[Kanye West:]
 
 
 Uh-uh, I'm tryna catch the beat, uh
 
 I'm tryna to catch the beat
 
 I'm tryna to catch the beat, uh uh, uh
 
 I'm tryna to catch the beat
 
 
 
  [Kanye West:]
 
 
 N-now, th-th-throw your motherfuckin' hands
 
 (Get 'em high)
 
 All the girls pass the weed to yo' motherfuckin' man
 
 (Get 'em high)
 
 Now I ain't never tell you to put down your hands
 
 (Keep 'em high)
 
 And if you're losin' your high then smoke again
 
 (Keep 'em high)
 
 
 
  [Kanye West:]
 
 
 N-n-n-now, my flow
 
 Is in the pocket like wallets, I got the bounce like hydraulics
 
 I can't call it, I got the swerve like alcoholics
 
 My freshman year I was going through hella problems
 
 'Til I, built up the nerve to drop my ass up out of college
 
 My teacher said I'se a loser, I told her "Why don't you kill me?"
 
 I give a fuck if you fail me, I'm gonna follow my heart
 
 And if you follow the charts, or the plaques or the stacks
 
 You ain't gotta guess who's back, you see
 
 I'm so Chi that you thought I was bashful
 
 But this bastard's flow will bash your skull
 
 And I will, cut your girl like Pastor Tro'
 
 And I don't, usually smoke, but pass the 'dro
 
 And I won't, give you that money that you askin' for
 
 Why you think me and Dame cool? We assholes
 
 That's why we hear your music in fast forward
 
 'Cause we don't wanna hear that weak shit no mo'
 
 
 
  [Kanye West:]
 
 
 N-now, th-th-throw your motherfuckin' hands
 
 (Get 'em high)
 
 All the girls pass the weed to your motherfuckin' man
 
 (Get 'em high)
 
 Now I ain't never tell you to put down your hands
 
 (Keep 'em high)
 
 And if you're losin' yo' high, then smoke again
 
 (Keep 'em high)
 
 
 
  [Kanye West & Sumeke Rainey:]
 
 
 ("You've got mail!") N-n-n-n-n-now who the hell is this
 
 E-mailing me at 11:26?
 
 Telling me that she 36-26, plus double D
 
 You know how girls on Black Planet be when they get bubbly
 
 At NYU but she hail from Kansas
 
 Right now she just lampin', chillin' on campus
 
 Sent me a picture with her feelin' on Candice
 
 Who said her favorite rapper was the late great Francis
 
 W-H-I-T, it's getting late mami
 
 Your screen saver say tweet, so you got to "call me"
 
 And bring a friend for my friend, his name Kweli
 
 (You mean Talib? Lyrics stick to your rib)
 
 I mean (That's my favorite CD that I play at my crib)
 
 I mean (You don't really know him, why is you lyin'?)
 
 Yo Kwe, she don't believe me, please pick up the line
 
 She gon' think that I'm lyin', just spit a couple of lines
 
 Then maybe I'll be able to give her dick all the time
 
 And get her high! Owww!
 
 
 
  [Talib Kweli:]
 
 
 Yeah, I can't believe this nigga use my name for pickin' up dimes
 
 But never mind, I need some tracks, you tryin' to pull tracks out
 
 And my rhymes is finna blow, you trying to blow backs out
 
 Well OK, you twisted my arm, I'll assist with the charm
 
 Ayo, ain't you meet that chick at that conference with your moms?
 
 And sister's the bomb, boy she got the bougie behavior
 
 Always got something to say like a OK player hater
 
 Anyways, I don't usually fuck with the Internet
 
 Or chicks with birth control stuck to they arm like Nicorette
 
 You really fuckin' that much or tryna get off cigarettes? (Keep 'em high)
 
 If she think it's fly, she ain't met a real nigga yet
 
 Now I apologize if I come off a little inconsiderate
 
 I got the bubba kush and a sister could get a hit of it, yeah
 
 
 
  [Common:]
 
 
 Yo, yo
 
 Get 'em high like noon or the moon
 
 Or a room filled with smoke, a hype-filled with dope
 
 Y'all assumed I was doomed, out of tune
 
 But I still filled the notes with real nigga quotes
 
 Real rappers is hard to find, like a remote
 
 Control rap is out of
 
 Used to, but still got love
 
 That's why I abuse you who are not thugs
 
 Rock clubs, it's like Tiger Woods in the hood
 
 Should have my own reality show, called Soul Survivor
 
 I stole on liver niggas than you
 
 You's a bitch I got ones that are thicker than you
 
 How could I ever let your words affect me?
 
 They say hip-hop is dead, I'm here to resurrect me
 
 Marsha's too sexy to even make songs like these
 
 That's why the raw don't know your name, like Alicia Keys
 
 Too many featured MCs, and producers is popular
 
 Twelve thousand spins, nobody got to coppin' a
 
 Album, how come you the hot garbage of
 
 The year? It's clear your image is looped up
 
 Label got you souped up, tellin' you you sick
 
 When you a dick with a loose nut
 
 Video hard to watch like Medusa
 
 Even your club record need a booster, chimped up
 
 With a pimp cup, illiterate nigga, read the infra-
 
 Red across your head, I'm bred king like Simba
 
 Bolder than Denver, I ain't a Madd Rapper
 
 Just a MC with a temper
 
 You dancin' for money like Honey, I did this my way
 
 So when the industry crash, I survive like Kanye
 
 Spittin' through wires and fires, MCs retirin'
 
 Got your hands up, get them motherfuckers higher then
 
 
 
  [Kanye West & Common:]
 
 
 N-now, th-th-throw your motherfuckin' hands
 
 (Get 'em high, yeah)
 
 All the girls pass the weed to your motherfuckin' man
 
 (Get 'em high, mm-mm, uh-uh)
 
 Now I ain't never tell you to put down your hands
 
 (Keep 'em high, keep 'em high, keep 'em high, uh-uh)
 
 And if you're losin' your high then smoke again
 
 (Keep 'em high)