Through The Wire
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About Through The Wire
"Through the Wire" is the lead single from Kanye West's debut album The College Dropout. It samples Chaka Khan's 1985 single "Through the Fire". In 2002 while living in Los Angeles, Kanye was severely injured in a car accident and had to have his jaw wired shut. "Through the Wire" was originally recorded while West was in the hospital, and first appeared on the Get Well Soon mixtape. "Through the Wire" peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received positive reviews from music critics. .
Through The Wire Lyrics
[00:00.43] Yo, Gee, they can't stop me from rapping can they?
[00:03.72] Can they, Hop?
[00:07.47] I spit it through the wire, man
[00:12.42] It's too much stuff on my heart right now, man
[00:15.53] I'll gladly risk it all right now
[00:20.74] It's a life or death situation, man
[00:22.53] Y'all don't really understand how I feel right now, man
[00:26.19] It's your boy Kanye to the
[00:27.89] Chi-Town, what's going on?
[00:32.19] Uh-huh, yeah, yeah
[00:34.27] I drink a Boost for breakfast, an Ensure for dessert
[00:37.46] Somebody ordered pancakes I just sip the sizzurp
[00:40.43] That right there could drive a sane man berserk
[00:43.34] Not to worry, Mr. H-to-the-Izzo's back to wizzerk
[00:46.04] How do you console my mom or give her light support
[00:48.92] Telling her, her son's on life support
[00:51.67] And just imagine how my girl feel
[00:53.78] On the plane scared as hell that her guy look like Emmett Till
[00:57.30] She was with me before the deal she been tryna be mine
[01:00.24] She a delta so she been throwing that dynasty sign
[01:03.10] No use me tryna be lying
[01:04.87] I've been trying to be signed
[01:06.26] Trying to be a millionaire
[01:07.57] How I used two lifelines?
[01:09.27] In the same hospital where Biggie Smalls died
[01:11.93] The doctor said I had blood clots
[01:14.00] But I ain't Jamaican, man
[01:15.23] Story on MTV and I ain't trying to make a band
[01:17.90] I swear, this right here, history in the making, man
[01:21.32] I really apologize for everything right now man
[01:24.03] If it's unclear at all, man
[01:25.64] They got my mouth wired shut for like I don't know the doctor said like six weeks
[01:30.14] You know we had reconstru-
[01:31.31] I had reconstructive surgery on my jaw
[01:35.26] I looked in the mirror, half of my jaw was in the back of my mouth, man
[01:38.58] I couldn't believe it
[01:41.16] But I'm still here for y'all right now, man
[01:43.69] This is what I gotta say right here dawg
[01:45.97] Yeah, turn me up, yeah
[01:48.55] Uh
[01:49.58] What if somebody from the Chi that was ill
[01:51.44] Got a deal on the hottest rap label around?
[01:54.92] But he wasn't talking 'bout coke and birds it was more like spoken word
[01:58.52] Except he's really putting it down
[02:00.98] And he explained the story about how blacks came from glory
[02:04.27] And what we need to do in the game
[02:06.34] Good dude, bad night, right place, wrong time
[02:09.46] In the blink of a eye his whole life changed
[02:12.16] If you could feel how my face felt, you would know how Mase felt
[02:15.94] Thank God I ain't too cool for the safe belt
[02:18.80] I swear to God, driver two wanna sue
[02:21.46] I got a lawyer for the case, to keep what's in my safe safe
[02:24.71] My dawgs couldn't tell if I
[02:26.77] I looked like Tom Cruise on Vanilla Sky
[02:29.33] It was televised
[02:30.48] There's been an accident like GEICO
[02:32.51] They thought I was burnt up like Pepsi did Michael
[02:35.34] I must got a angel
[02:36.82] 'Cause look how death missed his ass
[02:38.61] Unbreakable, what you thought they'd call me Mr. Glass?
[02:41.66] Look back on my life like the Ghost of Christmas Past
[02:44.56] Toys "R" Us where I used to spend that Christmas cash
[02:47.45] And I still won't grow up, I'm a grown ass kid
[02:50.41] Swear I should be locked up for stupid s- that I did
[02:53.27] But I'm a champion, so I turned tragedy to triumph
[02:56.22] Make music that's fire, spit my soul through the wire
[03:00.89] You know what I'm saying?
[03:01.93] When the doctor told me I had a, um
[03:04.12] I was goin' to have a plate in my chin
[03:06.27] I said, "Dawg, don't you realize I'll never make it on a plane now?
[03:09.89] It's bad enough I got all this jewelry on"
[03:14.60] You can't be serious, man
[03:16.91]
[00:03.72] Can they, Hop?
[00:07.47] I spit it through the wire, man
[00:12.42] It's too much stuff on my heart right now, man
[00:15.53] I'll gladly risk it all right now
[00:20.74] It's a life or death situation, man
[00:22.53] Y'all don't really understand how I feel right now, man
[00:26.19] It's your boy Kanye to the
[00:27.89] Chi-Town, what's going on?
[00:32.19] Uh-huh, yeah, yeah
[00:34.27] I drink a Boost for breakfast, an Ensure for dessert
[00:37.46] Somebody ordered pancakes I just sip the sizzurp
[00:40.43] That right there could drive a sane man berserk
[00:43.34] Not to worry, Mr. H-to-the-Izzo's back to wizzerk
[00:46.04] How do you console my mom or give her light support
[00:48.92] Telling her, her son's on life support
[00:51.67] And just imagine how my girl feel
[00:53.78] On the plane scared as hell that her guy look like Emmett Till
[00:57.30] She was with me before the deal she been tryna be mine
[01:00.24] She a delta so she been throwing that dynasty sign
[01:03.10] No use me tryna be lying
[01:04.87] I've been trying to be signed
[01:06.26] Trying to be a millionaire
[01:07.57] How I used two lifelines?
[01:09.27] In the same hospital where Biggie Smalls died
[01:11.93] The doctor said I had blood clots
[01:14.00] But I ain't Jamaican, man
[01:15.23] Story on MTV and I ain't trying to make a band
[01:17.90] I swear, this right here, history in the making, man
[01:21.32] I really apologize for everything right now man
[01:24.03] If it's unclear at all, man
[01:25.64] They got my mouth wired shut for like I don't know the doctor said like six weeks
[01:30.14] You know we had reconstru-
[01:31.31] I had reconstructive surgery on my jaw
[01:35.26] I looked in the mirror, half of my jaw was in the back of my mouth, man
[01:38.58] I couldn't believe it
[01:41.16] But I'm still here for y'all right now, man
[01:43.69] This is what I gotta say right here dawg
[01:45.97] Yeah, turn me up, yeah
[01:48.55] Uh
[01:49.58] What if somebody from the Chi that was ill
[01:51.44] Got a deal on the hottest rap label around?
[01:54.92] But he wasn't talking 'bout coke and birds it was more like spoken word
[01:58.52] Except he's really putting it down
[02:00.98] And he explained the story about how blacks came from glory
[02:04.27] And what we need to do in the game
[02:06.34] Good dude, bad night, right place, wrong time
[02:09.46] In the blink of a eye his whole life changed
[02:12.16] If you could feel how my face felt, you would know how Mase felt
[02:15.94] Thank God I ain't too cool for the safe belt
[02:18.80] I swear to God, driver two wanna sue
[02:21.46] I got a lawyer for the case, to keep what's in my safe safe
[02:24.71] My dawgs couldn't tell if I
[02:26.77] I looked like Tom Cruise on Vanilla Sky
[02:29.33] It was televised
[02:30.48] There's been an accident like GEICO
[02:32.51] They thought I was burnt up like Pepsi did Michael
[02:35.34] I must got a angel
[02:36.82] 'Cause look how death missed his ass
[02:38.61] Unbreakable, what you thought they'd call me Mr. Glass?
[02:41.66] Look back on my life like the Ghost of Christmas Past
[02:44.56] Toys "R" Us where I used to spend that Christmas cash
[02:47.45] And I still won't grow up, I'm a grown ass kid
[02:50.41] Swear I should be locked up for stupid s- that I did
[02:53.27] But I'm a champion, so I turned tragedy to triumph
[02:56.22] Make music that's fire, spit my soul through the wire
[03:00.89] You know what I'm saying?
[03:01.93] When the doctor told me I had a, um
[03:04.12] I was goin' to have a plate in my chin
[03:06.27] I said, "Dawg, don't you realize I'll never make it on a plane now?
[03:09.89] It's bad enough I got all this jewelry on"
[03:14.60] You can't be serious, man
[03:16.91]
From the album: The College Dropout
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Intro by Kanye West , -
We Don't Care by Kanye West , -
Graduation Day by Kanye West , -
All Falls Down by Kanye West , Syleena Johnson , -
I'll Fly Away by Kanye West , -
Spaceship by Kanye West , GLC , Consequence , -
Jesus Walks by Kanye West , -
Never Let Me Down - Album Version (Edited) by Kanye West , JAŸ-Z , J. Ivy , -
Get Em High by Kanye West , Talib Kweli , Common , -
Workout Plan by Kanye West , -
The New Workout Plan by Kanye West , -
Slow Jamz by Twista , Kanye West , Jamie Foxx , -
Breathe In Breathe Out by Kanye West , Ludacris , -
School Spirit Skit 1 by Kanye West , -
School Spirit by Kanye West , -
School Spirit Skit 2 by Kanye West , -
Lil Jimmy Skit by Kanye West , -
Two Words by Kanye West , Mos Def , Freeway , The Boys Choir Of Harlem , -
Through The Wire by Kanye West , -
Family Business by Kanye West , -
Last Call by Kanye West ,