Cant Tell Me Nothing - Kanye West

[ti:Can t Tell Me Nothing]
[ar:Kanye West]
[al:Graduation]

[00:01.47]laaa laa la la wait  til I get my money right
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[00:07.67]I had a dream I could buy my way to heaven.
[00:10.02]When I woke, I spent that on a necklace.
[00:12.86]I told God I d be back in a second,
[00:16.13]Man, It s so hard not to act reckless.
[00:19.21]To whom much is given, much is tested.
[00:21.62]Get arrested, guess until he get the message.
[00:24.82]I feel the pressure, under more scrutiny,
[00:27.67]And what I do? Act more stupidly.
[00:32.20]Bought more jewelery, more Louis V, my momma couldn t get through to me.
[00:37.51]The drama, people suing me,
[00:39.66]I m on T.V. talking like it s just you and me.
[00:42.82]I m just saying how I feel man,
[00:45.82]I ain t one of the Cosbys, I ain t go to hill, man.
[00:49.53]I guess the money should ve changed him,
[00:51.92]I guess I should ve forgot where I came from.
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[00:53.71](hook)
[00:54.70]laaa laa la la wait  til I get my money right.
[01:00.24]laaa laa la la then you can t tell me nothing, right.
[01:04.93]
[01:06.98]Excuse me. Is you saying something?
[01:09.77]Uh, uh, you can t tell me nothing.
[01:19.80]Let up the suicide doors.
[01:21.21]This is my life homey, you decide yours.
[01:25.53]I know that Jesus died for us.
[01:27.95]But I couldn t tell you who decide wars.
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[01:33.21]Old folks talking  bout,  Back in my day. 
[01:37.70]But homey this is my day.
[01:39.60]Class started two hours ago,  Oh, am I late? 
[01:42.99]Plus I already graduated
[01:45.12]And you can live through anything if Magic made it.
[01:48.67]They say I talk with so much emphasis,
[01:52.74]OOOO They so Sen-Sa-Tive.
[01:54.83]Don t ever fix your lips like collagen
[01:57.56]To Say something Where you gon end up apologizing.
[02:01.57]Let me know if it s a problem man,
[02:04.72]Aight man, holla then.
[02:07.00]laaa laa la la wait  til I get my money right.
[02:12.49]laaa laa la la then you can t tell me nothing, right.
[02:18.78]
[02:19.07]Excuse me. Is you saying something?
[02:22.03]Uh, uh, you can t tell me nothing.
[02:29.89]
[02:31.81]Let the champagne splash, let that man get cash,
[02:34.74]Let that man get pass.
[02:37.61]He don t needa stop to get gas,
[02:39.26]If he can move through the rumors, he can drive off of fumes, CUZ?
[02:43.11]How He move in a room full of nose?
[02:45.72]
[02:48.79]Must be the pharoahs, he in tune with his soul,
[02:51.88]So when he buried in a tomb full of gold.
[02:55.32]Treasure. What s you pleasure?
[02:57.81]Life is a, uh, depending how you dress her.
[03:00.82]So if the devil wear Prada,
[03:02.75]Adam Eve wear Nada,
[03:04.09]I m in between, but way more fresher.
[03:06.95]With way less effort, cause when you try hard,
[03:11.43]That s when you die hard.
[03:13.73]Ya homies looking like  Why God? 
[03:16.01]When they reminisce over you, my god.
[03:19.54]laaa laa la la wait  til I get my money right.
[03:28.18]laaa laa la la then you can t tell me nothing, right.
[03:30.45]
[03:31.81]Excuse me. Is you saying something?
[03:34.88]Uh, uh, you can t tell me nothing.