Biography:
Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia), also known as Ye, is a Grammy award-winning American rapper, producer, singer, author, and fashion designer.
West began making beats and rapping in the early 90s in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois, when he formed the rap group Go Getters with Chicago natives GLC and Really Doe. He later gained nationwide popularity through his work in New York, where he began producing tracks for artists such as Jay-Z, Twista, Mase, Talib Kweli and Alicia Keys.
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Other songs:
- Addiction
- All Falls Down
- All Of The Lights
- All Of The Lights Tabs
- Amazing
- Bitter Sweet
- Bittersweet
- Bound 2
- Gorgeous
- Heartless
- Heartless (the Fray Cover)
- Hey Mama
- Homecoming
- Only One
- Runaway
- Stronger
- Ultralight Beam
- Violent Crimes
- Only One (feat. Paul McCartney)
- All Day
- All Mine
- Bad News
- Bittersweet Poetry
- Blame Game
- Blood On The Leaves
- Bound
- Cant Tell Me Nothing
- Christian Dior Denim Flow
- Coldest Winter
- Dark Fantasy
- Euro
- Famous
- Flashing Lights
- Fml
- Franks Track
- Gay Fish
- Gayfish
- Ghost Town
- Gold Digger
- Good Life
- Good Morning
- Hold My Liquor
- Hold Tight
- I Love It
- I Thought About Killing You
- I Wonder
- Just For You
- Lost In The World
- Love Lockdown
- Made In America
- Monster
- Never Let Me Down
- Niggas In Paris
- No Church In The Wild
- Paranoid
- Pinocchio Story
- Power
- Real Friends
- Robocop
- Roses
- Saint Pablo
- Say You Will
- See Me Now
- See You In My Nightmares
- Spaceship
- Street Lights
- The One
- Waves
- Welcome To Heartbreak
- Wolves
- Yikes
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[Verse 1]
Dm Bb
My wife said, I can't say no to nobody
Dm Bb
And at this rate we gon' both die broke
Dm Bb
Got friends that ask me for money knowin' I'm in debt
Dm Bb
And like my wife said, I still didn't say no
Dm Bb
People tryna say I'm goin' crazy on Twitter
Dm Bb
My friends' best advice was to stay low
Dm Bb
I guess it's hard to decipher all of the bills
Dm Bb
Especially when you got family members on payroll
Dm Bb
The media said it was outlandish spendin'
Dm Bb
The media said he's way out of control
Dm Bb
I just feel like I'm the only one not pretendin'
Dm Bb
I'm not out of control, I'm just not in they control
Dm
I know I'm the most influential
Dm
That TIME cover was just confirmation
Am
This generation's closest thing to Einstein
Am
So don't worry about me, I'm fine
C
I can see a thousand years from now in real life
C
Skate on the paradigm and shift it when I feel like
Gm
Troll conventional thought, don't need to question
Gm
I know it's antiquated so sometimes I get aggressive
Dm
Thank God For Jay Electra, he down with the mission
Dm
Did it with no permission, on our own conditions
Am
Most Blacks with money have been beaten to submission
Am
Yeezy with the big house, did it way different
C
Never listen to Hollywood producers
C
Don't stare at money too long, it's Medusa
Gm
The ultimate Gemini has survived
Gm
I wasn't supposed to make it past 25
[Chorus]
Dm
And you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Dm
Wonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
Am
Oh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Am
And you wonder where is God in your nightlife
C
Yeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
(Father, father, father...)
C
Wonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
Gm
The night sky, yeah, I feel like I'm home, yeah
[Verse 2]
Dm
I've been wakin' the spirits of millions more to come
Dm
A million illegally downloaded my truth over the drums
Am
I believe in the children, listen to the kids, bro
Am
If the phone ringin', go and get your kids ho
C
Brother Don Muhammad told the minister about the presentation
C
He sat back and smiled
Gm
Black on black lies is worse than black on black crime
Gm
The Jews share their truth on how to make a dime
N.C
Most black men couldn't balance a checkbook
But buy a new car, talkin' 'bout "how my neck look?"
Dm
Well... it all looks great
Dm
Four hundred years later, we buyin' our own chains
Am
The light is before us brothers, so the devil workin' hard
Am
Real family stick together and see through the mirage
C
The smokescreens, perceptions of false reality
C
Who the real owner if your boss gets a salary?
Gm
I am one with the people
Gm
I am one with the people (real)
Dm
I've been woken from enlightened man's dream
Dm
Checkin' Instagram comments to crowdsource my self esteem
Am
Let me not say too much or do too much
Am
Cause if I'm up way too much, I'm out of touch
C
I'm prayin' a out-of-body experience will happen
C
So the people can see my light, now it's not just rappin'
Gm
God, I have humbled myself before the court
Gm
Drop my ego and confidence was my last resort
Dm
I know, I know he got a plan, I know I'm on your beams
Dm
One set of footsteps, you was carryin' me
Am
When I turned on the news and they was buryin' me
Am
One set of footsteps, you was carryin' me
C
When I was negotiatin' with Apple, it was Larry and me
C
Told Tim Cook to call me, I was scary to see
Gm
I would've took a hundred million and gave 20 to Hov
Gm
I heard it's the way they did it when we only had a stove
Dm
But it's better that I stayed at home with my folks
Dm
Cause if Jay a billionaire then I'ma never go broke
Am
Only thing I ask is next time I'm on stage we all go
Am
We all go
C
Not just by myself, lookin' for niggas like where's Waldo
Gm
She got the same shoes as my wife but she copped 'em at Aldo
Gm
Modern day MJ with a off the wall flow
[Bridge]
Dm
My life, walk all over me
Am
Walk all over me
Am C
I'm deliverin' everything I've ever sent to you, bring
C
Fly, fly, fly overseas
Gm
Fly overseas
Gm
Oh, anywhere, everything but in between
[Chorus]
Dm
Yeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Dm
Wonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
Am
Oh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Am
And you wonder where is God in your nightlife
C
Yeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
C
Wonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
(Father, father, father...)
Gm
Oh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Gm
And you wonder where is God in your nightlife
[Verse 3] (Sampha)
Dm
Please face me when I speak
Am
Please say to me somethin' before you leave
C
You've been treatin' me like I'm invisible
C
Now I'm visible to you
Gm
Oh the invisible truths they sold
Gm
I can't quite understand the games you play
Gm
Understand, understand
Dm
Understand I'm standin' under oath
Dm
And I promised I, I wouldn't fall anymore
Am
But I'm cryin' at the bar
Am
I'm wishin' that you saw my scars, man
Am
I'm wishin' that you came down here
C
And stood by me
C
And look at me like you knew me
Gm
But I feel so alone
Gm
Like I don't know anyone except the night sky above
[Chorus]
Dm
Yeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Dm
Wonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
Am
Oh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Am
And you wonder where is God in your nightlife
C
Yeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
(Father, father, father...)
C
Wonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
Gm
Oh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Gm
And you wonder where is God in your nightlife
(Father, father, father...)
Dm Bb
My wife said, I can't say no to nobody
Dm Bb
And at this rate we gon' both die broke
Dm Bb
Got friends that ask me for money knowin' I'm in debt
Dm Bb
And like my wife said, I still didn't say no
Dm Bb
People tryna say I'm goin' crazy on Twitter
Dm Bb
My friends' best advice was to stay low
Dm Bb
I guess it's hard to decipher all of the bills
Dm Bb
Especially when you got family members on payroll
Dm Bb
The media said it was outlandish spendin'
Dm Bb
The media said he's way out of control
Dm Bb
I just feel like I'm the only one not pretendin'
Dm Bb
I'm not out of control, I'm just not in they control
Dm
I know I'm the most influential
Dm
That TIME cover was just confirmation
Am
This generation's closest thing to Einstein
Am
So don't worry about me, I'm fine
C
I can see a thousand years from now in real life
C
Skate on the paradigm and shift it when I feel like
Gm
Troll conventional thought, don't need to question
Gm
I know it's antiquated so sometimes I get aggressive
Dm
Thank God For Jay Electra, he down with the mission
Dm
Did it with no permission, on our own conditions
Am
Most Blacks with money have been beaten to submission
Am
Yeezy with the big house, did it way different
C
Never listen to Hollywood producers
C
Don't stare at money too long, it's Medusa
Gm
The ultimate Gemini has survived
Gm
I wasn't supposed to make it past 25
[Chorus]
Dm
And you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Dm
Wonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
Am
Oh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Am
And you wonder where is God in your nightlife
C
Yeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
(Father, father, father...)
C
Wonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
Gm
The night sky, yeah, I feel like I'm home, yeah
[Verse 2]
Dm
I've been wakin' the spirits of millions more to come
Dm
A million illegally downloaded my truth over the drums
Am
I believe in the children, listen to the kids, bro
Am
If the phone ringin', go and get your kids ho
C
Brother Don Muhammad told the minister about the presentation
C
He sat back and smiled
Gm
Black on black lies is worse than black on black crime
Gm
The Jews share their truth on how to make a dime
N.C
Most black men couldn't balance a checkbook
But buy a new car, talkin' 'bout "how my neck look?"
Dm
Well... it all looks great
Dm
Four hundred years later, we buyin' our own chains
Am
The light is before us brothers, so the devil workin' hard
Am
Real family stick together and see through the mirage
C
The smokescreens, perceptions of false reality
C
Who the real owner if your boss gets a salary?
Gm
I am one with the people
Gm
I am one with the people (real)
Dm
I've been woken from enlightened man's dream
Dm
Checkin' Instagram comments to crowdsource my self esteem
Am
Let me not say too much or do too much
Am
Cause if I'm up way too much, I'm out of touch
C
I'm prayin' a out-of-body experience will happen
C
So the people can see my light, now it's not just rappin'
Gm
God, I have humbled myself before the court
Gm
Drop my ego and confidence was my last resort
Dm
I know, I know he got a plan, I know I'm on your beams
Dm
One set of footsteps, you was carryin' me
Am
When I turned on the news and they was buryin' me
Am
One set of footsteps, you was carryin' me
C
When I was negotiatin' with Apple, it was Larry and me
C
Told Tim Cook to call me, I was scary to see
Gm
I would've took a hundred million and gave 20 to Hov
Gm
I heard it's the way they did it when we only had a stove
Dm
But it's better that I stayed at home with my folks
Dm
Cause if Jay a billionaire then I'ma never go broke
Am
Only thing I ask is next time I'm on stage we all go
Am
We all go
C
Not just by myself, lookin' for niggas like where's Waldo
Gm
She got the same shoes as my wife but she copped 'em at Aldo
Gm
Modern day MJ with a off the wall flow
[Bridge]
Dm
My life, walk all over me
Am
Walk all over me
Am C
I'm deliverin' everything I've ever sent to you, bring
C
Fly, fly, fly overseas
Gm
Fly overseas
Gm
Oh, anywhere, everything but in between
[Chorus]
Dm
Yeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Dm
Wonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
Am
Oh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Am
And you wonder where is God in your nightlife
C
Yeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
C
Wonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
(Father, father, father...)
Gm
Oh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Gm
And you wonder where is God in your nightlife
[Verse 3] (Sampha)
Dm
Please face me when I speak
Am
Please say to me somethin' before you leave
C
You've been treatin' me like I'm invisible
C
Now I'm visible to you
Gm
Oh the invisible truths they sold
Gm
I can't quite understand the games you play
Gm
Understand, understand
Dm
Understand I'm standin' under oath
Dm
And I promised I, I wouldn't fall anymore
Am
But I'm cryin' at the bar
Am
I'm wishin' that you saw my scars, man
Am
I'm wishin' that you came down here
C
And stood by me
C
And look at me like you knew me
Gm
But I feel so alone
Gm
Like I don't know anyone except the night sky above
[Chorus]
Dm
Yeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Dm
Wonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
Am
Oh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Am
And you wonder where is God in your nightlife
C
Yeah, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
(Father, father, father...)
C
Wonderin' whether God's gonna say hi
Gm
Oh, you're lookin' at the church in the night sky
Gm
And you wonder where is God in your nightlife
(Father, father, father...)
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