Featuring: Swizz Beatz Rihanna

Songwriter: Kanye West Swizz Beatz Jimmy Webb

Producer: Hudson Mohawke MIKE DEAN Plain Pat Kuk Harrell Andrew Dawson Noah Goldstein Charlie Heat Kanye West Havoc

[Intro: Rihanna & Kanye West]
Man, I can understand how it might be
Kinda hard to love a girl like me
I don't blame you much for wanting to be free
I just wanted you to know
I've loved you better than your own kin did
From the very start
I don't blame you much for wanting to be free
I just wanted you to know
Swizz told me let the beat rock
We live a lot run for this shit out here
Uh

[Verse: Kanye West & Swizz Beatz]
For all my Southside niggas that know me best
I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex
Why? I made that bitch famous (Goddamn)
I made that bitch famous (Goddamn)
For all the girls that got dick from Kanye West
If you ever gonna see him give 'em Kanye's best
Uh, They mad they ain't famous (Goddamn)
They mad they still nameless (Talk that talk, man)
They man in the store tryna try his best
But he can’t just seem to get Kanye fresh
I be sad for the dumb-dumbs that got my mom less
Run up on them sooner [?]
Uh, oh

[Hook: Rihanna]
I just wanted you to know

Kanye West

The ubiquitous Kanye West—from his famous quip, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people,” to “I'ma let you finish,” to marrying Kim Kardashian, to announcing that he’s running for President, and admitting his love for President Trump—you can see that he’s a staple of the tabloids and the entertainment world, industry-wide.

That certainly doesn’t take anything away from his music; as a matter of fact, it only seems to add to his fortuitous career. For instance, his 2010 album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, was universally praised by fans and critics alike; it was recorded during the backlash he received from the Swift interruption and during his break-up with then-girlfriend Amber Rose.

He has scored other well-known hits, as well, from each of his previous studio albums—such as “Stronger,” “Heartless,” and “Gold Digger.” Each of his albums has been massive critical and commercial successes, including his collaboration album with JAY-Z, Watch the Throne. As of 2020, West has won an astounding 21 Grammys, tied with JAY-Z as the most decorated hip-hop artist in Grammy history.

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