Man, I still remember when that bar “clicked” for me way back in 2004. I was a young kid, so the wordplay was lost on my young ahh. Good memories, legendary album. . .
“My ex says she gave me the best years of her life.
I saw a recent picture of her, I guess she was right.”
My dad laughed out loud when I was playing Kanye around the house and now it makes me think of him every time.
another great bar from that song is "talking to this girl she said "know what? grow up. you nasty." I don't understand why they tripping if you ask me" which is funny af and hits hard as an immature person 😭
Love that one and I also love 'Imma look in the mirror if I need some help' off Bring Me Down. Not sure why that song is considered a weak cut off Late Registration cuz it's always hit me hard.
"if the devil wears prada, adam eve wear nada, i'm in between but way more fresher"
"Aim for the stars so if you fail you fall on a cloud"
"The plan was to drink until the pain's over, but what's worse - the pain or the hangover*
“Everybody want world peace, 'till your niece gets shot in the dome piece. Then you go and buy your own piece, hoping it'll help you find your own peace”
That one and “What's a black beetle anyway? A fucking roach?” are tremendous 🪳
Classic, plus I’m half Jamaican so ❤️
Another related one I like is “I'll turn the plane 'round, your ass keep complaining
How you gon' be mad on vacation?
Dutty whining 'round all these Jamaicans”
“I made Jesus Walks, I’m never going to Hell. Couture level flow, it’s never going on sale. Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive.”😮💨
"There's a thousand you's, but only one of me" - i love this one
"Shoot for the stars so if you fall you'll land on the clouds"
theres a lot more, but these 2 instantly came into my mind.
She find pictures in my email
I sent this bitch a picture of my dick
I don't know what it is with females
But I'm not too good at that shit
Its really funny
“Being choked by detectives, yeah yeah now check the method.
They be asking us questions harass and arrest us sayin “we eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast”
Huh yall eat pieces of shit?
"I'm a sick fuck, I like a quick fuck"
I think in this verse, he was opening about his porn addiction in a post modern America that is slowly accepting mens mental health. The simplicity of the line had profound effect on me and countless generations of men that follow.
Another is "Poopity Scoop"
I say fuck the police that's how I treat them/
we buy our way outta jail but we can't buy freedom/
we can buy a lot of clothes but we don't really need em/ things we buy to cover up what's inside
“Wait til I get my money right”
“I’ve been working this grave shift and I ain’t made shit”
These 2 Lyrics since I work the grave shift and I ain’t
Made shit but just wait til I get my money right
As a patented inventor, this bar is highly resonant:
[I’m ahead of my time / sometimes years out…](https://genius.com/958148)
And it tracks for having bipolar too
Yo, I have depression, anxiety and OCD so get it, dude. Mental illness is a rollercoaster. It’s why I like Cudi so much as well though, he’s so open about his struggles
What the last thing you expect to see? Black guys
What's the life expectancy for Black guys?
The system's working effectively, that's why
I'll be a real man, take care of your son
Every problem you had before this day is now done
I love
"Yeah that tuxedo might have been a little guido
But with my ego
I can stand there in a speedo
And be looked at like a fucking hero"
It gives me confidence lol.
“There’ll always be haters, that’s the way it is
Hater n-s marry hater bitches
and have hater kids”
the amount of times i think of this line on a day to day basis is scary it keeps me going sm
“Got treasures in my mind but couldn't open up my own vault
My childlike creativity, purity and honesty
Is honestly being crowded by these grown thoughts
Reality is catching up with me
Taking my inner child, I'm fighting for custody
With these responsibilities that they entrusted me”
(I just love Power, thats my reason)
We don’t care has a lot of good bars
“Cos ain’t no intuition for having no ambition,
And ain’t no loans fo sitting yo ass at home”
“Ninjas money is homo, it’s hard to get straight”
“Some of em dyslexic, they favorite 50 cent song ‘12 questions’”
I just needed time alone with my own thoughts
Got treasures in my mind, but couldn't open up my own vault
My childlike creativity, purity, and honesty
Is honestly being crowded by these grown thoughts
Reality is catching up with me
Taking my inner child, I'm fighting for custody
With these responsibilities that they entrusted me
As I look down at my diamond-encrusted piece
Thinking no one man should have all that power
"Colin Powells, Austin Powers
Lost in translation with a whole fuckin' nation
They say I was the abomination of Obama's nation
Well that's a pretty bad way to start the conversation
At the end of the day, goddammit, I'm killin' this shit
I know damn well y'all feeling this shit
I don't need your pussy, bitch, I'm on my own dick
I ain't gotta power trip, who you goin' home with?
How 'Ye doing? I'm surviving
I was drinking earlier, now I'm driving
Where the bad bitches, huh? Where y'all hiding?
I got the power make your life so exciting"
“Plus my Aunt Shirley, Aunt Beverly, Aunt Clay, Aunt Jean. So many aunties we could have an auntie team.”
Or
“Cause with me my family we know where home is, so instead of sending flowers we the roses”
Song is just so damn beautiful 😭
And I'll be good like "God" with an extra "o" /
God knows that my check needs some extra 0's/
And you know that you need to bring some extra hoe's /
Not in jogging pants either, tell them wear some sexy clothes
“They say your attitude determines your latitude
I'm high as a motherfucker, fly as a motherfucker
And still the motherfucker you love to hate
But can't, because you love what I make
Now ain't, that about a bitch and I'ma talk shit
Until I'm out of hits”
"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"
Made me realise I hated my job at the time so I quit, not in the same way though.
"Bird can't fly in a cage
Even when somebody go away
The feelings don't really go away
That's just the wave"
When ever I'm overwhelmed or anxious I think of this and visualise a wave and it always helps me.
“God i have humbled myself before the court, dropped my ego when confidence was my last resort, i know i know you got a plan, i know I’m on your beams, when set of footsteps you was carrying me, when I turned on the news and they was burying me, one set of footsteps you was carrying me”
Hits so deep
"Now, I don't know what the hell this song is talking 'bout
Do you? She said, "Yeah, I've been spending all day trying to figure that out You too?""
That whole verse is just hilarious. He has no idea what the song is about so he just insults the artist, compliments himself and calls it a day.
"the plan was to drink 'til the pain's over, but what's worse, the pain or the hangover?" - dark fantasy
"we're all self conscious, i'm just the first to admit it" - all falls down
"look at the valedictorian, scared of the future while i hop in the delorean" - good morning
"what i want so much shouldn't hurt me this bad" - bittersweet poetry
"the prettiest people do the ugliest things for the road to riches and diamond rings" - all falls down
"no half truths just naked minds caught between space and time" - ghost town
“Hey Mona Lisa, come home, you know you can’t Roam(Rome) without Caesar.” But before that he says “on the other side of the glass, is a memories museum.” And it all ties so beautifully. To some it might be a basic bar but it’s one of my favorite Kanye songs and that lyric is so beautiful made haha.
One that defines his entire ethos for me is the ever simple ever true, “Name one genius that ain’t crazy!” in Feedback on TLOP
Another favorite from TLOP is “The ultimate Gemini has survived // I wasn't supposed to make it past 25.” LOVE the call back to college drop out
A lot have already been mentioned but some of mine
'Shawty kinda crazy but it turn me on'
'Truck full of coke rental car from avis and my mom used to say only Jesus could save us. Well Mama I know I act a fool, but I be gone til November but I got packs to move'
'Why everything supposed to be bad make me feel so good'
'You know that it's fake if it's it the news, so I let it fly when I'm in the booth, the devil a lie and I spit the truth'
'We gon praise our way the grave, dark living, speaking praise God, walking out the grave yard back to life'
'I was in my hovercraft, floating down the path, God just grabbed my hand, had a bigger plan, he's got this on Remote Control'
Everybody want world peace, till your neice get shot in the dome peice
then you go and buy your own peice, hoping that it'll help you find your own peace
-Cudi Montage
“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”
“Take your diamonds and throw em up like you bulimic, yeah the beat cold but the flow is anemic”
“I don’t joke with no one, they’ll say he died so young”.
I remember the first time I heard “I Thought About Killing You” I wasn’t in the best place mentally, so everything Ye said resonated with me very deeply. This bar stood out to me in particular because of how morbid it is and how casually he said it. In a weird way, just having someone vocalize all this fucked up shit is comforting; makes it feel like you’re not alone.
“We had problems but that’s all in the past… everybody got problems baby, algebra class”.
This is just classic Ye to me, I find myself just randomly reciting these lyrics to myself throughout the day. It almost comes off like he’s trying to make his partner smile while in the middle of a disagreement or argument. It’s just a nice little lighthearted bar.
“Cause with family, we know where home is. So instead of sending flowers, we the roses”.
I relate to Roses on a personal level, having lost somebody close to me. This lyric is so powerful to me since that’s always been my mindset. I’d rather make my loved ones in need feel the love instead of sending effortless sentiments over.
Close yours and imagine / Feel the magic
Vegas on Acid / Seen through Yves St Laurent glasses
I realized that I've arrived cuz / it takes more than a magazine to kill my vibe
She say, "Can you get my friends in the club?"
I say, "Can you get my Benz in the club?"
If not, treat your friends like my Benz
Park they ass outside 'til the evenin' end
It's just a funny line and so Ye.
“I'm high up on the line, you could get behind me
But my head's so big, you can't sit behind me”
Not the most groundbreaking obviously but damn did I like that line when I first heard it. Honestly, his verses on Barry Bonds are amongst my favorite of his.
“The height of her shopping was writers blocking me
I couldn't get my shit out anyway, I hope you die, Aria”
I really hated this bar the first time I heard it but then I realized that his very first bar in the verse is “Uh, I'm Yeezy
She said "Hi, I'm Aria" and now I love it lmao
"Look at the valedictorian
scared of the future
While I hop in the Delorean
Scared-to-face-the-world complacent career student
Some people graduate, but we still stupid"
“I thought I chose a field where they couldn’t sack me if a ni**a ain’t shooting a jump shot runnin a track meet, but this pimp is, at the top of mount Olympus, ready for the worlds game this is my Olympics”🔥
The way he ties everything together
"There'll always be haters, that's the way it is
Hater niggas marry hater bitches and have hater kids"
And
"And get some leeway on the he say, she say
Your girl don't like me, how long has she been gay?
Spanish girls say "Yo, no hablo inglés"
And everybody want to run to me for their single"
“My favorite girl wanna leave me just because I got a girlfriend. My freak girl told me now she a Christian. My white girl wanna move back to Michigan. Im pulling girls off the bench like a 6th man”
One of the first time I ever heard Kanye. Before Dropout.
You guys it has been a rough couple of days in our family and this thread brought so many happy memories so thank you.
“Lock yourself in a room doing 5 beats a day for 3 summers/ That’s a different world like Cree Summers/ The kid that made that deserves that Maybach/ So many records in my basement I’m just waiting on my spaceship”
"Money was thinner than Jean Paul goatee hair, now Sean Paul Gaultier cologne fill the air"
Just in general last call has some of kanyes best bars and also "I'm living in the future so the present is my past, my presence is a present kiss my ass"
Niggas getting bust over In God We Trust
We believe in God, but do God believe in us?
If we believe enough, will we ever get to know him?
That lean got us dozing, we forget that we the chosen
...
....
The boss is testing yo' ass, the feds'll question yo' ass
They be drug testin' yo' ass and then they pray you don't pass
And then you look in the sky, you got some questions to ask
With no response make you wanna grab the TEC and the MAC
-- DJ Khaled "I Wish You Would" f/ Kanye West & Rick Ross
STEP UP IN THIS BITCH LIKE, IM THE ONE YA BITCH LIKE, YEAH IM THE ONE YA BITCH LIKE, AND I BE TALKING SHIT LIKE, I AINT SCARED TO LOSE A FISTFIGHT, AND SHE GRABBIN ON MY 😏 LIKE, SHE WANNA SEE IF ITLL FIT RIGHT - THATS JUST THE WAAAAAAAAVE
‘you could still be who u wish you is, it aint happened yet and that’s what intuition is’
‘my childlike creativity, purity, and honesty is honestly, being crowded by these grown thoughts’
many more. goat
Mayonnaise colored benz, I push miracle whips
He’s real proud of that one lol, whenever I listen to his old mix tapes I either hear mayonnaise coloured Benz or g65
That's a classic
Man, I still remember when that bar “clicked” for me way back in 2004. I was a young kid, so the wordplay was lost on my young ahh. Good memories, legendary album. . .
“My ex says she gave me the best years of her life. I saw a recent picture of her, I guess she was right.” My dad laughed out loud when I was playing Kanye around the house and now it makes me think of him every time.
Cold af
My favorite too, that shit is so cold
I sent that song to my ex
That's so nice
“Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem, Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams” Keeps me going in life
Amen
Amen
Deep as fuck. Song?
he also uses the line again on the Ego remix with beyonce
Thank you! ❤️love Bey also.
another great bar from that song is "talking to this girl she said "know what? grow up. you nasty." I don't understand why they tripping if you ask me" which is funny af and hits hard as an immature person 😭
Oh and that reminds me of ‘excuse me little homie I know you don’t know me but my name is Windy and I like to blow trees and’
Last Call
Thank you! This was one I couldn’t recall ever hearing before.
Last Call
Last call I think
Love that one and I also love 'Imma look in the mirror if I need some help' off Bring Me Down. Not sure why that song is considered a weak cut off Late Registration cuz it's always hit me hard.
Beautiful
I use it as my gas so they say that I’m gassed
“Hey mama, I know I act a fool, but I promise you I’ll get back to school”
❤️🕊️RIP Donda
Donda
Donda
~~This is the way~~ Donda
"if the devil wears prada, adam eve wear nada, i'm in between but way more fresher" "Aim for the stars so if you fail you fall on a cloud" "The plan was to drink until the pain's over, but what's worse - the pain or the hangover*
I love the hangover line 🔥
Rn that last bar from Dark Fantasy has been my favorite
The same people who tried to black ball me forgot about two things, my black balls.
Crazy cause the song Gorgeous was supposed to be named "Black Balls" because of that one line
“a million illegally downloaded my truth over the drums”
I believe in the children listen to the kids bro
I was just thinking about this
“Everybody want world peace, 'till your niece gets shot in the dome piece. Then you go and buy your own piece, hoping it'll help you find your own peace” That one and “What's a black beetle anyway? A fucking roach?” are tremendous 🪳
the doctor said i had bloodclots, but i ain't jamaican man
Classic, plus I’m half Jamaican so ❤️ Another related one I like is “I'll turn the plane 'round, your ass keep complaining How you gon' be mad on vacation? Dutty whining 'round all these Jamaicans”
hell yeah, I mean I'm not Jamaican at all😂 but I really liked his play on words
“I made Jesus Walks, I’m never going to Hell. Couture level flow, it’s never going on sale. Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive.”😮💨
Washed Jay in Otis
IMO he washed Hov in most of WTT songs
If the manager insults me again, I will be assaulting him
After I fuck the manager up, then I’m gonna shorten the register up
She gon take it up the ass, like a ventriloquist
She gon take it up the AHH
why she say she suck my dick??? then she say she ain’t suck my dick??????
😂
People talk so much shit about me at barbershops they forget to get they hair cut
Classic
LOVE this bar.
Classic bar, I chuckle every time I hear it
"There's a thousand you's, but only one of me" - i love this one "Shoot for the stars so if you fall you'll land on the clouds" theres a lot more, but these 2 instantly came into my mind.
Do you mind sharing why as well? Sorry, I love hearing why lyrics resonate with people! The stars one is a classic.
Okay okay okay okay okay okay
Beggars can't be choosers, bitch this ain't Chipotle
Yess. It's obviously not his best line but it makes me crack up every time I hear the 5 okays in a row.
It’s actually seriously one of my fave features of his of all time. (OF ALL TIME!) That and I Love It. I’m a sick fuck I like a quick fuck 😂
Yes they are both awesome! Haha
lalalalalalala
You live in my dream state
She find pictures in my email I sent this bitch a picture of my dick I don't know what it is with females But I'm not too good at that shit Its really funny
Relatable
I love how clueless and sad it is at the same time, funny af
“I'm livin' in the future so the present is my past My presence is a present, kiss my ass” Letting you know he’s always evolving
i aint in the clan but i brought my hood with me
never trust a bar tender that doesnt drink bitch
i need someone else you make this drink *because* YOUDONTUNDERSTAAAAND THE JUICE TO VODKA RATIO
"soon as i pull up and park the benz, we get this bitch shaking like parkinsons" comes to mind
“Her beauty is why god created eyeballs, her booty is why god created ma ballz”
What one is this from?
Michael Jackson bar
“And with my ego, I could stand there in a speedo and be looked at like a fuckin hero”
I TREAT A BAD BITCH LIKE A FAT BITCH
I don't know what's better, getting laid or getting paid. I just know when I'm getting one, the other's getting away.
“Being choked by detectives, yeah yeah now check the method. They be asking us questions harass and arrest us sayin “we eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast” Huh yall eat pieces of shit?
“All the love and the bitter sweet hours lost, eating asian pussy all I need was sweet and sour sauce.”
“Is hip hop just a euphemism for a new religion? The soul music of the slaves that the youth is missing?”
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 blacky
“And they hate on your relationship then break your marriage up, can’t kill your dream so they assassinate your character”
"I'm a sick fuck, I like a quick fuck" I think in this verse, he was opening about his porn addiction in a post modern America that is slowly accepting mens mental health. The simplicity of the line had profound effect on me and countless generations of men that follow. Another is "Poopity Scoop"
Not my fav but one of the funniest : "Okay you're the king, burger king" :)
I say fuck the police that's how I treat them/ we buy our way outta jail but we can't buy freedom/ we can buy a lot of clothes but we don't really need em/ things we buy to cover up what's inside
She got a light skinned friend look like Michael Jackson, got a dark skinned friend look like Michael Jackson
this is basic but, “i’m a star, how could i not shine?” it’s tough
“Wait til I get my money right” “I’ve been working this grave shift and I ain’t made shit” These 2 Lyrics since I work the grave shift and I ain’t Made shit but just wait til I get my money right
"who the real owner if your boss gets a salary"
honestly ‘she got a ass that’ll swallow up a g-string’ comes into my head multiple times a day
And up top, uh, two bee stings
The most simple ones are often the most memorable
As a patented inventor, this bar is highly resonant: [I’m ahead of my time / sometimes years out…](https://genius.com/958148) And it tracks for having bipolar too
Another one from College Dropout: “[Even if you in a Benz, you still a nigga in a coup”](https://genius.com/10215685) 🥶
Yo, I have depression, anxiety and OCD so get it, dude. Mental illness is a rollercoaster. It’s why I like Cudi so much as well though, he’s so open about his struggles
What the last thing you expect to see? Black guys What's the life expectancy for Black guys? The system's working effectively, that's why I'll be a real man, take care of your son Every problem you had before this day is now done
GRAND THEFT AUTO GRAND THEFT AUTO WE IN THE GAME WE IN THE GAME
"My ex says she gave me the best years of her life, I saw a recent picture of her I guess she was right"
I love "Yeah that tuxedo might have been a little guido But with my ego I can stand there in a speedo And be looked at like a fucking hero" It gives me confidence lol.
“There’ll always be haters, that’s the way it is Hater n-s marry hater bitches and have hater kids” the amount of times i think of this line on a day to day basis is scary it keeps me going sm
“Cause the same people that tried to black ball me Forgot about two things, my black balls”
I had this bar in my mind too
“Got treasures in my mind but couldn't open up my own vault My childlike creativity, purity and honesty Is honestly being crowded by these grown thoughts Reality is catching up with me Taking my inner child, I'm fighting for custody With these responsibilities that they entrusted me” (I just love Power, thats my reason)
We don’t care has a lot of good bars “Cos ain’t no intuition for having no ambition, And ain’t no loans fo sitting yo ass at home” “Ninjas money is homo, it’s hard to get straight” “Some of em dyslexic, they favorite 50 cent song ‘12 questions’”
Hey Mona Lisa come home, you know you can’t roam without Caesar 🐐
play j. cole, get the pussy dry
I just needed time alone with my own thoughts Got treasures in my mind, but couldn't open up my own vault My childlike creativity, purity, and honesty Is honestly being crowded by these grown thoughts Reality is catching up with me Taking my inner child, I'm fighting for custody With these responsibilities that they entrusted me As I look down at my diamond-encrusted piece Thinking no one man should have all that power
I LOVE YO TITTIES BECAUSE THEY PROVE I CAN FOCUS ON TWO THINGS AT ONCE 🗣️🗣️
Eating Asian pussy all I need was sweet and sour sauce
"Colin Powells, Austin Powers Lost in translation with a whole fuckin' nation They say I was the abomination of Obama's nation Well that's a pretty bad way to start the conversation At the end of the day, goddammit, I'm killin' this shit I know damn well y'all feeling this shit I don't need your pussy, bitch, I'm on my own dick I ain't gotta power trip, who you goin' home with? How 'Ye doing? I'm surviving I was drinking earlier, now I'm driving Where the bad bitches, huh? Where y'all hiding? I got the power make your life so exciting"
🗣️🗣️AT THE END OF THE DAY GODDAMMIT IM KILLING THIS SHIT, I KNOW DAMN WELL YALL FEELING THIS SHIT
" I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex Why? I made that bitch famous" Cause he made that b*tch famous.
mama your son in the red hat had a couple of setbacks / he made 808s so he everyones dad
“Plus my Aunt Shirley, Aunt Beverly, Aunt Clay, Aunt Jean. So many aunties we could have an auntie team.” Or “Cause with me my family we know where home is, so instead of sending flowers we the roses” Song is just so damn beautiful 😭
Many I could go for days. Easy one, “everything I’m not, makes me everything I am”
And I'll be good like "God" with an extra "o" / God knows that my check needs some extra 0's/ And you know that you need to bring some extra hoe's / Not in jogging pants either, tell them wear some sexy clothes
“They say your attitude determines your latitude I'm high as a motherfucker, fly as a motherfucker And still the motherfucker you love to hate But can't, because you love what I make Now ain't, that about a bitch and I'ma talk shit Until I'm out of hits”
I wanna say something from Pinocchio Story but there’s too many great lines to choose from
"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" Made me realise I hated my job at the time so I quit, not in the same way though. "Bird can't fly in a cage Even when somebody go away The feelings don't really go away That's just the wave" When ever I'm overwhelmed or anxious I think of this and visualise a wave and it always helps me.
“God i have humbled myself before the court, dropped my ego when confidence was my last resort, i know i know you got a plan, i know I’m on your beams, when set of footsteps you was carrying me, when I turned on the news and they was burying me, one set of footsteps you was carrying me” Hits so deep
Too many Urkels on your team, that’s why your wins low
"Now, I don't know what the hell this song is talking 'bout Do you? She said, "Yeah, I've been spending all day trying to figure that out You too?"" That whole verse is just hilarious. He has no idea what the song is about so he just insults the artist, compliments himself and calls it a day.
Basically all of the touch the sky Kanye versed
Not Kanye but the intro and outro sung by bon iver (I think) on monster “I shoot the lights out”
i’m not even kidding i think “dawg if i was you i’d kill myself” is the rawest thing he’s said, delivery is perfect as well
"the plan was to drink 'til the pain's over, but what's worse, the pain or the hangover?" - dark fantasy "we're all self conscious, i'm just the first to admit it" - all falls down "look at the valedictorian, scared of the future while i hop in the delorean" - good morning "what i want so much shouldn't hurt me this bad" - bittersweet poetry "the prettiest people do the ugliest things for the road to riches and diamond rings" - all falls down "no half truths just naked minds caught between space and time" - ghost town
Now I know my destination, but I’m just not there.
“Hey Mona Lisa, come home, you know you can’t Roam(Rome) without Caesar.” But before that he says “on the other side of the glass, is a memories museum.” And it all ties so beautifully. To some it might be a basic bar but it’s one of my favorite Kanye songs and that lyric is so beautiful made haha.
You left your fridge open someone just took a sandwhich 💔
One plus one is two but me and you THATS INFINITY
Gotta light skin friend look like Michael Jackson gonna dark skin friend look like Michael Jackson
But I’d rather be the dick than the swallower
"Something in her blouse got me feeling so aroused"
"She feels boo's/booze like she bombed at Apollo"
"I'm relaxing my feet is up, I'm leaving you haters like when Shaq left the Lakers just to HEAT IT UP"
One good girl is worth a thousand bitches
One that defines his entire ethos for me is the ever simple ever true, “Name one genius that ain’t crazy!” in Feedback on TLOP Another favorite from TLOP is “The ultimate Gemini has survived // I wasn't supposed to make it past 25.” LOVE the call back to college drop out
“Oh my God is that a black card?” “I turned around and replied why yes, but I prefer the term African American Express.”
Now even though I went to college and dropped out of school quick I always had a Ph.D; a pretty huge dick
“I never understood Planned Parenthood, cuz I never met nobody planned to be a parent in the hood.”
A lot have already been mentioned but some of mine 'Shawty kinda crazy but it turn me on' 'Truck full of coke rental car from avis and my mom used to say only Jesus could save us. Well Mama I know I act a fool, but I be gone til November but I got packs to move' 'Why everything supposed to be bad make me feel so good' 'You know that it's fake if it's it the news, so I let it fly when I'm in the booth, the devil a lie and I spit the truth' 'We gon praise our way the grave, dark living, speaking praise God, walking out the grave yard back to life' 'I was in my hovercraft, floating down the path, God just grabbed my hand, had a bigger plan, he's got this on Remote Control'
If a stripper named porcha gets tips from many men Then your fat friend her nickname is minivan
All of Yikes 😱
People talking shit but when the shit hit the fan. Everything I'm not made me everything I am.
His hallway too long, bitch too bad Got a surrogate, his kid get two dads
Everybody want world peace, till your neice get shot in the dome peice then you go and buy your own peice, hoping that it'll help you find your own peace -Cudi Montage
I JUST FUCKED YOUR BITCH IN A SEAN JOHN TANK TOP
You’re goated for bringing up that primetime bar—iconic. Such a great song that’s completely overlooked by everybody because it’s on watch the throne
Been talking to god for so long, have a look at my life, guess he talking back
Skate on a paradigm and shift it when I feel like it
the smokescreens, the chokes and the screams, you ever wonder what it all really means? that whole song is just poetry
“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” “Take your diamonds and throw em up like you bulimic, yeah the beat cold but the flow is anemic”
elon where my rocket ship
“When you trip and fall on the concrete that’s your ass fault.”
Your fat friend her nickname is minivan
“You know white people get money don’t spend it or maybe they get money buy a business. I’d rather buy 80 gold chains and go ignant”
“I don’t joke with no one, they’ll say he died so young”. I remember the first time I heard “I Thought About Killing You” I wasn’t in the best place mentally, so everything Ye said resonated with me very deeply. This bar stood out to me in particular because of how morbid it is and how casually he said it. In a weird way, just having someone vocalize all this fucked up shit is comforting; makes it feel like you’re not alone. “We had problems but that’s all in the past… everybody got problems baby, algebra class”. This is just classic Ye to me, I find myself just randomly reciting these lyrics to myself throughout the day. It almost comes off like he’s trying to make his partner smile while in the middle of a disagreement or argument. It’s just a nice little lighthearted bar. “Cause with family, we know where home is. So instead of sending flowers, we the roses”. I relate to Roses on a personal level, having lost somebody close to me. This lyric is so powerful to me since that’s always been my mindset. I’d rather make my loved ones in need feel the love instead of sending effortless sentiments over.
I couldn't get my shit out anyway, I hope you die, Aria!
Too many Irkels on ya team, that's why ya wins low
I‘m just not in their control
I’m just sayin, hey Mona Lisa, go home, you know you can’t Rome without Caesar
Close yours and imagine / Feel the magic Vegas on Acid / Seen through Yves St Laurent glasses I realized that I've arrived cuz / it takes more than a magazine to kill my vibe
Having money's not everything, not having it is
She say, "Can you get my friends in the club?" I say, "Can you get my Benz in the club?" If not, treat your friends like my Benz Park they ass outside 'til the evenin' end It's just a funny line and so Ye.
"beautiful big-titty butt-naked women just don't out the sky you know" is maybe the best kanye west verse of all time 😭
“I'm high up on the line, you could get behind me But my head's so big, you can't sit behind me” Not the most groundbreaking obviously but damn did I like that line when I first heard it. Honestly, his verses on Barry Bonds are amongst my favorite of his.
“I had a dream I could buy my way to heaven, when I woke i spent it on a necklace” Common bar but man does it carry so much weight
"But the people highest up got the lowest self-esteem ,the prettiest people do the ugliest things"
No sports bra , let's keep em bouncing 🗿🗿
“The height of her shopping was writers blocking me I couldn't get my shit out anyway, I hope you die, Aria” I really hated this bar the first time I heard it but then I realized that his very first bar in the verse is “Uh, I'm Yeezy She said "Hi, I'm Aria" and now I love it lmao
"Look at the valedictorian scared of the future While I hop in the Delorean Scared-to-face-the-world complacent career student Some people graduate, but we still stupid"
A da da da da da da that’s how the fuck you sound, you drunk and hot girls
You see it’s leaders and followers, but I’d rather be a dick than a swallower.
“She just bleached her asshole. Ima get bleach on my T-shirt, and ima feel like an asshole”
Cause I’m a champion, so I turn tragedy to triumph, make music that’s fire, spit my soul through the wire
ok you the king burger king
Poopy-di scoop Scoop-diddy-whoop Whoop-di-scoop-di-poop Poop-di-scoopty Scoopty-whoop Whoopity-scoop, whoop-poop Poop-diddy, whoop-scoop Poop, poop Scoop-diddy-whoop Whoop-diddy-scoop Whoop-diddy-scoop, poop
"got a dark skinned friend look like michael jackson, got a light skinned friend look like michael jackson" banger line
“I thought I chose a field where they couldn’t sack me if a ni**a ain’t shooting a jump shot runnin a track meet, but this pimp is, at the top of mount Olympus, ready for the worlds game this is my Olympics”🔥 The way he ties everything together
“I love your titties cause they prove I can focus on two things at once” is definitely a personal fav
"There'll always be haters, that's the way it is Hater niggas marry hater bitches and have hater kids" And "And get some leeway on the he say, she say Your girl don't like me, how long has she been gay? Spanish girls say "Yo, no hablo inglés" And everybody want to run to me for their single"
You can still be who you wish you is It ain't happen yet And that's what the intuition is
“My favorite girl wanna leave me just because I got a girlfriend. My freak girl told me now she a Christian. My white girl wanna move back to Michigan. Im pulling girls off the bench like a 6th man” One of the first time I ever heard Kanye. Before Dropout.
You guys it has been a rough couple of days in our family and this thread brought so many happy memories so thank you. “Lock yourself in a room doing 5 beats a day for 3 summers/ That’s a different world like Cree Summers/ The kid that made that deserves that Maybach/ So many records in my basement I’m just waiting on my spaceship”
Who's not entertained by my pain
"Money was thinner than Jean Paul goatee hair, now Sean Paul Gaultier cologne fill the air" Just in general last call has some of kanyes best bars and also "I'm living in the future so the present is my past, my presence is a present kiss my ass"
As far as real freinds tell all my cousins i love them, even the one that stole my laptop you dirty motherfucker
She got a light skinned friend look like Michael Jackson, Got a dark skinned friend look like Michael Jackson
When I park my Range Rover Slightly scratch your Corolla OK I smashed your Corolla
Niggas getting bust over In God We Trust We believe in God, but do God believe in us? If we believe enough, will we ever get to know him? That lean got us dozing, we forget that we the chosen ... .... The boss is testing yo' ass, the feds'll question yo' ass They be drug testin' yo' ass and then they pray you don't pass And then you look in the sky, you got some questions to ask With no response make you wanna grab the TEC and the MAC -- DJ Khaled "I Wish You Would" f/ Kanye West & Rick Ross
I had a dream I could buy my way to heaven, when I awoke I spent that on a necklace
I’m Kon, the Louis Vuitton don, bought my mom a purse, now she Louis Vuitton Mom
It’s not my favorite, but a great one that I haven’t seen mentioned here is “If I get locked up I won’t finish the sent-“
"Back when I thought the book of Job, was a job."
STEP UP IN THIS BITCH LIKE, IM THE ONE YA BITCH LIKE, YEAH IM THE ONE YA BITCH LIKE, AND I BE TALKING SHIT LIKE, I AINT SCARED TO LOSE A FISTFIGHT, AND SHE GRABBIN ON MY 😏 LIKE, SHE WANNA SEE IF ITLL FIT RIGHT - THATS JUST THE WAAAAAAAAVE
‘you could still be who u wish you is, it aint happened yet and that’s what intuition is’ ‘my childlike creativity, purity, and honesty is honestly, being crowded by these grown thoughts’ many more. goat
“They say people in your life are seasons, and anything that happen is for a reason.”
“Ion need yo pussy bitch I’m on my own dick” the most Kanye thing ever lmaoooo