by B-Easy
I throw these Maybach keys
I wear my heart on the sleeve
I know that we the new slaves
I see the blood on the leaves
I see the blood on the leaves
I see the blood on the leaves
I know that we the new slaves
I see the blood on the leaves
They throwin’ hate at me
Want me to stay at ease
Fuck you and your corporation
Y’all niggas can’t control me
I know that we the new slaves
I know that we the new slaves
I’m ’bout to wild the fuck out
I’m going Bobby Boucher
I know that pussy ain’t free
You niggas pussy, ain’t me
Y’all throwin’ contracts at me
You know that niggas can’t read
Throw ’em some Maybach keys
Fuck it, c’est la vie
I know that we the new slaves
Y’all niggas can’t fuck with me
Y’all niggas can’t fuck with Ye
Y’all niggas can’t fuck with Ye
I’ll move my family out the country
So you can’t see where I stay
So go and grab the reporters
So I can smash their recorders
See they’ll confuse us with some bullshit
Like the New World Order
Meanwhile the DEA
Teamed up with the CCA
They tryna lock niggas up
They tryna make new slaves
See that’s that privately owned prison
Get your piece today
They prolly all in the Hamptons
Bragging ’bout what they made
Fuck you and your Hampton house
I’ll fuck your Hampton spouse
Came on her Hampton blouse
And in her Hampton mouth
Y’all ’bout to turn shit up
I’m ’bout to tear shit down
I’m ’bout to air shit out
Now what the fuck they gon’ say now?
I don’t side with Kanye West in that the 2nd verse of “New Slaves” is the best rap verse of all time (Or as Yeezy put it: OF ALL TIME IN THE HISTORY OF RAP MUSIC, PERIOD), but I do think it’s by far the best verse on the song. Even if you overlook that it’s about as twice as long as the first verse, the fact that the verse references The Waterboy, the New World Order, and CCA all in the same breath should be applauded alone. Hell, the fact that it probably made some kids Google CCA is also pretty crazy in itself.
The first verse on “New Slaves” is great and starts off things right, but it’s the second verse, and basically the main verse of the song, that is the climax and main event of “New Slaves”. It’s in the second verse where Kanye repeats lines over and over again like a insane war chant (“I see the blood on the leaves”). It’s in the second verse where life imitates art (Didn’t we just see him actually smash a paparazzi’s recorder?) And probably most importantly, it’s in the second verse where Kanye spazzes the fuck out.
Y’all niggas can’t fuck with Ye. The second verse wins.