1.Wake Up Mr. West
Oh oh oh
I knew I was gon' see you again,
Knew I was gon' see you again..
Where ya goddamn book bag at？
Always carryin' that lil' book bag
Nobody wanna see that, goddamn 4th grader
Sit yo' ass down
Showin' up late again, like he got somethin' else to do
You don't got nothin' else to do!
You ain't doin' nothin with yo life
Nothin' with yo life
What'd you think this is？
You betta look at me when I'm talkin' to you!
You think this here's easy, don'tchu？
You think is promised
Ain't nothin' promised to you!
Look at my face, do I got a promised face？
You think I'd promise you anything？
Nigga Did you snore in my class？
Wake up, Mr. West! WAKE UP MR. WEST!
2.Heard 'Em Say(feat. Adam Levine Of Maroon 5)
(Kanye West)
And I heard 'em say
nothin's ever promised tomorrow, today
From the Chi, Like Tim, it's a Hardaway
till this is in the name of love, like robert say
Before you ask me to go get a job today,
can I at least get a raise on the minimum wage？
And I know the government administer aids,
So I guess we just pray like the minister say
Abu Akhbar be throwin' some hot cars
things we seein' on the screen not ours
but these niggas from the hood, so these dreams not far
where I'm from the dope boys is the rock stars
but they can't cop cars without seein' cop cars
I guess they want us all behind bars, I know it, uh
Chorus：
And I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow, today
And I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow today
But we'll find a way
(Adam Levine)
And nothin' lasts forever, but be honest babe
It hurts, but it may be the only way
(Kanye West)
They say people in your life for seasons
And anything that happen is for a reason
And niggas gun-clappin' and keep to squeezin'
And gran' keep prayin' and keep believin'
In Jesus, and one day that she'll see him
Till then in walk his footsteps and try to be him,
The devil is alive, I feel him breathin'
Claimin' money is the key, so keep on dreamin'
And put them lottery tickets just to tease us
My Aunt Pam can't put them cigarettes down,
So now my lil' cousin smokin' them cigarettes now
His job try to claim that he too niggerish now
Is it cuz his skin blacker than licorice now？
I can't figure it out, sick of it now,
Chorus：
And I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow, today
And I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow today
But we'll find a way
(Adam Levine)
And nothin' lasts forever, but be honest babe
It hurts, but it may be the only way
(Adam Levine)
With every worthless word we get more far away
And nothin's ever promised tomorrow, today
And nothin lasts forever, but be honest, babe
It hurts, but it may be the only way
3.Touch The Sky(feat. Lupe Fiasco)
I gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly
For the day I die, I'mma touch the sky
Gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly
For the day I die, I'mma touch the sky
Back when they thought pink polo's would hurt the Roc,
Before Cam got the shit to pop, the doors was closed.
I felt like Bad Boy's street team
I couldn't work the Lox(locks).
Now let's go.
Take 'em back to the plan...
Me and my momma hopped in the U-Haul van.
Any pessimists I ain't talked to them,
Plus, I ain't have no phone in my apartment.
Let's take 'em back to the club.
Least about an hour I would stand on line,
I just wanted to dance.
I went to Jacob an hour after I got my advance.
I just wanted to shine.
Jay's favorite line： 'Dog, in due time'
Now he look at me, like 'Damn, dog, you where I am'
A hip hop legend.
I think I died in an accident, cause this must be heaven.
I gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly
For the day I die, I'mma touch the sky
Gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly
For the day I die, I'mma touch the sky
Now let's take 'em high-igh-igh-igh-igh-igh la la la la la la la
(Top of the world, baby. T-Top of the world)
Now let's take 'em high-igh-igh-igh-igh-igh la la la la la la la
(Top of the world, baby. T-Top of the world)
Back when Gucci was the shit to rock,
Back when Slick Rick got the shit to pop,
I'd do anything to say 'I got it'.
Damn, them new loafers hurt my pocket.
Before anybody wanted K-West beats,
Me and my girl split the buffet at KFC.
Dog, I was having nervous breakdowns,
Like 'Damn, these niggas that much better than me？'
Baby, I'm going on an airplane,
And I don't know if I'll be back again.
Sure enough, I sent the plane tickets,
But when she came to kick it, things became different.
Any girl I cheated on, sheets I skeeted on.
I couldn't keep it home, I thought I needed a Nia Long.
I'm trying to write my wrongs,
But it's funny these same wrongs helped me write this song.
Now,
I gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly
For the day you die, You gonna touch the sky
(You gonna touch the sky babygirl!)
Testify, come up in the spot
Looking extra fly
For the day you die, You gonna touch the sky
Yes, yes, yes guess who's on third？
Lupe still like Lupin the Third.
Hear life here till I'm beer on the curb
Peach fuzz buzz but bit on the verge
Hold it down like we're on the serve
Bottle-shaped body like Mrs. Butterworth's.
But, before you say another word,
I'm back on the block like a man on the street.
I'm trying to stop lying like a Mum-Ra,
But I'm not lying when I'm laying on the beat.
Engarde, Touch Lupe cool as the Unthar,
But I still feel as possessed as a gun charge.
I come as correct as a porn star,
In a fresh pair of steps and my best foreign car.
So, I represent the first.
Now, let me hear my verse right where the horns are like
I gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly
For the day you die, You gonna touch the sky
(You gonna touch the sky babygirl!)
Testify, come up in the spot
Looking extra fly
For the day you die, You gonna touch the sky
(We back at home, baby)
Sky high
I'm, I'm sky high
I'm, I'm sky high
I'm, I'm sky high
I'm, I'm sky high
I'm, I'm sky high
Sky, Sky high
I'm, I'm sky high
Yeah!(Keep it rollin)
(Feels good to be home, baby! Feels good to be home!)
4.Gold Digger(feat. Jamie Foxx)
She take my money, when I'm in need
Yeah she's a trifling' friend indeed
Oh she's a gold digga
Way over town
That digs on me
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger
But she ain't messin' wit no broke niggaz
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger
But she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
Get down girl go head get down
Get down girl go head get down
Get down girl go head get down
Get down girl go head
Cutie the bomb
Met her at a beauty salon
With a baby Louis Vuitton
Under her underarm
She said I can tell you rock
I can tell by ya charm
Far as girls you got a flock
I can tell by ya charm and ya arm
But I'm looking' for the one, have you seen her？
My psychic told me she have a ass like Serena
Trina, Jennifer Lopez, four kids
An I gotta take all they bad ass's to show-biz
Ok get ya kids but then they got their friends
I pulled up in the Benz, they all got up in
We all went to Den and then I had to pay
If you fuckin' with this girl then you betta be payed
You know why
It take too much to touch her
From what I heard she got a baby by Busta
My best friend say she use to fuck wit Usher
I don't care what none of y'all say I still love her
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger
But she ain't messin' wit no broke niggaz
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger
But she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
Get down girl go head get down
Get down girl go head get down
Get down girl go head get down
Get down girl go head
18 years, 18 years
She got one of yo kids got you for 18 years
I know somebody payin' child support for one of his kids
His baby momma's car and crib is bigger than his
You will see him on TV Any Given Sunday
Win the Superbowl and drive off in a Hyundai
She was spose to buy ya shorty TYCO with ya money
She went to the doctor got lipo with ya money
She walkin' around looking' like Micheal with ya money
Should of got that insured got GEICO for ya moneeey
If you aint no punk holla We want prenup'
WE WANT PRENUP!'
Yeah, it's something that you need to have
Cause when she leave yo ass she gon' leave with half
18 years, 18 years
And on her 18th birthday he found out it wasn't his
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger
But she ain't messin' wit no broke niggaz
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger
But she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
Get down girl go head get down
Get down girl go head get down
Get down girl go head get down
Get down girl go head
Now I ain't sayin' you a gold digger you got needs
You don't want ya dude to smoke but he can't buy weed
You got out to eat and he can't pay y'all cant leave
There's dishes in the back, he gotta roll up his sleeves
But why y'all watch him washin'
He gone make it into a Benz out of that Datson
He got that ambition baby look in his eyes
This week he moppin' floors next week it's the fries
So, stick by his side
I know his dude's ballin' but yeah thats nice
And they gon' keep callin' and tryin'
But you stay right girl
But when you go he gonna leave yo ass for a white girl
Get down girl go head get down
Get down girl go head get down
Get down girl go head get down
Get down girl go head
5.Skit #1(Kanye West ／ Late Registration)
I brought you brothers here today to start our own faternity
Broke Fi Broke we aint got it Broke Fi Broke(WE AINT GOT IT)
No we have no money we out sharin jeans
If I go outside I got the only clothing on
How many cars do we own(NONE)
How many cars do we own(NONE SIR)
Should we let our women go and be wit the cat wit the car(YES WE
WILL)
Why cuz we cant afford gas SAY IT WIT ME
(we cant afford no gas)SAY IT
(we cant afford no gas)so we aint drivin
6.Drive Slow(feat. Paul Wall ＆ GLC)
(Chorus)
Drive slow homey
Drive slow homey
Ya never know homey might meet some hoes homey
Ya need to pump your brakes and drive slow homey
(Kanye)
My homey Mali used to stay one 29th and May
One of my best friends from back in the day
Down the street form Calumet a school full of stones
He nicknamed me K-Rock so they'd leave me alone
Bulls jacket with his hat broke way off
Walk around the mall with his radio face off
Plus he had the spinner from his Dayton's in his hand
Keys in his hand reason again to let you know he's the man
Back when we rocked Alesis he had dreams of Caprice's
Drove by the teachers even more by police's
How he get that cash today his father passed away
Left him with a little somthin 16 he was stuntin
Al B Sure nigga with the hair all wavy
Hit lakeshore girls go all crazy
Hit the freeway go at least bout 80
Boned so much that summer even had him a baby
See back back then then if you had a car
You were the Chi town version of Baby
And I was just a virgin a baby
One of the reasons I looked up to him crazy
I used to love to play my demo tape when the system yanked
Felt like I was almost signed when the shit got cracked
We'll take a Saturday and just circle the mall
They had the Lincoln's and Aurora's we were hurting them all
And there was a lot of flirting involved
But dawg fuck all that flirting I'm trying to get in some draws
So put me on with these hoes homey's
He said don't rush to get grown drive slow homey
Drive slow homie
Drive slow...
Ya never know homey about these hoes homey
Ya need to pump your breaks and drive slow homey
(Paul Wall)
What It do
I'm posted up in the parking lot my trunk wavin'
The candy gloss is immaculate and is simply amazing
Them elbows poking wide on that Candy-lac
Trunnk open screens on neons lit with --
I'm on a mission for dime piece's and sexy ladies
Allow me to introduce you to my CL Mercedes
It's a star-studded event when I valet park
Open up my mouth and sunlight illuminates the dark
You see them 4's crawlin, you see them screens fallin
The disco ball in my mouth insinuates I'm ballin
I'm leanin on a switch sittin crooked in my slab
But I could still catch boopas if I drove a cab
A young Houston hard hitter all about the scrilla
Riding some candy coated crawlin like a caterlippar
I'm tippin on those 4's I'm jamming off this screw
I'm lookin for them hoes baby what it do？
(Chorus)
Drive slow homey
Turn your haard lights on when you see them hoes
Drive slow homey
If you ridin around the city with nowhere to go
Drive slow homey
Live today cuz tomorrow you never know
Ya never know homey might meet some hoes homey
Ya need to pump your brakes and drive slow homey
My cars like the movies my cars like the crib
I got more TV's in here then where I live
And it don't make no sense but bay I'm the shit
And everything I flip you know is something serious
I got the custom grill I got the Brabus rims
I got the baller genetics baby that's evident
You see a player flicking and you ain't convinced
That you should go and kiss it just a little bit
I wear my custom kicks I got my Jesus chain
My canaries is gleaming though my angle wings
They see me hoes acting like they seen a king
With that mean lean smoking on the finest Cali green
My wood grain oak I'm riding on vogues
My cylinder quiet like tip toes
I sold O's and this I know
When you see them hoes little homey drive slow
Chopped and Screwed
Yeah..
Drive slow homey
Drive slow homey
Ya never know homey might meet some hoes homey
Ya need to pump your brakes and drive slow homey
Drive slow homey
7.My Way Home(feat. Common)
Yeah(I'm on my way home)
They say home is where the hate is
My dome is where fate is
I stroll where souls get lost like vegas(I'm on my way home)
Seen through the eyes of rebel glasses
Pray to god that my arms reach the masses
The young smoke grasping graspless jungles
Rubberband together in cashless bundles(I'm on my way home)
We wear struggling chains
Divided only hustle remains
Making sense of it we hustle for change
Revolution ain't a game
It's another name
For life fighting
Someone to stay in they corner like Mike Tyson(I'm on my way
home)
Hypes fighting for hits to heighten they hell
Don't he know he only get as high as he fell
Show money becomes bail
Relationships become jail
Children are unheld(I'm on my way home)
I wish love was for sale
Behold the pale
Whores got me trapped like r. kel', I bail and it-
Might not be such a bad idea if I never, never went home again
I'm on my way home
I left three days ago
But no one seems to know I'm gone
Home is where the hatred is
Home is filled with pain and it
Might not be such a bad idea if I never
Never went home again.
8.Crack Music(feat. Game)
(Hook)
(Kanye)
That's that crack music nigga
That real black music nigga
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
(The Game)
That's that crack music nigga
That real black music nigga
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
(Verse 1)
(Kanye)
How we stop the black panthers？
Ronald Reagan cooked up an answer
You hear that？
What Gil Scott was hearin
When our heroes and heroines got hooked on heroin.
Crack raised the murder rate in DC and Maryland
We invested in that it's like we got Merril-Lynch
And we been hangin from the same tree ever since
Sometimes I feel the music is the only medicine
So we cook it, cut it, measure it, bag it,sell it
The fiends cop it
Nowadays they cant tell if that's that good shit
We ain't sure man
Put the CD on your toungue yeah, thats pure man.
(Hook)
(Verse 2)
From the place where the fathers gone,
The mothers is hardly home
And the...
Gonna lock us up in a...home
How the Mexicans say we just tryin to party homes
They wanna pack us all in a box like styrofoam
Who gave Saddam anthrax？
George Bush got the answers
Back in the hood it's a different type of chemical,
Am and Hammer baking soda
Raised they own quota
Writin when our soldiers ran for the stove cuz--
Cuz dreams of being 'Hova went from bein a brokeman ta bein a
dopeman
Ta bein a president look theres hope man
This that inspiration for tha mos and tha folks man,
Shorty come and see if mama straight overdosin.
And this is the soundtrack,
This tha type of music you make when you round that--
Crack music nigga,
That real black music nigga.
(The Game)
That's that crack music nigga
That real black music nigga
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
(Kanye)
God-how could you let this happen, happen, happen, happen,
happen, happen？
(Kanye)
That's that crack music, crack music
That real black music, black music
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
(The Game)
That's that crack music nigga
That real black music nigga
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
(Kanye)
That's that crack music, crack music,that real black music,
black music
Our father, give us this day our daily bread ...give us these
days and take our daily bread,
See I done did all this ole bullshit
And to attone I throw a little somethin, somethin on the pulpit.
We took that shit, measured it and then cooked that shit
And what we gave back was crack music
And now we ooze it through they nooks and crannies
So our mammas aint got to be they cooks and nannies
And we gonna repo everything they ever took from grammy
Now the former slaves trade hooks for grammies
This dark dixon has become America's addiction those who ain't
even black use it.
9.Roses
(Kanye Talking)
I know it's passed visiting hours
But can I please give her these flowers？
The doctor don't wanna take procedures
He claim my heart can't take the anesthesia
It'll send her body into a seizure
The little thing by the hospital bed,
It'll stop beepin'
Hey chick, I'm at a lost for words
What do you say at this time？
Remember when I was nine
Tell her everything gon' be fine
But I would be lyin', my family cryin'
They want her to live and she tryin'
I'm arguin' like what kinda doctor can we find
Ya know the best medicine go to people tha's paid
If Magic Johnson got a cure for AIDS
And all the broke motherfuckas passed away
You tellin' me that if my grandma's in the NBA
Right now she'd be okay
But since she was just a secretary workin' for the church
for 35 years, things s'posed to stop right here？
My grandfather tryna pull it together, he's strong
Tha's where I get my confidence from
I ask the nurse, 'Did you do the research'
She asked me, 'Can you sign some t-shirts'
'Bitch is you smokin' reefa？'
You don't see that we hurt？ But still...
(Chorus)
I smile, when roses come to see me
And I can't wait for the sunny days(seeing it thru your eyes)
Can't wait for the clouds to break
(Kanye)
They outside of the emergency room(room)
You can feel my heart beat(beat, beat)
If she gon' pull thru
We gon' find out soon, but right now she sleep(sleep, sleep)
My mama said they say she could pass away any day
Hey chick, what these doctas know anyway？
Let me see the X-Rays, I ain't no expert, just hurt
Cousin Kim took off work
Plus my Aunt Shirley, Aunt Beverly, Aunt Clay, Aunt Gene
So many Aunties, we could have a auntie team
Feel like Amerie, it's this one thing
When they said that she made it, it made their eyes gleam
I think we at a all time high
to get there we run, we fly, we drive
Cuz with my family, you know where home is
So instead of sendin' flowers, we the roses
(Chorus)
It brings the sunshine
Ooooooh
(Chorus)
Can't wait, I can't wait
Can't wait, I can't wait
Can't wait, I can't wait
Can't wait, for a sunny day
Tell ya mama can't wait, for the clouds to break
Oh no, no
Say
Tellin' you the truth now
Said, I can't wait
I won't wait
10.Bring Me Down (feat. Brandy)
Brandy(Chorus)
I always knew that one day
They try to bring me down,
way down, way down(way down)
oooooooooooooo
One day, they tryna bring me down
oooooooo
Always knew that one day
They try to bring me down, way down
They tryna bring me down
Kanye
Why we goin to mass today
We have to pray
besides what the pastor say
I have to say, since 'pac passed away
Most u rappers don't even deserve a track from me(You see)
If u ever wanted to ever be anything
It'll always be sombody that'll shoot down any dream
It'll always be haters, thats the way it is
Hater Niggaz marry hater bitches and have hater kidz
But thay gon have to take my life, for thay take my drive
Cause when i was barely livin thats what kept me alive
Just the thought that maybe it could be better than where we at
at this time
Make it outta this grime fore im outta my mind
and get some leway on that he-say she-say
Your girl dont like me, how long has she been gay
Spanish girls say ya no habla inglis
and everybody wanna run to me for they singla
its funny how these wack niggaz need my help
wasn't around when i couldnt feed myself
dawg if i was u i wouldnt feel myself
dawg if i was u i'd kill myself
Made a mill myself(ooooooo)
And im still myself(ooooooo)
And ima look in da mirror if i need some help(yeaaaah)
Y'all dont speak from da heart
Y'all all frontin(oooooo)
Everybody feel a way about K
but at least y'all feel sumthin
Brandy
What y'all called in
I met all em
but give it with sum get will get ya
What kind of dream we found
See im often
what y'all cross with
so give it with the hand i met ya
And try to bring me down
I always knew that one day
They try to bring me down,
way down, way down(way down)
Always knew that one day
They try to bring me down, way down
Always knew that one day
They try to bring me down, way down
They tryna bring me down
11.Addiction
Why everything that's supposed to bad make me feel so good
Everything they told me not to is exactly what I would
Man I tried to stop man I tried the best I could
But(You make me smile)
Why everything that's supposed to bad make me feel so good
Everything they told me not to is exactly what I would
Man I tried to stop man I tried the best I could
But
What's your addiction, is it money is it girls is it weed
I've been afflicted by not one not two but all three
She's got the same thing about me but more about us
She's coming over so I guess that means I'm on drugs
Just let me peek now I mean damn I'm so curious
She's got a lover so the lies and the lust is a rush
Time's of the essence I need you to be spontaneous
Roll up the doge, henny and c-c-cola then I'm co coming over
Cuz its ne never over
Why everything that's supposed to bad make me feel so good
Everything they told me not to is exactly what I would
Man I tried to stop man I tried the best I could
But(You make me smile)
I see the emotion in your eyes that you try not to show
We get the closest when you high or you drunk or you blow
So I pour the potion so we could both get high as we could go
Then I'll get the lotion and do something to me when your thighs
is exposed
There's no turning back now, I mean I don't mean to impose
Not now but right now I need you to undress and then pose
I'm into that now catch a vibe when the doors get closed
Roll up the doge, henny and c-c-cola and I keep co-coming over
Cuz its ne never over
Why everything that's supposed to bad make me feel so good
Everything they told me not to is exactly what I would
Man I tried to stop man I tried the best I could
But(You make me smile)
(INSTRUMENTAL)
Why everything that's supposed to bad make me feel so good
Everything they told me not to is exactly what I would
Man I tried to stop man I tried the best I could
But(You make me smile)
I just wanted to ask you
Just wanted to um
Let how would I put this uhh
Let's say all your friends
Remember the one
You said if you ever she would be the one
Ok, Ok, Ok
I was thinking, hypothetically
I mean don't take this seriously
Don't take me I mean just
Uhh not credibly
I'm feeling incredibly
I mean let's see
Just maybe
I mean you, her and me
Maybe, Baby, Baby
You know I was just kidding
Unless you gon' do it
12.Skit #2(Kanye West ／ Late Registration)
We broke, broke, broke, fi broke(We ain't got it)
Broke, broke, broke, fi broke(We ain't got it)
Don't spend no money
Ain't got no clothes
Ain't got no cars
Ain't got no hoes
We broke, broke, broke, fi broke(We ain't got it)
Broke, broke, broke, fi broke(We ain't got it)
Got no money(Got no money)
We got no clothes(Got no clothes)
We got no cars(Got no cars)
Can't get no hoes
We broke, broke, broke, broke, broke
Punch it, niggers
Broke, broke, broke, broke broke
13.Diamonds From Sierra Leone(feat. Jay-Z)
Diamonds are forever
They're all I need to please me.
They can't stimulate and tease me.
They won't leave in the night,
Have no fear that they might desert me.
Diamonds are forever(forever forever)
Throw ya diamonds in the sky if ya feel the vibe!
Diamonds are forever(forever forever)
The ROC is still alive every time I rhyme.
Forever ever？ Forever ever？
Ever, ever？ Ever, ever？ Ever, ever？ Ever, ever？
Good morning, this ain't Vietnam
Still people lose hands, legs, arms for real.
Little was known of Sierra Leone
And how they connect to the diamonds we own.
And when I speak of the diamonds in this song,
I ain't talk about the ones that be glowin,
I'm talking about Roc-a-fella--my home.
My chain, these ain？t conflict diamonds,
Is they Jacob？ don't lie to me man.
I feel a part of me sayin keep shinin
How？ When I know what a blood diamonds
Though it's thousands of miles away,
Sierra Leone connect to what we go through today.
Over here it's a drug trade, we die from drugs.
Over there, they die from what we buy from drugs.
The diamonds, the chains, the braces, the charmses.
I thought my Jesus piece was so harmless,
Til i seen a picture of a shorty armless.
And here's the conflict：
It's in a black person's soul to rock that gold.
Spend your whole life tryin' to get that ice.
Call a baller up B, 'You look so nice'.
How could something so wrong make me feel so right？
Right？!
Before I beat myself up like Ike,
You can still throw your Rocafella diamond tonight, cuz,
Diamonds are forever(forever forever)
Throw ya diamonds in the sky if ya feel the vibe!
Diamonds are forever(forever forever)
The ROC is still alive every time I rhyme.
Forever ever？ Forever ever？
Ever, ever？ Ever, ever？ Ever, ever？ Ever, ever？
People askin' me if I'm gon' give my chain back
That'll be the day I give the game back
You know the next question dog 'Yo, where Dame at？!
This track the Indian dance to bring our reign back
What's up with you and Jay, man, are y'all ok man？!
Yup, I got it from here, K, damn.
The chain, the man, the game is intact
The name is mine I'll take the blame for that.
The pressure is on, but guess who ain't gona crack
Hahaha.
Pardon me, I had to laugh at that!
How could you falter, when you the rock of Gibraltar
I had to get off the boat, so I could walk on water.
This ain't no tall order, this is nuffn to me.
Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week.
I do this in my sleep. I sell kilos of coke.
I'm guessin' I can sell CDs
I'm not a business man, I'm a business, maan.
And I handle my business, damn!
Kanyezey, you got me. Freeway, then Foxy.
Wykeeze, Teairra Mari, Peedi watch me.
Bleek could be one hit away his whole career.
As long as I'm alive, he's a millionaire.
And even if I die, he's in my will somewhere.
So he could just kick back and chill somewhere
Oh yeah, he don't even have to write rhymes.
The dynasty like my money last three lifetimes.
Shirley Bassey in the wear sayin exactly
what I've been saying practically my whole career.
A diamond is forever and I'll be mining this forever
And now the Louis Vuitton Don coming, couldn't be better.
People lined up to see the Titanic sinking
Instead, we rose from the ashes like a phoenix.
If you waitin' for the end of this dynasty sign,
It'll seem like forever is a mighty long time.
Yo, bitches.
Hahahaha.
(Aaaay!)
G'night!
14.We Major (feat. Nas ＆ Really Doe)
(Chorus)
You motherfuckers better do your job
and roll up and watch how we roll up and
I can't control it, can't hold it, it's so nuts
I take a sip of that yak, I wanna fuck
I take a hit of that chronic, it got me stuck
But really what's amazing is how I keep blazing
Towel under the door smoke until the days end
Puff, puff then pass, don't fuck up rotation
Hpnotic for Henny, now nigga that's your chaser
Turn nothin to something now pimpin' that's a savior
Best things are green now pimp and get your paper
High off the ground instead of skyscraper
Too low thinkin' we local, come on homie, we major
Feeling better than some head on a sunday afternoon
Better than a chick that say yes to soon
Until you have a daughter, that's what I call karma
And you pray to god she don't grow breasts too soon.
Projects to' up, gang signs is thrown up
Niggas hats broke off that's how we grow up
Why else you think shorty's write rhymes just to blow up？
Get they first car and then IRS show up
He ain't never had shit but he had that nine
Nigga come through flickin' and he had that shine
Put two and two together in a little bad weather
Gon' be a whole family on that funeral line
Ask the reverand was the strip club cool
if my tips help send a pretty girl through school
That's all I want like wino's want they good whisky
I ain't in the Klan, but I brought my hood with me
(Chorus)
You motherfuckers better do your job
and roll up and watch how we roll up and
I can't control it, can't hold it, it's so nuts
I take a sip of that yak, I wanna fuck
I take a hit of that chronic, it got me stuck
But really what's amazing is how I keep blazing
Towel under the door smoke until the days end
Puff, puff then pass, don't fuck up rotation
Hpnotic for Henny, now nigga that's your chaser
Turn nothin to something now pimpin' that's a savior
Best things are green now pimp and get your paper
High off the ground instead of skyscraper
Too low thinkin' we local, come on homie, we major
(Nas)
I heard the beat and I ain't know what to write
First line, should it be about the hos or the ice？
Four-four's or black christ？ Both flows would be nice
Rap about big paper or the black man's plight
At the studio consol asked my man to the right
What this verse sound like, should I freestyle or write？
He said, Nas, what the fans want is Illmatic, Stillmatic
Picked up the pad and pencil and jotted what I feel
Been like 12 years since a nigga first signed
Now I'm a free agent
And I'm thinking it's time
To build my very own Motown
Cuz rappers be deprived of executive 9 to 5s
And it hurts to see these companies be stealing the life
And I love to give my blood sweat and tears to the mic
So y'all copped the LPs and y'all fiends got dealt
I'm Jesse Jackson on the balcony where King got killed
I survived the livest niggas around
Lasting longer than more than half of you clowns
Look, I used to cook before I had the game took
Either way my change came like Sam Cooke.
(Really Doe)
Feeling better than I ever felt before today
Like better late than never is orientation
Still we can make it better throwing all your cares away
(Chorus)
You motherfuckers better do your job
and roll up and watch how we roll up and
I can't control it, can't hold it, it's so nuts
I take a sip of that yak, I wanna fuck
I take a hit of that chronic, it got me stuck
But really what's amazing is how I keep blazing
Towel under the door smoke until the days end
Puff, puff then pass, don't fuck up rotation
Hpnotic for Henny, now nigga that's your chaser
Turn nothin to something now pimpin' that's a savior
Best things are green now pimp and get your paper
High off the ground instead of skyscraper
Too low thinkin' we local, come on homie, we major
15.Skit #3(Kanye West ／ Late Registration)
this was founded, years ago
by broke slaves, years ago
who did not have, years ago
by broke brothers in their 20, years ago
who did not have, what we could not eat, hm
'member that？
eatin all of our cereal with forks 'cause we want to save the
milk
do you remember that？ hm
do you remember all those christmas', where your mama walk in
the room
and pretend she wud the tree, huh 'member that？
16.Hey Mama
I want everybody to put they hands together for me
I want to talk about somebody real special tonight(whooooaaaa)
ok, come on
Hey Mama, ahhhhhhhhhh, I wanna scream so loud for you
'Cause I'm so proud of you, let me tell you what I'm about to
do(Hey Mama)
I know I act a fool, but I promise you I'm going back to school
I appreciate that you alive for me, I just want you to be proud
of me(Hey Mama)
I want to tell the whole world about a friend of mine
This little light of mine, I'm feelin' let it shine
I'm feelin' take y'all back to them better times
I'm feelin' talk about my momma if y'all don't mind(Hey Mama)
I was 3 years old when you and I move to the Chi
Late December, harsh winter gave me a cold
You fix me up something that was good for my soul
Famous home chicken soup, can I have another bowl(Hey Mama)
You work late nights just to keep on the lights
Mommy got me training wheels so I can keep on my bike
And you would give me anything in this world
Michael Jackson leather and the glove, but didn't give me a
curl(Hey Mama)
And you never put no man over me, and I love you for that mommy
can't you see
Seven years old, caught you with tears in your eyes
'Cause a nigga cheat and telling you lies, then I started to
cry(Hey Mama)
As we knelt on the kitchen floor, I said mommy I'm a love you
'till you don't hurt no more
And when I'm older, you ain't got to work no more
And I'm a get you that mansion that we couldn't afford(Hey Mama)
See your unbreakable, unmistakable, highly capable, lady that's
making loot
A living legend too, just look at what heaven do, send us an
angel, and I thank you
Hey Mama, ahhhhhhhhhh, I wanna scream so loud for you
'Cause I'm so proud of you, let me tell you what I'm about to
do(Hey Mama)
I know I act a fool, but I promise you I'm going back to school
I appreciate that you alive for me, I just want you to be proud
of me(Hey Mama)
Forest Gump momma said, life was like a box of chocolates
My momma told me go to school, get your doctorate
Something to fall back on, you can profit with
But still supported me when I did the opposite(Hey Mama)
Now I feel like there's things I gotta get, things I gotta do
Just to prove to you, you was getting through
Can the choir please, gimme a verse of you, eyes so beautiful,
to me(Hey Mama)
Can't you see, you're like a book of poetry, Maya Angelou, Nikki
Giovanni
Turn one page and there's my mommy(Hey Mama)
Come on mommy just dance with me, let the whole world see your
dancing feet
Now when I say hey, y'all say mama
Now everybody answer me
Hey Mama, ahhhhhhhhhh, I wanna scream so loud for you
'Cause I'm so proud of you, let me tell you what I'm about to
do(Hey Mama)
I know I act a fool but, I promise you I'm going back to school
I appreciate that you alive for me, I just want you to be proud
of me(Hey Mama)
I guess it all depends though, if my ends low
Second they get up you gon' get that Benzo, tint the windows
Ride around the city and let your friends know(Hey Mama)
Tell your job you gotta fake 'em out
Since you brought me in this world let me take you out
To a restaurant, up a echelon(？) I'm a get you a Jag whateva
else you want(Hey Mama)
Just tell me what kind of S-Type Donda West like
Tell me the perfect color so I make it just right
It don't gotta be Mother's Day, or your birthday, for me to just
call and say
Hey Mama, ahhhhhhhhhh, I wanna scream so loud for you
'Cause I'm so proud of you, let me tell you what I'm about to
do(Hey Mama)
You know I love you so, I'm gonna let you go
I made this song just so you know no matter where you go I'm a
love you..
17.Celebration
Yeah, you know what this is
It's a celebration, bitches!
Grab a drink, grab a glass
After that I grab yo ass
Why you actin' all
Shy and all
Why is y'all
Lyin' for？
'I never did this before...'
Stop that
What, you want some petron？
I got that.
I mean I promise y'all
You fine and all
And your girlfriend, she kinda raw
But she not like you
No, she not like you
Right now I need you to mute all the monologue
All that talkin is gon' give me a tylenol
You put a nigga to sleep, I'm tired of ya'll
Right now the Louis Vuitton don is signing off
But, I just thought you should know
We hit the liquor store
Got some Cris and some Mo
And we about to let it floooooow
Had some problems before but see we let em go
Got an ounce of that dro
And we about to let it bloooooow
Yeah, you know what this is
It's a celebration, bitches!
Grab a drink, grab a glass
After that, I grab yo ass
See you know my style
I'm very wild
And I vow that my child will be well endowed
Like his daddy
And tell him that your mama had a fattie
He looked up at me said, 'daddy that's the reason why you had
me？'
Yep, we was praticing
Til one day your ass bust through the packaging
You know what though？ You my favorite accident
So go head pop some Cristal
For my newborn child cuz now y'all
Know what this is
It's a celebration, bitches!
grab a drink, grab a glass
after that I grab yo ass
But, I just thought you should know
We hit the liquor store
got some cris and some mo
and we about to let it floooooow
had some problems before but see we let em go
got an ounce of that dro
and we about to let it bloooooow
Ho! Ho!(We lookin' for some) Ho! Ho!
18.Skit #4(Kanye West ／ Late Registration)
19.Gone (feat. Consequence ＆ Cam' Ron)
But it's too late, it's too late
He, gone
You sweat her, and I ain't talkin 'bout a Coogi
You a big L, and I ain't talkin 'bout Cool J
See me at the airport, at least 20 Louis
Treat me like the Prince and this my sweet brother Numpsay
BROTHER NUMPSAY! Groupies sound too choosy
Take 'em to the show and talk all through the movies
Says she want diamonds, I took her to Ruby Tuesdays
If we up in Friday's, I still have it my way
Too late, we, gone - we strivin home
Gone - we ride on chrome
It's too late
Y'all don't want no prob from me
What you rappers could get is a job from me
Maybe you could be my intern, and in turn
I'll show you how I cook up summer, in the win-turr
Aaron love the raw dog, when will he learn
Caught somethin on the Usher tour he had to 'Let it Burn'
Plus he already got three chil'run
Arguin over babysitters like, 'Bitch - it's yo' turn!'
Damn 'Ye, it'd be stupid to ditch you
Even your superficial raps is super official
R-R-R-Roc pastel with Gucci on
With TV's in the ride, throw a movie on
Said he couldn't rap now he at the top with doobie long
Cause the dookie's on any song that they threw me on, gone
We strivin home, gone
I ride on chrome...
We strivin home, gone
Killa, I ride on chrome
Knock knock, who's there？ Killa Cam, Killa who？
Killa Cam, hustler, grinder, gorilla true
Oh my chinchilla blue, blue you ever dealt with a dealer
Well here's the deal ma we goin to the dealer
No concealin, no ceiling I don't need a roof
Act up, get out, I don't need you poof
Poof, be gone, damn tough luck dag
Dag, niggaz still doin puff puff pass
Pull the truck up fast and I tell 'em
Hey, back in a touched up Jag, shit
Y'all niggaz want Killa Cam, cerebellum
An old man just gon' tell 'em(too late, he, gone)
Then I see how y'all gonna react when I'm(gone)
My last girl want me back then I'm on
Fine stay, you got the grind hey
Came back, read what the sign say(too late, he, gone)
Yes I know you wanna see my demise
Yeah you church boy actin like a thief in disguise
Ain't leavin my side, see the greed in my eyes
Ask Abby y'all hustle for a week to the Chi, shit
And that ain't leavin alive, please believe me
Gave Weezy a piece of the pie, and
You can ask George or Regina
The whole Westside I explore with the Beemer now
We strivin home, I ride on chrome
Listen homeboy move on
That's your best bet, why's that？
Cause
Uhh, uhh, yo, yo
I been pourin out some liquor for the fact that my pal's gone
And tryin to help his momma with the fact that her child gone
And since we used to bubble like a tub full of Calgon
Guess it's only right that I should help her from now on
But since they got a foul on, what coulda gone wrong
Now they askin Cons, how long has this gone on
And maybe all this money mighta gone to my head
Cause they got me thinkin money mighta gone to the feds
So I ain't goin to the dread, but he'll go on up to bed
And when I came the next mornin he was gone with my bread
And with that bein said, I had gone on my instincts
And gone to the spots where they go to get mixed drinks
But lookin back now shoulda gone to the crib
And rented 'Gone With the Wind,' cause I'da gone about 10
But I had gone with my friend, and we had gone to the bar
And heard a nigga talkin shit so I had gone to the car
And now the judge is tellin me that I had gone too far
And now we gone for 20 years, doin time behind bars
And since I gone to a cell for some cruddy crimes
I guess I gone to the well one too many times, cause I'm gone
Uh-uh-uh
Uh-uh-uh uh uh onnn, uh uh-uh onnn
Uh-uh onnn, uh uh-uh I'mmmm
Ah-head of my time, sometimes years out
So the powers that be won't let me get my ideas out
And that make me wanna get my advance out
And move to Oklahoma and just live at my Aunt's house
Yeah, I romance the thought of leavin it all behind
Kanye step away from the lime-
-light, like, when I was on the grind
In the 'One, Nine, Nine, Nine'
Before, model chicks was bendin over or
Dealerships asked me Benz or Rover, man
If I could just get one beat on Hova
We could get up off this cheap-ass sofa
What the summer of the Chi got to offer an 18-year-old
Sell drugs or get a job, you gotta play gyro
My dawg worked at Taco Bell, hooked us up plural-fied
A week later the manager count the churros
Sometimes I can't believe it when I look up in the mirrow
How we out in Europe, spendin Euros
They claim you never know what you got 'til it's GONE
I know I got it, I don't know what y'all on
I'ma open up a store for aspiring MC's
Won't sell 'em no dream, but the inspiration is free
But if they ever flip sides like Anakin
You'll sell everything includin the mannequin
They got a new bitch now you Jennifer Aniston
Hold on I'll handle it, don't start panickin, stay calm
Shorty's at the door cause they need more
Inspiration for they life, they souls, and they songs
They said sorry Mr. West is gone!
20.Diamonds From Sierra Leone(Bonus Track)
Diamonds are forever
They won't leave in the night
Have no fear that they might
Desert me
Diamonds are forever(forever, forever)
Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
Diamonds are forever(forever, forever, forever)
The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme.
Forever ever？ Forever ever？ Ever, ever？ Ever, ever？ Ever, ever？
Ever, ever？
Close your eyes and imagine, feel the magic
Vegas on acid,
Seen through Yves St. Laurent glasses
And I've realized that I've arrived, cuz
It take more than a magazine to kill my Vibe does
Does he write his own rhymes？
Well sort of, I think em
That mean I forgot better shit than u ever thought of
Damn, is he really that caught up？
I ask if you talkin' bout glasses, do my name get brought up？
I remember I couldn't afford a Ford Escort or even a four track
recorder
so its only right that I let the top drop on a drop-top Porsche
- its for yourself that's important
If a stripper named Porscha and u get tips from many men
Then your fat friend her nickname is minivan
Excuse me,
That's just the Henny, man, I smoke, I drink, I'm supposed to
stop I cant because
Diamonds are forever(forever, forever)
Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
Diamonds are forever(forever, forever, forever)
The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme.
Forever ever？ Forever ever？ Ever, ever？ Ever, ever？ Ever, ever？
Ever, ever？
I was sick about awards
Couldn't nobody cure me
Only playa that got robbed but kept all his jewelry
Alicia Keys tried to talk some sense to them
30 minutes later seems there's no convincing them
What more can you ask for？
The international raw style
Who complains about when he is old？
And throw a tantrum like he is 3 years old
You gotta love it though somebody still speaks from his soul
And wouldn't change by the change, or the game, or the fame,
When he came, in the game, he made his own name
Now all I need is y'all to pronounce my name
Its Kanye - But some of my plaques - they still say Kayne
Got family and a deacon, folk from Motown
Back in the Chi - them folks ain't from Motown
Life movin？ too fast I need to slow down
Girl ain't give me no ass, ya need to go down
My father Ben said I need Jesus
So he took me to church and let the water wash over my Cesar
The preacher said we need leaders
Right then my body got still like a paraplegic
You know who you can call you gotta best believe it
The Roc stand tall and you would never believe it
Take your diamonds and throw 'em up like you bulimic
Yea the beat cold but the flow is anemic
After debris settles and the dust get swept off
Big K pick up where young Hov left off
Right when magazines wrote Kanye West off
I dropped my new shit sound like the best of
A＆R's lookin' like 'pssh we messed up？
Grammy night, damn right, we got dressed up
Bottle after bottle till we got messed up
In the studio, where really though, yea he next up
People askin' me if I'm gon？ give my chain back
That？ll be the day I give the game back
You know the next question dog 'Yo, where Dame at？？
This track the Indian dance to bring our reign back
What's up with you and Jay, man, are y'all ok man？？
They pray for the death of our dynasty like Amen
R-r-r-right here stands a-man
With the power to make a diamond with his bare hands？
Diamonds are forever(forever, forever)
Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
Diamonds are forever(forever, forever, forever)
The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme.
Forever ever？ Forever ever？ Ever, ever？ Ever, ever？ Ever, ever？
Ever, ever？
Diamonds are forever(forever, forever)
Diamonds are forever(forever, forever, forever)
21.Late
aw ha ha ha ha
i be late for that
baby i wait for that
if you had a taste of that
you'd probably pay for that
i'm coming in when i feel like
so turn this mo'er fucker up only if it feels right
i be late for that
i can't wait for that
i think i was made for that
so i'm coming in when i feel like
so turn this mother fucker up only if it feels right
stop all your blood-clot crying
i was flying
made it to school with barely nuff time to sign in
yea i hear the alarm
yea i hear you mom
yea yea i don't wanna be broke when i'm thirty-one
they said the best classes go to the fastest
sorry mr. west there's no good classes
and that's what yo ass get
not even electives, not even prerequisites
you mean i missed my major by a couple of seconds
now i'm in the shop class or the basket-weaving
with all the rest of the mo'er fuckers underachieving
man this is an insult
i went to junior high with all of them
and they been slow
if i can catch a beat and slow down the tempo
just throw this at the end if i'm too late for the intro
well i make it from the students loans to a benzo
like old folks pissin' i guess it all depends
aw ha ha ha ha
stop your crying baby
i be late for that
baby i wait for that
if you had a taste of that
you'd probably pay for that
i'm coming in when i feel like
so turn this mo'er fucker up only if it feels right
i be late for that
i can't wait for that
i think i was made for that
so i'm coming in when i feel like
so turn this mother fucker up only if it feels right
you know when you be late you miss all the lights
that's right(that's right), that's right(that's right)
and when you get back she gonna start up a fight
that night(that night), that night(that night)
baby it's too late for that
maybe i been taking it slow
trying to make it to the party 'fore the guest list close
with the freshest hoes, the professors know
we about to get real unprofessional
like the eskimos, what would you do for a klondike
or two dykes that look christina millian-like
hmm, i be on time for that
i ain't thought of no line that could rhyme with that
yo i be there in five minutes
five hours later, i'll be there in five minutes
go ahead ride with it
i'm so live with it, look how i did it
and bullshittin but i finally arrived with it
i know it's late and i took all year
but you can stop complaining cause i'm finally here
aw ha ha ha ha
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