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Hell of a Life
Kanye West Lyrics

I think I just fell in love with a porn star
Turn the camera on, she a born star
Turn the corners in a foreign car
Call the coroners do the C.P.r.
She gave that old nigga an ulcer
Bitter sweet taste made his gold tooth ache (uh)
Make a knee shake, make a priest faint (uh)
Make a nun cum, make her cremate (uh)
Move downtown cop a sweet space (uh)
Livin' life like we on a sweep stakes (what?)

We headed to hell for heaven's sakes (huh?)
Well I'ma levitate, make the devil wait (yeah)

Have you lost your mind?
Tell me when you think we've crossed the line
No more drugs for me
Pussy and religion is all I need
Grab my hand and
Baby we'll live a hell of a life

Never in your wildest dreams
Never in your wildest dreams
In your wildest
You can hear the loudest screams
Comin' from inside the screen
You a wild bitch
Tell me what I gotta do to be that guy
Said her price go down, she ever fuck a black guy
Or do anal, or do a gang bang
It's kinda crazy, that's all considered the same thing
Well I guess a lot of niggas do gang bang
And if we run trains, we all in the same gang
Runaway slaves all on a chain gang
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang

Have you lost your mind?
Tell me when you think we've crossed the line
No more drugs for me
Pussy and religion is all I need
Grab my hand and
Baby we'll live a hell of a life

One day I'm gon' marry a porn star
We'll have a big ass crib and a long yard
We'll have a mansion and some fly maids
Nothin' to hide, we both screwed the bridesmaids
She wanna roll play, 'til I roll over
I'ma need a whole day, at least roll doja
What party is we goin' to on Oscar day?
Especially if she can't get that dress form Oscar De
La Renta, they wouldn't rent her, they couldn't take the shame
That's a dress of her back and told her get away
How could you say they live they life wrong?
When you never fuck wit' the lights on
(Fuck wit' the lights, fuck wit' the, wit' the lights on)
(Fuck wit' the lights, fuck wit' the, wit' the lights on)
(Fuck wit' the lights, fuck wit' the, wit' the lights on)
(Fuck wit' the lights, fuck wit' the, wit' the lights on)
(Fuck wit' the lights, fuck wit' the, wit' the lights on)
(Fuck wit' the lights, fuck wit' the, wit' the lights on)

Have you lost your mind?
Tell me what you think, we've crossed the line
No more drugs for me
Pussy and religion is all I need
Grand my hand
Baby we'll live a hell of a life

I think I fell in love with a porn star
And got married in the bathroom
Honeymoon on the dance floor
And got divorced by the end of the night
That's one hell of a life

Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Ernest Dion Wilson, Kanye Omari West, Michael G Dean, Mike Caren, Mike Dean, Ozzy Osbourne, Sylvester Stewart, Terence Michael Butler, Tony Iommi, Tony Joe White, W T Ward

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With the thematic of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy centered around pros and cons of fame, “Hell of a Life” is the culminating ode to the corrupt use of it to have a one-night stay with a porn star. A porn actress also represents the equivalent to a musical superstar in terms of visibility and openness to the public.

While talking about the making of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy with Complex, Nicki Minaj said Kanye really likes watching porn: Read Full BioWith the thematic of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy centered around pros and cons of fame, “Hell of a Life” is the culminating ode to the corrupt use of it to have a one-night stay with a porn star. A porn actress also represents the equivalent to a musical superstar in terms of visibility and openness to the public.

While talking about the making of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy with Complex, Nicki Minaj said Kanye really likes watching porn:

"I go to the studio and he has nothing but pictures of naked women on his computer that he’d invite me to look at. They were really artsy pictures, but you know he loves nudity, so it was a complete shock to me, ‘cause I thought I had him all figured out, but I didn’t. He was watching porn when we were in the studio—no shame in his game."

An interesting aspect of this song is that despite the title, you never once hear Kanye say the “f” in “Life”, making it sound like “Hell of a Lie” for the entirety of the song. This could mean that Kanye deems the famous lifestyle as a lie to those who aren’t in it and are dreaming of it. The missing “f” sound is prominent in the meaning of these lines:

"I think I fell in love with a pornstar
And got married in the bathroom
Honeymoon on the dance floor
And got divorced by the end of the night
That’s one hell of a life"

This tells us his fantasies with a pornstar were all an illusion.