Through the Wire (Remix)

[Intro]

Through the wire

To the wall

All my rhymes is raw

All these beats, beats, beats, beats, beats

All of 'em coulda been lost

I always got to floss

I almost paid the cost

So before I go

[Verse 1]

Every sunset feel righter, sunshines feel brighter

Please light ya lighter for the producer and the writer

Feel like God wrote this, I'm just here to quote this

I don't know if you noticed, them accident pictures is bogus

Doctor, doctor, would you please say somethin'?

I know I almost was the final destination

I musta had a blessin' from Pastor Mason

'Cause that trip to L.A. coulda been my last vacation

And, man, I know I can

Drop a down payment on that Porsche Cayenne

But, what, I went along with the plan

Paid for my own video, directed by my man

I know God was holdin' my hand

Wouldn't let me go before I went before Def Poetry Jam

Wouldn't let me throw in the towel 'fore I got to throwin' some vowels

'Bout what we goin' through now

Out the blue girls got a crush on me like I did beats for Mr. Cheeks

And since the accident, they tellin' me that it's the cheeks

But if you look at history, the last rapper that almost died

Sold six-point-five 'cept I'm comin' from the Chi

[Chorus]

Through the wire

To the wall

All my rhymes is raw

All these beats, beats, beats, beats, beats

All of them coulda been lost

I always got to floss

I almost paid the cost

So before I go to sleep, sleep, sleep

Always thank the Lord

For this mic and my keyboard

Hecky nah, that boy is raw

[Verse 2]

Now even though I ain't wired up

We, we, we fired up

You ain't seen my concerts lately, they be linin' up

You ain't seen my girls lately, they be tryin' to cut

And they heard about my girl so I still chill

'Cause Monica Lewinsky already killed Bill

And that girl that was with Kobe tried to go for the kill

I think he put it in the wrong Holyfield

Can I take a minute with y'all to be totally real?

Far as my jaw and all, it ain't totally heal

If I would have died 10/23 of last year

That would have threw a monkey wrench in my whole career

But me, I took the worst thing, turn it into the best thing

I'm from the Chi, I guess it's just a Midwest thing

Times like this make life interesting

Times like this make me count my blessings

'Cause you could run around like King of the Chi

But God could take that in a blink of a eye

I remember Cedars-Sinai and all those cryin'

Mama, I'm sorry for almost dyin'

Tell Al we G and Hip Hop, mane

Tell Don I'ma John Monopolize the game

Add on Benny Medina, we gon' take 'em to the cleaners

I'm Kanye West, the college dropout slash genius

[Chorus]

Through the wire

To the wall

All my rhymes is raw

All these beats, beats, beats, beats, beats

All of them coulda been lost

I always got to floss

I almost paid the cost

So before I go to sleep, sleep, sleep

Always thank the Lord

For this mic and my keyboard

Hecky nah, that boy is raw

[Outro]

Now if the Roc is in the building say, "Hell yeah!"

Throw your diamonds in the air

If the Roc is in the building say, "Hell yeah!"

Throw your diamonds in the air

If the Roc is in the building say, "Hell yeah!"

Throw your diamonds in the air

Throw your diamonds in the air

Throw your diamonds in the air

Now keep 'em in the air

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

We outta here

College Dropout