Let me know
Do I still got time to grow?
Things ain't always set in stone
That being known let me know
Let me

Seems like street lights glowing
Happen to be just like moments passing in front of me
So I hopped in the cab and
I paid my fares
See I know my destination
But I'm just not there

All the streetlights glowing
Happen to be
Just like moments passing
In front of me
So I hopped in the cab and
I paid my fare
See I know my destination
But I'm just not there

In the streets... In the streets
I'm just not there
In the streets
I'm just not there
Life's just not fair

Seems like street lights glowing
Happen to be just like moments passing in front of me
So I hopped in the cab and
I paid my fares
See I know my destination
But I'm just not there

All the streetlights glowing
Happen to be
Just like moments passing
In front of me
So I hopped in the cab and
I paid my fare
See I know my destination
But I'm just not there

All the streetlights glowing
Happen to be
Just like moments passing
In front of me
So I hopped in the cab and
I paid my fare
See I know my destination
But I'm just not there

In the streets... In the streets
I'm just not there
In the streets
I'm just not there
Life's just not fair

(808's & Heatbreak)




So I hopped in the cab and
I paid my fare
See I know my destination
But I'm just not there

These lyrics bring to mind 'Lady Cabdriver.' That's why I like the song so much.
Unlike Prince, Kanye knows where he's going.
Kanye pays upfront because he knows what it costs to get to his destination.
Now he's paying.
The same theme in Lady Cabdriver, except Prince rages against the world.
Prince asks, "Will you accept my tears to pay the fare?"


Taxi! Taxi!

Lady cab driver -- Can U take me 4 a ride?
Don't know where I'm goin' 'cuz I don't know where I've been
So just put your foot on the gas -- let's drive
Lady -- don't ask questions
Promise I'll tell U no lies
Trouble winds r blowin', I'm growin' cold
Get me outta here -- I feel I'm gonna die

Lady cab driver, roll up your window fast
Lately trouble winds r blowin' hard, and I don't know if I can last

Lady -- I'm so lonely
I know that's not the way 2 be
Don't want isolation, but the air it makes me cold
Drive it, baby, drive it, drive this demon out of me
Take me 2 your mansion
Honey, let's go everywhere
Help me girl I'm drownin', mass confusion in my head
Will U accept my tears 2 pay the fare?

Lady cab driver, roll up your wndow fast
Lately trouble winds r blowin' hard, and I don't know if I can last

Lady cab driver -- Can U take me 4 a ride?

Lady cab driver, roll up your window fast
Lately trouble winds r blowin' hard, and I don't know if I can last

This is 4 the cab U have 2 drive 4 no money at all
This is 4 why I wasn't born like my brother, handsome and tall
This is 4 politicians who r bored and believe in war
This -- Yeah, that's 4 me, that's who that 1's 4
This is 4 discrimination and egotists who think supreme
And this is 4 whoever taught U how 2 kiss in designer jeans
That 1's 4-- That 1's 4-- 4 U have 2 live
This 1's 4 the rich, not all of 'em, just the greedy
The ones that don't know how 2 give
This 1's 4 Yosemite Sam and the tourists at Disneyland
And this 1-- ooh! Yeah -- That's the 1.
That's 4-- that's 4 the-- the creator of man
This is 4 the sun, the moon, the stars, the tourists at Disneyland
This is 4 the ocean, the sea, the shore
This is 4-- and that's 4 U, and that's who that 1's 4
This is 4 the women, so beautifully complex
This 1's 4 love without sex
This is 4 the wind that blows no matter how fast or slow
Not knowing where I'm going
This galaxy's better than not having a place 2 go
And now I know (I know)

Lady cab driver

Lady cab driver
Lady cab driver
Lady cab driver
Lady cab driver
Lady cab driver
[Edited 3/7/09 11:26am]

I love that Kanye song. Not really a "jam" but it's good.

This song reminds me of driving up Interstate 5 (which means straight and farms) one night when my dad was admitted into the hospital. I totally relate to this song.

GetAwayFromMe said:

At night approaching or leaving the Grapevine, that lit stretch there leading to the scales and gas, or gas and the night on the 5.

SUPRMAN said:

Up north from Tracy CA to Sacramento.

GetAwayFromMe said:

LOL

Done that too!

SUPRMAN said:

Drving the Bay Bridge at midnight leaving SF or driving in Oakland or Berkeley, and looking at the skyline, that's how I see the song

bboy87 said:

Yeah,
Down San Pablo, Shattuck, Telegraph, University . . . .
The world I know . .