Kanye West: Trending quotes

“Life is 5% what happens and 95% how you react!”

Kanye West

Source: p.13-14 Thank You and You're Welcome (2009)

Life

“I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a "one size fits all" standard for happiness”

Kanye West

Source: Thank You and You're Welcome (2009), p.22

Powerful , People , Idea , Happiness

“I had dreams of the game/Someday I'd play Kobe/I'd walk up to Puff and he don't really know me.”

Kanye West

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Lyrics, Above and Beyoncé: Video Collection & Dance Mixes (2009)

Dreams , Game

“Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'ma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!”

Kanye West

Video Music Awards 2009, Taylor Swift and Kanye West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHQpCM7yyY (video)

Time , Happiness

“I woke up early this morning”

Kanye West

Family Business
Lyrics, The College Dropout (2004)

“George Bush doesn't care about black people.”

Kanye West

Live on NBC’s “A Concert for Hurricane Relief“ on September 2 2005

People

“It seems, we living the American dream
But people highest up got the lowest self esteem.
The prettiest people do the ugliest things
For the road to riches and diamond rings.”

Kanye West

All Falls Down
Lyrics, The College Dropout (2004)

Dreams , People

“God show me the way, because the Devil's trying to break me down
The only thing that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now
And I don't think there's nothing I can do now to right my wrongs
I wanna talk to God, but I'm afraid 'cause we ain't spoke in so long.”

Kanye West

Jesus Walks
Lyrics, The College Dropout (2004)

God , Thinking , Way

“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.”

Kanye West

Through the Wire
Lyrics, The College Dropout (2004)

Imagination , Girl , Light , Moms

“Now that you're gone, it hit us
Super hard on Thankgiving and Christmas, this can't be right.
Yo, you heard the track I did man, 'This Can't Be Life'.
Somebody please say grace so I can save face
And have a reason to cover my face.”

Kanye West

Family Business
Lyrics, The College Dropout (2004)

Christmas , Life

“I woke up early this morning with a new state of mind,
A creative way to rhyme without usin' knives and guns.
Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to God,
And keep your face to the rising sun. I feel like one day you'll understand me, dawg
You can still love your man and be manly, dawg”

Kanye West

Family Business
Lyrics, The College Dropout (2004)

God , Way , Understanding , Sun

“Now I could let these dream killers kill my self esteem,
Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams
I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed
But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh.”

Kanye West

Last Call
Lyrics, The College Dropout (2004)

Dreams

“And I heard 'em say
Nothing's ever promised tomorrow or today
From the Chi, like Tim, it's a harder way
So this is in the name of love like Robert say
Before you ask me to go get a job today,
Can I at least get a raise on the minimum wage?”

Kanye West

Heard 'Em Say
Lyrics, Late Registration (2005)

Way , Love

“They say people in your life are seasons
And anything that happens is for a reason The devil is alive, I feel him breathin'
Claiming money is the key, so keep on dreamin'
And put them lottery tickets just to tease us”

Kanye West

Heard 'Em Say
Lyrics, Late Registration (2005)

Money , People , Season , Life

“Good morning and look at the valedictorian
Scared of the future while I hop in the DeLorean
Scared to face the world, complacent career student
Some people graduate, but be still stupid”

Kanye West

Good Morning
Lyrics, Graduation (2007)

People , Stupidity , World , Future

“Why everything that's supposed to be bad make me feel so good?
Everything they told me not to is exactly what I would.
Man, I tried to stop, man, I tried the best I could, but
You make me smile.”

Kanye West

Addiction
Lyrics, Late Registration (2005)

Smile , Feeling

“And I'm back on my grind
A psychic read my lifeline, told me in my lifetime
My name would help light up the Chicago skyline
And that's why I'm
Seven o'clock, that's primetime
Heaven'll watch, God calling from the hotlines
Why he keep giving me hot lines?
I'm a star, how could I not shine?”

Kanye West

I Wonder
Lyrics, Graduation (2007)

God , Light , Star , Reading

“She don't believe in shooting stars
But she believe in shoes and cars Order the hors d'oeuvres, views of the water
Straight from a page of your favorite author
And the weather's so breezy
Man, why can't life always be this easy?”

Kanye West

Flashing Lights
Lyrics, Graduation (2007)

Star , Shoe , Water , Weather

“My big brother was B.I.G.'s brother
So here's a few words from your kid brother
If you admire somebody you should go ahead tell 'em
People never get the flowers while they can still smell 'em.”

Kanye West

Big Brother
Lyrics, Graduation (2007)

People , Flowers

“Why would she make calls out the blue?
Now I'm awake, sleepless in you.”

Kanye West

Say You Will
Lyrics, 808s & Heartbreak (2008)