Accordingly, the vocalist commences the passage by noting that he too has a dependency on sporting pricey items. However, he gets more macrocosmic and even psychological this time around, noting for instance that such a dependency, amongst himself and others, is actually indicative of low self-esteem. Verse 2īut Yeezus isn’t the type to go around criticizing other people while letting himself off the hook. As such he is the primary subject of the second verse.

in more interested in buying sh*t, like cars and expensive sneakers. So on the first verse, with this track being on a college-themed album and all, the subject is a student in one of such institutions. She is depicted as someone who is not really interested in schooling but is doing so due to pressure from her parents and expectations of the society at large.Īnd even though Kanye isn’t necessarily known as being an advocate of higher education, what he appears to be saying here is that homegirl, who is obviously Black, is disinterested in learning as a result of being “addicted to retail”, i.e. And to illustrate this point, the three verses focus, to varying degrees, on different subjects. Also, just to let the cat out of the bag a bit early, the vain pursuit which Kanye is harping on particularly is materialism, and his focus is most specifically on his people, African-Americans.

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