Kanye West — The Glory

[Produced by Gee Roberson, Kanye West & Plain Pat] [Intro: Kanye West & Laura Nyro sample] In my soul Gonna take you to the glory Goal, in my mind I can't study war, yeah my I can't study war, yeah my I can't study war, yeah my I can't study war, yeah my [Chorus: Kanye West & Choir (with backing vocals from John Legend)] Now where the South Side? I can't study no, yeah my I can't study no, yeah my Now where the West Side? I can't study no, yeah my I can't study no, yeah my [Verse 1: Kanye West] Can I talk my shit again? Even if I don't hit again? Dog, are you fucking kidding? My hat, my shoes, my coat, Louis Vuitton stitch With Donatella Versace, that's Louis Vuitton, bitch I think Hennessy, I drink, I'm gone Off that Bacardi Limon and Corona, I'm zonin' Class back in session so I upped it a grade In two years, Dwayne Wayne became Dwyane Wade And hey, please don't start me I'm like Gnarls Barkley meets Charles Barkley I'm pop the Barkers, I'm hood the Parkers While y'all was in limbo, I raised the bar up I touched on everything Married to the game, rock a chain 'steada wedding ring Y'all bridesmaids catch the garter On nights when 'Ye romance, cameras flash so much That I gotta do that Yayo dance I'm on a world tour with Common, my man After each and every show, a couple dykes in the van It's easy, the hood love to listen to Jeezy and Weezy And, oh yeah, Yeezy, I did it for the glory [Chorus: Kanye West & Choir (with backing vocals from John Legend)] Yeah my I can't study no, yeah my I can't study no, yeah my The glory I can't study no, yeah my I can't study no, yeah my I did it for the glory I can't study no, yeah my I can't study no, yeah my The glory I can't study no, yeah my I can't study no, yeah my [Verse 2: Kanye West] What I'm supposed to do now? Man, the game all messed up How I'm suppose to stand out when everybody get dressed up? So yeah, at the Grammys I went ultra Travolta Yeah, that tuxedo might have been a little guido But with my ego, I can stand there in a Speedo And be looked at like a fucking hero The glory, the story, the chain, the polo, the night The grind, the empty bottles of No-Doz Tank on empty, whipping my momma Volvo I spent that gas money on clothes with logos The fur is Hermes, shit that you don't floss The Goyard so hard, man, I'm Hugo's boss Why I gotta ask what that TUDOR cost? House on the hill, two doors from Tracey Ross And I'm asking 'bout her girlfriends, yeah, the dark skin'ed ones She asking 'bout the speed boats, yeah, I admit we rented 'em When you meet me in person, what do you feel like? I know, I know, I look better in real life I hear people compare themselves to big a lot You know, B.I.G. and Pac, you know to get it hot I guess after I live, I wanna be compared to B.I.G Any one: Big Pun, Big L or Notorious 'Till then, get money and stunt and stay glorious And I'm gonna stop killing these niggas soon as the chorus hit Yeah, I'ma stop killing these niggas soon as the chorus hit, uh These haters be killing themselves, they wanna come and get the glory [Chorus: Kanye West & Choir (with backing vocals from John Legend)] Yeah my I can't study no, yeah my I can't study no, yeah my The glory I can't study no, yeah my I can't study no, yeah my Now where the South Side? I can't study no, yeah my I can't study no, yeah my Now where the West Side? I can't study no, yeah my I can't study no, yeah my [Outro: Laura Nyro sample] I can't study war, yeah my I can't study war, yeah my I can't study war, yeah my I can't study war, yeah my