[Chorus: Mos Def] Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle, whatever you do Don't look down, it's an impossible view Spread your wings, aerial
[Chorus: Mos Def] Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle, whatever you do Don't look down, it's an impossible view Spread your wings, aerial
[Verse 2: Kanye West] Don't let me hold you back, I only hold you back We're on a dead-end street, this block has got a cul-de-sac So fly baby, my baby so high Sometimes it's so hard to say bye We made it from the alley, straight up to the valley We pulled up at the valet, we'll teach our daughter ballet We'll raise us a Beyonce, maybe she'll be a Halle You woulda been the best mom, I woulda been the best 'Ye You see it all in my veins, like varicose I know that's very gross, but we getting very close To our end, though I kill most with a pen Soon as this flow end, I'ma let Mos begin
[Chorus: Mos Def & Kanye West] Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle, whatever you do Don't look down, it's an impossible view Spread your wings, aerial
[Chorus: Kanye West & Big Sean] Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle, whatever you do Don't look down, it's an impossible view Spread your wings, aerial Don't look down, it's an impossible view Spread your wings, aerial Don't look down, it's an impossible view How could you do it? How could you do it?
[Verse 3: Big Sean] Okay, now baby, here we go, we go, no baby, me go You got my heart, baby, this what it beat for I give it all, walk as far as my feet go What you mean, "Me go?" Why can't it be, "We go"? What happens when people turn to tears? (Huh?) Dreams turn to memories and weeks turn to years, huh? Been standing in the same spot for a couple of weeks Give me my feelings back, wish love came with a couple receipts Man, our vacation was coming next week Girl, I swear you was a trip, let's make it a couples' retreat (Do it!) How could my girl do this to me? Woke up to a note saying, "The world did this to me" Now I'm testing, one-two, reporting live from the rubble Drinking all I can so I can turn to fire when I hug you One, two, three, four, five models on the double Give me head all at once, look like they lying in a huddle But it's not even half the feeling As hearing your, "Seans, you know I love you" Shedding tears every day (I know you do) And I'm tired of lying in these puddles I ask "Why?" sometimes like a fucking vowel Been hitting trees every day like a fucking owl Trying to get high enough to cut the clouds Of the Phoenix sun and Nash it out I mean ash it out, so I could see you smile I-I know you can see me now
[Chorus: Mos Def] Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle, whatever you do Don't look down, it's an impossible view Spread your wings, aerial
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In this G.O.O.D. Friday entry, Kanye, Lupe and recent signee Big Sean tell the tale of a woman who leaves her man, comparing her to a phoenix (a mythical firebird).
The theme of the song is directly related to the recent controversy over Kanye’s banned album cover for his upcoming release, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which shows a nude, winged woman (the phoenix) straddling a naked man.
The photo used as the song’s cover art is “Nude in Silver Fox” by Helmut Newton (an acclaimed nude photographer) and is part of his Big Nudes collection.
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