Kanye dedicates “Wouldn’t Leave” to his wife Kim Kardashian. Throughout the song, he references past errors such as his rant on Sway in the Morning or the TMZ interview during which he called slavery “a choice”. Despite these incidents, which got him into some trouble, Kim stayed by his side. Kanye...
[Chorus: PARTYNEXTDOOR & Kanye West]
I don't feel that she's mine enough
God, I feel I couldn't have you windin' up
Butterfly in my wrist
You make pretty women out of my skin
And I don't feel like
And I know you wouldn't leave
[Verse 1: Kanye West]
They say, "Build your own"—I said, "How, Sway?"
I said, "Slavery a choice"—they said, "How, Ye?"
Just imagine if they caught me on a wild day
Now I'm on fifty blogs gettin' fifty calls
My wife callin', screamin', say we 'bout to lose it all
Had to calm her down 'cause she couldn't breathe
Told her she could leave me now, but she wouldn't leave
[Refrain: Kanye West]
And I know you wouldn't leave
[Bridge: Jeremih]
And I sometimes wish
We doin' such things
We could wait longer than this
Yes, you know you're one of these
We can run through with the top chopped, yeah
And the sundress down, ooh
[Refrain: Kanye West]
And I know you wouldn't...
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
Oh, don't bring that up, that's gon' get me sentimental
You know I'm sensitive, I got a gentle mental
Every time somethin' happen they want me sent to mental
We had an incident, but I cover incidentals
You want me workin' on my messagin'
When I'm thinkin' like George Jetson
But soundin' like George Jefferson
Then they questionin' my methods then
If you tweakin' out on my texts again
Then I don't get reception here
I got the mind state to take us past the stratosphere
I use the same attitude that done got us here
I live for now, I don't know what happen after here
I live for now, I don't know what happen after here
Plus, what was meant to be was meant to be
Even if, publicly, I lack the empathy
I ain't finna talk about it, 'nother four centuries
One and one is two, but me and you, that's infinity
[Refrain: Kanye West]
And I know you wouldn't...
[Chorus: Choir, PARTYNEXTDOOR & Ty Dolla $ign]
I don't feel like she's mine enough
God, I feel I couldn't have you windin' up (Why?)
Butterfly in my wrist
You make pretty women out of my skin (Out of my skin)
And I don't feel like (Uhh)
And I know you wouldn't leave (Love me or hate me)
[Outro: Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign]
For any guy that ever fucked up (Love me or hate me)
Ever embarrassed they girl (Love me or hate me)
Ever embarrassed they wife (Gone when you miss me)
She told you not to do that shit (Ohh)
She told you you's gon' fuck the money up
But you ain't wanna listen, did you?
Keep that same energy
Keep that same energy
Keep that same energy
Now you testin' her loyalty
This what they mean when they say
"For better or for worse", huh?
For every down female that stuck with they dude
Through the best times, through the worst times
This for you
[Refrain: Kanye West]
And I know you wouldn't leave
Wouldn’t Leave was written by Fya Man & Phil Cook & Francis and the Lights & Pardison Fontaine & Bump J & Kenneth Pershon & Noah Goldstein & Justin Vernon & Malik Yusef & Ty Dolla $ign & Jeremih & PARTYNEXTDOOR & Reverend W.A. Donaldson & MIKE DEAN & Kanye West.
Wouldn’t Leave was produced by Ty Dolla $ign & MIKE DEAN & Noah Goldstein & Kanye West.
Kanye West released Wouldn’t Leave on Fri Jun 01 2018.
Yes. Justin Vernon of the indie folk band Bon Iver revealed in a tweet that this song was inspired by a jam session featuring him playing gospel samples on a sampler and fellow indie rocker Phil Cook on the piano and synthesizer. Vernon has appeared previously on two tracks from My Beautiful Dark Tw...
According to Complex Kim Kardashian told Entertainment Tonight reporters:
That was the one song that he didn’t really play for me until the last minute. I left to go home for like two days and I come back and it was a whole new album. It’s fascinating to see the process.
He might say things that m...
There was a moment where I felt like after TMZ, maybe a week after that, I felt like the energy levels were low, and I called different family members and was asking, you know, ‘Was Kim thinking about leaving me after TMZ?’ So that was a real conversation.
“Wouldn’t Leave” peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the chart week of June 16, 2018.
Yes. “Wouldn’t Leave” was certified gold by the RIAA on September 23, 2020.