| Kanye West – Bad News Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I think you need to start off by not only looking at this song, but looking at the album, and at Kanye's past albums to really see the big picture of this song. Kanye rapped a lot about the fame, money, and reaching the top early on. He was determined to reach the ultimate 'American Dream'- to be the best. He loved "the good life" and "flashing lights" and became obsessed with what fame had to offer. He felt that once he got to the top that he would be unstopable and find complete happiness. During his climb he randomly met a girl, who he fell madly in love with, and this got in the way of his master plan. In Love Lockdown he talks about how he loves her but not the way he wants to. He does truly love her but knows where he's going he "doesnt need her", or so he thinks. He sees her as an obstacle in reaching his complete fame and star power. He can't party and live the bachelor life, like a rock star, which his life has become because of his fame if he wants to settle down with "the one". He's confused and doesnt know what to do and the relationship eventually ends. He knows he can't be with her and still keep his lifestyle. He wants to reach the top and have the rock star life but also wants the girl. So in the back of his mind he's waiting until his lifestyle changes (but hes not sure it ever will, given the life he's chose) so he doesnt have to hurt her anymore. But the bad news is that while he was waiting for this change shes moved on and has found someone else. He's been waiting on her, waiting on a dream that will never come true becuase he wants to be good as good to her as she was to him but his lifestyle makes it impossible for him to be that. To make things worse hes finding out that reaching the top isn't making him as happy and complete as he thought. | |
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