Now if the Roc is in the building say: Hell, yeah Throw your diamonds in the air If the Roc is in the building say: Hell, yeah Throw your diamonds in the air If the Roc is in the building say: Hell, yeah Throw your diamonds in the air If the Roc is in the building say: Hell, yeah Throw your diamonds in the air Keep your diamonds in the air, your diamonds in the air, yeah, yeah, yeah I drink a Boost for breakfast, an Ensure for dizzert Somebody ordered pancakes, I just sip the sizzurp That right there could drive a sane man berserk Not to worry, the Mr. H-to-the-Izzo's back to wizzerk How do you console my mom or give her light support Telling 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 Emmet Till She was with me before the deal she trying to be mine She a delta so she been throwing that dynasty sign No use me tryna be lyin' I've been trying to be signed Trying 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 trying to make a band Swear this right here, history in the making man Through the fire, to the limit, to the wall (if y'all know the words, sing along with it) For a chance to be with you (what?), I'd gladly risk it all (I hear you, I hear you) Through the fire, through whatever, come what may (I can't hit that note either, fam) For a chance at loving you, I'd take it all the way Right down to the wire, even through the fire (uh, uh) (Question) What if somebody from the Chi that was ill Got a deal on the hottest rap label around? But he wasn't talking 'bout coke and birds it was more like spoken word Except he's really putting it down And he explained the story about 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 an eye his whole life changed If y'all could feel how my face felt, you would know how Mase felt Thank God I ain't too cool for the safe belt I swear to God, driver two wanna sue There's 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 on Vanilla Sky It was televised There's been an accident like GEICO Y'all 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? I 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 grown ass kid Swear I should be locked up for stupid shit that I did But I'm a champion, so we turned tragedy to triumph Make music that's fire, spit my soul through the wire 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
Now if the Roc is in the building say: Hell, yeah Throw your diamonds in the air If the Roc is in the building say: Hell, yeah Throw your diamonds in the air If the Roc is in the building say: Hell, yeah Throw your diamonds in the air If the Roc is in the building say: Hell, yeah Throw your diamonds in the air Keep your diamonds in the air, your diamonds in the air, yeah, yeah, yeah I drink a Boost for breakfast, an Ensure for dizzert Somebody ordered pancakes, I just sip the sizzurp That right there could drive a sane man berserk Not to worry, the Mr. H-to-the-Izzo's back to wizzerk How do you console my mom or give her light support Telling 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 Emmet Till She was with me before the deal she trying to be mine She a delta so she been throwing that dynasty sign No use me tryna be lyin' I've been trying to be signed Trying 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 trying to make a band Swear this right here, history in the making man Through the fire, to the limit, to the wall (if y'all know the words, sing along with it) For a chance to be with you (what?), I'd gladly risk it all (I hear you, I hear you) Through the fire, through whatever, come what may (I can't hit that note either, fam) For a chance at loving you, I'd take it all the way Right down to the wire, even through the fire (uh, uh) (Question) What if somebody from the Chi that was ill Got a deal on the hottest rap label around? But he wasn't talking 'bout coke and birds it was more like spoken word Except he's really putting it down And he explained the story about 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 an eye his whole life changed If y'all could feel how my face felt, you would know how Mase felt Thank God I ain't too cool for the safe belt I swear to God, driver two wanna sue There's 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 on Vanilla Sky It was televised There's been an accident like GEICO Y'all 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? I 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 grown ass kid Swear I should be locked up for stupid shit that I did But I'm a champion, so we turned tragedy to triumph Make music that's fire, spit my soul through the wire 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
Kanye West gravou “Through the Wire” com a mandíbula trancada em fios após um acidente de carro em 23 de outubro de 2002, no Record Plant, em Los Angeles.
O título faz referência ao sample da faixa “Through the Fire” de Chaka Khan, de 1985, e os compositores Tom Keane, Cynthia Weil e David Foster recebem créditos de escrita.
A versão original do single, “Through the Wire (Still Standing)”, apareceu no mixtape “Get Well Soon…” (14 de dezembro de 2002) e inclui um outro do Elton John “I’m Still Standing”.
Lançado oficialmente em 30 de setembro de 2003, o single alcançou o número 15 na Billboard Hot 100, permaneceu 21 semanas na parada e atingiu o número 3 no UK Hip Hop & R&B Singles e Albums Chart.
O videoclipe, financiado por Kanye e inspirado em um anúncio da Adidas, ganhou “Video of the Year” nos Source Hip Hop Awards de 2004.
“Through the Wire” foi indicado ao Grammy de 2005 na categoria Best Rap Solo Performance, porém perdeu para “99 Problems” do Jay‑Z.
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