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S i o u x Fa l l s , S D
December 4, 2015
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“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” -Abraham Lincoln
Vol. 50, No. 2
“Bro. Bro! Listen to the kids.” BY LIZETTE WRIGHT
Over the years, Kanye West has wooed audiences with his unpredictable demeanor. During MTV’s 2015 Video Music Awards he did just that by announcing that he would be running in the 2020 presidential election. Being one of the most famous names in music, with 21 Grammys, three records on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” and his collaborations with the most well-known names in film, music and fashion, it seems as though the only thing West has not accomplished is running for president. Many of West’s lyrics make for a great presidential campaign, so here are different lyrics of his compiled together to make one big Yeezy campaign speech: To start off, I would like to say “I’m living in that 21st Century, doing something mean to it. Do it better than anybody you ever seen do it. Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it. I guess every superhero need his theme music. No one man should have all that power. The clock’s ticking, I just count the hours” until I’m president. In addition to the theme song from the haters, I will also have “for my theme song my leather black jeans on.” Wait! “But I ain’t finished I’m devoted, and you know it. I’ll keep it 300,” with you, my fellow Americans. I am aware some of you may want to “run away as fast as you can” upon hearing that I am running for president, but I am going to remember to throw my “hands up in the sky and say we don’t care what people say.” America, “I ain’t sayin’ she a gold digger, but she ain’t messing with no broke” economy, I obviously aim to better the economy and other issues such as police brutality. I’m sick of “getting choked by detectives, yeah, yeah, now check the method. They be askin’ us questions, harass and arrest us” and it is simply not tolerable anymore. Whether or not the matter of Kanye running for president is a joke or his honest intention is to be determined; in the meantime West leaves plenty of room for fans and even enemies to wonder and joke about it. Lyrics from “Power,” “Black Skinhead,” ”Run Away,” ”We We Don’t Care,” ”Gold Digger”” and “Jesus “ Walks”” appear within the campaign speech.
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