Kanye West - Good Morning

[Oleg]

hi guys! i can't get some parts of Kanye West - Good Morning lyrics. Could someone explain me just in other words in english? I'll put the question marks next to the rows i can't get.

Good morning [x4]

Wake up, Mr. West, Mr. West, Mr. Fresh
Mr. by-his-self-he-so-impressed - ???
I mean, damn, did you even see the test
You got D's mother ****er, D's, Rosie Perez
And yes, barely pass any and every class
Looking at every ***
Cheated on every test
I guess this is my dissertation
Homie, this **** is basic
Welcome to graduation

Good morning
On this day we become legendary
Everything we dreamed of
I'm like a fly Malcolm X
Buy any jeans necessary
Detroit wear cleaned up - ???
From the streets of the league
From an eighth to a key - ???
But you graduate when you make it up outta the streets - ???
From the moments of pain
Look how far we done came
Haters saying ya changed
Now ya doing ya thing

Good morning
Look at the valedictorian scared of the future
While I hop in the Delorean
Scared-to-face-the-world complacent career student
Some people graduate, but we still stupid
They tell you read this, eat this, don't look around
Just peep this, preach us, teach us, Jesus
Okay, look up now, they done stole your streetness - ???
After all of that, you receive this

Good morning
Hustlers, that's if you're still living - ??? (Hustlers means Prostitute?)
Get on down - ???
Every time that we hear them - ???
Good morning
Hustlers, that's if you're still living
Get on down

[rojones73]

You mean you don't understand how the term of the word is used? Like "Hustlers" you are wondering if Hustler means prostitute?
(Hustlers is a term used for people who are doing whatever they can to make a dollar, pimpin, dealing, stealing, scamming, like a con artist)


From an eighth to a key - ???
(sounds like he is referring to the weight of drugs...like a 1/8 of coke to a kilo of coke..as to imply that he is making so much money that he no longers buys little amounts of drugs but now can afford to buy large amounts...sort of like he went from drinking beer out of a can to champagne out of a gold cup)

But you graduate when you make it up outta the streets - ??
(sounds like he is saying like when you make something of yourself and start living a better style of life with better things and people)

[TINK190]

Mr. by-his-self-he-so-impressed
- He means something like that he is egocentric, or full of him self. Because he is so impressed by himself.


Detroit wear cleaned up
- He's saying that he's dressing like he's from Detriot but a little more dressy

From an eighth to a key
- he's saying he went from selling eigths of cocain, which is small buissiness, to Kilos of cocain, which is big buissiness. So he's making like a metaphor for rags to riches.

But you graduate when you make it up outta the streets
- he's saying that if you find a way to get out of the ghetto that you've already graduated because your moving on with your life.


Okay, look up now, they done stole your streetness
- he means he stopped and realized that as he was changing his life he lost his ghetto quality



Hustlers, that's if you're still living
- Hustlers means someone who sells drugs

Get on down
- like ..celebrate

Every time that we hear them
- i don't reall know lol

[Oleg]

Thank you guys for helping out. You made my day! I use this song as alarm tone. So I wanted to get it more clearly