Kanye West — Stronger Live from VH1 Storytellers

[Intro/Monologue] When people come at me a certain type of way, uh, I forget them for They base their opinions merely on what they were taught You know, what they were given, what their parents taught them You hear that? When you see this ain't, that- that's not nothing They will never be anything and you know, I'm a pretty good dartboard 'cause I can take it I'm a easy target, 'cause I don't fit in I think through the gate, you know From The College Dropout when I was the only person with a polo in the midst of a whole bunch of jerseys That I was the, the difference And I realized that I'm not just fighting a battle just for myself, but for a generation You know, a generation fighting against the false information of the media And the perceptions that people create in the matrix that society creates in the lies that people tell, and the- And the laughs and the jokes that people tell all the way back in a high school lunch room All the way to when you know, you're older, and anyone that decides to walk their own path as ostracize And um, you know, you have to be stronger in that situation and that's- that's one of my main goals that they don't kill me can only can only make me stronger [Verse 1] Let's get lost tonight You could be my black Kate Moss tonight Play secretary, I'm the boss tonight And you don't give a fuck what they all say, right? Awesome, the Christian in Christian Dior Damn, they don't make 'em like this anymore I ask, ‘cause I'm not sure Do anybody make real shit anymore? Bow in the presence of greatness ‘Cause right now thou hast forsaken us You should be honored by my lateness That I would even show up to this fake shit So go ahead, go nuts, go apeshit 'Specially in my Pastellé, on my Bape shit Act like you can't tell who made this New Gospel, homie, take six And take this, haters! [Hook] N-now th-that that don't kill me Can only make me stronger I need you to hurry up now ‘Cause I can't wait much longer I know I got to be right now ‘Cause I can't get much wronger Is this what you've been waiting for?! Work it harder, make it better Do it faster, makes us stronger More than ever, hour after hour Work– [Verse 2] I don't know if you got a man or not If you made plans or not If God put me in your plans or not I'm trippin', this drink got me saying a lot But I know that God put you in front of me So how the hell could you front on me? There's a thousand you's, there's only one of me I'm trippin', I'm caught up in the moment, right? ‘Cause it's Louis Vuitton Don night So we gon' do everything that Kan like Heard they'd do anything for a Klondike Well, I'd do anything for a blonde dyke And she'll do anything for the limelight And we'll do anything when the time's right Uh, baby, you're makin' it Uh, baby, you're makin' it [Hook] N-now th-that that don't kill me Can only make me stronger I need you to hurry up now ‘Cause I can't wait much longer I know I got to be right now ‘Cause I can't get much wronger Man, I've been waiting all night now Is this what you've been waiting for?! Work it harder, make it better Do it faster, makes us stronger (I need you right now!) More than ever, hour after hour Work– (I need you right now!) [Interlude] Go to the drums, go to the drums [?] [Outro] You know how long I've been on ya Since Prince was on Apollonia Since O.J. had Isotoners Don't act like I never told ya You know how long I've been on ya Since Prince was on Apollonia Since O.J. had Isotoners Don't act like I never told ya Don't act like I never told ya Don't act like I never told ya Don't act like I never told ya