[Intro]
How y'all feeling tonight?
Thank y'all for coming out to this impromptu-type performance I just set up
I love the energy in this city
This is one of my hometowns, y'all know I stayed out here, right?
But I came here for the creativity more than anything,
Because creativity fuels everything
I hate business people
People get on the phone with me and talk to me
Like "What kind of business can he do though?
What type of businnes are you doing? What's the numbers?
How much did you sell? What's the radio spins?
How much shampoo can you sell with your face on it and sh**?"
Remind me again why we in this sh**?
Can you remind me again why we in this sh**?
Make it even more mellow, make it just the chords
[Verse 1]
Remind me again why we in this sh**?
Remind me again why we in this sh**?
Remind me again why we in this sh**?
I know it's for more than just to get rich.
Since when was making music about getting rich?
Since when was making art about getting rich?
I know it's easy for me to say
Because having money's not everything and not having it is
Remind me again why we in this sh**?
Remind me again why we in this sh**?
Remind me again why the Grammy's could s** my dick?
Remind me who's the original superfly
And I got love for Hov but I ain't f**ing with that Suit and Tie
Remind me again, remind me again why we in this sh**?
Remind me again, remind me again why we in this sh**?
Every n***a tryna get rich,
Every rapper tryna get rich,
And every rapper always rap about f**ing somebody else b**h
Remind me again why we in this sh**?
Remind me again why we in this sh**?
And why the Grammys can s** my dick
s** my dick
[Verse 2]
And every motherf**ing sponsor
They tryna put they logos all over the concerts and sh**
For a meet and greet
And you gotta meet the execs and they daughters
And they'll show what they just bought her
Real n***as don't live too long in this sh**
Real n***as don't live too long in this sh**
Real n***as don't live too long in this sh**
Real n***as don't live too long in this sh**
Real n***as don't live too long in this sh**
They say "Ayo, you coming on too strong in this b**h"
They always talking about what I'm doing wrong in this sh**
Well I can give a f** everything
I can give a f**ing anything
Remind me why we in this sh**
I lost my motherf**ing momma
So I can give a f** about your comments
I promise, I promise
Cause we all gonna die one day
But I'mma live my life my way!
Remind me why we in this sh**, please
[Verse 3]
Please, can I sell your drink for you, please
"So, you can help me put on a better show please, corporations?
Can you please support me? Please?
Me, Kanye West. I swear I'm a nice n***a now
I swear I'll put the pink polo back on,
I swear to you. Please. Just for 3 million
I need it so bad. I need a pool in my backyard!
So I'll tell all my fans your sh** is cool
And if they believe in me, then they should also believe in you
"‘Did we get the check yet? Hold on, I gotta call the business manager
Did the corporations send the check?
What is my public rating? Are people liking me again?
Enough to get some money from the corporations?
Are they liking me, is it ok now?
They forgot about the whole Beyoncé thing, right?
Ok, Cool.
Is it ok now?"
[Verse 4]
Remind me why we in this sh**
Remind me why we in this sh**
Cause we ain't on no pile of sh**
n***a I'mma make my music from my heart
And I live and I die by everything that I say
And everything that I do
And everything that make is what I believe to be true
And if the sh** don't make sense and sound like nonsense
I don't give a f** because that was my stream of conscious
And that's the way I felt at that time
And feelings was the only facts
And racism and materialism is k**ing blacks
And one more thing if I can ask
One more thing if I can add
[Verse 5]
Cause in this life, our life just moves to fast
And time is somethng tht you can never get back
What's your quality of life?
What's your quality of life?
And that's why I mean it when I say I hope you have a good time tonight
I hope you have a good time tonight
London, it's Louise Wilson's birthday tonight
[Bridge]
An inspiration, not lead instruments
I'm the lead instrument, but he's background
Happy birthday to Louise who taught Alexander McQueen
My friend Louis Gold, Christopher King, Stella McCartney
And Kanye West, even though she doesn't want me to put that on my resume
[Outro]
But it's still sometimes like there's no good ideas
And no real ideas and nothing sincere left
And everything has been so h*mogenized
And it's all big business and it's no creativity
But really we have the ability to have a human Utopia
If we just helped each other
If we just use our resources
And stop tryna compete against each other
And tryna beat each other
And eat each other
And maybe came together and tried to teach each other
And reach each other
And reach each other
Maybe try to come together and love each other
And love each other
And love one another
Maybe try to come together and love each other
And love each other
And love each other
And love another
And love each other
And love each other
And love each other
And love another
The way you love you love your mother man
The way you should love your father man
Y'all don't really understand
Cause this is our sh**
And is this our motherf**ing clique
Clique, clique clique
Ain't nobody fresher than my motherf**ing clique
Clique, clique, clique
I said ain't nobody fresher than my motherf**ing clique
Clique, clique, clique
I said ain't nobody fresher than my motherf**ing clique