A single lyric from Kanye West<\/a>\u2019s early catalog is back in the spotlight, thanks to O\u2019Shea Jackson Jr<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jackson took to X on Sunday (April 12) to call out a striking line from Kanye\u2019s 2004 debut album The College Dropout<\/a>, zeroing in on a moment from \u201cGet \u2018Em High\u201d that highlighted Ye\u2019s will to be great.<\/p>\n \u201cIn school when Kanye\u2019s teacher called him a loser,\u201d Jackson wrote. \u201cHis response was WHY DONT YOU KILL ME!?!\u201d<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cThat\u2019s in COLLEGE DROPOUT. What kinda rebuttal is that?! Talk about raising the stakes.\u201d<\/p>\n COMPLEX SHOP:<\/b> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what’s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n Jackson closed his tweet on a lighter note, adding: \u201cWhoever reading this. Go drink some water.\u201d<\/p>\n The line, delivered during a verse about Kanye’s early struggles in school, captures the frustration he felt toward authority figures who doubted his path.<\/p>\n “My freshman year, I was going through hella problems \/ ‘Till I built up the nerve to drop my ass up out of college \/ My teacher said I’s a loser, I told her, ‘Why don’t you kill me? \/ I give a f**k if you fail me, I’m gonna follow \/ My heart,’ and if you follow the charts \/ Or the plaques or the stacks, you ain’t gotta guess who’s back, you see?,” raps Kanye.<\/p>\n The post quickly resonated with fans, many of whom revisited the lyric and reflected on the raw emotion behind it, while others claimed that Ye borrowed the line from Beck’s 1993 single \u201cLoser,\u201d in which he sings, “I’m a loser, baby, so why don’t you kill me?”<\/p>\n “Hell yea,” someone tweeted alongside a picture of Ye. Another person said, referencing the next bar in Kanye’s song, “I give a f**k if you feel me im gonna follow my heart.”<\/p>\n A third person tweeted, “Oof. Dude didn’t understand the Beck reference.”<\/p>\n “Get ‘Em High,” which features Talib Kweli and Common, is one of several tracks on The College Dropout where Ye explores themes of rejection, ambition, and nonconformity on songs such as “Spaceships,” “Jesus Walks,” “All Falls Down,” and more.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Cam\u2019ron Says “Cousins” Song is Reason He ‘Probably’ Won’t Ever Interview Kanye West<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Watch Erykah Badu Refuse to Comment on Kanye West After Attending an L.A. Show<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Kanye West Lawsuit: Former Security Guard Seeks Nearly $900,000 Over Alleged Unpaid Wages<\/span><\/p>\n Kanye West Has Been Blocked From Traveling to the UK Following Wireless Festival Announcement<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n K-Pop Superstars Monsta X Announce 2026 North American Tour Dates<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\nRelated News<\/h3>\n
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