After a week of ... whatever he was doing, Kanye West released the song he's promised. And people are going to be pissed. On Friday evening, Kanye transformed his website into a player for 'Lift Yourself,' which is one-third of a song that's mostly a looped sample of 'Liberty' by Amnesty, followed by a joke verse from West.
Here's what Kanye West has to say after this week: "But they don't really realise, though, this next verse, this next verse though, these bars, watch this some shit, go." And then:
Hoopity scoop
Scoopdity woop
Woopty scoopty poop
Poopty scoopty
Scoopdity woop
Woopty scoop, woop poop
Poopty scoopty
Scoopty woop
Woopty scoop, woop poop
Poopdity woop scoop
Poop, poop
Scoopdity woop
Woopty scoop
Woopty scoop, poop
My transcription might not be 100 percent accurate, but it doesn't matter anyway. This is just Kanye West fucking with us. It's the new Rickroll. And, honestly, it could have been a lot worse. At least these aren't the most horrible bars West has written.
Matt Miller is a Brooklyn-based culture/lifestyle writer and music critic whose work has appeared in Esquire, Forbes, The Denver Post, and documentaries.
