Violent Crimes - Kanye West

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[Verse]
          
Fallin', dream

             
in', talkin' i

       
n your sleep
          
I know you wan

           
t to cry all n

        
ight, all nigh


t
          
Plottin', sche

      
min', finding
       
Reason to defe

              
nd all of your

  
 violent night

s
  
Promise me



[Chorus]
             
Don't you grow

              
 up in a hurry

  
, your mom'll 

be worried, aw
           
It was all par

              
t of the story

  
, even the sca

ry nights
             
Thank you for 

           
all of the glo

    
ry, you will b

e remembered, 

aw
             
Thank you to a

           
ll of the hero

          
es of the nigh

t (night, nigh

t)
             
They gotta rep

           
eat the colors

 
, the lie is w

earin' off
         
Reality is upo

           
n us, colors d

                
rippin' off

Colors drippin' off

[Verse]
             
Niggas is sava

              
ge, niggas is 

          
monsters
              
Niggas is pimp

             
s, niggas is p

layers
              
'Til niggas ha

            
ve daughters, 

           
now they preca


utious
       
Father forgive

 me, I'm scare

d of the karma
              
'Cause now I s

              
ee women as so

           
methin' to nur


ture

Not somethin' to conquer
              
I hope she lik

              
e Nicki, I'll 

           
make her a mon

ster
              
Not havin' mén

    
ages, I'm just

 being silly
              
I answered the

 
 door, like Wi

ll Smith and M

artin

Nigga do we ha

ve a problem?
              
Matter of fact

   
 Marlon, this 

ain't Meet the

 Fockers
              
I'll beat his 

              
ass, pray I be

         
at the charges
N.C.
No, daddy don't play, not when it come to they daughters
N.C.
Don't do no yoga, don't do pilates
N.C.
Just play piano and stick to karate
             
I pray your bo

              
dy's draped mo

              
re like mine a

              
nd not like yo

   
ur mommy's
              
Just bein' sal

              
ty, but niggas

    
 is nuts
              
And I am a nig

              
ga, I know wha

       
t they want
              
I pray that yo

              
u don't get it

    
 all at once
            
Curves under y

          
our dress, I k

now it's pervs

 all on the ne

t
             
All in the com

            
ments, you wan

         
na vomit

That's your baby, you love her to death
             
Now she cuttin

            
' class and ha

ngin' with fri

ends

You break a gl

ass and say it

 again
    
She can't comp

rehend the dan

ger she's in
       
If you whoop h

er ass, she mo

ve in with him
        
Then he whoop 

her ass, you g

o through it a

gain

But how you the devil rebukin' the sin?
      
Let's pray we 

can put this b

ehind us
  
I swear that t

hese times is 

the wildest
            
She got the sc

ars, they serv

e as reminders
           
Blood still on

             
 her pajamas, 

#          
but yesterday 

               
is dead, yeah
              
Moment of sile

             
nce, next she'

             
ll be off to c

#             
ollege and the

         
n at the altar
              
'Cause she kno

              
w that niggas 

           
is savage, nig

              
gas is monster

    
s
              
Niggas is pimp

             
s, niggas is p

          
layers, 'til n

           
iggas have dau

ghters
          
Niggas is pimp


s, niggas is p

layers, 'til n

iggas have dau

ghters

[Chorus]
             
Don't you grow

              
 up in a hurry

 
, your mom'll 

be worried, aw
           
It was all par

              
t of the story

  
, even the sca

ry nights
             
Thank you for 

           
all of the glo

    
ry, you will b

e remembered, 

aw
             
Thank you to a

           
ll of the hero

          
es of the nigh

t (night, nigh

t)
             
They gotta rep

           
eat the colors

 
, the lie is w

earin' off
         
Reality is upo

           
n us, colors d

             
rippin' off

Colors drippin' off

[Outro]
N.C.
I'm sayin' it like...
N.C.
I want a daughter like Nicki, aww man, I promise
N.C.
I'ma turn her to a monster, but no menagés
N.C.
I don't know how you saying it, but let 'em hear this

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