[Chorus: Kanye West]

I'm tryna right my wrongs

But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, now

I'm tryna right my wrongs

But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, now

[Verse 1]

See, I was born into a world of food stamps and welfare

No dollar for the ice cream man and nappy hair

Raised by a single mom, but in the back of my mind

I thought I gotta have my pops, no cereal

Never had a lot, but now I got plenty material

No longer do I wish for money

'Cause being broke made me stronger, harder, faster, better

So now I alphabetically murder every letter, uh

Feel the conviction in my words like a jail sentence

Murder in the first, do a verse, won't be no repentance

Mama, I'm sorry that I left at seventeen

But I had to chase my dream and get this mafuckin' cream

Only people that I got is the people that's on my team

'Cause when I roll up on the scene I see everyone start to scheme

Talk about they connections, talk about who they know

Then they beggin' me for a feature, but I'm like "Hold up, yo

If you know who you know why the fuck you ain't blow?"

Matter fact, you ain't fuck with me this time last year though

I was kicking rhymes, but you ain't paid no mind at the soul

And now you on my dick riding like the baddest of hoes

You think it's easy but it's not, see the talent that I got?

Determination keep it fresh, if I don't shine then it's gon' rot

'Cause it don't happen overnight, one hit wonders don't keep the spot

And I plan to hold the torch until I pass it and get shot, what

[Chorus: Kanye West]

I'm tryna right my wrongs

But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, now

I'm tryna right my wrongs

But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, now

[Verse 2]

See, this is dedication, running up on radio stations

They would decline and in my mind, they was just hatin', hehe

Testing my patience they got me pissed like probation

But I had the mind to keep goin' and the heart to keep racing

And as the world crumbled beneath my feet like a Haitian

I was inspired by them to persevere through dedication

Failure I'm never facin', my lyrics is education

So if you got the tape crank that shit like Jason Statham

Yeah, this is my story word by word as I'm emergin'

Just relax and let me open your mind like brain surgeon, uh

Uhh, fresh in the game they should sign me to Virgin

But me and solo know that I would only get to splurgin'

I see the road to success and now it's time to merge in

Don't forget us when you gone what my homies urging

Don't forget us when you gone, uhh I gotcha

You see these Seinfeld rappers talking a whole lot of nothing

So allow me to curb your enthusiasm or something

This is kinda like M.J before his prime when he dunking

'Cause I ain't 23 yet, but when I'm there it'll be something, ha

[Chorus: Kanye West]

I'm tryna right my wrongs

But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, now

I'm tryna right my wrongs

But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, now

[Verse 3]

Growin' up, there was baby mama drama

Everyday and every way

But not my kids I ain't got none to this day

'Cause a rubber ‘round my Jimmy when I consider foreplay

Hey, ha, back in the day West Deer Park where we stay

I was running around while mama was drinking everyday

But it's okay, I wouldn't have it any other way

'Cause it developed me into the young man that you see today

Through dedication, yeah, yeah

Never follow traditions, you see, I had a different vision

I would skip school and write compositions 'bout my home conditions

You know the usual no money and family division

In specific I remember this time in my kitchen

With my sister's man back

Before he went to prison and got into religion

He showed me how to cook crack at 12 and I ain't kiddin'

After release it then went bad now he no longer living

And I'm pretty sure his last breath was "Lord forgive him"

Now my nephew ain't got a father that'll keep him safe

All I can hope is he a good boy for his mama's sake

'Cause she never did recover from his father's fate

And if he grew into a man that made the same mistake

Well to be honest, I don't know how much more she could take

So to every baby mama that could truly relate

It is you unto this song that I shall dedicate, yeah