Last Call-Ye (侃爷)

[ti:Last Call] [ar:Kanye West] [al:The College Dropout] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Last Call - Ye [00:00.31]Lyrics by：Kanye West/Tony Williams/M. Peretta/Kenneth Lewis [00:01.11]Composed by：Kanye West/Tony Williams/M. Peretta/Kenneth Lewis [00:01.90]Produced by：Kanye West/Evidence/Porse [00:02.38]Aight let's run it let's run it [00:03.66]Yo **** you Kanye first and foremost [00:06.47]For making me do this **** Muh'****** [00:10.64]Had to throw everybody out the ************* room [00:12.45]'Cause they don't *******- [00:13.72]I'd like to propose a toast [00:15.90]I said toast ************ [00:27.83]And I am [00:29.29]Here's to the Roc [00:30.71]And they ask me they ask me they ask me I tell them [00:34.42]Here's to Roc-A-Fella [00:36.14]Raise your glasses your glasses your glasses to the sky and [00:39.99]Here's to the Roc [00:41.39]This is the last call for alcohol for the [00:45.44]Mr. Rockefeller [00:47.08]So get your a*s up off the wall [00:50.10]The all around the world Digital Underground Pac [00:52.73]The Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer of the Roc [00:55.41]I take my chain my fifteen seconds of fame [00:58.23]And come back next year with the whole ******* game [01:00.95]Ain't nobody expect Kanye to end up on top [01:03.52]They expected that College Dropout to drop and then flop [01:06.40]Then maybe he stop savin' all the good beats for himself [01:09.68]Roc-A-Fella's only niggas that helped [01:11.71]My money was thinner than Sean Paul's goatee hair [01:14.31]Now Jean Paul Gaultier cologne fill the air here [01:17.77]They say he bougie he big-headed [01:20.05]Would you please stop talking about how my d**k head is [01:22.65]Flow infectious give me ten seconds [01:25.40]I'll have a buzz bigger than insects in Texas [01:28.39]It's funny how wasn't nobody interested [01:30.91]'Til the night I almost killed myself in Lexus [01:33.60]Now I am [01:34.75]Here's to the Roc [01:36.17]And they ask me they ask me they ask me I tell them [01:39.88]Here's to Roc-A-Fella [01:41.78]Raise your glasses your glasses your glasses to the sky and [01:45.50]Here's to the Roc [01:47.24]This is the last call for alcohol for the [01:51.01]Mr. Rockefeller [01:52.70]So get your a*s up off the wall [01:55.63]Now was Kanye the most overlooked [01:57.51]Yes sir [01:58.44]Now is Kanye the most overbooked [02:00.26]Yes sir [02:01.17]Though the fans want the feeling of A Tribe Called Quest [02:03.80]But all they got left is this guy called West [02:06.52]That'll take Freeway throw him on tracks with Mos Def [02:09.03]Call him Kwa-li or Kwe-li I put him on songs with JAY-Z [02:11.83]I'm the Gap like Banana Republic and Old Navy and oooh [02:15.44]It come out sweeter than old Sadie [02:17.73]Nice as Bun-B when I met him at the Source awards [02:20.30]Girl he had with him a*s coulda won the horse awards [02:23.99]And I was almost famous now everybody love Kanye [02:27.15]I'm almost Raymond [02:28.69]Some say he arrogant can y'all blame him [02:31.42]It was straight embarrassing how y'all played him [02:33.84]Last year shoppin' my demo I was tryin' to shine [02:36.40]Every ************ told me that I couldn't rhyme [02:39.05]Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem [02:41.81]Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams [02:44.84]I use it as my gas so they say that I'm gassed [02:47.56]But without it I'd be last so I ought to laugh [02:50.20]So I don't listen to the suits behind the desk no more [02:53.05]You niggas wear suits 'cause you can't dress no more [02:55.78]You can't say **** to Kanye West no more [02:58.29]I rocked 20000 people I was just on tour nigga [03:01.92]I'm Kon the Louis Vuitton Don [03:03.86]Bought my mom a purse now she Louis Vuitton Mom [03:06.58]I ain't play the hand I was dealt I changed my cards [03:09.58]I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars [03:12.22]I went to the malls and I balled too hard [03:15.14]"Oh my god is that a black card" [03:18.14]I turned around and replied "Why yes [03:20.28]But I prefer the term African American Express" [03:23.31]Brains power and muscle [03:24.43]Like Dame Puffy and Russell [03:25.67]Your boy back on his hustle [03:27.01]You know what I've been up to [03:28.71]Killin y'all niggas on that lyrical **** [03:31.23]Mayonnaise-colored Benz I push Miracle Whips [03:33.83]And I am [03:34.82]Here's to the Roc [03:36.42]And they ask me they ask me they ask me I tell them [03:40.38]Here's to Roc-A-Fella [03:41.99]Raise your glasses your glasses your glasses to the sky and [03:45.79]Here's to the Roc [03:47.32]This is the last call for alcohol for my niggas [03:51.32]Mr. Rockefeller [03:52.98]So get your a*s up off the wall [03:55.92]So this A&R over at Roc-A-Fella [03:57.40]Named Hip Hop Picked the "Truth" beat for Beanie [04:00.64]And I was in the session with him [04:01.89]I had my demo with me [04:03.19]You know like I always do [04:04.33]I play the songs he's like "Who that spittin'" [04:05.98]I'm like "It's me" [04:07.44]He's like "Oh well okay" [04:09.00]Uhh he started talkin' to me on the phone [04:10.75]Going back and forth [04:11.53]Just askin' me to send him beats [04:13.41]And I'm thinking he's trying to get into managing producers [04:15.30]'Cause he had this other kid named [04:16.92]Just Blaze he was messin' with [04:18.03]So won't you raise your glass won't you [04:19.53]And um he was friends with my mentor No ID [04:21.95]And No ID told him [04:22.82]"Look man you wanna mess with Kanye [04:24.16]You need to tell him that you like the way he rap" [04:24.57]"Yo you wanna sign him tell him you like how he rap" [04:26.89]I was all I dunno if he was gassin' me or not [04:28.60]But he's like he wanna manage me as a rapper AND a producer [04:30.88]I'm like oh **** [04:32.40]I was messin' with uh D-Dot also [04:34.73]People were like this started talking about the ghost production [04:37.23]But that's how I got in the game [04:38.50]If it wasn't for that I wouldn't be here [04:40.01]So you know after they picked that "Truth" beat [04:42.49]I was figuring I was gonna do some more work [04:44.90]But **** just wasn't poppin' off like that [04:46.69]I was stayin' in Chicago I had my own apartment [04:48.71]I be doin' like just beats for local acts [04:51.92]Just to try to keep the lights on [04:53.24]And then to go out and buy [04:54.51]Get a Pelle Pelle off lay-away [04:56.10]Get some Jordans or something or get a TechnoMarine [04:58.36]That's what we wore back then [05:01.27]I made this one beat where I sped up this Harold Melvin sample [05:05.25]I played it for Hip over the phone [05:06.80]He's like "Oh yo that **** is crazy Jay might want it [05:09.65]For this compilation album he doin' called The Dynasty [05:12.66]And at that time [05:13.63]Like the drums really weren't soundin' right to me [05:15.41]So I went and um [05:17.11]I was listening to Dre Chronic 2001 at that time [05:19.79]And really I just like bit the drums off "Xxplosive" [05:22.81]And put it like with a sped-up sample [05:25.73]And now it's kind of like my whole style [05:27.78]When it started when he rapped on "This Can't Be Life" [05:30.08]And that was like really the first beat of that kind [05:32.27]That was on The Dynasty album [05:33.99]I could say that was the the resurgence of the soul sound [05:37.62]You know I got to come in and track the beat [05:39.41]And at the time I was still with my other management [05:41.24]I really wanted to roll with Hip Hop [05:42.98]'Cause I I just needed some fresh air [05:44.83]You know what I'm sayin' [05:45.47]'Cause I been there for a while [05:46.98]I appreciated what they did for me but [05:49.75]You know there's a time in every man's life [05:51.60]Where he gotta make a change [05:52.73]Try to move up to the next level [05:55.02]And that day I came and I tracked the beat [05:56.55]And I got to meet JAY-Z and he said [05:58.28]"Oh you a real soulful dude" [05:58.52]"Oh you a real soulful dude man" [05:59.95]And he uh played the song [06:01.13]'Cause he already spit his verse by the time I got to the studio [06:03.62]You know how he do it one take [06:04.87]And he said [06:05.69]"Check this out tell me what you think of this right here" [06:06.10]"Tell me what you think of this" [06:06.96]And I heard it [06:07.57]And I was thinking like man [06:10.33]I really wanted more like of the simple type JAY-Z [06:12.45]I ain't want like the the more introspective [06:14.86]Complicated rhy- or the [06:16.00]In my personal opinion [06:17.45]So he asked me "What you think of it" [06:18.48]"So what you think of this" [06:18.81]And I was like "Man that **** tight" [06:20.04]You know what I'm sayin' man what I'ma tell him [06:21.24]I was on the train man you know [06:23.26]So after that I went back home [06:26.06]And man I'm I'm just in Chicago [06:27.37]I'm trying to do my thing [06:28.35]You know I got groups [06:29.18]I got acts I'm trying to get on [06:30.81]And like there wasn't nothin' really like poppin' off the way [06:35.28]It should have been [06:36.32]One of my homies that was one of my artists [06:38.39]He got signed [06:40.40]But it was supposed to really go through my production company [06:42.60]But he ended up going straight with the company [06:45.27]So like I'm just straight holdin' the phone [06:46.99]Gettin' the bad news that dude was tryin' to leave my company [06:50.27]And I got evicted at the same time [06:52.94]So I went down and tracked the beats from him [06:55.99]I took that money came back [06:57.96]Packed all my **** up in a U-Haul [07:00.14]Maybe about ten days before I had to actually get out [07:02.90]So I ain't have to deal with the landlord 'cause he's a jerk [07:05.98]Me and my mother drove to [07:07.16]"Come on let's just go" [07:08.42]Newark New Jersey [07:09.42]I hadn't even seen my apartment [07:10.79]I remember I pulled up [07:11.69]"Kanye baby we're here" [07:12.49]I unpacked all my **** [07:13.38]You know we went to Ikea I bought a bed [07:15.18]I put the bed together myself [07:17.30]I loaded up all my equipment [07:18.88]And the first beat I made was uh "Heart of the City" [07:22.86]And Beans was still working on his album at that time [07:25.06]So I came up there to Baseline [07:26.76]It was Beans' birthday matter of fact [07:27.89]And I played like seven beats [07:29.65]And you know I guess he was in the zone [07:32.54]He already had the beats that he wanted [07:33.69]I had did "Nothing Like It" already at that time [07:36.93]But then Jay walked in [07:38.23]I remember he had a Gucci bucket hat on [07:40.33]I remember it like like it was yesterday [07:42.56]And Hip-hop said [07:43.35]"Yo play that one beat for him" [07:44.87]And I played "Heart of the City" [07:46.52]And really I made "Heart of the City" [07:47.65]I really wanted to give that beat to DMX [07:49.34]"No I think Jay gon' like this one right here" [07:50.13]And I played another beat [07:50.77]And I played another beat [07:51.77]And I remember that Gucci bucket he took it [07:53.56]And like put it over his face [07:54.68]And made one of them faces like 'OOOOOOOOOOH' [07:58.17]Two days later I'm in Baseline and I seen Dame [08:00.51]Dame didn't know who I was and I was like [08:01.93]"Yo what's up I'm Kanye" [08:02.68]"Yo you that kid Kanye" [08:03.62]"You that kid that gave all them beats to Jay [08:05.35]Yo this nigga got classics to your beats" [08:07.33]"Jay got classics G" [08:08.47]You know I ain't talkin' **** [08:10.23]I'm like "oh ****" [08:11.33]And all this time I'm starstruck man [08:12.80]I'm still thinking 'bout [08:13.98]You know I'm picturing these niggas on the show [08:16.06]The Streets is Watching I'm lookin' [08:17.48]These were superstars in my eyes [08:19.56]And they still are you know [08:20.83]So Jay came in and he spit all these songs [08:25.64]Like in one day [08:26.75]And in two days [08:27.57]I gotta bring up one thing you know [08:29.69]Come back to the story [08:30.69]The day I did the 'Can't be Life' beat on track [08:32.59]I remember Lenny S [08:33.48]He had some Louis Vuitton sneakers on [08:35.89]He think he fly [08:36.92]And Hip Hop was there [08:38.18]I think Ty-Ty John Meneilly [08:39.69]A bunch of people [08:40.58]I didn't know all these people at the time [08:41.98]They was in the room [08:42.66]And I said "yo Jay I could rap" [08:44.15]And I spit this rap that said uh [08:46.22]"I'm killin' y'all niggas on that lyrical **** [08:48.17]Mayonnaise colored Benz I push miracle whips" [08:50.34]And I saw his eyes light up when I said that line [08:52.72]But you know the rest [08:53.80]The rap was like real wack and **** [08:55.17]So that's all the response [08:56.86]He said "Man that was tight" [08:57.99]"That that was cool [08:59.01]That was hot" [08:59.74]That was it [08:59.85]You know I ain't get no deal then hehe [09:01.69]Okay fast forward [09:03.42]So Blueprint "H to the Izzo" my first hit single [09:08.33]And I just took that proudly built relationships with people [09:11.69]My relationship with Kweli I think was one of the best ones [09:14.03]To ever happen to my career as a rapper [09:17.05]Because you know of course [09:18.02]Later he allowed me to go on tour with him [09:20.78]Man I appre- I love him for that [09:25.92]And at this time you know I didn't have a deal I had songs [09:29.05]And I had relationships with all these A&R's [09:30.72]And they wanted beats from me [09:31.83]So they'd call me up I'd play them some beats [09:33.64]"Gimme a beat that sound like JAY-Z" [09:34.99]You know they d**k riders [09:36.13]Whatever [09:36.92]So I'll play them these post-Blueprint beats or whatever [09:39.62]And then I'll play my **** [09:40.95]I'll be like "yo but I rap too" [09:42.51]Hey I guess they was lookin' at me crazy 'cause you know [09:44.95]'Cause I ain't have a jersey on or whatever [09:47.54]Everybody out there listen here [09:48.85]I played them "Jesus Walks" and they didn't sign me [09:51.78]You know what happened [09:52.68]It was some A&R's that ****** with me though [09:54.37]But then like the heads [09:55.34]It'd be somebody at the company that'll say [09:56.99]"Naw" Like Dave Lighty ****** with me [09:59.57]My nigga Mel brought me to a bunch of labels [10:02.15]Jessica Rivera man [10:03.42]"Man you niggas is stupid [10:04.85]If y'all don't sign Kanye for real" [10:07.65]I'm not gonna say nothin' to mess my promotion up [10:09.77]"Y'all niggas is stupid" [10:11.53]Let's just say I didn't get my deal [10:13.05]The nigga that was behind me I mean [10:15.15]He wasn't even a nigga you know [10:16.41]The person who actually kicked everything off [10:18.94]Was Joe 3H from Capitol Records [10:21.13]He wanted to sign me really bad [10:22.37]"We gonna change the game buddy" [10:23.61]Dame was like "Yo you got a deal with Capitol [10:25.53]Okay man just make sure it's not wack" [10:26.86]"You gotta make sure it's not wack" [10:27.98]Then one day I just went ahead and played it [10:29.40]I wanted to play some songs [10:30.87]'Cause you know Cam was in the room [10:32.74]Young Guru and Dame was in the room [10:35.01]So I played [10:36.75]Actually it's a song that you'll never hear [10:38.91]But maybe I might use it [10:39.74]So it's called 'Wow' [10:40.90]"I go to Jacob with 25 thou [10:43.34]You go with 25 hundred wow [10:45.31]I got 11 plaques on my walls right now [10:47.98]You got your first gold single damn nigga wow" [10:50.80]Like the chorus went [10:51.74]Don't bite that chorus I might still use it [10:53.73]So I play that song for him and he's like "oh ****" [10:56.27]"Oh **** it's not even wack" [10:58.70]"I ain't gonna front it's kinda hot" [11:00.43]"It's actually kinda hot" [11:01.48]Like they still weren't looking at me like a rapper [11:03.32]And I'm sure Dame figured 'Like man [11:05.50]If he do a whole album if his raps is wack [11:07.30]At least we can throw Cam on every song [11:09.16]And save the album you know [11:12.08]So uh Dame took me into the office [11:13.50]And he's like "yo man B B [11:14.91]You don't want a brick you don't want a brick" [11:16.25]"You don't wanna catch a brick" [11:17.14]"You gotta be under an umbrella [11:18.23]You'll get rained on" I told Hip-hop and Hip-hop was all [11:21.88]"Oh word" [11:22.81]Actually even with that [11:26.03]I was still about to take the deal with Capitol [11:28.51]'Cause it was already on the table [11:29.85]And 'cause of my relationship with 3H [11:31.66]That you know 'cause I told him I was gonna do it [11:33.66]And I'm a man of my word [11:34.59]I was gonna roll with what I said I was gonna do [11:36.74]Then you know I'm not gonna name no names [11:41.02]But people told me "oh he's just a producer-rapper" [11:43.35]And told 3H that told the heads of the Capitol [11:45.91]And right- the day I'm talking about [11:47.64]I planned out everything I was gonna do [11:49.80]Man I had picked out clothes [11:52.19]I already started booking studio sessions [11:54.27]I started arranging my album thinking of marketing schemes [11:56.66]Man I was ready to go [11:58.00]And they had Mel call me they said "yo [12:01.96]Capitol pulled on the deal" [12:03.87]"Yo Capitol pulled out on the deal" [12:05.37]And you know I told them that Roc-A-Fella was interested [12:07.95]And I don't know if they thought that [12:09.24]Was just something I was saying to gas them up [12:10.91]To try to push the price up or whatever [12:12.73]I went up [12:15.03]I called G I said [12:16.13]"Man you think we could still get that deal with Roc-A-Fella" [12:19.00]So won't you raise your glass won't you [12:24.44]So won't you raise your glass won't you [12:29.96]So won't you raise your glass won't you [12:35.42]So won't you raise your glass won't you