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On “SELFISH,” Kanye re-unites with the late XXXTENTACION for a melancholic, stripped-back song about how one’s flaws, namely selfishness and materialism, can damage a… Read More

Feb. 24, 20221 viewer110K views

Selfish Lyrics

[Intro]
I gotta put me first
I gotta put me first
I gotta put me first, Lucious
I understand that, and I promise you—

[Chorus: XXXTENTACION]
Selfish, I just want you all to my own
These— these b— won't leave me alone
Damaged by the fact I’m alone

[Verse: Kanye West]
I put me first
I put me first, Lucien
What was it worth?
What was it worth in the end?
It was just a purse
It was just a purse, then again
I never seen a purse
Get took as personal as this
Don't make it worse
Don't make it worse than what it is
I spent a church
I spent a church on a Benz
I lost my shirt
Least now, we playing shirts and skins
Shift to reverse
And thеn you skrrt off again
Lewinsky, treat me likе the President
Don’t look at me like I need medicine
Don't care what you heard
Don't care what you heard, CNN
Even friends got a E-N-D at the end

[Chorus: XXXTENTACION]
Selfish, I just want you all to my own
These— these b— won't leave me alone
Damaged by the fact I'm alone
Selfish, I just want you all to my own
These— these b— won't leave me alone
Damaged by the fact I'm alone

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On “SELFISH,” Kanye re-unites with the late XXXTENTACION for a melancholic, stripped-back song about how one’s flaws, namely selfishness and materialism, can damage a relationship.

X first sang a portion of the song during an Instagram Live from November 2017. A ten-second, high-quality snippet of X’s vocals leaked online on July 11, 2020.

The song debuted on February 22, 2022, during the live listening event for Kanye’s eleventh studio album, DONDA 2. It was officially released through Ye’s Stem Player on February 24. It is the second song on the album to feature X, the first being “TRUE LOVE.”

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Have Kanye West and XXXTENTACION collaborated before?

Yes! This marks the third collaboration between the two artists with the first being XXXTENTACION’s “One Minute” and the second being Kanye’s “True Love”.

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