Back to Basics

[Kanye West] Uh, Uh Lets take it back to basics When shit gets worse we converse How we need a New Balance before the lines get crossed like Asics Just look at what we got, if we don't shoot the Reeboks This is a beat that no flow can detox So the respect is due like my Louie back I don't wanna have to check you I'm as Chi as buck-fifty's and Pelle Pelle Leathers Some say, my beats made the Bulls play better I say, black on black is the hate that hate made Sara Lee with the dough I'm talkin' bout the cake maid McDonalds with the flow, served over over a billion You've seen the video, words over the building Uh, I wish I could give you this feeling, I wish I could give you this feeling And when The Workout Plan ain't work out man Me and Common is back on the corners again On the corner [Common] Uh, yeah Uh, yeah I open my eyes The corner is like African tribes The black is subsidized The black enterprize The passion arise The youth fantasize, who got some cash in they eyes If youth dies, mamas askin' rationalize Tryna' build a spot where ghetto bastards can rise The ghetto has been bastardized by those who capitalize Wonder if its a plan that the master devised To bring his people to a land where the blacks are despised On the corner