I just wanna clear my mind now It's been racin' since the summertime And I'm holdin' down the summer now And all I want is what I can't buy now Cause I ain't got the money on me right now And I told you to wait Yeah I told you to wait So I'm a need a little more time now Cause I ain't got the money on me right now And I thought you could wait Yeah, I thought you could wait These bitches surroundin' me All want somethin' out me Then they talk about me Would be lost without me We could've been somebody Thought you'd be different 'bout it Now I know you naughty So let's get on with it You could've been somebody 'Stead you had to tell somebody Let's take it back to the first party When you tried your first molly And came out of your body And came out of your body Running naked down the lobby And you was screamin' that you love me Before the limelight tore ya Before the limelight stole ya Remember we were so young When I would hold you Before the glory I know there ain't wrong with me Something strange is happening You could've been somethin' We could've, we could've been somebody Or was it all our first party When we tried our first molly And came out of our body And came out of our body Before they call lawyers Before you tried to destroy us How you gon' lie to the lawyers? It's like I don't even know ya I gotta bring it back to the 'Nolia Fuck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas Fuck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas Fuck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas I ride with my niggas, I'll die for my To all my second string bitches, trying to get a baby Trying to get a baby, now you talkin' crazy I don't give a damn if you used to talk to Jay-Z He ain't with you, he with Beyonce, you need to stop actin' lazy She Instagram herself like "Bad bitch alert" He Instagram his watch like "Mad rich alert" He only wanna see that ass in reverse Two thousand dollar bag with no cash in your purse Now you sittin' courtside, wifey on the other side Gotta keep 'em separated, I call that apartheid Then she said she impregnated, that's the night your heart died Then you gotta go and tell your girl and report that Main reason cause your pastor said you can't abort that Now your driver say that new Benz you can't afford that All that cocaine on the table you can't snort that That going to that owing money that the court got On and on that alimony, uh, yeah-yeah, she got you homie till death but do your part, unholy matrimony
I just wanna clear my mind now It's been racin' since the summertime And I'm holdin' down the summer now And all I want is what I can't buy now Cause I ain't got the money on me right now And I told you to wait Yeah I told you to wait So I'm a need a little more time now Cause I ain't got the money on me right now And I thought you could wait Yeah, I thought you could wait These bitches surroundin' me All want somethin' out me Then they talk about me Would be lost without me We could've been somebody Thought you'd be different 'bout it Now I know you naughty So let's get on with it You could've been somebody 'Stead you had to tell somebody Let's take it back to the first party When you tried your first molly And came out of your body And came out of your body Running naked down the lobby And you was screamin' that you love me Before the limelight tore ya Before the limelight stole ya Remember we were so young When I would hold you Before the glory I know there ain't wrong with me Something strange is happening You could've been somethin' We could've, we could've been somebody Or was it all our first party When we tried our first molly And came out of our body And came out of our body Before they call lawyers Before you tried to destroy us How you gon' lie to the lawyers? It's like I don't even know ya I gotta bring it back to the 'Nolia Fuck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas Fuck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas Fuck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas I ride with my niggas, I'll die for my To all my second string bitches, trying to get a baby Trying to get a baby, now you talkin' crazy I don't give a damn if you used to talk to Jay-Z He ain't with you, he with Beyonce, you need to stop actin' lazy She Instagram herself like "Bad bitch alert" He Instagram his watch like "Mad rich alert" He only wanna see that ass in reverse Two thousand dollar bag with no cash in your purse Now you sittin' courtside, wifey on the other side Gotta keep 'em separated, I call that apartheid Then she said she impregnated, that's the night your heart died Then you gotta go and tell your girl and report that Main reason cause your pastor said you can't abort that Now your driver say that new Benz you can't afford that All that cocaine on the table you can't snort that That going to that owing money that the court got On and on that alimony, uh, yeah-yeah, she got you homie till death but do your part, unholy matrimony
“Blood on the Leaves” incorpora um sample da icônica gravação de Nina Simone “Strange Fruit”, trazendo para a faixa um peso histórico e político herdado da canção original.
A produção contou com a colaboração de seis produtores, entre eles Hudson Mohawke, membro do duo TNGHT, conhecido pelo instrumental “Cbat”.
Em entrevista ao Pitchfork, Hudson Mohawke revelou que Kanye West já desejava usar o sample de “Strange Fruit” há algum tempo, mas enfrentou dúvidas sobre como encaixá‑lo na nova música.
Apesar de “Strange Fruit” ter um forte conteúdo político, “Blood on the Leaves” foca principalmente em relacionamentos passados, mostrando como o mesmo trecho pode gerar diferentes interpretações temáticas.
Kanye West e Hudson Mohawke comentaram que a fusão inesperada do sample com a produção moderna “miraculously came together”, destacando o desafio criativo de adaptar um clássico tão carregado a um contexto contemporâneo.
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