Life Of The Party

[00:08.15] It's after hours at that glamorous blind spot

[00:10.27] Where they're taking it easy, swapping personal experiences

[00:15.32] Let's listen in America Today

[00:19.59] Life of the party, mhm, 'til I almost cry, mhm

[00:31.01] It's the life of the party, to think I could've almost died

[00:41.63] Lord, help us

[00:43.76] Hey, Miss Donda

[00:45.08] You run into my mama, please tell her I said "Say something"

[00:48.27] I'm startin' to believe ain't no such thing as Heaven's trumpets

[00:50.93] No after-over, this is it, done

[00:52.52] If there's a Heaven, you would think they'd let ya speak to your son

[00:55.71] Maybe she has in the form of a baby's laugh

[00:58.37] I heard passing by in a stroller reminding me, "Hey, keep rolling"

[01:01.29] I don't know, maybe she has with a prick of a blade of grass

[01:04.21] I've been laying on way too long, got me itchy

[01:06.66] Got up and roamed a lil' more

[01:08.29] Miss Donda, you see my mama, tell her I'm lost

[01:10.68] You see, she'd always light a cigarette, we talk, I would cough

[01:13.87] Exaggerating a lil' bit so she get the point

[01:16.26] Tryna get her to stop smoking, I would leave and fire up a joint

[01:19.18] 'Til I quit, started back up again, 20 years later

[01:22.37] All that time, y'all thought a n- was high, thought I was crazy

[01:25.29] My mom, she ain't cut no corners

[01:26.85] Got me back on track, I don't miss her overstepping

[01:29.77] But do miss her showing Seven civilian life sh-

[01:31.90] Ah, Miss Donda, you see my mama, whisper her this

[01:34.82] The real reason I was geeked to go to church

[01:37.21] Must confess, when y'all grown-ups would be in Bible study

[01:40.40] That girl helping me with my homework? Her and I were f-

[01:43.06] So pure and p-, so spirit spinning and dirty

[01:46.24] So on, so on, and so on, we hoped that no one heard us

[01:53.94] And to this day, I think her mama knew but let us explore

[01:56.07] Miss Donda, you see my father, please, ask him why he never married

[02:00.05] Always smiled, but was he happy inside?

[02:02.18] Because I carried my mother's name, did he carry shame with him?

[02:05.10] I'm sure she did it out of spite, it was her decision at birth

[02:08.02] Shit, she probably was hurt, ah, poor baby

[02:10.41] Two young people with different views, a lot for a young lady

[02:13.66] No coincidence, they both passed away from heart conditions

[02:16.32] There's a dissidence at play, dad and mom do hard division

[02:19.50] Three Thou', poster child for big - raised by their mothers

[02:23.27] I'm supposed to smile as if God knew that I would be troubled

[02:25.94] Keeps me around, for what? I don't know

[02:28.33] But I do know that it's crucial, that we do so, pronto

[02:30.73] I don't know how much long though

[02:32.32] Straight from Shibuya, on some zen

[02:34.75] We back, ramped up, we on ten

[02:37.94] It's a marathon and look, we coming for the win

[02:40.86] Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon' win big (c'mon)

[02:44.09] Put the whole family on, look at what my Kim did

[02:47.03] Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon' win big (uh)

[02:51.27] We gon' win big (what?)

[02:55.79] Southside gang mentality way heavy

[02:58.71] I was thinking out the box even in a Box Chevy

[03:02.43] And my favorite art teacher name was Mrs. Levy

[03:05.09] 'Round the time, I learned to put my feelings to a medley (the life of the party)

[03:10.40] I ain't turn in homework for like four months and I bet she let me

[03:14.38] She saw the vision

[03:17.30] "Yeezy you special, go make your own decisions then"

[03:20.22] Man, that was a good choice, faith driving us like a Rolls Royce

[03:30.60] They tried to take my voice away, I ain't try to take ya choice away

[03:33.79] I just prayed the water break, just for my daughter sake, from a slip-up

[03:38.04] Fake signatures from fake managers, it all damage her, good Lord

[03:43.66] Give 'em enough of they own rope to hang 'em with

[03:47.12] The paparazzi never really got what my angle is

[03:49.77] They treat my married life like some type of entanglement

[03:52.69] My neighbor still dissing, wondering why I ain't saying it

[03:56.15] I can smell the setup, that's that 2Pac in Vegas hit

[03:58.80] I revealed myself and some don't know what to make of it

[04:01.73] God has said himself to make sure that the baby live

[04:04.91] And if Ye ain't here, then tell me who gonna say this here?

[04:08.10] Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a goddamn minute

[04:11.03] Let me stop playing with it, hopped in a Lamb' with it

[04:13.94] Hopped in a Lamb' with it, in a damn pandemic

[04:16.07] Know that Uncle Sam gotta have his damn hand in it

[04:20.05] Listen, straight from Shibuya, on some zen

[04:24.30] I'm on ten, it's a marathon and look, we comin' for the win

[04:28.82] Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon' win big (c'mon)

[04:32.57] Put the whole family on, look at what my Kim did

[04:35.49] Just like Puff told Christopher, we gon' win big (uh)

[04:39.48] We gon' win big (what?)

[04:42.66] Do y'all feel me? Really?

[04:47.18] Get off Scott Free, I'm talking Ridley

[04:50.38] Get off our knees, that's if you're with me

[04:53.04] Get off your knees, that's if you're with me

[04:56.22] Get off your knees and let's get free

[04:58.88] Get off your knees and let's get free

[05:02.34] Really, I mean really

[05:04.99] Really, I mean really

[05:08.21] I need release, I don't need police

[05:11.13] I'm like, "N-, puh-lease"

[05:12.99] Y'all can't hear me, for the real me

[05:15.65] For the real me, I mean, mhm-mm

[05:20.43] Alright, it's gonna shoot us in the-, woah, uh-oh, uh-oh

[05:27.88] Ready mama? (Yup)

[05:30.81] I'm so proud of you (yup), you're gonna have so much fun

[05:33.99] They gonna shoot us in the air, mama, okay?

[05:35.86] C'mon, P, I got you, it's okay, mama

[05:38.26] Hold your head back, hold your head back (three, two, one)

[05:40.65] Daddy's here, daddy's here, daddy's right here

[05:47.57] It's okay, mama, daddy's here, daddy here

[05:50.22] (Help, help) Daddy's right here (I'm scared)

[05:52.88] Okay, okay, I got you, it's okay

[05:55.01] Okay, we going slow, we going slow down

[05:57.94] It's okay, stop crying, daddy got you, see, it's over, you did it, P!

[06:02.73] You already did it! See? It's already over! Yay! You did it!

[06:07.77] Big Girl! It's already over! It's already over, it's already over

[06:12.55] Daddy right here, daddy right here

[06:14.15] I told you I'm not gon' let you go

[06:15.74] I'm not gon' let you go, mama, okay?

[06:17.87] Daddy got you, daddy gon' bring us all the way down, okay?

[06:20.80] (How was it?) We good

[06:22.13] (You did a good job) it was scary

[06:24.01] (Good job) our daughter got more heart than you