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    Through the Wire: Lyrics & Illuminations
    Through the Wire: Lyrics & Illuminations
    Through the Wire: Lyrics & Illuminations
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    Through the Wire: Lyrics & Illuminations

    By Kanye West and Bill Plympton

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    This is a rare partnership between two geniuses at the top of their crafts -- Kanye West, who was named "the smartest man in hip-hop" by Time magazine, and Bill Plympton, an Academy Award-nominated animator, cartoonist, and illustrator.

    Through the Wire is a graphic memoir that illustrates the lyrics of twelve Kanye West songs to tell his story, from his decision to drop out of college to pursue his dreams in music, through his days spent folding chinos at the Gap while struggling at night to make a name as a producer, through the pivotal car accident that eventually set him on the course to stardom and the epiphany of realizing exactly who he had become:

    "...They say people in your life are like seasons
    And anything that happens is for a reason..."

    Plympton illustrates each of the songs in detail, his vision of Kanye's world. The songs are annotated with explanations of the references in the songs, biographical components that illuminate the lyrics, and their meaning on a deeply personal level.

    The result is a one-of-a-kind book that initially grabs you and stays with you forever.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAtria Books
    Release dateNov 10, 2009
    ISBN9781439181188
    Through the Wire: Lyrics & Illuminations
    Author

    Kanye West

    Kanye West is an American rapper, record producer, and fashion designer. He was born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago. He is known as one of the world’s best-selling music artists and has won twenty-two Grammy Awards.

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      Fantastic, 'bout the only thing could top it be a sequel, greater than a equal. Nostalgic, bottom line, send you ghosts from the past, leave you felling like your looking through the glass, Kanye West rose to the top, no longer last, truly blessed,

      - Ethan West

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    Through the Wire

    A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

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    New York, NY 10020

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    Copyright © 2008 by Kanye West

    All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or

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    First Atria Books hardcover edition November 2008

    ATRIA BOOKS and colophon are trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

    For information about special discounts for bulk purchases,

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    Designed by Joel Avirom and Jason Snyder

    Manufactured in China

    10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.

    ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-3775-5

    ISBN-10:         1-4165-3775-9

    eISBN-13: 978-1-4391-8118-8

    Due to space limitations, lyric permissions appear on page 119

    and should be considered an extention of this copyright page.

    CONTENTS

    Through the Wire

    School Spirit

    Spaceship

    All Falls Down

    Touch the Sky

    The New Workout Plan

    Jesus Walks

    Champion

    Gold Digger

    Heard ’Em Say

    Hey Mama

    Homecoming

    CREDITS

    Through the Wire

    On October 23, 2002, I was in a car accident in Vegas. That’s the whole thing. My whole story. I had a big time accident. My jaw was wired shut and that’s how I rapped Through the Wire–mumbling through the wire on my jaw.

    So in this song, I’m recovering from the accident. You know, when your mouth is wired shut you can’t eat. But there’s this thing from Houston, sippin’ on sizzurp, a drink made from cough syrup. But here I use it with pancakes, like maple syrup.

    At the time of the accident, I’d already done H to the Izzo for Jay-Z. That was my claim to fame.

    YoG they can’t stop me from rapping can they?

    Can they, huh?

    Through the fire, to the limit, to the wall

    For a chance to be with you, I’d gladly risk it all

    Through the fire, through whatever come what may

    For a chance at loving you, I’d take it all away

    Right down through the

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