그래미 5개 부문수상에 빛나는 '카니에 웨스트'의 지난해 9월에 있었던 애비 로드 공연을 담은 DVD. 존 레전드의 피아노와 17인조의 여성 오케스트라가 협연하는 화려한 실황과 프로모비디오, 인터뷰를 담은 스페셜버전. 표지가 인조 가죽재질로 되어있는 고급 한정판입니다. 힙합 마니아들이 소장 리스트에 바로 올려야 할 콜렉터스 아이템!
I gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly 'Fore the day I die, I'm a touch the sky Gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly 'Fore the day I die, I'm a touch the sky
Back when they thought pink polos would hurt the Roc, Before Cam got the shit to pop, the doors was closed. I felt like Bad Boy's street team, I couldn't work the Lox. Now let's go. Take 'em back to the plan... Me and my mama hopped in the U-Haul van. Any pessimists I ain't talk 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 'Fore the day I die, I'm a touch the sky Gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly 'Fore the day I die, I'm a 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 would 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 "Man, these niggas that much better than me?" Baby, I'm going on an aeroplane, 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 them same wrongs helped me write this song. Now,
I gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly 'Fore the day you die, You gonna touch the sky You gonna touch the sky baby girl! Testify, come up in the spot Looking extra fly 'Fore the day you die, You gonna touch the sky
Yes, yes, yes guess who's on third? Lupe steal like Lupin the Third. Here like ear till I'm beer on the curb Peach fuzz buzz but beard on the verge Let's slow it down like we're on the syrup 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 Lion like I'm Mumm-Ra, But I'm not lying when I'm laying on the beat. Engarde, Touche Lupe cool as the unthawed, But I still feel as possessed as a gun charge. 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 end my verse right where the horns are like
I gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly 'Fore the day you die, You gonna touch the sky You gonna touch the sky baby girl! Testify, come up in the spot Looking extra fly 'Fore 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!
Kanye West 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.
Kanye West 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 Merrill 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 tongue yeah, that's pure man.
Kanye West 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.
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, Arm and Hammer baking soda Raised they own quota Writin' when our soldiers ran for the stove cause... Cause 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 the 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 West God-how could you let this happen, happen, happen, happen, happen, happen? La-la-la [etc.]
Kanye West 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 West 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.
Malik Yusef 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 atone 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 mama's ain't 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. We gon' keep baggin up this here crack music.
Kanye West Drive slow homey... drive slow homey... You never know homey might meet some hoes homey You need to pump your brakes and drive slow homey.
My homie Marty used to stay, Sunny 9th and May One of my best friends from back in the day Down the street from 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 And walked around the mall with his radio face off Plus he had the spinner from his Daytons in his hand, keys in his hand Reason again to let you know he's the man Back when we rocked the leases, he had dreams of Caprices Drove by the teachers, even more by polices How he get the cash the day his father passed away Left him with a lil' somethin, 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 was 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 cranked We'll take a Saturday and just circle the mall They had they Lakers and our Royals, we was hurtin 'em all With the girls a lot of flirtin' involved, but Dawg Fuck all that flirtin' I'm tryin' to get in some drawers, so Put me on with these hoes homey He told me don't rush to get grown, drive slow homey.
Drive slow homey... Drive slow. You never know homey, about these hoes homey You need to pump your brakes and drive slow homey.
Paul Wall What it do; I'm posted up in the parkin lot, my trunk wavin' The candy gloss is immaculate, it's simply amazin' Them elbows pokin wide on that candy 'llac Trunk open, screens on, neon's lit with 5th relaxed I'm on a mission for dime pieces 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 fo's crawlin, you see them screens fallin' The disco ball in my mouth insinuates I'm ballin' I'm leanin' on the switch, sittin crooked in my slab But I could still catch boppers if I drove a cab A young Houston hardhitter all about the scrilla Ridin' somethin candy coated, crawlin like a caterpillar I'm tippin' on them 4's, I'm jammin' on that Screw I'm lookin' for them hoes baby what it do.
Kanye West Drive slow homey...
GLC Turn your hazard lights on when you see them hoes.
Kanye West Drive slow homey...
GLC If you ridin' around the city with nowhere to go.
Kanye West Drive slow homey...
GLC Live today cause tomorrow man, you never know...
Kanye West You never know homey, might meet some hoes homey You need to pump your brakes and drive slow homey My car's like the movie, my car's like the crib I got mo' TV's in here than where I live.
GLC And that don't make no sense, but baby I'm the shit And everything I flip, you know it's somethin' serious I got the custom grill, I got the Bravis rims I got the baller genetics baby this evidence You see a player flickin' and how you ain't convinced That you should go on and kiss it, "Just a Little' Bit" Just a lil' bit I got my custom kicks, I got my Jesus chain My canaries is gleamin' through my angel wings They see me, hoes actin' like they seen a king With that mean lean, smokin' on that finest Cali green My woodgrain oak, I'm ridin' on Vogues My cylinder quiet, like tip-toes I sold O's, and this I know When you see them hoes, lil' homey drive slow.
Kanye West Drive slow homey... drive slow homey... You never know homey, might meet some hoes homey You need to pump your brakes and drive slow homey Drive slow homey.
Kanye West Uh, yeah, uh, yeah, uh, yeah, uh, yeah.
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 cause 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.
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's ever promised tomorrow today And nothin' lasts forever, but be honest baby 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. It's 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 little cousin smokin' them cigarettes now His job try to claim that he too niggerish now Is it cause his skin blacker than licorice now? I can't figure it out, sick of it now.
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's ever promised tomorrow today And nothin' lasts forever, but be honest baby It hurts, but it may be the only way. With every worthless word we get more far away And nothin's ever promised tomorrow today And nothin' lasts forever, but be honest, baby It hurts, but it may be the only way.
[Syleena Johnson] Oh when it all... (Yea..) It All Falls Down (This Da Real One Baby..) Im Tellin You Alll (Chi- Town Stand Up) It All Falls Down .. (SouthSide SouthSide We Gun Set This Party Off Right ..) Oh when it all... It All Falls Down (WestSide WestSide We Gun Set This Party Off Right ..) Im Telling You All It All Falls Down Oh when it all...
[Kanye West] Man I promise she so self consciouss She has no idea what she doing in college That major that she majored in don't make no money But she won't drop out her parents look at her funny Now tell me that ain't insecurr The concept of school seems so securr Sophmore three yurr ain't picked a carurr She's like Fuck I'll just stay down here and do hair Cause thats enough money to buy her a few pairs of new airs Cause her baby daddy don't really care She so precious with the peer pressure Couldn't afford a car so she named her daughter Alexis She had hair so long that it looked like weave Then she cut it all off now she look like Eve And she be dealing with some issues that you can't believe Single black female addicted to retail
[Syleena Johnson] Oh when it all... It All Falls Down (And When it All Falls Down Who You Gonna Call Now?) Im Tellin You All... It All Falls Down (Cmon Cmon And When It Falls Down)
[Kanye West] Man I promise I'm so self conscious That's why you always see me with a least one of my watches Rollies and pasha's done drove me crazy I can't even pronounce nothing, yo pass that versace Then I spent $400 bucks on this Just to be like nigga you ain't up on this And I can't even go to the grocery store With out some ones that are clean and a shirt with a team It seems we living the American Dream But the people highest up got the lowest self esteem The prettiest people do the ugliest things For the road to the riches and the diamond rings We shine because they hate us floss because they degrade us We trying to buy back our 40 acres And for that paper look how low we'll stoop Even if you in a benz you still a nigga in a coup
[Chorus]
[Kanye West] I say fuck the police thats how I treat them We buy our way out of jail but we can't buy freedom We buy a lot of clothes but we don't really need them Things we buy to cover up whats inside Cuz they made us hate ourself and love they wealth Thats why shorty's holla where the ballas at? Drug dealer's buy Jordan's crackhead buy crack And the white man get paid off of all of that But I ain't even gonna act holier than thou Cause fuck it I went to Jacob with 25 thou Before I had a house and I'll do it again Cause I wanna be on 106 and park pushing a Benz I wanna act ballerific like its all terrific I got a couple of past due bills I won't get specific I got a problem with spending before I get it We all self conscious, I'm just the first to admit it
[Syleena Johnson] Oh when it all... It All Falls Down (And When it All Falls Down Who You Gonna Call Now?) Im Tellin You All .. It All Falls Down (Cmon Cmon And When It Falls Down)
Oh .... Yah ... Watcha Gonna Do When It All Falls Down?
Brandy I always knew that one day They'd try to bring me down Wow, one day, they tried to bring me down ALways knew that one day, they would try to bring me down Down, way down.
Kanye We gon' to mass today, we have to pray Besides what the pastor say, I have to say Since Pac passed away Most you rappers don't even deserve a track from me You see, if you ever wanted to ever be anything There'd always be somebody that shoot down any dream There'll always be haters, that's the way it is Hater niggas marry hater bitches and have hater kids But they gon' have to take my life 'fore they take my drive 'Cause when I was barely livin, that's what kept me alive Just the thought that maybe it could be better than what we at at this time Make it out of this grind, 'fore I'm out of my mind And get some lee way on the he say she say You girl don't like me, how long has she been gay Spanish girls say "No hable ingle" And everybody want to run to me for their single It's funny how these wack niggas need my help Wasn't around when I couldn't feed myself Dog, If I was you, I wouldn't feel myself Dog, If I was you, I'd kill myself Made a mill myself, and I'm still myself And Imma look in the mirror if I need some help Ask me from the heart, y'all all frontin' Everybody feel a way about K but at least y'all feel somethin'.
Brandy Why you come here, I bet it only it was forget to get you What kind of dream we found, see I'm often at your cross way forgetting it was that heaven let you. They tried to bring me down
Brandy I always knew that one day They'd try to bring me down Wow, one day, they tried to bring me down Always knew that one day, they would try to bring me down Down, way down.
I always knew that one day They'd try to bring me down Wow, one day, they tried to bring me down Always knew that one day, they would try to bring me down Down, way down.
I always knew that one day They'd try to bring me down Wow, one day, they tried to bring me down Always knew that one day, they would try to bring me down Down, way down.
I always knew that one day They'd try to bring me down Wow, one day, they tried to bring me down Always knew that one day, they would try to bring me down Down, way down.
I always knew that one day They'd try to bring me down Wow, one day, they tried to bring me down Always knew that one day, they would try to bring me down Down, way down.
Wished I had told Ooh was the only one But it's too late, it's too late He's gone
[Kanye West] 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 say I'm 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
[Chorus] Too late, we, gone - we strivin home Gone - we ride on chrome It's too late
[Kanye West] 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 bitch 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
[Chorus] We strivin home, gone [Cam] I ride on chrome... We strivin home, gone [Cam] Killa, I ride on chrome
[Cam'Ron] 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 {?} 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, niggas still doin puff puff pass Pull the truck up fast and I tell 'em Hey, back in a touched up Jag, shit Y'all niggas 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
[Chorus] We strivin home, I ride on chrome Listen homeboy move on That's your best bet, why's that? Cause
[Consequence] 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
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[Kanye West imitating "The Show" at first] 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!
I need to recruit all the soldiers All of God's soldiers We at war... We at war with society, racism, terrorism But most of all...we at war with ourselves
(Jesus walks) God show me the way because the devil trying to break me down (Jesus walks with me, with me, with me, with me, with me)
You know what the mid-west is? Young and Restless Where restless (niggas) might snatch your necklace And next these (niggas) might jack your Lexus Somebody tell these (niggas) who Kanye West is.
I walk through the valley where the shadow of death is. Top floor of the view alone will leave you breathless Try to catch it ... it's kind of hard Getting choked by detectives yeah yeah now check the method. They be asking us questions, harass and arrest us Saying We eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast Huh? Y'all eat pieces of shit what's the basis? We ain't going no where but got suits and cases. A trunk full of coke, rental car from Avis. My momma used to say only Jesus can save us. Well momma I know I act a fool But I'll be gone til November. I got packs to move I hope.
Chorus (2x) (Jesus walks) God show me the way because the devil trying to break me down (Jesus walks with me) The only thing that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now. (Jesus walks) And I don't think there's nothing I can do to right my wrong (Jesus walks with me) I wanna talk to God but I'm afraid because we ain't spoke in so long (I want Jesus)
To the hustlers, killers, murderers, drug dealers even the scrimpers... (Jesus walks with them!) To the victims of welfare feel we living in hell here, hell yea... (Jesus walks with them!) Now hear ye hear ye wanna see thee more clearly I know He hear me when my feet get weary Cause we're the almost nearly extinct We rappers is role models we rap we don't think I ain't here to argue about his facial features Or here to convert atheists into believers I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers The way Kathy Lee needed Regis that's the way I need Jesus So here go my single dawg radio needs this They said you can rap about anything except for Jesus That means guns, sex, lies, videotape But if I talk bout God my record won't get played Huh? Well if this take away from my spins Which will probably take away from my ends Then I hope it take away from my sins And bring the day that I'm dreamin 'bout Next time I'm in the club everybody screaming out...
(Jesus walks) God show me the way because the devil trying to break me down (Jesus walks with me) The only thing that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now. (Jesus walks) And I don't think there's nothing I can do to right my wrong (Jesus walks with me) I wanna talk to God but I'm afraid because we ain't spoke in so long (I want Jesus)
Jamie Foxx She take my money - well, I'm in need Yea she's a triflin' friend indeed Oh, she's a gold digger - way over town That digs on me
(She gives me money) Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger (When I'm in need) But she ain't messin' wit' no broke niggas (She gives me money) Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger (When I'm in need) But she ain't messin' wit' no broke niggas
(I gotta leave) Get down girl, go 'head get down (I gotta leave) Get down girl, go 'head get down (I gotta leave) Get down girl, go 'head get down (I gotta leave) 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 your charm Far as girls you got a flock, I can tell by your charm And your arm, but I'm lookin' for the one. Have you seen her? My psychic told me she'll have an ass like Serena Trina, Jeena-fah Lopez, four kids An' I gotta take all they bad ass to show-biz Okay, get your kids, but then they got their friends I pulled up in the Benz, they all got up in We all went to din and then I had to pay If you fuckin' with this girl then you better be paid You know why? It take too much to touch her From what I heard she got a baby by Busta My best friend said she used to fuck with Usher I don't care what none of y'all say, I still love her
(She gives me money) Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger - uh (When I'm in need) But she ain't messin' wit' no broke niggas - uh (She gives me money) Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger - uh (When I'm in need) But she ain't messin' wit' no broke niggas - uh
(I gotta leave) Get down girl, go 'head get down (I gotta leave) Get down girl, go 'head get down (I gotta leave) Get down girl, go 'head get down (I gotta leave) 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 mama 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 s'pose to buy your shorty TYCO with your money She went to the doctor got lipo with your money She walkin' around lookin' like Michael with your money Should've got that insured, GEICO for your money (money...money) If you ain't no punk Holla "We want prenup" (We want prenup!) Yeah! It's something that you need to have 'Cause when she leave your ass she gon' leave with half 18 years...18 years... And on her 18th birthday, he found out it wasn't his
(She gives me money) Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger - uh (When I'm in need) But she ain't messin' wit' no broke niggas - uh (She gives me money) Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger - uh (When I'm in need) But she ain't messin' wit' no broke niggas - uh
(I gotta leave) Get down girl, go 'head get down - uh (I gotta leave) Get down girl, go 'head get down (I gotta leave) Get down girl, go 'head get down - uh (I gotta leave) Get down girl, go 'head
Now I ain't sayin' you a gold digger, you got needs You don't want a dude to smoke but he can't buy weed You got out to eat and he can't pay, ya'll can't leave There's dishes in the back, he gotta roll up his sleeves But while ya'll washin', watch him He gon' make it into a Benz out of that Datsun He got that ambition, baby, look at his eyes This week he moppin' floors, next week it's the fries So, stick by his side I know this dude's ballin', but yeah that's nice And they gon' keep callin' and tryin', but you stay right, girl And when you get on, he leave yo' ass for a white girl.
(I gotta leave) Get down girl, go 'head get down (I gotta leave) Get down girl, go 'head get down (I gotta leave) Get down girl, go 'head get down (I gotta leave) Get down girl, go 'head
Kanye West Uh, yeah, uh, yeah, uh, yeah, uh, yeah.
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 cause 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.
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's ever promised tomorrow today And nothin' lasts forever, but be honest baby 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. It's 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 little cousin smokin' them cigarettes now His job try to claim that he too niggerish now Is it cause his skin blacker than licorice now? I can't figure it out, sick of it now.
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's ever promised tomorrow today And nothin' lasts forever, but be honest baby It hurts, but it may be the only way. With every worthless word we get more far away And nothin's ever promised tomorrow today And nothin' lasts forever, but be honest, baby It hurts, but it may be the only way.
Kanye West Uh, yeah, uh, yeah, uh, yeah, uh, yeah.
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 cause 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.
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's ever promised tomorrow today And nothin' lasts forever, but be honest baby 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. It's 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 little cousin smokin' them cigarettes now His job try to claim that he too niggerish now Is it cause his skin blacker than licorice now? I can't figure it out, sick of it now.
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's ever promised tomorrow today And nothin' lasts forever, but be honest baby It hurts, but it may be the only way. With every worthless word we get more far away And nothin's ever promised tomorrow today And nothin' lasts forever, but be honest, baby It hurts, but it may be the only way.
I gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly 'Fore the day I die, I'm a touch the sky Gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly 'Fore the day I die, I'm a touch the sky
Back when they thought pink polos would hurt the Roc, Before Cam got the shit to pop, the doors was closed. I felt like Bad Boy's street team, I couldn't work the Lox. Now let's go. Take 'em back to the plan... Me and my mama hopped in the U-Haul van. Any pessimists I ain't talk 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 'Fore the day I die, I'm a touch the sky Gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly 'Fore the day I die, I'm a 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 would 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 "Man, these niggas that much better than me?" Baby, I'm going on an aeroplane, 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 them same wrongs helped me write this song. Now,
I gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly 'Fore the day you die, You gonna touch the sky You gonna touch the sky baby girl! Testify, come up in the spot Looking extra fly 'Fore the day you die, You gonna touch the sky
Yes, yes, yes guess who's on third? Lupe steal like Lupin the Third. Here like ear till I'm beer on the curb Peach fuzz buzz but beard on the verge Let's slow it down like we're on the syrup 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 Lion like I'm Mumm-Ra, But I'm not lying when I'm laying on the beat. Engarde, Touche Lupe cool as the unthawed, But I still feel as possessed as a gun charge. 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 end my verse right where the horns are like
I gotta testify, come up in the spot looking extra fly 'Fore the day you die, You gonna touch the sky You gonna touch the sky baby girl! Testify, come up in the spot Looking extra fly 'Fore 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!