[Kanye West] It´s after hours at that glamorous blind spot Where they´re taking it easy, swapping personal experiences Let´s listen in America Today
Life of the party, mhm, ´til I almost cry, mhm It´s the life of the party, to think I could´ve almost died Lord, help us
[André 3000] Hey, Miss Donda You run into my mama, please tell her I said, "Say something" I´m startin´ to believe ain´t no such thing as Heaven´s trumpets No after-over, this is it, done If there´s a Heaven, you would think they´d let ya speak to your son Maybe she has in the form of a baby´s laugh I heard passing by in a stroller remindin´ me, "Hey, keep rolling" I don´t know, maybe she has with a prick of a blade of grass
I´ve been layin´ on way too long, got me itchy Got up and roamed a lil´ more Miss Donda, you see my mama, tell her I´m lost You see, she´d always light a cigarette, we talk, I would cough Exaggeratin´ a lil´ bit so she get the point Tryna get her to stop smokin´, I would leave and fire up a joint ´Til I quit, started back up again, twenty years later All that time, y´all thought a nigga was high, thought I was crazy My mom, she ain´t cut no corners Got me back on track, I don´t miss her overstepping But do miss her showin´ Seven civilian life shit Ah, Miss Donda, you see my mama, whisper her this:
The real reason I was geeked to go to church Must confess, when y´all grown-ups would be in Bible study That girl helping me with my homework? Her and I were fuckin´ So pure and perverted, so spirit spinning and dirty So on, so on, and so on, we hoped that no one heard us Sh-sh, ah, ah And to this day, I think her mama knew but let us explore Miss Donda, you see my father, please, ask him why he never married Always smiled, but was he happy inside? Because I carried my mother´s name, did he carry shame with him? I´m sure she did it out of spite, it was her decision at birth
Shit, she probably was hurt, ah, poor baby Two young people with different views, a lot for a young lady No coincidence, they both passed away from heart conditions There´s a dissidence at play, dad and mom do hard division Three Thou´, poster child for big dick niggas raised by their mothers I´m supposed to smile as if God knew that I would be troubled Keeps me around, for what? I don´t know But I do know that it´s crucial, that we do so, pronto I don´t know how much long though
[Kanye West, The Notorious B.I.G. & Diddy] Straight from Shibuya, on some zen
We back, ramped up, we on ten It´s a marathon and look, we comin´ for the win Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon´ win big (C´mon) Put the whole family on, look at what my Kim did Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon´ win big (Uh) We gon´ win big (What?)
[Kanye West] Southside gang mentality way heavy I was thinkin´ out the box even in a Box Chevy And my favorite art teacher name was Mrs. Levy ´Round the time, I learned to put my feelings to a medley (The life of the party) I ain´t turn in homework for like four months and I bet she let me She saw the vision
"Yeezy you special, go make your own decisions then" Man, that was a good choice, faith driving us like a Rolls Royce They tried to take my voice away, I ain´t try to take ya choice away I just prayed the water break, just for my daughter sake, from a slip-up Fake signatures from fake managers, it all damage her, good Lord Give ´em enough of they own rope to hang ´em with The paparazzi never really got what my angle is They treat my married life like some type of entanglement My neighbor still dissin´, wonderin´ why I ain´t sayin´ it I can smell the setup, that´s that 2Pac in Vegas hit
I revealed myself and some don´t know what to make of it God has said himself to make sure that the baby live And if Ye ain´t here, then tell me who gonna say this here? Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a goddamn minute Let me stop playing with it, hopped in a Lamb´ with it Hopped in a Lamb´ with it, in a damn pandemic Know that Uncle Sam gotta have his damn hand in it
[Kanye West, The Notorious B.I.G. & Diddy] Listen, straight from Shibuya, on some zen I´m on ten, it´s a marathon and look, we comin´ for the win
Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon´ win big (C´mon) Put the whole family on, look at what my Kim did Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon´ win big (Uh) We gon´ win big (What?)
[ Kanye West] Do y´all feel me? Really? Get off Scott Free, I´m talking Ridley Get off our knees, that´s if you´re with me Get off your knees, that´s if you´re with me Get off your knees and let´s get free Get off your knees and let´s get free Really, I mean really Really, I mean really I need release, I don´t need police I´m like, "Nigga, puh-lease"
Y´all can´t hear me, (Harmonizing), for the real me For the real me, I mean, mhmm-mm
[ DMX] Alright, it´s gonna shoot us in the woah, uh-oh, uh-oh Ready mama? (Yup) I´m so proud of you, yup, you´re gonna have so much fun They gonna shoot us in the air, mama, okay? C´mon, P, I got you, it´s okay, mama Hold your head back, hold your head back (Three, two, one) Daddy´s here, daddy´s here, daddy´s right here It´s okay, mama, daddy´s here, daddy here Help, help, daddy´s right here, I´m scared Okay, okay, I got you, it´s okay Okay, we goin´ slow, we goin´ slow down It´s okay, stop cryin´, daddy got you, see, it´s over, you did it, P! You already did it! See? It´s already over! Yay! You did it! Big Girl! It´s already over! It´s already over, it´s already over Daddy right here, daddy right here I told you I´m not gon´ let you go I´m not gon´ let you go, mama, okay? Daddy got you, daddy gon´ bring us all the way down, okay? How was it? (We good) You did a good job (It was scary) Good job! (Our daughter got more heart than you)