Bad News Lyrics

Lyric discussion by thursday99 

Cover art for Bad News lyrics by Kanye West

Definilely a powerful song. As most of you know the purpose of this album or reason for its production was that, at one point, kanye was going through alot. His mothers death and break up with his fiance. as a result this beautiful album was the outcome of it all. This album has been some what therapeutic for me. And of all the song i could probably relate to this one the most.

What i get from this song is pretty clear. Kanye is waiting on the one love of his life the woman of his dreams. He dreams of a future and spending the rest of his life with this woman. Only to realize from outside sources that she has had someone else which ends up to be a surprise to him especially after always thinking all was perfect between them. He acts as if he has known and is not effeced by it to save the embarassment. When clearly he is devestated after finding this out. She on the other hand acts as if nothing as if it was just something that happened without having any control. All along while he's been dreaming and looking forward to spending the rest of his life with this woman she goes behind his back keeping another lover.

When i heard this song it was as if i was hearing the story of me. Right before this album came out i had been with my girlfriend of 3 years and had decided to propose to her during the summer. She replyed with a yes and I thought all was perfect, our relation had always been nothing but beautiful, something that words could just not describe, it was a feeling i had never felt nor thought could ever be felt. We were in the process of moving out and actually attempting to have children. It was like my life was about to begin. My dreams of living my life with a someone who i thought was perfect for me was about to begin, never in my life had i been happier. Only to soon find out from a friend, whos cousins girlfriend worked with her, that she had been with someone else and it had been going on for a while. Of course i acted as if nothing when inside i was devestated, hurt, going insanse, i just couldn't believe it. She used the same excuse saying it was something she had no control over and it was just something that happened. And there went a dream. My dream that will never come true.

Its funny how i can relate to Kanye in other ways then this. When he came out with his song "Through the Wire" i had just recently had my jaw broken after being jumped by a group of guys. Weird??