"Tell The Vision" is the third track from Pop Smoke's second posthumous studio album, Faith (2021).[1] The song features vocals from Kanye West and Pusha T, and was also produced by Ye.[2]
An alternate version of the song with the same name was released as the nineteenth track from Kanye's tenth studio album, Donda (2021), and the twenty-third track from the deluxe version of Donda.[3][4] This version features a different beat with a piano loop. It also solely includes Pop Smoke's vocals.
In the song, Pop Smoke and Pusha T rap about how they got famous and how fame has changed their lives.[2]
Production[]
Both versions of tracks are played 4/4 time in 144 BPM and in the key of G Minor.
Background[]
The vocals from "Tell The Vision" originate from an unreleased song by Pop Smoke, titled "We Made It".[5] Several leaked track lists reveal that the song was originally intended to release on the unreleased album, God's Country. In July 2020, though, Kanye transformed the project into DONDA, revealing the track list for the album and announcing that it would release on July 24. This track list reveals that "Tell The Vision" was planned to be the thirteenth track on the album. However, the album did not release on time.[6] On September 17, 2020, Ye made a 5-and-a-half-minute demo version of the song with a guest verse from 2 Chainz, reference vocals from Conway the Machine, and backing vocals from the Sunday Service Choir. There was also noticeably much more production compared to the version on Donda.[7]
On July 15, 2021, the track list for Faith was revealed by Pop Smoke's manager, Steven Victor, revealing that "Tell The Vision" was set to be the third track on his album.[8] A week later, the song was first previewed at the first listening party for Donda at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Trippin'
Wildin' on television
You could
Still see a n***a tell the vision
Pimpin' (Pimpin')
Boy, these boys, pimpin'
Different, huh
These boys, boys—
[Interlude]
Pop was here last week
He was talkin' about Brooklyn and the place Brooklyn was at
How they were really like, thrivin' right now
He was, you know, he was tryna, pull people up with him
He wasn't even into where he was about to be
He just was trying to; he was trying to get there
I mean, he was on his, he was well on his way
Um, it's just tragic, twenty years old, rest in peace
God bless Pop Smoke
[Chorus]
Look, n***a, we made it (Grrt, woo, bah)
N***a, we made it, we made it (Woo)
N***a, we made it (Woo)
Thank God that I made it (Grrt, bah)
N***a, we made it, we made it (Woo)
Look, momma, I made it (Grrt)
[Verse 1]
Look, I remember the days, same fit for a week straight
I used to eat fifty-cent cake
Now, it's Philippe's, it's Philippe's for the steak
And hella thots up in the Wraith
I can't wife that thot, tell that bitch, "Get out of my face"
We killed your big brother, we killed your little brother
Now, it's Philippe's, it's Philippe's for the steak
And hella thots up in the Wraith
Said I hop in a Lamb' and skrrt off, I spent fifty up in Bergdorf
I got shit you never heard of, buy it, I don't care what it cost, no
And I always keep a pole
Rain, snow, I did a hundred on a pro
If you droppin' a woo, we come where you live, Glock 9, infrared
Pull up, and empty the clip, woo
Dread had the strap all summer in the Floss movin' reckless
Please, do not play wit' me, n***a, I keep a K wit' me
[Chorus]
Look, n***a, we made it (Grrt, woo, bah)
N***a, we made it, we made it (Woo)
N***a, we made it (Woo)
Thank God that I made it (Grrt, bah)
N***a, we made it, we made it (Woo)
Look, momma, I made it (Grrt)
N***a, we made it
[Bridge]
Uh? We come from the trenches, n***a (Woo)
Trap, trap, same fit for a week straight (Grrt)
You know what I'm sayin'?
Fifty-cent cake, now, we eatin' Philippe's steak (Hahaha)
[Verse 2]
Look, Tyler got the album of the year, for now
But Pop about to drop, I see the platinum in the clouds
Now Push about to drop, so real trappers stick around
The crown is only for the king, they tryna place it on a clown
I declare war, nickname, 'He Sell Raw'
Different city, same ghetto, bring the Woos on tour
Push start, drop top, 812, two-door
Baby Rover, Benz, coupe, bitch, you gotta choose yours
How can I not? Woo, how can I not?
When a brick is thirty-six, bitch, how could I stop?
These Richard Milles are one-of-one, shit, how could I watch?
We made it, we made it, whether you like it or not
[Chorus]
Look, n***a, we made it (Grrt, woo, bah)
N***a, we made it, we made it (Woo)
N***a, we made it (Woo)
Thank God that I made it (Grrt, bah)
N***a, we made it, we made it (Woo)
Look, momma, I made it (Grrt)
[Intro]
N****, we made it
N****, we made it
N****, we made it
[Chorus: Pop Smoke]
N****, we made it (Grr, woo, bah)
N****, we made it, we made it (Woo)
N****, we made it (Woo)
Thank God that I made it (Grrt, bah)
N****, we made it, we made it (Woo)
Look, mama, I made it (Grrt)
[Verse]
Look, I remember the days, same 'fit for a week straight
I used to eat fifty-cent cake, now it's Philippe's
It's Philippe's for the steak
Buy it, I don't care what it cost
And I always keep a pole
I did a hundred on a pro
If you droppin' a woo, we come where you live
Glock 9, infrared
Pull up and empty the clip
Dread had the strap all summer
In the Floss movin' reckless
Do not play with me, ****, I keep a K with me
[Chorus]
N****, we made it (Grr, woo)
N****, we made it, we made it (Woo)
N****, we made it (Woo)
Thank God that I made it
[Verse 1]
Trippin', wildin' on television
You could still see a n***a tell the vision
Pimpin' (Pimpin'), boy, these boys, pimpin'
Different, these boys, boys different
Trippin', wildin' on television
You could still see and tell the vision
Vivid, what else? What now? These boys pimpin'
Livin' (Hey), you couldn’t tell these boys different
Different, I could feel something different
Different, I could still tell the vision
Trippin', wildin' on television
Vivid, hit it, Polow, Timbo, take my pimpin'
By me, they grow, payroll, they roll (Toni, what?)
[Verse 2]
I'm drippin' (Drippin'), drenched (Drippin')
Can't pay me like you paid Pippen (Pippen), damn (That's my n***a, though)
Got it out the mud in the kitchen
Uh, my way, my way or the highway (Skrrt)
Yahweh, Allah, God, Jehovah (Lord)
I ain't me when I'm sober, I could play a flute to a cobra (Tell 'em)
I ain't goin' back and forth with n***as like Anna Kournikova (Woo)
After this verse, put a portrait up (Bah), this for the unfortunate (Yeah)
This here for the drug dealers, please don't take it personal (Please)
I ain't talkin' 'bout television, I'll sit it in person (Person)
N***as scammin' on P.P.E., trickin' off on purses (Yeah)
Purpose (Find one), I keep sendin' these hearses (Uh)
I keep payin' for funerals, sendin' discounts at churches (Damn)
Chicken talk (Chicken talk), in and out with a kitchen fork (Skrrt, skrrt)
Scope on it, hope you find what you're lookin' for (Bah)
[Verse 3]
Tell the vision (Damn)
They ain't believe in me, they ain't see the vision (No)
Now look at Yeezy, I did it my way, did it different (Mhm)
They don't like to see a black man multi-billion
GAP money, billboard on your buildin'
This the new Wu-Tang, Yeezy for the children
Mama said, "When you gon' get your soul right? When you repentin'?"
Look, I'm speakin' the gospel
Sixty people shot last weekend in Chicago
I'm followin' Jesus like I'm one of the apostles
I walk by faith, so my confidence is colossal
And that's on God, though, this that New God Flow
The word in my Bible, the Lord on my side
Through my lows and my highs, though (Yeah)
Through my lows and my highs, though
I owe it all to God, though (Yee)
[Outro]
Duh, duh, duh, duh
Duh, duh, duh, duh
Duh, duh, duh, duh
Duh, duh, duh, duh
Duh, duh, duh, duh
Duh, duh, duh, duh
Duh, duh, duh, duh
Duh, duh, duh, duh
References[]
- ↑ https://open.spotify.com/album/2MlT9dGKoGH2hsfcz7UUXL
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://genius.com/Pop-smoke-tell-the-vision-lyrics
- ↑ https://open.spotify.com/album/5CnpZV3q5BcESefcB3WJmz
- ↑ https://open.spotify.com/album/2Wiyo7LzdeBCsVZiRA6vVZ
- ↑ https://krakenfiles.com/view/HDfgcd0zza/file.html
- ↑ https://rapzilla.com/2020-07-kanye-west-announces-new-album-donda/
- ↑ https://genius.com/Kanye-west-tell-the-vision-demo-lyrics
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CRWppi5Dqn3/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading
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