music video
last october grammy nominated producer kanye west was in a nearly fatal car accident his jaw was fractured in nearly three places two weeks later he recorded this song with his mouth still wired shut so the world could feel his pain
yo gee they can’t stop me from rappin’ can they
can they hop
chaka khan
through the fire to the limit to the wall
for a chance to be with you i’d gladly risk it all
through the fire through whatever come what may
for a chance at loving you i’d take it all the way
right down to the wire even through the fire
over
i spit it through the wire man
there’s too much stuff on my heart right now man
i’d gladly risk it all right now
it’s a lifeordeath situation man
y’all y’all don’t really understand how i feel right now man
it’s your boy kanye to the
chitown what’s goin’ on
uhhuh yeah yeah
i drink a boost for breakfast an ensure for dessert
somebody ordered pancakes i just sip the sizzurp
that right there could drive a sane man berserk
not to worry mr htotheizzo’s back to wizzerk
how do you console my mom or give her light support
tellin’ her her son’s on life support
and just imagine how my girl feel
on the plane scared as hell that her guy look like emmett till
she was with me before the deal she’d been tryna be mine
she a delta so she’d been throwin’ that dynasty sign
no use in me tryna be lyin’ i been tryna be signed
tryin’ to be a millionaire how i used two lifelines
in the same hospital where biggie smalls died
the doctor said i had blood clots but i ain’t jamaican man
story on mtv and i ain’t tryna make a band
i swear this right here history in the makin’ man
chaka khan
through the fire to the limit to the wall
for a chance to be with you i’d gladly risk it all
through the fire through whatever come what may
for a chance at loving you i’d take it all the way
right down to the wire even through the fire
over
i really apologize for everything right now
if it’s unclear at all man
they got my mouth wired shut
for like
i dunno the doctor said like six weeks
y’know he had i had reconstructive surgery on my jaw
i looked in the mirror
and half my jaw was in the back of my mouth man
i couldn’t believe it
but i’m still here for y’all right now man
this what i got to say right here dawg
yeah turn me up yeah uh
what if somebody from the chi’ that was ill got a deal
on the hottest rap label around
but he wasn’t talkin’ ’bout coke and birds
it was more like spoken word ‘cept he’s really puttin’ it down
and he explained the story ’bout how blacks came from glory
and what we need to do in the game
good dude bad night right place wrong time
in the blink of a eye his whole life changed
if you could feel how my face felt
you would know how mase felt mason betha
thank god i ain’t too cool for the safe belt
i swear to god driver two wanna sue
i got a lawyer for the case to keep what’s in my safe safe
my dawgs couldn’t tell if i
i looked like tom cruise in vanilla sky it was televised
there’s been an accident like geico
they thought i was burnt up like pepsi did michael
i must got a angel cause look how death missed his ass
unbreakable what you thought they’d call me mr glass
look back on my life like the ghost of christmas past
toys r us where i used to spend that christmas cash
and i still won’t grow up i’m a grownass kid
swear i should be locked up for stupid shit that i did
but i’m a champion so i turned tragedy to triumph
make music that’s fire spit my soul through the wire
chaka khan
through the fire to the limit to the wall
for a chance to be with you i’d gladly risk it all
through the fire through whatever come what may
for a chance at loving you i’d take it all the way
right down to the wire even through the fire
over
y’know what i’m sayin’
when the doctor told me i had um
that i was gonna have to have a plate in my chin
i said dawg don’t you realize i’ll never make it on a plane now
it’s bad enough i got all this jewelry on
you can’t be serious man
produced by kanye west
Artist: Kanye West
Year: 2003
Decade: 00s
Language: en
Word Count: 421