How y'all feelin' tonight? Thank y'all for coming out to this impromptu type important performance, let me just say that right quick. I love the energy in this city - this is one of my all-time towns y'all know I stay out here. But I came here for the creativity more than anything, because creativity fuels everything I hate business people. People get on the phone with me and tell me ya know like, 'What kind of business can you do, though? What type of business are you doing? What's the numbers? How much did you sell? What's the radio spins? How much shampoo can you sell with your face on it and shit? Remind me again why we in this shit Can you remind me again why we in this shit? Remind me again why we in this shit (3x) I know it's for more than to just get rich Since when was making music about getting rich? Since when was making art about getting rich? And I know it's easy for me to say cause Having money's not anything and not having it is Remind me again why we in this shit Remind me again why the Grammys couldn't suck my dick Remind me again who's the original Superfly - And I got love for Hov but I ain't fuckin' with that "Suit and Tie." Remind me again Remind me again why we in this shit - Every nigga tryin' get rich Every rapper tryin' get rich And every rapper rap about fuckin' somebody else... bitch Remind me why we in this shit - And why the Grammys can suck my dick, suck my big, black dick And every motherfuckin' sponsor, shit They try to put their logos all over the concerts and shit For a meet-and-greet, and you gotta meet the execs and their daughter And they'll show you what they just bought her Remind again why we in this shit - Real niggas don't live too long in this shit. (x5) They say either you comin' on too strong in this shit - They always talkin' 'bout what I'm doing wrong in this shit Well I COULD GIVE A FUCK ABOUT ANYTHING, DICK I COULD GIVE A FUCK ABOUT ANYTHING DICK! Remind me why we in this shit - I lost my motherfuckin' mama So I could give a fuck about your comments I promise Cause we all gonna die one day BUT I'MMA LIVE MY LIFE MY WAY! Remind me why we in this shit? Please? can I sell a drink for you please? So you can help me put on a better show, Please? Corporations? Can you please support me? I swear I'm a nice nigga now. I swear I'll put the pink polo back on. I swear to you. Please. Just for three million dollars. I need it so bad. I need a new pool in my back yard. So I tell all my fans that your shit is cool. And if they believe in me they should also believe in you. Did you get the check yet? I have to call a business manager - did the corporations send the check yet? What's my public rating right now? Are people liking me again? Enough to get money from the corporations - is it OK now? They forgot about the whole Beyonce thing right? Okay cool. Is it OK now? Remind me why we in this shit - Nigga I'mma make my music from my heart, and I live and I die by Everything that I say and everything that I do And everything that I make is what I believe to be true And if that shit don't make sense and sound like nonsense I don't give a fuck - cause that was my stream of conscience And that's the way I felt at that time And feelings was the only facts And Racism and materialism is killing blacks And one more thing, if I can ask - One more thing if I can ask - Cause in this life our life just moves too fast And time is something you will never get back What's your quality of life? What's your quality of life? And that's why I mean it when I say I hope you have a good time tonight I hope you have a good time tonight... LONDON! It's Louise Wilson's birthday tonight - an inspiration, not the lead instrument I'm the lead instrument. Happy birthday to Louise who taught Alexander McQueen... and Kanye West, even though she doesn't want me to put that on my resume. But I just feel sometimes like there is no good ideas and no real ideas and nothing sincere left. And everything's been so homogenized. And it's all Big Business, and there's no creativity. When really we have the ability to have a union Utopia if we just help each other, if we just use our resources and stop trying to compete against each other and Beat each other and Eat each other And maybe come together and try to teach each other and Reach each other and Maybe try to come together and love each other Love each other and Love one another, man The way you love your mother, man The way you should love her, man Y'already understand Cause this is our shit And this is our clique Ain't nobody fresher than my motherfuckin' clique I said ain't nobody fresher than MY MOTHERFUCKIN' CLIQUE!
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