[Intro: Kanye West & Laura Nyro]

In my soul

Gonna take you to the glory

Goal, in my mind I can't study war, yeah, my

I can't study war, yeah, my

I can't study war, yeah, my

I can't study war, yeah, my

[Chorus: Kanye West & Choir]

Now where the South Side?

I can't study, no, yeah, my

I can't study, no, yeah, my

Now where the West Side?

I can't study, no, yeah, my

I can't study, no, yeah, my

[Verse 1: Kanye West]

Can I talk my shit again? Even if I don't hit again?

Dawg, are you fucking kidding?

My hat, my shoes, my coat, Louis Vuitton stitch

With Donatella Versace, that's Louis Vuitton, bitch

I think Hennessy, I drink, I'm gone

Off that Bacardí Limon and Corona, I'm zonin'

Class back in session so I upped it a grade

In two years, Dwayne Wayne became Dwyane Wade

And hey, please don't start me

I'm like Gnarls Barkley meets Charles Barkley

I'm pop the Barkers, I'm hood the Parkers

While y'all was in limbo, I raised the bar up

I touched on everything

Married to the game, rock a chain 'steada wedding ring

Y'all bridesmaids catch the garter

On nights when 'Ye romance, cameras flash so much

That I gotta do that Yayo dance

I'm on a world tour with Common, my man

After each and every show, a couple dykes in the van

It's easy, the hood love to listen to Jeezy and Weezy

And, oh, yeah, Yeezy, I did it for the glory

[Chorus: Kanye West & Choir]

Yeah, my

I can't study, no, yeah, my

I can't study, no, yeah, my

The glory

I can't study, no, yeah, my

I can't study, no, yeah, my

I did it for the glory

I can't study, no, yeah, my

I can't study, no, yeah, my

The glory

I can't study, no, yeah, my

I can't study, no, yeah, my

[Verse 2: Kanye West]

What I'm supposed to do now? Man, the game all messed up

How I'm suppose to stand out when everybody get dressed up?

So, yeah, at the Grammys, I went ultra Travolta

Yeah, that tuxedo might have been a little guido

But with my ego, I can stand there in a Speedo

And be looked at like a fucking hero

The glory, the story, the chain, the polo, the night

The grind, the empty bottles of No-Doz

Tank on empty, whipping my momma Volvo

I spent that gas money on clothes with logos

The fur is Hermes, shit that you don't floss

The Goyard so hard, man, I'm Hugo's boss

Why I gotta ask what that TUDOR cost?

House on the hill, two doors from Tracee Ross

And I'm asking 'bout her girlfriends, yeah, the dark skin'ed ones

She asking 'bout the speed boats, yeah, I admit we rented 'em

When you meet me in person, what do you feel like?

I know, I know, I look better in real life

I hear people compare themselves to big a lot

You know, B.I.G. and Pac, you know to get it hot

I guess after I live, I wanna be compared to B.I.G

Any one: Big Pun, Big L or Notorious

'Till then, get money and stunt and stay glorious

And I'ma stop killing these niggas soon as the chorus hit

Yeah, I'ma stop killing these niggas soon as the chorus hit, uh

These haters be killing themselves, they wanna come and get the glory

[Chorus: Kanye West & Choir]

Yeah my

I can't study, no, yeah, my

I can't study, no, yeah, my

The glory

I can't study, no, yeah, my

I can't study, no, yeah, my

Now where the South Side?

I can't study, no, yeah, my

I can't study, no, yeah, my

Now where the West Side?

I can't study, no, yeah, my

I can't study, no, yeah, my

[Outro: Laura Nyro]

I can't study war, yeah, my

I can't study war, yeah, my

I can't study war, yeah, my

I can't study war, yeah, my