The College Dropout de Kanye West

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1. Intro0:19

   Letra

   Kanye, can i talk to you for a minute? me and the other faculty members was wonderin could you do a lil som... somethin beautiful somethin that the kids is gon love when they hear it thas gon make them start jumpin up and down and sharin candy an' stuff think you could probably do somethin for the kids for graduation to sing?
2. We Don't Care3:59
3. Graduation Day1:22

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   What in the fuck was that kanye i told you to do some shit for the kids you can give me your muthafucking graduation ticket right now you will not walk across that stage, you won't slide across that stage a muthafucka can't pull you across that stage kanye who told you see, i told you to do something up lifting i'm trynna get you out here with these white people and this how you gone do me you know what us a nigga and i don't mean that in no nice way had little kids sing about the shit, the jokes on you you throw your mutha hands in the air, and wave good-bye to everybody cause you getting the fuck out of this campus mutha what you gone do now I'm no longer confused but don't tell anybody. i'm about to break the rules but don't tell anybody. i got something better than school but don't tell anybody. my momma would kill me but don't anybody. she wants me to get a good ass job just like everybody. she ain'twalked in my shoes i'm just not everybody.
4. All Falls Down3:43

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   (Feat. Syleena Johnson) [Chorus - with Kanye West ad-libs] [Kanye West] Yeah, this the real one baby, Uh, Chi town stand up, South side, south side, We gon' set this party off right, West side, west side, We gon' set this party off right. [Syleena Johnson] Oh when it all, it all falls down I'm telling you all when it all falls down [2x] (Oh when it all) [Verse 1 - Kanye West] Man I promise, she's so self conscious She has no idea what she's doing in college That major that she majored in don't make no money But she won't drop out, her parents will look at her funny Now, tell me that ain't insecure The concept of school seems so secure Sophomore three years aint picked a career She like fuck it, I'll just stay down here and do hair Cause that's enough money to buy her a few pairs of new Airs Cause her baby daddy don't really care She's so precious with the peer pressure Couldn't afford a car so she named her daughter Alexus (a Lexus) 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 and well [Chorus (with Kanye ad-libs)] [Kanye West] Uh, and when it falls down who you gon' call now? C'mon c'mon, and when it fall's down [Syleena Johnson] Oh when it all, it all falls down I'm telling you all when it all falls down. (Oh when it all) [Verse - Kanye West] Man I promise, I'm so self conscious That's why you always see me with at least one of my watches Rollies and Pasha's they done drove me crazy I can't even pronounce nothing, 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 Without some ones that's 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 riches and diamond rings We shine because they hate us, floss cause they degrade us We trying to buy back our 40 acres And for that paper, look how low we a'stoop Even if you in a Benz, you still a nigga in a coupe [Chorus (with Kanye ad-libs)] [Kanye West] Uh, and when it falls down who you gon' call now? C'mon c'mon, and when it fall's down [Syleena Johnson] Oh when it all, it all falls down I'm telling you all when it all falls down. (Oh when it all) [Verse - Kanye West] I say fuck the police, that's how I treat em We buy our way out of jail, but we can't buy freedom We'll buy a lot of clothes but we don't really need em The things we buy to cover up what's inside Cause they made us hate ourself and love they wealth That's why shorties holler, "Where the ballers at?" Drug dealers buy Jordans, crackheads buy crack But the white man get paid off of all a dat But I ain't even gon act holier than thou Cause fuck it, I went to Jacob with 25 thou Before I had a house and I'd do it again Cause I wanna be on 106 and Park pushing a Benz I wanna act ballerific like it's all terrific I got a couple 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 [Chorus - to fade (with Kanye ad-libs)] [Kanye West] Uh, and when it falls down who you gon' call now? C'mon c'mon, and when it fall's down, South side, south side, We gon' set this party off right, West side, west side, We gon' set this party off right. Chi-Town, Chi-Town, We gon' show em how we get down. Hustling ain't easy, it's like a safe belt, Save my life, c'mon. [Syleena Johnson] Oh when it all, it all falls down I'm telling you all when it all falls down.
5. I'll Fly Away1:09
6. Spaceship5:24

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   Hook: glc] i've been workin' this graveshift and i ain't made shit i wish i could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky i've been workin' this graveshift and i ain't made shit i wish i could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky [verse 1: kanye west] man, man, man if my manager insults me again i will be assaulting him after i fuck the manager up then i'm gonna shorten the register up let's go back, back to the gap look at my check, wasn't no scratch so if i stole, wasn't my fault yeah i stole, never got caught they take me to the back and pat me askin' me about some khakis but let some black people walk in i bet they show off their token blackie oh now they love kanye, let's put him all in the front of the store saw him on break next to the 'no smoking' sign with a blunt and a marl' takin' my hits, writin' my hits writin' my rhymes, playin' my mind this fuckin' job can't help him so i quit, y'all welcome y'all don't know my struggle y'all can't match my hustle you can't catch my hustle you can't fathom my love dude lock yourself in a room doin' five beats a day for three summers that's a different world like three summers i deserve to do these numbers the kid that made that deserves that maybach so many records in my basement i'm just waitin' on my spaceship, blaow [hook: glc] i've been workin' this graveshift and i ain't made shit i wish i could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky i've been workin' this graveshift and i ain't made shit i wish i could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky [verse 2: consequence] man, i'm talkin' way past the sky let's go, yeah and i didn't even try to work a job represent the mob at the same time thirsty on the grind chi state of mind lost my momma, lost my mind +my life, my love+ that's not mine why you ain't signed? wasn't my time leave me alone, work for y'all half of it's yours, half of it's mine only one to ball never one to fall gotta get mine gotta take mine got a tech nine reach my prime gotta make these haters respect mine in the mall 'til 12 when my schedule wore headset nine puttin' known ass on shelves waitin' paitently i ask myself where i wanna go, where i wanna be life is much more than runnin' in the streets holla at 'ye, hit me with the beat put me on my feet sound so sweet yes i'm the same ol' g, same goatee stayin' low key, nope holler at god "man why'd you had to take my folks?" hope to see freddy g., yusef g love my g, rolly g police watch me smoke my weed, count my g's got a lot of people countin' on me and i'm just tryin' to find my peace should of finished school like my niece then i wouldn't finally wouldn't use my piece, blaow aw man, all this pressure [hook: glc] i've been workin' this graveshift and i ain't made shit i wish i could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky i've been workin' this graveshift and i ain't made shit i wish i could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky [verse 3: consequence] i remember havin' to take the dollar cab comin' home real late at night standin' on my feet all damn day tryin' to make this thing right and havin' one of my co-workers say "yo you look just like this kid i seen in the old busta rhymes video the other night" well easy come, easy go how that sayin' goes no more broad service, cars, and them tv shows i all had that snatched from me and all the faculties all turn their back on me and didn't wanna hear a rap from me so naturally actually had to face things factually had to be a catastrophe with the fridgest starin' back at me cuz nothing's there, nothing's fair i don't wanna ever go back there so i won't be takin' no days off 'til my spaceship takes off [hook: glc] i've been workin' this graveshift and i ain't made shit i wish i could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky i've been workin' this graveshift and i ain't made shit i wish i could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky [outro: glc] i wanna fly, i wanna fly i said i want my chariot to pick me up and take me brother for a ride
7. Jesus Walks3:13

   Letra

   Yo, we at war We at war with terrorism, racism 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 [fades] You know what the midwest is? Young & restless Where restless niggaz might snatch your necklace And next these niggaz might jack your lexus Somebody tell these niggaz who kanye west is I walk through the valley of chi where death is Top floor the view alone will leave you breathless uhhhh! Try to catch it uhhhh! it's kinda hard hard Getting choked by the 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? yall eat pieces of shit? what's the basis? We ain't going nowhere 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 [hook x2] (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 me feet don't fail me now (jesus walks) And I don't think there is nothing I can do now to right my wrongs (jesus walks with me) I want to talk to god but I'm afraid because we ain't spoke in so long To the hustlas, killers, murderers, drug dealers even the strippers To the victims of welfare for we living in hell here hell yeah Now hear ye hear ye want to see thee more clearly I know he hear me when my feet get weary Cuz we're the almost nearly extinct We rappers are 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 kathie lee needed regis that's the way yall need jesus So here go my single dog radio needs this They say you can rap about anything except for jesus That means guns, sex, lies, video tapes But if I talk about god my record won't get played huh? Well let this take away from my spins Which will probably take away from my ends Then I hope this take away from my sins And bring the day that I'm dreaming about 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) The only thing that I pray is that me feet don't fail me now
8. Never Let Me Down5:24

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   [intro:] Yeah grandmama Told you i won't let you down Told you i won't let this rap game change me, right? [chorus:] When it comes to being truem, at least true to me One thing i found,one thing i found Oh no you'll neva let me down, Get up i get(down) Get up i get(down) Get up i get(down) Get up i get(down) Get up i get(down) Get up i get(down) [jay-z:] Yo, yo first i snatched the street then i snatched the charts, First had they ear now i hav they're heart, Rappers came and went, I've been hear from the start, Seen them put it together Watch them take it apart, See the rollers roll up wit ribbons I see the we poe, we sold then we driven So when i reload, he holds #1 position When u hot i'm hot And when your feet cold, mines is sizzelin It's plain to see Nigga's can't f*** wit me Cuz ima be that nigga fo life This is not an image This is god given This is hard liven Mixed wit crystall sippin It's the most consistent Hov Give you the most hits you can fit inside a whole disc and Nigga i'm home on these charts, y'all niggaz visitin It's hov tradition, jeff gordan of rap I'm back to claim pole position, holla at ya boy [chorus] [kanye west:] I get down for my grandfather who took my momma Made her sit in that seat where white folks aint want us to eat At the tender age of 6 she was arrested for the sit ins With that in my blood i was born to be different Now niggas can't make it to battles to chose leadership But we can make it to jacobs or to the dealership That's why i hear new music And i jus don't b feelin it Racism still alive they jus be consealin it But i know they don't want me in the damn club They even made me show i.d to get inside of sam's club I did dirt and went to church and get my hands scrubbed That why i've baptized at least 3 or 4 times But in the land where nigga's pray U con's are getting paid It gon take a lot more than coupons to get us saved Like it take a lot more than do-rags to get your waves Nuttin sadder than that day my girl father past away So i promised to mr.rany i'm gonna marry your daughter And u know i gotta thank u for they way that she was brought up And i know that u were smiling when u seen that car i bought her And u sent tears from heaven when u seen my car get balled up But i can't complaint what the accident did to my left eye Cuz look what a accident did to left eye First aaliyah and now romeo must die I know a got angels watchin me from the other side [chorus x2] [j.ivy:] We are all here for a reason on a particular path You don't need a curriculum to know that you are part of the math Cats think i'm delirious, but i'm so damn serious That's why i expose my soul to the globe, the world I'm trying to make it better for these little boys and girls I'm not just another individual, my spirit is a part of this That's why i get spiritual, but i get my hymns from him So it's not me, it's he that's lyrical I'm not a miracle, i'm a heaven-sent instrument My rhythmatic regimen navigates melodic notes for your soul and your mental That's why i'm instrumental Vibrations is what i'm into Yeah, i need my loot by rent day But that is not what gives me the heart of kunte kinte I'm tryina give us ??? like ??? I can't stop, that's why i'm hot Determination, dedication, motivation I'm talking to you, my many inspirations When i say i can't, let yourself down If i were of the highest cliff, on the highest riff And you slipped down off the side and clinched onto your life in my grip I would never, ever let you down And when these words are found Let it been known that god's penmanship has been signed with a language called love That's why my breath is felt by the deaf And why my words are heard and confined to the ears of the blind I, too, dream in color and in rhyme So i guess i'm one of a kind in a full house Cuz whenever i open my heart, my soul, or my mouth A touch of god reigns out [chorus]
9. Get Em High4:49

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   [kanye west] i'm tryin to catch the beat, uh i'm tryin to catch the beat i'm tryin to catch the beat, uh uh, uh i'm tryin to catch the beat [chorus: kanye west] n-now, th-th-through ya motherfuckin hands get em high all the girls pass the weed to ya motherfuckin man get em high now i ain't never tell you to put down ya hands keep em high and if ya losin yo high than smoke again keep em high [verse 1: kanye west] n-n-n-now, my flow is in the pocket like wallets, i got the bounce like hydrolics i can't call it, i got the swerve like alchoooool-ics my freshman year i was goin through hell, a problem still i, built up the nerve to drop my ass up outta collllllll-ege my teacher said i'se a loser, i told her why don't you kill me i give a fuck if you fail me, i'm gonna folllllllllll-ow my heart, and if you follow the charts, to the plaques or the stacks you ain't gotta guess who's back, you see i'm so shy that you thought it was bashfull but this bastard's flow will bash a skull and i will, cut your girl like pastor troy and i don't, usually smoke but pass the 'dro and i won't, give you that money that you askin fo' why you think, me and dame cool, we assholes that's why we here your music in fast fo' cuz we don't wanna here that weak shit no mo' [chorus: kanye west] n-now, th-th-through ya motherfuckin hands get em high all the girls pass the weed to ya motherfuckin man get em high now i ain't never tell you to put down ya hands keep em high and if ya losin yo high than smoke again keep em high [verse 2: kanye west] n-n-n-n-n-now who the hell is this e-mailin me at 11:26, tellin me that she 36-26, plus double-d you know how girls on black planet be when they get bubblee at nyu but she headed from kansas, right now she just lampin, chillin on campus sent me a picture with a feelin on candice who said her favorite rapper was the late great francis w-h-i-t, it's gettin late mami, your screen saver say tweet so you got to call me, and bring a friend for my friend his name kweli (you mean talib, lyric sticks to your rib) i mean (that's my favorite cd that i play at my crib) i mean (you don't really know him, why is you lyin) yo kwe, she don't believe me, please pickup the line she gon' think that i'm lyin, just spit a couple of lines then maybe i'll be able to give her dick all the time, and get her high [verse 3: talib kweli] yeah i can't believe this nigga use my name for pickin up dolls but get em high, i need some tracks you tryin to pull tracks out and my rhymes as fittin to blow you tryin to blow back south well ok, you twisted my arm, i'll asist with the charm, aiyyo i though you meet that chickit that got friends with yo moms and she's the bomb, boy she got the bouji behavior always got somethin to say like a bookee playa hater anyway, i don't usualy fuck a interneter draws stuck to they arm like nicorette you really fuckin that much, you tryin to get off cigarettes and she think it's fly, she ain't met a real nigga yet i appoligize if i come off a little inconsiderate i got the bubble cushion a sister could get ahead of it [verse 4: common] get em high like noon, or the moon or room filled with smoke a high filled with dope y'all assumed i was doomed, out of tune, but i still feel the notes the real nigga quotes real rappers is hard to find, like a remonte, control rap is not a used soup it still got life, that's why i abuse you who are not thugs rock clubs, it's like tiger, woods in the hood, to have my own reality show called soul survivor, i stole all liver, niggaz in you you'se a bitch i got ones that are thicker than you how could i ever let your words affect me, they say hip-hop is dead i'm here to resurrect me, mosh is to sexy to even make songs like these that's why the raw don't know your name, like alicia keys to many featured emcees, and pro-ducers is populer twelve thousand spins, nobody got to coppin her album, how come, you the hot garbager the years clear your image and snooped up label got you souped up, tellin you you sick man you a dick with a loose nut video hard to watch like medusa even your club record need a booster chimped up, with a pimp cup, illeaterate nigga read the infa, red across your head i'm bread king like simba bolder then denver, i ain't a madd rapper just a emcee with a temper you dansin for money like honey, i did this my way so when the industry crash, i survive like kanye spittin through wires and fires, emcees retirin got yo hands up, get them motherfuckers higher then [chorus: kanye west] n-now, th-th-through ya motherfuckin hands get em high all the girls pass the weed to ya motherfuckin man get em high now i ain't never tell you to put down ya hands keep em high and if ya losin yo high than smoke again keep em high
10. Workout Plan0:46

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    [girl #1] ay wussup gurl [girl #2] heyy gurl [girl #3] hey how u doin'? [girl #1] ay you know i finally got my shit together been watchin that workout plan gurl!! [girl #2] well you lookin' all good and stuff you got you a- [girl #1] gurl i know it's that workout [girl #2] got you a six pack shakuar and stuff [girl #1] don't say it [girl #3] my nigga my nigga i'm tired of puttin 1-8-7 in my niggas pager that shit aint workin' no more [girl #1] gurl you know i'ma video hofesional now (gurl) since i copped this new workout plan my shit is right rollin' in lexus, acruasss everything gurll [girl #3] gurl u need to let me know where i can cop that how much is it? [girl #1] gurl you know you ain't gotta pay nuttin' around me i'm tha bootleg queeen i'll give it to you for free.99 [both girl #2, and #3] free.99!! [girl #3] that's my dawg you always lookin out for us [girl #2] my nigga now i can throw away my bus pass and shit oh my god [girl #3] oh shit
11. The New Workout Plan5:22

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    [intro] now you just popped in the kanye west get right for the summer workout tape and ladies if you follow these instructions exactly you might be able to pull you a rapper, a nba player man, at least a dude wit' a car so first of all we gon' work on the stomach nobody wants a little tight ass! [verse 1] 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and get them sit ups right and tuck your tummy tight and do your crunches like this give head, stop breathe, get up, check your weave don't drop the blunt and disrespect the weed pick up your son and don't disrespect your seed it's a party tonight and ooh she's so excited tell me who's invited: you, your friends and my dick what's scary to me henny makes girls look like halle berry to me so excuse me miss, i forgot your name thank you, god bless you, good night i came... i came... i came... [chorus] its been a week wit out me and she feel weak wit out me she wanna talk it out but ain't nuttin to talk about less she talkin bout freakin out then maybe we can work it out work it out (come on) [4x] now maybe we can work it out (come on, come on) [verse 2] oh girl your silhouette make me wanna light a cigarette my name kanye from the jigga set twista set get it wet ooh girl your breath is harsh cover your mouth up like you got sars off them tracks yea i bought them cars still kill a nigga on 16 bars we ain't sweatin' to the oldies we jukin to a cold beat maybe one day girl you can bone me so you can brag to all your homies now but i still mess with a big girl if you ain't fit girl i'll still hit girl 1 and you brought 2 friends ok 3 more now hop in the benz four door do you know the difference between a 5, 6, 7, 8 all the mocha lattes you gotta do pilates you gotta pop this tape in before you start back dating hustlers, gangstas, all us ballas [chorus] [interlude: ladies speaking w/ kanye in the background] [jill] hi may name is jill, i just want to say thanks to kanye's workout plan. i was able to pull a nba player and like now i shop every day on rodeo drive i just want to say, thank you kanye! woooo! woooo! woooo! woooo! woooo! woooo! [asandra] my name is asandra, and i just want to say that ever since listenin' to kanye's workout tape i was able to get my phone bill paid, i got sounds and 13's put up in my cavalier and i was able to get a free trip to cancun and what's most importantly is that i ain't gotta fuck ray ray's broke ass no mo' (work it mo' juke it mo' pump it mo, chi-town mo' let's go mo') [alamae] my name is alamae from mobile, alabama and i just want to say since listenin' to kanye's workout tape i been able to date outside the family, i got a double wide and i rode a plane, rode a plane, rode a plane [girl] thanks to kanye's workout plan i'm the envy of all my friends see i pulled me a baller man (yeah) and i don't gotta work at the mall again [beat changes] (lemme break ya wit' a piece of) my favorite work out plan (oh! oh! oh!) i wanna see you work out (yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah) (it's like that old michael jackson shit) That's right put in work, move your ass, go bezerk eat your salad, no dessert get that man you deserve it's kanye's workout plan i said it's kanye's workout plan (ladies and gentlemen) it's kanye's workout plan (allow myself to introduce myself) his woooorrrrkkoouut plan (this time around i want y'all to clap like this) That's right put in work move your ass, go bezerk eat your salad, no dessert get that man you deserve (stop!) it's kanye's workout plan (ok bring) i said it's kanye's workout plan (i know y'all ain't tired) it's kanye's workout plan (but i hope not, 'cuz on this one i need yall) his woooorrrrkkoouut plan (to give me a soul clap ok? double time) That's right put in work (woo!) move your ass, go bezerk (ow! eat your salad, no dessert (ugh!) get that man you deserve That's right put in work (put in work) move your ass, go bezerk (go bezerk) eat your salad, no dessert (no dessert) get that man you deserve (you hear, ugh) That's right put in work (that's right put in work) move your ass, go bezerk (go bezerk) eat your salad, no dessert (eat your salad, no dessert) get that man you deserve (woo!) (okay, okay, okay, that's, that'd be good) [applause and cheering] (i appreciate your time) i want to see you work out for me woah yeah
12. Slow Jamz5:16

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    [Gladys Knight] Are you gonna be Say that you're gonna be [Jaime Foxx] Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh... [J.Foxx - Chorus] She said she wants some Marvin Gaye, some Luther Vandross, a little Anita, will definitely set this party off right (Are u gonna be, are u gonna be, are u gonna be, well well well well well) She said she want some Ready for the World, some New Edition, some Minnie Ripperton, and definitely set this party off right (Are u gonna be, are u gonna be, are u gonna be, well well well well well) [Kanye West] I told her to drive over in your new whip Bring some friends you cool with Imma bring da cool whip Then I want you to strip See you is my new chick So we get our grind on She be grabbin, callin me Biggie like Shine home Man I swear she fine homes Why she always lying though Tellin me them diamonds when she know they rhinestones She got a light skinned friend look like Michael Jackson Got a dark skinned friend look like Michael Jackson I play 'Ready for the World' - she was ready for some action My dawg said you aint no freak, so you got to prove my man wrong Imma play this Vandross You gon' take your pants off Imma play this Galdys Knight Me and you gon' get right [Chorus X2] [Twista] Got you lookin at the gliss at my hands and wrists While i'm likely at smokin on my canibus When it come to rockin original like Marvin and Luther I can tell you aint no messin with Kan-man and Twist From the Chi and I be Sippin Hennessy Twistin almarie? Tryina smoke a B Lookin properly Feelin on a G? And always (Well Well Well Well Well) Come with me and sip on some regular champagne You aint know Twista can work it like the Whispers Hit the stop light, get into some Isaac The rims still moving so I'm bumping a little spinners While I'm Smokin on a B Dippin through the streets Bumpin R&B And I got to leave something to the G's? And I do it (well well well well well) When my earth and the wind smoke a fire Let me when get your sheets wet listening to Keith Sweat Put you in a daze for maze Fullfilling our every sensation slow ? having deep sex You ready for the world girl Come on over make me touch you all over your body baby don't say no to me An every moment you controllin' me I'm lovin the way you be holding me when I be listening to Jodeci And when I come over and bend your ass You be bumpin Teddy Pendergrass I'da hit it from the back to the melody to roll it slow Now I gotta go up in it fast, but imma finish last No matter how much of a thug you see I still spit it like it's R&B, so to the club with me And with some Luther come on and hope you finna and stilla be in love with me [chorus X2] [Twista] Baby drop another slow jam And all us lovers need hold hands And if you aint got no man hop up on my brohem I keep it pimpin like an old man You gots to roll with the plan Cuz after that then I Take it to the dome Then I got to bone Stay up in the zone Got to get you home Gotta run up on And I do it (well well well well well) Baby drop another slow jam And all us lovers need hold hands And if you aint got no man hop up on my brohem I keep it pimpin like an old man You gots to roll with the plan Cuz after that then I Take you to my home And we could get it on Whisper on the phone Just to get you goin' Tryina make you moan And I do it (well well well well well)
13. Breathe in Breathe Out4:06
14. School Spirit Skit 11:18

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    Now beat that and your mothers sayin "go to college" so u finish college and its wonderful u feel so good and after all the partying and crazing and don't forget about that drug habit u picked up at school bein around your peers hey now you'll get that 25 thou, job a year and you'll spend all your money on crack cocaine, but it'll be you're your money no more borrowin money from mom for my high so now you get ur degree tattooed on your back your so excited about it if u continue to work at the gap, after several interviews, oh my god! you'll come in at an entry level position and when u do that if u kiss enough ass, you'll move up to the next level which is being a secretary's secretary! and boy is that great, you get to take messages for the secretary who never went to college shes actually the bosses niece, so now your apart of the family you know what college does for you? it makes you really smart man all you kids want to talk in the back of the class not me, i listened, ok i was a hall monitor, this was meant to be, you know how many classes i took, extra classes extra classes no i've never had sex but you know what, my degree keeps me satisfied when a lady walks to me says "hey u know whats sexy?" i say "no, i don't know what it is, but i bet i can add up all the change in your purse really fast".
15. School Spirit3:02

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    [intro] school spirit motherfuckers [chorus] alpha, step. omega, step kappa, step. sigma, step gangstas walk, pimps gon' talk oooh hecky naw that boy is raw aka, step. delta, step s g rho, step. zeta, step gangstas walk, pimps gon' talk oooh hecky naw that boy is raw [verse 1] i'ma get on this tv, momma i'ma, i'ma break shit down i'ma make sure these light skinned niggaz never ever never come back in style told 'em i finished school, and i started my own business they say, 'oh you graduated?' no, i decided i was finished chasin' y'all dreams and what you've got planned now i spit it so hot you got tanned back to school and i hate it there, i hate it there everything i want i gotta wait a year, i wait a year this nigga graduated at the top of my class.. i went to cheesecake, he was a motherfucking waiter there [chorus] [verse 2] i got a jones like norah for your sorror' bring more of them girls i've seen in the aurora tammy, becky, and laura, or'a shirley i'm tryin' to hit it early, like i'm in a hurry see, that's how dude became the young pootie tang tippy tow rocafella chain, yeah that's my rapper style rosary piece, yeah that's my catholic style red and white one's, yeah that's my kappa style and i ain't even pledge crack my head on the steering wheel and i ain't even dead if i could go through all that and still be breathing bitch bend over, i'm here for a reason [chorus] [outro] i feel a woo coming on, cuz. i feel a woo coming on, cuz woo there it was i feel some woos coming on, cuz. a couple woos coming on, cuz woo, woo there they was i feel a woo coming on, cuz. i feel a woo coming on, cuz woo there it was a couple woos coming on, cuz. a couple woos coming on, cuz woo, woo there they was
16. School Spirit Skit 20:43

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    You keep it going man, you keep those books rolling, you pick up those books your going to read and not remember and you roll man. you get that a sociate degree, okay, then you get your bachelors, then you get your masters then you get your master's masters, then you get your doctron, you go man, then when everybody says quit you show them those degree man, when everybody says hey, your not working, your not making in money, you say look at my degrees and you look at my life, yeah i'm 52, so what, hate all you want, but i'm smart, i'm so smart, and i'm in school, and these guys are out here making money all these ways, and i'm spended mine to be smart. you know why? because when i die, buddy, you know what going to keep me warm, that right, those degrees
17. Lil Jimmy Skit0:53

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    [man] hey jimmy where you going? [jimmy] i dont know where i'm goin. my dad died, and he left me his degrees. my mom would always say "dad, why dont you work?", but he just kept learning. all the other kids parents were working and saving up money for school, and i was actaully in school all when my dad was in school. he was so gready with degrees, he took my degree. and now i'm just glad he left me these. because all the regular homeless people have newspaper, and look what i have. these are documented. my father left them for me. and im going to leave them to my kids. i'm going to learn too. i'm going to get super smart, so i to can die without money. but i'll be the smartest dead guy. who has that.
18. Two Words4:26

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    [kanye west] we in the streets playa, getcha mail it's only two places you'll end up - either dead or in jail still nowhere to go...still nowhere to go now throw ya hands up bustless, bustas, boostas, hoes everybody, fuck that still nowhere to go...sill nowhere to go.. [mos def] two words, united states, no love, no brakes low brow, high stakes, crack smoke, black folks big macs, fat folks, ecstasy capsules presidential scandals, everybody move two words, mos def, k west, hot shit calm down, get back, ghetto people, got this game ball, lock shit, dump off, cock shit we won't stop shit, everybody move two words, bk , ny, bedstuy two hawks, too hungry, too many, that's why these streets know game, can't ball, don't play every traffic, one lane, everybody move two words, mos def, black check, hot shit calm down, get back, ghetto people, got this game point lock, long pump cocked we won't stop, everybody move [chorus: kanye west (harlem boys choir)] [1] - now throw ya hands up bustless, bustas (throw your hands up high) boostas, hoes, everybody, fuck that (ohhhhhh) still nowhere to go...still nowhere to go... (ohhhhhh) [2] - and keep ya hands up bustless, bustas (till they reach the sky) boostas, hoes, everybody, fuck that (ohhhhhh) still nowhere to go...still nowhere to go... (ohhhhhh) [kanye west (harlem boys choir)] aiyyo, two words, chi town, south side, world wide cuz i, rep that, till i, fuckin die one neck, two chains, one waist, two gats one wall, twenty plaques, dudes say, "gimme that" i am limelight, blueprint, 5 mics go get his rhyme like, shoulda been signed twice most imitated, grammy nominated hotel accommodated, cheerleader, prom dated barbershop, playa hated, mom and pop, bootlegged it felt like it rained till the roof caved in two words, chi town, raised me, crazy so i live by two words, "fuck you, pay me" screamin, jesus save me you know how the game be i can't let em change me cuz on judgment day, you gon blame me look god, it's the same me i (throw) basically know now (your) we could (up) racially profile (high) cuffed up and hosed down, pimped up and hoe down (ohhhhhh) plus i got a whole city to hold down (ohhhhhh) from the bottom to the top so only place to go down [chorus 2nd verse] [freeway] two words, freeway, two letters, a-r turn y'all rap niggaz into two words, fast runners like jackie jurner, you better sleep with your burner the heat skeet, blow a reef through ya car my god, two words, no guns, break arms break necks, break backs, steven segul free...young bars, fresh men of the roc left the beef in the pot jay sent for his dogs and broads, forget ya squad, let em find for yourself have you screamin out four words "send for the lord" two words, freeway's slightly retarded fuck around, throw a clip in ya artist, leave with his broad.. [harlem boys choir (mos def)] throw... (red) your... (white) hands... (blue) up... (black) Throw... (calm) your... (down) hands... (move) up... (back) Throw... (motherfuckers) your... (askin) hands... (who is) up... (that) Throw... (you know) your... (it's the) hands... (almighty) up... (mighty johnny jack) Throw... (mos) your... (def) hands... (k) up... (west) Throw... (there go) your... (people) hands... (get this) up... (shit off ya chest) Throw... (north) your... (to the south) hands... (to the east) up... (to the west) Throw... (we got) your... (that concert) hands... (it was no) up... (contest) High! (an show it to em like)
19. Through the Wire3:41

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    Yo G they can't stop me from rapping can they? Can they huh? I spit it through the wire man To much stuff on my heart right now man I'll probably risk it all right now It's a life or death situation man Y'all don't really understand how I feel right now man It's your boy Kayne to the.... Chi-Town what's going on man [Verse 1] I drink a Boost for breakfast, and Ensure for dizzert Somebody ordered pancakes I just sip the sizzurp That right there could drive a sane man beserk Not to worry the Mr. H to the Izz-O's back to wizzerk How do you console my mom or give her light support Telling her your sons' on life support And just imagine how my girl feel On the plane scared as hell that her guy look like EMMITT TILL She was with me before the deal she been trying to be mine She a delta so she been throwing that dynasty sign No use of me tryna be lyin I been trying to be signed Trying to be a millionaire How I use two lifelines In the same hospital where Big and Tupac died The doctor said I had blood clots But I ain't Jamaican man Story on MTV and I ain't trying to make a band I swear this right here, history in the making man I really apologize how I sound right now man This ain't fair at all man They got my mouth wired shut for like I don't know the doctor said for like six weeks You know we had reconstru.... I had reconstructive surgery on my jaw Looked in the mirror half my jaw was missing and half my mouth I couldn't believe it But im still here for yall right now man This is what I gotta say yo Yeah, turn me up yeah [Verse 2] What if somebody from the Chi that was ill got a deal on the hottest rap label around but he wasn't talking bout coke and birds it was more like spoken word Except he really putting it down And he explained the story about how blacks came from glory And what we need to do in the game Good dude, Bad night, Right place, Wrong time In the blink of an eye his whole life changed If you could feel how my face felt you would know how Mase felt Thank God I ain't too cool for the safe belt I swear to God drive a two on the sue I got lawyer for the case to keep whats in my safe-safe My dawgs couldn't tell if I, I look Tom Cruise on Vanilla Sky IT WAS TELEVISED THERE'S BEEN AN accident like GEICO They thought I was burnt up like Pepsi did Michael I must gotta angel Cause look how death missed his ass Unbreakable, would you thought they called me Mr. Glass Look back on my life like the ghost of Christmas past Toys R Us where I used to spend that Christmas cash And I still wont grow up, I'm a grown ass kid Swear I should be locked up for stupid shit that I did But I'm a champion, so I turned tragedy to triumph Make music that's fire, spit my soul through the wire Know what im saying When the doctor told me I had a um.. I was goin to have a plate on my chin I said dawg don't you realize I'll never make it on the plane now Its bad enough I got all this jewelry on Can't be serious man
20. Family Business4:38

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    Intro: kanye west] how's your son? (all, all, all the things, things) he make the team this year? (all, all, all the things things) aw th-, they said he wasn't tall enough? (all, all, all the glitter in that gold) yeah me we gon' cook this up (now gold is not a reality) (real is what you live to be) [verse 1: kanye west] this is family business and this is for the family that can't be with us and this is for my cousin locked down, know the answer's in us that's why i spit it in my songs so sweet like a photo of your granny's picture now that you're gone it hit us super hard on thankgiving and christmas, this can't be right yeah you heard the track i did man, this can't be light somebody please say grace so i can save face and have a reason to cover my face i even made you a plate, soul food, know how granny do it monkey bread on the side, know how the family do it when i brought it why had guard have to look all to it? as kids we used to laugh who knew that life would move this fast? who knew i'd have to look at you through a glass? and look, tell me you ain't did it, you ain't did it and if you did, then that's family business [hook: choir] and i don't care 'bout (all the, all the diamond rings, diamond rings) they don't mean a thing (all, all, all the things) all these fancy things i tell you that all (all the glitter) i'm waiting for now all i know i know all these things [verse 2: kanye west] this is family business and this is for everybody standin' with us come on, let's take a family grammy picture abby, remember when they ain't believe in me? now she like "see, that's my cousin on tv" now, we gettin' it and we gon' make it and y'all gon' hate it and i'm his favorite i can't deny it, i'm a straight rider but when we get together be electric slidin' grandma, get 'em shook up aw naw, don't open the photo book up i got an aunt ruth that can't remember your name but i bet them polaroids'll send her down memory lane you know that one auntie, you don't wanna be rude but every holiday nobody eatin' her food and you don't wanna stay there cuz them your worst cousins got roaches at their crib like them your first cousins act like you ain't took a bath with your cousins fit three in the bed while six of y'all i'm talkin' 'bout three by the head and three by the leg but you ain't have to tell my girl i used to pee in the bed [interlude: choir] rain, rain, rain go away let the sun come out and all the children say rain, rain, rain go away let the sun come out and all the children say [verse 3: kanye west] i woke up early this mornin' with a new state of mind a creative way to rhyme without usin' nines and guns keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god and keep your face to the risin' sun all my niggas from the chi, that's my family dog and my niggas ain't my guys, they my family dog i feel like one day you'll understand me dog you can still love your man and be manly dog you ain't got to get heated at every house warmin' sittin' here, grillin' people like george foreman why uncle ray and aunt shiela always performin'? the second she storms out then he storms in y'all gon' sit down, have a good time this reunion and drink some wine like communion and act like everything fine and if it isn't we ain't lettin' everybody in our family business [interlude: choir] (all the, all the diamond rings, diamond rings) they don't mean a thing (all, all, all the things) they don't mean a thing (all the, all the diamond rings, diamond rings) they don't mean a thing, a thing [hook: choir] and i don't care 'bout (all the, all the diamond rings, diamond rings) they don't mean a thing (all, all, all the things) all these fancy things i tell you that all (all the glitter) i'm waiting for now all i know i know all these things [females:] (oooh) all these things (these things) [males:] all these things (oooh) all these things (these things) [f:] all these things (oooh) all these things (these things) [m:] all these things (oooh) all these things (these things) [f:] all these things (oooh) all these things (these things) [m:] all these things (oooh) all these things (these things) [f:] all these things (oooh) all these things (these things) [m:] all these things (oooh) all these things (these things)
21. Last Call12:40

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    [intro: jay-z (kanye)] [laughing] yo fuck you, kanye, first and foremost for making me do this shit. muh'fucker had to throw everybody out the motherfucking room 'cause they don't fucking.. (i'd like to propose a toast) (i said toast motherfucker) [chorus: kanye] and i am and they ask me, they ask me, they ask me, i tell them raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky this is the last call for alcohol, for the.. so get your ass up off the wall [verse 1] the all around the world digital underground, pac the rudloph the red nosed reindeer of the roc i take my chain, my 15 seconds of fame and come back next year with the whole fucking game ain't nobody expect kanye to end up on top they expected that college dropout to drop and then flop then maybe he stop savin' all the good beats for himself rocafella's only niggaz that help my money was thinner than sean paul's goatee hair now jean paul gaultier cologne fill the air, here they say he bourgie, he big-headed won't you please stop talking about how my dick head is flow infectious, give me 10 seconds i'll have a buzz bigger than insects in texas it's funny how wasn't nobody interested 'til the night i almost killed myself in lexus [chorus] [verse 2] now was kanye the most overlooked? yes sir now is kanye the most overbooked? yes sir though the fans want the feeling of a tribe called quest but all they got left is this guy called west better take freeway, throw him on tracks with mos def call him kwa-li or kwe-li, i put him on songs with jay-z i'm the gap like banana republic and old navy, and oooh it come out sweeter than old sadie nice as bun-b when i met him at the source awards girl he had with him - ass coulda won the horse awards and i was almost famous, now everybody loves kanye i'm almost raymond' some say he arrogant. can y'all blame him? it was straight embarrassing how y'all played him last year shoppin my demo, i was tryin' to shine every motherfucker told me that i couldn't rhyme now i could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams i use it as my gas, so they say that i'm gassed but without it i'd be last, so i ought to laugh so i don't listen to the suits behind the desk no more you niggaz wear suits 'cause you can't dress no more you can't say shit to kanye west no more i rocked 20,000 people, i was just on tour, nigga i'm kan, the louis vuitton don bought my mom a purse, now she louis vuitton mom i ain't play the hand i was dealt, i changed my cards i prayed to the skies and i changed my stars i went to the malls and i balled too hard 'oh my god, is that a black car?' i turned around and replied, why yes but i prefer the term african american express brains, power, and muscle, like dame, puffy, and russell your boy back on his hustle, you know what i've been up to killin y'all niggaz on that lyrical shit mayonnaise colored benz, i push miracle whips [chorus] "... last call for alcohol, for my niggaz" [outro] so this a&r over at rocafella, named hiphop picked the truth beat for beanie. and i was in the session with him i had my demo with me. you know, like i always do i play the songs, he's like "who that spittin?" i'm like "it's me." he's like "oh, well okay." uhh, he started talkin to me on the phone going back and forth, just askin me to send him beats and i'm thinking he's trying to get into managing producers cause he had this other kid named just blaze he was messin with and um, he was friends with my mentor, no id and no id told him, "look man, you wanna mess with kanye you need to tell him that you like the way he rap" [no id:] "yo, you wanna sign him, tell him you like how he rap" i was all, i dunno if he was gassin' me or not but he's like he wanna manage me as a rapper and a producer [hiphop:] "i'll sign you as a producer and a rapper", i'm like oh shit i was messin with, uh, d-dot also people were like this, started talking about the ghost production but that's how i got in the game. if it wasn't for that, i wouldn't be here so you know. after they picked that truth beat i was figuring i was gonna do some more work but shit just went poppin off like that. i was stayin in chicago i had my own apartment. i be doin' like, just beats for local acts just to try to keep the lights on, and then to go out and buy get a pelle pelle off lay-away, get some jordans or something or get a technomarine, that's what we wore back then i made this one beat where i sped up this hal melville sample i played it for hip over the phone, he's like "oh, yo that shit is crazy jay might want it for this compilation album he doin, called the dynasty." and at that time, like the drums really weren't soundin' right to me so i went and um, i was listening to dre chronic 2001 at that time and really i just, like picked the drums off xxplosive and put it like with it sped up, sampled, and now it's kind of like my whole style when it started, when he rapped on 'this can't be life.' and that was like, really the first beat of that kind that was on the dynasty album i could say that was the, the resurgence of this whole sound you know, i got to come in and track the beat, and at the time i was still with my other management. i really wanted to roll with hiphop. 'cause i, i just needed some fresh air, you know what i'm sayin, 'cause i been there for a while, i appreciated what they did for me, but, you know there's a time in every man's life where he gotta make a change, try to move up to the next level. and that day i came and i tracked the beat and i got to meet jay-z and he said, "oh you a real soulful dude" [jay-z: "you a real soulful dude"]. and he uh, played the song 'cause he already spit his verse by the time i got to the studio, you know how he do it, one take. and he said [jay-z:] "check this out, tell me what you think of this, right here" "tell me what you think of this." and i heard it, and i was thinking like, man, i really wanted more like of the simple type jay-z, i ain't want like the, the more introspective, complicated rhy- or the, in my personal opinion. so he asked me, "what you think of it?" [jay-z:] "so what you thinkin?" and i was like, "man that shit tite," you know what i'm sayin', man what i'ma tell him? i was on the train man, you know. so after that i went back home. and man i'm, i'm just in chicago, i'm trying to do my thing. you know, i got groups. i got acts i'm trying to get on, and like there wasn't nothin really like poppin' off the way it should have been. one of my homeys that was one of my artists, he got signed. but it was supposed to really go through my production company, but he ended up going straight with the company. so, like i'm just straight holdin' the phone, gettin' the bad news that dude was tryin' to leave my company. and i got evicted at the same time. so i went down and tracked the beats fromhim, i took that money, came back, packed all my shit up in a u-haul, maybe about ten days before i had to actually get out. so i ain't have to deal with the landlord 'cause he's a jerk. me and my mother drove to [mother:] "come on, let's just go" newark, new jersey. i hadn't even seen my apartment. i remember i pulled up [mother:] "kanye, baby, we're here", i unpacked all my shit. you know, we went to ikea, i bought a bed, i put the bed together myself. i loaded up all my equipment, and the first beat i made was, uh, 'heart of the city.' and beans was still working on his album at that time, so i came up there to baseline, it was beans' birthday, matter of fact, and i played like seven beats. and, you know i could see he's in the zone he already had the beats that he wanted, i did nothing like already at that time. but then jay walked in. i remember he had a gucci bucket hat on. i remember it like, like it was yesterday. and hiphop said "yo play that one beat for him." and i played 'heart of the city.' and really i made 'heart of the city,' i really wanted to give that beat to dmx. [hiphop:] "no i think jay gon' like this one right here". and i played another beat, and i played another beat. and i remember that gucci bucket, he took it and like put it over his face and made one of them faces like 'ooooooooooh.' two days later i'm in baseline and i seen dame. dame didn't know who i was and i was like "yo what's up i'm kanye." [dame:] "yo, you that kid, kanye?" "you that kid that gave all them beats to jay? yo, this nigga got classics" [dame:] "jay got classics, g." you know i ain't talkin shit. i'm like "oh shit." and all this time i'm starstruck, man. i'm still thinking 'bout, you know i'm picturing these niggaz on the show the streets is watching, i'm lookin, these were superstars in my eyes. and they still are, you know. so, jay came in and he spit all these songs like in one day, and in two days... i gotta bring up one thing, you know, come back to the story, the day i did the 'can't be life' beat on track, i remember lenny s, he had some louis vuitton sneakers on, he think he fly. and hiphop was there, i think tata, john minnelli, a bunch of people. i didn't know all these people at the time they was in the room, and i said, "yo jay i could rap." and i spit this rap that said, uh "i'm killin y'all niggaz on that lyrical shit. mayonnaise colored benz, i push miracle whips." and i saw his eyes light up when i said that line. but you know the west, the rap was like real wack and shit, so that's all the response. he said "man that was tite." [jay-z:] "that, that was cool. that was hot." that was it. you know, i ain't get no deal then, hehe. okay, fast forward. so, blueprint, h to the izzo, my first hit single. and i just took that proudly, built relationships with people. my relationship with kweli i think was one of the best ones to ever happen to my career as a rapper. because, you know, of course later he allowed me to go on tour with him. man, i appre-- i love him for that. and at this time, you know i didn't have a deal, i had songs, and i had relationships with all these a&r's, and they wanted beats from me, so they'd call me up, i'd play them some beats. "gimme a beat that sound like jay-z." you know, they dick riders. whatever. so i'll play them these post-blueprint beats or whatever and then i'll play my shit. i'll be like, "yo but i rap too." hey, i guess they was lookin' at me crazy 'cause you know, 'cause i ain't have a jersey on or whatever everybody out there listen here. i played them 'jesus walks' and they didn't sign me. you know what happened, it was some a&r's that fucked with me though, but then like the heads, it'd be somebody at the company that'll say "naw." like, dave lotti fucked with me, my nigga mel brought me to a bunch of labels. jessica rivera, man [jessica:] "man, you niggaz is stupid if y'all don't sign kanye, for real." i'm not gonna say nothin to mess my promotion up "y'all niggaz is stupid". let's just say i didn't get my deal. the nigga that was behind me, i mean, he wasn't even a nigga, you know? the person who actually kicked everything off was joe 3h from capitol records. he wanted to sign me really bad. [joe:] "we gonna change the game, buddy." dame was like, "yo you got a deal with capitol, okay man, just make sure it's not wack." [dame:] "you gotta make sure it's not wack." then one day i just went ahead and played it, i wanted to play some songs, 'cause you know cam was in the room, young guru, and dame was in the room. so i played... actually it's a song that you'll never hear, but maybe i might use it. so, it's called 'wow.' "i go to jacob with 25 thou, you go with 25 hundred, wow i got eleven plaques on my walls right now you got your first gold single, damn, nigga, wow." like the chorus went. don't bite that chorus, i might still use it. so i play that song for him, and he's like "oh shit" [dame:] "oh shit it's not even wack." "i ain't gonna front, it's kinda hot." [dame:] "it's actually kinda hot." like they still weren't looking at me like a rapper. and i'm sure dame figured, 'like man. if he do a whole album, if his raps is wack at least we can throw cam on every song and save the album, you know. so uh dame took me into the office, and he's like "yo man, we, we on a brick, we on a brick" [dame:] "you don't wanna catch a brick" you gotta be under an umbrella, you'll get rained on. i told hiphop and hiphop was all, "oh, word?" actually, even with that i was still about to take the deal with capitol 'cause it was already on the table and 'cause of my relationship with 3h. that, you know, 'cause i told him i was gonna do it, and i'm a man of my word, i was gonna roll with what i said i was gonna do. then, you know, i'm not gonna name no names, but people told me, "oh he's just a producer rappe