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Wouldn't Leave is the fourth track from Kanye West's eighth studio album ye (2018). The song includes vocals from PartyNextDoor, Ty Dolla $ign, and Jeremih. It was produced by Kanye and co-produced by Ty Dolla $ign, while additional production was handled by Mike Dean and Noah Goldstein. It also contains a sample of "Baptizing Scene" performed by Reverend W. A. Donaldson.[1][2]

The song is seen as being dedicated to West's then-wife Kim Kardashian after his recent rant on Sway in the Morning or the TMZ interview where he called slavery "a choice," both being controversial moments that attracted media scrutiny.[3][4]

Background[]

Justin Vernon of Bon Iver said that the song was originally a collaboration between him and American musician Phil Cook. The song was also going to have more lyrics regarding the controversial "slavery was a choice" statement but it was left out because it was "just too sensitive."[5]

"Wouldn't Leave" and "EXTACY" (later "XTCY") were the first two entries to the album's track list, seen in a picture posted on May 15, 2018.[6] While "Wouldn't Leave" kept its spot at third, "EXTACY" was replaced with "All Mine" and released as a single later the same year.

Three days after the album's release, Ty Dolla $ign hinted that a collaborative album between him and Kanye was in the works.[7] No collab album released between them was released for an additional nearly 6 years.

Lyrics[]

[Chorus]
I don't feel that she's mine enough
God, I feel I couldn't have you windin' up
Butterfly in my wrist
You make pretty women out of my skin
And I don't feel like
And I know you wouldn't leave

[Verse 1]
They say, "Build your own"—I said, "How, Sway?"
I said, "Slavery a choice"—they said, "How, Ye?"
Just imagine if they caught me on a wild day
Now I'm on fifty blogs gettin' fifty calls
My wife callin', screamin', say we 'bout to lose it all
Had to calm her down 'cause she couldn't breathe
Told her she could leave me now, but she wouldn't leave

[Refrain]
And I know you wouldn't leave

[Bridge]
And I sometimes wish
We doin' such things
We could wait longer than this
Yes, you know you're one of these
We can run through with the top chopped, yeah
And the sundress down, ooh

[Refrain]
And I know you wouldn't...

[Verse 2]
Oh, don't bring that up, that's gon' get me sentimental
You know I'm sensitive, I got a gentle mental
Every time somethin' happen they want me sent to mental
We had an incident, but I cover incidentals
You want me workin' on my messagin'
When I'm thinkin' like George Jetson
But soundin' like George Jefferson
Then they questionin' my methods then
If you tweakin' out on my texts again
Then I don't get reception here
I got the mind state to take us past the stratosphere
I use the same attitude that done got us here
I live for now, I don't know what happen after here
I live for now, I don't know what happen after here
Plus, what was meant to be was meant to be
Even if, publicly, I lack the empathy
I ain't finna talk about it, 'nother four centuries
One and one is two, but me and you, that's infinity

[Refrain]
And I know you wouldn't...

[Chorus]
I don't feel like she's mine enough
God, I feel I couldn't have you windin' up (Why?)
Butterfly in my wrist
You make pretty women out of my skin (Out of my skin)
And I don't feel like (Uhh)
And I know you wouldn't leave (Love me or hate me)

[Outro]
For any guy that ever fucked up (Love me or hate me)
Ever embarrassed they girl (Love me or hate me)
Ever embarrassed they wife (Gone when you miss me)
She told you not to do that shit (Ohh)
She told you you's gon' fuck the money up
But you ain't wanna listen, did you?
Keep that same energy
Keep that same energy
Keep that same energy
Now you testin' her loyalty
This what they mean when they say
"For better or for worse", huh?
For every down female that stuck with they dude
Through the best times, through the worst times
This for you

[Refrain]
And I know you wouldn't leave

Credits[]

Samples "Baptizing Scene" by Reverend W. A. Donaldson[1]

From Spotify.[8] PARTYNEXTDOOR is credited for writing the song twice, as both his legal name (Jahron Anthony Brathwaite) and his stage name:

References[]

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