Artist: Kanye West f/ Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Curtis Mayfield, Pete Rock, Charlie Wilson Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Song: The Joy Typed by: kirenamloh@msn.com [Chorus: Curtis Mayfield - from "The Makings of You"] (Pete Rock) {Charlie Wilson} Add a little sugar (AHHOW~!!) Honey suckle lamb (Whoo!!) A great big expression of happiness Boy, you could'nt miiiiiiss... {uh-huh...} ...with a dozen roses {eh-eh-eh...uh} (Mr. West) Such would astound you (...Pete Rock) The joy of children laughing around you (Uh) These are the makings of you (Whoo!) [Kanye West] I do it for the forefathers, yeah the street authors That are not A&Rs in a cheap office Rappers that never got signed but they keep offers Girls that's way too fine for us to keep off us (AHHOW!!) Gave her a handshake only for my man's sake She in her birthday suit 'cause of the damn cake Now it's crumbs all over the damn place and she want me to cum all over her damn face I never understood Planned Parenthood 'cause I never met nobody plan to be a parent in the hood Takin refills of that Plan B pill Another shorty that won't make it to the family will If I don't make it, can't take it, hope the family will They ain't crazy, they don't know how insanity feel Don C just had a shorty, so it's not that bad but I still hear the ghosts of the kids I never had [Chorus: Curtis Mayfield - from "The Makings of You"] (Pete Rock) {Charlie Wilson} Add a little sugar (Whoo!!) Honey suckle lamb (C'mon!) A great big expression of happiness (AHHOW!!) Boy, you could'nt miiiiiiss... {uh-huh...} (Uh...) ...with a dozen roses {eh-eh-eh...uh} (Kanye) Such would astound you (...Pete Rock) The joy of children laughing around you (Uh) These are the makings of you (Yeah) [Kanye West] No electro, no metro A little retro - ahh, perfecto You know the demo, ya boy act wild You ain't get the memo? Yeezy's back in style Now when Rome got Gidget, the other got Bridget What's more tripped out, dawg, is they sisters Nah, you ain't listen, they black - they sistas They momma named 'em after white bitches So next time you see me on your Fallopian Though the jewelry's Egyptian, know the hunger's Ethiopian Stupid questions like, "Is he gon' be dope again? Have you seen him? Has anybody spoke to him?" ...This beat deserves Hennessy and bad bitch, and a bag of weed - the Holy Trinity In the mirror where I see my only enemy Your life's cursed, well mine's an obscenity [Chorus: Curtis Mayfield - from "The Makings of You"] (Pete Rock) {Charlie Wilson} [Jay-Z] Add a little sugar (Whoo!!) Honey suckle lamb (C'mon!) [Red lights..] A great big expression of happiness (AHHOW!!) Boy, you couldn't miiiiiiss... {uh-huh...} [Make that thing roll] ...with a dozen roses {eh-eh-eh...uh} (Kanye) Such would astound you (...Pete Rock) [Uh] The joy of children laughing around you (Uh) These are the makings of you (Yeah) [Jay-Z] (AHHOW!!) ...This is my momma shit I used to hear this through the walls in the hood when I was back on my pa-jama shit Afros and marijuana sticks Seeds and the ganjas had it poppin like the sample that I'm rhymin with Pete Rock, let the needle drop I seen so much as a kid, they surprised I don't needle pop Takin sips of pop, six packs of {?}, Pink Champale Ballentine L, Ballys on my feet help me balance out well That and the shit I used to balance on a scale I got it honest from the parties from my momma's Virgin Marys try to judge her, I'm like, "Where the Madonnas now?" Give all glory to Gloria, they said "You raised that boy too fast", but you was raising a warrior We victorious, they'll never take the joy from us Uh! [Kid Cudi] Keep your hands up, get mine up Don't let them take your fire Keep your hands up, get mine up Don't let them take your fire Keep your hands up, get mine up Don't let them take your fire Keep your hands up, get mine up Yeah... [Pete Rock - Outro] It's Pete Rock... Kanye... One two... Okay... It's Pete Rock... Kanye... One two... Okay... It's Pete Rock... Kanye... One two... Okay... It's Pete Rock... Kanye... One two... Okay...