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Violent Crimes is the seventh and last track from Kanye West's eighth studio album ye (2018). The song features vocals from Ty Dolla $ign and 070 Shake, as well as a voicemail message from Nicki Minaj. Several people including Mike Dean, Kevin Parker, Malik Yusef, and more wrote the song. Pardison Fontaine was revealed to have written most of the lyrics, which both affected the genuine value of the song and made him unhappy with the information being revealed.[1]

The song is perceived as a tribute to his daughters North and Chicago, warning them of what lies ahead in life such as "pervs on the net" and telling them to "stick to karate."[2]

Background[]

The song originated from the Turbo Grafx 16 and LOVE EVERYONE sessions from 2016 to 2018, originating as a 7 Aurelius song called "Brothers."[3] After Aurelius given the song to Kanye, a feature from Chris Stylez was added.[4] However, the song was scrapped in favor for Violent Nights, with references done by 070 Shake and Chance the Rapper.[5] The song would continue to be worked on past LOVE EVERYONE's transition into ye, with Consequence recording an additional reference and an unfinished back-and-forth verse with Ty Dolla $ign surfacing as well.

Several months after the song's release, Kanye revealed in a tweet that Pardison Fontaine wrote most of the lyrics to the song, and that he only made minor changes to it.[6] This likely affected fans' perception that the track was a genuine track written by Ye for his daughters:

Pardison Fontaine wrote the Violent Crimes verses. I changed 2 lines. He wrote the entire song though. Cyhi Cons Pardi. The ghost in the industry

The end of the track features a voicemail from Nicki Minaj rapping two lines that Ye rapped in his sole verse on the song. It's believed that Nicki either wrote the lines for him or at least gave him the blessing for using it (if it was perceived as a diss)[7]:

I'm saying it like...

"I want a daughter like Nicki, aw, man, I promise

I'ma turn her to a monster, but no ménages"

I don't know how you saying it but, let 'em hear this

The song was officially released as track 7 on the album ye on June 1st, 2018. Despite the song originating from Brothers, Brothers was revived during the Yandhi sessions with new features from Ant Clemons and Charlie Wilson.

Lyrics[]

[Intro]
Fallin', dreamin', talkin' in your sleep
I know you want to cry all night, all night
Plottin', schemin', findin'
Reason to defend all of your violent nights
Promise me you will see

[Chorus]
Don't you grow up in a hurry, your mom'll be worried, aw
It was all part of the story, even the scary nights
Thank you for all of the glory, you will be remembered, aw
Thank you to all of the heroes of the night (Night, night)
They gotta repaint the colors, the lie is wearin' off
Reality is upon us, colors drippin' off
Colors drippin' off

[Verse]
N***as is savage, n***as is monsters
N***as is pimps, n***as is players
'Til n***as have daughters, now they precautious
Father, forgive me, I'm scared of the karma
'Cause now I see women as somethin' to nurture
Not somethin' to conquer
I hope she like Nicki, I make her a monster
Not havin' ménages, I'm just bein' silly
I answered the door like Will Smith and Martin
N***a, do we have a problem?
Matter fact, Marlon, this ain't Meet the Fockers
I'll beat his ass, pray I beat the charges
No, Daddy don't play, not when it come to they daughters
Don't do no yoga, don't do pilates
Just play piano and stick to karate
I pray your body's draped more like mine
And not like your mommy's
Just bein' salty, but n***as is nuts
And I am a n***a, I know what they want
I pray that you don't get it all at once
Curves under your dress, I know it's pervs all on the net
All in the comments, you wanna vomit
That's your baby, you love her to death
Now she cuttin' class and hangin' with friends
You break a glass and say it again
She can't comprehend the danger she in
If you whoop her ass, she move in with him
Then he whoop her ass, you go through it again
But how you the devil rebukin' the sin?
Let's pray we can put this behind us
I swear that these times is the wildest
She got the scars, they serve as reminders
Blood still on her pajamas
But yesterday is dead, yeah, moment of silence
Next, she'll be off to college and then at the altar
'Cause she know that n***as is savage, n***as is monsters
N***as is pimps, n***as is players, 'til n***as have daughters
N***s is pimps, n***as is players, 'til n***as have daughters

[Chorus]
Don't you grow up in a hurry, your mom'll be worried, aw
It was all part of the story, even the scary nights
Thank you for all of the glory, you will be remembered, aw
Thank you to all of the heroes of the night (Night, night)
They gotta repaint the colors, the lie is wearin' off
Reality is upon us, colors drippin' off
Colors drippin' off

[Outro]
I'm saying it like...
"I want a daughter like Nicki, aw, man, I promise
I'ma turn her to a monster, but no ménages"
I don't know how you saying it but, let 'em hear this

Credits[]

From Spotify[8]:

References[]

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