Kanye 3:16: "The Career Bell Curve That Goes Up, Eventually Comes Down"

Yanking Christians' chains must be good business.

Rapper Kanye West says he should be a character in a revised Bible.

Cocky rap star KANYE WEST is calling for a revised edition of THE BIBLE, because he thinks he should be a character in it.

The JESUS WALKS hitmaker, who picked up three Grammy Awards last night (08FEB06), feels sure he'd be "a griot" (West African storyteller) in a modern Bible.

By the same logic I should be...

...a rapper.

FLOG YOURSELF (Mathers/Berg)

[ominous guitar chords on the beat]

[spoken]

look, if you were a moderately talented middle class black guy,
thrust into the limelight by an immense tragedy, would you push the publicity to an absurd level?
Or would you just let it slip?

Yo

[rapping]

He's in the clover, sales are up, but no crossover
There's suits waiting after the gigs, label pigs
He's nervous, but acts impervious he looks calm and ready
To take out, but he needs a breakout
Then comes a hurricane, and his meager fame
cause the powers that be, to put out the call for he
He's walking, on stage with Mike Myers, talking
He needs attention, camera up, on, bloah!
"Bush hate Black People", Oh, all you sheeple
Oh, there goes Kanya, a weeble
He's wobbling, but he won't fall down that easy
No, he'll stand by it , his industry needs a boost
It puts him on the news
He knows that, but the cruise
is so short that he knows
When he goes back to his mansion that's when it's
Back to the lab again yo
This publicity
He better think of another scam and hope it ain't shizzy

[Chorus:]
He better flog himself in the media, the TV
He's got it, he better never let stop, yo
He only gets one shot, can not let the image go
This credulity comes once in a lifetime yo,

He better flog himself in the media, the TV
He's got it, he better never let stop, yo
He only gets one shot, can not let the image go
This credulity comes once in a lifetime yo, you better,

Rolling Stone came calling, he left 'em laughing, bawling
Anti-administraiton sh*t to be scrawling
Make him Christ, up on the cover, a crucified brotha,
A normal star is boring, but the crown of thorns is pure whoring
It only grows harder, the suits want their mammon
News cycle is over, these suits is all on him
Coast to coast news, he's known as the loose cannon
Need a fix, God only knows
sales don't grow on their own, he's no Marshall
He goes home and knows his fame's only partial
And he knows he's a ho, who needs his next splash
He's so 2005, he needs an '06 smash
They moved on to the next rapper who says
He's Chuck Simmins' son, his stash
So the next plot unfolds
He's a book in the Bible, God can't sue for libel,
but the industry goes on
Da da dum da dum da da

[Chorus:]
He better flog himself in the media, the TV
He's got it, he better never let stop, yo
He only gets one shot, can not let the image go
This credulity comes once in a lifetime yo,

He better flog himself in the media, the TV
He's got it, he better never let stop, yo
He only gets one shot, can not let the image go
This credulity comes once in a lifetime yo,

Posted by Mitch at February 10, 2006 07:14 AM | TrackBack