Never one for the mundane, Kanye has come along and stirred us all up by a releasing a straight-up bizarre song, and offending almost everyone on the planet with his thoughts on slavery.
So, over the weekend Ye released a song called “Lift Yourself” which starts out as your pretty standard Kanye beat with that whole classic-vibe mixed in with some rap. But then, the last verse gets a bit out of hand. Listen for yourself.
In case you think your ears are lying to you, here is the actual lyrics of that last verse:
“Poopy-di scoop
Scoop-diddy-whoop
Whoop-di-scoop-di-poop
Poop-di-scoopty
Scoopty-whoop
Whoopity-scoop, whoop-poop
Poop-diddy, whoop-scoop
Poop, poop
Scoop-diddy-whoop
Whoop-diddy-scoop
Whoop-diddy-scoop, poop”
Groudbreaking stuff. I think Kanye’s well on his way to a pulitzer!
When Kanye said SCOOPITY POOP SCOOP on Lift Yourself, I felt that shit in my soul ? pic.twitter.com/hjwCsCD52F
— ??♂️ (@MissKokoKimmie) April 28, 2018
Because too much controversy is never enough for Ye, he also spoke to TMZ where he said, “When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years?! That sounds like a choice.” Which you know, is offensive to just about everyone.
He did take to Twitter to clarify this statement a bit however:
to make myself clear. Of course I know that slaves did not get shackled and put on a boat by free will
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018
My point is for us to have stayed in that position even though the numbers were on our side means that we were mentally enslaved
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018
the reason why I brought up the 400 years point is because we can’t be mentally imprisoned for another 400 years. We need free thought now. Even the statement was an example of free thought It was just an idea
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018
Oh Kanye, you never cease to surprise us. Can’t wait to see what’s next in the Kanye v the People saga.
