Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kanye West
Kanye West
Vocals
John Legend
John Legend
Vocals
Riccarda Watkins
Riccarda Watkins
Vocals
Terence Hardy
Terence Hardy
Background Vocals
Diamond Alabi-Isama
Diamond Alabi-Isama
Background Vocals
James "JT" Knight
James "JT" Knight
Background Vocals
Miri Ben-Ari
Miri Ben-Ari
Violin
The Jimmy Castor Bunch
The Jimmy Castor Bunch
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kanye West
Kanye West
Songwriter
Miri Ben-Ari
Miri Ben-Ari
Songwriter
Ross Vannelli
Ross Vannelli
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kanye West
Kanye West
Producer
Richard Balmer
Richard Balmer
Recording Engineer
Eugene Toale
Eugene Toale
Recording Engineer
Manny Marroquin
Manny Marroquin
Mixing Engineer
Miri Ben-Ari
Miri Ben-Ari
Producer
Eddy Schreyer
Eddy Schreyer
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]
Oh yeah, I got the perfect song for the kids to sing
[Chorus]
And all my people that's drug dealing just to get by
Stack your money till it gets sky high
We wasn't supposed to make it past twenty-five
Joke's on you, we still alive
Throw your hands up in the sky
And say, "We don't care what people say"
[Verse 1]
If this is your first time hearin' this
You are about to experience somethin' so cold, man
We never had nothin' handed, took nothin' for granted
Took nothin' from no man, man, I'm my own man
But as a shorty, I looked up to the dope man
Only adult man I knew that wasn't broke, man
Flickin' Starter coats, man, man, you don't know, man
We don't care what people say
This is for my **** outside all winter
'Cause this summer they ain't finna say, "Next summer, I'm finna"
Sittin' in the hood like community colleges
This dope money here is lil' Trey's scholarship
'Cause ain't no tuition for having no ambition
And ain't no loans for sittin' your ass at home
So we forced to sell crack, rap, and get a job
You gotta do somethin', man, your ass is grown
[Chorus]
Drug dealin' just to get by
Stack your money till it gets sky-high
Kids sing, kids sing
We wasn't supposed to make it past twenty-five
Joke's on you, we still alive
Throw your hands up in the sky
And say, "We don't care what people say"
[Verse 2]
The second verse is for my dogs workin' 9 to 5, that still hustle
'Cause a **** can't shine off $6.55
And everybody's sellin' makeup, Jacob's, and bootleg tapes
Just to get they cake up
We put shit on layaway, then come back
We claim other people kids on our income tax
We take that money, cop work, then push packs to get paid
And we don't care what people say
Mama say she wanna move South
Scratchin' lottery ticket, eyes on a new house
'Round the same time, Doe ran up in dude house
Couldn't get a job
So since he couldn't get work, he figured he'd take work
The drug game bulimic, it's hard to get weight
So ****'s money is homo, it's hard to get straight
But we gon' keep bakin' till the day we get cake
And we don't care what people say, my ****
[Chorus]
Drug dealin' just to get by
Stack your money till it gets sky-high
Kids sing, kids sing
We wasn't supposed to make it past twenty-five
Jokes on you, we still alive (Alive)
Throw your hands up in the sky
And say, "We don't care what people say"
[Verse 3]
You know the kids gon' act a fool
When you stop the programs for after school
And pay D.C.F.S., some of 'em dyslexic
Their favorite 50 Cent song, "12 Questions"
We scream, "Rocks, blow, weed, park!", see, now we smart
We ain't retards the way teachers thought
Hold up, hold fast, we make more cash
Now tell my mama I belong in that slow class
Sad enough we on welfare
You tryna put me on the school bus with the space for the wheelchair
I'm tryna get the car with the chromey wheels here
You tryna cut our lights out like we don't live here
Look what was handed us, fathers abandoned us
When we get them hammers, go on, call the ambulance
Sometimes I feel no one in this world understands us
But we don't care what people say, my ****
[Chorus]
Drug dealin' just to get by
Stack your money till it gets sky-high
Kids sing, kids sing
We wasn't supposed to make it past twenty-five
Jokes on you, we still alive
Throw your hands up in the sky
And say, "We don't care what people say"
Written by: Kanye West, Miri Ben-Ari, Ross Vannelli
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