Kanye West — Pulp Fiction

[Intro] Uh, there, turn my mic on so I can hear me a lil' bit Nonstop on life, gon' survive It's in our plan to survive Sunlight and love in the sunshine Yeah, I plant the seed on the vine We pray our family will survive And grow to be strong in the sunshine And grow to be strong in the sunshine We give the love on the soil Nothing there now can't be spoiled Nothing of our sunshine Now, we be getting a little sunshine If my lovin', duh, nah, nah, no, no, no, no, nah No, no, no, nuh, fah, nah, no, my, my, my, my [Chorus] We plant the thorns in the vine We know we are all the vine Now, all we need is sunshine All we need is sunshine [Verse 1] See, I said "We plant the"— We say "We plant the seed in the vine" because we are the vine Not "de-vine", because that means void of the vine We are the vine, we are the root [Chorus] We plant the seed in the vine Now all we need is sunshine We plant the seed in the vine Now all we need, my In the vine [Verse 2] As we had the seed, we put the stronger soil around us To make sure that we would grow in the mind Once we have the stronger soil with the most nutrients, all we need is a little sunshine You know, some exposure, you don't need to keep your kids We— we don't need to keep our kids closed in and indoors We need that exposure, we need that sunshine But as long as they have a planet with the best soil around them And not to spoil around them, and not too all around them I got somethin' bumpin' all around them, got the thump in, never round 'em Watch the people that's around them, something's on, that's down Another somethin' that could ground 'em, I didn't even know they got to fly us Got some people that's gon' round 'em, I got something's on them, at 'em And things they didn't allow, and that's just so they just cool us down And then I know they stole 'em down, uh Do you beat your kids? Do you read to your kids? Wanna be some kids? Have you ever worked for somebody that ain't never wanna— wanna meet your kids? That's definitely a job, yeah [Chorus] Plant, don't stop now in the vine Now we need the sunshine We plant the seed in the vine All that we need is sunshine [Verse 3] How much energy we be putting into going to work? How much energy we be putting into— or we gon' do this for our kids But at that certain point, your kid don't want a bigger room Your kid don't want a bigger house, they actually want the house smaller so they can be closer, to us [Chorus] We plant the seed in the vine All we need is sunshine (Let me catch that, they say) All that we need is sunshine (We don't say that, we say this, so like this, let 'em see) All we need is sunshine (Simplify, simplify, simplify) All— [Verse 4] See, God is the simplicity, the devil is in the details How they send 'em, they see tales, somethin', somethin' on retails Got them pumped on, Fidel, lock them, see mails on the e-mail Got the green before they see Hell, goin' hard like a shemale You know what I mean, get it? Goin' hard like a shemale? Shit [Chorus] In the vine (Hahaha) This the, in the vine All that we need is sunshine All that we need is sunshine All that we need is sunshine All that we need is sunshine We plant the seed in the vine Now all that we need is some shine [Verse 5] You see, I said "now", uh, I'm used to that, we used to that, right? But there is no past, no present, no future, so the word "now" doesn't actually exist It's stuck between space and time, so we avoid those words We just say "We plant the seed in the vine" And then say "All we need is sunshine" Not "now", we always need it, it's not, no, specifically not— 'Cause like if somebody say, "Oh, you look good today" But what about yesterday? Like, what are you talking about? "Oh, you look real nice today" (Nah, yeah) There's only one day, by the way (All that we need) So that's what we gon' do, we gon' take all the holidays and put 'em in one day Christmas (Mm, mm, mm, mm) The doors always open So imagine this, I'ma give you the visual When you wake up, every morning is Christmas Every afternoon is Valentine's Day and then every night is New Year's Eve Every morning is Christmas, every afternoon is Valentine's Day and every night is New Year's Eve Every morning is Christmas, every afternoon is Valentine's Day and every night is New Year's Eve Every morning is Christmas, mm Every night, Valentine's Day, at night, it's New Year's (First one got ahead so we gotta chop it up to get the best version, so just—) Take all your favorite holidays You know, I feel like in Martin Luther King Day, for his dream to really be alive We have to not celebrate, because it what it does, 'cause it puts us— We have to not celebrate the holiday because it, it puts us in the loop Just keeps reminding us of the struggles, they start pulling up pictures of us getting hit by dogs and firehoses and all that You know like, my daughter came home from school, and her mother said "My daughter— our daughter came home from school" And our companion said— Because, just like, I was about to say like "our" and "my wife" and "her mother", and that, that separates us, so we should always be together somehow So we just trying this out, this is just a lil' freestyle, you know? The way we can speak to each other with non-violent communication Also, it shouldn't be "non-violent" because we should say "non-more violent" But both of those are negative, so how can we say that in a positive way? You say, um, "healing communication", "sharing communication" What's the opposite of separation? What would be a word that's the opposite of separation? "Joining communication"? "Joining communication" "Our daughter arrived home" Instead of saying "My kid came home from school" You can't say "Kid, came, that, got" You see, um, grandmothers tell you "Don't say got" You know what I'm sayin'? What you got? Get it? [Chorus] That's the dirt in the vine All we, that we have (So we don't need sunshine, how would I say I need it if I got it? You got sunshine, sunshine's for free) In the vine (So we plant our seeds in the vine, right?) We have sunshine (We just have it, we don't need it, we don't want it, we have sunshine, we have all we need) [Verse 6] So, so, our daughter arrived home Her mother, I need to find a way to be able to say— What is the way I would say "my wife", "her mother", at the same time? One statement, so it's all become this sorts of joining, forming a communication Do you know how to say that? What's one word that will bond us together? Yeah, "Our family discussed school" You got that? I, I, I've been— Becuase what she said, she said "Tell Daddy what you learned at school today" But we would say "Our family discussed school" Um, but not "discussed" because I don't like it to sound like "disgusting" What's another way to say "discussed"? I don't know if I love the word "about" Our family... what? "In quorum", what? What's "quorum"? Formed, "Our family formed" Forumed, "Our family created a forum" There you go "Tell Daddy what you learned at school today" And she said "I learned that I'm black and Mommy's white" I'm like "Damn, I wish she had the heads up" And, uh, my wife said "No, no, she learned that because it's Martin Luther King Day, and they had to tell her why we have the holiday" So, a white woman let my daughter know that she has a separation inside of this country from her mother In order to inform her of Martin Luther King holiday Can we get— can we get him on mic too? Can you get him on the club in the one where he's at? Yeah, yeah, heheheheh, yeah, heheh Can— can you go closer to 'Quence right now? Or, if— when you just get closer to him Get real close to him so we get as much, yeah, yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah, that's like if we had, uh, a holiday for couples that's like "Remember When You Cheated on Me Day" Hahahahahaha, haha And you bringin' those— start bringin' up the posts "And 'member when I found your phone? And 'member what I was goin' through?" Hahaha, we gon' have a "Remember When You Cheated on Me Day" Mm, yeah, you— you gave that mic to 'Quence? Yeah [Chorus] Plant the seeds in the vine Lovely, we have sunshine We plant our seeds in the vine Lucky we have sunshine (Lovely, not lucky) We plant our seeds in the vine Lovely, we have sunshine We plant our seeds in the vine Lovely, we have sunshine [Outro] Ice Cube wanted me to pass his— along, his new album for you to hear if you have time Oh, most definitely Plantin' our seeds in the vine Alright, stop recording