Livin' A Movie

"Livin' A Movie"Single by Kanye West
Not the official cover but an important frame from the video where it notable states "Kanye West".
General information
Released	2004
Recorded	2002-2004
Genre	Rap
Length	2:12 (Pt. 1), 3:39 (Pt. 2)
Label(s)	Roc-A-Fella Records
Writer(s)	Kanye West
Producer(s)	Kanye West
Music video
Pt. 2's music video

"Livin' A Movie" is a single by Kanye West released sometime in 2004, the song was released in two parts.

Background

In this song, Kanye mentions iconic movies. Pt. 1 was included on an older version of The College Dropout (2004). Pt. 1 samples "In the Hour" by Melanie Safka. A few of the lyrics from pt. 1 and pt. 2 of the song ended up being reused on songs such as POWER and The Glory.

Remix

On May 7, 2014, Redman released a remix of this song.

Music Video

The music video to the song was previously lost media. This was until a Reddit User found a YouTube repost of it. Notably, when a lyric to the song comes he matches it with the DVD which he shows to the camera. It is unknown if this is an official music video or if it is just a video that Kanye made.

Pt. 1

Part one of the song is the more popular part, however the track is not the one featured in the video. The song has more refined production using the "In the Hour" by Melanie Safka sample while part 2 doesn't have the sample.

Lyrics

[Intro]
Yo, this sound like some movie shit, right?
Get your popcorn, get your condiments
You don't want to miss nothing, okay, listen, uh

[Verse 1]
They call me Edward Scissorhands 'cause I'm trying to cut
She claim she got cramps, I'm gon' get you to suck
And you not gon' use your teeth, you hear?
You gon' find out what lies beneath right here
The preacher's wife don't give head, get a divorce, man
The kids been calling you the headless horseman
Like sleepy hollow, see she swallow
Suck like old girl got booed at Apollo 13, ghosts
Use my hollow, man, for friday thirteenth
You be ghost from the toast
N***as who drop names is, oh, so shameless
Get a chain that's stainless, they almost famous
My bling got 'em calling me Lord of the Rings
Shining make it hard for her to do the right thing
But I don't say a word, I'll never tell
Until you get a Kanye beat, you'll never sell

[Refrain]
And I'm living a movie, not living by rules
It's just a movie, don't lose your cool
One, two, Ye coming for you
Three, four, better lock your door (Uh-uh)
Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, never sleep again (Uh)

[Verse 2]
Shit's deeper than the sleepers
The Jeeper creep up on your block and cops clock us
Try to Baller Block us, use absolute power
You gave him nine and a half weeks, why you trying to rush ours, huh?
And in the cell don't drop soap in the showers, huh
They try to give me life, I'm out in an hour, huh
Back on the block with more juice than Pac
Making more money 'cause of The-the-the-the Roc

[Refrain]
And I'm living a movie, not living by rules
Yo, what you talking about, man?
You know what I'm saying?
One, two, Ye coming for you (See this more like I did it)
Three, four, better lock your door (This only part one, part two?)
Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, never sleep again (Woo, I said some shit, like, umm, I'm tryna remember shit)

[Outro]
I said some shit like, umm
If you in my things, you suicide kings
There's only three kings, me, myself, and Irene
You know what I'm saying?
It's a lot, yo

Pt. 2

Part two never officially released and only a recording of Kanye playing the song in the studio exists. It features alternate production and different lyrics compared to Pt. 1. This was the version featured in the video.