"Louie Bags" is a song by Kanye West that was released as the ninth track from his demo studio album, Donda 2, on February 24, 2022.[1] The song features Jack Harlow, who, just days prior to the album's release, received a co-sign from Ye on Instagram for his single "Nail Tech."[2][1]
Production[]
The vocals, "We did it, we did it, Joe!", are sampled from a video of Kamala Harris calling Joe Biden over the phone to celebrate their election victory in November 2020.[3]
Background[]
The song dates back from the pre-Yandhi sessions, the song originally being an untitled XXXTENTACION song produced by John Cunningham that would later be reused on the fourth version of the song used for Donda 2.[4] Ultimately, the X vocals were cut from the final version of the song.
The song has 16 known versions, all recorded between January-February 2022 (Excluding the base XXXTENTACION song that was recorded in 2018) and has reference tracks done by The Game[5] and Albe Back with a scrapped spoken word intro from Albe's daughter Kaity.[6] Gunna made an Instagram post with the line not before the album's release, although whether he had any contribution to the song is unknown.
The song's chorus contains the lyric "I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed," referring to the passing of the fashion designer Virgil Abloh in November 2021 following Abloh's battle with cancer.[7] Kanye himself and Virgil were both close friends, Abloh having helped Ye work on the creative direction for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Watch The Throne which Abloh also created cover art for.
Lyrics[]
[Chorus]
(We did it, we did it, Joe!)
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I'm in the Louis store with a Gucci mask
I'm in the Louis store with a Gucci mask
I'm in the Louis store with a Gucci mask
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
[Verse 1]
If we ain't doin' business, it won't be no business
If we ain't doin' business, it won't be no business
If we ain't doin' business, it won't be no business
If we ain't doin' business, it won't be no business
Pick it, Donda son, I'll take it, mmh
Pick another one and let it, mmh
Find another one and let it, mmh
Fine life and I could've—, mmh
I'm not gonna lie, I couldn't move
Couldn't even if I wanted to
Couldn't scare me if it haunted you
I'ma do what I wanna do
What you look like in that nasty Louis bag?
Remember I examined, I did too
What you look like in that nasty Louis bag?
We stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
[Chorus]
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
What you look like in that nasty Louis bag?
We stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
What you look like in that nasty Louis bag?
We stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
(We did it, we did it, Joe!) Ayy
[Verse 2]
I'm my lil' cousin's favorite cousin
I gave 'em all my number and my phone ain't stopped buzzin'
They listen to my songs and say their parents hate the cussin'
They asked if I was nervous on TV or if I wasn't
They asked me if it's true that I don't go to church
"My daddy said you don't," well, then I guess you know
I been thinkin' about goin', though, I might let you know
One day, I'll bring you to my concert if they let you go
Pumpin' gas alone at Texaco
Hopin' I don't get approached
Don't know if it's clear until I check the coast
All these rappers dyin', I don't wan' be one that's next to go
Paranoia tickin' in my head just like a metronome
I can't walk around like Jack that wore the spectacles
I shook the hands, took the pictures, made myself accessible
Threw the parties, showed love, kept it all respectable
Tried to give you something you ain't had before but
It's all over, they got the drop on my life, it's all over
All this pressure on me, they'd wish I'd fall over
Too bad I'm a winner like fall over
I dropped, uh, heat in February
Cocky tweets in February
All-Star weekend with the court-side seats in February
I'm the champ', you come second like the E in February
All that humble **** was fake, now, can we keep it legendary?
Please
[Intro]
Embark journey with me, journey inside
My mind deeper than sea, deeper than I
[Verse 1]
I'm not gonna lie, I couldn't move
Couldn't get up [?]
Couldn't [?] want too
Couldn't even if I wanted to
I'm not gonna lie, I couldn't move
Couldn't scare me if it haunted you
I'm gon' what I want to do
I'ma do what I wanna do
[Chorus]
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped wearing Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
[Verse 2]
Just [?] just year (Embark)
[?] back where (Inside)
n*gga fresher him, what? Where? (My mind)
n*gga's fresh as him, what? Where? Mhm (Than I)
[?], mhm
I'ma [?] plus care
After we [?] pressure
After we [?] rest air
[Refrain]
No, it don't stop, no, it don't
No, it don't stop, no, it don't
No, it don't stop, no, it don't
No, it don't stop, no, it don't
[Chorus]
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped wearing Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed (Embark)
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed (My mind)
I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed
[Refrain]
No, it don't stop, no, it don't
No, it don't stop, no, it don't
No, it don't stop, no, it don't
No, it don't stop, no, it don't
No, it don't stop, no, it don't
No, it don't stop, no, it don't
No, it don't stop, no, it don't
No, it don't stop, no, it don't
[Intro]
(We did it)
Yeah
(We did it, Joe!)
Uh
[Verse 1]
Ye said we runnin' up in Louis, mane
Grill in the Gucci mask, they gon' think it's Gucci Mane
Don't let him in, he too insane
Diamonds all through his chain
And he gone die in it, along with everything He do in vain
I don't wanna be friends with n*ggas
I just wanna keep the door unlocked so they walk in while I'm fuckin' they bitches
She gon' be tellin' her friends "We did it, Joe!"
Imagine the pussy I get for gettin' them in the Yeezy show, oh
Oh, y'all forgot who I was, huh?
'Cause I'm in all black, forgot I was a Blood, huh, stupid
Can't you tell I'm on some new shit?
But still jack n*ggas like Harlow over this music
U-Haul flow, my n*ggas come through and move shit
And if we talkin' beef, I'm the manager at Ruth Chris
If I got somethin' on my chest, I'll say it
We not fuckin with LV, like Pac just died in Vegas
[Verse 2]
I'm my lil' cousin's favorite cousin
I gave 'em all my number and my phone ain't stopped buzzin'
They listen to my songs and say their parents hate the cussin'
They asked if I was nervous on TV or if I wasn't
They asked me if it's true that I don't go to church
"My daddy said you don't," well, then I guess you know
I been thinkin' about goin', though, I might let you know
One day, I'll bring you to my concert, if they let you go
Pumpin' gas alone at Texaco
Hopin' I don't get approached
Don't know if it's clear until I check the coast
All these rappers dyin', I don't wan' be one that's next to go
Paranoia tickin' in my head just like a metronome
I can't walk around like Jack that wore the spectacles
I shook the hands, took the pictures, made myself accessible
Threw the parties, showed love, kept it all respectable
Tried to give you something you ain't had before but
It's all over, they got the drop on my life, it's all over
All this pressure on me, they'd wish I'd fall over
Too bad I'm a winner like fall over
I dropped, uh, heat in February
Cocky tweets in February
All-Star weekend with the court-side seats in February
I'm the champ', you come second like the E in February
All that humble shit was fake, now, can we keep it legendary? Please, please
I'm on some Mount Rushmore shit, I don't care if you can see it
Look at what y'all did, y'all got this white boy actin' too conceited
I was always this conceited, I just kept this shit a secret
Imagine watching Jeen-Yuhs knowing you just as hungry as he was
He might be black and I might be white, but we both dreamed of fuckin' Latinas
Sellin' out arenas, ball players comin' to see us, mm
I appreciate the invite to the cook out, I know Post and MGK already shook out, mm
This ain't gon' be sixteen, I got extra, take the hook out
They got so many rules for me, I'm 'bout to throw the book out, look out
Yeezy said I am so I must be if he said it
I'm the world's ghost writer, they don't want me gettin' credit
Don't let y'all girls meet me, cause they want me if I met 'em
I bet Lil Nas X will fuck me if I let him
[Verse 3]
Of course I came to make y'all mad
Head of the house, but I ain't y'all dad
And I can never be a puppet, cut the strings, that was never me
Matter of fact, I'm everything Donda always said I'd be
Virgil, I miss you, why they take you out the crew?
Always knew Illuminati would put a circle 'round you
I tried to stop it, he would always switch the topics
I grew around dope boys, that's not the way we rockin'
And white people jokes ain't funny as Dave Chapelle's are
And neither is the investment I'm boutta widen the tail for, 'cause I can
When I stand before God, it's gonna be as a man
My momma ain't work for a job just to see her son on his hands
On his knees, I don't apologize, I don't say "Please"
I pay for jet fuel, one second, yo, my assistant want that
All my old Louis and these trash bags, can you take these?
[Outro]
(We did it, we did it Joe!)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://genius.com/Kanye-west-louie-bags-lyrics
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/kanye-west-jack-harlow-top-5-rapper-1235033887/
- ↑ https://www.whosampled.com/Kanye-West/Louie-Bags/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/ThroughTheWire/comments/11k23n3/fresh_snippet_louie_bags_ft_xxxtentacion/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/GoodAssSub/comments/16wpzgy/fresh_leak_louis_bag_ref_the_game_ftjack_harlow/
- ↑ https://krakenfiles.com/view/n47FMJ6n6n/file.html
- ↑ https://genius.com/25204775
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