life, I don’t feel the need to find justification for. LS: So you’re definitely going to do it? KW: Yeah. LS: When you made that announcement, was it something you decided on the day or did it just come in the moment that you felt that and you just said it? KW: It had been talked about a lot for the past five years and talked about with my team and I decided I was going to announce it then. LS: Do you think Barack Obama has done enough? A lot of people have asked you that. KW: I don’t want to make comments or give opinions on what other people have done. I think he’s done a lot of great things and I think that there would be no chance of people even considering the concept of me running if he hadn’t have won. LS: Will you run with a party or will you run alone? KW: I don’t have all the answers right now. LS: What do you plan to do? What are the some of the things you really want to do when you’re in leadership? KW: I’d like to sit with engineers and come up with solutions and alternatives for people without opportunity that end up having to go through desperate measures or feel like life isn’t worth living or that other people’s lives don’t matter. I think that the way I collaborate with people and the way I empower the people I collaborate with is a different way to look at problem solving for the world than a normal political way. I just want to ask questions. I’ve already decide that when I’m on debates and I don’t know I’ll just say ‘I don’t know, I’ll get back to you with that’ and I’ll just consult with the top ten, top five people on the planet and if there isn’t an absolute right answer I’ll say ‘These are the two highest answers that we came up with right now,’ because it’s not about me. It’s we. That’s the whole purpose. It’s the skill set that brought me back from the original Taylor Swift moment, the skill set that took the little kid in the pink polo to the top of the rap game. That skill set that took a Nike designer and three Adidas designers and made the hottest shoe. The skill set that brought by wife to the cover of Vogue. All of these journeys that… Like these questions say, these absolute, like, this can’t be done, have been almost self-serving and that’s where it gets the I-I-I. It’s from me and it’s from my family. My family meaning my direct family, but what happens if there is a certain point where it doesn’t become about me and my family but my family becomes the human race. I can do all the fight, all of that confidence, all of that problem solving, all of that asking questions, all of that trying to find the best answers, and listening through… If I could maybe do that to help more people and you can help more people in a position of power to go back to the gentleman’s question earlier. These are just now in a theory form, but I am speaking from the heart. LS: A few people have correlated the president run with your lyrics and particularly the lyric about No one man should have all that power. It’s interesting, you just said you can change your mind, you can be wrong about things. Do you sometimes feel your own ideas have changed so much in the years you’ve been working? KW: Of course because you get new information. LS: Does it frustrate you though? Because people are inevitably going to draw the parallel between the lyric and the fact you’re going to run for president. KW: That’s not frustrating. There were some things earlier that were frustrating to me because they were so backhanded and ignorant in their approach, not really embracing... But no one’s being like ‘Man, I know I saw people lined up for three days for your shoes but one day, will you be respected as a designer?’ I designed that shoe, didn’t I? I don’t see somebody else’s shoes getting lined up for. I think there are a lot of fourteen year old, fifteen year old, twenty-five year old, thirty-five year old people that respect me as a designer. LS: I met you at a dinner in Paris with Riccardo Tisci and we had a really great talk and one thing stuck in my mind. You said that you felt that there was a new form of racism called class, and no one was talking about it. I found that really interesting because I come from a radical background, my father was a Marxist and you told me your parents were also radicals. Can you explain to me more what you mean about that and is that something you want to explore further? KW: Yeah it’s... class is education. People not having the opportunity to be educated. The biggest thing that made me the uncontrollable whatever is simply by being educated. Simply being educated made me uncontrollable. It’s not that I needed to be controlled. I needed to be helped, I needed to be supported. I dont wish negative on anyone. I want positive for everyone. I want everyone to win. I don’t want to be in a competition with anyone. I just want people to be their best selves and live the happiest lives possible. If you keep information and opportunity away from people, certain people, a group of people, then it’s destined they will stay at a lower class. The combination of that and being American. Because I found sometimes when I’ve worked at other design studios in London before, I find that because of the way the government is set up, people won’t have the opportunity to say they will run for being the Queen. I’m going to run for the Queen! That’s from birth. And you couldn’t be the president of United States because you’re not a United States citizen. So it sort of circumcises your dreams from day one. Whereas American is like a land of opportunity when people can work their way, climb their way up through the class system. But to be truly honoured as a black person in what is a classless society, the final house in the suburban community with the white picket fence and to be looked at as an equal is still a lot of mixed kids away from that. But the world is mixing. Period. So in a thousand years, the world might just be completely, what would be known as black currently, but it would just be a new race, except for people whose main goal and focus at that time is to keep the purity of separatism. But I see the future as people being mixed. I think that other races are really attracted to each other and always have been, because I believe that we’re meant to, but taught to not. I was taught to never bring a white girl home when I was eight years old. But I like white girls. I liked black girls too but I still liked white girls. It was such a taboo. I’m sure, like I said in the Tyler song ‘I know you told your daughters don’t take home Jerom.,’ I’ll tell you from my single days that white women like black guys, I tell you that, but I think there’s something amazing about mixing the cultures and the amount of informations that both cultures bring to the table. Or three cultures or four cultures. You ask a girl and she’ll say: ‘I’m German and Portuguese and Asian.’ Just when I gave you that right now. What do you picture in your mind? There are probably guys gong: ‘Ah shit, I have to meet this German-Portuguese-Asian girl right now!’ They already picture someone beautiful. Just by me naming different races together and having the idea that a woman is saying that she’s mixed with these, you picture automatically someone beautiful. LS: A lot of people asked about your vision for the world and what you’d like it to be like. It seems like that mixing of ethnicities and cultures is the most important thing to you? KW: I’m not telling people who they should sleep with. I’m just zoning in on what I feel today. LS: Do you feel like if you haven’t dropped out, you would be where you are? Because I think education is important but maybe the ability to opt out of the system is also important. KW: I think I would be further and more dangerous. Yes, education is important. I’m envious of people who have read multiple novels and multiple philosophy books. I wish I had more information. I’m thirsty for knowledge. I’m busy with my own ideas. I want to pick up a book and see something that sparks me and it makes me think of thirty things I want to do and I’ll put down the book and start working on that. I’m envious of information. So college dropout… Now me at my age I’m looking... OK what were the reasons why I lost money when I did this? What was the reasons why I failed at that? It all came to not having the playbook, to not having information. With me, when I work on fashion I’m sitting here in the woods trying to chop down trees screaming screaming at the top of my lungs: ‘Can somebody just throw me some water?’ and everyone’s sitting laughing at me. That’s the fashion world, that’s the fashion critics. Me sitting here, trying my absolute hardest and everyone just laughing at me. And only one person coming up with a camera and Nick shooting a shot that then shoots across the world and they say ‘Oh he’s working with Nick Knight,’ and then Pat coming in doing the makeup, they go: ‘Oh, he’s working with Pat,’ or Riccardo coming in and saying: ‘No you can’t talk about Kim, this is my friend right here,’ they say: ‘Oh wow, the hottest designer likes Kim.’ Then the fashion world is like: ‘Hmm maybe it’s okay.’ And then they come again and say: ‘What do you think we can capitalise off of this in some way? Well come, come! We can capitalise and shit!’ But they definitely were not fucking letting me in the shows, and fucking constantly laughing at me, and trying to keep the joke going. But you know, there’s a lot of tsunamis and earthquakes that hit where people were joking on the beach. So keep joking on the beach. LS: The Kim thing is interesting to me. I feel, particularly working in fashion, I feel like I’ve watched it happen, the period where people were so critical and now they want her in their shows, they want to dress her they want her on the front row. That must upset you in a way because she’s your wife and as you said you love her. To see that U-turn, in a way, it’s great, because it shows how much people respect her and they can see how amazing her influence is, but also that back-handedness. Is that difficult? Because you must feel protective. KW: It’s always, always… it’s better now than it was and I feel happy about that. LS: We got a question from a guy who talked about gay people within music and within the rap world and stigma towards homosexual rappers. He talked about how you talk a lot about society moving past stigma and being accepting. He said do you feel that’s still a problem within music? KW: Yeah, it’s funny. Isn’t it so funny how just the culture of different art forms is so different? I felt that I got discriminated against in fashion also for not being gay whereas in music, you definitely get discriminated against if you are gay. It takes some amazing talents to really break down that barrier. People don’t have a problem with white rappers now because Eminem ended up being the greatest artist and everybody thought that when Frank Ocean’s album dropped, that people were going to be like, ‘No, this is bad for his career,’ and he’s one of the greatest writers of all time... I feel like it’s so cliche to speak about him particularly related to this subject but there always are the people who broke the ground and I think he’s the one that broke the ground. People don’t give a fuck. They love his music so so much. It’s the people that break the stereotypes that make history but I just thought it was interesting to point that out about the fashion world and the music world and just culturally, it’s reverse discrimination. LS: How did you feel when you heard that your stepfather was going to transition and become a woman? KW: You know the first thing I did think of is I thought about black radio hosts maybe possibly making jokes about it because the black culture is generally so homophobic. News cycles are just constantly… They’re just trying to find some news and some interesting things like, ‘This rapper has this transgender person in his family and…’ But then I was like fuck what people say. Fuck what people think. I feel proud to be in a family that has so many people breaking ground for the generations to come. I just feel like whoa reality show… like that’s so fucking new of an art form to the point where my wife and their family should have had plenty of Emmy’s by now. But reality shows are considered to be like rap was when the Mondrian wouldn’t let Run DMC and motherfucking Will Smith stay there because they were rappers... or the idea of a reality star not being allowed into a fashion show or not being nominated for their show even if it’s the longest running and the most popular and everybody I know watches it and shit. I feel proud that not only my contribution of the credibility that I gained and garnished from music - and just my general social opinions - that I could be next to a wave of thought of this is who I am. And that is all I’m about. Like fuck, to let your life be controlled by public opinion would be like asking to sit in traffic for the rest of your life. Meaning like you want to turn this way but there’s a car right here, you want to turn that way but there’s a car right there, you want to go a bit faster but there’s a car right in front of you, you want to just stop, cars start honking at you. That’s public opinion and Bruce just got off the exit sign and drove as fast as he wanted to. Oh sorry, it’s disrespectful to use that name but I’m still getting acquainted with what’s politically correct because it’s new, it’s modern. This is like Roman times, bro, this time that we have - this 100 years - is really the beginning of the future. We finally tapped into the type of technology and acceptance and thought that we need to... Look at the new pope. It’s a bunch of dope motherfuckers out here that are just pushing towards the future. It’s funny that I went to this train of thought off of Willo’s question because he is one of, if not the most important person in my creative growth. He is my number one instructor. He is the reason why I was able to know who Nick Knight was. He is my greatest home tutor and educator. As I said, I felt like I had the spark in me but Mike Tyson needed a custom model, Hercules needed that little trainer guy in that movie... He is my greatest cultural coach - as far as Helvetica fonts go - and operatic stages and you know honing and training and riding bikes around Paris and analysing and philosophising about you know where the future can go. And the whole idea of Donda and what we do with design and the way we’ve simplified things. Album covers are important again, stage shows are important the signs, long, only sonic outros to songs… This is all like an extension of my times and my trainings with Willo. LS: Hundreds of people asked this. Next album: When’s it actually coming? Tell us about the name. What are you trying to communicate with it? KW: Well as I said when I first said that name, I wasn’t sure if I was gonna keep that name but I just felt like I didn’t want to walk around with the name So Help Me God for the amount of time I was working on the album. I just felt like that was a heavy backpack to carry. ‘SWISH’ just kind of lightened the load so I could let it be whatever I want it to be. So I could just work on the painting and find something which... actually me and Nick today… He just showed me a piece. I could say the idea but I was really inspired by some things and you can find the purpose through a painting, through a video, through a conversation, through a sunset, through a really tragic headline and it’s like I was collecting these vibes and just things that I liked but the album had no purpose. And it was finding something that’s like, wait a second okay, it can go to something like this, I always wanted to do this. I did Cool Summer because I wanted to shoot surround vision. I had this idea and for people out there who don’t know what surround vision is, I was performing with Jay Z one night on Watch the Throne and I was just looking at how the whole audience were experiencing the performance and I thought of this theatre experience where it was a screen above us, below us, to the left of us, completely peripheral, to the right of us, and three screens in front of us and then we made this gyroscope system and put iPhones on it and recorded some kids running across the street. You saw them on this side, then you saw them in front of you then you saw them on that side. You heard them , you saw the ground below you and you saw the sky above you. Two weeks later, we went to Qatar and shot a film… My idea - because I couldn’t get money from movie houses - I went to Def Jam and said look, I’ll just do an album and the whole point was to get the budget. I was thinking this should be easy, you know, I’ve got all these rappers on my record label and blah blah blah. Then I ended up having to rap on seven songs and taking a while to finish the album. It still has a lot of amazing songs and the idea was I wanted to do an album that’s more commercial on purpose. I want to show that I can make radio songs because before that it was 808 and Dark Fantasy. It was very heavy. I want to show I can do something that’s lighter. I gave you this whole example to say the reason that I did the album was just so I could shoot that film. LS: A lot of people are asking about the films and what’s happening with them and when they’re going to get to see them. KW: Hopefully, yeah… I’m working on some ideas on how to be able to bring it back. I don’t want to make an announcement yet of when I think I’m bringing Cruel Summer back but we’re working on something right now. LS: In a lot of your last interviews, you focus so much more on fashion rather than music. It seems like your album has been delayed because you’re working on your clothing lines. Is fashion your main passion instead of music? Does music not excite you in the way it did a few years ago? KW: No, it doesn’t excite me like when I heard Wu Tang. Of course it doesn’t excite me like that. It doesn’t excite me like when I was using auto-tune for my first time. It wasn’t my first time because I did it on College Dropout too. There were things to prove. There were purposes. There was Lauryn Hill and Dead Prez. There was this idea of mixing this kind of messaging meets the hotness of Rockafella and proving that this was a possible thing. I am an inventor. I am an innovator. It’s fine for other people to proliferate on an idea but I get excited by ideas, not by responsibility. So sometimes when I’m even writing a rap, it starts to feel like a big responsibility. If you look at Andre 3000 - one of the top five greatest rappers of all time - the majority of the time, he actually only had to write one verse... so as far as doing three verses, sometimes you start to feel more like you’re doing a talk show every night than doing some type of prophetic, every two year speech. I believe that there’s raps that I had that meant everything and I believe that there’s certain raps that were hot and there was something that meant something about hearing something that was just hot. So I’m not gonna say it meant nothing, but it meant nothing for lack of a better way to describe it, you know. People could want so many things out of you and you don’t want to let people down because of Michelangelo comments and things. You want to deliver genius, you want to prove people wrong, you want to prove people right that are fighting for you. And sometimes creatively because I’m held to task by the highest critics of every genre of art, I feel like I’m one of those guys that hundreds of years ago, they would steal something and their form of death would be to be tied to four horses then they’d whip all the horses at the same time and they’d pull the arms out of their sockets each way. That’s how it feels when I’m getting pressure from all the different angles. It feels like my arms and legs are being pulled out of my body at the same time. LS: So there’s no chance the album you’re working on will be your last just to stop a bit of that pressure? KW: I’d never call out what would be the last. Id call out what would spark more inspiration. I will think of a philosophy or think of something I want to say. I think hm this would be a great opening line or maybe I want to abstract the way you even hear rap. A lot of people liked the original of ‘All Day’ better than the one that eventually got released and that was so much more like a freestyle but it left things really open which felt more like later Picasso works. Oh yes, as you guys know, I think I’m Picasso also or the closest thing to it. So lesser, equal or maybe even better. Maybe there’s something that’s more Cubist about the way I rap and that’s what I’m trying to find where. It’s like do you really need to paint every angel wing in? Their paintings weren’t completely finished. And here’s another thing. The majority of the things that are popular now are really directly based on something that I’ve done over the past ten years. You can pinpoint it. Like that was that album or that song. LS: Does that annoy you? KW: I think it’s amazing. I think I had a purpose. That was my purpose: to innovate. So if you hear something that sounds similar to something that I’ve done before, that is an extension of a new album for me. LS: So a lot of the people you talk about who you really admire or who you think are talented, do you often see yourself in the work that they’re making? KW: Yeah, completely. LS: So people you’ve talked about working with or you’ve cited in conversations - Drake, Young Thug, all these different people - do you see that in their work? KW: I’m not trying to specify people but I just feel like there is a lot of influence and you can almost pinpoint the moments when things happened. But also, I was heavily influenced by Radiohead and James Brown and Coldplay and Jay Dillon and Jay Z and Tribe and Pharside and Dr Dre or Quincy Jones or Teddy Riley. So all of that was in my work too. LS: With your lyrical process, is it important to you that the listener completely understands explicitly what you’re saying, like with each line, or is it better that they just take the abstract emotional gist of the song? KW: It totally relates to what I said earlier about finding... You know, I think that abstraction… I wrote this thing down the other day. I hope my words don’t get in the way of how I feel, my meaning. But words, fuck, you know, it’s an extremely powerful tool that can be… I just like abstracting music. I like to listen to Coltrane and say this is amazing. I feel an era of that. I feel a rise of that, possibly coming after so many words. LS: A lot of people really relate to specific words. Carl Swaygan said he listened a lot to particular aspects of your music and he talks about suffering from anxiety and PTSD and he said your music has got him through a lot. He asked what gets you through similar things because maybe it’s your own music but he talks about when you’re feeling anxious or you’re feeling down or you’re feeling depressed. What do you turn to? KW: I just talk to my wife. LS: What did you do before that? KW: Talk to my wife. Or talk to my would-be wife. I talk to my friends. I just talk. I get really explicit, you know, with the way that I feel at that time. I’m extremely open. That way, I can sweat the anxiety out. I open up the pores and sweat the anxiety out or sweat what I’m worried about or say, ‘What are we doing? If this is a game or this is a war, how many soldiers did we just lose? What can we do differently to win and to prove everyone wrong?’ I appreciate naysayers. I appreciate non-believers because also sometimes it’s weird for me when people do believe in me. Like someone’ll come up to me and be like, ‘Man, I believe you’re like Basquiat.’ People say stuff like that to me and I’ll just be like, ‘Wait a second, only I can say that about myself.’ LS: That’s a question that someone asked about the pressure you feel on yourself because things like, ‘I Am A God’, this sense of you being a divine power, does that scare you? Does that freak you out? Lots of people wrote in and they said lovely things like his music’s got me through the hardest time, he stopped me from committing suicide, he stopped me from fucking up my life. But you must feel a sense of pressure from that when people treat you like you are this kind of god to them. KW: The reason why I made the song ‘I Am A God’ is so those people that feel less than can turn it up and say it loud and embrace it for themselves, that God is inside all of us. It wasn’t about specifically me. it was about us as a race; that we are an extension of God, that we all have god inside of us. LS: One question that came in a lot was: If you could give yourself advice now to when you were dropping out of college, what advice would you give? KW: There’s so many things that had to happen for me to be sitting here with you right now. It wouldn’t be truthful for me to give a statement as arrogant as ‘I wouldn’t change a thing’ because when I sit on a long flight to Paris, all I do is wallow in the things that I wish I could have changed, things that I would have tweaked. So as far as the college thing - I don’t seem to wallow on that that much but if you asked me a straightforward question about it, I’d say the more education, the better. The more you know… Well, sometimes you can know too much especially if you don’t have the opportunity to do things and it can drive you crazy. And that’s a bit of what the Yeezus period was like. To know that I was simply not succeeding due to lack of resource, due to lack of assistance, and to have shown so many times that you had an ability but for people to doubt your ability because you’re not playing your position; the position that they want you to play. You’re not tall enough to be centre or something like that. LS: What was the scariest moment of your life? KW: Probably my car accident. A lot of time, I try to find answers that are like, ‘Mmm I wouldn’t have expected that.’ But yeah, that was pretty scary. LS: You talk about luxury and about the only luxury we have being time. What do you spend most of your time doing? KW: Working on luxury. That probably is it. I do spend the majority of my time working on my goals to create this creative ecosystem that allows a bunch of ideas to flow through them. I’m sure Nick could probably relate to that. I probably spend the most time on trying to create something that allows me to create everything. LS: Thinking about improving the world. One question that made me laugh. It came from Boris Johnson, who the mayor of London. What would you do to make London better? KW: Widen the streets, cause they get really scared. LS: How do you think your portrayal through lyrics, visual, quotes of the black woman formed pop culture’s understanding of black women? And do you think it is within the function of contemporary black male rappers to uplift their female counterparts in the face of adversity? KW: I definitely think generally, rap is misogynistic and it’s just a part of - not saying it’s justifying the culture - I definitely think I’ve said ‘Bitch, get out the car’ in some of my lyrics and stuff like that. And is there a responsibility? I feel like rap, for the 20 years that I’ve studied it, it’s only, as a whole, responsible to trend. So the only way that specifically what she’s talking about would be hurt more if it was more in style. Rap is a communication of trend. It’s a communication of the way people are in real life. It’s a communication of what someone just said to their girlfriend on the phone or an argument they just had or something positive that just happened. What I notice is, there was a time when we had afro-centric rap and everybody was like how common is. It was like ‘my queen, this, that.’ You haven’t even heard the word ‘queen’ so long in that context. What I’ve noticed is when I come home from a meeting with some head of a studio and I just get completely dissed and I show them a bunch of creative things - like on Despicable Me where he was trying to show his mum he could make a rocket and she was like whatever, that’s weak. That’s how it is going to meet with people in Hollywood and showing them your ideas. They just shit on you, like ‘We don’t need that, it’s weak.’ And I’ll come home and I’ll find myself being more irritated and maybe being more rude with my wife. So let’s take that to the idea of a black male in America not getting a job or getting fucked with at his job or getting fucked with by the cops or being looked down upon by this lady at Starbucks and he goes home to his girl and… Just to think about my frustration and if I was rude to my wife because of that, we are like super well off to the point where this guy is like, ‘I can’t take my kids school shopping if I knock my manager the fuck out if he says this to me one more time.’ They cannot drink the Ye juice at all. They cannot turn up at all. It’s like you scream at the person closest to you. This song that Chief Keef put out that I sang the chorus on - I was singing I scream at you cause I can’t scream at nobody else - and then take that and you go to a studio and that frustration and disrespect is now coming out towards the woman next to you or the women around. Like we can’t wife you, you’re just a thot, we can’t do this, blah, blah, blah. And the guys around are just like, ‘You’d better not say that to them or I’ma shoot you.’ It’s from lack of opportunity. It’s from being inside of traffic - that thing I told you earlier - that lack of ability to see a way out and you just start being frustrated inside of that space… and then you go into the studio and that’s what it’s gonna sound like. ‘I’ma shoot you, fuck you, bitch’ because that ‘fuck you, bitch’ came from America. That ‘fuck you, bitch’ came from our lack of opportunities. That ‘nigga, I’ma shoot you’ came from racism which is an amazing tool. It’s like if you could put racism in the battery of your phone, it would never stop working. It works on itself. It’s residual and shit. Residual racism is to be in a racist situation where you’re working at this fucking job downtown blah blah blah, they’re treating you like shit, and you go home and you’re just mad at everybody. It’s like black people don’t even like black people at a certain point. Racism is the hate that keeps on hating. And I said this thing, I was sitting with Steve McQueen when we showed our piece that we did on ‘All Day’ and it we put it in the LACMA. Let me say that again just to purely be a dick because I said that knowing it was a stunt and very intellectual. So me and Steve McQueen… I think it’s a very impressive thing to say shit like that right after saying nigga, nigga, fuck, fuck, wee, wee, wee. I said I just embrace racism. He just looked at me like what the fuck do you mean you embrace racism. I was like no, it’s here. This thing is like we’re in a jail cell. Are we gonna keep fighting this? How do we just embrace what’s in front of us as opposed to always pinpointing that it’s the reason you’re being held back? But I realised in order to truly be one of the greatest artists and one of the most remembered artists - I’ma get off the social subject and switch it more into the art and fashion context again - is that same assistance that I begged for and got frustrated for… The fact that I’m starting to do it without some of that assistance is what makes it truly historical and what demands the respect. And that’s the reason why even in the beginning, there’s like an intellectual olive branch of your show had more meaning than just being an oversized sweatshirt. I refused that intellectual… Get that fucking branch out of my face. I ain’t gonna take it. I ain’t gonna take the meaning that you proposed upon me. This is what i meant and if it’s not good enough for you, then fuck you. My Aunt, one time, she let me see Robocop and my Dad was really strict and I came home and was about to tell him and she grabbed me and said, ‘You’re really a glutton for punishment, aren’t you?’ Almost like a masochist or some shit, right. And like in a way, I am. I kinda like pain, I like the challenge, I like making things harder for yourself because if you can beat the game on the hardest mode possible, you’ll be the best of all time. So that means if I become a good designer as a black straight American entertainer, rich dude, all the type of shit that says you shouldn’t be able to have any creative thoughts, then it’s like the ultimate fucking win. Then you’re like Eminem or Tiger Woods or Barack Obama, just someone who just completely broke all boundaries... And it’s exciting. This interview is exciting because it’s such a battle of perception and a battle of the intellects and a battle of culture and a battle of class, a battle of taste. It’s like y’all motherfuckers know I’m gonna win this battle. It’s so fun though. It’s so fun. Because the whole trick I always say is I’m an artist and an artist can basically take on any shape, form and an artist can paint anything. So when I’m like opening up the Yeezus mountain on tour and stuff with the Margiela mask… you know, some nights in the middle of one of my rants, I’m just like I’m sorry, the gig is up. I was actually never really a rapper, I was always an artist and that’s the reason why I’m just killing this shit so hard right now. So when you talk to the lighting guys, it might not come out as good but don’t feel bad because I’ve been trained since age 5 and went to college for this shit. It’s always like that secret thing, you know. It’s about sharing information. Jews are a culture that share information. That does not happen in the black community. For your family, your son, maybe. Day one, this is how this community works. This is how we grow together. And that racism, slave mentality, nigga mentality, show off mentality, I’ma fuck your bitch mentality, all that is like what makes a culture that has all the highest physical attributes going for it the weakest due to simply - like that speech DiCaprio gave on Django - simply removing the esteem and that is why I refuse to fucking back down. You have to know that you are somebody. You have to know that it’s possible whether you’re creative, whether you’re a black person in America, whether you’re a black person in London, you know, you have to know it’s possible. You have to see me keep winning against all odds. I will win until I die. I won’t lose. I can’t lose because then it’s like they win; ‘they’ meaning the mentality, the old guard of thought because we’re just a thought. A hundred years from now, we’re all just memories. LS: Do you feel it’s true all creatives die alone due to lack of understanding? In some ways, what you’re saying, you sound super positive but in other ways, there is that sense of pessimism and people not understanding. Do you think that statement’s true? KW: Well, I’ve said a bunch of wild shit and my wife hasn’t left me yet so let’s hope not. But I think there will be someone who will understand everyone. I dont know. Maybe there is a someone for everyone. I’m trying to be overly positive. LS: I can’t really think of anything profound that I don’t already know about you… so here’s a really simple question that I actually don’t know. What would your last meal be? KW: Oh it’d definitely be some of of her home cooked fried chicken. LS: Going back to the women thing, it’s a question I want to know. Would you say you’re a feminist? KW: I think I’m a humanist. Is that a party? But yeah, come on, like so many black kids in America, I was raised majority by my Mum. My Dad was around - I would see him in the summers and the springtime. But I think I fight for the importance of any community that is not being properly accredited - just period - of anything. This statement is going to sound kinda gay but I’m gonna say it. I love older white men, but basically if you’re not an older white man, you don’t run shit. It’s always gonna be more of a fight for anyone that isn’t an older white man. Period. So I like to speak on behalf of people without a voice and sometimes that could be a creative, sometimes that could be a woman, sometimes that could be a man turned into a woman. My dad five years ago would live in a homeless shelter to counsel with ex-drug addicts and, you know, he really cares about people. It’s like as soon as he moved to where he is now, he was like how can we improve the water here? How can we improve the education system? I just met this girl. She’s in this situation with her family. This and that. What can we do to improve this? That’s all he cared about. It’s caring about people. So there’s something where it’s like I live my life, I get to be a rockstar, a rapper, this, that, and then at a certain point, it’s at that moment where you just look and you see people dying and being on top of their roof and you just look at the camera and say George Bush doesn’t care about… and that’s like my dad and that’s my mum. I’ll go to a football game and I’ll be looking at the game and I’ll watch the score and I look at the human score meaning like the 50,000 people there and I start to zone in and think like where did this person come from? What did they go through? What type of job have they got? What brought us all here today? What are their interests? It’s like sometimes that part of my dad comes out of me that starts to get really intrigued with who people are. So even when I design, I am going to make the Apple of clothing. I don’t think there’s a purpose of saying you want to do it because it’s obvious I want to… But want is like this politically correct way to word your future accomplishments. This one guy was super snobby with me at a fashion dinner, of course. And I explained to him that there was a time when people said I couldn’t rap and he asked me, ‘Oh, so is this what you hope to do in clothing?’ I was like I don’t hope. I execute. As far as apparel goes, I will make the Apple of apparel and the Apple of apparel isn’t high street. It isn’t fast fashion. It isn’t a $9000 sweatshirt. It’s the thing you want to keep for the rest of your life. Just looking at human beings, sometimes you present things, people don’t even know that they want it yet. I could show you two photographs. I’ll show you a really well-known designer that’s highly respected blah blah blah that I pulled as a reference to proportion because they had this silk jacket. It almost looked like a lining fabric. If I describe it too well, they’ll know what I’m talking about. I don’t want to say the person’s name but it had like denim on denim and like a sock on a shoe and different things like that. It was after I did my sock shoe. And I had a photo I had just done and the guy had an olive jacket on, cotton on cotton, self-lined, a tank top… The colour, I probably couldn’t even describe it, almost an orange but really subtle, and the shorts are like some beautiful light brown with a bit of grey in it and the guy was black that the clothes were on. And everyone who I showed those two images together, now, the one image, you even know who the designer is and it’s top five designers in the game and you see this image right here. And I’m like which one? And people always pick this one because of the colours and people don’t even understand how important colour is as an opinion in clothing. Give a fuck if I got any of the cuts right on the last collection. Anyone who doesn’t say ‘I had an emotional connection to the colour palette’, they don’t even know how to see anymore. They don’t even know what they’re looking at. They see clothes and they’re looking at numbers. They’re not feeling emotion. They’re thinking about trend. They’re not seeing future. They’re not seeing luxury. They’re not seeing time like oh shit, I wanna go to the park with my family. I’ll just throw this on. That’s what I want to do: is present something that gives people some of their time back because it works together like Lego and you just throw it on. And I’m not saying that I mastered it by season 2 for Christ’s sake. I didn’t hit ‘Watch the Throne’ and ‘Dark Fantasy’ on my second mixtape. But the theory is there and only I can do it. Only i care about it that much. Only i have the exact 2 and 3 code in my head. I could say it out loud. I could say oh this army surplus but look at how far we jumped from army surplus in the second season. So just think about where we’ll be by season 3. Look at how far we jumped. Cause I have the code in my head. You have to cut open my head and take my brain and put it on top of some big organisation and you can’t. It’s like completely, you know, that sweatshirt, that T-shirt decision I’m making is a piece of my mum having me at Operation Push at age five, it’s a piece of my dad going to the homeless shelter, it’s a piece of my grandfather having a store where he fixed furniture in the back, it’s a piece of my cousin bootlegging cross colours out in LA, it’s a piece of my Aunt that was the chicest woman that I knew. Even when she had Alzheimers, she would dress better than the entire family and I remember the colours and they remind me of the colours that we were able to find. We were able to start to find and penetrate this concept by the second season without being held back by the fabrics that were available, to do all-black and only have a navy blah blah blah. I don’t use blue. It bugs me out. LS: Tell me about the colour blue. KW: Yeah, I hate the colour blue. On this collection, Katherine Hamnett was emailing me about how I had to have blue jeans and how I’d need to have a white shirt and this and that about… I was like I guess I could see how I would need that but like I said, I like to make it harder for myself by just doing what I want to do. LS: You say you like to make things hard for yourself and you’re so driven and you’re so passionate. You’re obviously ambitious. Are you happy? KW: So so so so happy. And I’m happy for the normal reasons to be happy because I married the woman of my dreams and I have a beautiful daughter and so many beautiful people around me and my cousins and families in different states - there’s so many loving people. I have a son on the way. I have a lot of life ahead of me and I have the opportunity to be completely rogue and to be able to support myself being who I am exactly and now I’ve even opened up a whole new place to create by being able to do apparel and then going in and doing film and being able to take those horses that at one point were pulling in all these different directions and pulling my arms out of my sockets and re-aim them in one direction and have the most powerful four horses running towards you; that tsunami about to hit, that earthquake about to come in. Some people might not see it and for the people who don’t see it and don’t understand what’s about to happen, you know, certain people are visionaries, certain people are early adopters, certain people are just followers. So I take it that the most negative reaction is from the followers.

Ooh-la Rell And this is Roc-A-Fella music Crack-a-lackin, stand up Oh-oh-oh, girl Yeah yeah yeah, girl My baby Now if love could ever have a flavor Then itll taste just like you And if ever I was able Theres no limit to what I will do So graceful when you walk Curvaceous in all the right places I promise if we talk Gonna know that Ive been the one that youve been waiting for So baby come get this real love, youll see I know just what you need Now what is this I done run into A strawberry wrapped up in chocolate And from the way her body moves I can tell that we would have the bombest sex But you gotta understand, girl That its all up to you Cause Im a perfect gentlemen, yeah When it comes to the way I do Youll gonna love the way I do, baby, think it through, and Come get this real love, youll see I know just what you need Now, last time Ive seen her, she was sayin she was born again This time Ive seen her, she was playin in a porn again And anytime I quiz her, that ho hooked up with a zero It sounded like Quizzno, they lookin for a hero But I aint into trickin so I do not pay And yo, my man Kan-Yeezy, he got somethin to say Yo, my name is Kan-Yeezy from the Roc-A-fam Where the Glocks dont jam, so when we pop em, scram We showed you on "Champions" how we get down So dont twist your lips up like Bobby Brown You got "LL" on your bedroom wall But R-E-double-Ls trying to talk to yall And I aint even stay in class To figure out R&B niggas get all the ass Yo, Cuence, this girl is bad So I took her out Showed her the finer things, what that cake be bout And if she be gettin extra friendly, then I scoop her a eight But your homies dont shine, so you couldnt relate So relax yourself girl, cause we got you now Relax yourself girl, cause we got you now Relax yourself girl, cause we got you now Relax yourself girl, cause we got you now Relax yourself girl, cause we got you now Ah damn, calm man, we back in town So baby, come get this real love, youll see I know just what you need

Champions, we run the city Number one, they fallin from the top Round and round they go Round and round they go And why you keep on askin what if I aint had this? And we just go right at it and I tell you not to panic Cause no one understanding us, no ones understanding us You say Im a champion so they cant even handle us Move, Im in a rush today, for heavens sake And I just ate a bunch today, another plate And I cant really fly, bro, elevate And really you should travel, meditate And we been gettin high, bro, you kinda late And really all they wanted was for me to graduate And hang the fucking tassel, but what comes after? Welcome to the cult, tell the mass Im a master I said "fuck religion" and I mated with the pastor My buddy hit a hundo and I tell him "Go faster" Ill slay dragon, and then Ill keep the castle Chasin all my dreams If I has to, then I has to If I has to, then I has to If I has to, then I has to If I has to, then I has to Im dangerous, aint no motherfucker taming us What, what And whos stopping me? They dont say a thing right now Im an animal, I cannot be tamed right now No time for this ,dont know why I came right now Im a champion, got too much to change right now Quite confident, pretty with chains on now Red, blue, yellow angels in the scene Red, blue, yellow angels on my team Red, blue, yellow angels that Im seein 1500, all in singles Throw it up, watch it fall and drop Round and round they go Round and round they go

Ayy, yeah Ah, yeah-yeah Turn me up Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah All basic bad bitches keep their phone face down, face down Right now, I love it when youre all faced down Face-face down, uh You aint really want me to ball You dont really want me see your muh Duh-duh-duh, puh-nuh-suh, ayo I learned nothing good when you called I dun-dun-dun when youre home Duh nuh-nuh-nuh, buh yall Duh nuh-nuh-nuh for the law Pass em up to Lord We above the law We above the law We above the law Got the cops on payroll, we love the law We love them all We above the law We done bought out the whole shit, we above them all We above them all We hop in that De Louis like we above them all Duh-suh, dun-dun-dun Buh-duh them all Ayy-uh, dun, dun-dun Middle finger to them all Its just me and you baby, I know I drive you crazy I know I drive you crazy, its me against them all Me against them all Me and my girlfriend, riding down the road, yeah I dun-suh law Why all bad b– keep their phone face down Bad girls always keep their phone face down I love you when you face down Oh, I could get some face now, ayy-ayy Uh We driving like 120, she ask how fast you drove this I told her I aint know, bitch Im driving like I stole it I sum-dum, something stole it And she cut me the gold goaling I be goaling Duh-buh And she know a nigga holding Want to babe, uh Credit card scan, got the Givenchy, got the Givenchy! And keep cash on, keep cash on, keep cash on me! And I went dumb when you got dun-dun, the best things are free! Them one done, dumpa-dump em baby, youll see We above the law We above the law They be talking shit, we above it all We be copping Louis, we above the mall We above the mall We done paid em off, we done paid em off We done paid em off, fire my ass, bitch I just laid her off, dun-dun-dun unluck you 8 times You got the type of body where I never go soft I never go soft I always go raw Like Im tryna have six kids Pablo love the kids Pablo love his bitch Pablo loved his mom Im just waiting for the dram Im just waiting for a problem I got a lot of problems if you need one

Yeah a-yo Fab I can tell they aint used to this I can tell they aint I can tell they aint I can tell they aint used to this I can tell they aint used to this With ya boy the Louis Vuitton Don A.K.A. Marty McFly And Im on my fly shit Straight from the Chi bitch I can tell they aint I can tell they aint they used to this You keep askin questions Dumb ass suggestions Must aint never lived like this Why the funny faces Nah the funny taste You just aint never drink like this You cant even lie You probably got high But you aint never smoked like this I see shoppin bags Might pop some tags But you was never fly like this Im a let your wife peep game Get used to this shit Introduce her to shit Like Life meet Lane Lane meet Life Yall two get acquainted Its so cool bein my new chick aint it? Let me explain it I dont make up shit I just Lorraine it maybe Jacob shit Make a 36D from a A cup bitch Sleep with me you might wake up with A set of keys to a pad and a Jag Fendi sprees Paddington bags Cockiness to add in your swag Take a look at what you had and then gag Like eww Anybody know a girl that dont like heels? Thats like askin is the nose on Mike real Hell naw Well ma Im here to catch you They say men are dogs you know what Im here to fetch you You keep askin questions Dumb ass suggestions Must aint never lived like this Why the funny faces Nah the funny taste You just aint never drink like this You cant even lie You probably got high But you aint never smoked like this I see shoppin bags Might pop some tags But you was never fly like this Uh Roc-A-Fella Black people usin black cars, isnt it ironic? Smokin weed on the yacht isnt it the chronic? Plus the hoes good Its feelin like Rosewood That black baller bullshit, we on it Cops will pull you over like isnt there a problem? No sir But I realize the windows so blur That you mightve mistaked a nigga for a chauffeur Ya might mistake that backseat for a sofur Now the dreads said to rap on everything Cause he know that I snap on everything Listen, when my flow commissions It caused the commissioner to throw a cap on everything My accountant said If I get the crib on the side of the mountain Right beside the fountain And decide on the Phantom Ill go broker than Hammer Performin in pyjamas Damn it You keep askin questions Dumb ass suggestions Must aint never lived like this Why the funny faces Nah the funny taste You just aint never drink like this You cant even lie You probably got high But you aint never smoked like this I see shoppin bags Might pop some tags But you was never fly like this My flow got teeth marks in it and I know who the biters is Matter fact whoever the dick riders is Ferrari Fab or you could say Spyder Spizz Shorties success aint even near the height of his This dudes paper thinner than E-Z Wider is (I made me laugh yo But if you do the math though) Ive been gettin money since Kojak had an Afro (Ive been fresh since Will Smith was a Fresh Prince) Had hoes when Kermit was a tadpole Came off the corner to up in the corner office They call it ballin Where the hell all of yall been? You keep askin questions Dumb ass suggestions Must aint never lived like this Why the funny faces Nah the funny taste You just aint never drink like this You cant even lie You probably got high But you aint never smoked like this I see shoppin bags Might pop some tags But you was never fly like this I can tell they aint used to this I can tell they aint I can tell they aint I can tell they aint used to this I can tell they aint used to this I can tell they aint I can tell they aint I can tell they aint used to this

Yo, waddup this is Kanye and youre checking out Big Sean, Finally Famous: Volume 1 Its crazy though how I met him, you know Im leaving the radio station and he comes up to me like "Yo, I just wanna spit for you" And I say "Okay, you got 16" and he went and spit about 100 bars and I looked at him And I said "That shit was crazy, Imma sign you" I know Id just seen pretty like unbelievable, the stories we always hear about But when I heard the songs he was doing, man I knew he had to be on GOOD Music So man, congratulations dawg, youre finally famous

Maybe they seen me on the videos Or they heard me on the radio Tip tried to tell me but damn I wouldn’t listen Ye tried to tell me but man I wouldn’t listen Damn I should have listened What would you do if it was you in my position? Maybe they seen me on the videos And they put me in the damage zone Damn I should have listened So for now Im just laying low Damn I should have listened Cons, what makes you think you are any better than the rest? If your homies wouldnt flip on you for a check They try to stick you up for that chain around your neck Even if they did man there is no disrespect Its the rules of engagement, you just got engaged Tryin to rewrite history before they turn the page But that’s when they turn and aim Shit you better learn the game I mean what you thought would happen once you finally got ya stacks up The same boy who would tell them fools to back up Is mad as hell when he sees you hold your plaques up To get them dranks in him To tell the friend who tell the friend to tell the friend And since theres strength in numbers, jealousy begins And it doesn’t matter if it’s true or its not These are the Consequences when they say that you’re hot Tip tried to tell me but damn I wouldn’t listen Ye tried to tell me but man I wouldn’t listen Damn I should have listened What would you do if it was you in my position? Maybe they seen me on the videos And they put me in the damage zone Damn I should have listened So for now Im just laying low Damn I should have listened Same old movie being re-enacted They see me in that Benz coupe now they wanna jack em But before they would have backed em Now they screamin let me at em Maybe they seen me on the videos Or they heard me on the radio And now they coming at me crazy yo That’s why I gotta tuck the 80 yo But how you gonna front on baby bro Whos trying to go even though you told him take it slow I guess you seem convinced That they would put a suit on me like gs to gents But Im like a tea-bag when you put me in the corner I just get stronger when my names in hot water So whether is true or not These are the consequences when they say that youre hot Tip tried to tell me but damn I wouldn’t listen Ye tried to tell me but man I wouldn’t listen Damn I should have listened What would you do if it was you in my position? Maybe they seen me on the videos And they put me in the damage zone Damn I should have listened So for now Im just laying low Damn I should have listened Everybody told me told me told me told me baby baby Damn I should have listened Everybody told me baby everybody told me told me Damn I should have listened

+ Yeah, this joint right here man, is for all my blue collar niggas In the Midwest goin through our struggle We know things could be better, huh And we just want a little mooore + No matter how much I get Even when I talk my shit Every party on every list And everybody want a life like this But still Look.. now I aint goin for the okey-doke You owe me dough?, you better pay me like you know we broke This industry be tryin to strangle niggas in the choke You think these rappers rich? These niggas out here sellin dope You think its crazy sayin, "If I had what he had" But if you had what he had, nigga youd be mad Three kids, see dad broke-ass waitin on the royalties with no cash Nice car, no gas, stuck at the pump Had a lil hot single now hes stuck in a slump At the top of his section eight, straight waitin to jump Like Milli Vanilli, now people just look at him silly Sayin "Thats umm - I forgot his name - who is he?" He wanted never really thought of the loss Lookin for everybody playin the boss To get now he just stuck in the sauce Like white kids when they got cut off, "Daddy I want.." Yeah, yeah, yeah This go out to every man tryin to achieve and hold his own Them ladies are nice, but you gotta leave them hoes alone Theyll take it and bro, break in your phone, call your boss up Or tell your wife to try to break up your home Now your baby momma takin your son, learn from mistakes I done Yesterday we all naked and fun I aint thinkin of none, break in and cum, soon as you done run This is real talk, nigga one-on-one Between me and you, now this mano a mano How you gon catch mono from a ho that work at McDonalds Now you lookin like the clown like Ronald Thats where Kells fucked up, cause young girls he decided to fondle And I aint fin ta let HIV zip my bag I started usin rubbers again, it aint that bad You gotta take care of yourself mayne, dont get grabbed Cause if you die, people be like "Aww thats too bad" I want Everybody so weak like, like, they afraid to speak If you see that nigga violate then hit him in his cheek Tryin to act like, like, you reppin the street You aint a gangsta, you a bitch with a beat So its time to make role call, then expose yall Adam & Eve shocked in the garden with no drawers While niggas gettin popped on my block with no laws I grew up with Disciples thatll smash ya gold off I never plugged, cause I know that when you do that shit You locked in for life, nigga yeah, etched in blood But its hard to get respect when you less than thug And you aint fin to serve here if you aint with us Us meanin them, them meanin G.D Gangster Disciples, the same ones that killed Cochise So see, how he, well he, meanin me Refused to be another nigga dead in the street I wanted - repeat 2X as music fades

Intro : Yeah. DC. Stand up for your boy ? Oh, I go by the name of Kanye To The. The Roc is in the building. And as far as Im concerned, were about to bring that real soul back to the game. John Legend on the backgrounds by the way. Lets go Verse One : From what I hear Kanye is killing that game very bad My girl rockin the little lamb that Mary had Little bit of ghosta style mixed with Mosta style Im versatile, Im the poster child Gettin cheese so Im supposed to smile Get it? We making hits like Sosa now Hit it! And I, hate when girls actin boushie as hell And I already seen em naked like Blu Cantrell If I talk to people like they stupid as hell Do that mean God gonna make my kids stupid as well? Well Our Father, please for give me I am sinner, slash winner, slash soul inventor Cmon Chorus Its so soulful man And when you hear, swear it feel like soul food man Verse Two Look, my mommy dont be playin cause she know I got my game intact I spit them lines that make a rapper have a brain attack And chickens know Im gonna do it like I wanna do it And miscommunication, no we never run into it I got chicks like Samone and Colla Stay with lip gloss and Fendi bag beside her And your girl said she aint ready for me Im in love so mommy got me singin Teena Marie High above the Giovanni, she aint Gucci or Prada Climbin in the Mirada, studin like a scholar So I dont even bother I be poppin my collar I can get into your soul when I call you tomorrow Cmon Chorus Verse Three : I know you gotta lot of stress today Lets hit the party like we just got paid Now if you really want to get away Say yeah, yeah Got people on your back constantly And you never get a second for free You know you gotta get away with me So say yeah, yeah Verse Four : Yo, Ima worry bout the trades and ballin Im gonna trade it all Id rather catch up on my paper and evade them all You sore losers picked the wrong guy to take a fall I probably train and fall For what they made in the fall Made it to a never-quite-was to an overnight buzz Cause the way I flip a metaphor, nobody quite does By the time I leave the club Im weighing the pros and cons Cause she must have been a pro the way she approach the Cons And Con man is an army Money boss on We so big be hoppin out when Im tryin to do my laundry But I aint even sorry for the way I get my doe Cause J, Kanye and Con got that food for your soul, go! Chorus Outro : Say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Now that the tears dry and the pain takes over Lets talk this payola You killed Gods baby when it wasnt his will And blood spill, we cant talk this shit over The Lord is my shepherd, I am not sheep I am just a short stones throw from the streets I bring my offerin, I will not preach Awaken my demons, you can hear that man screaming Im no different than the priest, priest Santería They say that death comes in threes, how appropriate Triple back, they rush in like Soviets At the Kremlin Searchin for the green like a Gremlin, presidential emblem Presidential tint on this shit that I am driven in I just place orders and drop dollars Rottweilers roam the grounds, the Glock hollers The three of yall too accessible Seen all the wrong moves, watchin The Untouchables We dont do vegetables, niggas get flatlined Welcome all beef, then we heat em with flat irons Your plans are backfiring, think of double-crossin a priest Hail Mary, repeat after me Santería! After long, afternoons good go Sacred stories of home, they know Its the code of Mamman Shata Something only we know Thats the code named, Mamman Shata Something only we know After long, afternoons good go Sacred stories of home, they know Its the code of Mamman Shata Something only we know Thats the code named, Mamman Shata Something only we know Of all the things Ive ever paid for Know that its no price tag when I wage war Its no more to pray for, niggas get preyed on Darken my doorstep, they told me the days gone You listenin, DeVon? As Im talkin to your spirit, for Gods sakes Im dealin with heartbreak Checkin my ego, Im livin with lost faith Im backin this hit, nigga, you ever seen Shark Tank? I paid em in small bills, all of em small face I bet when we draw blood, you niggas will draw a blank Dress you in all black, partnered with All Saints Our numbers is all facts, my shooters give all thanks And all praise, no jail bars can save Leave you like Malcolm where X marks your grave Hey, its probably better this way Its cheaper when the chaplain prays Santería! After long, after noons good go Sacred stories of home, they know Its the code of Mamman Shata Something only we know Thats the code named, Mamman Shata Something only we know

*Lyrics from Snippet* Lord Christ, we need you now more than ever You working for God or are you working for the Devil? Southside, we gon always stay ghetto Fornicating, got my girlfriend preggo Walter Peyton wrote the sweetest thing I know Before her, I was doing things solo Before it was true, I might bring back the Polo Yeezy is the number one brand with no logo I be yelling church all day just like a cholo Now let me get to these walls so I can pole vault Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Down, walking around, yeah, yeah And it isn’t the place

I guess I get mad when you get boxed in So mad, you wanna start boxin So mad, you gonna turn to Tyson Slicin and dicin Paparazzi, Im like a Nazi to em Im not Bill Cosby to em And I aint Bing Crosby More like Frank Sinatra to em Aye yo, Ive got to ruin The image and the style that youre used to doin When people usually do music I am a visionary, Christian soldier, dont confuse it Before I lose it and have to prove it This the way that we gon, time; we gotta move it to the future Karma Sutra, any way that suit ya Dont shoot ya, stop the violence and its been stopped We stopped the violence in the hip-hop We stopped the hatin and the degradation We bout to build like One Nation Got off the phone with Benjamin Carson Uh, thats the next president, arson Burn it down, burn Hollywood, burn like Ice Cube said Im the rudest, a lot of people say that Cause they say, "Ye, dont play that" They be off that Grey Goose, I be off that Ye Juice Thats the way I stay loose Confidence and esteem, American dream My cribs spatial and my relationship is interracial I dont know where to start, I dont know where to start Maybe the chart, maybe the heart Maybe the flow, maybe the gold Where I was grown, what I grew up in Well, you see, my mama divorced my daddy And moved my family when I was 3 And in the cold, straight from Chicago where I go And everybody know, from my homie Don C, I be air Aye, yo, like IBM or Apple, Steve Jobs of this Yeah, Im on my job with this Aye, yo, its very, very simple You heard me on Jimmy Kimmel, I can do it every tempo Ill use my temple I wanna build a temple, I wanna build churches That could be as big as The Adams Familys, where Lurch is Aye, yo, this is not a circus The zoo is closed, motherfuckers It aint no cursin in the verse which you know is not perfect And now you know its still worth it I might short-circuit, I might just black out Hit you with that "BLOCKA!" You know Im Ibaka Number One Chief Rocker, Number One Chief Rocker Aint nobody gon stop him, aint nobody gon stop us Because God on my side, thats the way I ride Jesus Christ, Yeezus nice! One time I had lost my faith But I had to stay faithful and grateful for the God I was given The way that I was livin or the life that Ive been livin It didnt make a difference See, when I was 30, I had 6 parents Grandmother, grandfather, grandmother, grandfather Mother, father, now Ive only got one parent Life could change in a blink, and that is apparent But still youve got to stay strong I dont know what everybody else is on Sometimes I dont listen to music, I just need to zone out Sometimes I dont listen to music, everybody clones now And I doubt they even listen, and I aint tryna diss em But sometimes I be in music and feel like its a prison And everybody say bein a rockstar is everything But see, I wanna do everything And I know I could do everything And be anything that I wanna be So simply, if you wanna be like Mike I wanna be like Christ, I wanna be that nice You know what Im saying? Okay, this beat just threw me off Took it extra old-school This aint no freestyle beat, yo, yo, dude!

You like to ride, uh So why dont you and your friends get with me and my friends My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends? Would you like to ride? I dont know what happened, its just like So why dont you and your friends get with me and my friends My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends? I had that little ass Nissan at your crib showin up Liquor store out of Arbor Mist, we Irish rosed it up Then we rolled to the movies, you rocked your fake Chloes You had Gap and Gucci, thats still two Gs But thats that last year purse like its still too cheap Ooh, you so boozy, boo, you couldve fooled me cause five years ago, you was so Fugees Now you dont want nothin unless it cost a few Gs You like the light-skinned Ania, the dark-skinned Aaliyah The black Jennifer Lopez, a ghetto senorita You remind me of my Jeep but not no Kia We can talk on your cell but not Nokia It be goin in and out, thats why I barely hear ya It be goin in and out like a robbery, ah Im tryin to take this money like Robin Geeda Then Ima take you to the house like Trick and Trina Would you like to ride shotgun in the Escalade? So why dont you and your friends get with me and my friends My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends? Like a cloud in our sky, grab your things, lets fly away So why dont you and your friends get with me and my friends My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends? Malik Yusef, bet your baby, momma know the name The most critically acclaimed wordsmith in the game I give you words, spit with flames Stay to myself and let nerves mix with lames Connoisseur of Kama Sutra, do somethin absurd with your dame I used to love this girl who loved shoppin and smokin herb But my job was to hustle dro Now an artist of the spoken word, I just hustle flow Never a pretty boy, always a beautiful mind like Russell Crowe Now you in places no cabsll take you, only the busll go I would love for you and your friends to get with me and my friends But the problemo is your attitude be on the stank side And I no longer like you, fuck it Now you cant ride but ooh, wouldnt you like to? Would you like to ride shotgun in the Escalade? So why dont you and your friends get with me and my friends My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends? Like a cloud in our sky, grab your things, lets fly away So why dont you and your friends get with me and my friends My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends? Deep as the ocean is the motion of life Thought you would have been the sister I chose for my wife Not knowin you was trife, stiflin a niggas growth All you wanna do is shop at River Oaks Watch soaps on the couch, take shit and smoke Im workin hard like a fiend tryin to get some dope Thought my real nigga quotes would make you truer You aint gon let me school ya, at least let me tutor The sex is good but you aint a shooter Theres a war goin on inside, you aint a trooper I look through the mirror and see my reflection It aint in your direction, so I passed her like a reverend Returned to my Bishop Juan ways Goin wild like West and Kanye Wherever I lay my is my home Goddamnit, Im grown Broke broad, Ima leave your ass alone You still wanna ride though Would you like to ride shotgun in the Escalade So why dont you and your friends get with me and my friends My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends? Like a cloud in our sky, grab your things, lets fly away So why dont you and your friends get with me and my friends My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends Would you like to ride shotgun in the Escalade So why dont you and your friends get with me and my friends My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends? Like a cloud in our sky, grab your things, lets fly away So why dont you and your friends get with me and my friends My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends?

Who wanna fuck wit, the fat boy of the Roc? stick em, ha, another victim Mac pullin capers again Fuck with that money paper then Light as a rock, gonna light up the block Dont believe in cases, goin all out Paintin faces, switch my picture, like tradin places For that money what? Everybody hands up, or hands down money tucked I flip the money trucks, money I dont give a fuck Ay money, shut the fuck up Its only a stickup You dont stand a chance, give it quick up You bout to turn into an ambulance pickup Enough with the cocky stuff, fuck all that stocky stuff Dont get smacked like a hockey puck I aint wit that rocky stuff Im strapped got this gat What? Gangsta gangsta, tell me how you do it It seems so simple, like there was nothing to it One more time run through it, everybody hands up Alright hands down money tucked Im on fire like a molotov cocktail Im high off them cocktails Dangerous gone broke, my aim is no joke Duct taped, roped, strangle your folks Box cut across the throat Bang the four till its broke Prey on niggas in a circlular pattern Catch you playin craps, car in reverse Im circlin back Man I stay up in them dice games, fuck a ice chain A Ice ring, Im tryin to come up on some nice change In case a nigga might swing, they gets a might thang Pull out the right thang, show em its a spike thang Make you do the right thing, like a Spike Lee joint Bang that pussy in his right knee joint You get the sergeant and cap couldnt tell mack Im like a rat dodgin traps when it come to the cheeze Backwards wrapped my trough Wont hesitate to clap ya folks Im on tilt like a rapid Back now nigga, all black down nigga Mack now, loaded up wit black towns nigga Frontline, clap down, background niggas One nine clap crowns, and smack down niggas Keep rope to hogtie you pork ass niggas Stuffin the boot to shoot hoops you sports ass nigga Wouldnt shoot a game of pool 8-ball in the corner pocket, stop it You niggas flippin Guess jeans profit Disrespectin the scale, expectin to sell You got seeds in ya weed, disrespectin the L Dont got 20s on ya wheels disrespectin the car You burnin rubber and that squad, disrespectin the tar You niggas wore ass backwards, vest and no gat Same thing with your hustle, rustled and packed The ball back on missions Drop the east the mack more vicious Back to snatch or crack off dishes

N-now th-that that dont kill me Can only make me stronger I need you to hurry up now Cause I cant wait much longer I know I got to be right now Cause I cant get much wronger Man Ive been waiting all night now Thats how long I been on ya When the fast life takes its tole That act right makes everything slow Them black lights make everything glow One of those nights where everything goes Everybody goes through something People be talking to you like you nothing Then you be like bitch Im me Then your boss be like bitch then leave You covered up your tats too long with them sleeves Youve gotta hit the club let the real you breathe Would you believe, youll never shine if youre not seen So get all in they face like Noxzema I know you mesmerized about that ass in them jeans Please dont hit that raw, its not clean Please dont forget that all when it seems N-now th-that that dont kill me Can only make me stronger I need you to hurry up now Cause I cant wait much longer I know I got to be right now Cause I cant get much wronger Man Ive been waiting all night now Thats how long I been on ya Lets get lost tonight You could be my black Kate Moss tonight Play secretary, Im the boss tonight And you dont give a fuck what they all say, right? Awesome, the Christian in Christian Dior Damn, they dont make em like this anymore I ask, cause Im not sure Do anybody make real shit anymore? Bow in the presence of greatness Cause right now thou hast forsaken us You should be honored by my lateness That I would even show up to this fake shit So go ahead, go nuts, go apeshit Specially in my Pastel, on my Bape shit Act like you cant tell who made this New Gospel homie, take 6, and take this, haters I dont know if you got a man or not If you made plans or not If God put me in ya plans or not Im tripping, this drink got me saying a lot But I know that God put you in front of me So how the hell could you front on me? Theres a thousand yous, theres only one of me Im tripping, Im caught up in the moment, right? Cause its Louis Vuitton Don night So we gon do everything that Kan like Heard theyd do anything for a Klondike Well, Id do anything for a blonde dyke And shell do anything for the limelight And well do anything when the times right Uh, baby youre makin it You know how long Ive been on ya Since Prince was on Apollonia Since O.J. had Isotoners Dont act like I never told ya

Yo, yo, DJ Offbeat Remember, Im gone, up down under I might trip Yeah, um She look, she look good as a motherfucker But I can’t remember her name for nothing Yo, you took down her number? You wrote down number her, right? Im puttin it Dawg, I’ma just go ahead and call this girl Hello, whats up? Its Kanye Nah, its really me You know who I am? I dont usually do this but Im only going to be in town for one night I want to know if you want to come by the room or something Would that be cool? Im thinking bout it right now, don’t worry Ok, cool, cool I’ll pick you up Come around Ok, let me, let me take your coat Um, you think Ill get you a massage or something, at least? Ok, what’s up? Ok, ok, that felt good What Im trying to say, what I mean, whats up Whats up with me and you? I’m saying, um When we, uh Wait a second, you cant do nothin Its that time of the month Oh, man Why you tell me? I aint saying thats all on board, Im just saying why you tellin me But we gotta figure out something Uh, um, oh yes Some hair will be perfect And it feels like Wooo, ooh, ooh But I still dont know your name Round and round and round she goes, she be goin close I swear it felt like Wooo, ooh, ooh But I still dont know your name Round and round and round she goes, she be goin close

Okay, yeah, it just became unfair, let’s go Burberry button downs fly poppin collas Bonafide hustlas never stop clockin dollas Pineapple candy painted drop top Impalas And none of that aint comin till I drop outta college Cause no one man should have all this knowledge Of intricate articulate evolved and polished With theories of philosophers and laws of scholars A whole heart full of go hard no coward I’m high no hydro I’m fly no pilot I’m gone no goodbye On fire no hydrant I’m fresh no Trident Cool as an after dinner mint Strong no Altoid Fuck with me no intimate My flow is like intuition It’s oh so intuitive Me a tell ya to your face No choice who the truest is I’m ballin like Julius, Erving Disturbing the peace Yall niggas so ludacris You losing I’m lucrative It’s foolishness If you aint tryin to hook up with me That would be a giant look Giants look up to me And if your sleeping on me son you done chose your death I’m so hot I slept on the sun and almost froze to death Shootin till no foes is left Shootin till no opponents left Hatin niggas hold ur breath If you waiting for Los to F-A-I-L, but I saved myself Niggas thought I wouldnt get up From the way I fell They say damn Los whats takin so long the game trippin Use to ask my momma the same thing on Thanksgiving And just like she told me I gots to keep it real And say nigga when it’s time for us to eat we will Now I’m writin 3 wills for sucka bustas and lames R.I.P. to all you niggas that’s fuckin up in the game I’m coming cuff in your change When I’m coming tuck in your chains I’m coming up in your lane When I come you cuffin your dame I’m something fucking insane Leave her sucking fucking a train I fucked her up in the brain Make her sucking fucking the train It’s nothing, to take it back to all black, black clothes Black on black and pitch black on the scaffold All black, mask black, new fly Izod Black suitcase, black rooftop tripod Black Ray-Ban’s, Black album in my iPod Then black out and let the shooter back out, my god!

Hope that she has your eyes And that God gives her your smile Will you take on the ring of our life Just to give our baby a good night Aint no formula, cause we did the math On the August night, when we both went half Four more months to go, since we waited five Will our fam get close, before she arrives? Will we have to start smokin in the kitchen now? Trade this two-door in for somethin more spacious now? Will you tell her the truth bout Gods love and how How shes lovely, shеs lovely, shes lovеly Cause she was made for love , love Made for love Cause she was made for love She was made call me sayin we should go five years ago love it was Now my only one Shes lovely we know Lovely as no miracle I know its wrong I couldnt imagine, not meetin her Couldnt imagine, not havin her Couldnt imagine, not lovin her and we can love You saved me so Ill save you Takin the everything you do I love you nough and everything you knew Changin everything its all in a Shes, shes lovely Shes love- shes lovely

We should’ve never ever let Michael Jordan play for the Wizards We should’ve never ever let Michael Jordan play for the Wizards We should’ve never ever let MJ play for the Wizards Why did that happen? Why did that happen? We should’ve never ever let MJ play for the Wizards We couldn’t stop — we would stop — MJ playing for the Wizards Why did that happen? Six championships The best years of our life Playing through the flu Every single night I believed I could fly And I wanted to be just like Mike I believed I could fly And I wanted to be just like Mike We should’ve never ever let MJ play for the Wizards Why did that happen? Does anybody here know why that happened? When a player When a player wants to become an owner When a player When a player that’s done more for the league than the league could’ve done for him When a player that made the NBA wants to become an owner of the team that he brought so much glory to, a team he brought so much story to A team that has his statue in the front of the motherfucking building But do you know what the owners of that team told MJ? You’re just a player, homeboy You can’t get no pay You can’t own shit They told Michael Jordan he couldnt own shit! We should’ve never ever let MJ play for the Wizards We should’ve never ever let MJ play for the Wizards Now y’all know why MJ went to play for the Wizards Because this very team wouldn’t let him be an owner I’m talking about one of the most important people in our civilization One of the most influential people in our civilization They tried to marginalize And in order to make his point he had to put on a motherfucking Wizards jersey To let y’all know “Oh yes I am gonna be an owner just like Magic Johnson” We should’ve never let MJ ever play for the Wizards Never never never never let him go Because til I die MJ represents the Bulls So tonight I’m about to put my 23 on So tonight I gotta put my 23 on

Now - Media Takeout - always remember that you dissed the collection that changed the world You seem like the type of organization hired to always keep dreamers down. when certain things in history happen you just got to respect it Respect the struggle. respect the hustle. respect the dreams. respect the movement I had an album listening and clothing presentation and Madison Square Garden People were crying. people were throwing up the fist. people were dancing But Media Takeout couldnt say one thing positive knowing damn well youd love to be on the YEEZY 350 list You probably got bootleg Yeezys on right now Im a human being. Im an artist, bro Your site is entertaining and hilarious but certain things are just too far. you have no idea what Ive had to go through So many people didnt make it and gave everything they had for me to stand on their shoulders and break through fashion Fashion aint no joke for me. Its a way of life. creative expression and industry Ive given everything I had for this moment. a lot of people feel its the paradigm shift And Im proud of this picture with me and Caitlyn. She gave the most heart felt speech at my wedding And was there in full support to see me realize this dream Wow the paradigm has shifted, She killed it. everything is changed now!!!! Lil Sis kiiiiiiiilled this shit!!!!!!! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FUCK ALL THE HATERS PUT YOUR MIUTHERFUCKING FIST IN THE SKY RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!! IM SO HYPE RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED . HAVE YALL EVER SEEN TRON? THE END OF THE TRON WHERE EVERYTHING LIGHT UP!!!! HAD TO ALL CAPS THIS!!!!!! NO MORE RULES.. MAKE YOUR OWN RULES. ok now back to finishing Pablo Thank you my brother Ricardo

Somebody Gotta be the bad guy I had a bad day at work Dont wanna have a bad night, ayy Woo! Toppin on like Im Nina Woo! Toppin on, you gon need one Woo! If I say somethin indecent Woo! She gon suck me off like a Capri-Sun Haan? Fuck is you talkin bout, bitch, you offendin me Checkin em off when you niggas is into me Fore I go turn it out, I bet I can, ah Jumpin up off, you better get out Somebody Gotta be the bad guy I had a bad day at work Dont wanna have a bad night I aint new to this shit, fuck-nigga Im trappin from the other side So get outta your seat, stand up Stand up A fuck-nigga hate me while his old lady participate Please tell that lil nigga man up Stand up Stand up Hey, hey, stand up, stand up, stand up First of all, lеt me tell you somethin, boy I dont give no fuck bout no niggas I dont give no fuck, Im not givin two fucks Roll up and pop one of these niggas I do this shit for my woadies You do this shit for your shorty, you bitch Shut the fuck nigga, fresh out of the bottle The hood be callin, sell the plug Ima wipe a nigga nose, shatter like a picture Ima fuck his ho like these bitches up on this missile Ima get a whole lotta lead for these pistols And my money long like the nose on a prince But she gon fuck, she write, no pen But you know Im gon suspend her I aint new to this shit, fuck-nigga Im trappin from the other side So get outta your seat, stand up Stand up Somebody Gotta be the bad guy I had a bad day at work Dont wanna have a bad night Yeah Im always admiring them "never seen those" 750 color palette vino On my queens toes, Valentinos In the winter time wearin sping clothes Rap Tarantino, off a couple glasses of the Pino Uh, they say Yeezy gon sell out I guess you right if you see how much I pre-sold If they knew they was slaves, I coulda freed more And really, what the fuck is freedom? Cause anybody thinkin that we free dumb Kids out here in the streets dyin pre young So I keep my hoodie on like Trayvon If I pull up on your block, the whole street run This aint nothin new, though, its a rerun

You send things out on Twitter and sometimes, like Kim has said -- and I’ll tell you this also, I don’t know if she’s told you this along with not wanting more children -- but Kim has said… I’m fine to just practice. That’s all you get to do. Kim said there should be a board of directors that goes through your tweets. Like, when you have an idea you give them to Kim and a bunch of people and they go, "Okay, you can tweet that" or "No, you cannot tweet that." Do you think you should have a board of directors? Absolutely not. No? Yeah. Everything you tweet, you think – have you regretted anything you’ve tweeted? Nope. Nothing, never? You don’t go, "Maybe I should have thought about that a little longer"? What’s the point of thinking? "What’s the point of thinking…" Well, sometimes I understand, but sometimes there is a point to thinking. And then you tweeted out that you want Mark Zuckerberg to give you $53 million. In hindsight, should of that have gone on Facebook? Yes. Yes. I couldve put that on Facebook, now I understand why he didn’t hit me back. Yeah. I understand that Zuckerberg doesn’t use Twitter. Yeah. Even though I have had dinner with him and his wife and told them about how I wanted to help the world and he said he’d help me and then blah, blah, bla, like... and that’s how it feels though, you know? It’s like the pursuit of happiness, like it’s like, you’re trying to sell this bone density machine or something. You know, like in that movie. I feel that if I had more resources, I could help more people. I have ideas that can make the human race existence, within our 100 years, better. Period. Fuck the paparazzi, whatever perception you have of me, starting with the truth, starting with- starting with what everyone’s thinking. Start there... put some dope shit with it. Ok, I’m with you on – Ye is in the building! Put your motherfucking hands in the air right now! Put your hands in the air right now! Yeah, okay. I’m with you on the truth part. When you say put some dope shit with it. Give me one example, the ideas, cause maybe someone watching will give you the money. We’re in a renaissance period. We’re in a place where people are, like, multi-disciplined artists. Like Steve McQueen that directed 12 Years a Slave; he was considered to just be a photographer, but then he won an Oscar. We’re not in a place where people can only have one career or one profession throughout their entire life. So the exact amount of emotion and color palette and sonics and everything I put into my music, I put them into shoes and they worked. You know, people never write, "Kanye’s pissing everybody off." They try to position that through the media in some way that I’m like, "Whatever." Whatever your friends might say, you know, "I saw Kanye." "How was he? Did he…?" I care about people. I care about– my dad lived in homeless shelters less than five years ago to find out he’s a psych major. My mom was the first black female chair of the English department at Chicago State University. I was raised to do something, to make a difference. To take– you know, I didn’t take the Oscars as a joke. It was funny. You know what I’m saying, it was like the moment. All black actors can talk about the glass ceilings that we’ve dealt with out in this town. And this is the moment. "You get your night. Go ahead. Chris Rock is going to do it, bam! Talk about how many times you’ve been blocked from being able to excel." I didn’t take it as a joke. "It ain’t no joke," as Rakim said. It ain’t no joke. "I used to let the mic smoke, now I slam it and make sure it’s broke." That’s what I was raised on – Rakim, Phife Dawg, hip-hop, expression. "Hip hop started out in the park…" Everybody’s trying to… I don’t give a fuck how much you sold, if you’re playing on radio. Are you connecting? Picasso is dead. Steve Jobs is dead. Walt Disney is dead. Name somebody living that you can name in the same breath as them. Don’t tell me about being likable. We got 100 years here. We’re one race, the human race, one civilization. We’re a blip in the existence of the universe, and we constantly try to pull each other down. Not doing things to help each other. That’s my point. It’s like I’m shaking talking about it. I know it’s daytime TV, but I feel I can make a difference while I’m here. I feel that I can make things better through my skill set. Through my skills– I’m an artist. Five years old, art school Ph.D, Art Institute of Chicago. I am an artist. I have a condition called synesthesia where I see sounds. I see them. Everything that I sonically make is a painting. I see it. I see the importance– I see the importance in the value of everyone being able to experience a more beautiful life. When I make clothes… It’s funny because I’ll sit there with Obama and Leo’s talking about the environment and I’m talking about clothes and everyone looks at me like, "That’s not an important issue." But I remember going to school in fifth grade and wanting to have a cool outfit. I called the head of Payless. I’m like, "I want to work with you." I want to take all this information that I’ve learned from sitting in all these fashion shows and knocking on all these doors and buying all these expensive clothes, and I want to take away bullying. You know, I want to- Michael Jackson and Russell Simmons is the reason I was able to go so far in music. There was a time when Michael Jackson couldn’t get his video on MTV because he was considered to be "urban." The Michael Jackson. So I literally have to be Michael Jackson of apparel in order to break open the doors of everyone that will come after I’m gone. After I’m dead. After they call me "Wacko Kanye." Isn’t that so funny? That people point fingers at the people who have influenced us the most. They talk the most shit about the people who cared the most. I’m sorry, daytime television. I’m sorry for the realness. Well, it’s not daytime television anymore. We’re going to take a break and we are going to come back, we’re going to play 5 Second Rule, which should be very fun with Kanye.

Bathgate, Trina Come on, yo, yo Do you see yourself with a rider like me Coppin you nice things Prada and ice blings Do you want me Or a rider thats gon hold you down, ma Bustin em down, ma If you want me Ill be the first to admit, Im spoiled rotten You need twenty Gs just to take me shoe shoppin I only fuck with real niggas and heavy hitters Thatll fly me to Nassau just for conch fritters If you want me, you gotta show me Fly me to the Staples Center to see Jordan play Kobe G.G. Hunter, Tiffany necklace Fly me to Paris, just for breakfast Cavolet Lexus to diamond kisses His and her Fredricks on our wristses If you want me, you gotta treat me special Every watch that you cop for me, freeze the Bezzle Every whip that you cop for me, make it a drop You need a wife in your life and Im takin the spot So if you want me, just let me know And we can keep it on the low for sho, uh Look, Ill have you in all types of whipss Fives and sixes If you want me Ill be that bitch Thatll hold the steel for you Gild and kill for you Do you want me? Yo, lil mama I got you anything You can call on Bath You and your man fight Im there with the four-four mag Ill be your crutch when you need it For slips or falls And I got paper to take you on trips to malls Get you Prada till you fall Till you tired of rockin it Tiffani aint cold till you tired of coppin it Cold compressor, ma, I know you tired of droppin it Heres the keys to the truck, cause they tired of watchin it I know this world got all types of fools Every whip with a stash box, for the fortunate have-nots I know you said you can get me the six With the deep dish buckets, but you know me, fuck it Id rather have you in my arms to hold on Slanted out Benz, just getting our roll on Look, me and you from Harlem to the South, so Lets Slip N Slide, ma and take it to the house, come on Do you see yourself with a rider like me Coppin you nice things Prada and ice blings Do you want me Or a rider thats gon hold you down, ma Bustin em down, ma If you want me Look, Ill have you in all types of whipss Fives and sixes If you want me Ill be that bitch Thatll hold the steel for you Gild and kill for you Do you want me? If you want me, you gotta wine and dine me And cop me the biggest diamond you can find me Some Liberace shit thatll blind me, real shiny Ten karats or better, nigga nuff, you tying me up Cop me the ice blue Chacarda Park the Bentley or larger in my front yard and Shoppin sprees, coppin Frankie Bs Baby please, I stays wit major cheese Give me the extra set of Mercedes keys Plus the Asti Martin for 80 Gs If you want me It take a lot of cream, a lot of bling Boy, Im bout a lot of things, uh Do you see yourself with a rider like me Coppin you nice things Prada and ice blings Do you want me Or a rider thats gon hold you down, ma Bustin em down, ma If you want me Look, Ill have you in all types of whipss Fives and sixes If you want me Ill be that bitch Thatll hold the steel for you Gild and kill for you Do you want me?

Feel it comin in the air Hear the screams from everywhere Im addicted to the thrill Its a dangerous love affair Cant be scared when it goes down Got a problem, tell me now The only thing thats on my mind Is whos gonna run this town tonight We gonna run this town We are Yeah I said it We are This is Roc Nation Pledge your allegiance Get yall black tees on All black everything Black cards, black cars All black everything And our girls are blackbirds Ridin with they dillingers Id get more in depth If you boys really real enough This is la familia Ill explain later But for now let me get back to this paper Im a couple bands down and Im tryin to get back I gave the other grip, I lost a flip for five stacks Yeah Im talkin five comma Six zeros Dot zero Here it go... Back to runnin circles round bitches Now we squared up Hold up Lifes a game but its not fair I break the rules so I dont care So I keep doin my own thing Walkin tall against the rain Victorys within the mile Almost there, dont give up now The only thing thats on my mind Is whos gonna run this town tonight Oh Hey-e-e-e-e-e-y Hey-e-e-e-y Hey-e-e-e-e-e-y We are Yeah I said it We are You can call me Cesar In a dark Czar Please follow the leader So Eric B. we are Microphone fiend Its the return of the god Peace god... And aint nobody fresher Im in Mason Martin Margiela On the tape were screamin Fuck the other side, they jealous We got a banquette full the broads They got a table full of fellas And they aint spending no cake They should throw they hand in Cause they aint got no spades My whole team got dough So my banquette is lookin like Millionaires Row Lifes a game but its not fair I break the rules so I dont care So I keep doin my own thing Walkin tall against the rain Victorys within the mile Almost there, dont give up now The only thing thats on my mind Is whos gonna run this town tonight Hey-e-e-e-e-e-y Hey-e-e-e-y Hey-e-e-e-e-e-y Hey-e-e-e-y Its crazy how you can go from being Joe Blow To everybody trying to get a no homo Cause I slept all day This the life that everybody ask for Welcome to the fast life A crash course We give a damn about the drama that you do bring On the grind, all the time, be like T-Pain Whos gonna run this town tonight Its just who asked without me Hey-e-e-e-e-e-y Hey-e-e-e-y Hey-e-e-e-e-e-y Hey-e-e-e-y Hey-e-e-e-e-e-y Hey-e-e-e-y Hey-e-e-e-e-e-y Hey-e-e-e-y

Intro DJ Boom, beats on streets and here with my man Kanye West Producer of H to the Izzo, Takeover and all that. Let them know man Yo, its Kanye to the man. Just play my shit man Let a nigga hear somethin finally. Yo, DJ Boom, back for the first time. Its really my first time yo This is...Kanye to the. Not on the beat though You know what Im sayin? ON the beat motherfuckers What up G? What up Hop? Look, cmon As a shorty had a Schwinn, look thats the best bikes Shorty had three friends, thats my best dykes Said her best friend wanna see what Kanye West like Cause her man dress like a transvestite You aint know I get a deal because I rhyme tight Sport Rocs before your deal to be an Unsigned Hype Give a fuck about your rippin down some open mics Im gonna go ahead and give you these beats for free, psych You rappers too lame, you aint James, yall aint worthy I fly out to Newark just to get some new jerseys I be back to Chi about every two Thursdays I cant buy water around niggas too thirsty I cant rock ice around niggas too hatin Cant rock Motorola, niggas two wayin I Alter like Beast in an altercation Infrared make you juke like Walter Payton So, grand theft auto Come up out your auto Mobile, before I pull more steel than Soprano Still trying to make more meals than McDonalds So cut my slice like Giordanos And they did I made 500 Gs in this First beat on what The Truth and The Reason is She told me if you read music you a genius I dont play but Ill introduce you to my pianist Now, tell me thats that regular producer rap You can listen to the flow and tell I used to rap You look in my eyes Think I wont use the gat? Until Paramedics gotta use the bag Cause In my eyes, youse the fag Youre like a hermaphrodite dyke dressed in drag So lets see how many slugs that vest can have And you aint really the worst, you just next to last Uh, Kanye to the...motherfuckin West Outro Yo, DJ Boom, good lookin out man Cause ah, niggas is really doubtin Niggas lookin at a lot of motherfuckers they see on TV And just figure-they be like, "Oh, you rap?" Naw, motherfucker, I just did beats nigga To have some shit to rap on nigga Ha ha, Im tryin to understand, why the fuck if a nigga got hot beats He cant have hot rhymes? Why is that nigga? Why niggas just cant do a lot of shit good? What a nigga can chew gum and tie his shoes at the same time? Fuckin A&Rs

Here we go Like you should Let on the sweat On your face  Here we go Like you should Let on the sweat On your face  So good So good Here we go Alright Here we go Like you should Let on the sweat On your face Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Here we go Like you should Let on the sweat On your face Here we go Like you should Let on the sweat On your face So good So good Here we go Alright Here we go Like you should Let on the sweat On your face Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah! Ahurrah!

You just popped in the Lil Jon remix of "The Workout Plan", and And 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 And here come the 5 to the 7 and 6 I dropped out of college, I cant count worth shit When the album dropped I was dissing this Now everybody know this the shit Part 2, this the update First rule: stay away from the cupcakes The second rule is so underrated They claim the song was so degradin "But shit its still my favorite And he aint talkin bout me though" Hello, then who Im talking about, people? OK, whatever you want to believe though And I even took my own advice This gut aint nothing these hoes’ll like I said, I look like LL Took my shirt off, she claimed "I cant tell" But never say I cant sell Pat, where we at right now, 3 mil? Who the best? Who the best now? OK leave me out of it Tell me who the rest now? Its been a week without me And she feel weak without me She wanna talk it out but Aint nothin to talk about ‘Lest, she talkin about freakin out Then maybe we can work it out Work it out Work it out Work it out Work it out now Maybe we can work it out Oh girl your silhouette make me wanna light a cigarette My name Kanye from the Jigga set Twista said... said... said... What ‘Sup Lil mama, Imma be fillin in for the instructor They call me the twista, now work that MothaFucka But not to hard, baby you can do what you do Cause i like a fat ass, but So, if you could drop it to the floor go and So, its crush time, Shawty show me you can do so Gon’ Work it, put down the philly steaks I know you love how my lexus ride But get them with them legs, don’t flex them thighs You know want it, don’t testify Try my New Workout Plan called Sex-ercise That’s real You don’t wanna go a day without me She don’t really wanna lay without me I know you love when i’m workin it in now, baby we can work it out B-E-N-T-L-E-Y Yee aint know, you betta ask somebody What we gonna do is twirk that body All day at they fitness party Lock them doors, dont tell nobody Gentlemens in the Gentlemens Club And hitting them with an interesting dub Its upside down that for the A-Town What...yall...sayin? F.J. Bentley caught misbehaving Yes Im the captain and Im saving, all my money Yes Im just gonna...stand...and watch you dance from over here Matter fact pass the Couvorsier But I will walk you to your car my dear Cheers Work it out, work it out, girl

Im tired of being what you want me to be Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface Dont know what youre expecting of me Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes Every step that I take is another mistake to you Ive become so numb, I cant feel you there Become so tired, so much more aware Im becoming this, all I want to do Is be more like me and be less like you Cant you see that youre smothering me? Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control? Cause everything that you thought I would be Has fallen apart right in front of you Every step that I take is another mistake to you And every second I waste is more than I can take Ive become so numb, I cant feel you there Become so tired, so much more aware Im becoming this, all I want to do Is be more like me and be less like you And I know, I may end up failing too But I know, you were just like me with someone disappointed in you Ive become so numb, I cant feel you there Become so tired, so much more aware Im becoming this, all I want to do Is be more like me and be less like you Ive become so numb, I cant feel you there Ive become so numb, I cant feel you there

You better call your local authorities Switch phones if ya jack not working Free done hooked up wit Twista The shits on And theses clubs dont want no part of me Say they system got a short and they mics stop working I throw bows like Ludacris Light my purple and fall back Sixty-eight Joe Louis flow Nothing you can do wit this If you try to come through wit clips Tell ya peeps wear skates to ya funeral Money know If the show go on Its going be me Twista his bitch/ hotel Go-gos on Light goes off Her clothes off And you sitting in the crib like what went wrong The show jumped off And she jump on the band wagon Dont mind her Next time leave her at home Cant find her She wit Twista in a Rover We got what it takes to take the club over EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeee Dont let the show go on Hey T, Hey Free Man these niggas want our status But they aint sold shit Man we five hundred in Records or Os bitch Thousands yall want promotions Yall dont wanna work Who me shit Im a hustla I will never hurt Opps I mean a gangsta I put in work And if this shit dont sell Then fuck it well rob But yall gonna learn from fuckin wit ours I mean yall gonna burn from fuckin wit ours man I use to sell jars now I slang bars I use to hang around them bars tryin to stick up stars man You say you ballin but you gettin it hard Fuck it You can keep yo evens let me get yo odds man Aint got the dot six but I got a range shit I can move the blow but I prefer the Cain Yall gonna respect the name Legit ballaz colab wit roc a fella If the show stop Fuck it well spit it acapella I pop hoes Im demanding respect like saso Gave Bennie blanco from the Bronx Stuck for yo banco and props Well I come dressing To teach these little fellas a lesson Got the to-tool hid in the bathroom of the delicatessen I stop him from breathing Drop his body While the Spreewells rotating Niggas hating on how I move my karachie I catch people open like Carlito Through the peep hole So fresh I got him stabbing hisself in the chest like Peoples You cant fuck wit my flow Sip on my Moe Smoke on my dro And you cant stop a LB show I spit G rhymes While you fakers get the vapors Chants like Jimmy Two Times I get the papers get the papers Cant fade us Match us Back us Too good in the kitchen Me Bennie Franks and Freewezy easy Make hundred gs moving chickens Get shit through customs wit passports We can serve words or pull birds out tha dashboards Open them curtains while you cry-- Yea its the mutha fuckin twista in this bitch - Talk to them twista- Representing wit my nigga Bennie franks and that nigga freewezy- Make a hundred gees easy- Thats right- Off them mutha fuckin chickens ya dig- Holding shit down for the two thousand two until- Holla- LB family in this mutha fucka- Worlds most infamous roc a fellla records - Straight up ruining niggas careers- Early-

And I heard em say, nothings ever promised tomorrow today From the Chi, like Tim its a harder way So this is in the name of love like Robert say Before you ask me to go get a job today Can I at least get a raise on the minimum wage? And I know that the government administer AIDS So I guess we just pray like the minister say Allāhu Akbar and throw in some hot cars The things they seen on the screen is not ours But these niggas from the hood so these dreams not far Where Im from, the dope boys is the rock stars But they cant cop cars without seeing cop cars I guess they want us all behind bars, I know it And I heard em say, nothings ever promised tomorrow today And I heard em say That nothings ever promised tomorrow today And nothing lasts forever but be honest, babe It hurts but it may be the only way They say people in your life are seasons And anything that happen is for a reason And people gun clapping and keep to squeezing And Gran keep praying and keep believing In Jesus, and one day that you see him Til then walk in his footsteps and try to be him The devil is alive, I feel him breathin Claiming money is the key, so keep on dreamin And put them lottery tickets just to tease us My Aunt Pam cant put them cigarettes down So now my little cousin smokin on cigarettes now His job try to claim that he too niggerish now Is it cause his skin blacker than licorice now I cant figure it out, bring the drums in now, uh And I heard em say, nothings ever promised tomorrow today And I heard em say That nothings ever promised tomorrow today And nothing lasts forever but be honest, babe It hurts but it may be the only way Uh, and I heard em say With every worthless word, we get more far away And nothings ever promised tomorrow today And nothing lasts forever but be honest, babe It hurts but it may be the only way And I heard em say Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh Yeah, and I heard em say Yeah, A-Trak John Legend, ladies and gentlemen Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh I heard em say Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh I heard them say Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh Nothings ever promised, no, no Yeah, Tracey, I know how much you like John I told yall Id bring you a surprise Thank you!

Depression, anxiety got ahold of me Cause people say they want the older me Well, Im thirty, this the oldest me Behold its me, the piece of shit thats not good enough Not black enough, not hood enough Not rich enough, not poor enough My heart has poured enough I been beaten and battered, my confidence shattered Been broken and tattered Im constantly second guessin if my profession is worth it on my mental state Writin this from a dark place with humility and grace Peace, love, and positivity was my nativity But not when socials are in my vicinity Im not runnin from the internet My god, I was at its birth, Ive been a vet Goin berserk like Peter down in Initech, yo, ayy Its deeper than the surface, Im searchin for purpose Im tired of searchin for Logic on Google on purpose just to read that Im worthless I remember makin music alone, just a pen and a microphone But nowadays its hard to get in the zone Writin rhymes was easy before the fame Now Im constantly overthinkin every line, its a shame Rap used to fill me with joy, now its nothin but pain Im stuck in the game, tryna get back from where I came I write this letter for the person whos listenin Fed up and tired of people dismissin em, Im with you I been through what you been through And no amount of money can take away the feelin of insecurity Only through maturity can we overcome Feel like Ive been overrun, feel like its over, Im done Whoever told you success gon make you happy? You been lied to All of my dreams came true but I bleed and cry too Never been perfect, I failed every time I tried to Feelin hated and underappreciated Every time I look in the mirror, I wonder, "Why you?" Shit, Id love to end this on some positive shit Hit you with punchlines instead of some derogative shit But its okay to be sad sometimes and tired of shit

Yes! Yeah, Kanye! Philadelphia Freeway, uh Yall know what it is, uh, yeah, uh Before I turn out ya lights lets get one thing understood Imma keep my hammer real close, rubber grip tight Tell yall niggas good night, good night, uh Before I turn out ya lights lets get one thing understood Free gon keep his hammer real close, rubber grip tight Tell yall niggas good night, good night, uh The shit you heardll do me justice, got a death wish The shit I packll put holes through ya Lexus Got the TEC clip, respect it The turnpike bully, earn stripes, move yay Through ya turn pike early, all night, all day Wait, switch hustles nigga Now I muscle mixtapes all night, all day Yes! The front line of the Roc To through a football pass through ya chest Brett Favre wit the Glock Uh! Im Max Payne wit the stock out Money and fame run out, get it with cocaine Rep the Roc till I clock out I make you clock out, put sumtin in ya brains I do my dirt all by my lonely And I got the heart to fight So please refrain from hatin Before I turn out ya lights Aint no hesitation I got the guns to fight So please refrain from hatin Before I turn out ya lights Dont test my patience because I got the guns to fight Stay wit em coast to coast IHOP I distrubute the toast to folks I stop, never, Free a rap Icon Black Bon Jovi, in the Roc, lover Roc Jake of watches, ice cickle the time Still got time to leave ya stash gone when you wake up Free hate smuts, stay wit a dime at all times Stay on the grind at all times wit so many nines Shit baggin and shake up Nigguh! Aint no captain to shake up Doe like a brink truck, nine on my waist, I! I do my dirt all by my lonely And I got the heart to fight So please refrain from hatin Before I turn out ya lights Aint no hesitation I got the guns to fight So please refrain from hatin Before I turn out ya lights Freeeee! Put the burners to ya crew Give me a reason, not to squeeze on ya gang Man the hammers go bang to bang In wit a bang, bang Blueprint 2 Before you, slide through to deliver ya gang the thangs Switch lanes to get Paid in Full Look its the Rich Porter of transporters Donovan McNabb of mixtapes, look hey Follow the kids orders, in other words, do what the kid say We got it locked from the Bay back to Philly Where niggas pack millies like every single day We dont play, we all about our change and Money exchangin, if you bout your pay Then every single day, bring the yay to ya city Act up, bring the Ks to ya city Then shots exchangin, every single day I do my dirt all by my lonely And I got the heart to fight So please refrain from hatin Before I turn out ya lights Aint no hesitation I got the guns to fight So please refrain from hatin Before I turn out ya lights I do my dirt all by my lonely And I got the heart to fight So please refrain from hatin Before I turn out ya lights Aint no hesitation I got the guns to fight So please refrain from hatin Before I turn out ya lights