No Mistakes is the fifth track from Kanye West's eighth studio album ye (2018). The song features vocals from Kid Cudi, Charlie Wilson, and Caroline Shaw. It was produced by West, Shaw, Mike Dean, and Eric Danchick. CyHi and Malik Yusef also wrote the song alongside some other writers and the producers themselves.[1]
The song contains samples of "Children Get Together," performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, as well as "Hey Young World", performed by Slick Rick.[2]
The chorus of the song features Charlie Wilson and Kid Cudi singing "make no mistake, girl, I still love you," while Ye's verse contains reflections on the financial and mental health issues he's struggled with since his 2016 hospitalization. There is also a shot at Drake from their beef which was still going at the time of the song's release.[3]
Background[]
Though Cudi and Ye's collaborations together date back to 2008 on "Welcome to Heartbreak," the two's relationship got rocky at times, including when Cudi called Ye a hater in September 2016. Despite this, he was spotted with West in Wyoming two months before the album's release. The first known version of the song was recorded on May 18, 2018.
Originally, only Cudi was on the chorus and Caroline Shaw had more background vocals. As to when Charlie Wilson had recorded his vocals for the hook is unknown. Several alt mixes for the song are said to exist.
The song fully released on June 1st, 2018 as the fifth track of ye. Eight days after the album's release, Kanye and Cudi's collab album and debut album under the "KIDS SEE GHOSTS" stage name, "KIDS SEE GHOSTS" would release on June 9th, 2018.
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Believe it or not
Believe it or not
[Chorus]
Make no mistake, girl, I still love you
Make no mistake, girl, I still love you
Make no mistake, girl, I still love you
Make no mistake, girl, I still love you
[Verse]
Take the top off, let the sun come in (The Lord still shines on you)
Whoa, for all my dogs that stayed down, we up again (Again)
Oh, I got dirt on my name, I got white on my beard
I had debt on my books, it's been a shaky-ass year
Let me make this clear, so all y'all see
I don't take advice from people less successful than me
Hah? Ain't no love lost, but the gloves off
And we up in this bitch until they turn the club off
Had to tell the dogs, "Turn the snubs off"
Plus they already mad that the Cubs lost
(Believe it or not) These two wrongs'll right you
(Believe it or not) I was too grown in high school
(Believe it or not) The true soul of Ice Cube
Too close to snipe you, truth told, I like you
Too bold to type you, too rich to fight you
Calm down, you light skin
[Chorus]
Make no mistake, girl, I still love you (Make no)
Make no mistake, girl, I still love you (No way)
(Believe it or not, the Lord still shines on you)
Make no mistake, girl, I still love you
(Believe it or not, the Lord still shines on you)
Make no mistake, girl, I still love you
(Believe it or not, the Lord still shines on you)
Make no mistake, girl, I still love you (No way)
Make no mistake, girl, I still love you
Credits[]
From Spotify[1]:
- Performed by Kanye West, Charlie Wilson, Kid Cudi & Caroline Shaw
- Written by Scott Mescudi, Oladipo Omishore, Terrence Boykin, Kenneth Pershon, Cydel Young, Malik Yusef, Richard Walters, MIKE DEAN, Edwin Hawkins, Che Pope & Kanye West
- Produced by Che Pope, MIKE DEAN, Caroline Shaw, Eric Danchick & Kanye West
- Samples "Children Get Together" by the Edwin Hawkins Singers
- Samples "Hey Young World" by Slick Rick