It seems that Kanye can now add poet to his resume as he’s now come forward with one more poem. This time it’s about him being dead. In the poem, the singer/songwriter talks about not knowing he’s deceased.
Fans will recall the rapper’s previous adventure into the world of poetry when he wrote a poem days after his ex-wife Kim Kardashian was declared “legally single.” Continue reading and we’ll discuss.
Kanye West – Laments Not Knowing He Was Dead, ‘No One Wanted To Tell Me’
Tuesday the distraught Yeezy mogul presented his new and dark poem on Instagram. The poem, like his divorce poem, has the topic of his emotional outburst written in bright red letters at the time.
“No one wanted to tell me I was DEAD / And only people that would talk to me were in my head,” he begins the poem, “No one wanted to tell me I was DEAD / Only people who loved me visit in their dreams instead.”
The music producer also hits on his divorce in the poem, writing, “My kids would dance for me in a home I once led.” Then West lays out the details about how he learned he was dead writing, “I found out one day at the newsstand in purgatory [sic] there was a front page article of my murderers [sic] story,” and then adds, “I was so surprised at what it said / This info is for the living / And surprise… You’re DEAD.”
Ye West – Captions Poem Explaining Why He’s Not Explaining It
West, who is now known as “Ye” captioned the poem with a detailed explanation, sans punctuation, about why he doesn’t need to explain the poem to anyone. “I feel already compromised that I have to justify my expression after over 20 years of art that I’ve contributed to the planet,” he begins, adding, “ but I also see the need to make sure we as a species are allowed to still feel anything Men not allowed to cry celebrities not allowed to cry I will not explain this new piece for the explanation destroys the mystery and magic of true love and puts it in a box that can be counted.”
He then explains what he considers art to be, writing, “Art is subjective Art only works when it is the artist absolute truth Someone’s truth can be another persons lie,” and then introduced his new piece saying, “We don’t all have to feel the same because we are not the same With out further ado I present to you my latest creation it is called DEAD.”
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