Kanye West Teases New Tribute to His Late Mother ‘Donda’
Celebrating his late mother’s post-humous 71st birthday, Kanye West has teased his latest song Donda on July 12. Sharing a two-minute clip with his fans on Twitter ‘Ye opens the preview with a voiceover of his beloved mother Donda West.
“In loving memory of my incredible mother on her birthday,” he says. “My mom reciting KRS1 lyrics. This song is called DONDA.”
Donda’s voice passionately recites moving lyrics about police brutality from KRS-One’s anthem Sound of da Police.
As soon as the beat drops, West chimes in with his own lyrics describing his controversial plan to run for president, “We goin to start a revolution in this basement,” he raps. “Y’all had y’all fake leaders, don’t worry we got it.”
In another line potentially referring to his desire to run for office, he promises, “I’m doin this one for y’all, so we can end racism once and for all.”
Turning back to the mourning of his mother, Kanye West continues, “Mama I need you to tuck me in. I’ve made some mistakes and they rubbed it in.”
Footage from the video also shows the rapper and his mom singing another song, Hey Mama, that West dedicated to her back in 2005; which has remained a fan-favourite hit off of his Late Registration album.
Donda helped to manage her son Kanye West’s skyrocketing career before her untimely passing in 2007.
