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Hatin on me, dawg
Stop hatin on me, dawg
Im the teams ayatollah
Ultrabeam out the solar
Oh these niggas dumb-dumb
And they claim they for the culture
Tryna keep my composure
When I scream at the chauffeur
I aint mean, Im just focused
I aint mean, bitch Im focused
Playin king like its poker
But you aint dealin with the Joker
Global warmin gettin closer
Thank God Im bipolar
Whole life on the floater
Dont need rings or the trophies
Glasses ringin from the toasts, yeah
Have a drink for the coldest
Pour the lean out slower
Got us clean out of soda
Before the flood, niggas judged
They did the same thing to Noah
Everybody need Yandhi
My cousins mad at my auntie
You bought a crib out the country
You tryna Mitsubishi Galant me?
Yeah, this the one and only
You cant tell a unicorn from a pony
Live freedom, this is freedom
Fuck your feelings, you can keep em
Show your grill when you greet em
My nigga, kneel when you meet em
Know God when you see him
Love God, you gon need him
Dont you love God? Wont you hug God?
This is God in the flesh
Come and touch God , give a blowjob
Kanye gave up the West
Kanye to Yeezy
Maybe just Ye
Fuck a slave name
Fuck a slave name
Copped the whole game for four hundred years
The prophecy, 2019
Them niggas is woke, those niggas is woke
Them niggas aint woke like me
Hop off the boat like me
Yall dont want smoke like me
Yall supposed to be mad at them
Yall aint supposed to fight me
Nothin but models in here, nothin but dollars in here
Nothin but dollars in here, nothin but scholars in here
Nothin but greed and envy causin the energy
So somebody tell me why, woah
Number one spot , you been cheatin on me
Niggas get you and be thinkin they me
You could be you , but you never be me
You never be me
Ye, Ye, Ye, Ye
The universe is on our side
If you woke, then wake up , nigga
Stomp, stomp, we make up, nigga
Stop killing and make up, nigga
Thats the shit that shake up niggas
, gave up, nigga
Some-some they cant front, nigga
Stab your back, they cant front, nigga
Drop us off where we want, nigga
Aint no wantin, no, we need it, uh
We must have, we aint greedy, uh
Stomp, stomp, they been needy, uh
Told the money, "They seedy", uh
We aint the product , we are the juice
We going wild , we staying loose
Home for the Zeus , we got the proof
Niggas is wrong , fuck what they do
We in the streets , we goin through
We like the woo , yall niggas you
Hold up for you , you, you, you, you
Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo
Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo
Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo
Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo
Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo
Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo
Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo
Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo |
Hello? Hello? Hello...
Is there anybody up here?
Hello?
Welcome...2085. Twenty eighty-five it is
Just me up here I guess
The magic of the moment snuck up on me
And caught me by surprise
Roamin and Im lonely
But Im only
Theres somethin in your eyes
And I know its not just the song
And I know its not just the drink
But whatever it might be
Just keep holdin on to me
Cause Ill pull down a cloud for you
Ill circle the stars and bring you one back
Ill walk through the sun for you
Cause theres somethin you do
That got me walkin on the moon
Theres something you do
That got me walkin on the moon
And I know that its true
Baby you got me walkin on the moon
Dont keep me waitin, Im impatient
Cmon to my runway, lets take off and fly
Now Im where I wanna be
Come co-pilot with me
Lets burn up the sky
And I know its not just the song
And I know its not just the drink
But whatever it might be
Just keep holdin on to me
Cause Ill pull down a cloud for you
Ill circle the stars and bring you one back
Ill walk through the sun for you
Cause theres somethin you do
That got me walkin on the moon
Theres something you do
That got me walkin on the moon
And I know that its true
Baby you got me walkin on the moon
Everyone out there will know that you are my girl
And my love will circle around and round
No matter what I do
Aye aye Dream Im too good at this
Uhh, uhh, uhh, I cant contain it
No, no, no I cant restrain it
Theres a lot of stars in here aint it?
But you shine so much they dont seem famous
Whered you come from on this lonely night?
I swear God must have made lightning strike
And I bottled it up
You hit the red carpet and modeled it up
We hopped in the rari and throttled it up
Now everybody clappin, they bravoed it up
All just because its more than a buzz
More than a drink, but I took a few sips
And let it do what it does
Now drunk textin
Like its all about you
Like I cant spend another minute without you
You know the drinks let you say things you aint allowed to
Things that you fear, but youre way to proud to
Say out loud
Cause niggas gonna clown you
Put your Blackberry down
People is around you
Ill put my mack berry down
I aint tryin to hound you
Just tryin to take you where the stars gonna surround you
And Uhmm, maybe ice down you
And Uhmm, maybe white gown you
And Uhmm, maybe we should talk about all this after I pound you
Ha, you know Im just playin with you
I know a lot of people mad cause they aint with you
Wait is it because we on the moon
Tell em to save the hate well be home soon
Theres something you do
That got me walkin on the moon
Uhh, and I know that its true
Baby, you got me walkin on the moon
Everyone out there will know that you are my girl |
Oh, mmm
Wha? Mmm
Lets dance, again
Dont sit there like some silly girl
If you wait too long, itll be too late
Im not tellin you something new
There aint no time to lose
Its time for you to celebrate
So get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta your seat
Get up, little girl
Get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta your seat
Its time, your world
Get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta your seat
Your life, your choice
Get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta your seat
Its time, live it up
On and on, on the beat goes
On and on, on the beat goes
On and on, on the beat goes
On and on, on the beat goes
On and on, on the beat goes
On and on, on the beat goes
On and on, on the beat goes
On and on, on the beat goes
You dont have the luxury of time
You have got to say whats on your mind
Your head lost in the stars, youll never go far
Its time for you to read the signs
So get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta your seat
Here comes, my hand
Get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta your seat
Take it, you can
Get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta your seat
The time, is now
Get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta your seat
Ill show, you how
On and on, on the beat goes
On and on, on the beat goes
On and on, on the beat goes
On and on, on the beat goes
On and on, on the beat goes
On and on, on the beat goes
On and on, on the beat goes
On and on, on the beat goes
Say what you like
Do what you feel
You know exactly who you are
The time is right now, you got to decide
Stand in the back or be the star
So get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta your seat
Here comes, my hand
Get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta your seat
Take it, you can
Get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta your seat
The time, is now
Get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta your seat
Ill show, you how
I cant keep waiting for you
Anticipating that youve
No time to lose
I cant keep waiting for you
Uh, heres a impromptu, I want you
Now Im going to tell you what I want to - do to you
Your girlfriend, she wants to - beautiful
Just flew in from Paris - voulez-vous?
In the city that dont snooze
Smooze amongst the Whos Whos
And I use my celeb to get this one home
Why everything that feel so good gotta be so wrong?
Gimme room now, Im like a vampire on the full moon now
And I dont know about you now
But I think I wanna try sumthin new now
See what it do now
And when you sat down
Uh, cause you was losing yo breath now
Uh, cause you be doing it to def now
She be doin E to F now, whats left now?
Mr. West now, can you get any more fresh now?
I think I just did, just now
Talkin my shit, thats how
Im a professio-nal, I admit that
Flashing Lights show, I live that
Fame is a drug, wanna hit that?
Cause they know exactly where to get that - did you get that?
Get down, beep beep, gotta get up offa yo seat
Get down, beep beep, gotta get up offa yo seat now
On and on
The beat goes, on and on
Cause they know exactly where to get that - did you get that?
Lets go
Get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta yo seat
The beat goes
Get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta yo seat
The beat goes
On and on
The beat goes, on and on
The beat goes, on and on
On and on
On and on |
I am an arms dealer
Fitting you with weapons in the form of words
And dont really care, which side wins
Long as the room keeps singing
Thats just the business Im in
This aint a scene; its a goddamned arms race
This aint a scene; its a goddamned arms race
This aint a scene; its a goddamned arms race
Im not a shoulder to cry on, but I digress
Im a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh-so intricate, oh-so intricate
Im a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh-so intricate, oh-so intricate
Now, I dont know what the hell this song is talking bout
Do you?
She said, "Yeah, Ive been spending all day trying to figure that out
You too?"
The arms race made em raise they arms and race straight to the top
Who knew?
Right now, they got the number one spot; do you want that?
Me too
One thing I gotta call out boy
Take a look at Fall Out Boy
Since they aint black
When they get money they dont ball out boy
They just buy tight jeans till they nuts hang all out boy
They figure Ye dress tight
So we gon dress tighter
He dress white, so we gon dress whiter
So in spite of anything you might of
Seen or heard, this scene occurred
Word
Im a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh-so intricate, oh-so intricate
Im a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh-so intricate, oh-so intricate
All the boys who the dance floor didnt love
And all the girls whose lips couldnt move fast enough
Sing until your lungs give out
This aint a scene; its a goddamned arms race
This aint a scene; its a goddamned arms race
This aint a scene; its a goddamned arms race
This aint a scene; its a goddamned arms race
This aint a scene; its a goddamned arms race
This aint a scene; its a goddamned arms race
Im a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh-so intricate, oh-so intricate
Im a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh-so intricate, oh-so intricate |
Hahaha
Uh-oh
Brisco
The new Cash Money
Believe that!
Hahaha
Ugh
Im from the cocaine era, packs in my stroller
Two beepers and a flip, Star-Tech Motorola
Bally silks , Kangol tilts
Stand straight when the boss talkin, hush your lips
Mob-affiliated contract hits
I let the street declare war when you want that beef
Talk cheap, get money, I was taught to ride
Loyalty came first, and we dont switch no sides
Im a savage on the block, nickel rocks and heroin hopes
I walked the ghetto like them, but I was taking my notes
Certified goon , the locks on standby
I just need a couple real niggas I can stand by
A bad bitch with hips
And two niggas on the interstate, taking them trips
Im into carats like Bugs Bunny
Young Brisco , the New Cash Money
Wayne!
Yeah
Hello, world
Hahaha
That was the homie, Brisco
I am Weezy F.B.
And we are them Cash Money Boys
You dig? Hahaha, yeah
One! Reportin live from the booth
Im killing these bitches, Young Wayne Carruth
Untamed and loose; blunts, drank and juice
I was once a spark; into a flame, it grew
I dont complain to you—dont complain to me
Everbody got beef, and I just came to eat
Im in the game for keeps; if you in my lane, I beep
I been running this shit, and I never sprained my knee
And guess who came home? Ronnie the O.G.
He still on papers, nigga, we never free
And for my homie Streets, Ima twist one up
He cant even hit the kush; he gotta piss in a cup
What is this on my wrist? Shit is sicker than "ugh"
Yo, Brisco, there aint a sky bigger than us
Whats good? Im in Diamonds—is you tipping or what?
I took your bitch and she aint coming back to work for a month
Weezy Baby
Cool, thats cool, let em live, Weez
You already know what it is
Ahem
Yeah, dont be scared now
Tell em, tell em
We just got started
But I done already told em
Yeah, ugh, Mack
But they didnt wanna hear me
Yeah, cmon
Hahaha! Go!
Im in the all-red Flying Spur , on Asantis
With a bad redbone that look something like Ashanti
OK, light brown, Southern-tan Medina
With a light-brown, thick thing like Trina
Um, you prolly seen us
Ripping the streets with no top between us
Youre so genius
Thats my word, you know I got you, twin
You a real nigga, dog, thanks for letting me in
Yeah, he in the game now, and Im betting he win
And Im the rap landlord, just collecting my rent
I put the house on Lil Bris, we gon eat this year
Silence for the real niggas who aint see this year
Open your eyes, open your eyes—Cash Money has a new face
And we gon tie the shit up like a shoelace
And thats me, the young hood messiah
0-7, Ima set the fucking hood on fire
Whoa, yeah
Suh—Suh—Suh—C-M-B
Haha
Young Money
Listen, man
Weezy and Brisco
Hahaha
Get ready
As a matter of fact, you aint
C-M-B
P-O-E
E-Class, what it does?
Brisco—Big Chuck, what it does?
Triple Cs, Street Mob
G-12
Yeah
Slim and Baby, what it is?
We gon eat this year
Ugh
The whole faculty
The whole mob
Yeah
I know |
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo...
YO! I want my ass smacked
Front back
Pussy wet
Wait bitch, Imma blow my kisses
Get pissed and throw my dishes
Yall niggas know just who this is
And the head so vicious
With me, this shit gon cost, you short, then thats your loss
You know this ass is soft, make a nigga go to breaking off
Tell me that you love me baby and get high and fuck me crazy
Get a towel and wipe me off
You want a bitch with no type of flaws
My girls be shopping hard, these hoes be buying cars
In the club buying bars, nipples hard in designer bras
All my niggas who getting cheese, throwback and the crispy Gs
Moet, Cris on freeze, laugh at a tab cuz this on me
Me and Luda in a Cut Supreme
Doing things just to touch the cream
So many names wanna fuck the Queen
I live a life like its just a dream, UH!
YO! I want my ass smacked
Front back
Pussy wet
Hit it right behind
JUMP! Give me the beat, then Ima make it bump
Tell me what you wanna hear, damn, yes it can
Trouble with your man, Ima pop my trunk
You aint seen no chicks like mine, you aint seen no flicks like mine
Gonna make you next to the subwoofers in my 6 by 9
Tell me that you like it raw, tell me that my dick is MWAH!
I might make you famous
And buy you watches by Maurice Lacroix
Tell me if its new or old, tell me if its hot or cold
Let me know if its black and bold, say, "Ludacris, 6 million sold"
See I aint got no time for games, and I aint got no time for lames
How you loving my Southern slang?
Ooh, eee, walla-walla-bing-bang
So anytime you need me call, winter summer spring or fall
It doesnt matter, come one come all
Either get dropped or drop them drawers
YO! I want my ass smacked
Front back
Pussy wet
Diamond Princess, just mind your business
These rumors are senseless, your whispers are endless
We living ghetto fab, we spending hella cash
This girl is hella bad, your choice is trailer trash
Too much taste for whores, you saw me grace The Source
You watched me work the Vibe, bitches, I works for mine
One time for these divas, two times for these Visas
Third time I come, Im breezing, the ice just keeps on freezing
Hold up, Ima keep it going back to back, Ima keep on blowing
Platinum plaques, keeping it hood, wet sex, keeping it good
Look, girl, you dont know my angle
A hundred thou on a platinum bangle
My niggas will slow your roll, pussy power, we in control
YO! I want my ass smacked
Front back
Pussy wet
YO! Thats right Im back again
Round two, motherfuckers
Thats right, Im talking greasy
Im a arrogant lil motherfucker huh?
Thats right, Im rich, Im that bitch
Im bout to show yall how to pimp this shit
Im fucking niggas in the face
The game is mine, 2003, fuck that
Fuck all yall haters, fuck all yall bitches, get a life
You got too much times on your hands
I want yall bitches to get a job
Up your game, pimp your game up, baby
Its all about me this time fuck that
Fuck a dime, Ima silver dollar, HOLLA!
Catch me when I come off tour, fuck yall
Im out |
I need to know, you down to do whatever?
Down to get it poppin? Down to get topless? Ohh
I need to know if you about cuttin
Or you about frontin, baby, I need to know
I spent my last eight checkseses on a neck-e-lace
So I better get some sex for this, shit
She wanna sip up on the Crissy Cris
Like its Christ-e-mas and Im St. Nicholas
I got her and her sister in that white Benz, dyke twins
I aint gon lie, they only fives but together they ten
And would I do em again? Hmmm, hmmm
Its like old folks pissin cause it all depends
And its no coke sniffin, just juice and gin
Grey Goose to get you loose then hit the nigga producin
The track that got you movin, this track got you movin
So crazy you dont know what you doin
You been telling them jokes, and its not a rumor
I like a girl with a sense of humor
To give me head til it ache and its not a tumor
So let me know whats goin down fore I pay for this room cause
I need to know, you down to do whatever?
Down to get it poppin? Down to get topless? Ohh
I need to know if you about cuttin
Or you about frontin, baby, I need to know
Now if you got it, you got it
And if you dont then you probably wont
Sissy nigga call em maricon
I never hit a lady but my game might abuse em
Buy em boots just to tell em that I Jimmy Choose em
Take em back to confuse em
So she dont know if she comin or goin
Cause mami, after Im cummin, Im goin
Back to the show, just frontin and flowin
Jewelry stuntin and glowin, this life is somethin, I know it
And I been known to have a ho or two
Cause my diamonds yellow like a smoker tooth
I tell em step into the vocal booth
Roll a joint, smoke a few, after that Im pokin you
After that, its over, boo, baby, grab your coat and voom
I need to know, you down to do whatever?
Down to get it poppin? Down to get topless? Ohh
I need to know if you about cuttin
Or you about frontin, baby, I need to know
Now theres three different levels to relationships
Pollyin at the club with em, talkin, gettin affectionate
Leavin and havin sex with em, kickin em out
Trickin on models, dimes and rats
Now I dont get into that, I kick that habit
I just keep em impressed, let em seat in the Lex
Never eat em unless that fuckin cat looks fresh
I got a lion in my pocket, Im lyin
I got a nine in my pants and baby, Im just dyin for a chance
Who ready to fuck? You ready to fuck off the sizzurp?
Says she ready to cut, then she grabs my scissors
She probably look good, but whats scary to me
Henny make hoes look like Halle Berry to me
I need to know, you down to do whatever?
Down to get it poppin? Down to get topless? Ohh
I need to know if you about cuttin
Or you about frontin, baby, I need to know |
Listen
Old white men is runnin this rap shit
Corporate forces runnin this rap shit
Some tall Israeli is runnin this rap shit
We poke out our asses for a chance to cash in
Cocaine, is runnin this rap shit
Dro, gnac and E-pills is runnin this rap shit
The rape over, turn your face over nigga
No god in disguise, its me, game over
Hey lil souljahs is you ready for war?
But dont ask what youre fighting for
Just hope that you survived the gunfight, the drama, the stress
You get in the line of fire we get the big ass cheques
You gettin your choice of pimp, make your choice and fall in
This is ho stroll B I, take that cock in your behind, biatch
Hit the streets and perform for us
Hold hard and bring it on to us, fucker
I let you sip cups of Army, get a Mercedes
And kick back and let you pay me, my Mack is crazy
I leave the, knife and fist fight filled with glamour
Yeah, take a picture with this platinum-plated sledgehammer
We over-do it add the fire and explosion to it
We sow confusion, we run rap music
MTV, is runnin this rap shit
Viacom is runnin this rap shit
AOL and Time Warner runnin this rap shit
We poke out our asses for a chance to cash in
Cocaine, is runnin this rap shit
Hennessey, is runnin this rap shit
Quasi-homosexuals is runnin this rap shit
Watch out we run the world
Thats it |
Hey, yo, Mo, open up the door, man
Im sorry, baby, open up the door
You got these dogs out here, they gon bite me
Poodles and rabbits and all of it
Open the door man, Im sorry, man
I love you
Uh-uh and its so, woo
This that hot
Uh-huh, yeah
New Monica!
Its funny how the tables turn
Now its you running after me
Didnt wanna spend quality time
Didnt think I would ever leave
You got way too comfortable
Now you say you want me in your life
Cause Ive packed up all my shh
Im moving in my new place tonight
So dont you, knock knock knock
Stop knockin
Dont come knockin on my door
Ring ring ring
Let the phone stop
I dont want you calling me no mo
{Uh-huh, so, so}
Boy, its a dangerous game
To try and play a chick like me
Wanna go out and do ya thing
Ill be out fore you count to three
So do just what you want
Any time that you really like
I put a payment on my place
Youll be sleeping alone tonight
So dont you, knock knock knock
Stop knockin, dont come knockin on my door
Ring ring ring
Let the phone stop
I dont want you calling me no mo
{Uh-huh, so, so}
I used to be "So Gone"
You were someone I could lean on
My life support system
And I thought I couldnt breathe, uh-uh
When you used to leave, yup yup {Oh}
I see you got your clean one
Big chains, gold teeth and your gleam on
All night, wanna be gone
Wanna tell me stay home like I got a uhh ring on {Woo}
Now you say Im not your wife, right right {Uh}
So why should I be chillin, goodnight goodnight {Uh}
Now pack up my things for a flight {Oh}
I got a place and its fixed up nice {Come on}
So dont come knockin at my door {Yeah!}
I got company coming round four {Uh-uh}
So, whoa, heh-heh, yeah {Ooh}
I dont want you calling me no mo
Knock knock knock {Oh}
Stop knockin, dont come knockin on my door
Ring ring ring
Let the phone stop
I dont want you calling me no mo
Dont come knockin on my door {Uh-huh, so, so}
Dont come knockin on my door
Ooh, ooh, uhh, ooh-ooh, uhh
Dont come knockin on my door
Dont come knockin on my door
Ooh-ooh, uh ooh-uh
Dont come knockin on my door, oh Oh
I dont want you calling me no mo
Dont come knockin on my door
Dont come knockin on my door Ooh
I dont want you calling me no mo
Hey, this Monica, leave a number after the beep
Hey, yo, Mo, pick up the phone, man
This old raggedy cell phone sounding like an old alarm clock, old switchboard line phone. Do you even have call waiting on this joint, man? Call me back, man, youre late for the studio. Dismissed |
Lyrics from Live Performance
I wanna go to the moon
Dont leave so soon
How could I get through?
I wanna go to the moon
Dont leave so soon
How could I get through?
How could I get up?
I wanna go to the moon
Dont leave so soon
How could I get through?
I wanna go to the moon
Dont leave so soon
How could I get through
I wanna go to the moon
Dont leave so soon
How could I get through?
I wanna go to the moon
Dont leave so soon
How could I get through
How could I get up?
I wanna go to the moon
Dont leave so soon
How could I get through?
I wanna go to the moon
Dont leave so soon
How could I get through
I wanna go to the moon
Dont leave so soon
How could I get through?
I wanna go to the moon
Dont leave so soon
How could I get through?
How could I get— |
You left me
Yes! Welcome to the wonderful sounds of Talib Kweli
Left me in a low
Ladies...
I got you in the mood , for a interlude
Raw like in the nude, I hope this aint considered rude
But lets stop talking, cause its feelin like an interview
I know youre into me, so, let me get into you
Im always in the mood for laughing and loving
And rapping and fucking
And passing the dutch and relaxing and puffing
And hitting and ducking the ripping production
These kittens aint muffins just because we stuff em in the oven
My words is dripping off the tongue like the wax from a candle wick
Ill the way I lay down the rap, they cant handle it
Cats all sappy like romantic flicks
Dude, get a clue, like Colonel Mustard in the study with a candlestick
They holding hands with these dudes like they going steady, but
One glimpse, and I know they ready—you already know
Slipped her a note like, "You ready to go?"
We make a getaway plan, and we head for the door, lets go
I wear the night like a cloak cause I move with the stars
Navigate through the truly bizarre
Who we are, who we is, its the kids that stay true to this life
And if the mood is right, we gon do it tonight
I wear the night like a cloak cause I move with the stars
Navigate through the truly bizarre
Who we are, who we is, its the kids that stay true to this life
And if the mood is right, we gon do it tonight
You messin up my mo— my whole mood, told you, oh
Lose, eat crews like soul food
The only producer that feel like, "Fuck rappers!"
Only backpacker with a chip like hackers
Only Michael Richardson, only much Blacker
So if he say nigga, then Ima say...
Is this a Ritz? Carlton? Dress like, fresh, like
Just like, Im the shit
Ugh! You aint figured out what Im about yet
Always rockin that "This-aint-out-yet"
But this aint bout that
From a city where niggas plug like outlets
Far as music go, yo, it aint no outlets
So, when I go out, niggas always out to get me in the studio
And I aint in the mood to flow
Im with my girl, and Im tryin to hit the movies, yo
And they tryna act stupid—oh!
In the club with Silicon Suzie
What happened to real girls, like Rudy?
With real titties like Tootie
This girl got a silicon booty!
And got the nerve to act moody!
Now, I aint tryna judge like Judy
But bitch, you a man, you cant fool me!
Act like 50—throw her in a pool, G!
I wear the night like a cloak cause I move with the stars
Navigate through the truly bizarre
Who we are, who we is, its the kids that stay true to this life
And if the mood is right, we gon do it tonight
I wear the night like a cloak cause I move with the stars
Navigate through the truly bizarre
Who we are, who we is, its the kids that stay true to this life
And if the mood is right, we gon do it tonight
Break it down, uh!
What?
Ah-ah, uh, uh-uh, ah
Ah-ah, uh, uh-uh, ah
Yeah!
D-D-D-D-D-D-nn-wha!
D-D-D-D-D-D-nn-wha!
Bringin the drum, keep it funky like a stink in a slum
Cause see, they wanna breed cursing for the things that dont come
The speakers wrong that we rap dudes speakin in tongues
Christmastime choice for what? No, we keepin our guns
Smokin a piff to cause a leak in your lungs
You aint got shit to do like Friday when the weekend begun
Completely done with rap dudes, dont compete with the dumb
I spill my blood for my people, see how deep it can run?
Im in the mood like Donte and Main Flow
Never comin with the same flow, got its change, yo
Its strange yo, to make yo chain glow, thats yo main goal
Thats a facade like Im somewhere over the rainbow
Really these cats sweeter than mangoes, Mr Bojangles-ass dudes
Dancin around the club, doin the tango
Go hard like Iverson playin with hurt ankles
Plus, wrestle the topic from a different Kurt Angle!
I wear the night like a cloak cause I move with the stars
Navigate through the truly bizarre
Who we are, who we is, its the kids that stay true to this life
And if the mood is right, we gon do it tonight
I wear the night like a cloak cause I move with the stars
Navigate through the truly bizarre
Who we are, who we is, its the kids that stay true to this life
And if the mood is right, we gon do it tonight
Wow, thats a nice track! |
Yall might as well get the music ready because this finna take a while
Umm, When I had my accident I found out at that moment nothing in life is promised except death,
If you had the opportunity to play this game of life
you need to arpeeeciate every moment
a lot of people dont appreciate their moment until its passed
And then, you got to tell those Al Bundy stories "You remember when I ?"
But, Right now is my time and my moment thanks to the fans, thanks to the accident, thanks to god, thanks to Roc-A-Fella, Jay-Z, Dame Dash, G, my mother, Rhymefest everyone thats helped me
And I plan to celebrate, I plan to celebrate and scream and pop champagne every chance I get becasue im at the grammys baby!
I know everybodys asking the question, they wanted know "I know hes going to wild out, I know hes going to do something crazy"
Everbody wanted to know what I would do if I didnt win.
I guess well never know. |
Hello, you there?
Yeah, Im here
You breaking up, I can barely hear you
Nah, you clear
You cool? you mad?
You talk? bad
You up? You been good?
Nah I been bad
What you mean, you been bad?
Baby girl you know I got bad nerves
Got me cursing with the kids in the car
"Mommy, daddy using bad words!"
No more tripping while you at work
No more texting while Im at church
No more switching up the password
Thats the shit that can get your ass hurt
We got way too much in common
If Im being honest with you
We got way too much in common
Since Im being honest with you
Who wants to love somebody like me?
You wanna love somebody like me?
If you could love somebody like me
You must be messed up too
Who wants to love somebody like me?
You wanna love somebody like me?
If you could love somebody like me
You must be messed up too
Said Id be gone by five
But its sunrise and Im still in your bed
Goodnight usually means goodbye
Me replaying memories in my head
Look at you, look at you
Look what you made me do
How do you, how do you think know my every move
Who are you? Who are you? You look so familiar
I know you, I know you, baby, I know the truth
We got way too much in common
If Im being honest with you
We got way too much in common
Since Im being honest with you
Who wants to love somebody like me?
You wanna love somebody like me?
If you could love somebody like me
You must be messed up too
Who wants to love somebody like me?
You wanna love somebody like me?
If you could love somebody like me
You must be messed up too
Folks all up in our business
Yeezy Season, Im trending
I bet you they respect the name now
So are we done or we finished?
Cause no matter what anybody say
We been through shit you cant make up
And at the end of the night bae
Well be back in bed like we famous
We got way too much in common
Way too in common
Drama, gotta silence
The violence, gotta link up
For my black skin, the brown ones
Yeah , you cant check us, CNN
Get your baggage, this nigga BET
And everybody taking EBT
Ice cold, my jewelers, go up
Be careful what you wish and hope for
Made it from the hood to the road when the grind was dope
Made it from the hood to the road when the grind was dope
We got way too much in common
If Im being honest with you
We got way too much in common
Since Im being honest with you
Who wants to love somebody like me?
You wanna love somebody like me?
If you could love somebody like me
You must be messed up too
Who wants to love somebody like me?
You wanna love somebody like me?
If you could love somebody like me
You must be messed up too |
Whooooooooooo
Damn, that girl fine, that girl fine, that girl fine
Yo, yo, Kanye, yo turn it up, a little bit, whoo
Take notes while I take tokes to the marijuana smoke
One look and murder she wrote
She drop dead gorgeous, she drop dead..
Yo, this is a Roc-a-Fella, St. Lunatics collaboration
Chi-Town and St. Louis
She said she aint never seen Murphy Lee befo
I called her back from an earlier beep
Fo in the mornin they be like "Nah, I wasnt sleep"
Convenient whore stay on top of convenient stores
Keep pictures of me in their Victoria Secret drawer
I keep somethin hot on tour
Can ya, Kenyatta, make sure they know before what is really in store
See I adore the ones that call me Torhi, true story
I created hood rats so these new mice bore me
See I normally settle for sevens, but eights I cant wait
Nines be wantin time and dimes be wantin dates
So know I got elevens and twelves
With at least thirteen or fourteen reasons why they fine as hell
I hit em up like Blu Cantrell
Hehehehehehehehe hell, I remember when she smashed LaBelle
See most women kinda sneaky like a six-year old
Hey yo they always in the summer, somethin wrong with their nails
Whats the point of havin a girl thats drop dead
That you know dont like you?
Shell run over your head with a motorcycle
I mean the way you look is nice, but theres more to life boo
Cuz I could go to videos and get fo just like you
I talked to your ex-boyfriend and took a census
But you dont read the cookbook, you just look at the pictures
Matter of fact, whens the last time you looked at the kitchen?
This is gettin ridiculous, how you gettin defensive?
Jimmy Choo, Frankie B., bitch you gettin expensive
I know you fuckin around, my sixth sense told me
That aint no male friend that bought you the stereo
She said "He gay anyway, you dont know nothin about Jamario" |
Heavy hitters fo life
Heavy hitters fo life
Mm, mm
Mm-mm
You rappers think I give a fuck about the way that they spit
Wanna be on my album, but dont want me on they shit
Everybody thought I was making a compilation
I was really making myself they compe-tation
Fresh off the plane from the All-Star game
Bone girls on TV, so its All-Star trains
Just picture, man , no snitchin, man
Something for the fiends fresh out the kitchen, man
Last 9/11, I was poor on the ave, til I pluraled my math
Now its Porsche 911 and Im flooring the gas
Got a lot of problems, moneys one that I not have
Well, Dame look at how everybody changed
Tell Jay that Im bout to change the game
Tell Biggs that we about to get paid
All my niggas is bout to have it made
This makes everything else sound played
"Goddamn, Kanye!"
Now hold up! Aint nobody messing with me, dog
Now, you say it!
I told dude, "You cant even rap on my interlude"
Now, does that make me as rude as Jude?
Man, the people is asking
Yamamoto, Adidas, hes sick with the fashion
You already got dough, so you spit for the passion
The way you rhyme give me Tribe Called Quest flashbacks
And lets not even bring up the tracks, man
Nope, nope, lets not do that, man
You eating up the game like Pac-Man
And got the whole world shaking just like crack fiends
Heavy hitters, fo life
Roc-a-Fella is fo life
Throw your diamonds up, throw your diamonds up
Throw your diamonds
Lets take it there, take it there, man
Champ posed to be, GLC
Cant be the champ, you ugly
GLC, where you at homie?
How many niggas you know that put their life on the line
To get signed? Did a few high crimes, almost had lights-out
After the sunshine, you thinking it might count
How could I might doubt? Just look at my account
I used to work at the mall with nothing at all
Seeing niggas that ball, that shit was depressing
Keep my clothes in the cleaners, I aint with the pressing
When I copped them pounds, it was my best investments
Dre got shot and that taught me a lesson
For stickin niggas up in them robbery masses
Mask like Batman, minus the tight pants
Would hit your baby momma, but her elbows is ashy
Four different blues, man, your outfit is clashing
You aint got no muscles, you weak, lame bastard
Man, look at your haircut
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, NAW, your hair sucks!
How many niggas you know is really heavy hitters?
87 Go-Getters, two hoes like John Ritter
Even did it on his crime picture and yeah
And offers to sell and yell, ugh
Heavy hitters fo life
Roc-A-Fella is fo life
Throw your diamonds up, throw your diamonds up
Throw your diamonds |
Cant let em take your spirit
Never let em take your soul
Sister, dont let your guard down
You know theres more out there waiting for you
Hell no, no, sister, dont let your guard down
Youve come way, way too far now
Lesson learned, lesson learned
Lessons learned, lessons learned, lessons learned
May your future last long, past, present
Faith, love, hold on to heaven
One hand up, hold onto heaven
God bless us with every second on earth
Same as the legend was told
To my ears at five years old
Sister, dont let your guard down
Youve got too much shit goin on, yeah
But I know youve been workin through all that
Know you, I know youve been goin through it your whole life
And I say, brother dont let your guards down
Parties are starting right now
Know youve been workin that body all night
But its 3 am and we bout to go up again
Its 3 am and were just starting again
Its 3 am and were just starting again
Sister, dont let your guard down
I know youve been working hard now
Brother, dont let your guard down
No, no, no
And the fight not over, the fight just beginning
The lies get exposed, soon as you win it
The devil is smiling, the guy keeps on sinning
Dont let them take over the heart of them, no
Sister, dont let your guard down
Its bout to get hard now
And brother, dont let your love go
Support her in the best way you know how
Love on your woman, stand by your brother
Hold on to your loved ones, I know weve all lost some
Pray before rain falls, the devils are coming
They dont share the love but theyre up to something
I know it, I know that theyre up to something
I know, I know it, that theyre up to something
So, sister, dont let your guard down
Shits about to get hard now
Brother dont let them on now
Protect them the best way you know how
The best way that you know, the best way that you know
The best way that you know how
Protect her the best way that you know
The best way that you know, he best way that you know how
Sometimes when you have something
Its like you take it for granted
And sometimes something loves you
And you dont love it back
See, right now, I wish you was here
I wish you was here so I could hold you down
I wish you was here so you could hold me down
This to my brother, this to my sister, this to my Queen!
What yall smoking on though?
Got some OG right now, some Dolla $ign OG
This shit flight, nigga
Oh my God, hey you believe this? God damn
I got the uh, Wiz Khalifa, uh
Khalifa Kush, KK?
Yeah the, nah the Wiz Khalifa little cones n shit |
I been waiting
For a minute
Pour out, ayy
Pour out, everyday, you know
I wish I would let a hater fuck my life up
I dont care, but Im closer now
When Im on, an we gon light the light up
Help me out when Im goin down
See, before I let you go
One last thing I need to let you know
You aint never seen nothing crazier than
This nigga when he off his Lexapro
Had more than another episode
Last down Im down in Mexico
Asking me why the hell I test the cove
Four times I say dont test me, hoe
Told you four times dont test me, hoe
Now we finna lose all self-control
But you aint finna be raising your voice at me
Especially when we in the Giuseppe store
But Ima have the last laugh in the end
Cause Im from a tribe called check a hoe
Yeah, Ima have to laugh in the end
Cause Im from a tribe called check a hoe
And I
I wish I would let a hater fuck my life up
Cant let them get to me
Sunday night, I just might have to pipe up
You gon have to get used to me
Wish I would let a hater fuck my life up
Cant let them get to me
Sunday night, I just might have to pipe up
You gon have to get used to me
Ahh, ahh
Ahh, ahh
Ahh, ahh
Ahh, ahh
I wish I would let a hater fuck my life up
Cant let them get to me
Sunday night, I just might have to pipe up
You gon have to get used to me
Dont stop your loving
Dont stop for nothing
No, not for nothing
They dont wanna see me love you
Nah, dont stop it
They always love it
They always wanna
They dont wanna see me love you
They dont wanna see me love you
They dont wanna see me love you
They dont wanna see me love you
They dont wanna see me love you
They dont wanna see me love you
They dont wanna see me love you
They dont wanna see me love you
I wish I would let a hater fuck my life up
Cant let them get to me
Sunday night, I just might have to pipe up
You gon have to get used to me
Wish I would let a hater fuck my life up
Cant let them get to me
Sunday night, I just might have to pipe up
You gon have to get used to me |
Lyrics from Snippet
I can see the future is lookin like we level through the sky
I cant wait to live in glory and eternal lastin life
Wont you take the wheel? Ill recline and Ill sit still
Might as well turn up now, he gon pop up unannounced
To the trumpets, do you like the way it sounds?
I cannot take another ounce
Runnin through the clouds
I can hear my thoughts so loud
I can hear their drums so loud
Do you like the way it sounds?
Feel like Ive been gone for a while
But there aint no turnin back now
People washed away in droves
Those drums, not those drugs
Do you like the way it sounds?
Do you like the way, like the way it sounds?
Do you like the way, like the way it sounds?
Do you like the way, like the way it sounds?
Do you like the way, like the way it sounds?
Do you like the way, like the way it sounds?
Do you like the way, like the way it sounds?
Do you like the way, like the way it sounds?
Do you like the way, like the way it sounds? |
Well
It is a weeping, and a moaning, and a gnashing of teeth
It is a weeping, and a moaning, and a gnashing of teeth
It is a weeping, and a moaning, and a gnashing of teeth
It is a weeping, and a moaning, and a gnashing of teeth
It is a weeping, and a moaning, and a gnashing of teeth
When it comes to my sound which is the champion sound
Okay
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo wu-woo
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Wu-woo
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo wu-woo
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Wu-woo
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo wu-woo
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Wu-woo
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo wu-woo
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Wu-woo
Nah Nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah
Nah Nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah
Nah Nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah
Nah Nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah
Okay
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh Du-duh
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh Du-duh
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh Du-duh
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh Du-duh
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh Du-duh
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh Du-duh
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh Du-duh
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh
Okay Lamborghini Mercy
Your chick, she so thirsty
Im in that two-seat Lambo with your girl
She tryna jerk me
Okay Lamborghini Mercy
Your chick, she so thirsty
Im in that two-seat Lambo with your girl
She tryna jerk me
Okay Lamborghini Mercy
Your chick, she so thirsty
Im in that two-seat Lambo with your girl
She tryna jerk me
Okay Lamborghini Mercy
Your chick, she so thirsty
Im in that two-seat Lambo with your girl
She tryna jerk me
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Wu-waaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Wu-waaaaaaaaaaaa Wu-waaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Wu-waaaaaaaaaaaa Wu-waaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
It is a weeping, and a moaning, and a gnashing of teeth
It is a weeping, and a moaning, and a gnashing of teeth
When it comes to my sound which is the champion sound
Okay
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo wu-woo
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Wu-woo
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo wu-woo
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Wu-woo
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo wu-woo
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Wu-woo
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo wu-woo
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Wu-woo
Nah Nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah
Nah Nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah
Nah Nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah
Nah Nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah
Okay
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh Du-duh
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh Du-duh
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh Du-duh
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh Du-duh
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh Du-duh
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh Du-duh
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh Du-duh
Duh Duh Duh Du-duh Duh Duh Duh
It is a weeping, and a moaning, and a gnashing of teeth
It is a weeping, and a moaning, and a gnashing of teeth
When it comes to my sound which is the champion sound |
Our loves an asylum
Where you and I go
Our loves an asylum
Where we go, go, go, go crazy
In a state of madness
Wrapped up in your magic
Ecstatic, an addict
Oh weve landed
On another planet
And it feels like home here
Well never go back there
Cause were crazy
Ill go crazy with you
Youre so crazy
Ill go crazy with you
Our loves an asylum
Where you and I go
Our loves an asylum
Where we go, go, go, go crazy
Our loves an asylum
Where you and I go
Our loves an asylum
Where we go, go, go, go crazy
Cant nobody save me
Ill go down with you, baby
Ill take you, youll take me
Crazy - Ill do crazy with you
Lets go crazy, Ill go crazy with you
Our loves an asylum
Where you and I go
Our loves an asylum
Where we go, go, go, go crazy |
Its like 2 oclock in the studio
Backed up on the leaks, man, my shit crasp
But Im back at you niggas though, you know?
I guess this fifty five thousand
So we gon do it like this
Uh, Hussle, nigga
One take too
Look, uh
Mac 11 on my dresser drawer
Model bitches like, “Nipsey, what’s the weapon for?"
Niggas tryna take, I give em nothin less than war
So what’s understood there is no explanation for
Put the box in concrete, then put the safe in floor
Extra thick carpet, thats what we laid it for
Young niggas gettin moneys what I make it for
Play this out your Range Rover and Mercedes door
Uh
I graduated from havin haters
Now I see it all as fake love, so don’t congratulate us
And thank god for my imagination
I seen the vision, I’m in it, and now I’m after greatness
I know that God got me so I practice patience
Most the time I look inside and find the answers waitin
Been tryna change my life but it’s aggravating
Making the same mistakes twice, Im shackled to Satan
So Lets make a toast to the real niggas
Self-made success, know how it feel, nigga
Uh, now raise your glass to the real women
You know the one who man in jail but she still with him
Out here on her own but she deal with it
So Im gon tip my S-dome cause Im feeling ya
I represent that any means necessary
Chopper in the window pane, lifestyle legendary
Been treated a lot of ways, it was never fairly
So we gon shoot before we march like February
And they dont like when I rap like that
They rather I talk about the crime thats always black on black
And say, "Neighborhood of sixty Crip," in every rap
So they can play my tape in court and try to lock me up for that
But Im cool
Tell them judges, "Look, Im never goin back"
Its a marathon, nigga, run a lap
Uh
Fifty six thousand
All Money In, in
All Money In, in
No motherfuckin money out, nigga
Alright, thats it, they good
You think I dont know that?
You know, what I know
How many times I been on the other end of that fuckin phone?
Twenty six times
Ray, but you just got done saying you and Sonny Black are friends
You were, you know?
Donnie, I got sent for
In our thing, you get sent for
You go in alive, you come out dead
And its your best friend that does it |
Just love on me cause thats just what I need
Your love on me is all I ever need, need
Part of my blessings blending in with my soul
Do what I feel and I live what I say so
Oh, been drive a little million miles on this roads
I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
Oh, I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
Oh, I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
They be sellin something when its not shame
West stole West, simply got shame
Givin up, Im givin up my slave name
Oh, no, no, Im givin up my slave name
Saint, you dont really need a last name
North, you dont really need a last name
Bump on the song for the dark chains
Im givin up the slave name
Its a choice for me
Yall cant cut out the voice in me
Yall cant do nothing, get mad at me
Yall came for my anatomy
Yall cant cut out the Harriet
I dont care how you carry it
Stomp, stomp, thatd be very lit
God stomp, wanna be alien
Saint, you dont really need a last name
North, you dont really need a last name
And Chicago, yo, they lost, but we not bought
Oh, then he tells em
Part of my blessings blending in with my soul
Do what I feel and I live what I say so
Oh, been drive a little million miles on this roads
I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
Oh, I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
Oh, I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
Its like they take our slave women
And bend them quicker than when we hit it
Where you think lightskin came from?
I heard the Chinese buyin Africa quicker than we would get it
And if you tell somebody you goin to Africa
Somebody would laugh at ya
Like the top off it, and spend it at the Gucci store
Hold on more, woah, woah
Dont tell me bout them woke facts
Them just sound like broke facts
I dont know who the fuck told you that
I dont know who the fuck sold you back
Buy your freedom fore they sell you back
Why we need em? They just sold you crack
So lets done em, where the soldiers at?
Most of them aint running, most of them want that bump
Face the gun in the sun, we been brainwashed
Fuck that, we in our own holocaust
It aint never ended, it all depends
The Jews, least they said, never again
Part of my blessings blending in with my soul
Do what I feel and I live what I say so
Oh, been drive a little million miles on this roads
I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
Oh, I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
Oh, I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
I wasnt leaving, I was on my way home
Saint, you dont really need a last name
North, you dont really need a last name
And Chicago, yo, and Chicago |
Yo, this is Dirt McGirt
Im chilling with Kanye West
Hes killing yall niggas on the beats
Hes killing yall niggas on the tracks
Where your plaques at, dog?
The game is officially over
Go kill yourself
Now, take that equipment back to the store
We dont wanna hear that weak shit no more
Do anybody else make hits anymore?
Guess not, motherfucker—its the Roc, motherfucker
Now, yall gon stop talking that shit that you talking
Your broke-ass mama couldnt afford that abortion
Now, tell me, how the hell she gon afford that coffin?
Now, I done sat back and seen it all too often
The backbone of this, like Marino to the Dolphins
Most hits out the Chi since Sosa and Andre Dawson
My niggas had Pro Tools, I had no tools
Karaoke machine, fuck it, Im old-school
Only difference is my tracks drove niggas postal
So I drove coastal while they stayed local
How I cant rhyme when my freestylesll roast you?
Sit down, Ill coach you while we style in posters, dog
Niggas had a chance to sign me, dropped the ball
Ill see you at the awards
Now, after all that it took
I made it to the Roc—I guess I aint as dumb as you look
Now, take that equipment back to the store
We dont wanna hear that weak shit no more
Do anybody else make hits anymore?
Guess not, motherfucker—its the Roc, motherfucker
Now, take that equipment back to the store
We dont wanna hear that weak shit no more
Do anybody else make hits anymore?
Guess not, motherfucker—its the Roc, motherfucker
Now, I show you how to do this, dog
Put a few beats on the tape, I saved this one for myself
I heard you niggas tapes, need a little bit of help
But Im rapping, and I cant do nothing for you, man
Ask Gee and Hop, this 40 grand if you aint fam
I mean, if you aint Hov, if you aint Cam
Damn, I know you say, "Hes killing hisself"
"He got a little-bitty deal; now he feeling hisself"—yup!
Just cause I play beats and act hospitable
Dont mean I cant get you changed to "hospital you"
Im from a raw family, dog, and Ill spit on you
So play like a kid in the garden and get little, you
Who your hypeman? Im curious
It got you souped up like the cars on the Fast and Furious
Here go a new movie for you critics called "Whos Laughing?"
The first producer that rap better than the rappers
Now, take that equipment back to the store
We dont wanna hear that weak shit no more
Do anybody else make hits anymore?
Guess not, motherfucker—its the Roc, motherfucker
Now, take that equipment back to the store
We dont wanna hear that weak shit no more
Do anybody else make hits anymore?
Guess not, motherfucker—its the Roc, motherfucker
Aftermath still making them hits, nigga
Lunatics still making them hits, nigga
So So Def still making them hits, nigga
Bad Boy still making them hits, nigga
Wu-Tang still making them hits, nigga
Ruff Ryders still making them hits, nigga
Cash Money still making them hits, nigga
Dirt McGirt still making them hits, nigga
Yo, the game is over, go kill yourself!
Go kill yourself, nigga!
We dont wanna hear that weak shit no more |
And I feel like taking off
Let me be your supernova
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me the chance to get it right
They got it all
Theyve got all the things I thought I wanted
But I cant afford, to fake anymore
To live this facade and smile as the warm champagne pours
Out on the lawn
Well pretend were having tonnes of fun in this world where we dont belong
Some bloke all alone
Is she thinking of me, did she forget what we once had?
And I feel like taking off
Let me be your supernova
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me the chance to get it right, get it right
Oh, they got it all, you can see they got it all
They got the cars, the boat, and the beautiful house by the shore
And you know theres more
But I cant take another minute of it all
He wants his kids and the dog, he wants his breakfast in bed
Hes got his trust fund saved, not a worry in his head
But its not you, homie
I wanna break up the scene and see you running back to me
Cause I feel like taking off
Let me be your supernova
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me a chance to get it right, get it right
Yeah I feel like taking off
Let me be your supernova tonight
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me a chance to get it right, get it right
Youve got it wrong if you say our love is gone
Youve got it wrong if you say our love is gone
Youve got it wrong if you say our love is gone
Youve got it wrong if you say our love is gone
Yeah I feel like taking off
Let me be your supernova
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me a chance to get it right, get it right
And I feel like taking off
Let me be your supernova
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me the chance to get it right, get it right |
Nebuchadnezzars dreams
And in the second year of the rain of Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed, dreams
Where with his spirit was trouble
And his sleep break from him
Then the command, then the king commanded to call the magicians
And the astrologers and the sorcerers
And the chaldeans
For to shew the king His dreams
So they came and stood before the king
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams where his spirit was troubled
And his sleep break from him
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed, dreams where his spirit was troubled
And his sleep break from him |
Yeah, you wanna be loved, yeah
Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
You wanna be loved, yeah
Listen
Everywhere I go, everywhere I’ll be
I see lonely hearts and falling leaves
Where do those hearts go, do they find their match
Or do they drift away, it’s time to bring them back
They wanna be loved, they wanna be loved
Come on, it’s simple enough
They wanna be loved, yeah
They wanna be loved, they wanna be loved
A little piece to the heart
They wanna be loved
But everybody knows it don’t always last
But if I can’t have it for long, then I want it fast
Better love for now, than for never at all
So baby, if you’re down, give me a call!
I wanna be loved, I wanna be loved
Come on, it’s simple enough
I wanna be loved, yeah
Alright, cmon
I wanna be loved, I wanna be loved
A little piece to the heart
I wanna be loved
Yeah
La la la la
Yeah, don’t you wanna be loved
Yeah, sing for love, yeah!
Yeah, don’t you wanna be loved?
You wanna be loved, you wanna be loved
Come on, it’s simple enough
You wanna be loved, yeah
Alright
You wanna be loved, you wanna be loved
A little piece to the heart
You wanna be loved, oh yeah! |
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy
Oh-oh, oh-ohhhh
Girl, change into that Victoria Secret thing that I like
Alright, okay, tonight youre havin me your way
Perfume, spray it there, put our love in the air
Now pull me right next to you, finna raise the temp in the room
First rub my back like you do, right there
Right there you touch me like you care
Now stop, and let me repay you for the week youve been through
Workin that nine to five and bein cute, like you do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I love it, I love it
You love it, you love it
Every time, every time
We touchin, we touchin
I want it, I want it
You want it, you want it
Ill see you, see you
In the mornin, in the mornin
Wanna put my fingers through your hair
Wrap me up in your legs
Then love you til your eyes roll back
Im tryna put you to bed, to bed, to bed
I wanna put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Then Ima rock ya body, turn you over
Love is war, Im your soldier
Touchin you like its our first time
Ima put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Girl Ima put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Im staring at you while you sleep, irreplaceable beauty
Put my face up in your neck and breathe
Take you into my senses, wake up, its time to finish
Round two, its a round two
Matter of fact, its closer to three
She like, "How long I been sleep?"
Shawty kisses turn into the sweetest dreams
Girl give it to me
And I can feel her turn weak
"My angel, this is wonderful"
Thanks for lettin me bless ya
Come down, fly right
Drift back into heaven
Oh, oh, oh, woah
I love it, I love it
You love it, you love it
Every time, every time
We touchin, we touchin
I want it, I want it
You want it, you want it
Ill see you, see you
In the mornin, in the mornin
Wanna put my fingers through your hair
Wrap me up in your legs
Then love you til your eyes roll back
Im tryna put you to bed, to bed, to bed
I wanna put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Then Ima rock ya body, turn you over
Love is war, Im your soldier
Touchin you like its our first time
Ima put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Girl Ima put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Watch the sunlight peak over the horizon
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
The sun aint the only thing thats shinin
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Now Ima send you out into the world with my love
Tell everybody, ayy, ayy
Everybody, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Tell everybody
Ayy, ayy, everybody, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ooooh
Wanna put my fingers through your hair
Wrap me up in your legs
Then love you til your eyes roll back
I wanna put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Ima put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Then Ima rock ya body, turn you over
Love is war, Im your soldier
Touchin you like its our first time
Ima put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Im gonna put you to bed, bed, bed, oh
Watch the sunlight peak over the horizon
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
The sun aint the only thing thats shinin
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Now Ima send you out into the world with my love
Tell everybody, ayy, ayy
Everybody, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Tell everybody
Ayy, ayy, everybody, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ooh-ooh, ooh-oooh
Ooh-ooh
Wanna put my fingers through your hair
Wrap me up in your legs
Then love you til your eyes roll back
Im tryna put you to bed, to bed, to bed
I wanna put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Then Ima rock ya body, turn you over
Love is war, Im your soldier
Touchin you like its our first time
Ima put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Girl Ima put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Wanna put my fingers through your hair
Wrap me up in your legs
Then love you til your eyes roll back
Im tryna put you to bed, to bed, to bed
I wanna put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Then Ima rock ya body, turn you over
Love is war, Im your soldier
Touchin you like its our first time
Ima put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Girl Ima put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Now watch the sunlight peak over the horizon
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
The sun aint the only thing thats shinin
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Now Ima send you out into the world with my love
Tell everybody, ayy, ayy
Everybody, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Wanna put my fingers through your hair
Wrap me up in your legs
Then love you til your eyes roll back
Im tryna put you to bed, to bed, to bed
I wanna put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Then Ima rock ya body, turn you over
Love is war, Im your soldier
Touchin you like its our first time
Ima put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Girl Ima put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Ima put you to bed, bed, bed
Ima put you to bed, bed, bed
Ima put you to bed, bed, bed
Girl Ima put you to bed
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Wanna put my fingers through your hair
Wrap me up in your legs
Then love you til your eyes roll back
Im tryna put you to bed, to bed, to bed
I wanna put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Then Ima rock ya body, turn you over
Love is war, Im your soldier
Touchin you like its our first time
Ima put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Girl Ima put you to bed, to bed, to bed
Now watch the sunlight peak over the horizon
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
The sun aint the only thing thats shinin
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Now Ima send you out into the world with my love
Tell everybody, ayy, ayy
Everybody, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayyyyy |
Bitch Im Mack Maine
And this Young Money
Lil brotha get em
Straight out the hood a young hoodlum
Done what I shouldnt did what they say I couldnt
Hid where all the killers hid at
Hung where the other hustlas slung at
Waiting on the get back
Get that
Flip that
Debating on the mix match
Switch that from dope to coke Im blowin up fast
Now you niggas is slowing up fast
"I can hear myself but I cant feel myself, I wanna feel myself like tweet!"
Now my niggas is blowin up aves
If I tell em you niggas is holding up cash
Rollin up stepping outta the phantoms ass
Put cha litters away ur talking to a can of gas
Theres nothing to say no matter who comes to ask
And murder aint funny but we do love to laugh
Shit we just living take money take baths
Take a nigga bitch and fuck her
And send her back wit nothing
Now isnt that disgusting
Give him back his sista give him back his cousin
Yea, go make a stack or something
Go and buy yourself a spine and give back the frontin
Yea and to end that discussion
I been had strength I just got the muscle
Fuck ya, this that n the other
I see my people struggle wish that they wasnt
The government try to put us in a muzzle
But youre two fingers aint the pieces to da puzzle
Shit say to each his own hustle
And I hustle all night and then go home to the fussin
Then wake up to the fuckin
Breakfast in bed dont forget my english muffin
Hawaiin punch tastes like robitussin
A nigga jus livin jus breathin jus puffin
Come on mama drop down and curl up
Dick millimeter cock back and murda
Aye senorita we cannot go any further
If my girl catch us both in the spot she will merk us
Pussy niggas talkin all that slop we will merk cause
Hungry ass niggas I tote two hamburgers
Who want beef? Who want beef? I bring it to your front door and now you seem nervous
Two seater swervin
Traffic to hell wit it
Shit you cant die with it cant go to jail with it
Might as well wild in it passin and feelin it
Me I excel fishtail and tailwhip it
Give them niggas somethin to tell them bitches
Smellin like money at a full court scrimmage
The fam at the table got a four course dinner
Young money cash money dump confetti on da winner
And yet he understood us so when we told em break it off
Cause gangstas dont talk one wordll be a war
And yo platoon cant handle the destruction
Hard body baby killin sound like seduction
Them niggas chase dope bitches follow the instructions
Sometimes you gotta put the whole rooster in the oven
So tell the public Imma do my thing
Just as soon as I hear dat bing
Gotta come in
Comin up
You niggas jus runner up
And runnin upll get you in that wheel chair forever
Its whatever
Im still here forever
Cause the lilnigga better than all you niggas together
Im gone |
You say, "What is it that you want?
Youve got everything that a woman could ever need in life"
I got a closet full of minks, chinchillas
I got a bureau full of diamonds, I can change four times a day if I want to
You even tryin to eat lobster and drink champagne, now you know that aint your roots
For you strictly a collard green and cornbread baby
Now you know if anybody know, I know
But since you feel like that this evening, sit down and drink some champagne with me
And let me rap to you
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen
I am the one and only Queen Bee
After me there will be none
But you could call me Miss White
Most people know me as Lil Kim, the head of the La Bella Mafia
Oh, shoutout to my girl Victoria Gotti and the whole Gotti family, stay up
This time around, I aint takin no shit
This time around, Ill never get bit
This time around, I switched up my flow
Got rid of the Pits and put Rotts by the do
This time around, it aint like befo
This time around, Im gon crack ya jaw
The feds is watchin me so I cant do much
Speak the wrong words, bitch, and you will get touched
Im back on the scene, my favorite color is green
Im buildin a empire, got a whole new team
Pimp game is strong, raps is just harder than they ever been
You can never win
Made my way through Hollywood, fashion world adores me
Musics my first love, a nine to five bores me
Love me or hate me, Lil Kim come through
My fans across the world, I came back for you
I came back for you
All incarcerated Scarfaces, gangstas with the fed cases
I came back for you
All my fans across the world, holla at your girl
I came back for you
Everybodys waitin on me, all these hoes is hatin on me
I came back for you
The mink rockin, Benz coppin, keep the bottles poppin
Its the real hip-hop, mami, check the facts
Im sick of all you acts with your bubble gum raps
Like the sand in the hour glass, you out of your time
Tryna go against the queen, is you out of your mind?
Even bein number two, your chances is slim
Cause when God made Adam, he shouldve made Kim
I gave a few passes, but I never forget
Its enough I got to put up with this Doo Doo Brown chick
Now you and you wanna come at me from all sides
Im gettin money, dont think I just be lettin shit slide
Im very concerned with fashion, aint my fault yall dont know how to
Rock this Hollyhood thang, yall need to let me style you
Come back to the light ma, I started the shit
How soon we forget Im the heart of the shit
So keep your tacky ways and go back to your stripper days
As long as Im around, you gon bow down
I came back for you
All incarcerated Scarfaces, gangstas with the fed cases
I came back for you
All my fans across the world, holla at your girl
I came back for you
Everybodys waitin on me, all these hoes is hatin on me
I came back for you
The mink rockin, Benz coppin, keep the bottles poppin
This time around, either you in or your out
This time around, you better watch your mouth
This time around, you gon hang or bang
This time around, you better do your thang
Cause Im the best that ever done it, the best that lived it
I aint no overnight success, goddamn it, I was born with it
The Prada mama, the Dolce and Gabbana drippin
The blue Hpnotiq, martini, mimosa-sippin
Yall better team or get it together
Or you, you and her can get it whenever
Huh, I got a army, yall cant harm me
If the shoe was on the other foot, youd probably try to stomp me
Dont get your life tooken I know I got you shooken
This Bed Stuy fly girl came back for Brooklyn
Didnt we almost make it?
Yeah, yeah, didnt we?
Didnt we, didnt we almost make it?
Didnt we, didnt we almost make it?
Yeah, yeah, didnt we?
Didnt we, didnt we almost make it?
Didnt we, didnt we almost make it?
Yeah, yeah, didnt we?
Didnt we, didnt we almost make it? |
JIMMY KIMMEL IS OUT OF LINE TO TRY AND SPOOF IN ANY WAY THE FIRST PIECE OF HONEST MEDIA IN YEARS
JIMMY KIMMEL, I DONT TAKE IT AS A JOKE…. YOU DONT HAVE SCUM BAGS HOPPING OVER FENCES TRYING TO TAKE PICTURES OF YOUR DAUGHTER
JIMMY KIMMEL PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES … OH NO THAT MEANS YOU WOULD HAVE GOTTEN TOO MUCH GOOD PUSSY IN YOUR LIFE…
YOU CANT PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES. YOUR FACE LOOKS CRAZY… IS THAT FUNNY?… OR IF I HAD A KID SAY IT WOULD IT BE FUNNY???
SHOULD I DO A SPOOF ABOUT YOUR FACE OR YOU FUCKING BEN AFFLECK… #NO DISRESPECT TO BEN AFFLECK #ALL DISRESPECT TO JIMMY KIMMEL!!!!
SHOULD I DO A SPOOF ABOUT YOUR FACE OR YOU FUCKING BEN AFFLECK…#NODISRESPECTTOBENAFFLECK #ALLDISRESPECTTOJIMMYKIMMEL!!!!
I LIKE YOU, YOU KNOW ME, I WENT TO YOUR FAMILYS WEDDING
WHO YOU MADE IT CLEAR TO ME WASNT YOUR FAMILY WHEN I WAS ON THEN PHONE WITH YOU 5 MINUTES AGO, YOU MANIPULATIVE MEDIA MUTHERFUCKER
SARAH SILVERMAN IS A THOUSAND TIMES FUNNIER THAN YOU AND THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS IT!!! |
"Its only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin in the game"
"Like—like—like—like—like" "I get busy"
"Its only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin in the game"
"Our music..."
Raised by game where niggas aint phased by fame
Come to the crib, get banged, they take your chain
Stay in your lane, Brokeback aint the way of the game
My brainstorm is like I stay in the rain
My favorite was Kane, now Im dope with weight in the game
You was hot but cant stay in the flame
Ghetto pain and windows crack, the fist is like a symbol for black
Can tell the real by how the real interact
In the middle of whack my soul sticks to a track
Kickback records get kicked to the back
I want big cribs and my man Ronnie to get his
Child in a good school and know what her gift is
Its global warming, the world is shifting
Watching Sweet Sixteen, Bitchin-ass rich kids
Who dont know in life you gotta go the distance
Whether yoga or doja, we all get lifted in the Game
"Its only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin in the game"
"Like—like—like—like—like" "I get busy"
"Its only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin in the game"
"Our music..."
I never kissed the ass of the masses, Im the black molasses
Thick and I lasted past these rat bastards
They try to box me in like Cassius Clay
Hey Im like Muhammad when he fasted
Opposing the fascist, make cuts and got gashes
Scratches over third eyelashes
Punchlines are like jab hits to rappers
Whose careers now ashes its too many slashes
In his name, came in the game these gun-clappers
From weak lines to clothing lines to an actress
I seen em dashing smash hits
I yell run nigga run while I cook up classics
The weak hearted, become Babylon puppets
Making it hard for real hustlas
Touch the sky now and then, with a lady friend
Give thanks to the most thats how the day begins in the game
"Its only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin in the game"
"Like—like—like—like—like" "I get busy"
"Its only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin in the game"
"Our music..."
I just wanna be like Akeelah, an achiever
From the streets of the Chi where some get high for leisure
Selling weed out of cleaners
From rocks to barber shops and beemers
Chicks with blond weaves and strong legs like Serena
The demeanor of the Ghetto, to never stay settled
Aldermen and corrupt men play Pharaoh
GOOD bring business to the hood like Harolds
Five year olds walking by them self in the street
The young die of cancer, I stop eating meat
Greet the gods on 87th St. like peace
Even though its war to G, got em facing the east
The game aint tasting as sweet
Cats flow is still, and they complacent with beats
My radio station is deep, so eff em
Progression, counting paper and blessings in the game
"Its only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin in the game"
"Like—like—like—like—like" "I get busy"
"Its only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin in the game"
"Our music..." |
Spit it to you, say little West the little beast
To make the Middle West blow like the Middle East, peace
Peace, couldnt afford the S-Class
So I had to cop the baby mama Benz, Jeep
With put fifty, I get this on the first tape
But that fifty that break the bank
Back when my ATM was crazy slim, had a girl nicknamed Sprewell
Cause when I try to stop, she still made me spin
Back when 80s was in, my dog Crazy Ken had eighty of them
Its time to hit the dancefloor, get crazy again
And get that cash money like Baby and Slim
Pull up in something tinted, so tinted she squinted
She said, "This car real old," I told her her it was vintage
And I need to hit the health club and get a girl thats
Into the fitness, tryna get into the business
Imma make her my apprentice
Make her open wide like she made me her dentist
And let me get inside
Now Ive been hustling my whole life
Tryna get this money up and I think I finally got it right
And Ive been partying with this one girl
Who claim, "I gotta go to work tomorrow, but tonights the night
So pour another glass of that good stuff
A couple more shots and Ill be doing fine"
Spit it to you, say little West the little beast
To make the Middle West blow like the Middle East, peace
Please, what I gotta win five Grammys
Before you finally let me play Alicias Keys?
If I cant bone, Ill get a clone
Get her there, got her there, grab her hair
She bobbin, dont stop her there
Told me that she love the Roc so much
She drove all the way to Far Rockaway for Rocawear
More popular, cause I abracadabra my Nissan
To a car throwing a peace sign, peace
Damn, thats like the same line I used in the first verse
Wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wait, it gets worse
I told her S-U-C-K before we F-U-C-K
I give a F-U-C-K if your nephew see K
In a CL like U-C-K, thats how you know chickens C-L-U-C-K
Im tryna find a crazy female with a cutie face
I big pimp her on the DL, like UGK
And then I told her
Ive been hustling my whole life
Tryna get this money up and I think I finally got it right
And Ive been partying with this one girl
Who claim, "I gotta go to work tomorrow, but tonights the night
So pour another glass of that good stuff
A couple more shots and Ill be doing fine" |
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 talkin to me though
You need to watch the way you talkin to me, yo
I mean after all the things that weve been through
I mean after all the things we got into
Yo, I know of some things that you aint told me
Yo, I did some things but thats the old me
Now you wanna keep me back and you gon show me
So you walk around like you dont know me
You got a new friend; 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 bringin out a side of me that I dont know
I decided we werent gon 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 go
You run and tell your friends that youre leaving 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 tall
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
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
So imma take off tonight
Into 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...
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? |
Everything I do thats not perfect
Only makes it that, that, that much more perfect
Only makes it that, that, that, that much more worth it
Only, only only, only every time when I short-circuit
Everything I do thats not perfect
Only makes it that much, much, much more perfect
Much more perfect, I need it all
I want it all, I need it all, go through it all, climb every wall
Take every fall, break every law, I need it all, I need it all
Go through every wall, take every fall, break every law
Yeah, I want it all, I want it all, I want it all
And I will have it all, and I will have it all, and I will have it all
They aint laughin at me, no, no, I laugh at yall
Nah, I laugh at yall, no, no, I laugh at yall
Think youre laughin at me, no, no, I laugh at yall
Cause I want it, I want it, I want everything
I want it, everything, I want it all, I want it all, yeah, I want it all
I want it all, all the shit they talk, all the shit they write
All the shit they write, oh, I love it, all the shit they talk
All the shit they write, all that shit to say, you know I love it
Oh, I want it all, I need it all, I need it all
Give it to me right now, I want it all
Ill take it all, take every fall, break every law
Go through every wall, I dont give a fuck, I need it all |
After the show its the after party then
After the party its the hotel lobby and
After the Belve then its probably Cris
And after the original its probably this
L.L. Cool J. is hard as hell
Battle anybody I dont care who you tell
I excel, they all fail
Im gonna crack shells, Double-L must rock the...
Friends, how many of us have them?
Friends, ones we can depend on
La-Di-Da-Di, we likes to party
We dont cause trouble, we dont bother nobody, were
Just some men thats on the mic
And when we rock up on the mic we rock the mic right
Fight the power, fight the power
Let me hear ya say
Fight the power
We got to fight the powers that be
Straight out of Compton, crazy mother-
Hey, hey, hey, no, no
Jimmy, weve been through this before
You are not straight out of Compton
You are straight out of upstate New York
Thats right, yeah yeah
I guess I just thought with the movie being what it is and all
Ya know big, everybodys talking about it
Everybody is talking about it
Lets talk about something else
Lets talk about sex baby
Lets talk about you and me
Lets talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be
Lets talk about sex
Lets talk about...
Stop, Hammertime
Stop, Summertime
Here it is the groove slightly transform
Just a bit of a break from the norm
Cash rules everything around me:
CREAM, get the money
Dollar, dollar bill yall
– “Mo Money Mo
Problems”]
I dont know what they want from me
Its like the more money we come across
The more problems we see
Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
A licky boom boom down
I lick your boom-boom down
I lick your boom-boom down
No, you dont lick your boom-boom down
I lick your boom-boom down
You dont lick your boom-boom down
Lick boom-boom
No, you dont lick your boom-boom down
Down, down, down, down
Im going down, down, baby, your street, in a Range Rover
Street sweeper baby, cocked, ready to let it go
Shimmy, shimmy, cocoa what
Listen to it pound
Light it up and take a puff, pass it to me now
Bone-Bone-Bone-Bone
Bone, Bone, Bone, Bone, Bone
Now, usually, I dont do this but uh
Go head on and break em off wit a lil preview of the remix
Its the remix to ignition
Hot and fresh out the kitchen
Mama rollin that body
Got every man in here wishin
Sippin on coke and rum
Im like so what Im drunk
Its the freakin weekend
Baby Im about to have me some fun
[Chris Brown – Look at Me Now (feat. Lil Wayne & Busta
Rhymes)]
Lets go
Cause Im feeling like I’m running
And Im feeling like I gotta get away, get away, get away
Better know that I dont and I wont ever stop
Cause you know I gotta win everyday, day
Damn, damn
Compton
I can feel your energy from two planets away
I got my drink, I got my music
I would share it but today Im yelling
Bitch dont kill my vibe, bitch dont kill my vibe
Bitch dont kill my vibe, bitch dont kill my vibe
I was running through the six with my
I was running through the six with my woe
I dont mess with you
You little stupid ass trick, I aint messing with you
You little dumb ass trick, I aint messing with...
Can’t you see the private jets flying over you?
Maybach bumper sticker reads: "What would Hova do?"
J is chillin, Jimmy is chillin
What more can I say? We killin em
Baby, wont you come my way?
Got something I want to say
I woke up in a new Bugatti
I woke up in a new Bugatti
I woke up in a new Bugatti
I woke up in a new Bugatti
Your mom busted in and said, “Whats that noise?"
Its Justin and Jimmy singing Beastie Boys
You got to fight for your right to party
You got to fight for your right to party
Hey, everybody let me hear you say "Parrrrrrty"
Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon
History of Hip-Hop 6
Lets start the show |
Telling my brothers to stay calm, though
Turned to a monster, wont let it go to a-
Phantom of the opera, it goes where it goes
My nightmares still haunt me
When I sleep, they haunt me
When I sleep, they haunt me
And my nightmares, they haunt me
But I wont let em get the best of me
In the sunken-
Alien, magical, flyin, and all
Being, I got her signed on
Beam me up, Im bout to sign off
Dumber now, need to take time off
Dumber now, I dont believe the time
Should have gone, man, I believe they lyin
Sign, do you believe in science?
Bigger sign, bet they gon bleed now
Aliens, double to sign off
Better time, bout to take time off
I dont believe in time, I just believe in science
Order a bleeding nine, tell her, "Dont leave tonight"
Alien, being bout to fly out
Took her out, order her something with eyes out
They was done, we the one, we just on
Louis thong, Lebanon, we become, what they done?
Duh-na-na, duh, feel it, feel it, feel it
This aint our planet, thats why I kill it
Kill it, animals, kill it, ozone, kill it
Blood, spill it, somethin you deal with
Alien, took the time off, I just took time off
Fly up, a pyramid, dunked on, Vesuvius
No bro, serious, Im dead serious
Im dead serious, Im dead serious
Alien, period, she on her period
She gonna come here yet, something, then we get
Closer, better yet, na-na, duh-na-na
Alien, takeoff, I took time off
I dont believe in time, I just believe in science
Ive just been feeling nine
We gon just leave at nine
Christian calendar, some-some calendar
Airplane, challenge us, happen to challenge her
Said, "It blow up," Michael Moore said, "Know what? Aint nobody die!"
Alex Jones said the same shit and fried, oh shit!
Alien, pyramid, fly off, take off
Break off, Kit Kat, take off, wake up
Make off, they go, say go, get makeov
You let go in Waco, Texas
Pull up, err-err, Lexus
Flex this, bless this, genesis, precious
Message, message, bless it
Dont stress it, dont stress shit
Dont test it, dont test this
Dont touch this, man they Hammer time
On the dotted line, on the camera time
When its out of line and they meant it right
Done it down to nine, on the dotted line
Want a better line and Im feeling right
Kill the feeling, right, oh and I made it rhyme
Cause I met a time and youre out of time
And you wear the line and he out of line
But he set it off, on the Adderall
When they got it all, set it off yall
Alien, takeoff, monster |
Sun dont shine in the shade
Birds dont fly in a cage
Even when somebody pass away
They dont ever really go away
Thats just the waves
Waves dont die
Ay Ay Ay
Waves dont die
Ay Ay Ay
Ohh, yeah Ohh, yeah
Ohh, yeah Ohh, yeah
Ohh, yeah Ohh, yeah
Wanna see the bricks right
Tired of getting swished like
They want me on the bench like |
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released. Please check back once the song has been released |
Change if you can do without the things I cant get you
Something I been countin-
Whens enough enough bae?
Mink coats, diamond rings and cash for you to burn
The kind of stuff you earn
Whens enough enough bae?
Shit, I feel like
Feel like De Nero on Casino
Where they got the sun up for the C-note
Rings and cash for you to burn
Know Im shining when you growin on the ice
The kind of stuff you earn
What you expect? Me and the girl, she was blowin on the dice
Run the game, thirty game for the-
Rings and cash for you to burn
The kind of stuff you earn
You can follow some,
you to learn, that you will learn
You can find
you to learn, the nights you done learned
You can take my love
Wave em down cash for you to burn
You can take my phone away lock
Im gon less you gon learn, less you done learned
You can take the up out, fold up, grind back on em
you done learned, cash you done burned
You can say what you want, you been lyin
Know you had em you done learned, cash you done burned
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
Rings and cash for you to burn
The kind of stuff you earn
Rings and cash for you to burn
The kind of stuff you earn |
Aaaahhhhhhhhhh
No rapper can rap quite like I can
Ill take a musclebound man and put his face in the sand
Not the last Mafioso Im a MC cop
Make you say "Go Justin," and do the wop
Beats to the rhyme, the rhyme I just made
Party at the jammie til lights the night fade
Trooping for the feature we all get paid
So lets go
Im glad you called, but Im not home
But Ill be back before too long
You gotta speak your style, and your number too
And this is all you got to do
Wait for the beep
You gotta leave your number, gotta leave your number
Wait for the beep
Kick it
Wild thing
Wild thing
Now this is a story all about how
My life got flipped, turned upside down
And Id like to take a minute, just sit right there
Ill tell you how I became a prince of a town called Bel-Air
What a man, what a man, what a man
What a mighty good man
Whats your man got to do with me?
I got a man
Im not trying to hear that, see
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
Throw your hands in the air if yous a true playa
Bow wow wow yippy yo yippy yay
Doggy Doggs definitely in the house
Bow wow wow yippy yo yippy yay
Death Rows definitely in the house
Just hit the east side of the LBC
On a mission trying to find Mr. Warren G
Seen a car full of girls, aint no need to tweak
All you skirts know whats up with 2-1-3
Straight Outta Compton, a crazy motha--
(Hey hey hey, hold on a second
Wait wait wait
Youre straight outta Compton?)
(Not straight
Yeah yeah, Im Straight Outta Compton)
NA-nananaNA
NananaNA-nanaNA-nanaNA
NananaNA
Here comes the hotstepper
Im the lyrical gangster
Big up di crew ina di area
Still love you like that
Aint nobody dope as me; Im just so fresh, so clean
Dont you think Im so sexy; Im just so fresh, so clean
Dont this hit make my people wanna
Dont this hit make my people wanna
Dont this hit make my people wanna
Jump, jump
The Mac Dad will make you, jump, jump
Daddy Mac will make you, jump, jump
Kris Kross will make you jump, jump
I wish I was a little bit taller
I wish I was a baller
I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her
If youre having girl problems, I feel bad for you, son
I got 99 problems, but a bitch aint one
Hit me
Move bitch, get out the way
99 problems, but a bitch aint one
Hit me
Move bitch, get out the way
I got 99 problems, but a-- but a--
Started from the bottom, now were here
Started from the bottom, now the whole team up in here
Started from the bottom, now were here
Started from the bottom, now the whole team up in here
Pour up Head shot
Sit down Stand up
Pass out Wake up
Faded
Life we always do at this time
I go for mine, I gots to shine
Now throw your hands up in the sky
I, gotta go for mine, I gots to shine
Now throw your hands up in the sky
Like this
Now theres a backseat lover, thats always undercover
And we talk til my daddy say
It wasnt me, she was foolin, cause she knew what was she was doin
When she told me how to walk this way
Walk this way, talk this way
Walk this way, talk this way
Walk this way, talk this way
Walk this way, talk this way |
Id like to thank everybody who came out tonight to rock with me. You could have been anywhere in the world. You could have been anywhere in the world...
This is the part of the show where I start complaining about shit, justifying shit, but you know how it is. Im just happy to be making music and happy to be able to perform this shit for you all. You know with this album, we didnt drop no single for radio; we aint have no big NBA campaign or nothing like that, we aint even got no cover. We just made some real music
Back when I used to make albums and shit like a couple years ago, 3 years ago, like 4 years ago, wed go away and work on an album for like 5 months or something, wed always have to hold the album til like August or September for the perfect moment or some shit. Because it means that youre probably gonna sell more, get more audience and radio and shit
But, honestly, at this point, when I listen to radio, that aint where I wanna be no more. And, honestly, at this point, I could give a fuck about selling a million records as long as I can put out an album this summer that you guys can rock to all motherfucking summer. Yall dont tell me Im gonna sell more records. Because at this point, I dont really give a fuck about outside opinions. All I give a fuck about is my clique-clique-clique.... |
Stop it, stop it. Hey radio, fuck you! Radio, fuck you! Y’all don’t want to lose again. A lot of people here tonight felt like they lost. You know why? Because y’all been lied to. Google lied to you. Facebook lied to you. Radio lied to you. Radio, fuck you! I know it’s a lot of real niggas working at radio, real people, real programming directors with wives and kids that love music, that can’t play what they want to play because they’ve been paid to play that bullshit over and over and over. And when I say that bullshit, what I’m saying is: we love Drake, Drake is great. He’s a great artist. But Frank Ocean is great, too! But you know who the greatest of all of us? Who do y’all think?
Nope. Kid motherfucking Cudi.
Radio, fuck you! Oh yeah, I’m on my Trump shit tonight. Radio, fuck you. Yeah, I’m taking his lead. I’ma just say how I say, be ‘Ye, and win. I’ma take his lead. Radio, fuck you! Radio, fuck you! Wait a second. Aye, is it, “Radio, fuck you? That’s what you’re saying?” Exactly.
Not fuck the people that work at radio because these is real people that gotta feed they kids and they’re not being allowed to play that real shit because they think that in order to feed they kids they gotta play the same shit over and over and over. I was raised by KRS 1, I was raised by Tribe Called Quest, I was raised by DMX. The last real nigga alive? Naw, nigga! We real niggas alive, we alive tonight, bruh! We alive tonight, bruh! Virgil Abloh is alive tonight, bro! A$AP Nast is alive tonight, bro! Bari is alive tonight, bro! Ian Connor is alive tonight, bro! Rocky alive tonight, bro! Aye, y’all love my show. When I say these names, y’all better scream for me. I don’t give a fuck if you know the names or not! Go ahead, Google them. They will give you a little bit of factual information. They will give you that. Why did I name A$AP? Because that’s the future. That’s the niggas, they got me and Cudi. It’s life.
We’ve got a hundred years out here, a hundred years on this planet, bro, and we can have a utopia! We can love each other! But the rules gotta be fair. Khaled and Drake and radio and Doc and 92.3 and everybody; is it just me, or did you hear that song so many times “you say you wanna play for free?” Aye, aye! You know what it is, though? Because, aye, I love Drake, I love Khaled. But they set that song up, bro!
And let me tell you something: MTV, fuck you! Once again, as always! I’m on my Trump shit tonight! Let me tell you what it is, bruh. Aye, you know me. I went down seven years of my life of motherfuckers hating me for saying Beyoncé had the best video. Hey, baby, let’s rock and roll tonight. Y’all might be experiencing a lot of pop shit, but the vibes is back! The prodigal son, Kid Cudi, has returned! The vibes is back! I know it’s going to be a lot of conversations after tonight!
Khaled, I know you got hitters from Miami. Please do not send them at my head. I just want to have a conversation about how we playing radio’s game. Khaled, you a real nigga. Khaled, you a real nigga! You got the keys! But, as we learn all the politics that niggas was doing for years, Obama couldn’t make America great because he couldn’t be him to be who he was. Black men have been slaves. Obama wasn’t allowed to do this - AAAH! - and still win! He had to be perfect. But being perfect don’t always change shit, bro. Being perfect don’t always change shit, bro!
So, when I talk about MTV, let me explain something: I was hurt. Beyoncé, I was hurt because I wanted to present a video called “Fade” and I don’t expect MTV to help me. Mr. West, I don’t respect you. I will let you know that Beyoncé is winning the video tonight for “Formation” over “Hotline Bling” and “Famous.” They told me beforehand so I wouldn’t run on stage. Hey, bruh, y’all ain’t gotta fuck with me, but you know I got the vision and you know I’ma gonna keep it real with you. Beyoncé, I was hurt! I went down seven years on behalf of your —hey, nigga, don’t throw no shit while I’m talking! I am putting my career, my life, my public well-standing at risk when I talk to y’all like this! This is a moment in the matrix, bro! The vibes is back! The vibes is back! Motherfuckers might feel a way about this tonight.
Beyoncé, I was hurt because I heard that you said you wouldn’t perform unless you won Video of the Year over me and over "Hotline Bling." In my opinion — now, don’t go trying to diss Beyoncé. She is great, Taylor Swift is great. We are all great people. We are all equal!
But sometimes, we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win. Fuck winning. Fuck looking cool. Fuck looking cool. Fuck being cool. Fuck all that, bruh! I’ve been sitting here to give y’all my truth even at the risk of my own life. Even at the risk of my own success, my own career. I’ve been sitting here to give y’all the truth.
Jay Z, call me, bruh! You still ain’t calling me! Jay Z, call me! Aye, bruh, I know you got killers, please don’t send them at my head! Just call me! Talk to me like a man! I’m not trying to be the man, I just am a man, the same as anybody here! I ain’t above, below none of y’all. We all equal! We all equal! This is the vibes, bro! This is the future. This is the way of thinking to make America great again! Haha, you didn’t like that! Guess what? Y’all need the vibes! I was hurt. Feelings matter, bro! The way motherfuckers put money up so high, popularity, radio spins. Feelings matter, bro. Feelings matter, bro.
It’s a new world, Hillary Clinton, it’s a new world! Feelings matter! Because guess what? Everybody in middle America felt a way and they showed you how they felt. Feelings matter, bro. It’s a new world. It’s a new world, Barack! It’s a new world, Jay Z! Hey, don’t send killers at my head, bro! This ain’t the Malcolm X movie. We growing from that moment. Let ‘Ye be ‘Ye. And wait a second, do y’all agree with that? Let ‘Ye be ‘Ye! Wait a second, I ain’t hear enough screams on that. Let ‘Ye be ‘Ye!
People, I’m not saying this out of my own well-being because it wouldn’t be smart out of my own well-being to say things like this. Radio, I done talked to you a bunch of motherfucking times. Y’all motherfuckers is behind the times! Because guess what? The Saint Pablo Tour is the most relevant shit happening! The Saint Pablo Tour is more relevant than radio! And if y’all keep following old models, your ass is going to be Hillary Clinton! You might not like it, but they gotta hear it. I ain’t here to massage you with a fake truth, telling you that Hillary gon’ win over and over and over and then you wake up, you still can’t believe it! You know why? Because you was lied to by Google. You was lied to by Mark Zuckerberg!
Mark Zuckerberg, you wanna call me now?! Do I got the vision, Mark Zuckerberg?! Was you wrong? When I said I was $53 million in debt and you didn’t call me, was you wrong? You ate dinner, you asked my friend Ebony Schiller to have dinner with me. I told you about DONDA. You said you would help and you didn’t! Then you went to look for aliens. Me and Kid Cudi are aliens right here, bro! The vibes is back!
Aye, John, take it all the way back to the beginning.
Shia LaBeouf, Kid Cudi feels a way. Give him a call.
Q-Tip, I love you, bro. Don’t tell me how to be me, though. I love you. The Tribe album is dope. I love you. Don’t tell me how to be me, though. I’ve been me, I am me. There’s a Richard Pryor interview that you can watch about people coming into power and not changing everything and just becoming a part of the power. That’s happened with musicians because they’re scared. I’m not scared! I’m here to change things! I am here to change things. And things won’t change until people admit their own falsehoods. I got the visions, bro. That’s what I’ve been blessed with. My vision! I’m not always going to say things the perfect way, the right way. But I’m going to say how I feel. Right now, press, get ready to write your passive-aggressive, LeBron James, racist comments. Season 4, racist comments. Get ready to have a field day, press! Get ready, get ready! Because the show’s over. |
I speak the truth
Truth, nothin but the truth
Yall know what I bring to the game I speak the truth
The truth, nothing but the truth
I hope you got an extra mic and a fire proof booth
Cuz you know Im known to melt a wire or two
You need a fire engineer when I lay this blaze
I melt down cracks thats real to save
Hit the studio, jars of dro, bars to blow
B. Sigel with that arsenic flow
Fuck that, dont hold me back
I roll with crack, yall cats told Mac to rap
Yall dont realize yall released the beast untame
Speech all flame, streets yall blame
It should be an honor for yall to speak my name
I could go before your honor sit and peep my game
Gotta laugh, yall acted like it spit it the same
Why you motherfuckers cant get in the game
I come from high school, and go straight to the league
Who you know who can spit at the Sig
Nigga the truth, every time I step in the booth
I speak the truth, yall know what Im bringing to you
I bring the truth, you motherfuckers know who I be
I be the truth, what I speak shall set you free
Nigga the truth
Aint nothin changed with Sig Im still stuck in the kitchen
So what Im signed, thats fine still stuck in position
You motherfuckers know me well, couple court cases from jail
Couple 4-4 shells from hell
Stuck on this mission, go home, my girl fussin and bitchin
Motherfucker wont you change your life, Im thinkin
Motherfucker wont I change my wife
Ignorant bastard laughin like fuck the rap shit
Its just another hustle, another way for niggas to touch you
Now they know the face of Beans
Now they, see my face on screens and I aint even chase this dream
I feel sorry for those who did
Yall niggas cant stop the BOL, whether rock or raw
Im slingin coke in a Roc velour
You niggas know what block Im on, Glock in palm
You wanna get shot, karate chopped or stabbed this song
Motherfucker
Nigga the truth, every time I step in the booth
I speak the truth, yall know what Im bringing to you
I bring the truth, you motherfuckers know who I be
I be the truth, what I speak shall set you free
Nigga the truth
Black Friday management, and Rocs the label
And I still hit you niggas with shots thats fatal
That bullshit vest cant save you
I had a doc open you up from chest to navel
See my face on cable, and have flashbacks of that cold ass table
And them hoes I gave you
Im that nigga thatll come and pour salt in your wound
At the hospital, while the cops guardin your room
You gotta see what Ive seen, look where Ive looked
Touch what Ive reached, and take what Ive took
You gotta go where Ive gone, walked where Ive walked
To get where Im at to speak what Ive talked
You gotta lay where Ive laid, stay where Ive stayed
Play where Ive played to make what Ive made
You gotta move what Ive moved, use what I used
Use tools how I use, use fools how I use
Nigga the truth, every time I step in the booth
I speak the truth, yall know what Im bringing to you
I bring the truth, you motherfuckers know who I be
I be the truth, what I speak shall set you free
Nigga the truth |
Man I can understand how it might be
Kinda hard to love a girl like me
I dont blame you much for wanting to be free
I just wanted you to know
For my southside niggas that know me best
I feel like Taylor Swift still owe me sex
Why? I made that bitch famous
I made that bitch famous
For my Chitown niggas that know me best
I feel like Amber Rose still owe me sex
Why? I made that bitch famous
Not really, but somewhat famous
All I do is get tattoos and read French Vague
Every bitch in the spot wanna drink my Ragu
Who am I to remind you?
But tell me, who am I to remind you?
And did you know that the country, Switzerland
It was famous for lakes?
And I think I got my ring from there cause its icy like skates
Nigga, icy like hockey
Cold like a dead body, yeah
I just wanted you to know
Ive loved you better than your own kin did
From the very start
I dont blame you much for wanting to be free
I just wanted you to know
Nike slave, fit in your place
Dont come out your face
Dont come out your mouth
Dont come out your house
Dont come out the blah
It came out the North
It came out the South
The tally is down
Bumpin the...
The hate is anony...
The Copacabana...
It made me...
Someone told me...
The world turnin Black slowly
Where you can call niggas "niggas"
But you better not mention Hitler
So tell me who run the label, where the guns from? Us
Tell me now, where we get the guns from? Us
Tell me now, where we get the guns from? Us
US!
I just wanted you to know
Ive loved you better than your own kin did
From the very start
I dont blame you much for wanting to be free
Free like a bird
I just wanted you to know
Know what Im sayin?
One more time for the Chi-Town
One more time for the A-Town
I bet that money come around if you stay down
I swear, I just came from Europe, my money colored like a clown
Nigga play with keys, Swizz Beatz
Nigga only fuck unique freaks
Still Michael Jackson after all these leaks
Yeah, bitch, youre still Dirty Diana to me
Pop a hundred bottles, Im the shot caller
Came up out a hot boy, fuck a baller blocker
Bitches makin lots of noise like Griselda Blanco
You hit it first and bought a purse and she moved off your blocka
Lick the molly off my hand
Smokin loud, ambulance
And I was high as hell, I need to come down
Somebody call Tar, I need a Xan
Eat that pussy like a jelly bean
My patnas bigger than a jelly bean
Got a mink on like Im Hakeem
Got fish filet but we dont fry these
Gold card with a Trojan
Rub the bitch with the lotion
Bitch Im ballin like Kobe
Bitch Im ballin like LeBron
No, no, we dont broadcast
Pussy nigga gotta show me
Monkey nigga actin like they dont know me
But a lot of money niggas owe me
I just wanted you to know
Ive loved you better than your own kin did
From the very start
I dont blame you much for wanting to be free
I just wanted you to know |
Yeah, yeah
I dont love you
I dont love you
I dont love you no more
Yeah, nigga
Kanye West on the track, by the way
I dont love you
I dont love you
No no
I dont love you
Theres this girl I know, so deep in love
Do almost anything to make him see shes the one
But he doesnt feel a girl like her, hes so so wrapped up
Cause the average girl will give him anything that he wants
Hes so caught up
He wont call her, he shows no love
So she decides
I changed my mind, ooh
I dont love you
No no no no no
Dont waste my time
No no
Its the funniest thing cause I
Know how I feel inside
But you never felt the same as I
Never, never, never ooh, yeah, miss him so much
I betcha he dont even notice
He dont even realize, cause hes
Hes so caught up
He wont call her
He shows no love
So she decides
I changed my mind, I dont love you
I dont love you
I dont love you no more
No no no no, no
Dont waste my time
I dont love you
Dont
Im so over you
I got no more to give
I gave it all to you
And you couldnt handle it
And I dont care if you come back to me on your knees
I just dont love you no more
I changed my mind
I dont love you
I dont love you no more
Dont waste my time
I dont love you
I dont love you no more
I dont love you
Stop
What you thinkin when you see me on the corner
And you see me hangin out
Niggas on the block
Dont care what its all about
And stop I dont love you
What you thinkin
When you see me comin through I dont love you
And you see me with your niggas from the corner staring too
I dont love you no more
I changed my mind
I dont love you I dont love you no more
Dont waste my time |
Yes, yes
Brooklyn, stand up!
Ugh! Youngs in the building!
You know I gotta make em wait for it
I cant just...
Marcy, what up!
:
Allow me to re-introduce myself!
My name is Hov! H-to-the-O-V
I used to move snowflakes by the O-Z
I guess even back then, you can call me
The CEO of the R-O-C, Hov!
Fresh out the frying pan, into the fire
I be the music biz number one supplier
Flyer than a piece of paper bearin my name
Got the hottest chick in the game wearing my chain
Thats right, Hov!
I aint done...
Check it out
Real niggas respect it, fake niggas want beef
Cause they know thats the only way we ever gon speak
We never gon see eye to eye
Your type of real, I dont recognize, its all televised
Mobsters opt to not get in beef
Theres no business in it, it only brings police
Wankstas want beef and they name in the street
Most time end up with they brain where they feet should go
You should know if you gon do somethin
And you go to radio, we all know you frontin
They shootin, nobody dyin
Somebody better put somebody body on somebody iron
Sometime soon or somebody lyin
I aint buyin that shit yall shovelin
I aint duckin for nothin, cousin
Im too tall to act small, you liars
Aight, thats enough, Im done |
And I can see it with my eyes closed, now
Feeling like my life froze
I’m about to hit the ground
Sippin’ yac while I elevate my mind state
Hand by the burner in case a nigga try to violate
Never going down, stay rising like Andre
Cause my corner back every thing the don say
Long Beach, yeah I yell it out in every song
Err’y day, err’y night till I’m carried home
Forever known, big ballin’, try it in the city
Then yelling out swish way before it in the net
And I aint knocking a niggas hustle, it’s all a game
And when they mention the best, will they call your name?
Theres only winners and losers, aint no in between
You either hit the hall of fame or you fall to shame
And you aint got to wonder where my place at
Pepsi blue rags sorta poppin, bitch taste that
One hit of the bong will blow ya face back
LMFAO to the bank, boy, ASAP
And I can see it with my eyes closed, now
Feeling like my life froze
I’m about to hit the ground
I do it cause I feel it
Live it like I’m talkin’
Flow so straight but wont a nigga try and walk in it
I’m so high, yeah the weed, I’m still sparking it
My bitch bad and my diamonds still sparkling
Got the competition shaking like parkinsons
Breads in the bag, call it good marketing
Life’s a bitch but I don’t cartigan
Thats what a word to the third letter
Shots, shots, shots to me and my cheddar
Run these emcee’s I’m tougher than leather
Vietnemese eyes tighter than ever
Fuck with the Dogg I’m biting whomever
Cause I don came from a long path
Only God knows how long the Dogg has
Cause like time we all pass
So if you ever taste success, just pray it’s from a tall glass
And I can see it with my eyes closed, now
Feeling like my life froze
I’m about to hit the ground
I sold my soul to the devil thats a crappy deal
Least it came with a few toys like a happy meal
This game you could never win
Cause they love you then they hate you then they love you again
Get away from me misery, Get away from me loneliness
Get away from me fake bitches, I can’t take the phoniness
Get away from me wack tracks, I can only make only hits
I’m an only child lost in the World
Where did the lonely kids, go when the bell rings
Its feeling like hell rings
Its bringing me back down, hes checking my background
Its ironic whats happening, imagine if I didn’t have the ends
I wouldnt have so many imaginary friends
I’m spaced out, dawg, I be on that Moon talk
Wonder if God ask Mike how to moonwalk
I swear to momma wish me and my father talk more
I stopped visiting around the time I was a sophmore
I guess everything I hate about me I see in him
And we ain’t finna change, so we won’t agree again
Till then I’ll be pouring out my soul
Just a few things I see with my eyes closed
And I can see it with my eyes closed, now
Feeling like my life froze
I’m about to hit the ground
See it with my eyes closed
See it with my eyes closed
See it with my eyes closed
See it with my eyes closed |
Yeah. How I sound out there Ali? Good? Then good
Can I pay my past a visit?
Centennial Compton School District
And video campus shut the fuck up your premises
King Drew and Westchester had the baddest bitches
And my nigga L Wood had a white Toyota, and we got pulled over
Had to hide the bottle because there was mix with Hennessy and soda
Every time we rode up we was unsober
And everybody had know that
My nigga Yan Yan had all the red P Hat
Which was really dumb because where we was at
Was the other side and more than likely
The other side really didnt like that
Didnt have no burner so if they shot us we could never really shoot back
Could of lost our life over hood rats
We was dumb as fuck but lucky for us we was lucky enough
That the black car didnt pull up and ask where yall niggas from
I know some, nigga less fortunate was fucking with the enemies bitch
She had a fat ass and a brown Camaro but it wasnt that fast it was like a V6
But anyways she was one of those hoes in highschool with the cornrows
Size 5 Jordans, Rolex sporting, and wanna fight everybody she knows
Well shes important, well she wasnt, she was just so and so so and so cousin
He was a red, so anytime she got into it, that who she would get
Now let me get back to the plan
Homie had ask, " Do ya got a man?"
She said,"No", he said, "Oh yeah
Where do you stay?" She said, " Rosecrans"
Rosecrans and what? She said, "Dont matter just know I fuck
He said, "What? youre a, youre a little freaky bitch huh?"
She said, "Yeah daddy I can you get you sprung
I can work that pussy and the tongue
If you come over I can make you cum
If you come over make sure that you bring drink
Because I like to get to drunk."
And that he did, that Friday he was where she lived
Notice that he was out of bounds
But didnt give a fuck cause he wanted to fuck that bitch right now
Walked in the house, rubber on, panties down
Oldies playing in the background
Lets get it on Marvin Gaye had bumped to the morning
Time to go, picked his pants up off the floor
Kissed that bitch in the mouth then walked to the door
When he walked out he seen a four four Bluh!
Didnt know that was the pussy he was dealing with
And thats how you get your ass killed bitch!
Thats how you get your ass killed bitch!
Thats how you get your ass killed bitch!
Get your ass killed bitch! How?
Fucking with them hoes, them hoes, them hoes, them hoes
Them hoes hoes, them scandalous hoes
Them hoes hoes will have you uh dead dead dead
Look. I guess we all can learn from mistakes
But your first mistake, might be your death date
And death doesnt wait, on no one
A million ways to die, and you can make it a million and one
If you not aware of the rules or maybe tryna fill someone else shoes
Like a square trying to be a gangster kind of remind of this one dude
He wasnt thirteen he was twenty two
When he went to first get put on the hood
He wasnt born it, Boys in the Hood the movie made him think it was all good
But usually this type of person want to prove his s s s s self on purpose
Tell everybody quit working, but really hes worthless
His momma had money, his daddy had money, so he had money
The OGs that gave him a pistol, think that he was gonna be just another crash dummy
And the funny thing about it he thought he was bout it like P-Miller
But he wasnt no killa
Just a monkey hanging around a bunch of gorillas
Everybody wanna be tough guy so he did, approached this guy like, "Where are you from?" with his gun but didnt shoot it, rule number one
Never pull out if you dont use it
Even though the dude didnt banged the very next day he seen around the way blew his brains out while homeboy was cruising
Not knowing the scariest nigga will split your shit
And thats how he got his ass killed bitch!
Thats how he got his ass killed bitch!
Thats how he got his ass killed bitch!
Fuck around and get your ass killed bitch! How?
Not knowing the G codes, the codes the codes
The G codes, the codes the codes
The G codes, if you dont know then your already dead dead dead
Feel me? |
Cydel Young they feel me in Belgium
And when I die Im going back to the heavens I fell from
I fell from
Back to the heavens I fell from
Cydel Young they feel me in Belgium
And when I die Im going back to the heavens I fell from
Back to the heavens I fell from
Back to the heavens I fell from
My father named me Cydel
My momma pushed out a diamond
Took out the del off my name and put the H-I behind it
Thats CY-HI short for your HIghness
Then I added The Prynce
So you know where my mind is
My sister asked me when Im goin to get married
When its affordable to get my wife six carats
Supposed to have a brother but my mother had a miscarriage
So every blessing he was supposed to get ill inherit
I really wanted to be an athlete
So, its the Olympics every time me and the track meet
Im so ahead of my time Im finna lap me
I know the Lord is Thy Shepherd though Im the black sheep
I aint gotta act street you can ask V
It was nothing to get off of key
Like a wack beat
I hit the gas let the lac creep
My partner riding shotgun same thing was in the back seat
I aint worried bout niggas sayin Im wack
Cuz when I was in the traps
Some niggas really tried to wack me
Ya dont really know the feeling
Prynce aint from Queens
But Ive seen supreme dope dealing
King pin shit in this ring theres no squealing
Disciplined gangsters no women no children
At the age of nineteen I had the coupe no ceiling
Selling fruit while Im bumping number two Lord Willin
If I ever make a million
I dont want to lose it all; Curt Schillings
I got a homie who didnt deserve prison
Tried to tell him that the man he killed wasnt worth killing
But thats the life of a young goon
When it rains it pours caught in a monsoon
Im hoping that his day come soon
Memories of us rapping beatin on the table in the lunchroom
Cydel Young they feel me in Belgium
And when I die Im going back to the heavens I fell from
I fell from
Back to the heavens I fell from
Cydel Young they feel me in Belgium
And when I die Im going back to the heavens I fell from
Back to the heavens I fell from
Back to the heavens I fell from
Cydel Young homie Im seldom
Seen in the club because i go to sleep like at 12 sumthin
I used to sell plums
Im used to the bail bonds
Man you niggas actin like going to jails fun
When Butchy got shot I instantly felt numb
We was like fifteen when we first held guns
But beef can get you killed though
At least for twenty years when you gotta lot at stake
Its gotta be well done
Tales from a place where aint no fair ones
This my gift from God my nigga you welcome
A buncha rappers bootleggin my rhymes
These niggas tryinta illegally sell rum
But they liquor is cheap
Rapping like I’m in a gym
Working on my figure of speech
Im going back to the original me
Back before all my friends shitted on me
Playin sideline bus in the middle the street
Before my girlfriend became a miserable freak
One mans trash is another mans treasure
And I mean that, literally
I was cool with the killers and thieves
Got black eyes from fist fights they tried to Forest Whitaker me
But I survived shorty I survived
I knew I would be famous my nigga Im not surprised
Came a long way from hamburgers and apple pies
I was so broke sometimes I couldnt ask for fries
But I knew that God had a plan for me
All the problems in my life made a man of me
Took three bags to my folks at Scott-dale
Came back with like twenty grand on me
Call me watcha want
Just dont put your hands on me
Im Cyhi but everybody on Redan know me as
Cydel Young they feel me in Belgium
And when I die Im going back to the heavens I fell from
I fell from
Back to the heavens I fell from
Cydel Young they feel me in Belgium
And when I die Im going back to the heavens I fell from
Back to the heavens I fell from
Back to the heavens I fell from |
Youre kissing me
And saying Im the one you need
To keep you warm
And lay with you tonight
Baby I feel the same way
I dont want to leave
Wanna hold you close
And feel your love inside
But I dont wanna play myself
Cause I know youre with someone else
And I dont need complications in my life
And I dont wanna fall back in
And get caught up in you again
Boy Im so conflicted in my mind
You keep saying stay the night
Just let me rock you
Till the morning light
Its cold outside
And much too late to drive
You know I need you baby
Im so lost without your love
Obviously, procrastinating just to be
Close to you a little longer now
Its hard for me
To break away from you baby
Never could resist you
And I still havent learned how
And I dont wanna be a fool
But its hard when it comes to you
And Im feeling vulnerable tonight
Cause I dont wanna miss the chance
Of reliving our sweet romance
Boy, Im so confused down deep inside
You keep saying stay the night
Just let me rock you til the morning light
Its cold outside
And much too late to drive
You know I need you baby
Im so lost without your love
You keep saying stay the night
Just let me rock you til the morning light
Its cold outside
And much too late to drive
You know I need you baby
Im so lost without your love
Oh, you keep on saying
And you keep on saying baby
And you keep on, keep on, keep on saying baby
And you keep on saying baby baby baby baby, oh
And you keep on, keep on, keep on saying baby
And you keep on saying stay |
She told me that she only do girls
But since she met a player like me
Man I feel like Im on top of the world
Never heard him, I convert em, put my lovin in em
She told me that she only do girls
But since she met a player like me
Baby I can take you from your girl
I was with my muse, Arizona
Sippin on Arizona iced teas, homie
We havin dinner at the MOMA
Oh this young pretty fly thing starin at me
She kissin girls cause she wanna
Deep down in her soul, man she fishin for D
She send emojis to my phone
Now we in the black cab, turnt and gettin trippy
I like all of her friends, theyre some nice girls
She a runway tall model, pretty white girl
I never discriminate, just dated three black girls
Thats my private life so you dont know that, girl
Indian, Russian, now Im back in Milano
Where they feed me Italian cause I dont eat no McDonalds
All these girls be frontin, tryna be in disguise
On that hush, hush, hush, she tellin you lies
Girl!
She told me that she only do girls
But since she met a player like me
Man I feel like Im on top of the world
Never heard him, I convert em, put my lovin in em
She told me that she only do girls
But since she met a player like me
Baby I can take you from your girl
Girl 1: Hello?
Girl 2: Oh my God, I feel so bad
Girl 1: Hello?
Girl 2: We were, we were dancing and we started to kiss
Girl 1: Where are you?
Girl 2: Im at his house now.. I.. I.. need you
Girl 1: Which house? Did you with him?
Girl 2: Oh my God, we were making love and, please dont tell Kaitlyn, just
Girl 1: Im with everyone now
Girl 2: Just, just come now cause I need to get out of her, Im really
Girl 1: Im gonna come and get you
All these girls be frontin, tryna be in disguise
She said shes testin the waters and how she dont do guys
Until last night, I was provin her wrong
Had my tongue in her thighs, and nearly makin her cry
And she told me a sad story how her life is tough
She never go this far, but I was callin her bluff
She was stuck and thinkin about the girl that she loves
All the guilty pleasures, man, this shit addin up
Her phone vibratin, two missed calls from her lover
Textin, "Where you at girl?"
I aint gon lie, we was deep between the covers
I was sayin, "Throw it back, girl"
Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, was my lover
Its a shame last night she was with the LVRS
Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, was my lover
I dont think shes comin back, girl
She told me that she only do girls
But since she met a player like me
Man I feel like Im on top of the world
Never heard him, I convert em, put my lovin in em
She told me that she only do girls
But since she met a player like me
Baby I can take you from your girl |
Lets do it!
Santana, Jim Jones, Killa, Freekey
How long we gon have this shit on lock, man?
Yes sir, you gave me the right track Kanye
Listen, I been coppin them Ps and
Maybe thats part of the reason
I feel like a boxer: bobbin and weavin
But Im gettin head, shes bobbin her weave and
Im grabbin her neck to stop her from breathin
Ima wild out until I part with my breathin
Until Im sparked up and leakin, part of the cement
I need somethin pure, like from the Garden of Eden
Wouldnt mind makin her part of my achievements
Cause when music discourage my pride
Zeek, the only one with courage to ride
The rides so dirty inside, seems like we were playin in mud
Hazin it up, grams, gauge and a snub
Who ill? A check for two mil
And a cheap case, defaced, blue steel, true skills
I got stories that my soul can sing
Flip water like Poland Spring and Ima hold them things
Forever
Thats right yall
Diplomats yall, we here
Forever, yea-yeah
Thats forever, man
Look, talk to em
Look, my fella said you been coppin a lot
Latest caper? Propellers on top of the drop
But fuck it, who ever thought I would rock at the Roc?
Top a top on top of the top
But yo - nothing definite, I chop up the rocks
And I stop up the drop, Blocka Blocka the block
Hello mate, yellow tape, helicopter your spot
What you wanted is not what you got
And I pop up them cops
Cause dog, it aint about Cam
I got a son homeboy, its about Cam
Its about being bout It
If youre not, youre ass backwards
My mathematics cause cash matters
Little niggas need to sit up and breathe
If the town too hot, get up and leave
Niggas always got a trick up their sleeve
Nigga like me - I always got a brick up my sleeve
And thats for-e-ver, Killa!
Forever
Jim Jones, Freekey, Santana, we here, we here
Forever, yea-yeah
I got it Guru
Shit, I was two blocks from coppin dust
I used to hop the bus
Now look dog, aint nobody hot as us
Girls, they gotta rush, shit, they gotta blush
Wanna go in the mall just to shop with us
To how they piss and, bitch, how they ran a mile
Fuck Killa Cam, they in love with Cameron Giles
Damn, I gotta smile, hundred grand, I demand it
Goddamn it, the boy the boy done done it, child
And thats forever, man
You hear it, uh huh
We here, I love yall man
Its nothing boy
Dash, Hoffa, Young Guru
Whats really good?
Holla at your boy
I might have this shit on lock man
Kanye, Harlem, Chicago, Columbus - holla
Chicago, you have your own Kanye West on the track
Harlem, you know who the fuck I am - Killa!
We just want yous to know Diplomats is here
We aint going nowhere
Holla at the boy-boy, lets ride out man |
I wanna see whats under there baby
Whos that peekin in my window
You should let some more skin show
And if one of these websites get the info
We can work it out, no Nintendo
I just hit Alt, Tab
Switchin in between two convos
I should just call cabs
And bring em both here to the condo
Yeah, normally it aint a question
We would cross paths like an intersection
But she just too far away for affection
So I pray that we never lose a connection
Cause I remember Stacy, she prolly hate me
She used to threaten she had a man to replace me
She talk that shit, I just hit the escape key
And then she get mad and wanna go and erase me
And I remember Amy, she used to AIM me
She stayed up late and used to blame me
She said Im too wild, she wanna tame me
I told her even Photoshop couldnt change me
But you-you-you, you got me open girl, why lie
We aint even tryna settle, so why try
End the night with a kiss and a bye bye
No strings attatched, your love is so Wi-Fi
I love it, girl
The way you bring your light into this room
Uh, I love it, girl
The way your legs light up when theyre in them shoes
I love it, girl
The way your lips looks after you apply the gloss
Ah, I love it, girl, girl
You look right in the screen then take it o-off, off
My digital girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl
Shes my digital, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl
Shes my digital girl
My homies never see you
But I always got you right here for me
Tucked, in my Louis computer bag
Wherever you are, I could be
I type you a message full of Xs and Os
You shoot me a video and then upload
Even though I hate this distance, it keeps me persistent
One day Ill have your ass up in this kitchen
I love it, girl
The way you bring your light into this room
Uh, I love it, girl
The way your legs light up when theyre in them shoes
I love it, girl
The way your lips looks after you apply the gloss
Ah, I love it, girl, girl
You look right in the screen then take it o-off, off
My digital girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl
Shes my digital, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl
Shes my digital girl
Baby, not a day goes by, whoa
Without you on my mind, whoa
Donna Karan underwear
Babe, I swear you have nothing to worry about
Baby, I wanna see whats under there
Its easy, look lemme explain
Oh baby, yeah baby
When you take the picture, cut off your face
And cover up the tattoo by the waist
Let the MC Serch til I reach third base
And when I get home Ima hit home plate
Wait, could this be considered our first date
Ye, the picture just looks so trash
Your body make a baller spend cooked coke cash
Plus every good girl wanna go bad
In Playboy mags like Stacy Dash
Or Kim Kardashian, be a lady at it
You know whats a crazy thing
Some girlsll make you wait longer than A.C. Green
Passion of the Christ, thirty-three year old virgin
Thats disrespectful baby, dont encourage him
I like em brown, yellow, Puerto Rican, or Persian
Dashiki, kimono, or turban
They say I dress White, but my swag so urban
Tryin my luck, I hit her with the text say
Baby you up, question mark
And she respond, YES-S-S-I-R
I love it, girl
The way you bring your light into this room
Uh, I love it, girl
The way your legs light up when theyre in them shoes
I love it, girl
The way your lips looks after you apply the gloss
Ah, I love it, girl, girl
You look right in the screen then take it o-off, off
My digital girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl
Shes my digital, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl
Shes my digital girl
I aint lyin, no no
I aint cheatin, no no
I aint lyin, uh no
I aint lyin, no no
I aint lyin, no no
I aint cheatin, no no
I aint lyin, no no |
This is dedicated to, this is dedicated to
The streets, this is dedicated to
And the dog is out, arf arf arf arf
And the dog is out, arf arf arf arf
And the dog is out, arf arf arf arf
Its just D
And the dog is out
Started gettin a little too big for the cage that I been trapped in
Cats new it was a problem, went from robbin to rappin
Guns got the clappin, another trip to the morgue
We all know why its happenin, another bit by the dog
When theres nothin left to eat, I ate away at my soul
Felt destructive cause I dont give a fuck if I go
I know yall been told I dont give a fuck about livin
Killin other dogs got you cats chasin Pigeons
Got me itchin to bring back the beast from within
What I catch Imma eat, in the streets Imma win
Ive been top dog and Imma stay top dog
So what the fuck you got to say dog?
You cats play games that dog aint with
Suck my dick, behind my back dog aint shit
Well this is it, from now on if you aint out the camp
We out to vamp, put em up against the champ
You bitch
And the dog is out, arf arf arf arf
And the dog is out, arf arf arf arf
And the dog is out, arf arf arf arf
Its just D
And the dog is out, cmon cmon
I dont think you cats see too clearly
If it aint that you must be deaf, cause yall niggas dont hear me
But I know I got you scared to death
How many other niggas you know when you see em make you hold your breath?
All a nigga did was take a pause
Did a couple of movies and you thought this whole rap shit was yours?
Stop being greedy, when was the last time you gave to the needy
Believe me, I run through niggas like hallways with the cops behind
Give it to a nigga all day cause I pops the nine
Man listen, if you dont wanna see your man missin, man listen
I get dough like a nigga in a up north flick
And still roll like a nigga on some up north shit
The way dog flip out, catsll never understand
Niggas be like "X I thought I was your man!"
Not!
This is dedicated to, this is dedicated to
The streets, this is dedicated to
My dogs is dogs that love to brawl
Bring as many as you got cause we gon fuck em all
Dicksucked in the hall
The same shorty thats puttin any work on her knees
Im duckin her call
A dog is a dog is a dog for life, dog been a dog, dog in your wife
I got kids this age
But let em keep talkin slick and Im gon put somethin hot up in his ribcage
When the dog is out, bitch ass niggas get bit or fucked
One or the two, and Im not Ja Rule
Feel me? Aight |
Live from the BF Coliseum, southeast DC, Barry Farms
Where I was what? Born and raised!
Wale, Kanye West and Dolla $ign! DC and Chi Town!
Live inside the gates! Welcome to the big show! Move on!
$ign!
Pull up on you
Hop out stuntin
The money keep comin
It keep on comin
The money keep comin , yeah
Keep on comin
All my bitches love me, the money keep comin
Woah, you was just alright , yeah you , okay
You know I could do this type of shit all night
Anyway, I-I, I wanna see you with the lights on , right now , for real
You got everybody watchin like the fight on , god damn , yeah
Keep on, keep on thuggin , keep on, keep on thuggin
While the money keep on comin , keep on, keep on comin
Pull up on you
Hop out stuntin
The money keep comin
It keep on comin
The money keep comin , yeah
Keep on comin
All my bitches love me , the money keep comin
Ay, hol up, let me tell you this shit now real quick
Everything fast, everything fact
Money in the bank, put away the cash
Pedal to the floor, foot on the gas
300 on the... God damn
Slippin and slidin
Made it to the top, but my mama from Naija
And they just wanna watch shit
She used to flower bomb, now that candy is Prada
I tell her, "keep on comin"
And when she on top, man she keep on cummin
And I cant keep her off of me
Keep on, keep on comin , oh woah
Pull up on you
Hop out stuntin
The money keep comin , it keep on comin
The money keep comin, yeah, keep on comin
All my bitches love me, the money keep comin |
To my motherfuckin man 50 Grand, the alcoholic man
Inject a tall can in his bloodstream if he can
Biggie Smalls, the pussy stroker
MC provoker, chocolate thai smoker, huh?
I like to max in Maximas and Acuras
Your girl buttcheeks Im smackin, huh?
The raw rapper, spine snapper
With the little hookers on my lap-ah
You know the flavor Mack-ah
A shy nigga but I aint your fuckin comforter
And if I ever fall in love I bet Im fuckin her
Ask the hooker, if I didnt jook her
If she tried to front, then I drop the Chuckii Booker on her:
"Why you wanna play your games on me?"
Bitch, youre crazy, commitments, Im Swayze
No time for the ill shit
Rest with the niggas on that real bloodspill shit
My rappin tactics are drastic
Stretchin motherfuckers like Mr. Fantastic
So if you wanna see my pedigre
You better be filled with energy, niggas never gettin me
So let me get down, let me get down, let me get down, let me get down
Hahhhh, AHHHHHHHH HAH
Let me get down, let me get down, let me get down, let me get down
Yo let me get down, let me get down, let me get down, let me get down
Yo let me get down, let me get down, let me get down, let me get down
Yeah, yo
Odds even, said shoot
Asked me the reason, and I said loot
Man thats all Im here for, therefore
When death declares war, you know what to prepare for
Shit, one for shelter, book flights on Delta
Live on your station, the radiationll melt ya
Cool - I guess your momma raised a fool
You didnt wanna blaze your tool shoulda stayed in school
Rap terror, shots through your new era
Get it together, yall niggas shoulda knew better
Im on point like acupuncture
I might, track and hunt ya, smack and punch ya
Left side, right side, witcha ho I might slide
Runnin wit this big guy, yall niggas is pint-size
Dont make a nigga have to show you the pound
And show you the sound, thatll put you low in the ground
Just let me get down
Let me get down, let me get down, let me get down, let me get down
Let me get down, let me get down, let me get down, let me get down
Yo let me get down, let me get down, let me get down, let me get down
Let me get down, let me get down, let me get down, let me get down
I be like: "Whaaaat?" Let me clear my throat
Break the smoke, Missy gotta hit some high notes
Heyy! Yo, from coast to coast I burn like toast
So dope that I floats through snow, nig-guh
Oh, you dont wanna battle me
The agony be like: "Somebody help me, please!"
Feel my pressure, never could a bitch flow better
In any weather, I biddy-bang-bang in ya, nigga
Ah-huh, I used to be the chick to lick the lollipop
Now I pop through your body parts
Blaow, blaow! You like the way I interact
Proceed to smack, any MC thats wack
Ah-huh, microphone check one two
I do ya tool like them freaks run through your crew
Give it to me, ohh, send it to me, ohh
But before I get down, wheres my money?
Let me get down
Let me get down, let me get down, let me get down, let me get down
Let me get down, let me get down, let me get down, let me get down
Yo let me get down, let me get down, let me get down, let me get down
Let me get down, let me get down, let me get down, let me get down
(The Mackalicious funk wanna get down.. boyeeeeeee, HAHHH, AHHHH-HAH
Mack, feelin the funk)
Bringin it live to you bitch ass niggas |
Ive got something new for you
When it hits you wont know what to do
Relax let me move you
Dont resist, its in the air
Just one taste will take you there
Let it flow right through you
I know youre getting tired of the same old thing
But Im gon break the rules, gonna change the game
Youll be screaming my name
And Im gon take you places that youve never seen
You couldnt picture this in your wildest dreams
Dont fear cause youre here with me
Lets get lifted
Ohh, Im gonna get you high
Im really gonna blow your mind
Well get lifted
Youre gonna feel it in your soul
And baby you will lose control
Well get lifted
And once you take a hit of this
You wont ever wanna quit
Youll be so addicted
Then Ill have you spinning round and round
Crazy making freaky sounds
You wont want to come down
And then Ill have you seeing things and hallucinating
Even walking funny cause your legs are shaking
All night, well be blazin
Ill take you for a walk to the other side
We can get high and enjoy the ride
Hold tight, well be alright
Well get lifted
Ohh, Im gonna get you high
Im really gonna blow your mind
Well get lifted
Youre gonna feel it in your soul
And baby you will lose control
Well get lifted
So come on and go with me
Yeah Ill take you there come on let me take you there
I will show you
Yeah Ill take you there come on let me take you there
I will show you
Yeah Ill take you there come on let me take you there |
Girl, youre workin with some ass, yeah, youre bad, yeah
Make a nigga spend the cash, yeah, his bag, yeah
Girl, youre workin with some ass, yeah, youre bad, yeah
Make a nigga spend the bag, yeah, his cash, yeah
Girl, you made it, you made it
Oh yeah, you made it, you made it
Baby girl, you made it, you made it
Oh yeah, you made it, you made it
Its been a long time comin
All these blessings rollin in, I aint even see em comin
Too hard, too hard, I been goin too hard now, ah
They say I need a vacation, say I need to slow down
And I aint tryna slow down
Pretty face with a bad attitude
Workin like I got too much to lose
Built this shit up on two by twos
I want it now, I paid too many dues
Head up and my heels high
This what life supposed to feel like
Lookin like Im in the gym right
Takin side pics, looking thick like
Girl, youre workin with some ass, yeah, youre bad, yeah
Make a nigga spend the cash, yeah, his bag, yeah
Girl, youre workin with some ass, yeah, youre bad, yeah
Make a nigga spend the bag, yeah, his cash, yeah
Girl, you made it, you made it
Oh yeah, you made it, you made it
Baby girl, you made it, you made it
Oh yeah, you made it, you made it
No more stressin
I cant control Gods timing, learned my lesson
Cant trust too many people, shit gets reckless
Mood rings, Ive changed, Ive changed
Whos really on my side now?
Whos really gettin down now?
My baby told me true love, true love, every day, its new love
Wake up to my daughter and my hubby, now thats crew love
Guess I never knew love
Head up and my heels high
This what life supposed to feel like
Throw it back, throw it back now
For the nine-nine and the two thou
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Girl, youre workin with some ass, yeah, youre bad, yeah
Make a nigga spend the cash, yeah, his bag, yeah
Girl, youre workin with some ass, yeah, youre bad, yeah
Make a nigga spend the bag, yeah, his cash, yeah
Girl, you made it, you made it
Oh yeah, you made it, you made it
Baby girl, you made it, you made it
Oh yeah, you made it, you made it
Self-love is the best love , yeah, yeah
Self-love is the best love, yeah, yeah
Self-love is the best love , yeah, yeah
Self-love is the best love , yeah, yeah
You made it, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah
Mmm, yeah, yeah
Mmm, yeah, yeah, uh
Head up and your heels high
Head up and your heels high
Head up and your heels high
Ayy, uh
Girl, youre workin with some ass, yeah, youre bad, yeah
Girl, youre workin with some ass, yeah, youre bad, yeah |
Lets do it!
Forever
And that I will
Yes
Gotta get em
Fee!
Straight-up gangsta, Hollygrove gangsta
Lay a nigga down in pink stuff
Them soft-ass dudes just think tough
We shooting—put them shanks up
We tryna live to summer and put them minks up
Im synced up in the coupe, the eyes Chinked up
Pull up on a bitch at the light—that night, linked up
Whole lotta shit in the life of a young boss
Bet that VVS ice will bite your face off
Yeah, I ignite and take off—now, catch up
Im the best doing it—cmon, niggas, fess up
Nigga feel different, he could chess up, and guess what?
I bring it to his chest—to his right lung and left lung
Nigga get a checkup, nigga, put your check up
I swear, Im on fire, need water like a hiccup
So I guess I might as well could say that
Im the best today, and...
Forever
Forever
Yeah, candy paint! T, Im riding in a peppermint
Even my leather got leather trim
Im on another element
I keep somethin in the trunk like a elephant
Bet you remember it, like a elephant
I got this rap bottled up like medicine
Whos better than...? Fuck him!
I probably fucked her—ehh, whats new?
And if you hatin on us, yeah, fuck you
And if them bitches wanna fuck us, we wan fuck too
What a coincidence
And we cause accidents, not incidents
I am big shit, theyre eensy-wens
Theyre not even a letter in my sentences
Sitting in my coupe on 20-inch
So its like Im fencing, bitch, I will stunt...
Forever
So stop being defensive, bitch
Im relentless, bitch, Im in this shit...
Forever
Now end this shit |
Kanye to the...
Yeah, OK
Im getting spins all day in L.A
We can go the D where Dwele dwell
D.C, P.G or ATL
Back in the Chi, mean my life like a magazine
Honey wanna know the details about my ebony
Well thats XXL
Far as the penthouse, yeah thats upscale
Mademoiselle got a hell of a Black tail
Im feeling her vibe, her Body and Soul
I heard you stay in a metropolitan home
Well lets kill all the parlayin and offer you a cosmopolitan
Lets jet out the club, get some oxygen
Your friends claim Im a player, you be lucky to keep me
But you know people gon be talking bout us weekly
My car be in a Robb Re-p-o-r-t but whats more important to me
Is that you..
Open your ears
Dont allow these words to be ignored by years
Fearing lullibies, containing the same old lies
Dealing just to deal is just a crime
Besides I know you wouldnt mind
Trying something new so..
Lets Try
We can work it out
If you let love guide
The way that you feel for me
Oh Why
Let this opportunity pass by
You should hold on
Please dont resist
Bless those harmonies to me, escape your lips
Theres no need to go home
Just to dance along
I know you cant enjoy it on your own
Really I dont see nothing wrong
With you and I spending some time--
Also let me mention,
My only intention,
Is to feed you every single thing you hunger for---
In my heart I have to
And-- want to have you
So fulfilled that you will never need to ask for more--
Now someone told my girl that shes a trophy wife
Sorta like Grant Hill and Kobes wife
So when we at a club, and she be so polite
But when we back at home she be poltergeist
I mean provoking fights
Trying to poke me with knifes
And last time I tried to poke her she just told me goodnight
See her clothing be tight
She was pervert approved
So she gave up on life, now she dont wanna move
Hypnotized by the tube
So she stay with the clicker
In a cup full of liquor
Thinkin its makin her thicker
But its makin her slimmer
So our future is dimmer
I cant remember last time I took my baby to dinner
See Im sayin a sister who was freaky and ruthless
In a yorkshire terrier in the pocket with pooches
In a pocket with Guccs
Was taking my lunch money
Just like the gooches
Ill tell you the truth miss |
Yeah
Yeah! Thats what Im talkin about!
Lets do it... Kanye West, cmon turn me up and
Black Thought, cmon turn me up and
Pharoahe Monch, cmon turn me up and
Talib Kweli in the house with
Guerrilla Monsoon rap - all the shorties like "who dat?"
Got the whole crowd like "how ya do dat?"
Nigga you, get smacked til ya blue black
And ya crew, give me dap like true dat
We come through and all the shorties like "who dat?"
Got the whole crowd like "how ya do dat?"
Nigga you, get smacked til ya blue black
And ya crew, give me dap like true dat
Yo, I hit these emcees with the grip of death like I was a Vulcan
Aint a lot of "ifs" an "ands", its just straight talkin
Its hard to swallow at times, so take portions
Bitin off more than you can chew, create orphans
Emcee species endangered like dolphins
Rappers is spittin nails into they own coffins
Hear come the Dundee moves rocket-launchin
Black Thought, quit playin him close and back up off him
Kweli -- spruce to the tree, Bruce to the Lee
The real emcee, that your favorite rapper used to be
One by one I knock em out like Schoolly D - my rhymes is eulogy
A flea could move a tree, before ya think ya movin me
I black and blue emcees - actin new to me, get smacked stupidly
They lack skills, like the black community lack unity
Still my rhymes hurt like Ali to Fraiz
Step off the stage to shouts of "Kweli boomayyay!!"
See these four emcees came to get down
Rearrange the rap game, change ya whole sound
Nigga you, got ta, understand the plot ta
Movin and groovin and always improvin alot-ta
Ill outfox the average Porsche Boxster talk
Break the bank on some old Frank Sinatra
Slash Chi-Town, slash Philly
Check the blast from Geneva, you can get slapped silly
Guerrilla Monsoon rap - all the shorties like "who dat?"
Got the whole crowd like "how ya do dat?"
Nigga you, get smacked til ya blue black
And ya crew, give me dap like true dat
We come through and all the shorties like "who dat?"
Got the whole crowd like "how ya do dat?"
Nigga you, get smacked til ya blue black
And ya crew, give me dap like true dat
Okay... my sound drenches, each of the five senses
And hold the shock value of electrified fences
Its truth or consequences, ride wit us or against us
Is you a dedicated soldier, or you a princess, dog?
Im in it to win it and not for the wealth
Got a crib with a Grammy and a gat on the shelf
Nan nigga competition, gotta battle myself
And me and Kweli on a mission, gettin Pharoahe for help
From natives walkin the Trail of Tears to players sippin Belvedere
We always comin well prepared, and all my dogs smellin fear
Plus, even my niggas from the Bay, they say you hella scared
Truth or consequences, and all senses be well-aware
Your style - under-developed there, hell if I care
What hardship you claim to see, but I can tell by your stare
Nigga you fugazi, sayin ya crew blazin
Like sayin Miss Cleo is a true Jamaican, we makin
Guerrilla Monsoon rap, smell the fumes, get in tune wit it
When I attack your city, yall gon think Dr. Doom did it
Spit it like white trash in seed-spittin contests
With a vendetta that sent a betta letter bomb to Congress
Im pissed - cumulus clouds of ominous
Words of the Thor, the rawness thatll restore ya calmness
Unless, you wanna be leg and armless
Thats parapaleg for those who believe in bomb threats
Guerrilla Monsoon rap - all the shorties like "who dat?"
Got the whole crowd like "how ya do dat?"
Nigga you, get smacked til ya blue black
And ya crew, give me dap like true dat
We come through and all the shorties like "who dat?"
Got the whole crowd like "how ya do dat?"
Nigga you, get smacked til ya blue black
And ya crew, give me dap like true dat |
Ball so hard mothereffers wanna rob me
First effers gotta rob me
And you better come through with the police department and the army
Dont give a eff, cause I got the vest on my chest
And Im not superman but I step when I through to the death
And I rep to the death better step to the left
Yes, yes what I do Im fresh fresh, fresh to death
Im the best when I dress, dress, dress to impress
What you say, you at left, and I put it to the TEC
To your brain to the right of your dome blow your brain to the left
Pop, pow dont give a damn and I came through the town
London town came to shut it down, king of the underground
Rolex on my left arm, on my right arm
Got your -itch on my right and we party all night
Last night I was with Trapstar and you know we party hard
And you know we had some laughs, couple giggles hearty har
Dont give a eff about these chicks
Tell em suck a "ehh" cause they on my tip
What you mean I flip, I flip, my watch tick tick, and she tick and tick
You dont wanna get in trip, you dont wanna mix with this
I will fight you, I dont like you, get like lightening what you mean?
And you know I come through in that super six, it sit so clean
On your TV screen, its a dream
I cant hear nothing, turn it up til I scream
Where the volume at, put it to the max
Need to hear that bounce, bring it back |
It may seem Im sitting on a fortune
But sometimes money isnt so important
In my hood, Im equivalent to Jordan
Dribbling on the court, but shawty Im just recording
Fuck tricking, rather give it to an orphan
All you wanna do it hit the clit until its sore, then
Get her pregnant, then neglect it
Then you go and tell the chick "get an abortion"
Them type of niggas Cyhi is not endorsing
They sitting down to take a leak, Im pissing on the porcelain..
Im from the South, but my parents are New Yorkin
Shouts out to Albany - I see you Uncle Norman!
Keep your family before friends
Cause God is the only one that come before them
You got a nephew? Well, go support him!
You got some nieces, make sure that you adore them
I miss mine, cause Im always out here touring
Or with the strippers at the Hilton up on Cortland
One from Utah, the other one from Portland
Throwin on the Calliope, but I aint from New Orleans
I cant lie, I lust for things
Like an old-school Lac or a Cut supreme
Or an iced-out G shock and a custom ring
And the freak with an ass that sits above her jeans
Woopty Doo!
Shawty stay caked up
Woopty Doo!
Just bought an Escalade truck
Woopty Doo!
You put some 26s on it
Woopty Doo!
Yo shit be looking pretty, dont it?
Woopty Doo!
You hit the club and make it rain
Woopty Doo!
You spend like 50 on the chain
But every 365 bro, you get a little wiser
And realize all that stupid shit bought was lame
Cause it dont mean shit, when you out there on your own
Cause it dont mean shit, when the Feds run in your home
Cause it dont mean shit, when you cant take care of your kids
Cause it dont mean shit, nigga, fuck what ya did
I tell them niggas "Woopty Doo! Woopty Doo! Woopty Doo!"
I tell them niggas "Woopty Doo! Woopty Doo! Woopty Doo!"
Ok Im rocking all gold
I feel like a fuckin Pharoah from above
Bullets is bigger than fuckin arrows
But in the middle of that peril
Im still rocking new apparel
I just left the casino, I got money by the barrels
I feel like Im Al Pacino
Im counting Robert DiNero
If niggas want war, then best believe me that Im there
You can catch me in the middle of that field like a scarecrow
Only difference is that a niggas never scared ho
Im tired of the cloudy days
Im wishing for a sun
You wouldve thought that I was sterile
But I made it to the sky where angel asses erect us
Hollwood directors, Melrose dresses, ass thats the roundest
Toast another round up, but if I fell
Will they catch me before the ground does?
Who your real friends and friends by technicality?
They ask how your mama is, or ask for a salary?
Patience is better than pride
So Im riding factory without the leather inside
Half of yall aint got a car to put leather inside
Plus, the smaller the rim, the better the ride!
Suckers talk, but I never reply
Dont hate niggas, cause Ive never been a confederate guy
So when I die, and look God dead in the eye
He said I got a room for you and a bed in the sky
But yall cant get no capital cause yall priorities fucked up
Part of the minority cause majority of us
Die by the gun and let authorities cuff us
Everyday is like "Glory" to us, bruh
So keep it cool shawty, or see the tool shawty
Niggas say they gangstas but aint never made the news
Call me Saint Lou cuz Im giving yall the Blues shawty
If you see me in the Lamb, then you know that Boo bought it
I was blessed to leave these streets
I took my first loss when I was 3 weeks deep
A lot of robbing if you not a goblin
I sold weed, but my partner rock a robin like "Twee lee lee"
Heroin and PCP
I had the kush, you want the mid, you had to see GB
So take it serious when you get money
Aint shit funny, nigga, "hee hee hee!" |
Final, times off
Times up, time off
Had it been, final
Turnin up, tie in all
Heaven all wrecked, ooh
Done had it with this reign, mhm
It was written, so I read
Three stacks on the bed
I think they woke the dead
Think they woke the dead, mhm
They cant keep me on the meds, doctor wont
But they, wont slow down my breath, uh
Its so many less, I think they woke the dead
I think they woke the dead
Think they woke the dead, doctor wont
They cant keep me on the meds, doctor wont
But they, wont slow down my breath, uh
Its so many less, I think they woke the dead
Just like David said
Grindin for the bread
Designin for the blessed, uh
Theres so many less, I think they woke the dead
Doctor wont, ah, ooh-yeah, doctor wont
Doctor wont, three stacks on the bed, doctor wont
I think they woke the dead
Think they woke the dead, mhm
They cant keep me on the meds, doctor wont
But they, wont slow down my breath, uh
Its so many less, I think they woke the dead
Final, times off
Times up, time off
Had it been, final
Theres so many less, I think they woke the dead
Time stopped, my loss
All they wish, my loss
Every stop, thats your loss
Its so many less, I think they woke the dead
Final, times off
Times up, time off
Had it been, final
Its so many less, I think they woke the dead |
Excuse me
Tell me, who you really really really think is more lyrical?
Cause everytime I go somebody gotta see the medical
And everytime I come, I’m eating everything thats edible
And if you aint already know, then who be more incredible?
They wanna call me crazy like I’m borderline cynical
Cause how I do it and I kill ‘em and I get incredible
And magically do it like this was another miracle
And if you don’t like it then you can suck up on my genitals
Ta-ta-ta-tal ta-ta-ta-ta-tals
Do it little bitch and get up off your little pedestal
And whenever you see me, you better salute the general
Cause I will break it down to every single little mineral
Suck up on my testicle again when you see me counting money
Move the decimal again
Bout to cop another diamond out of Senegal again
Everybody saying that hes uncomparable again - okay
Killing everything I think we ’bout to have a funeral
A lot of you niggas be doing whatever you be doing
And I don’t even know what to call it, just sound terrible
Lower down the coffin, see we have another burial
These niggas that be rambling and babbling
I aint hearing them
And everybody know that I be handling my B-I
When it come to other rappers niggas know that I be scarin’ them
Chop, chop, chop chop
Chop another beat up
Now you see the way I heat up, everybody wanna meet up
Just to come inside the building and witness another killing
Then I relax and throw a shot back, put my feet up
Every beat that Imma touch I’mma lace
I’mma never stop even with a muzzle on my face
When Im finished with this sissy, Imma leave without a trace
Nigga kneel down better say grace
I go HAM! |
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Last night was the worst night
Beginning of the end
Or maybe it began before and here we go again
Things got so dramatic
Things got out of hand
We said words we couldnt imagine
I dont understand, oh
There you go with the same old thing
When things go wrong, oh, you always seem to blame me
Now I would like to find what secrets hide in your mind
Where the end will go?
Will I ever know?
Heaven only knows
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Make this night the best night
Its time for second chance
Turn the beat up on repeat and we can start to dance
Sometimes when were talking
Words get drowned out by the sound
Lets get back to touching and well get back on solid ground
Lets hold hands
Like the young romance
Lets first kiss like the moment we first did
Can we make love like way back in the day, love?
We can lose control, baby dont say no
Heaven only knows
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Will you come back to me? Will you come back to me?
Will you come back to me? Will you come back to me?
Will you come back to me? Will you come back to me?
Will you come back to me? Will you come back to me?
Make this night the best night
Its time for a second chance
Turn the beat up on repeat and we could start to dance
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Heaven only know, heaven only know
Heaven only know, heaven only know |
Doesnt get much better than that
So unfair, so.. unfair advantage
Its the dream, its Kobe and Jordan on the same team
In the best prime of their game and the same Kanye
You know the name and its not pronounced Kane
And every time, you know I spit that flame
Ayo we gettin out our dreams, gettin out our dreams
And we gonna buy some things, and we got him out of Queens
Talkin bout my man Consequence, once for the Tribe
Talkin bout my man GLC and now hes around
Talkin bout John Legend, take em all the way to Heaven
Speakin of Heaven, Common speaks the heavenly words
The nouns and verbs and whatever you heard
Whatever synonym, we killin em, everybody feelin him
The peoples choice, the peoples champ like Paul Wall
All haters, I gotta say fuck all yall
No, I wont waste my energy no more
I have to be more concerned about Sierra Leone
Im talkin bout people thats dyin for diamonds
And the way that uh
They got uh, capa
What I want to say, monopoly over the country
And every time you say somethin people act funky
The diamond industry want me, they say Im bringin out the bad
What I want, people to stop buyin diamonds?
No, I want everybody to stop lyin
They say conflicts is only one percent, and look at all the money rappers spent
We throw the diamonds in the screen, nah mean?
But it affects the families cause people is dyin for these things
I mean in the diamond rivers theyll mine all day
And might only get paid two cups of rice a day
Is this the price to pay for the icy way?
We like to floss away, even your boy Ye
With my Jesus piece, I gave diamonds to my niece
If I had a brother, Kanye, Common made "I Used to Love H.E.R."
Used to love her and I still do, lyrically I kill you
Dog I dont feel you, your style is like mildew
Real old, Im real cold, listen to this beat, real soul
Your style is real old, dollar bill fold
Stackin money aint funny, and Im out in UK
And I ask em whos the best, and they say "you K"
Ooh way ooh way
Yeah I feel it and I gotta kick it off the top of the dome
Microphone controller, thats an M.C., its in me
I can lead a crowd, I went to your show, its empty
Go to my shit, its sold out, every single seat
Every time I drop, because like Shaq, I bring the heat
And anybody that freestyle on the level that I do
Should be winnin Grammys too
So if you do it like me, you can do it like this
And uh, they say Im a teacher like the one called Kris
Thats KRS but nah its Kanye West
And every time I spit the rhymes, uh straight off the flesh
I could bring it down to the bone straight from the heart
And from the heart is where I did it fore I ever chart
And then I spit it, we get it, we did it, we do it a lot
Kanye spit it, we do it, we makin it hot
I got patterns like Saturn, the rings, the rings
Uh, Gold Digger, thats the single, the single
Gotta hit the club just to mingle, to mingle
Why you all in my face? Im tryna do my thing dude
Back off, Ill have Barry smack the fuck out of you
Everybody wanna know what they can get out you
Aww heres my demo, dawg, heres my group
Dawg, please back me up, youre heated up, youre soup
Yall gassed, I passed, I flow, I rhyme
Im uh, thats the way, that yah boy gotta shine
Straight from the Chi city, everybody ride with me
And you see the same questions and I gotta teach the lesson
This some, this some sick freestylin, I hear youre readin it
I gotta keep goin cause yall fans, yall needin it
Uh, you say Im too high like I smoke weed in it
And they say "he arrogant, hes always conceited, shit"
Well what you want from me? Yall just cant stop me
You could look in my pants and tell that Im cocky
Yeah
We back, we back like we ever left, huh
Like we ever left, huh, like we e, like we ever left, huh
Like we ever left, uh, uh, uh, yeah, yeah
Can I get an encore, do you want more?
Kanye on the Westwood Tour
Chillin with Westwood
Go to Chicago, thats Kanye Wests hood
And the label called G.O.O.D
Should I holla at these bitches? You should
You might need one, you might need one
You might fuck one
If you eat out like McDonalds
I aint no clown like Ronald
Uh, more like Donald
Trump, with the way I get it crunk
Like my man Lil Jon, but call him Lil Kan
He all the same, flow like Lil Wayne on Tha Carter
And Im signed to the Carter faculty
Cause the Roc is in back of me
Actually, that look like stacks to me
Ch-ching, ch-ching
Yah nahmean, yah nahmean, Im doin my thing
Out in U.K., London
And they call me number one
Japan, youre number one
Thats Ichiban
And I learned that from KRS-One
Won once again like One
Like Puff, my friend, and One
One, give me one of them
Talkin bout one drink, one hand
One cup of Henny, one cup of Hypno
If you ran out of it, yo, you got to get more
And I might sip slow but I never sip Mo
I sip Cris-o, Cris-y-Cris
And I gotta break it down like Missy Miss
She had the "hee hee, who got the keys?"
You dont need that if you got the no start V
Where you push the button, that aint nothin
All yall talkin somethin, yall stay frontin
Kanye dropped the beats to get em jumpin
Lucifer, top of the morning to yah
Cheerio, hit up the flow, bring it back, oh
From Chicago, uh
And Im rockin the Dolce Gabbana
Fashionable persona
GQ, who knew hed be the flyest?
Like T.W.A.C.W.K
K.A.N.Y W.E.S.T
Be the B.E.S.T
You know, Imma stop it right there
I just, I just feel like
I ont know if I feel like rappin right now
I got raps for yah, uh huh
I got raps for yah
I got, uh, I got raps for yah
We goin to mass today, we have to pray
Besides what the pastor say
Uh, uh
I ont know, I ont know what
I got so many joints right know, runnin through my head
I ont even know what to yeah
What should, what should I spit?
I could just freestyle off of these messages
Please can you tell
Okay this is a girl writin this
Please can you tell my uh, boyfriend Danny
That I love him loads, with all my heart
And I cant wait to see him tomorrow
She cant wait to see you tomorrow Danny
She love you, mhmm
You know what that mean?
You gonna get some
I wonder if she gon be wearin one of those tight outfits
And you know that I like that shit
I aint sayin I ever met her but come on
You must be pimpin and you aint sweat her, you know?
She writin you on one of these hip-hop shows
Made me wonder if shes a hip-hop ho
No disrespect, you know
I dont know you so
I will not disrespect, so dont please press eject
On the tape cassette, and dont knock it out of your decks
So with much respect, obliged, when I rhyme
Sometimes some things just pop out, sometimes
I must be a, I forgot the medical name
Not a narcoleptic that be sleepin
How people was sleepin when I made it deeper
And I gotta be creepin cause you know they didnt peep it
Uh, they call me Rockafellas best little secret
Uh, I got the beats for the Jeep
When people used to rock Amigos and Suzukis
And the Isuzus, this the way you flow
Do flow, aye yo you just like Menudo
Played out about mad years ago
And uh, I could rock off the top, I got years of flow
I got so many albums to go, at least about seven
Jesus Walks had me all the way
Thought I was gon rhyme that, no you didnt time that
Yo thats where the lines at
Look at my shows, look how long that the lines at
All the way to the back, sold out, one night
Thats the way it is when you done it right
Take time to drop a album, dont just be buyin beats from everybody
Cause everybody aint got it, I got it
I get it, I only give it to those who really live it
Like Jay-Z, the Game, and my dogs that really did it
Like Kweli, like Common, like dudes that really spit it
Im talkin bout they go onto the radio and hit it
And as far as makin your songs, its all wrong
You be doin everything that everybody else is on
Man, Imma break it down, let me take it down
Here goes the instructions on how to not say nothin
Look, you take the crack concept
And you do that til its all dead and gone, you do it all wrong
Now uh, you take the car concept
And I see it every video, every single place I go
Same shit
Man you know the beat ran out on me
I was gonna, I was gonna, I was gonna break down
I was gonna break down to people
Exactly how to make the good song and the good album for a change
First of all, what you needs a beat from me
If you cant get a beat from me, get a beat from your guy
Hell prolly do it for free
And if he do it like hell prolly do it for E
And if he do , hell prolly do it for skeet
Yo, yo-yo, yo-yo-yo, you gotta bring with your flow
You gotta take it on-beat and off-beat
And dont rap on no fuckin soft beats
You know that real hard shit, regardless, I played my part in this
Like, this Corner beat, this what you want when you want a beat
And thats when you really is gonna be
A hip-hop legend like Kan, like Kan
Like, of course the Louis Vuitton, ton, don, don
If I do say so, myself
And I do all the time, every rhyme
Cause Im, Im feelin myself
And if you was me, youd be feelin yourself, you see
If you out in London, you just hopped on a plane
And you just came out of the bathroom, you just got you some brain
Uh, you doin your thing
And plus you flossin that Rocafella chain
Aye yo, you know you let Kan spit on em
Im rockin the Rocafella chain with no conflicts on em
Oh, oh
Now let me bring it back to the flow, flow
And how you make the album and you make some dough, dough
Get you a good manager cause your managerll fuck your game up
Fuck your name up
And uh, if youve been runnin to a
Trade your chain for some studio time
See a lot of people be flossin before they get a chance to
A lot of people want club records they wanna dance to
A lot of people want basslines, they will enhance you
Bass in the club is good too, what you should do
Is prolly get a single like Alicia Keys
And if you dont know her, holla at Alicia please
You know one of em light skin bitches with the braids
Actin like they got it made
you give a dawg with a fade
You get somebody thats weak, you get somebody that you know cant flow
And you rap before him, and let him go
And people gon be like well least you was better than dude
And I dont mean to be rude
And another thing you can do
If you could channel the spirits like I channel
Im not talkin bout lightin candles, Im not talkin sayonce
Im talkin bout talkin to God, I mean just like once
What I do before I rhyme, every day is I pray
I pray to God that he make these songs in a certain way
I let him speak through me, through the beats, through the music
I mean, sometimes I go into the booth and lose it
I mean, I know he speakin when I freak it in it a way
That I coulda never thought of somethin better to say
So, our father, who art up above us
I know any time we fuck, you still love us
Like when Im cursin in my verses and I even do, whats worse is
When Im spendin too much, spendin on purses
And shoes for my girl when I should be helpin the world
Give back to the charity, he still dont embarrass me
He still let me be, He still keep it real
See thats the thing about humans, we got free will
See the angels gotta do exactly what God want em to do
God is still with you, even when we dont do
So, follow the path, follow the laws
Follow the reason, the reasons why its wrong
You never heard a freestyle like this before-fore
And I know that hip-hop fans want more
Westwood, whats good
Holla at your boy, Kanye the Louis Vuitton Don
The Roca stay, buildin
Yeah, its G.O.O.D. Music baby
After you freestyle like that you just talk shit for about eight minutes |
I got off the phone with this one dude. I guess he used to run a multi-billion dollar company or something like that and he had some advice for me, right. He said, I dont approve of your methods in your interviews lately. He said he only saw one person before who ever really pulled this off and that was Muhammad Ali. But he said if he could just give me some advice, he doesnt approve of the way Im going about things as of late. And when anybody thats supposed to have a lot of money talks to me and they give me advice, I call that free advice, because theyre trying to tell me what to do and they aint cut no check yet. If I look to the side of me, or the other side of me, or if I look to the Internet or if Im reading, and I dont see somebody that 36-years-old that made it this far with nobody that told they couldnt do it this much. Because the people that give me advice... I dont see them rocking for 15,000 motherfuckers in Brooklyn tonight. And I dont know if yall have heard of Tesla, and Im not talking about the car, Im talking about the inventor. Or if yall ever heard about Jodorowsky, the director who made Holy Mountain. But theres so many amazing creative inventors who werent recognized in their time. And if Ive got the voice and Ive got the opportunity to turn up in these interviews, I just have to look and say, What do I have to lose? What do I have to lose? We only have everything to gain. So dont ever let them make you think for one moment that Im going insane. Because I sit back and see shit and think Am I the only one thats not crazy? But every celebrity is so goddamn scared of losing everything, that they wont ever say nothing to you. And yall see that shit too. I gotta keep it so true for you... Because when I say creative genius, Im not saying that as a compliment to myself. Im saying that because its a burden to myself when these ideas keep me up at night. When you wanna give the world more and your ideas keep you up at night. When you wanna give the world so much more, so much more. And then nobody that runs Disney comes and sees this tour. And nobody that runs Disney comes and sees this tour. Theyd rather see the headline and be on some bullshit than to give me one little chance. Than to give me one little, little, little chance. Than to give me one little chance despite the advance out of Teslas basement, despite the advance out of me saying Jodorowskys name and yall dont know who the fuck he is when everybody copied off of him... And theres gonna be motherfuckers in this arena in a few months dancing all sloppy off of him...I love yall so much you dont even understand. Because yall help me to talk all this shit. Because when I be on the phone with these people that used to run companies and theyre trying to tell me how to be me, yall give me the power to talk my shit. And I swear to you, this is only the motherfucking beginning. And anybody who , Oh, hes the best of rap. Thats racist. And thats pigeonholing. Thats pigeonholing. Thats pigeonholing and putting motherfuckers in a box. And putting creative niggas in a box. If you believe you can do anything, please raise your hands up tonight. If you believe you can do anything, please put your hands in the sky. If you believe you can do anything, please put your hands so high. And I wish you could see my tears right now. Put your hands up high. I wish you could feel my pain right now. Cause these dreams keep me up at night. Cause these dreams keep me up at night. These dreams keep me up at night. Dreams keep me up at night |
Envy: Special guest here this morning
Charlamagne Tha God: Hes Back!
Envy: Hes back! Kanye West
Kanye West: Wassup
Envy: I didnt think it was gonna happen, I said I bet Kanyes not gonna come back up here I thought it was a wrap
KW: Im coming back every time
CTG: Let me start with some positivity, man. I think "Only One" and "Wolves" is dope records
KW: Oh wow thank you!
CTG: I think theyre really dope tunes
KW: Yeah
Angela Yee: This is starting way different than the last one!
KW: But! But! I dont like "FourFiveSeconds"! And why did you do that at the Grammys?
CTG: I do like "FourFiveSeconds" though
AY: He loved that song
CTG: I dont like the auto-tune when you sing but I like "FourFiveSeconds"
KW: I dont like auto tune either but I need it
CTG: Really? Why? I hear people say that, why?
KW: Cause, I could do, I can like bend my voice in other ways, like at the end of Runaway and everything? I like to do that
CTG: I got you. And thank you for inviting me to the fashion show as well
KW: Yeah
CTG: I didnt feel like I belonged there
AY: We thought it was a set up, hes gonna walk in
Envy: We definitely thought it was a set up, we said hes gonna get beat up in there, hes gonna get jumped
CTG: I felt like it was only right. You came here, you know what Im saying? Through all the slander, why wouldnt I come to the fashion show?
KW: Yeah
Envy: You put him next to Drake which was kind of awkward
CTG: They didnt put me next to Drake. I went to stand in the back and Drake happened to be back there
AY: Charlamagne was standing by Drake the whole time
Envy: Now lets talk about your shoes that just been released, Yeezy Boosts
KW: Yeah I heard yall dont like those
AY: No not yall, I said that I actually have a pair of shoes that look like them and I like them
CTG: Thats not a good thing when a girl has shoes that look like mens shoes
AY: Why?
CTG: I like the black colour. The grey colour when I first saw them looked like a paper mache project. But the black ones look tough
KW: Yeah we coming with the black ones real soon
AY: But that is a big accomplishment for you, you put that out, limited run at first, and they sold out and now people are buying them online for over $1500
Envy: 1500 for them
KW: yeah see I dont want them to be limited, thats something that the company did. I wanted as many people to get them as possible. And I dont want the price to be $350, I dont want to play this sneaker culture game and all this where they be reselling them for higher prices and stuff, I just want people to have what I make. Theres no limited release to the College Dropout, or a limited release of Graduation. You know and I think in clothing right now theres a real separatism, theres $5000 sweat shirts everybody spending that money trying to show up in the club, and act like they.. You know what Im saying? We need to spend that money on our families. My point, and what Im doing in clothing right now is Im going and taking the talent. I came from the Ralph show and I was talking to Ralph like man, I need your help, cause you know how to make clothes and I think I know what my generation wants. But its very difficult if you dont have that production and that experience that Ralph has. and its really difficult to get those price points, you know the Zara and H&M price points if you dont got the factories, if you dont got the boats. You know I talked about this before
CTG: So why is it $350? Cause its hard to..
KW: I have no idea they just priced it that. I think they just, I think their logic was they didnt want it to go from um, the other company and go to Adidas and be like man, why they drop the price? Cause sometimes the public wont always understand the transition. Like Steve Jobs always had the iPad in his head, but he couldnt do it coming from a keyboard and a floppy disk to the iPad, he has to walk people in to this
Envy: I thought the whole idea of you going to Adidas was you would have more control, and it was your ish, and you could do everything
CTG: Over price points
KW: Yeah I do have a lot more, at least I could do something! But any relationship that starts off you aint gonna have all the control. You know what Im saying? Its a marriage. Usually the first year of any situation is the toughest, and then when you guys start to communicate, you know it cane be powerful
Envy: Now explain this to me. Im a sneakerhead, I have tonnes of sneakers. I assumed it to be like, I dont like to compare, but the other sneakers you did, like leather, they were more of a sneaker sneaker, like you could ball out in your others sneakers, this one I dont think I could play basketball in
KW: You actually could play basketball in this one better. Because first of all its got boosts which is the best technology and Im not just saying that contractually with Adidias, Im saying that from someone that goes to the gym, and if Im wearing that like my Boosts actually I feel better cause I have problems with the back of my achilles from performing so much
CTG: I did say fat girls with cankles, it look like theyll be comfortable for them
KW: Yeah! I mean people joke that they look sorta like the Uggs, right? But whats really bugged out is Im actually working on trying to make a sexier Ugg. Cause you see Uggs all the time
Envy: They are comfortable
KW: And I see, you know, I see stuff for the future. Im always, Im such a futurist that I have to slow down and talk in the present. This was a proposition to where I think shoes will go. I think the colour palates, with the red over here and the thirty different colours, the Black History Month version and all that, I think thats gonna be out of there in the future. This is for me, as humbly I would say I am the most influential person in footwear right now
CTG: Theres no way to humbly say that
KW: Well truthfully, I am the most influential person in footwear.
Envy: Those are re-releases but when it comes to new sneakers I think he is
AY: How hard is it to get that balance between wanting to get something people can afford, but then also wanting to use those materials and make things really special, you know things that make them more for you
KW: Yeah those materials is all a game that the factories play too. Silk is in style, silk is more expensive from the factories. You can get everything for a better price, its all in how you negotiate with the factories. And my end goal, ten years from now will be to have everything at a Zara level, like I think when Steve made it with phones, it wasnt a show of class anymore. You know you had the Vertu phone, the $4000 phone you felt like you was better than somebody
CTG: I dont understand this talk at all
KW: The phone, Im talking about the vertu phone
CTG: Oh phones!
KW: Yeah Im not clear a speaker, you know I had this car accident and everything and I just and ever since then Ive been a mumble mouth. But what Im saying is, people are trying to put on a jacket to try and act like they are better than you. I think this idea of being better than the next man is the wrong mentality in the first place. We were born in to a broken world that has been separated by race, religion and class
CTG: But you confuse me when you say stuff like that cause you do act like you are better than people
KW: No
CTG: Like the Grammys is a great example, when you run up there and tell everyone respect the artistry, but its like youre not respecting the artistry
KW: Yeah that. And I deserved it that was completely hypocritical. Im go ahead and tell yall like the other day. I went to dinner and I sat down with Taylor Swift, right, and ironically they were playing the Beck album
AY: Ironically or you think they did that on purpose?
KW: No they did it on purpose so I could finally hear it and I was like man
CTG: So you hadnt even heard it when you did the Grammy rant?
KW: I was like man, this is like kinda good, I aint gonna lie
CTG: So you hadnt even heard the Beck album when you did the rant?
KW: Nah! I hadnt even heard it man, I just
AY: Charlamagne you do that all the time, you say somebody is wack without hearing the album
CTG: But I admit it! When did I do that? Thats not true. I cant even say if Beck didnt deserve it cause I didnt hear it
AY: And that was an argument we had cause I was like Kanye might not know, a lot of people hadnt even heard Beck, Id never heard it, so. People were saying no Im sure he heard it, he had to have heard it to say that
KW: You know what? I bet you the album is really good. Im gonna listen to the album and maybe it was potentially an album of the year but the Grammys still have a commercial component to it. They wanna sell commercials, so they have these big superstars sitting in the audience and theyre advertising theyre performing coming up next thats what they try to do to get those views. You dont have these people sitting here and you know, have them and their hearts beating and stuff like we work too hard for all that, to be losing in a situation where, cause I mean whos winning? We dont get none of that advertising money. Yall dont play with us. Thats what my main point it
CTG: Why you think superstars go where theyre tolerated, like yourself you go where youre tolerated but not celebrated. You dont come to the Soul Train awards, or the BET Hip Hop awards, youll hear Kanye won but Kanye is not here to accept this award
KW: Thats why we need to support the people that support us, and not just particularly a black thing. We always say this is a black show, you know its gonna be a while. I aint got the answers on how to change the voting system, I aint got the answers on how to make it everyone is honoured in the proper way, and sometimes maybe theres two people that should win. Whos to say who should win? But I think itd be a class thing to. You know it carries more weight if you win a Grammy than if you win a BET award, so we still go
CTG: Says who though?
KW: Says society. And this is what this is about, this is why I respect this show because this is the voice of society, this is Id say the voice of the barber shop, this the voice of the streets, and you know the Grammys are, its a statement of classicism. Like if you go to my house Imma hit the stunt button for a second. You see my 21 Grammys laid out that my wife forced me to take out of the bathroom and put in one place
CTG: Thats why its interesting to hear you get at the Grammys cause you could be selfish and say well Ive got 21, whatever
KW: Yeah I mean I think I deserve more
KW: You know it’s all, like I said we was born into a world that’s separated by class, race, and religion. So class is one of the things people want, you want to be first class, but in a plane crash everybody dead. It ain’t no class then, it’s just a whole crash. Some of the things, when I first came out with the idea of DONDA and I was tweeting out all these idea; airplane design, this design, this design. You know you see of course like me and Kim, we can take private but we really wanna be in the airport, we wanna be next to the people. I get inspiration when I see what people are wearing, I get inspiration when I see what people are going through. I see people walking a line slower or getting patted down, you know I gotta tell you this one good story about class. I was going to London where I’m going tonight, and I was in the first class line and it was real crowded. And I looked at the coach line for customs and it was completely empty. We went over to the coach line and got through right away. And everybody that’s sitting there with their Hermes belts and their big hats, they didn’t want to lower they class in order to get through faster when time is the only luxury. It’s a lot of stuff that I’ve been learning over the past couple of years and I’ve used my money and my position and my relationships to learn about class and I think my approach is I think more, Robin Hood now
CTG: Its more ghetto. Even though you’re getting up in class its still rachet
KW: Yeah I guess. I mean ghetto is fun. I’m from Chicago, my wife got a big ass, we stay ghetto
Envy: Did you reach out to Beck after though? Did you reach out to Beck after you heard his album like maybe I slipped up a little bit, maybe I went too far?
KW: Yes I got his number and I was supposed to call but I keep forgetting
AY: What? You did not forget, you just don’t know what to say
CTG: Don’t feel bad because I thought Beck was a beer until you jumped on there
AY: Beck was very humble about it though, he agreed. He was like ‘Yeah I mean, Beyonce should’ve won’ it wasn’t like he disagreed with you. But I felt bad for him
KW: No I felt good for him because think of all the good stuff that happen to me in the past 7 days, 8 days. The person that won the most is Beck. Because if I hadn’t done that then his album of the year would have never been mentioned. Now its in all the chatter; ‘Kanye West Messes Up Again’ ‘Kanye West Donkey of the Day’. You know I’m already the enemy so you can’t get no worse than the villain
AY: It has to be hard to win an award and have all these different people saying you shouldn’t have won. And then you have the Beehive going in and leaving negative nasty comments and how terrible he is
CTG: Well its all subjective though
KW: Yeah it is all subjective but
But you know, he should win an award for what he did. You know, rock album or something like that. But he shouldn’t have won that award in my opinion. But who am I to have an opinon. Ya know?
CTG: You’re Kanye West
KW: Exactly
CTG: If you don’t respect it then it’s not to be respected. But one thing we always ask in the barbershops is why is Kanye always caping for Beyonce? I love Beyonce, I’m a Pinkett-Smith-Winfrey-Knowles-Carter, but it seems like you’re always coming to her aid. And nobody, Beyonce don’t need no caping she’s Beyonce
KW: I know it’s really ironic that it’s always Beyonce for some reason. Why is It Beyonce? Why don’t I go off on whoever going off on my wife on twitter? I think Beyonce is a great representation of an artist working hard and trying their best and getting the results from it. So say Beyonce’s previous album wasn’t as well received as this new album, and she got low like how I got low on my new album, and delivered something that everybody loved. In America we have to respect greatness when we see it and we can’t smack it in the face at the cost of some votes splitting, at the cost of blowing someone who can sell some t-shirts. If you see something that’s great, you got to respect it. I remember I was trying to get on the basketball team in 8th grade, I hit every free throw, hit every layup, and I looked on the list and I wasn’t on the list. And the coach just gave me the Kanye shrug
KW: You know that’s like the best thing cause you get to leave school...
AY: Get all the chicks
KW: Yeah. We had a small gym, where like you’d run into a broadway stage like if you hit a layup and stuff
CTG: So hurt people hurt people. He probably said ‘Kanye I’mma let you finish but you’re not going to make this basketball team
KW: Now my point is, you not gonna have somebody hit all the shots and you not give them that credit. And I think a lot of times its exactly what you say, Beyonce don’t need no help. People look at Beyonce cause shes rich, respect to Hov she’s a beautiful woman, she’s talented. And so they figure she’s got everything and so you don’t even need nothing else. But I think she deserves the proper accolades because she’s an inspiration
CTG: She got 20 Grammys! 21..20?
AY: Not album of the year
CM: I thought she did win that one went there for album of the year
KW: I don’t think she’s ever one an album of the year Grammy. And this is funny because Taylor was talking to me about this. She was saying that when she was the victim she won every award and now that shes powerful and the biggest selling artist, now shes not winning awards anymore, cause theyre like "what do you need?" Its once again, its that moment where the rich people, our line is getting clogged up because its a practical joke that everybody in the airport is playing on the rich people, as they should, because as rich people, our focus shouldnt be on how we get a new Phantom, how we get a bigger house. Our focus should be on how do we help the middle to the lower class to have a better life. And I think that we get distracted with luxury, so-called luxury goods, so-called luxury cars, like... And I embrace this, any time a rich person gets the piss taken out of them its cool, dont do it to me all the time and stuff but...
CTG: But you know thats always what we felt about you because you used to speak up like when you said George Bush dont care about black people, you were speaking up for the have-nots. But now it seems like you were just fighting for the civil rights of rich people lately.
KW: I think its the rights of everyone. And another thing that I used to get really caught up on was with race. You know, with race its like, okay we know its racist people, we know that a lot of white men over the age of 60 are racist, we embrace that. We know that a lot of people that are in power dont really... theyre like Donald Sterling. We understand that. We know that, but the world is moving. 10 years from now, 20 years from now, every person of color or female or any minority that comes into power will eventually shift it. You got the ozone layer, you got all this stuff you see 100 years from now the entire world might be black. Just to even survive on the earth, period
Envy: Now you mentioned you stood up for Beyoncé, people asked, you stood up for Beyoncé, you stand up for her maybe more than you stand up for your own wife. Recently, people been going at your wife crazy, from the Paper magazine cover, they say, "Why would she do that? She has money, is it just for fame? Is it just for Instagram? Is it just for attention? You know even Amber Rose came on the program a couple of days ago and said your wife was fake. How do you reply to all of these people and what do you say to everybody? Even with us, when we seen her on the cover it was kind of like, yo Kim is filthy, you know, she has a child, she has a family, why would she do that cover?
KW: Which question... lets do the cover first. One of the things in breaking class is respected art can break class. So one of the things that shut up a lot of people is the fact that Jean-Paul Goude took the photograph, that used to shoot Grace Jones. And Grace Jones figure, physique was as new and different as Kims physique was. And our position of power, were not gonna accept the physique that was given to us. You know, that was told to us that was the proper way to look. My daughter has a chance of being shaped like my wife, so until she, between this age and til the age shes like that, Im gonna be fighting for that shape to be considered the highest of class. Or not the highest of class, at least equal to what someone looks at, like a skinny model for. My first introduction, one of my first introductions to beauty was the Helmut Newton book, this really big book, and every woman in there was naked. This is a straight photographer, he did Playboy and hell do St. Laurent ads and the highest level taste, and I was really drawn to the beauty of the way their photographs were set up and to the fact that I was attracted to the women also. I liked the two things at once. I like the physical attraction and I like the way the shot was set up. I think that with my wife, it had been a lot of times earlier in her career where she didnt have the access to that level of photographer, of course hes passed away now. So now that she has the access to a Jean-Paul Goude, a Steven Klein, a , I can name all the really high level, Jackie Nicholson, all the high level photographers, now, you know its important for her to stand, I think, for her to stand up in all of her glory and all her power. Now her power is in her body, is in her nudity. Her power is in her mind, her power is in her family, but body is one of the powers
CTG: What happens when she gets older, though?
KW: Well, shes got, she gon always have that body but shes gonna have mind, family, and shes gonna create a legacy
CTG: You know, you name all those brands and stuff but the hood dont know that so the hood, the hood is like, "Kanye, just tell your wife she dont gotta get naked no more."
KW: But, she can get naked if she wants to, its not illegal to get naked and, you know, and then think about this, like if Adam had never ate the apple, wed all be naked. So...
CTG: You hit us with that last time, I still have not understood that one in two years. Ive been tryna figure that one out for two years
AY: But listen, do you feel compelled to reach out to Amber Rose, being that thats your ex-girlfriend and saying, "Listen, calm it down, leave my wife alone and just chill out."?
KW: Shes just soaking in the moment, nobody feel compelled to do nothing. If Kim had dated me when I first wanted to be with her, it wouldnt be an Amber Rose. You know what Im saying? Like...
Envy: So its your fault, Kim, its your fault. He hollad at you before
CTG: But Amber said Kim was sending you naked pictures while yall was together though
KW: I wish. I would have gladly, happily have liked to. Cause by the way its very hard for a woman to want to be with someone thats with Amber Rose so she wasnt sending nothing, you know what Im saying? Like I had to take thirty showers before I got with Kim, you know? Im sorry, please.. wait, dont ask me no more cause I just wanna be respectful, man
CTG: Listen, I saw you say, I was watching something on TV and they said you were saying that fashion lines didnt want to deal with you cause you were married to a reality show star. Just on a business level, cause personally we can tell youre happy, just on a business level do you feel the Kardashian brand has hurt Kanye Wests brand?
KW: No, its helped. Cause it just showed, like, my ability to bring Mos Def into the studio with Jay Z. My ability to bridge the gap. To bridge, you know, somebodys sitting over at this lunch table, theyre the fashion world, theyre all cool and stuff and somebodys sitting over at this lunch table, theyre a celebrity and they have a perception about that. And you know, I showed people the power of what happens when you work together. And now, you know, Kim can sell a dress faster than any magazine cover
AY: And you got her on the cover of Vogue which is something we thought was never gonna happen, the way that Anna Wintour felt and how she had expressed that in the past
Envy: What did she say? She said something today or earlier today?
AY: Oh about bringing North West to the fashion show. That was alleged though, they said allegedly she said thats not the proper place for a child. You know?
KW: Yeah I cant speak on alleged comments
CTG: Does it bother you when you see the news and theyre like, "North West was crying at a fashion show", I mean shes a baby, thats what babies do
AY: And shes at her daddys fashion show, which makes sense, I mean I think you would want your daughter front row at your fashion show
KW: Yeah, yeah, I mean think about it, no one can tell me where to have my child or not, you know?
Envy: I got four of them and they cry. You cant tell them when to cry or when not to cry, they gon cry
CTG: Dame Dash at the BET Awards, BET Honors. Whyd you let him present you with that award?
KW: Because he presented me to the world. You know, I wouldnt have a record deal if it wasnt for Dame Dash
Envy: How was that first conversation? Cause at one time he hated you, well Im not gonna say he hated you but he was very upset
AY: I dont think he hated you, he just felt you werent loyal to him
KW: And I wasnt, and this was an extremely visionary move on my part to move with, to roll with Jay Z
Envy: It was a smart move
CTG: Did you tell Dame that? If hes the one that believed in you then why does Hov get the credit and the "Big Brother" records?
KW: I mean, I mention Dame a lot in raps, but you know, the story is not done. You know, sometimes its been moments where like I was wildin out and Jay was like, "Ye you got to sit this down right now, sit these couple plays out" and you know, it was the moment when Roc-a-fella split. It made more sense for me career-wise to roll with Jay even though Dame had supported me. And I wonder, I say, where would we be, you know, if I had rolled with Dame? Would we have been, would I have been more successful? Would I have been less successful? I cant say, but at that time, you know, I came to Roc-a-fella because Jay Z was my idol. And it would have been very hard for me, you know, at that young state where I was to separate from my idol. You know, and thats the decision I made and then do I say there was some disloyalty or not? Yeah, I own up to that. Is it anything that me and Dame could do together now to make money? I think so. Will I do it?
CTG: Hes got a film company, right?
KW: Yeah were gonna work on films and actually I really like the films that hes doing. He had all types of ideas and Dame is like the original person who understood culture and really was in it in every situation and would go, you know, Beans had a problem, he would go pick Beans up. Hed have us on a jet with them, talking to us direct, talking to me and GLC directly. He was talking to me about GLC with the film company, like "Yo we gotta put out GLCs album", you know just kind of reminding me, similar to what you was saying last time we was talking about having the real niggas, you definitely got to say Dames a real nigga. So when he came over to the crib and I just saw him, I missed him, man I missed the good, I missed the bad, I missed all of that because all of that is what created College Dropout. That tension, all of that is what created Late Registration. And we creating something new now in the fashion world and in the film world
Envy: We realized the other day that you still have a love for music and the reason I say that is I dont know who we were talking to , we was talking to Tyga, we was talking to Ty Dolla $ign, and I heard a remix with so many different people, and its like Kanyes in the studio working with everybody
CTG: Youve always got the new guys that may not even be next in the studio with you so you keep your ear to the streets
KW: You know I just gotta, I have to work. You know I think a lot of times people get rich, people get comfortable, people fall in love and everything. You know, I went to this Drake concert in Germany. I flew to the concert to go see it. And he got this one line where he say like, something about people be falling in love with famous girls and dadada and they dont have be working as much. And he rapped it, and then when he rapped it he knew I was in the concert so he like looked down and stuff
CTG: "Too in love with fashion and women" or something like that
KW: Yeah something like that but you know, he was right. You know what Im saying? I gotta get on my job and thats why I got on the end of that "Blessed." Hello, Im back! We back in the studio, its times that I gotta go pick my daughter up and take her to dance class in the morning and I try to create a regiment, but at least if I go to the studio like 6 hours a day. And its funny cause when I first sat with Tyga, like me and Virgil seen Tyga at the Balmain store and we knew he was fresh. You know, certain people, they have a certain talent with clothing: a Tyga, A$AP Rocky. Certain people got a certain talent with the bars and shit: Young Thug, Big Sean. You know, and I sat in the studio with, it was me, Thug, Sean, Travi$, Tyga, and I was just saying how we gotta bring our resources together. We have to see how we can help each other to make each other way fresher, share information, build, have cyphers like back in the Wu-Tang era, like people used to have cyphers. So last night when I working on "All Day" at Q-Tips house, it was like me, Vic Mensa, Q-Tip, and we was just building on culture, culture, culture and instead of trying to write bars, we built on that and then I started writing the bars. Then they started coming and we started bouncing ideas off each other so with me, Im only a humble servant. If you have power you have to empower. You have the power to give power away, what I said on the song, "Power." "No one man should have all that power" is a true statement. No man has the power, the power is in the people. The people give you the power. The people chose me to be the peoples champ. Soon as I go up and talk about, "I, I, me, me" you lose that. And then you got next generations, you got, no matter how I hard I try, Drake is gonna speak to a generation in a way that I might not have been at that same basketball game he was at. That same high school game, watched that same TV show, went to that same club. Tygas gonna speak to a certain generation, Big Seans gonna speak to a certain generation, and its important for a revolution, like Common said on that song he just won for, its the youth and the OGs have to come together. You need the energy of the youth and the knowledge of the OGs
CTG: Thats in the Bible, old men for council, young men for war
KW: Thats why I sit with Puff, I sit with Dame, I sit with Jay, I sit with Farrakhan. I talk to the OGs and try to figure out how we can help each other
CTG: Now with Tyga, mentioning Tyga, youre executive producing his album. Do you feel like his relationship with your sister-in-law is inappropriate?
KW: I think that, thats a good question right there. I think he got in early, I think he was smart.
CTG: I told him hes redshirting her, and I said thats a great redshirt prospect, and lets be clear, Russell was 35 when he met Kimora, she was 17. But Im from the south too so I dont know
KW: Theyre closer in age than a lot of relationships that I know, you know?
CTG: Hes 25, shell be 18 in August
KW: Yeah I knew Tyga was smart
CTG: Tyga came up here though and said they were just friends. I mean thats what hes supposed to say but...
KW: Yeah I cant speak on that, I cant speak on nobodys relationship
CTG: Thank you Ye, we appreciate that a whole lot, Ye
Envy: Your album, what kind of album are we getting? What should we expect?
KW: Bars. Songs. You know, cook out music that just feels good, you know, like my last album was a protest to music. I was like, "Ima take my ball and go home." If yall aint gonna let me play the way I wanna play or do clothes or do this, start shootin the ball real slow, might be at the free throw for a long time just... That was my whole album. The album dont even got no music. I just let yall have a little music on there on "Bound" but that was it. But this albums just embracing the music, embracing joy, and being of service to the people. I just hope that people like it and enjoy it, you know? Thats it
CTG: You mentioned Minister Farrakhan, I also saw you say when you was backstage at the Grammys you said you didnt want to speak to much cause you didnt want to jeopardize your clothing line, but a lot of people dont like to stand next to the Minister cause they feel like he jeopardizes their business. Why are you not afraid to show your relation with the Minister?
KW: You know, its interesting cause I actually asked for the Minister to give me my BET Visionary award and he felt like it wasnt the right time, and maybe for reasons just like that. Right now Im working on a documentary with him about him and about his music. Hes a classically trained violinist. And hes also one of the most humane people and now hes got that stamp in the same way how my wife was stamped with the sextape, the Minister was stamped with yeah. And its important that while hes still alive he has to see the people appreciate his message, cause you ever hear him talk, its about humanity. Its about one race. Soon as you hear his name, I see peoples faces change, they have a perception. Its a lot that I can learn from him, perhaps the Minister mentioned Beck won too many times, or something like that and its things I can learn in my path of how to always keep my communication as open as possible cause right now its right at that tip where its like... yeah we gotta have him cause hes gonna bring some excitement to the Grammys and all that. But were working on this documentary and its amazing, it shows that he had a white violin instructor, but then he talked about because he was black he couldnt get the white instructor and there was no black instructors that could instruct him well enough. And he talks about how he was asked to stop doing music, he had to choose between the Nation and music and then how the honorable Elijah Muhammad asked him to come in one day to play the violin and he embraced his passion of music and its a beautiful story about a beautiful soul thats very misunderstood and one of almost powerful messengers and its very important that we protect our messengers, very important that we support them
CTG: Yeah the Ministers very sharp. You think its kind of confusing when hell say negative things about Jewish people but then say we should learn from them? Thats kind of a confusing method
KW: Yeah we definitely should learn from them. We should learn from us, Im tired of the "us" and "them", us meaning we should learn from human beings. The first thing I think were going to do to stop racism is stop focusing on racism. And I understand that its somebody going to work right now that has a white boss thats talking down to them because theyre black. Im not trying to deny that, but Im saying we understand that people is different races, its like light skinned against dark skinned. It just slows down the conversation, I dont know if its 8, excuse me for this statement
CTG: It makes a great joke and stuff
KW: yeah, yeah it does
CTG: Especially on the light skinned
Envy: Shut up
KW: Also every... people are human beings so everything this man says, when I talk to him pretty much everything he says is correct, but everything a person says is not gonna be correct. Every move a person makes is not gonna be well timed but sometimes those mistimed moves can inspire the next generation like Pac used to say. He said, "I might not change the world but Ima inspire somebody that changes the world." When I think about, okay I wanna do surround vision, I wanna do my movie theatre, I wanna do my clothing line, I wanna do this, my goal is, man maybe theres a 4 year old thats gonna see that and cure cancer one day. Maybe we could keep... if your job is inspiration, you have to keep pushing that at all costs cause you never know whos gonna be inspired by that. And a lot of the reasons why Im successful now is the people who work with me now grew up on The College Dropout. You know, before when I was going in years ago, everyone they listened to rock, they liked Bruce Springsteen, like they dont even know about The College Dropout. So now they know what we brought to the table, and they wanna be a part of this, this movement in a way
CTG: Last year when it was so much racial tension and you know the police brutality and stuff, like its almost like people wanted you to say something. Were you purposely falling back from being vocal about the Mike Brown situation and things like that?
KW: Yeah my dad would email me and say stay out of it. My dad is like a thousand times smarter than me, and a thousand times more social than me. He like literally lived at a homeless shelter. He emailed me and told me stay out of it, thats my only parent, you know, so I have to listen to him, sometimes
Envy: Why, whyd he say that?
KW: I think he was just trying to be protective of his son. You know, I cant run in front of every bullet. I just cant run in front of every single bullet
CTG: Is it in the music with this album, maybe?
KW: Oh yeah, we definitely... yeah, you know Im always gonna talk about whats going on, like Marvin Gaye would say. Its definitely gonna be in there
AY: How much of this album is done?
KW: Uh I think 80 percent, Im tryna get it finished. Im tryna get it to the people as soon as possible
Envy: How are you gonna release it? Is it gonna be like a...
AY: Suprise?
CTG: You cant have a release date, you cant do it, its played out. Its last years fashion, you cant do it
KW: 100% release dates is played out, so the surprise is gonna be a surprise. There goes the surprise
Envy: No surprise
CTG: Now one thing the hood all wants to know, where did that soft whisper Michael Jackson voice come from? It debuted on the Kris Jenner show a couple years ago
Envy: When did the hood wanna know that?
AY: I dont think the hood watches that show
CTG: Youve used it in more than that setting. Where did that come from? Is that like a... I dont know, youre in a shell? I dunno
KW: Man dont, nobody wants, the worst thing... the thing that America doesnt want... America and the world, they antagonize black men. Black men arent intimate in their own country and theyre not in power and all this so you constantly get poked at. But the thing that they hate the most is the angry black man, even though they can cause you to be angry. They hate that, and you know, if you could just understand how to not get angry, in a boxing match, you know if you get angry, you lost. This is a match of life, a match of culture, and if Im angry all the time Ive already lost. So I just need to stop being angry. And people say, yeah what does he have to be angry about? I got enough to be happy about to focus on that, to not be angry about stuff, and plus it helps you work better, when Im calm
Envy: Now the hood wants to know, this is a barbershop question, does Beyoncé and Kim have a problem? Cause it seems like people pin them against each other
CTG: Question mark, boom. Does Beyoncé and Kim have a problem?
KW: Nah they love each other. They respect each other. When Beyoncés working on her album she has pictures of Kim on the wall because Kim represents powerful women. Kim be playing, whats the song, "I know you care", whats that song?
CTG: "7/11"
KW: Yeah, "7/11", playing that video, playing it for our daughter
CTG: Kims not the only picture on the wall, right?
KW: No its some other
CTG: I was like "thats weird"
KW: They definitely respect each other but its all... maybe theres a LeBron James - Kobe element to it but I aint say that...
CTG: But theyre not even in the same lane, like Kim dont sing and shes not entertaining
Envy: In the bad mommy lane
AY: The MILF lane, is that what youre tryna say?
Envy: I wasnt gonna say that... but theyre bad, beautiful mommy lane
AY: When it comes to raising North West, does it concern you?
Are you like, okay, obviously shes gonna be spoiled because were her parents, but does it concern you that you wanna make sure shes got some type of street sense or anything like that? Do you even think about that?
KW: Yeah, my friends, we call them her uncles. Her uncles definitely gonna put her on and definitely. Its this toy, I wish I knew, whats the name of the brand of the toy, Gabe? Whats the name of the store we went to?
Gabe: Sweet William
KW: Sweet William, they got these toys that my daughter got. Vanessa Beecroft that did the fashion show, she bought my daughter 3 wolves. Cause I would see toys that people would see and giver and Id be like, these toys is weak. She gotta have better toys than this. And sure enough, when she got these wolves from this toy store, she was going crazy, this the happiest Ive ever seen her right. So of course, me, Im gonna go and buy every single toy there. And I was just having a conversation with my wife yesterday like, we cant give her all these toys though. Cant just walk in and give her all the toys at once. Shes like, "Well just give them all for her birthday." We cant give her, she cant have everything for her birthday. Were gonna have to piece this out. So I am very conscientious about the idea of someone being too spoiled cause I think Ive been spoiled in the past
AY: Is that where the song, "Wolves" came from? Those wolves?
KW: Im always thinking about wolves for some reason, thats always been on my mind
CTG: Lets go back to Dame for a second
KW: Im just gon go ahead and give yall a soundbyte that yall want, and Im just gon go ahead and say it, where the "Wolves" song came from. Im just gon go ahead and say it, cause maybe this will promote it happening, so Ima go ahead and put it out in the real world. The "Wolves" song came from a conversation that me and Drake had where we was gonna do an album together, and the album was called Wolves
CTG: Jay wouldve been pissed off about that. Cause when Jay came here I asked him if he would ever do another album with an artist, I said Nas specifically and he said, "No because me and Ye already started that."
KW: Yeah, so and thats what happened. Me and Jay started talking about Watch the Throne and Drake went and did all the records with Wayne and the tour and we never did it but I just went out and put it in the, I put it out in the world
CTG: Did you ask Drake?
KW: Yall dont like it then yall can send it right back
CTG: So you asked Drake to do an album?
KW: Yeah I asked him and we talked about it and he said yeah we was gon do it and actually he was sending beats back and forth. You know, I got this one record with Young Thug that I think were gonna put on Rihannas album. I know Im giving a lot of information away today
CTG: Thats what youre here for Ye
Envy: We appreciate it, thank you
AY: Were excited
CTG: Lets talk about you and Dame, does that effect you and Jays relationship now?
KW: Nobodys relationship effects any relationship. Everybody need to just have a good relationship. If anything, we all helped each other at a certain point and we all see each other at a certain point
CTG: Do you and Jay still have a good relationship? Cause you said that was your idol but you work hard so your idols become your rivals
KW: I wouldnt be sitting here today right now if it wasnt for Jay. Jay helped me, period. In every single way that you can think. Whether it was like, holding me down when Im in New York, Im the dude in the pink Polo and the bad attitude. And Im still here. Jay Z
AY: So is this Drake and Kanye album gonna happen?
KW: I dont know, it might happen cause I threw it out there
CTG: Dont do it, man
KW: Hed probably be mad that I mentioned it on yall show since he dislikes yall so much
Envy: He hates him, the big black bully over there, he hates him
CTG: So is it true that one time you were in a restaurant and when you had the pink, back in the pink Polo days, some dudes in New York were gon rob you?
Envy: Chelsea Diner, 14th Street
CTG: And Beanie came through with the pistol and held you down?
KW: Yeah thats true
CTG: Do you feel like you may owe Beanie something for that?
KW: Im not gonna put out some... Let me see
CTG: Ye got media training. This is a new Ye, he thinks about things
AY: He doesnt want to say something that could be misconstrued
CTG: This is a new Ye!
Envy: Beans might still be on them papers, let me think about how Ima say this one
KW: Okay I know this gon sound like a somewhat politically correct answer like one of these politician type answers but I owe every hip-hop artist in a way. And I dont mean for you to come to Houston Street and stand in front of my apartment and ask for beats and a verse or something like that. But I owe hip-hop. You know, just like, saying like, Ben Horowitz is the only VC out in San Fran that believes in rap. You know, he gave Nas a piece of Rap Genius and all that. You know, he used to be in a rap group. But, you know we all owe hip-hop. And I believe that I do have the ability, I believe that Ima be the head of the first trillion dollar company. And 100% when I get to that point, no rapper would ever have to worry about anything. My plan is to be coming one by one, Big Daddy Kane, here come his crib, everybodys crib
CTG: Hip-hop reparations?
KW: Yeah exactly, like the Forrest Gump moment after he got an apple and came to everybody. I owe every hip-hop artist because I wouldnt have made it this far without all of them. Look at my daughters name, thats hip-hop. Her names Nori!
CTG: So you did name your daughter after N.O.R.E.?
KW: Theres an element of that in there
CTG: When N.O.R.E. heard "Only One", N.O.R.E. was tweeting, nah I think hes talking about his daughter. Like N.O.R.E. thought for a moment... he did! N.O.R.E. tweeted that!
KW: "Only One" has nothing to do with Noreaga
CTG: I didnt think so
KW: It dont have nothing to do with Noreaga whatsoever, but everything else in my life does
CTG: Lets talk about some of your artists for a second, like you got a close relationship with Drake, where at one point Pusha T and Drake had a little issue. And Pusha was hurt because you came out at OVO Fest
KW: Yeah, we got over it.
CTG: Kanye, new Kanye, Im telling you!
Envy: Teyana Taylor, whats going on with her?
KW: She put out an amazing album
CTG: Shes your artist, like shes very talented but it seems like you dont support her, like you dont stand by her like you should maybe
KW: You know what, I dont support her enough. I need to do more. I need to rap on some remixes. I need to go shoot some videos. A lot of times it just, you know, when youre focusing on clothing, youre focused on your family, your focus is on all these different things, you know. Its hard to put all the focus, but yeah I do need to put some more focus on her. I havent put enough focus into her
CTG: You are a true gentleman. Two weeks ago you were bumrushing the stage, calling out Beck, far from humble, and now youre humble as can be right now
Envy: It seems like love for the music, like you brought out Fetty Wap when he was performing at his show, whos a Jersey artist whos pretty new, and its telling me that youre back to that element of music again, and thats what people are excited about
KW: Yeah and I was able to get... You know whats so funny is right after I did the fashion show I went to go shoot the "Blessings" video with Drake and Sean and I was so happy. I was so happy to be able to go do that. And I used to be resentful of having to do music. But because I was able to shit, now I can take a piss, you know its like somebody tells you do one you one...
CTG: I usually piss first but I feel what youre saying
KW: So you know Im just happy to just keep creating and just inspire people through joy and accomplishment. And like, with the Adidas thing, they gave me a little bit of oxygen. I couldnt breathe, yall was looking at a person suffocating. At least I got some ideas out. Maybe thats 10%, 5% of what I really wanna do, like I wanna be supported by Disney in the same way how Adidas supported me I want Disney Imagineering to support my ideas. In the same energy that fashion week had and the same front row and all that
Bob Iger, Im telling you, Ima bring that, I know, you know, right now our brands might not mix but Im a family man. Thank you for Frozen, thats like a second nanny
AY: Youve been reluctant though to call yourself a designer - at what point will you say, "I am a designer." Do you feel like there is gonna be a point or youre just a creator?
KW: I dont even want to give myself any form of a title anymore. Im not calling myself a genius, Im not calling myself a visionary. The only thing I can say I am is a servant. I wanna serve, and if I can get a group of amazing designers together to create something to be able to serve the public, then thats my job. Im just a humble servant
CTG: How do we know youre telling us the truth and youre not just being politically correct cause of your corporate connects?
KW: Well you know Im never politically correct. I just speak from my heart of exactly where Im at at that time
Envy: Now recently you said when you first got with Kim you lost a lot of friends. Why was that and who? Who were your friends that you lost?
KW: You know, when I said that in the interview, I said so-called friends
AY: Yeah those were just fashion people that you were getting to know?
KW: Yeah getting to know. Its all this, "Oh should we let him sit at the table, should we not let him sit at the table?" but there were some people in fashion that did stand by us. Theres Carine Roitfeld, theres Riccardo Tisci, even Anna Wintour, they were a part of the anti-KimYe movement. They were standing on the front line when there was an anti-KimYe movement, and now theyre here, every meeting, any meeting, any dinner they have, theyll be like, "Man, see, I told yall", like Riccardo dressed her, Carine put her on a magazine, Anna put her on a magazine. So that statement was a little bit out of context because it wasnt everybody, but there was a lot of people, and so be it, they was wrong and we was right
AY: Do you hold grudges or are you cool to work with people even after that?
CTG: You just know theyre fake, you know how to deal with them
KW: Yeah I dont hold no, yeah Ive never held a grudge anyway
CTG: You can see hes back here
AY: They said after you left the station you were really flustered when you went to go see Sway and a lot of people were saying, "Yall messed up his whole day after the interview with The Breakfast Club."
KW: That was beautiful, man, at least that happened. At least the "How Sway!?", I know you was mad you aint get that part
CTG: Id like the "You aint got the answers, Charlamagne"
Envy: That was a good one though, a good soundbyte
KW: You got me suped up, you charged me up for that joint but you know what, its like he really didnt have the answers, you know, that was incorrect. That was incorrect, what he was saying. I could have said it in a calmer way but he was misinformed
CTG: The only thing I was saying last time was those fashion people dont love you, so its like, why ask them for help? Youre Kanye, and as you can see, youre doing pretty okay for yourself
KW: Well I needed that help because still now I got like... one of my head designers worked at Margiela for a while. One of... the girl who worked on the shoes worked at Celine. Ive been pulling that talent from a place that was only for the $4000 jacket lines to a place that were gonna be delivering shoes at $200, $100, we might get some shoes down to $60. I mean, we about to flip this whole thing on its head, its a new idea of apparel. And theyve got information, and I had to ask them, I had to be humble, I had to beg to go to dinners, and I had to explain to them, "why should we work with you, Ye, how we know youre not just another celebrity thats gonna wear a red leather jacket and youre gonna diss us in public?" Its been a long journey and now we gained some ground and now I can give some dope shit to the people. But these people are knowledgeable, man, they went to the Yale of fashion
AY: These are the experts and youre trying to learn from them to get better in the fashion world
KW: Yeah I hate when people be talking about, "I just designed a restaurant", you be like, "Yeah it look like you designed this restaurant."
CTG: Did you get backlash from E when you told Terrence J and Khloe take the E logos off. The Kardashians own a percentage of this
KW: That was turnt, Im really happy I did that, man. That was like, really ignorant
CTG: Did E give backlash, like, "Kris control your son" or something like that?
KW: Yeah because they was happy cause they got more ratings and by the way, my opinion from someone thats knowledgeable, you know, whats offensive to me is overbranding, all that, thats too much. Thats not futuristic, thats in the now and in the past. They gotta be forward, man. We gotta promote forward ideas cause beauty is important. If beauty wasnt important, my wife wouldnt be so famous
CTG: She dont get insulted when you say that?
KW: What?
CTG: You said at the afterparty that if it wasnt for beauty, the Kardashians wouldnt be famous. If I said that it could come off as insulting
KW: But theyre beautiful, you know how many people wanna be that beautiful?
CTG: But they dont have anything else? Brains?
KW: Obviously they connect to some business sense because theyre all successful, family and all multimillionaires. One thing I think about with me is look how long its taking me to turn any of my friends to a multimillionaire. Kim did it like that. She did it out the gate, she was like, " We gon take Khloe, we gon take Kourtney, we gon take Kourtneys boyfriend, we gon take the kids, we gon take this and we all gon be millionaires like that." Reality is like rap. Its so futuristic, its the new... my wife is a visionary at the end of the day. SNL wants to make skits and be like, "What did you do, Kim?" I dont know nobody else that is as successful at what shes doing as her
CTG: I only got a couple more questions. Was "Only One" therapeutic for you? Like did it bring you to tears in the studio, maybe?
KW: Yeah, yeah, 100% and it brought my wife to tears. Anybody I play it for. And people ask me why did I go "Only One" over "All Day." "Only One" made me feel like me. It made me feel like this was the song I had to play back in the studio if CamRon and Jim Jones and whoever played 30 Dipset records, what am I gonna play to be the pink Polo? What am I gonna play thats gonna stand out? What point do I have? That was my problem, my issue I had once I got... which I love Cruel Summer, I think its amazing, but I felt like I started sort of blending in with the pack in a way, with a record like "Clique", which was a great song, we still perform it, but its important for me to innovate. Even with Drake, I think hell tell you, its important to have a Yeezus album, its important to have whatever this next thing is because you need vibes from all directions. You need innovators. My job in life is to innovate. I think that "Only One" is an innovative record, I think "FourFive" is an innovative record, I think "Wolves" is a less innovative but its the third proposition this year off the album. "Wolves" sounds like like 808s a bit, it sounds like signature Kanye post-808s, Drake whirl record. Thats a run-on, you got a proper run-on so you can say you understand what Im talking about
CTG: The record sounds so personal and this may sound crazy but my grandmother who I loved dearly, she was my second mom, she passed away and I had a dream about her and it was like she was talking to me in my dreams. I wonder if you had like a vision of your mother speaking to you maybe, that caused that record
KW: Yeah thats exactly what it is. I didnt realize I said, "Hello my only one." Its literally like those movies you see where its like someones talking to you. I murmured that and I realized after the fact I said "only one." And my name, Kanye, my mother named me that, it means only one. Thats the meaning of my name. Then, after the song was out, my cousin, Abigail, which I promise I got you some shoes, Im looking for a size 6, they run a little bit big, said you know that our grandmother, Mawmaw used to say "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord our soul to keep" before she would put me to bed, and my grandmother actually named me Omari, which is the first line, "Hello Mari." So I realized at that point that they were both talking to me. It wasnt just my mom, that my grandmother was speaking to me, these generations. So now Im working on a video game for "Only One" and the idea is its my mother going through the gates of Heaven and you gotta bring her to the highest gates of Heaven by holding her to the light. Weve been working on it for like 6 months
CTG: Is that why you kept the lights low at the Grammys? Cause that was the first thing you performed and you felt like you might break down?
KW: Nah it was supposed to be more smoke on it and the practice version was better and I wasnt completely satisfied with the visuals on the Grammys. Thats why I turnt up on the SNL visuals. I was like I aint playing, they gotta know I aint playing. These visuals gotta hurt!
AY: Working with Paul McCartney, I read an article where they compare you to John Lennon. Has Paul McCartney ever said anything to you about that?
KW: Nah but we talk about any and everything, but I do think that theres the angst that I feel from the world, the angst that I feel from what people are going through in Chicago, what people are going through financially, what people are going through with just... I feel like John felt like that. And when I got past the Gucci store, and got past how cool my jacket was, I finally was, like the song says, the "man I always knew you could be." When I became a protector, a dad, a husband, I finally could stand up and stand for something
Envy: Well we appreciate you joining us, man
CTG: THE NEW IMPROVED, MEDIA-TRAINED YE!
Envy: Kanye West, we appreciate you joining us, were glad you came back
KW: Im happy to be here
Envy: I didnt think you was gonna come back and Charlamagne, man
AY: I love that this started so different, he loves your new songs
Envy: Calmer guy, humbler guy
CTG: Well listen, when I gave him Donkey of the Day last time, what did I say? I said a guy thats so easy to like, but he makes it hard to like him with just a couple antics. But thats part of being human, right?
KW: Yeah
Envy: Ladies and gentlemen, its Kanye West! Its The Breakfast Club! Good morning! |
Seasons changing, summer starts to leave
Autumn falls on me, fall, winter, and spring
80 degrees, warmin up for me
I fell deep, sun aint have to leave
Open my eyes and see
We will float over water, leaning into shore
As we make our nirvana, sacred, so pure
Lift up the child, I know we will
I chose not to be a slave
Dropped the Wave Runners, now we run the wave
Like we aint have all the hood rats and mud rats
Like you aint had em, good stats and all that
Nobody gon ruin me
I just called my wife up, lets get Hoover free
I put all my ice up and my Louis V
I just copped my momma crib, Im back over East
Let me get your ear like Holyfield
From the home of Soldier Field
Coming home, that’s how a soldier feels
All that killing over, thats just overkill
Yeezy back in the Chi, this that Oprah feel
Seasons changing, summer starts to leave
Autumn falls on me, fall, winter, and spring
80 degrees, warmin up for me
I fell deep, sun aint have to leave
Open my eyes and see
We will float over water, leaning into shore
As we make our nirvana, sacred, so pure
Lift up the child, I know we will
My life is exciting as Dennis Rodmans
Stars intertwine, my soul back in alignment
If we dont have the same vision, no point in exchanging contact
Only ex I love running into is at the end of my contracts, yeah
Bottom line, Im seeing through the mask of the fakes
Like were at the Comic Con, I point em out from time to time
Speaking of time, me and my mom been gettin closer
Either I took her for granted or didnt know her
Or is it, Im getting older?
Or is it, Lucas finally turning into Yoda?
Only new beginnings, no such thing as over
We should have just stayed friends
That never opened up or needed closure
Give me directions like Noah
I dont know some hopeless romantic shit
But I cant wait to see Ye get back with HOVA
Look bitch, this the new chain of command
Might bring the Pow chains back like me and Ye in Japan
Cudi back at it again, Push, yeah thats till the end, yeah
Just like it should have been
Nothing but that G.O.O.D. and the G around us
I knocked don the walls and my head free my mind up
I didnt chase the game, ho, I helped redesign it, yeah
Goin against us, you need logic, Muhammad
Im so fuckin conscious, that shit is my compass, yeah, yeah
Don
Who really loves me? Somebody loves me
Who really wants me? Who really cares about me?
Said I remember when you left me buy my grandmas house
Yeah, I remember when you let me buy my grannies house
You aint my nigga if you aint ever been by my grandmas house
This aint real love if we never fuck on my grandmas couch
Nobody loves me, cant trust nobody
Dont want no fake niggas around me, dont need nobody
Seasons changing, summer starts to leave
Autumn falls on me, fall, winter, and spring
80 degrees
Warmin up to me
I fell deep, sun aint have to leave
Open my eyes and see, I can walk on water
Made it back from shore, I can float from the water
Father, lift me up, dont let me drown
Uh, uh, dont let me drown
Uh, uh, dont let me drown, uh, uh, uh, yeah
Okay, Ive been on the road, fuckin ever since we gotta be
Gettin too much cash, not to upgrade percentages and salaries
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, oh
All I ever wanted is someone to be genuine
And to truly show me love, gotta be high like some Seroquel
Dont take nothin from us, I dont got time to be watchin them
Ooh, the way she walkin with legs, cant keep up, uh, uh
I see them watchin me
Seasons changing, summer starts to leave
Autumn falls on me, fall, winter, and spring
80 degrees
Warm enough for me
I fell deep, sun aint have to leave
Open my eyes and see, I can walk on water
Made it back from shore, I can float from the water
Father, lift me up, dont let me drown
Seasons changing
Fore life start for me
Fore life start for me
Thoughts and thoughts to me
80 degrees
Warmin up to me
I did it free
I did know, indeed
And I run out to sea
I can walk on the water
Honey, I want you
I cant float on the bottom
Father, hold me close
Dont let me down
I know you wont
I chose not to be a slave
Dropped the Wave Runners, now we run the wave
Like we aint have all the hood rats and mud rats
Like you aint had em, good stats and all that
Nobody gon ruin me
I just called my wife up, lets get Hoover free
I put all my ice up and my Louis V
I just copped my mom a crib, Im back over East
Let me get your ear like Holyfield
From the home of Soldier Field
Coming home, thats how a soldier feels
All that killing over, thats just overkill
Yeezy back in the Chi, this that Oprah field
See this in 3D
Fore life start for me
Fore life start for me
Thoughts and thoughts to me
80 degrees
Warmin up to me
I did it free
I did know, indeed
And I run out to sea
I can walk on the water
Honey, I want you
I cant float on the bottom
Father, hold me close
Dont let me down
I know you wont |
Yeah
Its
I freestyle battle niggas for
How many niggas bit the soul? Bout
How many hoes did I bone? Bout
Uh-uh, uh-uh, its , uh-uh
Theres ways to die, choose one
Look, lot of people askin bout the money I made, even Just Blaze
How are they for real, is them niggas really paid?
Rappers I met or dealt with direct
Is it true he wont send a beat tape until he get a check?
Whats the position you hold?
Can you really match the Neptunes, check by check
If "H to the Izzo" is the only single that went gold?
If Roc-a-Fella shit fold and you move back to the Go
Is it back to ghost producer for D. Dot on the low?
For the millionth time askin me
Questions like Toni Braxton, harassing me
Like, "You dont care about my sons feelings?"
Can I get a minute, you wack bitch? I aint gotta jack shit
You heard "Takeover", who running this rap shit?
Ugh, fake tits, shut up and make hits
Cant we all just get along, spread love like Take 6?
What, you doin beats in LA for Eminem and Dr. Dre?
Them niggas sold ten mill, Im trying to get paid
We do this shit for entertainment
Bring guns to the arraignment
While the judge in the chamber
Let one up out the chamber, BLAOW!
How many years did I wait? About
How many niggas tryin to hate? About
But when a nigga count his cake, its bout
Yeah
04, College Dropout, I make the game different
I dont know what the hell yall niggas been sniffin
Ye still flicking, hoes is my addiction
Five days out the week, youll find me in the kitchen
Smashing the game, nigga, unlike you
Cause these beats change the game and the hooks right too
Im a crook like you
Cats back in the Chi was buying tracks for dirt cheap
Man, what could I do?
Knowing Im supposed to style, Im the fly-boy poster child
Bout to be on Oprah now
Its ironic and whatnot how I put no ice in the Bulgari watch
Just to make it hot
Now you see me on stages, my hit résumés is two pages
For them niggas who played us
Feet just raises, booming like Masta Aces
"Stand Up", number one, and theres more to come
All I got for hoes is hard dick and bubblegum
While yall brick like Fred, Barney Rubble and them
Chi-Town in this bitch, whats fucking with them?
Not a damn thing, nigga, we doing our damn thing, BLAOW!
Yeah |
People keep talking
They can say what they like
I dont worry cause
Everythings gonna be alright
No one but Im nombre uno
Hey hombre Im "Ye" so you too low
Money felt like sumos so haters just gonna sue mo
What you think gonna happen when they see me in that two do
She gonna be with you she gonna see me she read to go
Cause you have re-freshened me, Im fresh head to toe
So lets go lets get lets get it hey
I know you need something different trying to get away
I use that as a segue
Lets hit a spot where they only speak Reggae
Like no one can do it this long
She said "Aye Kan, who you tryin to be, Akon?"
Sorry the drink had me wildin a little bit
But my link had me stylin a little bit
I think Im gonna hit the island in a bit
But what I said had you smiling didnt it
She laughed at this, but after this
You know I gotta take that off
Young Halle told me, "Make me feel good"
So I gave her the Monster Balls
I just want you close
Where you can stay forever
You can be sure
That it will only get better
You and me together
Through the days and nights
I dont worry cause
Everythings gonna be alright
People keep talking
They can say what they like
But all I know is everythings gonna be alright
No one no one no one
Can get in the way of what Im feeling
No one no one no one
Can get in the way of what I feel for you
You you
Can get in the way of what I feel for you
When the rain is pouring down
And my heart is hurting
You will always be around
This I know for certain
You and me together
Through the days and nights
I dont worry cause
Everythings gonna be alright
People keep talking
They can say what they like
But all I know is everythings gonna be alright
No one no one no one
Can get in the way of what Im feeling
No one no one no one
Can get in the way of what I feel for you
You you
Can get in the way of what I feel for you
I know some people search the world
To find something like what we have
I know people will try
Try to divide
Something so real
So till the end of time
Im telling you that
No one no one no one
Can get in the way of what Im feeling
No one no one no one
Can get in the way of what I feel for you
You you
Can get in the way of what I feel for you |
Im a princess cut from marble, smoother than a storm
And the scars that mark my body, theyre silver and gold
My blood is a flood of rubies, precious stones
It keeps my veins hot, the fires find a home in me
I move through town, I’m quiet like a fight
And my necklace is of rope, I tie it and untie it
And now people talk to me, but nothing ever hits home
People talk to me, and all the voices just burn holes
I’m done with it
This is the start of how it all ends
They used to shout my name, now they whisper it
Im speeding up and this is the
Red, orange, yellow flicker beat sparking up my heart
We’re at the start, the colors disappear
I never watch the stars, there’s so much down here
So I just try to keep up with them
Red, orange, yellow flicker beat sparking up my heart
I dream all year, but theyre not the sweet kinds
And the shivers move down my shoulder blades in double time
And now people talk to me Im slipping out of reach now
People talk to me, and all their faces blur
But I got my fingers laced together and I made a little prison
And Im locking up everyone who ever laid a finger on me
I’m done with it
This is the start of how it all ends
They used to shout my name, now they whisper it
Im speeding up and this is the
Red, orange, yellow flicker beat sparking up my heart
We’re at the start, the colors disappear
I never watch the stars, there’s so much down here
So I just try to keep up with them
Red, orange, yellow flicker beat sparking up my heart
And this is the red, orange, yellow flicker beat
Sparking up my heart
And this is the red, orange, yellow flicker beat-beat-beat-beat |
ey baby, am I crazy?
Or was you givin me the eye?
You said maybe? Well, you crazy
Because I know Im too fly
Already know Im too fly
Already know Im too fly
Already know Im too fly
Yeah, I know what you like
Right now Im off the wine, wine, we can take our time, time
So much I want to punch spill the bump when we grind
My uh is in ya body, my uh is in ya mind
Check my dictionary, that ass is so divine
It slippery when its wet girl, I can read the signs
I knock and I knock, uhh, can I come inside?
I knock and I knock, girl, can I come inside?
I feel like its home when Im in between ya thighs
Its the joy and the pain and the bites and the brain
What make it feel so good, that type of stuff you cant explain
I do, what I do, to do, to make it rain
You got the invite tonight and Im so glad ya came
Cause you the type of dame to be game and yo
Mic check like the way I begin my show
Girl I come from chica so in I go
Turn around, its about to be a TKO
Some call me Com , some call me the Red
You can call me daddy, Imma put ya to bed
An appetite for seduction and it gotta be fed
This sexual eruption gotcha hittin ya head
On the board and, knock, you screamin, "Oh Lord"
We exchange like students cause I study a broad
And listen to ya body and, low key party and
I keep pushin and pushin, you pump the vol-i-ume up
We the type to make lovin we up
We take a ride down south cause you need to re-up
Girl you call me Big Bank like I was savin it up
Im the doctor, I can hold it til patience is up
Ah, ah, ah-ah - I make, I make I make it hot baby
Ah, ah-ah - I know, I know, I know ya spot baby
When we do it like we dont want it to end
Its three PM we gon do it again
Cmon girl, lets go
To distant lands unknown
We can fly on air
If love is every where for you and me
+ |
Last time I got here, before I even arrived, they had ‘fuck Kanye’ on the motherfuckin’ port-a-potties. But this year, we gon’ piss on ‘em, on they motherfuckin’ port-a-potties.
How many of yall dont give a fuck about what the press say? Its 2014. College Dropout came out 2004. I want yall to know, every time I go to the studio, every time I do an interview, every time I make a motherfuckin t-shirt, the thing I do, I give it everything I got. And when I talk that shit, its so that you can talk that shit. If you a fan of me, you a fan of your motherfuckin self. You can do something thatll change the world. Look at how they try to make me look. They try to make me look crazy. And the people that write that? I dont see them performing for 90,000 motherfuckers … I know you seen movies and shit. Jimi Hendrix. John Lennon. Jim Morrison. I know yall seen movies and shit. But yall livin a movie right motherfucking now. Because I AM THE NUMBER ONE MOTHERFUCKING ROCK STAR ON THE PLANET.
You know, I had a meeting with Oprah Winfrey. She wanted to give me some advice. What she told me was that the corporations are scared of me. Im like, Little ol me?! Why you scared of me?! Because I tell the kids the truth?! Why yall scared of me?! Why they so scared of me? … Little ol me? Because I want peoples minds to finally be free. Whats the new cool? Whats the new cool? Can you tell me whats the new cool? Because I want to hide behind that. I need some new barricade to hide behind. I need a new cool. Whats the new shit out? Whats the new shit out with the most commercials at the Super Bowl? Lets just stop the music and play a Bruno Mars song right now, how about that? They told me I would never play at the Super Bowl. They told me I could never play at the Super Bowl. Not until Im super old. Not until Im super old … They told me I would never play at the Super Bowl. They told me I would never play at the Super Bowl, at least not until Im super old. So I think its time—hold up, f—k that toast.
But I promise yall tonight, as I stand here, 37-years-old, this is only the beginning. This is only the beginning … Because in all honesty, Im not gonna lie to yall right now, this might not come off as humble, but Im gonna tell yall the truth. I aint concerned about nobody thats actually living. I know people get mad at me when I compare myself, but thats the only way I can explain what my aspirations are. When Im talkin bout Walt Disney, when Im talkin bout Howard Hughes, when Im talkin bout Henry Ford, when Im talkin bout Beethoven, when I talk about Mozart, when I talk about Shakespeare, and they all had their time on this earth. And Im only 37. And right now Im rockin to 90,000, of yall motherfuckers right now. So I aint goin at anybody on the radio. Im goin after Shakespeare. Im goin after Walt Disney. Im going after Howard Hughes. Im going after David Stern. Im goin after Henry Ford. Im going after Elon Musk. Okay, he is living, but hes my boy. Whether you believe it or not … you can only achieve as high as you believe. You can only achieve as high as you believe … And just like Martin had a dream, and just like Kendrick had a dream. I believe in everything. I believe in anything. You can only believe … I can only stand here when I been fucked up so many times. Fucked up so many times … And I know that I aint perfect. But everything Im not makes me everything I am.
I came to Bonnaroo six months after my mom passed. Pearl Jam went on three hours long. I did the Glow In The Dark show here. My shit was going on when the motherfuckin daylight was comin on. They said I was runnin late. They blared my motherfuckin tanks, my cryo, my pyro, they wrote FUCK KANYE on that shit. Yall wrote that shit in the press. WHERE THE PRESS AT? Yall gonna write all these motherfuckers puttin they hands up right now? WHERE THE PRESS AT? WHERE THE PRESS AT? WHERE THE PRESS AT? Man, Ill run that shit. This is real rock n roll. If you ever grew up on real music, the reason why you write that shit about music? Im from the South Side of Chicago. I dreamed of R. Kelly giving me a deal.
Somebody told me that everybody on the plane was coming out here to Bonnaroo, to come check me out, and you know, it humbled me. It humbled me, and at the same time gave me confidence. It gave me a quiet confidence, a steel confidence, a feeling that it was actually gonna happen, a feeling that it was Gods plan. Gods plan. Gods plan, something I could never understand, understand, understand, its all in Gods plan. Gods plan. Gods plan. Gods plan … So whether you believe it or not … the fact that there are so many people here tonight, it humbles me. It humbles me—but not in the Websters definition of humility. It humbles me in a way that gives me strength, to know that its in Gods plan. And I know I set my goals very high. |
Yeah! They tried to put me in the box!
Its impossible! R. Les!!!
And this time its all or nothin
Listen!
Im a take ya ten rounds like a boxer baby
Show you how I put it down with rocks on lady
Promise ya ask ya when Im done for more
Im a switch it up and make life comfortable
Im a be the reason your not sleepin baby
Im a invade the thoughts you keepin baby
If your still not convinced Ill tell you more
Make you forget the way you felt before
Uh Oh! I can be your wake up reason daily
You could be my first and leadin lady
Im a make you happy that you waited, for me to settle down
Uh Oh! Im ready and Im not afraid to say it
Im tired of the game already played it
Im over all them other girls I dated
Ill tell you what you are
Your my diiiiiiamond girl
Your the one, I put the rock on
Your my diiiiiiamond girl
Your the one that I quit the game for
Your my diiiiiiamond girl
Your the one, I put the rock on
Your my diiiiiiamond girl
Your the reason I quit the game for
I cant explain just how much you shine
Give me your heart Ill give you mine
Im puttin my future on the line
Baby its just you, and I!!!!!!!!
From this day on lets make a deal
Ill stay true you keep it real
Dont be shy bout how you feel
Baby dont be shy! HEY!!!!!!
Uh Oh! I can be your wake up reason daily
You could be my first and leadin lady
Im a make you happy that you waited, for me to settle down
Uh Oh! Im ready and Im not afraid to say it
Im tired of the game already played it
Im over all them other girls I dated
Ill tell you what you are
Im in the club doin the same old two step
While Omegas doin the same old Q step
I have my money on my mind she was thinkin green
Shes a pledge AKA she was kickn green
I want a good girl she want a gentleman
We sayin the same thing like a synonym
I wasnt really spittin game I was scrimmagin
My penmanship is so hard I need censorship
Im a Chicagoian till Chicago end
Till we blow like Chicago wind
I dont know whats better, gettin laid or gettin paid
I just know Im gettin one, the others gettin away
Yeah! I know you wanna hear it again
Run the record back R. Les! Yeah!
Uh! Just rock with it |
I’ll take one question. I wanted to vibe off an idea, and then I can riff off of that…they said I’ve got 20 minutes or so, I might go longer
OK, everyone please be completely quiet, because I can literally hear a whisper, and it’ll throw off my stream of consciousness, and when I get my stream of consciousness going that’s when I give the best, illest quotes. Literally, a whisper can throw it off
Today was the first time I realised, If I could have done it again I would have gone to the Art Institute over the American Academy of Art, I would have researched where I could have got the best and the strongest education
And I’m sure this will end up online, so I don’t want to diss anyone at the American Academy, I’m sure it’s equal to the Art Institute of Chicago by now, but at the time I was going I would look around at the work of the class and not feel inspired by the teachers, and I kinda, the idea of being a fine artist, that’s a really difficult profession to get into, to be respected in, to make money at. Maybe the goal for some of the people was just to work at an advertising agency or at a record label
My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater
That always sounds so funny to people, comparing yourself to someone in the past that has done so much, and in your life you’re not even allowed to think that you can do as much. That’s a mentality that suppresses humanity
Some of you here probably remember the night when the Donda tweets came through me and I started talking about professions that you guys are going into, that seemed they had nothing to do with a rapper. I was talking about a band of thinkers that could remove religion, race, gender, and somehow come together to find solutions for a broken planet
We have the resources as a civilization to find a utopia, but we’re led by the most greedy and the least noble
What I notice about creatives is that, and one of the reasons why I get into trouble, is, not only do I want to design video games, or make music, or ride bikes, I think one of the most important things to my ability to create so much in the past 30 years is my desire to play sports. I approach creativity like a sport, where if I have a drawing I react just like a jock: LOOK AT THE FUCKING DRAWING RIGHT THERE YEAH!
We’re all creatives here, we’re all born artists. Some people are artists of business, some people are artists of composition
We were taught to hide our black fingernail polish and put our head down in the back of the class and not notice out of fear that someone might laugh at one of our ideas – that our idea could become a mockery or a failure in some way
There’s a Bible saying, ‘No weapon formed against me shall prosper’. Recently I’ve been doing interviews and I’ve had to go back to this verse because I don’t think there’s a living celebrity with more weapons formed against them, but I also don’t think there’s one more prosperous. So what weapons have prospered? The smoke and mirrors of other opinions
I was sitting with Steve McQueen, he shot the visuals for All Day two days ago, it’s completely different to the Brit awards
So it doesn’t get taken out of context, I’m going to use the word ‘like’. I’m not saying it is, I’m using it as a comparison. So people that want to say ‘Kanye goes to Oxford and tells everyone blah blah blah’. And I’m not telling you this. I’m telling you what I told Steve McQueen in private
What I said was The Matrix is like the Bible of the post-information age
I compared it like, when the hundred guys come at Neo, those are opinions, that’s perception, that’s tradition. Attacking people from every which angle possible. If you have a focus wide and master senses like Laurence Fishburne and you have a squad behind you, you literally can put the world in slow motion
It’s still February, right?
By the way, I don’t know the days of the week. I just go to exactly when my appointment is
We’d just look at each other and say, it’s still February. For the sheer mount of work that we were able to put into the world. Some of the stuff had been worked on for years coming, months coming. But nonetheless they came back to back to back to back. Answering every crazy interview question, blocking every shot, catching every rebound. Aside from the right I don’t have to give my opinion publicly about artists, I probably would have been batting 2000. I know that’s incorrect also
This humanity that I talk about, this civilization that I talk about, this future utopia I talk about…it can only happen through collaboration
I love Steve Jobs, he’s my favorite person, but there’s one thing that disappoints me. When Steve passed he didn’t give the ideas up. That’s kinda selfish. You know that Elon’s like ‘yeah, take these ideas’. Maybe there are companies outside of Apple that could work on them and push humanity forward. Maybe the stock brokers won’t like that, the stock holders wouldn’t like that idea, but ideas are free and you can’t be selfish with them
I think that progression of mind with the advent of a human being named Drake you know, this idea of holding onto a number 1 spot. And then you get this guy that comes and blows out the water every number 1 of any band ever. Be it me, or Paul McCartney
I understand that I’m a servant. And with my voice, with my ability to build relationships with amazing people, speak to amazing people. Call Elon Musk out of the blue, or call Obama out of the blue…he calls the home phone, by the way
With that, I have a responsibility to serve. Why do I say the Matrix is like the Bible? What is my definition of the Matrix?
I work with an artist called Vanessa Beecroft, and she bought my daughter some toys
I’d see toys that some people would buy for my daughter and I’d say this toy isn’t quality. I don’t want my daughter playing with this. There’s not enough love put into this, this is just manufactured with the will to sell, and not the will of inspiration
Vanessa is very focused, she’s like my eyes, she’s a piece of my brain. She bought my daughter these three wolves, knowing the whole collection, that it’d play with the song Wolves, and based on this concept. And when my daughter saw these wolves, I’ve never seen her so happy. She was going so crazy, she was grabbing one, she was riding on top of one…I’ve never seen her happier than this moment. That level of happiness seems to be the thing that we’re fighting for every day, that we’re trying to buy back, trying to work for, especially in America
In America people really do wear $3000 shirts. For real. Here and in Stockholm people will be like ‘oh dude, it’s a $3000 shirt’
I’m assuming I’m probably wearing a $2000 shirt but I got it for free from the designer so
We’ve been sold a concept of joy through advertising, through car advertising, through fashion branding. It’s not the concept of time, time with your family, time with your friends, the little time that we do have on earth and what we do with that. It was somehow sold to us through a Gucci bag or something
Time is the only luxury. It’s the only thing you can’t get back. If you lose your luggage – I’m not gonna say the obvious brand of luggage that I’d normally say because I’ve got a meeting with them soon – if you lose your expensive luggage at the airport, you can get that back. You can’t get the time back
It feels like people do everything in life to get this BMW, this Benz, to get this townhome, to get 2.5 kids exactly. One of them has to be small, y’know!
And you’re looking for this moment where you sit in your BMW after all the work you’ve done and all the accolades you get, and you somehow think you’re gonna get that level of joy that my daughter had when she received those wolves. And when you’re sitting in traffic in your BMW, it’s something that feels empty. To everyone who reaches that point. This concept of the selfish human, this idea of separation by race, or gender, or religion, or age, or my favourite thing to hate, class
People say it takes a village to raise a child. People ask me how my daughter is doing. She’s only doing good if your daughter’s doing good. We’re all one family
We have the ability to approach our race like ants, or we have the ability to approach our race like crabs
This is a generation that is far less racist – yes, small remnants remain of even thinking of calling something of a racial slur
White people that listen to rap say ‘nigger’…in the privacy of their own home
That idea , has passed. We’ve had The Cosby Show, Obama’s president, Beyonce’s great…that’s passed. But there’s still something you’re taught every day, especially in the UK, and that’s division by class. Our main focus, in my opinion…Imagine a world with no war, and imagine if everyone’s main focus, more so than going out to a club, their main focus was to help someone else
I was joking with an interviewer earlier today…people talk about the number of viewers the Brits get, or the number of viewers the Grammys get. They need to do award shows for the Nobel Peace Prize, but I guess that doesn’t sell as many MasterCard commercials. Oh, I mentioned a brand! …I had two things…I was trying to get a flawless victory on my speech! No offence to MasterCard…but that was a big fucking logo in the middle!
You guys have been taught, without you knowing, ways to separate yourselves from each other. If you’re separated, you can be easily controlled. If you’re too busy pointing fingers at each other, rather than holding hands, you can’t get anything done
You know, Chris Rock called my album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy…well, Chris Rock and everyone else at every single media publication called My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy the best album of the last 25 years. This only came through collaboration
One of the most memorable things about MBDTF was Nicki Minaj, and the fact that she kicked my ass, on my own song, on one of the best albums…the best album – I’m just saying what the critics said – of the last 25 years. The best album of the past 25 years that I spent a year and a half making, out there. I was exiled from my country, it was a personal exile, but exile. To come back and deliver my magnum opus of a work, and to be outshined…to be beat by a girl, basically
This was necessary. I think it was one of the most important points of working on that album, was to not stop her from her moment because of how good she is. Just think of a comparison, if you think about why did it take so long for the new Yeezys to come out? Why did I have to leave one group and go to another group? Why did that group not want to speak to me? I think the Yeezys I was doing over there were comparable to that Nicki Minaj verse. Because these guys were like ‘we’re worrying about this shoe, we’re gonna put it on this celebrity’. And the head’s son would come and say ‘my favourite shoe is the Yeezy’. And it’s like ‘ahhh, I can’t hear about these YEEZYS anymore!’. Like everyone talking about Nicki’s verse, ‘I can’t hear about this verse anymore!’. It was gonna work for her anyway, but let’s just say that in some way in helped give her exposure. She was able to go on and become a successful, and fly, and run, and dream, and provide. And it was not locked because of my career
One of my biggest Achilles heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, the very person, can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone
When I talk about collaboration and the creative process, the best idea wins
I’m proud of the consistency of the performances I’ve done since I’ve been out here. And it comes from four would-be egomaniacs coming out and being forced to work together. The best lighting guy on the planet, the best staging guy, the best video guy, another staging guy, a guy with a laptop for no reason…To be able to deliver, back to back to back, extremely successful, inspiring, groundbreaking, visual, visceral, creative moments that otherwise would have been challenged. And the kid from Chicago screaming from the top of the stage for 40 minutes in a row. I’ve had to pull that card out a few times. Not particularly screaming, but remember, I will scream
My momma taught me that if I was in a grocery store and I’m by myself and a stranger grabbed my hand, scream at the top of your fucking lungs. If I’m at an awards show and a stranger grabs my hand and they say so we’re going to use these moving lights, or we’re gonna play the music right now before we define the look, or we’re gonna cut the TV cameras in a traditional way. I’ll scream at the top of my fucking lungs
People say I have a bad reputation. I think I’ve got the best reputation in the building. They want you to have a reputation of tucking your black nail polish into your pockets and sitting in the corner of the class, and not fighting for your ideas out of fear of being ridiculed
That’s one of my favourite ones…to be called crazy
I remember when I was young and saw my dad working on computers. And the guy he was working with ended up being a bad guy. And the guys that helped him, that he had the voice to find, didn’t have the same motivation, a high enough skill set to match up to his vision, to his dream, for it to be considered to be a success. But the success is that his successor will be successful in his lifetime. You could say "But you are successful?" i’m successful in learning about the beauty that is afforded to rich people. But in learning that, being brought up, middle class, it’s something that is beating out of my chest. ‘Wait a second, I was middle class, and I didn’t get to see none of this shit!’
Let’s have an NBC telethon moment, and say that beauty has been stolen from the people and is being sold back to them under the concept of luxury!
It’s illegal to not wear clothes, and also possibly too cold. That means someone is imposing an idea on you that should legally have to do! Clothing should be like food. There should never be a $5000 sweater. You know what should cost $5000? A car should be $5000. And you know who should work on the car? The people that work on the $500,000 cars. All the best talent in the world needs to work for the people. And I am so fucking serious about this concept that I will stand in front of anyone and fight for it. Because I was 14 and middle class. I know what it felt like to not get what I have
People say to me ‘you’re successful, what are you crying about?’. I’m crying about the people. I’m crying about their daughters. Our daughters, as one family. What good is it? What good is anything that everyone can’t have? Every ism. They think we’re done with racism. What about elitism, what about separatism, what about classism? That’s all |
Illuminati, High society
We in this party and nobody invited me
We going crazy and I always use my best sense
But it dont matter cause I stay on my fresh prince
Maxin, relaxin, shootin some pool and
Playing some b-ball outside of the school and
Girls with they top off outside of the pool and
Whips with the drop off outside of the Louvre
You just look stupid to be ignoring
The Delorean parked in front of Armani Emporium
And parties at Richie is getting risky
Victorias Secret show, they miss me
Voices in my head, I need choices in my bed
AHHHHH, get out my fucking head
Its just me and my bad bitch
So you can say Im on my Brad Pitt, nah
So shine bright tonight you and I
Were beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Eye to eye so alive
Were beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shining bright like a diamond
Si on cherche un paradis dans les flammes de lenfer
9-4, un cauchemar permanent pour les orfèvres
Ça rêve de voir le monde du ciel, sans perdre la vie
Or Lucifer ne fait que des pactes où la mort est le prix
Ici ça prie pour sen sortir quand y a plus dissue
On sort les armes, prendre des fois, tire pour des milliers décus
Des douilles, de la craie sur les parkings
Quand adrénaline et seum sont dans les strarting
Jmadresse à la France : "Tient la barre même à marée haute"
Tous barrés au pire, on voit quson bonheur dans les yeux des autres
Redoutes pas et demandes à Démon XXX
Were beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Travailles for the diamonds
Travailles for the diamonds
Travailles for the diamonds
Were beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Ohhh, yeah!
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond |
Surely youll break my heart but Ill be there beside you
Surely youll break my heart but Ill be there beside you
Surely youll break my heart but Ill be there beside you
With lots of love to give
Love to give
Love to give
It was a dream day, met her on spring break
Look like the type that be like "No hable inglés"
She said you look like you rap, wheres your blinge?
And yours clothes is tight but you dont seem gay
I said naw, thats dude from NSYNCe
She wasnt married, kept her ring on her pinky
She said "You know I dont be datin rappers"
I said I got my SAG card, baby Im an actor
Seen her again at All Star weekend, she aint have tickets
And she aint into hoopers, she was there to kick it
With her roommate who was a video vixen
Spend so much on outfits shes about to get evicted
Said "Im married to this rap shit, looking for a mistress"
You can be by my side like Flavor and Delicious
Long as you aint scared of the kitchen and the dishes
She said "you one of them fishes, I know your mind switches", and
Time revolve, we fell in love as crazy as Nas
And them broads was textin cuz I stop calling them
I met the parents, watch the game with her father and
Questions of marriage and I start dodging them
What happen to me happens to lots of men
Get deep in love and then your needing some oxygen
As far as wives I was thinking like Solomon
She said "there you go, breakin my heart again!" |
One, two, three
Oh
Oh, oh, the blessing
Oh, oh, the blessing
Oh, oh, the blessing
Oh, oh, the blessing
Cant you see?
Oh , what God has done
Oh, oh, the blessing
Oh, oh, the blessing
Oh, oh, the blessing
Oh, oh, the blessing
Cant you see?
What, what God has done
Look and see
Look and see
Take a look and see what God has done
Look and see
Look and see
Take a look and see what God has done
Look and see
Look and see
Take a look and see what God has done
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
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, the blessing
Oh, oh, the blessing
Oh, oh, the blessing
Oh, oh, the blessing
Cant you see?
Oh , what God has done
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, the blessing
Oh, oh, the blessing
Oh, oh, the blessing
Oh, oh, the blessing
Cant you see?
Oh , what God has done |
Bittersweet, youre gonna be the death of me
I dont want you, but I need you,
I love you and I hate you at the very same time
See what I want so much, should never hurt this bad
Never did this before, thats what the virgin says
Weve been generally warned, thats what the surgeon says
God talk to me now this is an emergency
And she claim she only with me for the currency
You cut me deep bitch, cut me like surgery
And I was too proud to admit that it was hurtin me
Id never do that to you at least purposely
We breakin up again
We makin up again
But we dont love no more
I guess we fuckin then
Have you ever felt you want to kill her
And you mixed them emotions with Tequila
And you mix that with a little bad advice
On one of them bad nights you have a bad fight
And you talkin about her family, her aunts and shit
And she say motherfucker your mamas a bitch
You know, domestic drama and shit
All the attitude
Ill never hit a girl but Ill shake the shit out of you
But Ima be the bigger man
Big pimpin like Jigga man
Oh I guess I figure its
Bittersweet,
Youre gonna be the death of me
I dont want you, but I need you
I love you and I hate you at the very same time
See what I want so much, should never hurt this bad
Never did this before, thats what the virgin says
Weve been generally warned, thats what the surgeon says
God talk to me now this is an emergency
And my niggas said I shouldnt let it worry me
I need to focus on the girls we getting currently
But I been thinking and it got me back to sinkin it
this relationship even got me back to drinkin and this Hennessy
Is gonna be the death of me
And I always thought that you havin my child was our destiny
But I cant even vibe with you sexually
Coz every time that I try you will question me
Sayin, "You fuckin them girls, disrespectin me?
You dont see how your lies is affecting me
You dont see how life was supposed to be
And I never let a nigga get that close to me
And you aint cracked up to what you was supposed to be
You always gone, you always be where them hoesll be."
And this the first time she ever spit her soul to me
I fucked up and I know it G
I guess its bittersweet poetry |
I know what its like to feel down little girl
I hope someone lifts you up like the big guy who lifted me up
Im talkin about the big guy right here: Cleveland Brown
Not long ago I was lower than Lohan
No plan, a lost man, raisin my little girl in a Cadillac Brougham
My quest success, but my life was a mess
Poor Kenny West, no zest, anti-depressed
Not dressed to impress
Matter fact more stressed
Than John Mayer waiting on his AIDS test
Then I met a man who taught me how to live large
Took me out of my car
Now Im in his garage
Turns out all I needed was some inspiration
Like Mr. Miagi but a lot less Asian
My game was timid now my flow much bolder
Got a chubby brown angel on my shoulder, sayin
You know, it dont matter what you do
Cause Ill always be there for you
Be-Cleve in yourself, grow a mustache
Be-Cleve in yourself, slap your wifes ass
Be-Cleve in yourself, never smoke grass
Be-Cleve in yourself, really pass gas
Be-Cleve in yourself, Goochland! Goodnight! |
Yo, we made this joint, we was like, "We gotta get Preemo to scratch on this shit, seriously." Cause, thats one of my idols, just a legend in the game, a living legend. And then, plus, he, he like porn a lot, so I relate to him with that, you know. And he been to the AVNs, you know. I been to the Grammys, he been to the AVNs, you know. Im, and, actu- Im envious of him, cause Rick Rubin, he actually asked me to go to the AVNs, and I was like, "Man, I cant do it. I just made Jesus Walks. They gon see me, and they gon take away my NAACP award." So I was, uh, you know, I have to watch pornos in the privacy of my own home, you know? I really want to go AVNs, but, you know, I cant do it, cause theyll take me off the cover of Jet, and then what? Now I wont make it on the cover of Essence. But one day, one day Ill be there. Ima have one on of them BAPE hoodies zipped-up with the eyes cut out and some, some gloves with the fingers cut off so I could feel, too, so I could touch. You know they let celebrities touch. Thats how it be whenever you go to the strip club, "No touching! Except for you, Ye, you can do whatever you want." |
Ja, vi elsker dette landet,
som det stiger frem,
furet, værbitt over vannet,
med de tusen hjem, —
elsker, elsker det og tenker
på vår far og mor
og den saganatt som senker
drømmer på vår jord.
Og den saganatt som senker,
senker drømmer på vår jord.
{Vers 2]
Dette landet Harald berget
med sin kjemperad,
dette landet Håkon verget,
medens Øyvind kvad;
Olav på det landet malte
korset med sitt blod,
fra dets høye Sverre talte
Roma midt imot.
Bønder sine økser brynte
hvor en hær dro frem;
Tordenskjold langs kysten lynte,
så den lystes hjem.
Kvinner selv stod opp og strede
som de vare menn;
andre kunne bare grede,
men det kom igjen!
Visstnok var vi ikke mange,
men vi strakk dog til,
da vi prøvdes noen gange,
og det stod på spill;
ti vi heller landet brente
enn det kom til fall;
husker bare hva som hendte
ned på Fredrikshald!
Hårde tider har vi døyet,
ble til sist forstøtt;
men i verste nød blåøyet
frihet ble oss født.
Det gav faderkraft å bære
hungersnød og krig,
det gav døden selv sin ære —
og det gav forlik.
Fienden sitt våpen kastet,
opp visiret fór,
vi med undren mot ham hastet,
ti han var vår bror.
Drevne frem på stand av skammen,
gikk vi søderpå;
nå vi står tre brødre sammen,
og skal sådan stå!
Norske mann i hus og hytte,
takk din store Gud!
Landet ville han beskytte,
skjønt det mørkt så ut.
Alt, hva fedrene har kjempet,
mødrene har grett,
har den Herre stille lempet,
så vi vant vår rett.
Ja, vi elsker dette landet,
som det stiger frem,
furet, værbitt over vannet,
med de tusen hjem.
Og som fedres kamp har hevet
det av nød til seir,
også vi, når det blir krevet,
for dets fred slår leir. |
When your debut album, “The College Dropout” came out, the thing that people began to associate with you besides music was: Here’s someone who’s going to argue for his place in history; like, “Why am I not getting five stars?”
I think you got to make your case. Seventh grade, I wanted to be on the basketball team. I didn’t get on the team, so that summer I practiced. I was on the summer league. My team won the championship; I was the point guard. And then when I went for eighth grade, I practiced and I hit every free throw, every layup, and the next day I looked on this chart, and my name wasn’t on it. I asked the coach what’s up, and they were like, “You’re just not on it.” I was like, “But I hit every shot.” The next year — I was on the junior team when I was a freshman, that’s how good I was. But I wasn’t on my eighth-grade team, because some coach — some Grammy, some reviewer, some fashion person, some blah blah blah — they’re all the same as that coach. Where I didn’t feel that I had a position in eighth grade to scream and say, “Because I hit every one of my shots, I deserve to be on this team!” I’m letting it out on everybody who doesn’t want to give me my credit.
And you know you hit your shots.
Yeah — you put me on the team. So I’m going to use my platform to tell people that they’re not being fair. Anytime I’ve had a big thing that’s ever pierced and cut across the Internet, it was a fight for justice. Justice. And when you say justice, it doesn’t have to be war. Justice could just be clearing a path for people to dream properly. It could be clearing a path to make it fair within the arena that I play. You know, if Michael Jordan can scream at the refs, me as Kanye West, as the Michael Jordan of music, can go and say, “This is wrong.”
You’ve won a lot of Grammys.
“ Dark Fantasy” and “Watch the Throne”: neither was nominated for Album of the Year, and I made both of those in one year. I don’t know if this is statistically right, but I’m assuming I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven’t won one against a white person.
But the thing is, I don’t care about the Grammys; I just would like for the statistics to be more accurate.
You want the historical record to be right.
Yeah, I don’t want them to rewrite history right in front of us. At least, not on my clock. I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever. But after a while, it’s like: “Wait a second; this isn’t fair. This is a setup.” I remember when both Gnarls Barkley and Justin lost for Album of the Year, and I looked at Justin, and I was like: “Do you want me to go onstage for you? You know, do you want me to fight” —
For you.
For what’s right. I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things. So when the next little girl that wants to be, you know, a musician and give up her anonymity and her voice to express her talent and bring something special to the world, and it’s time for us to roll out and say, “Did this person have the biggest thing of the year?” — that thing is more fair because I was there.
But has that instinct led you astray? Like the Taylor Swift interruption at the MTV Video Music Awards, things like that.
It’s only led me to complete awesomeness at all times. It’s only led me to awesome truth and awesomeness. Beauty, truth, awesomeness. That’s all it is.
So no regrets?
I don’t have one regret.
Do you believe in the concept of regret?
If anyone’s reading this waiting for some type of full-on, flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now.
But that is something that you apologized for.
Yeah, I think that I have like, faltered, you know, as a human. My message isn’t perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.
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That’s fascinating, to look at that record through that lens.
I don’t have some type of romantic relationship with the public. I’m like, the anti-celebrity, and my music comes from a place of being anti. That was the album where I gave people what they wanted. I don’t think that at that point, with my relationship with the public and with skeptical buyers, that I could’ve done “Black Skinhead”
Does that make “Dark Fantasy” a dishonest album in some way?
It’s always going to be 80 percent, at least, what I want to give, and 20 percent fulfilling a perception. If you walk into an old man’s house, they’re not giving nothing. They’re at 100 percent exactly what they want to do. I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I’m sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don’t even know when you’re being compromised till after the fact, and that’s what you regret.
I don’t want to come off dissing “Dark Fantasy.” It’s me never being satisfied and then me coming and admitting and saying the truth. As much as I can air things out for other people, to air things out for myself, to say, “I feel like this could’ve been stronger.”
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Even though you had always wanted to be out in front, was there ever a point where you valued your anonymity?
Yeah, I held on to the last moments of it. I knew when I wrote the line “light-skinned friend look like Michael Jackson” I was going to be a big star. At the time, they used to have the Virgin music , and I would go there and just go up the escalator and say to myself, “I’m soaking in these last moments of anonymity.” I knew I was going to make it this far; I knew that this was going to happen.
But producting happened for you first, especially after Jay-Z used you so heavily on “The Blueprint.”
I used to have tracks that sounded like Timbaland; I had tracks that sounded like . But Jay-Z was an amazing communicator that made the soul sound extremely popular. And because I could make the soul sound in my sleep, it finally gave me a platform to put the message that my parents put inside of me and that Dead Prez helped to get out of me and Mos Def and Kweli, they helped to get out of me: I was able to put it, sloppily rap it, on top of the platform that Jay-Z had created for me.
Before, when I wanted to rap, my raps sounded like a bit like Cam’ron; they sounded a bit like Mase; they sounded a bit like Jay-Z or whoever. And it wasn’t until I hung out with Dead Prez and understood how to make, you know, raps with a message sound cool that I was able to just write “All Falls Down” in 15 minutes.
Is that true?
Yeah, that’s how I discovered my style. I was just hanging out with them all the time in New York. I would produce for them. You know, I was able to slip past everything with a pink polo, but I am Dead Prez. And now, because I was able to slip past, I have a responsibility at all times.
What were the things that you were trying to do on “Late Registration” that you either did not or could not yet do on “Dropout”?
I was trying to do different things with orchestras. It was just a vibe that I was trying to get at, a sound I was trying to mix with hip-hop to try to see how far I could expand it. I guess that was a Chicago thing, like Quincy Jones.
But you came here, you worked with Jon Brion .
I really liked the sound of some projects that Jon Brion had worked on. I was always considered this crazy hothead kid, but I would always just go and just really break bread with someone who I respected. I will completely bow to anybody I respect.
That era also includes what I find probably the most moving thing that you’ve ever done, which is calling out President Bush at the Hurricane Katrina telethon. To me, that moment is actually the peak of putting a message in a pop format, even though it’s not a song.
Yeah. I guess it’s a very pop moment of a lifetime or generation. I mean, my dad’s generation is a generation of messaging, you know? But that’s just a piece of me being the opinionated individual that I am.
Were you conscious that that’s what you were doing, or was it totally just instinct?
Yeah, it was pretty bugged out. When you think about it, I was wearing like, a Juicy Couture men’s polo shirt. We weren’t there, like, ready for war.
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You look at Jay or Diddy, and I’d say like, 90 percent of the time, you think they’re having a good time. With you, I would say, I don’t know, 50-50 maybe? Or 30-70?
Maybe 90 percent of the time it looks like I’m not having a good time.
But you’re in a very public relationship, a seemingly long and satisfying relationship: you’re about to have a child.
Any woman that you’re in love with or that loves you is going to command a certain amount of, you know, energy. It’s actually easier to focus, in some ways.
When you’re uncertain about love, it can be such a distraction. It infects all the other areas.
Yeah, that’s what I mean when I say like, “Yo, I’m going to be super Zenned out like, five years from now.” I’m the type of rock star that likes to have a girlfriend, you know? I’m the type of soul that likes to be in love and likes to be able to focus. And that inspires me.
On “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” there’s a really affectionate scene where you go and help Kim sort through her clothes.
That was from a place of love. It’s hard when people read things in a lot of different ways. You know, the amount of backlash I got from it is when I decided to not be on the show anymore. And it’s not that I have an issue with the show; I just have an issue with the amount of backlash that I get. Because I just see like, an amazing person that I’m in love with that I want to help.
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One of the things I thought when I heard the new record was, “This is the anti-College Dropout.’ ” It feels like you’re shedding skin. Back then, you were like: “I want more sounds. I want more complicated raps. I want all the things.” At what point did that change?
Architecture — you know, this one Corbusier lamp was like, my greatest inspiration. I lived in Paris in this loft space and recorded in my living room, and it just had the worst acoustics possible, but also the songs had to be super simple, because if you turned up some complicated sound and a track with too much bass, it’s not going to work in that space. This is earlier this year. I would go to museums and just like, the Louvre would have a furniture exhibit, and I visited it like, five times, even privately. And I would go see actual Corbusier homes in real life and just talk about, you know, why did they design it? They did like, the biggest glass panes that had ever been done. Like I say, I’m a minimalist in a rapper’s body. It’s cool to bring all those vibes and then eventually come back to Rick , because I would always think about Def Jam.
His records did used to say “reduced by Rick Rubin.”
For him, it’s really just inside of him. I’m still just a kid learning about minimalism, and he’s a master of it. It’s just really such a blessing, to be able to work with him. I want to say that after working with Rick, it humbled me to realize why I hadn’t — even though I produced “Watch the Throne”; even though I produced “Dark Fantasy” — why I hadn’t won Album of the Year yet.
This album is moments that I haven’t done before, like just my voice and drums. What people call a rant — but put it next to just a drumbeat, and it cuts to the level of, like, Run-D.M.C. or KRS-One. The last record I can remember — and I’m going to name records that you’ll think are cheesy — but like, J-Kwon, “Tipsy.” People would think that’s like a lower-quality, less intellectual form of hip-hop, but that’s always my No. 1. There’s no opera sounds on this new album, you know what I mean? It’s just like, super low-bit. I’m still, like, slightly a snob, but I completely removed my snob heaven songs; I just removed them altogether. |
It’s like I wanna spit something written
But keep forgetting
So I guess it’s from the heart from the start
Played my part
Seemed like I just wasn’t reaching the charts
5000 hours, rewritting Power
Over and over
Some nights sober, some nights gone off the Henny as usual
So unusual to be in this position
Everything I say everybody tryna diss ‘em
Everybody playin him, truth be told
The last nigga ever let the truth be told
And oh Mos Def ran to my home
And said they gon have yo ass gone
Light jokes, you keep playin with them white folks
Cant even take the piss
They gon’ test your urine
Cut all the sponsorship for the touring!
“Where the Dark Fantasy tour at Ye?”
I dont know, ask, ask Hennesy
Say ‘he aint clean enough’
But rappers aint mean enough?
Enough lashes like I aint seen enough
On the real, this is like the neo-Emmitt Till
Whistling, get yo fuckin ass killed
Lets keep this shit real!
Now who the realest
Everybody feel this
And everyday of my life, people try to tell me that I hate the whites
Cause I said whats right
I go to sleep and deal wit it every night
And wake up every morning
And walk to the liquor store or coffee store shop on the Mersa whats worser?
Its no verse that would reverse the-
In print or in cursive
They curse the name, or maybe call me Kane
Lets have a ‘toast for the douche bags’
Black people wanna talk about me on blogs
Cause I like clothes like, look at this fag
Thats what I have to deal wit real shit
Yall dont even understand, what it take to be a real man
A black man interested in art, speaking from the heart and playin’ my part
And all this illuminati talk, like my first hit single wasnt ‘Jesus Walks’
For many years, these aint rhymes these is muthaf-cking tears
They playin’ wit niggas careers
Felt like I’m the only real nigga here
From my last breath
They kicked me out the awards and my nigga Diddy left
Then they even sent Beyoncé up to give the award back
Didn’t even know I afford that
And she rode the wave as I rode the slave
As I felt like a slave as they try to put my shit up in the grave
Nigga behave, nigga behave
Be the first one
I bet ya no one else would ever say nuttin’ and stay frontin’
And get up and just perform, shit is enormous
Shout out to Steve Stout, you know what this shit ’bout
My whole family, now I’m scared of Grammy’s
Cause everybody know that Dark Fantasy was the highest rated album in history
So I just avoided it, not to be exploited, not to be recorded
Cause I cannot afford it, I cannot afford more shit to be impor-ted
Uh, it’s too real for these niggas, you feel for these niggas
How I feel to be a black man, you say something wrong, nobody understand
Money, power, black, opinion, pick two, they would kill ya
No matter what goes on
They may not agree, they may not understand
But God got a plan, to put the mic in my hand
And his hand and that hand
And ideas, and all of theres
And the end, everybody up in here, in this atmosphere
So make it clear, live long and prosper
Much success, even if you wish me the opposite
To quote Nas, I stay on my job
Try to pray to keep my heart from going harm
And I aint perfect, you know that from old me
My life is real even when I’m in the movies
I’m on the ave, I’m in the cave
I buried my Grandmother on Thursday, two weeks ago
My life is real, as it ever been
To all my friends and even foes
Each and every one of those, let em know
I shine a globe, even in the dark, stay smart
Stay sharp, as a harp played by a musician in this position
Feel blessed to make the whole World listen
And just glisten without even trying
Even when I die, I wont stay dead
And its straight off the head, and its straight out the lungs
Looking fly, fresh, old man, so young
And I’m straight from the slums
And never been above so the ba-bum-ba-bum-bum-pum-pum…
This thing ups, let us all give some
Number one yo, I’m number none, no comparision
And make the whole world aware of it
Brooklyn in the building we take care of it
Peace out to all the Sagittarius
And happy birthday Pisces and Aries too
And this go out to all area crew
And if you come from the seven-eighteen then you just like me
From the present, and the past and the future and beyond
Me and Lupe and Kanye we play the song and get it on |
They boarded up my favorite bar
The Frenchman lost his restaurant
And the secret alleys were rearranged
I woke one day and it had changed
My citys gone
My citys gone
Feeling lost in inevitable
On forty-three, my heart once beat
On forty-five, I came alive
And there was a spirit, so young and free
It spoke to you, it spoke to me
My citys gone
Oh no, my citys gone
Feeling lost in inevitable
I met a man who coughed and swore
That it had been changing since it was born
That it was I and nothing more
From twenty-three to thirty-four
My citys gone
My citys gone
And I have to go
My citys gone
I still found me back in the mall
I will not decline
Still feeling lost and nothing more
I feel lost in time
Does anybody happen to know
Way after Im
Still feeling lost and manageable
I say nothings right
Tell it all from the heart
Im sitting out at the bar
Tell it all that Im making my way |
La, la, la la
Wait til I get my money right
I got em, Young Carter
On the A-team if its in alphabetical order
Used to daydream about Benzes and Porches
And by 18, I had a Benz and a Porsche, ha!
Im so used to stuntin on yall
So tired of ballin, excuse me if I yawn
Ha! But I know what Im doing
Out the window of the jet, you see L.A. like a Bruin, ha
New coupe, foot to the floor
Weather man make it rain, turn sugar to snow, you know
Ha! But watch how you speak
Cause in the street you cant trust every smile you meet, heh
And you ain’t important as the new edition is
Ralph Tresvant, ooh, they so sensitive
And its the remix, baby!
And Im a knock it out like Felix, baby, haha
God damn Im fly
And my troop so cool, I dont have to lie
Hop in my car and go Kanye West
With my groovy new Louis Vuitton Damier vest
Ha! Yeah, let em hate though
Im on my way to the bank, LMAO
La, la, la la
Wait til I get my money right
La, la, la la
Then you cant tell me nothing, right?
Excuse me, was you saying something?
Uh uh, you cant tell me nothing
You cant tell me nothing
Uh uh, you cant tell me nothing
Its one of the best to touch microphones
Thatll spit the kind of shit to put the earth in a type of zone, like
To make em laugh or make em cry
Bring a life into existence or cause you to die
Now when I was a shorty and when my mom called me precious
I realized Im outspoken and every word was infectious
Im sayin, Mommy said Godll bless us
No matter the difficulties or how much it would stress us
Im sayin, no matter how hard I try
To understand if I behave that Ill see God when I die, man
These wordsll dawn on me, why?
Cause no one came back from death to say if its truth or its lies
See the point that Im makin is that she knew I was blessed
And comin to life as a legend, the man of best in the flesh
I kiss my mother, countin figures
Thinkin back on when I used to tell niggas, they sayin
Yeah, homie this a theme song
First I get my money right, then I get my team on
If I always pray to have gleam on
$300 jeans on, do that mean I dream wrong?
And I was high as a Learjet
Fly as the insect, even though we in debt
And it dont matter if I get her number
Cause when I get my money right she gon come running
And Ill be good like "God" with an extra "O"
God knows that my check needs some extra 0s
And you know that you need to bring some extra hoes
Not in jogging pants either, tell them wear some sexy clothes
Now my game so professional
And my chain so fresh, they go
Right after the fame did you gain anything?
Damn Ye, would you change anything?
But
Id cop more pink polos and pop those collars
Misery love company, her nickname Sorrow
My Benz need company, her nickname Tahoe
“Wait til get my money,” everybody motto
So Imma need a bravo for everything I wrote
Yeah, hey mama they cant hate him
Cause after all of the drama, K slayed em |
Yeah
Yo...let me, let me, let me, let me tell you why - why
This nigga...why we dedicated this song to this kind of nigga
Cuz number one, duke is drivin in the motherfuckin projects
With a - with a Sebring, and with - with a rag off
Ynamean? Y-you not ballin like that play-boy
Straight up, then the bitch you got playin shotgun
Like, I used to serve that bitch, cmon
Really really good, I mean and you gotta shirt and tie
You wack ass nigga...
Wack niggas...I dont even like to be around em
Give em dap or pound em
See em out, they houndin dawg
Sayin they got tracks for me to get down on
Sayin they hot when that shit dont even sound warm
Nigga Im nasty, my style is sound porn
The graphic, exposin wack asses
I emcee as free as Ol Dirty Bastard
You think you Catholic tryin to appeal to the masses
The Cassius Clay of rap today
Rock a beard like Castaway
You couldnt be dope for even half a day
We keep it hot like its after May
Smoke a nigga then I pass to K
The pastor say we goin to mass today
We have to pray, these niggas is wack n eh
I have to say, since Pac passed away
Most these niggas dont even deserve a track from me
First of all lets get rid of them Louis Vuitton boots
And get yo tall ass out that C Class coupe
Ysee the whiskay had them girls feelin friskay
You was with mey, she said "Whos the sissay?"
And even if they did wanna get bizzay
Freaky like Missay and roll the weed up
You would roll three blunts and fuck up three blunts
Motherfucka you would fuck up a free lunch, dawg
Just keep it right thurr like Chingay
Yo girl dont like me how long has shee been gay
Spanish girls tell ya "No hable ingle"
And everbody wanna run to me for they single
Its funny how these wack niggas need my help
Wasnt around when I couldnt feed myself
Dawg, if I was you I wouldnt feel myself
Dawg, if I was you Id kill myself
Wake up in the morning dawg, and you a
Id kill myself if I was that
Everything you wear and rock, is just
Even if you flossin rocks you still
You cant do it dawg, yous a
Bitin ass, bitch ass, trick ass
Even your daughter says "My daddys a - "
You know you wack when ya dawgs tell you
Thats how you know ya flow is weak
Cuz you only got them there to Say Yes like Floetry
The clique that I oversee aint impressed by ya poetry
Youre the place youre supposed to be
You aint aint comin close to me
It aint that you underrated
Its more that youre under dated
And mediocre at best is all the hoes youve ever dated
For all your guest appearances
You couldnt get the clearances
For them its just a check they dont respect you as a lyricist
Look at what ya lyrics is, Murder, Death, Kill
But you never shot nothin, never have, never will
Better add on to ya skills before you join this round robin
Of super emcees thatll add to ya problems
In the beginnin, God created man in his own image
Im bout to tell you how the story gon finish
Kweli handle his business, niggas dont forget it
Cause a wiseman can choose to get ignorant with it
Namean - you all can get it, Im conisdered the nicest
The way I spit it give these niggas all identity crisis
All day talkin that shit like, "You hold a gat, right?"
The trip you on must be short cause you pack light - act right
You got it twisted, tellin niggas that you pack heat
You aint gunning now, you runnin like an athlete
You ballas need to quit rhymin like Allen Ive
Start speakin Nuwaubian and followin Malachi
Or anything but rhyme, you need to sell drugs for real
Instead of on the radio, youd be dead or in jail
All these thug niggas wanna rap
And all these rap niggas wanna thug
And all yall fuckin the game up
Its time to change up, my lyrics rip ya frame up
Askin if Im nice like fuckin with a chick
Who dont give head - thats a no-brainer
Niggas back bangers you dont even know the names of
Imma bout to meet my quota, you about to meet ya Saviour
You wack nigga, you about to get shot
Fuck with Talib Kweli, thats how you get got boy!
Not that Im wildin or even promote violence
Its just youre fuckin up my high, can a nigga smoke in silence?! |
Whatd ya hear this time?
Go on and speak your mind
I know somebodys lyin
Its always somethin
Her auntie told your cousin
Then all your homies jumped in
And now, the whole hoods buzzin
When he say, she say
Dont let it get in your head
Baby, dont say something that you will regret
Im on your team
Its us against them, youll see
And we aint gon stop
They just want what we got
The more they talk about our love
The more they make it obvious
The more they seem so envious
How can they talk about our love
When they dont know one thing about us?
Instead, they just runnin their mouths
So, all we do is tune them out
I swear, they got some nerve
Spreadin what they heard
I cant give them no burn
I cant be concerned with all that talk
I wont be involved, thats my word
See, Im not the one
They got me confused
They got me messed up
Dont you think Ive had enough?
When it comes to what we do
All that matters is us two
Dont pay them no mind
We just gon show and prove
The more they talk about our love
The more they make it obvious
The more they seem so envious
How can they talk about our love
When they dont know one thing about us?
Instead, they just runnin their mouths
So, all we do is tune them out
Uh, its a couple of things I cant honor, man
How you listen to a girl that still want a man?
Tell me the truth, is that a man or Juwanna Mann?
Im wonderin, why she "ret ta go" like Wanda then?
When we met you was a V like Madonna, man
Now you in the field, runnin plays like Donovan
McNabb, before you get in a cab
I traded my cash, just to take it back to last summer, man
You dont remember when you was my sweetest?
You dont remember I called you Reeses Pieces?
Cause its no wrong way to do you know what
She turned around, giggled, said "You so nuts!"
But nowadays, we actin way too grown up
Like, "how ya ex-girl get that new number?"
The rumors was so numerous
For stickin by me, I had to give you two thumbs up
And thats why
The more they talk about our love
The more they make it obvious
The more they seem so envious
How can they talk about our love
When they dont know one thing about us?
Instead, they just runnin their mouths
So, all we do is tune them out
The more they talk about our love
The more they make it obvious
The more they seem so envious
How can they talk about our love
When they dont know one thing about us?
Instead, they just runnin their mouths
So, all we do is tune them out |
Yo Hip-Hop, Is niggas still talkin bout I cant rap, come on now
Look for me, Young K
Took 2Pac beat and got paid
My favorite rapper is Makaveli, Nas and Jay-Z
Eminem, Mase, Biggie Smalls and me
Now if you was my girlfriend you dont need no guyfriend
He could get his head bust nigga aint my friend
Why the hell you lying who the hell you trying
Who the hell you know that threw away his throwbacks
When they suggested they was made by Majestic
My Answers cost 350, ya nahmean?
Doesnt even have got her number we aint on the same team
You got the hat the jacket shoelaces to match
I got the gat ratching new cases to catch
I got my business manager erasing my debt
I mean my credit was so pathetic I couldnt get a debit
I fill out for a car but shit they always debt it
My girl come over try to help me shine
How you gonna help me get a car your credit worser than mine
But everytime I get a check you be first up in line
Told you bout gold-diggin bitch its worser than lying
You better grow up before I blow up
Have weed rolled up when I show up
Matter fact we broke as fuck
Aint nothing left to do except get tore up from the floor up
Shit thats how I knew you was my girlfriend
So I promise to never pick up smutts
In my Cadillac pick-up truck
They need to get they sit-ups up
They always be colder than you
A little richer a little thicker a litter older than you
Probably a little smarter so they can drop me some jewels
That I could drop back to you to get your ass back in college
So you can be where they at two years from now
But for now bartender two beers for now
The second one is for my girlfriend
All I need in this life of sin is me and my girlfriend me and my girlfriend
Down to ride til the very end is me and my boyfriend me and my boyfriend
Im talkin bout when we was in Nissans no Benz or such
We wasnt from Switzerland but well still go Dutch
Greater man could prob picture like there go us
No styles just good times like theyre so nuts
We always thought if we had dough we could do so much
Like you aint got to save the roach we can finish the Dutch
Like we aint have to go coach told you ill be paid soon
We aint got to sit in this emergency aisle just to get leg room
We aint got to go back to my room
Theres only one bedroom that I call my lair
We was V.I.P
Very Imaginary Playaz
But you was my girlfriend yea yea yea you was my girlfriend
Holla, All I need in this world of sin is me and my girlfriend me and my girlfriend
Down to ride til the very end is me and my boyfriend me and my boyfriend
Thats Right
All I need in this world of sin is me and my girlfriend me and my girlfriend
Look for me
Down to ride til the very end is me and my boyfriend me and my boyfriend
Yep! |
On time
Every time
Always there
Said youll never leave us nor forsake us
So we stand
On your Word
Brought us out of darkness into your light
By your power
Were set free
Where two or three are gathered youre there
In the midst
Thank you, Lord
So glad we know our...
Souls anchored
Every single day youre worthy
To you we give the glory cause our
Souls anchored
When we think back where we started
We were brokenhearted, now our
Souls anchored
Every single day youre worthy
To you we give the glory cause our
Souls anchored
When we think back where we started
We cant help but lift our hands up
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Hey, hey, hey
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Hey, hey
On time
Every time
Always there
Said youll never leave us nor forsake us
So we stand
On your Word
Brought us out of darkness into your light
By your power
Were set free
Where two or three are gathered youre there
In the midst
Thank you Lord
So glad we know our...
Souls anchored
Every single day youre worthy
To you we give the glory cause our
Souls anchored
When we think back where we started
We were brokenhearted, now our
Souls anchored
Every single day youre worthy
To you we give the glory cause our
Souls anchored
When we think back where we started
We cant help but lift our hands up
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Hey, hey, hey
Ooh, ooh, ooh
We cant help but lift our hands up
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Hey, hey, hey
Ooh, ooh, ooh
We cant help but lift our hands up |
Lyrics from Snippet
Tell the assassins I escaped from Calabasas
Where they try to turn my wife to Jackie Joe Jackson
Raised in the cold, thank God Im bipolar
And now Ive got the culture back on my shoulders!
Oh-oh-oh, oh
Oh, our life
Is in His hands just what I stress |
When Im far away from you my baby
I know its hard for you my baby
Because its hard for me my baby
And the darkest hour is just before dawn
Each night before you go to bed my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
And tell all the stars above
And the darkest hour is just before dawn
Each night before you go to bed my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
And tell all the stars above
This is dedicated to the one I love
This is dedicated to the one I love
This is dedicated to the one I love
This is dedicated to the one I love
Each night before you go to bed my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
And tell all the stars above
This is dedicated to the one I love |
Well, it is a weeping
And a mourning and a gnashing of teeth
It is a weeping and a mourning
And a gnashing of teeth
When it comes to my sound which is the champion sound
Believe
O-O-O-O-O-Okay, Lamborghini Mercy
Your chick, she so thirsty
I-I-I-I-Im in that two-seat Lambo
With your girl, she tryna jerk me
O-O-O-O-O-Okay, Lamborghini Mercy
Your chick, she so thirsty
I-I-I-I-Im in that two-seat Lambo
With your girl, she tryna jerk me
O-O-O-O-O-Okay, Lamborghini Mercy
Your chick, she so thirsty
I-I-I-I-Im in that two-seat Lambo
With your girl, she tryna jerk me
O-O-O-O-O-Okay, Lamborghini Mercy
Your chick, she so thirsty
I-I-I-I-Im in that two-seat Lambo
With your girl, she tryna jerk me
Look, Im in a Lamborghini, with two models
21 bottles, a Murcielago
A nigga gone when I hit the throttle
Then she give me the crazy head
A nigga swerve, then hit a pot-hole
Im ridin in that big boy, 500K on my outcast
A gotta whole lotta girls in Dubai
I got a bush bitch in the outback
Got Adidas from my feet up, check my sneaker
Get a 100 thousand for the feature
Im ballin while you niggas talkin shit
And yall bitch ass niggas in the bleachers
With this Versace, just watch me kick my feet up
Its too many niggas in my clique
We all got hits, you niggas gettin beat up
Believe us, OHB up in this place
Got them Louboutins on
Kick a nigga in his face
Im a real Virginia nigga, in LA got VA plates
She say Im sexy, Im just flexin
Wayne Gretzky, I skate, yikes
Lamborghini Mercy
Your chick, she so thirsty
I-I-I-I-Im in that two-seat Lambo
With your girl, she tryna jerk me
O-O-O-O-O-Okay, Lamborghini Mercy
Your chick, she so thirsty
I-I-I-I-Im in that two-seat Lambo
With your girl, she tryna jerk me
Well, it is a weeping
And a mourning and a gnashing of teeth
It is a weeping and a mourning
And a gnashing of teeth
When it comes to my sound which is the champion sound
Believe |
Dear ones, we are looking to bring you enlightenment
To offer illumination in stormy skies
We are here as beings of light
Benevolent, invested in humanity and her evolution
Telling my brothers to stay calm, though
Turned to a Mothra, bro, this that Godzilla
Turned to a monster, more like Othello
Phantom of the opera, it goes where it goes
My nightmares still haunt me
When I sleep, they haunt me
When I sleep, they haunt me
And my nightmares, they haunt me
But I wont let em get the best of me
I can dance with the devil, but I cant try to be God
Damn thats kinda odd, let you try to be better
Put these bitches on the pedestal,
Imma eat her like an edible
They love him, they call him incredible
They say fuck him he fresh out the medical
Medical, Medical, Medical
She a bad bitch from out of town, she pop like this
Stop runnin round town, sayin fuck my bitch
Them young niggas runnin down we run right in
Im not talking bout a man unless its Ben
She wanna go to the sunken place told her to giddy up, ándale
Put you in brand new fabrics, let you go drip on the runway
Demons they shake off my back when I walk into church on a Sunday
Niggas dont know how to act so thats why I bought a new AK
Chopper bullet gettin off, everybody runnin off
Bad bitches love my dog
Send em back they tell it all
Only taking one call
Im not taking no calls
I can dance with the devil, but I cant try to be God
Damn thats kinda odd, Let you try to be better
Put these bitches on the pedestal
Imma eat her like an edible
They love him, they call him incredible
They say fuck him he fresh out the medical
She a dime out the ghetto
New Patek, now she walk the high pedestal
Popped the Perc down her throat like an edible
I dont hang with no broke they ineligible
Put her on a jet, then I put her on flex
Look at that ass it stupid, Tourettes
Do the whole dash, and I pray I dont wreck
Buy a bitch a ass she was sittin on flats
Watchin my back dont slap go attack
Hoppin in the hatch, Richard Mille max
You wanna offer me a mil you can have the deal back
Sticks in the field kill pull your weave back
Pull her hair break her back like a kitkat
Give my dog a bone thats a whole hunnid racks
Hit em with a sig in the stomach, six pack
Serve a nigga bags rob him thats a recap
Bitch give me neck til you break your kneecaps |
Lyrics from Live Performance & Demo
I know God breathed on this
I know God breathed on this
I know God breathed on this
I know God breathed on this
I know He got His hands on this
I know we got a chance on this
No, I never planned on this
I might need a band on this
This might get banned off rip
Gon say somethin fore yall quit
Let me know something, who yall with?
Dont know nothing, I know this
I know God breathed on this
I know God breathed on this
I know God breathed on this
I know God breathed on this
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Breathed on me
Breathed, breathed
Oh, oh
More than I can say for you
Before the sons and the daughters
Before the sun and the water
More than I can say for you
But the truth still for you
Once I saw what the Lord do
God, the Son, all the glory
God the Father like Maury
Dont care what you say, nothin on me
I dont care bout the lawyer fees
I dont care about your loyalties
God will solve it all for me
Trust this man, he a failure
Trust, and Godll heal ya
Dustin, he a Hoffman
Dont fall what they offerin, uh
Fall far too often, yeah
Call God, but dont call enough
Fall down, but dont fall in love
I know God is all in us
I know God breathed on this
I know God breathed on this
I know God breathed on this
I know God breathed on this
I know God breathed on this
I know God breathed on this
I know God breathed on this
I know God breathed on this
Lyrics Only from Live Performance
Devil on my shoulder, ah
Cant let me breathe
Brush him off my sleeve
Im filled with memories
Pray they remember me, oh
Oh-oh, I know theres an angel watchin over me
Oh-ah, I need help to breathe
They are so filled with greed
Okay, now you want the old me
God, too many peoples talkin
Okay, now you gotta show me
Okay, okay, Devils talkin to me, angels talkin to me
Angels try to tell me that its okay, and I feel okay
I know that youll be proud if you was here today
But its okay cause Im okay
I know God breathed on me
I know God breathed on me
I know God breathed on me
I know God breathed on me |
Yeah
New Talib Kweli
You know what it is
Cmon
I try, I try
I try, you know I try
I try, I try
I try , you know I try
Get searched on the plane, Arabic first name
Disturbed by the fame just like Kurt Cobain
Breath of life, kiss of death, my lips pursed the same
You flirt til she came
Nothin hurt like the pain and torture
Daughters of the dust lookin for a vein
Something to take in vain like the Lords name
Put your hands together, got em all sayin
I try, I try
I try, you know I try
I try, I try
I try, you know I try
Its all ghetto in gear higher than falsetto
More metal for beef that we dont let the law settle
I try to navigate the treacherous waters of
Americas ghettos that set up to slaughter us
But theres more of us
Although we speak in different languages
We all pretty familiar with what anger is
Young and dangerous, trigger stranglers
Get up on some gangsta shit
Guns to bang ya wit
And we put it on records to entertain ya wit
Our growing pains get way deeper than Mike Seavers
Our uniforms is white sneakers and white T-shirts
On top of wife beaters
We like to light reefers
The hood need us, but rappers just aint the right leaders
I put a lot into it
This is my product and I gotta move it
Stop the industry, but you cant stop the music
An upside down kingdom where life is just not fair
So many sufferin cause deep inside theyre scared
Fear pumped into their veins to keep them from their destiny
Where would they be if you and I dont care?
I try
I try, you know I try
I try, I try
I try, you know I try
The things Im seein on the news is insane
A stock broker shoot his kid and throw himself in front the train
A mother leave her baby home for two weeks all by himself
Two years old, eatin ketchup and mustard, cryin for help
Tryin to bring your struggle to life
The label want a song about a bubbly life
I have trouble tryin to write some shit to bang in the club through the night
When people suffer tonight
Lord knows I try
I try, I try
I try, you know I try
I try, I try
I try, you know I try
Life is a beautiful struggle
People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle
Some people usin the noodle, some people usin the muscle
Some people put it all together, make it fit like a puzzle
Come on, say it now
Life is a beautiful struggle
People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle
Some people usin the noodle, some people usin the muscle
Some people put it all together, yeah
I try
I try, you know I try
I try, Lord knows I try
Every day, I, I—
La-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la-la, la-la
Upside down kingdom
Oh, theyre so scared
Every day on the news we cant look around without
Something somewhere
I try, I try, you know I try
I try, I try, I try, you know I try
Lord knows, Lord knows we try, try
Yeah |