Kanye West featuring GLC, Consequence, and Tony Williams - "Spaceship" (Unreleased Video)

Kanye West featuring GLC, Consequence, and Tony Williams - "Spaceship"

Produced By Kanye West

The College Dropout

Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam 2004

Directed by Kanye West

"Spaceship" is the planned sixth single from Kanye West's debut studio album The College Dropout. A music video had been made for the song, but never released because Def Jam decided to begin promoting West's second album, Late Registration.

Spaceship (Lyrics)

(Hook x2)

I've been workin' this graveshift and I ain't made shit

I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky

(Verse 1: Kanye West)

If my manager insults me again

I will be assaulting him

After I fuck the manager up

Then I'm gonna shorten the register up

Let's go back, back to the Gap

Look at my check, wasn't no scratch

So if I stole, wasn't my fault

Yeah I stole, never got caught

They take me to the back and pat me

Askin' me about some khakis

But let some black people walk in

I bet you they show off their token blackie

Oh now they love Kanye, let's put him all in the front of the store

So I'm on break next to the "No Smokin'" sign with a blunt in the mall

Takin' my hits, writing my hits

Writin' my rhymes, playin' my mind

This fuckin' job can't help him

So I quit, y'all welcome

Y'all don't know my struggle

Y'all can't match my hustle

You can't catch my hustle

You can't fathom my love dude

Lock yourself in a room doing 5 beats a day for 3 summers

That's a Different World like Cree Summer's

I deserve to do these numbers

"The kid that made that deserves that Maybach!"

So many records in my basement

I'm just waiting on my spaceship

(Hook)

(Verse 2: GLC)

And I didn't even try to work a job

Represent the mob

At the same time thirsty on the grind

Chi state of mind

Lost my momma, lost my mind

My life, my love, that's not mine

"Why you ain't signed?"

Wasn't my time

Leave me alone, work for y'all

Half of it's yours, half of it's mine

Only one to ball

Never one to fall

Got to get mine

Got to take mine

Got a Tec-9

Reach my prime

Got to make these haters respect mine

In the mall until 12 when my schedule had said 9

Putting them pants on shelves

Waiting patiently I ask myself

Where I want to go, where I want to be

Life is much more than running in the streets

Holla at 'Ye, hit me with the beat

Put me on my feet

Sound so sweet

Yes I'm the same ol' G, same goatee

Staying low key, nope

Holler at God "Man why'd you have to take my folks?"

Hope to see Freddie G., Yusef G

Love my G, Rolly G

Police watch me smoke my weed, count my G's

Got a lot of people counting on me

And I'm just trying to find my peace

Should've finished school like my niece

Then I finally wouldn't use my piece (blaw!)

(Hook)

(Verse 3: Consequence)

I remember having to take the dollar cab

Coming home real late at night

Standing on my feet all damn day

Trying to make this thing right

And having one of my co-workers say "Yo, you look just like

This kid I seen in an old Busta Rhymes video the other night"

Well easy come, easy go, how that saying goes

No more broad service, cars, and them TV shows

I had all that snatched from me

A&Rs and they faculties all turn their back on me

And didn't want to hear a rap from me

So naturally actually had to face things factually

Had to be a catastrophe with the fridges staring back at me

Cause nothing's there, nothing's fair

I don't want to ever go back there

So I won't be taking no days off 'til my spaceship takes off

(Hook)

(Outro: Tony Williams)

I want to fly, I want to fly

I said I want my chariot to pick me up

And take me, brother, for a ride