This track serves as the original version of his June 2013 song, “Black Skinhead.” The lyrics were derived from the original lyric paper that Kanye used to rap it and his SNL rendition.
[Verse 1]
For my theme song (black)
My leather black jeans on (black)
My by-any-means on
Pardon, I'm getting my scream on (black)
Enter the kingdom (black)
But watch who you bring home
They see a black man with a white woman
At the top floor, they gone come to kill King Kong
Middle America packed in (black)
Came to see him and his black kin (black)
My homie was number one draft pick
They still burned his jersey in Akron
If I don't get ran out by Catholics
Here come some conservative Baptists
Saying he overreacting
Like them black kids in Chiraq bitch
[Chorus]
Four in the morning, and I’m zoning
Think I'm possessed, it's an omen
I keep it 300, like the Romans
300 bitches, where the Trojans?
Baby, we living in the moment
Baby, we living in the moment
Baby, we living in the moment
Baby, we living in the moment
[Refrain]
So follow me up cause this shit about to go down
I'm doing 500, I'm outta control now
And nowhere to go now
But there's no way to slow down
Running outta time
Just close your eyes and enjoy the crash
[Chorus]
Four in the morning, and I'm zoning
I think I'm possessed, it's an omen
I keep it 300, like the Romans
300 bitches, where the Trojans?
Baby, we living in the moment
I've been a menace for the longest
But I ain't finished, I'm devoted
And you know it, and you know it
[Verse 2]
Stop all that coon shit (Black)
Early morning cartoon shit (Black)
This is that goon shit
Mess up your whole afternoon shit
I'm aware I'm a wolf
Soon as the moon hit
I'm aware I'm a king
Back out the tomb bitch
Black out the room, bitch (Black)
Stop all that coon shit
These niggas ain't doing it
Them niggas ain't doing it
What do you say to a masked man
This Inglorious Bastard that’s rapping
We might have to burn this whole shit down
Like the theater that Hitler was trapped in
[Chorus]
Four in the morning, and I'm zoning
I think I'm possessed, it's an omen
300 girls, and we know it
300 girls, and I'm zoning
Baby, we living in the moment
Baby, we living in the moment
Baby, we know it, keep it going
Keep it going, keep it going
[Refrain]
So follow me up cause this thing about to go down
I'm doing 500, I'm outta control now
But there's nowhere to go now
And there's no way to slow down
Running outta time – moving fast
Just close your eyes and enjoy the crash
Black Skinhead (Live on SNL) was written by Kanye West.
Black Skinhead (Live on SNL) was produced by Kanye West & Daft Punk.
Kanye West released Black Skinhead (Live on SNL) on Mon May 20 2013.