Kanye West — We Don’t Care Live

[Intro: Kanye West] Oh, yeah... I got the perfect song for the kids to sing... And all my people that's— [Chorus: Choir] Drug dealin' just to get by Stack your money 'til it get sky high We wasn't supposed to make it past twenty-five Joke's on you, we still alive Throw your hands up in the sky and say "We don't care what people say" [Verse 1: Kanye West] If this is your first time hearing this You are about to experience something so cold, man We never had nothin' handed, took nothin' for granted Took nothin' from no man, man, I'm my own man But as a shorty, I looked up to the dope man Only adult man I knew that wasn't broke, man Flicking Starter coats, man—man, you don't know, man We don't care what people say This is for my niggas outside all winter 'Cause this summer they ain't finna say, "Next summer, I'm finna..." Sitting in the hood like community colleges This dope money here is Lil' Trey's scholarship 'Cause ain't no tuition for having no ambition And ain't no loans for sitting your ass at home So we forced to sell crack, rap, and get a job You gotta do something, man, your ass is grown [Chorus: Choir & Kanye West] Drug dealin' just to get by Stack your money 'til it get sky high (Kids, sing! Kids, sing!) We wasn't supposed to make it past twenty-five Joke's on you, we still alive Throw your hands up in the sky and say "We don't care what people say" [Verse 2: Kanye West] This second verse is for my dogs working nine to five that still hustle 'Cause a nigga can't shine off $6.55 And everybody selling makeup, Jacob's And bootlegged tapes just to get they cake up We put shit on lay-away, then come back We claim other people kids on our income tax We take that money, cop work, then push packs to get paid And we don't care what people say Mama say she wanna move South Scratching lottery tickets, eyes on a new house 'Round the same time, Doe ran up in dude house Couldn't get a job So since he couldn't get work, he figured he'd take work The drug game bulimic, it's hard to get weight So niggas' money is homo, it's hard to get straight But we gon' keep bakin' 'til the day we get cake And we don't care what people say, my niggas— [Chorus: Choir & Kanye West] Drug dealin' just to get by (Yeah) Stack your money 'til it get sky high Kids, sing! Kids, sing! We wasn't supposed to make it past twenty-five Joke's on you, we still alive (Alive, uh-huh) Throw your hands up in the sky and say "We don't care what people say" (Yeah, yeah, ugh) [Verse 3: Kanye West] You know the kids gon' act a fool When you stop the programs for after school And they DCFS, some of 'em dyslexic They favorite 50 Cent song "12 Questions" We scream: "rocks, blow, weed, park," see, now we smart We ain't retards the way teachers thought Hold up, hold fast, we make more cash Now, tell my mama I belong in that slow class It's bad enough we on welfare They tryna put me on the school bus with the space for the wheelchair I'm tryna get the car with the chrome-y wheels here They tryna cut our lights out like we don't live here Look what was handed us, fathers abandoned us When we get them hammers, go on, call the ambulance Sometimes, I feel no one in this world understands us But we don't care what people say, my niggas— [Chorus: Choir & Kanye West] Drug dealin' just to get by Stack your money 'til it get sky high Kids, sing! Kids, sing! We wasn't supposed to make it past twenty-five Joke's on you, we still alive Throw your hands up in the sky and say "We don't care what people say"