Lyrical Breakdown of We Don't Care - A Journey through Words and Rhymes

Welcome to the detailed analysis of "We Don't Care" on Lazyjot. Here, we unravel the lyrical complexity and artistic brilliance that define this iconic song.

  • Lyric Overview: Witness how Kanye West weaves words into powerful emotions and vivid imagery. From intricate rhyme schemes to compelling storytelling, every line in "We Don't Care" is a testament to masterful songwriting.
  • Rhyme and Rhythm Analysis: Our Lazyjot editor highlights the ingenious use of multi-syllabic rhymes and the rhythm pattern that Kanye West employs. Understand the construction of each verse and how it contributes to the song's overall impact.
  • Syllable Pattern Insights: Dive deeper into the structural elements of the lyrics. See how the syllable count varies across the song, adding a unique rhythm and flow to Kanye West's narrative.

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Oh, yeah, I got the perfect song for the kids to sing

And all my people that's drug dealing just to get by

Stack your money 'til it gets sky high

We wasn't s'posed to make it past 25

Joke's on you we still alive

Throw your hands up in the sky and say

"We don't care what people say" (yeah, yeah, yeah, uh)

If this is your first time hearin' this

You are about to experience somethin' so cold, man

We never had nothing handed, took nothing for granted

Took nothin' from no man, man, I'm my own man

But as a shorty I looked up to the dope man

Only adult man I knew that wasn't broke, man

Flickin' Starter coats man, man, you don't know, man

We don't care what people say

This is for my niggas outside all winter

'Cause this summer they ain't finna say, "Next summer I'm finna..."

Sittin' in the hood like community colleges

This dope money here is Lil Tre's scholarship

'Cause ain't no tuition for havin' no ambition

And ain't no loans for sittin' yo' ass at home

So we forced to sell crack rap and get a job

You gotta do somethin', man, yo' ass is grown

Drug dealin' just to get by

Stack your money 'til it gets sky high

Kids sing, kids sing

We wasn't s'posed to make it past 25

Joke's on you we still alive

Throw your hands up in the sky and say

"We don't care what people say"

The second verse is for my dawgs working nine to five

That still hustle 'cause a nigga can't shine off $6.55

And everybody sellin' make up, Jacob's and bootleg tapes

Just to get they cake up we put shit on layaway then come back

We claim other people kids on our income tax

We take that money, cop work then push packs

To get paid and we don't care what people say

Momma say she wanna move south

Scratching lottery tickets eyes on a new house

'Round the same time dough ran up

In dude's house couldn't get a job

So since he couldn't get work, he figured he take work

The drug game bulimic it's hard to get weight

So niggas money is homo, it's hard to get straight

But we gon' keep bakin' to the day we get cake

And we don't care what people say, my niggas

Drug dealin' just to get by (yeah)

Stack your money 'til it gets sky high

Kids sing, kids sing

We wasn't s'posed to make it past 25

Joke's on you we still alive (alive, uh-huh)

Throw your hands up in the sky and say

"We don't care what people say" (yeah, yeah, uh)

You know the kids gonna act a fool

When you stop the programs for after school

And pay DCF's

Some of 'em dyslexic

They favorite 50 Cent song "12 Questions"

We scream rocks, blow, weed, park

See, now we smart, we ain't retards

The way teachers thought

Hold up hold fast we make mo' cash

Now, tell my momma I belong in that slow class

It's bad enough, we on welfare

You tryna to put me on the school bus

With the space for the wheel chair

I'm tryna get the car with the chromy wheels here

You tryna cut our lights out like we don't live here

Look at what's handed us, father's abandon us

When we get them hammers go and call the ambulance

Sometimes I feel no one in this world understands us

But we don't care what people say, my niggas

Drug dealin' just to get by

Stack your money 'til it gets sky high

Kids sing, kids sing

We wasn't s'posed to make it past 25

The joke's on you we still alive

Throw your hands up in the sky and say

"We don't care what people say"