Kanye West - Graduation lyrics

GOOD MORNING (K. WEST, E. JOHN, B. TAUPIN) (BMI) / PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST FOR VERY GOOD BEATS/HIP HOP SINCE 1978. RECORDED BY ANDREW DAWSON AND ANTHONY KILHOFFER AT SONY MUSIC STUDIOS, NYC & THE RECORD PLANT, HOLLYWOOD, CA. MIXED BY ANTHONY KILHOFFER AT CHALICE STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD, CA. ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: BRAM TOBEY, JASON AGEL, NATE HERTWECK,MATTY GREEN. KEYBOARDS: ANDY CHATTERLEY ON BEHALF OF LIVEROOM.TV PRODUCTIONS. ADDITIONAL VOCALS: JAY-Z, TONY “PENAFIRE” WILLIAMS & CONNIE MITCHELL. CONTAINS SAMPLES FROM THE ELTON JOHN RECORDING “SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT” UNDER LICENSE FROM AND USED COURTESY OF MERCURY RECORDS LIMITED. WRITTEN BY E. JOHN AND B. TAUPIN, COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING ON BEHALF OF HST MGT. LTD. AND ROUGE BOOZE INC. (ASCAP/BMI) CHAMPION (W. BECKER, D. f*gEN) (ASCAP) / PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST FOR VERY GOOD BEATS/HIP HOP SINCE 1978 AND BRIAN “ALLDAY” MILLER FOR VERY GOOD BEATS. RECORDED BY ANDREW DAWSON AND ANTHONY KILHOFFER AT SONY MUSIC STUDIOS, NYC & THE RECORD PLANT, HOLLYWOOD, CA. MIXED BY ANDREW DAWSON AT CHUNG KING STUDIOS, NYC. ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: BRAM TOBEY, JASON AGEL, NATE HERTWECK, ANTHONY PALAZZOLE, ANDY MARCINKOWSKI. SYNTHS: OMAR EDWARDS. ADDITIONAL VOCALS: TONY “PENAFIRE” WILLIAMS & CONNIE MITCHELL. ADDITIONAL LYRICS ADDED BY KANYE WEST. CONTAINS ELEMENTS OF THE STEELY DAN RECORDING “KID CHARLEMAGNE” USED COURTESY OF GEFFEN RECORDS UNDER LICENSE FROM UNIVERSAL MUSIC ENTERPRISES. WRITTEN BY WALTER BECKER AND DONALD f*gEN AND PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP. (ASCAP) STRONGER (K. WEST, T. BANGHALTER, G. DE HOMEN-CHRISTO, E. BIRDSONG) (BMI/ASCAP) / PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST FOR VERY GOOD BEATS/HIP HOP SINCE 1978. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING BY TIMBALAND. RECORDED BY SEIJI SEKINE AT APE SOUNDS, TOKYO, JAPAN AND BY ANDREW DAWSON AND ANTHONY KILHOFFER AT SONY MUSIC STUDIOS, NYC & THE RECORD PLANT, HOLLYWOOD, CA. MIXED BY MANNY MARROQUIN AT LARRABEE NORTH STUDIOS UNIVERSAL CITY, CA AND AT BATTERY STUDIOS, NYC. ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: KENGO SAKURA, BRAM TOBEY, JASON AGEL,NATE HERTWECK, JARED ROBBINS. KEYBOARDS: LA MAR “MARS” EDWARDS FOR MY BLOCK/SMASH FACTORY/1500 OR NOTHIN; MIKE DEAN FOR DEAN'S LIST PRODUCTIONS AND ANDY CHATTERLEY ON BEHALF OF LIVEROOM.TV PRODUCTIONS. GUITARS: MIKE DEAN FOR DEAN'S LIST PRODUCTIONS. EXTENDED OUTRO CO-PRODUCED, RECORDED & ARRANGED BY MIKE DEAN FOR DEAN'S LIST PRODUCTIONS. CONTAINS A SAMPLE OF “HARDER, BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER” PERFORMED BY DAFT PUNK, USED COURTESY OF VIRGIN RECORDS. WRITTEN BY THOMAS BANGHALTER, GUY MANUEL DE HOMEN-CHRISTO AND EDWIN BIRDSONG, PUBLISHED BY DAFT LIFE LTD./ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD. C/O ZOMBA ENTERPRISES, INC. (ASCAP), A DIVISION OF ZOMBA ENTERPRISES, INC./EDWIN BIRDSONG MUSIC PUBLISHING (ASCAP)/WB MUSIC CORP. (ASCAP). CONTAINS MASTER USE OF “COLA BOTTLE BABY” PERFORMED BY EDWIN BIRDSONG, USED COURTESY OF PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL RECORDS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED I WONDER (K. WEST, L. SIFFRE) (BMI/PRS) / PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST FOR VERY GOOD BEATS/HIP HOP SINCE 1978. RECORDED BY GREG KOLLER AT HENSON RECORDING STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD, CA AND ANDREW DAWSON & ANTHONY KILHOFFER AT SONY MUSIC STUDIOS, NYC & THE RECORD PLANT, HOLLYWOOD, CA. MIXED BY ANDREW DAWSON AT LEGACY RECORDING STUDIOS, NYC. ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: BRAM TOBEY, JASON AGEL, NATE HERTWECK, DALE PARSONS. PIANO & SYNTHS: OMAR EDWARDS. KEYBOARDS BY JON BRION. VIOLINS: EMMA KUMMROW, IGOR SZWEC, GLORIA JUSTEN, OLGA KONOPELSKY, LUIGI MAZZOCCHI, CHARLES PARKER. VIOLAS: PETER NOCELLA, ALEXANDRA LEEM. CELLO: JENNIE LORENZO. BASS: TIM RESSLER. STRINGS ARRANGED AND CONDUCTED BY LARRY GOLD. CONTAINS A SAMPLE FROM “MY SONG” BY LABI SIFFRE, INCLUDED COURTESY OF EMI RECORDS LIMITED AND LABI SIFFRE. WRITTEN BY LABI SIFFRE, PUBLISHED BY CHRYSALIS MUSIC LTD. (PRS) GOOD LIFE FEAT. T-PAIN (K. WEST, A. DAVIS, F. NAJM, Q. JONES, J. INGRAM) (BMI/ASCAP) / PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST FOR VERY GOOD BEATS/HIP HOP SINCE 1978 & TOOMP FOR ZONE BOY PRODUCTIONS, INC. ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION BY MIKE DEAN FOR DEAN'S LIST PRODUCTIONS / ADDITIONAL DRUM PROGRAMMING BY TIMBALAND. RECORDED BY ANDREW DAWSON, ANTHONY KILHOFFER AND PAUL SHEEHY AT DOPPLER STUDIOS, ATLANTA GA, SONY MUSIC STUDIOS, NYC & THE RECORD PLANT, HOLLYWOOD, CA. MIXED BY MIKE DEAN FOR DEAN'S LIST PRODUCTIONS & ANDREW DAWSON AT CHUNG KING STUDIOS, NYC. / ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: BRAM TOBEY JASON AGEL, NATE HERTWECK, ANTHONY PALAZZOLE, ANDY MARCINKOWSKI. PIANO & SYNTHS: OMAR EDWARDS. VIOLIN: ERIC GORFAIN, DAPHNE CHEN. / VIOLA: LEAH KATZ, ALMA FERNANDEZ. CELLO: RICHARD DODD, JOHN KROVOZA. STRINGS ARRANGED BY MIKE DEAN FOR DEAN'S LIST PRODUCTIONS AT THE RECORD PLANT STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES, CA. BACKGROUND VOCALS: JOHN LEGEND AND NE-YO. T-PAIN APPEARS COURTESY OF KONVICT MUZIK/JIVE RECORDS. JOHN LEGEND APPEARS COURTESY OF GOOD MUSIC/COLUMBIA RECORDS. CONTAINS SAMPLE OF “P.Y.T.” PERFORMED BY MICHAEL JACKSON, USED COURTESY OF SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT WRITTEN BY QUINCY JONES, JAMES INGRAM, PUBLISHED BY YELLOW BRICK ROAD MUSIC (ASCAP)/EISEMAN MUSIC CO. (BMI). YELLOW BRICK ROAD MUSIC ADMINISTERED WORLDWIDE BY CHERRY LANE PUBL. CO. INC (ASCAP), WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP. (BMI)/EISEMAN MUSIC CO., INC. (BMI). ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP. (BMI). ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CAN'T TELL ME NOTHING (K. WEST, A. DAVIS) (BMI) / PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST FOR VERY GOOD BEATS/HIP HOP SINCE 1978 & TOOMP FOR ZONE BOY PRODUCTIONS, INC. RECORDED BY ANDREW DAWSON AND ANTHONY KILHOFFER AT DOPPLER STUDIOS, ATLANTA, GA; SONY MUSIC STUDIOS, NYC, THE RECORD PLANT, HOLLYWOOD, CA AND BY TONY REY FOR YNOT MUSIC AT CHALICE STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES, CA. MIXED BY MIKE DEAN FOR DEAN'S LIST PRODUCTIONS AT ENCORE STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES, CA AND ANDREW DAWSON AT CHUNG KING STUDIOS, NYC. ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: RICHARD REITZ, BRAM TOBEY, JASON AGEL, NATE HERTWECK, ANTHONY PALAZZOLE, ANDY MARCINKOWSKI. KEYBOARDS: DARRYL BEATON & CHRIS ROB. ADDITIONAL VOCALS: YOUNG JEEZY & CONNIE MITCHELL BARRY BONDS FEAT. LIL WAYNE (K. WEST, D. LAMB, D. CARTER, N. LANDSBERG, F. PAPPALARDI, J. VENTURA, L. WEINSTEIN) (BMI/(ASCAP) / PRODUCED BY NOTTZ FOR DMP/TEAMSTA ENTERTAINMENT. CO-PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST FOR VERY GOOD BEATS/HIP HOP SINCE 1978. RECORDED BY ANDREW DAWSON AT CHUNG KING STUDIOS, NYC AND NOTTZ RAW & D. SLOAN AT THE DURT FACTORY STUDIO, NORFOLK, VA. MIXED BY MIKE DEAN FOR DEAN'S LIST PRODUCTIONS AT CHUNG KING STUDIOS, NYC. ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: ANTHONY PALAZZOLE AND ANDY MARCINKOWSKI. BASS GUITAR: VINCENT “BIGGS” JAMES. KEYBOARDS: MIKE DEAN FOR DEAN'S LIST PRODUCTIONS. LIL WAYNE APPEARS COURTESY OF CASH MONEY/UNIVERSAL RECORDS. CONTAINS A SAMPLE OF “LONG RED” PERFORMED BY MOUNTAIN, USED COURTESY OF SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT WRITTEN BY N. LANDSBERG, F. PAPPALARDI, J. VENTURA AND L. WEINSTEIN, USED COURTESY OF CAREERS BMG MUSIC PUBLISHING (BMI)/BMG SONGS INC. (ASCAP) DRUNK AND HOT GIRLS FEAT. MOS DEF (K. WEST, I. SCHMIDT, M. KAROLI, J. LIEBEZEIT, K. SUZUKI, H. SCHUERING) (BMI/GEMA) / PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST FOR VERY GOOD BEATS/HIP HOP SINCE 1978. ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION BY JON BRION. BRIDGE SECTION BY MIKE DEAN FOR DEAN'S LIST PRODUCTIONS. RECORDED BY ANDREW DAWSON AT SONY MUSIC STUDIOS, NYC & LEGACY STUDIOS, NYC AND BY GREG KOLLER AT OCEAN WAY RECORDING HOLLYWOOD, CA. MIXED BY MIKE DEAN FOR DEAN'S LIST PRODUCTIONS AT CHUNG KING STUDIOS, NYC. ASSISTANT ENGINEERS BRAM TOBEY, JASON AGEL, DALE PARSONS, ANTHONY PALAZZOLE, ANDY MARCINKOWSKI. SYNTH & SYNTH BASS: OMAR EDWARDS. KEYBOARDS: ANDY CHATTERLEY ON BEHALF OF LIVEROOM.TV PRODUCTIONS. STRINGS PERFORMED BY THE SECTION QUARTET. VIOLIN: ERIC GORFAIN, DAPHNE CHEN. VIOLA: LEAH KATZ. CELLO: RICHARD DODD. STRINGS ARRANGED BY MIKE DEAN FOR DEAN'S LIST PRODUCTIONS AT CHALICE STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES, CA. ADDITIONAL VOCALS: TANYA HERRON. CONTAINS ELEMENTS OF “SING SWAN SONG” PERFORMED BY CAN, USED COURTESY OF SPOON RECORDS UK, LTD. WRITTEN BY I. SCHMIDT, M. KAROLI, J. LIEBEZEIT, K. SUZUKI AND H. SCHUERING, PUBLISHED BY MESSER MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD. (GEMA) FLASHING LIGHTS FEAT. DWELE (K. WEST, E. HUDSON) (BMI) / PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST FOR VERY GOOD BEATS/HIP HOP SINCE 1978 AND ERIC HUDSON FOR JUST E. PRODUCTIONS GROUP, LLC/SUPANOVA MANAGEMENT, INC RECORDED BY ANTHONY KILHOFFER AT CHALICE STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES, CA AND ANDREW DAWSON AT CHUNG KING STUDIOS, NYC. MIXED BY ANDREW DAWSON AT CHUNG KING STUDIOS, NYC. ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: MATTY GREEN, ANTHONY PALAZZOLE, ANDY MARCINKOWSKI. VIOLINS: EMMA KUMMROW, IGOR SZWEC, GLORIA JUSTEN, OLGA KONOPELSKY, LUIGI MAZZOCCHI, CHARLES PARKER. VIOLAS: PETER NOCELLA, ALEXANDRA LEEM. CELLO: JENNIE LORENZO. BASS:TIM RESSLER. STRINGS ARRANGED AND CONDUCTED BY LARRY GOLD. ALL OTHER INSTRUMENTS: ERIC HUDSON. ADDITIONAL VOCALS: CONNIE MITCHELL. DWELE APPEARS COURTESY OF R. T. MUSIC GROUP EVERYTHING I AM FEAT. SCRATCHES BY DJ PREMIERE (K. WEST, P. MITCHELL, G. CLINTON, JR., C. RIDENHOUR, E. SADLER, H. SHOCKLEE) (BMI) / PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST FOR VERY GOOD BEATS/HIP HOP SINCE 1978 RECORDED BY ANDREW DAWSON AT AVEX STUDIO, HONOLULU, HI AND SONY MUSIC STUDIOS, NYC AND BY ANTHONY KILHOFFER AT THE RECORD PLANT, HOLLYWOOD, CA. MIXED BY MIKE DEAN FOR DEAN'S LIST PRODUCTIONS AT CHUNG KING STUDIOS, NYC. ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: BRAM TOBEY, JASON AGEL, NATE HERTWECK, ANTHONY PALAZZOLE, ANDY MARCINKOWSKI. RHODES: OMAR EDWARDS. ADDITIONAL VOCALS: TONY “PENAFIRE” WILLIAMS SCRATCHES BY DJ PREMIERE. CONTAINS ELEMENTS OF “IF WE CAN'T BE LOVERS” PERFORMED BY PRINCE PHILLIP MITCHELL, USED COURTESY OF MALACO MUSIC. WRITTEN BY P. MITCHELL, PUBLISHED BY MALACO MUSIC O/B/O MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND PUBLISHING (BMI). CONTAINS ELEMENTS OF THE RECORDING “BRING THE NOISE” AS PERFORMED BY PUBLIC ENEMY. P1988 THE ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP. COURTESY OF THE ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP UNDER LICENSE FROM UNIVERSAL MUSIC ENTERPRISES. USED BY PERMISSION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WRITTEN BY GEORGE CLINTON, JR., CARLTON D. RIDENHOUR, ERIC T. SADLER AND HANK SHOCKLEE, PUBLISHED BY BRIDGEPORT MUSIC INC./SONGS OF UNIVERSAL INC./REACH GLOBAL SONGS O/B/O ITSELF, SHOCKLEE MUSIC AND TERRORDOME MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC. (BMI). USED BY PERMISSION THE GLORY (K. WEST, D. SMITH, L. NYRO, N. LANDSBERG, F. PAPPALARDI, J. VENTURA, L. WEINSTEIN) (BMI/ASCAP) / PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST FOR VERY GOOD BEATS/HIP HOP SINCE 1978. CO-PRODUCED BY GEE ROBERSON & PATRICK “PLAIN PAT” REYNOLDS FOR HIP HOP SINCE 1978. RECORDED BY ANDREW DAWSON AND ANTHONY KILHOFFER AT SONY MUSIC STUDIOS, NYC & THE RECORD PLANT, HOLLYWOOD, CA. MIXED BY ANTHONY KILHOFFER AT CHALICE STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD, CA. ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: BRAM TOBEY, JASON AGEL, NATE HERTWECK, MATTY GREEN. STRING ARRANGEMENT BY ROSIE DANVERS. PERFORMED BY WIRED STRINGS AND PRODUCED BY TOMMY D AT THE ‘LAB OF LUV' STUDIOS, LONDON. KEYBOARDS: OMAR EDWARDS AND ANDY CHATTERLEY ON BEHALF OF LIVEROOM.TV PRODUCTIONS. BACKGROUND VOCALS: JOHN LEGEND MOS DEF, JEHIREH WILLIAMS AND JALIL WILLIAMS. JOHN LEGEND APPEARS COURTESY OF GOOD MUSIC/COLUMBIA RECORDS. CONTAINS ELEMENTS OF “SAVE THE COUNTRY” PERFORMED BY LAURA NYRO, USED COURTESY OF SONG BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. WRITTEN BY L. NYRO, PUBLISHED BY EMI BLACKWOOD MUSIC INC. (BMI). CONTAINS A SAMPLE OF “LONG RED” PERFORMED BY MOUNTAIN, USED COURTESY OF SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. WRITTEN BY N. LANDSBERG, F. PAPPALARDI, J. VENTURA AND L. WEINSTEIN, USED COURTESY OF CAREERS BMG MUSIC PUBLISHING (BMI)/BMG SONGS INC. (ASCAP) HOMECOMING (K. WEST, C. MARTIN, W. CAMPBELL) (BMI/ASCAP) / PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST FOR VERY GOOD BEATS/HIP HOP SINCE 1978 & WARRYN “BABY DUBB” CAMPBELL FOR MY BLOCK RECORDS. RECORDED BY BRUCE BUECHNER AT FEVER RECORDING STUDIO, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA; ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, LONDON; ANDREW DAWSON AND ANTHONY KILHOFFER AT SONY MUSIC STUDIOS, NYC & THE RECORD PLANT, HOLLYWOOD CA AND GREG KOLLER AT OCEAN WAY RECORDING, HOLLYWOOD, CA. MIXED BY MIKE DEAN FOR DEAN'S LIST PRODUCTIONS & ANDREW DAWSON AT CHALICE STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD, CA AND CHUNG KING STUDIOS, NYC ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: MATTY GREEN, ANTHONY PALAZZOLE, ANDY MARCINKOWSKI. PERCUSSION: JON BRION. SOUND DESIGN: SEAN COOPER FOR MY BLOCK RECORDS. PROJECT COORDINATOR: “DJ” REFLEX & SANDRA CAMPBELL FOR MY BLOCK RECORDS. ADDITIONAL VOCALS: CHRIS MARTIN. CHRIS MARTIN APPEARS COURTESY OF PARLOPHONE RECORDS BIG BROTHER (K. WEST, A. DAVIS) (BMI) / PRODUCED BY TOOMP FOR ZONE BOY PRODUCTIONS, INC. RECORDED BY PAUL SHEEHY AT DOPPLER STUDIOS, ATLANTA, GA AND ANDREW DAWSON AT LEGACY RECORDING STUDIOS NYC. MIXED BY ANDREW DAWSON AT CHUNG KING STUDIOS, NYC. ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: DALE PARSONS, ANDY MARCINKOWSKI BONUS TRACK: GOOD NIGHT Written by: Kanye West, Albert Daniels, J. Miller, A. Reid, E. Beckford & W. MARAGH