I remember downloading this song before college dropout came out and it was my favorite song. Knew every lyric and Kanye came to our student union to perform in a small ballroom when CD dropped and he performed this song and he caught me in the crowd rapping every word of this song and he had that look like how this guy know these words? Lol I’ll never forget that .
I bought freshmen adjustment when I was 16 and didn't really know what I listening to ..I knew it was good but now 20 years later I realise it's some of the best hip hop ever made 💥
Hook: John Legend] Go ahead roll it up and pass it round Cause lately's been a whole lot of bullshit going down A lot of soldiers ain't make it through this year So lets just celebrate that we still here and Oh, never leave me alone Tell em holla at ya boy, and cause I'll be comin home I'll be comin home, oh, never leave me alone Tell em holla at ya boyyy and cause I'll be comin home I'll be coming home [Verse 1: Kanye West] My homie called me like what up man Not from Florida but what up fam It's been a whole lot of hatin' again And if they hatin' on me damn what up then I met this girl when I was 3 years old And what I loved most she had so much soul She said "Excuse me little homey, I know you don't know me But, my name is Windy and I like to blow trees" And from that point I never blow her off Niggas come from out of town, I like to show her off They like to act tough, she like to tow 'em off And make 'em straighten up they hat 'cos she know they soft And when I grew up she showed me how to go downtown In the nighttime, her face lit up, so astoundin' I told her in my heart is where she'll always be She never mess with entertainers cause they always leave She said "It felt like they walked and drove on me Knew I was gang affiliated, got on TV and told on me" I guess that's why last winter she got so cold on me She said "'Ye, keep making that platinum and gold for me!" But if you really cared for her Then yiy woulda never hit the airport and followed ya dreams Sometimes I still talk to her, but when I talk to her It always seem like she talkin bout me She said, "You left ya kids, and they just like you They wanna rap and make soul beats just like you But they just not you, and I just got through Talkin bout, what niggas tryin to do, just not new" Now everybody got the game figured out all wrong I guess you never know what you got till it's gone I guess that's why I'm here and I can't come back home And guess when I heard that? When I was back home In the interviews I'm representin you makin you proud Shoot for the stars so if you fall you land on the clouds Jump in the crowds, spark ya lighters and wave 'em around If you don't know by now, I'm talkin about Chi-Town
2004, Junior year, Pace University, downtown NYC, picked up the bootleg CD on John and Fulton, loved it and listened to it 247, a month later he was playing at Schimmel Theater at my school, I got free tickets as an upper-classman, scalped them to some girls outside the dorm and missed the show, terrible mistake....
You never said why you got rid of the tickets. Especially having already been a self professed fan. Regardless, you missed out on a live performance from the best iteration of Kanye West. Instead, some becky's will live to tell their grandchildren they saw the man at his musical peak. You musta really needed the money.
Man i just listened to International Players Anthem by UGK featuring Outkast and this beat definitely feels inspired by that. First thing I could think of when I heard that beat. Thats one of the best things about Kanye he dont shy away from who inspired him to do whatever he did.
@@VASpecial036 bro the thing is he could have just become a pop rapper like Drake but instead he just made what he wanted like gosple music not very pop if you ask me
Charlie Mora the album version don’t Ben compare. The Nina Simone sample is so damn good and adds to the story of “home” and “returning home”. The album version takes a huge shit on this version, disappointingly so. And John legend’s chorus is as poignant now as it was back in the early 2000s.
I love this version more than the College Dropout version. Had college Dropout on bootleg before it came out and this was one of the song and the poetry he changes to a song with Syleena Johnson.
FUCK i completely forgot about this after hearing the one from graduation so many times. This is my favorite version, but i understand how having the chris martin version probably reached a lot more people.
People should stop saying this is better than homecoming. He's made the same song over and called it the same name. He obviously called homecoming a different name cause it's a different song (even tho it has the same lyrics) so chill tf out with picking sides.
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I remember downloading this song before college dropout came out and it was my favorite song. Knew every lyric and Kanye came to our student union to perform in a small ballroom when CD dropped and he performed this song and he caught me in the crowd rapping every word of this song and he had that look like how this guy know these words? Lol I’ll never forget that .
Dang that’s hell of an experience bro! Happy for you!
That’s a sick memory
🔥 ❤
That’s so damn cool omg
Wow
I’m obsessed with this song rn in 2021... this era of Kanye music is the golden era of modern hip hop
Yepppppp
From 2000-2006 Kanye beats were crazy !!
2000-present
And we cant even phantom the beats or songs we will NEVER hear 🤤🤤🤤
true indeed
@@Svbr2th well they prob worse then the ones we do hear, that’s why he don’t release or use them
@@burner4080 point. I was thinking about great finished tracks that just didn't make certain albums
First heard this when is was like 15. I'm 32 now.
I feel u man. I first heard this when I was 13 I'm 28 now
Fuckin boomers
Jkjk
Welcome back, home 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Me too
I bought freshmen adjustment when I was 16 and didn't really know what I listening to ..I knew it was good but now 20 years later I realise it's some of the best hip hop ever made 💥
You and me both fam 🙏🏽 amazing track, I remember downloading this on limewire in 2004
Ye 🔥
20 years??? when did this release
@@Zorvolex 2004
Even his scrapped beats are 🔥🔥🔥
Idk how he could scrap this though.. this sht just feels good and I'm from Philly..
@@tywalker215 this is on graduation its called homecoming same lyrics different beat tho, weezy also rapped on this beat
@@cube5884 i know.. I wasn't feeling Homecoming though.. This beat is just soulful, feels good to hear
@@tywalker215 Damn lol i like home coming a bit more its more polished
@@cube5884 i fucks with this version more tbh, feels more Chicago to me
one of my favs Ive kept this in rotation for years
Bro, this go hard. Kanye is my spirit animal.
same
It would be epic if he performed this version in Chicago
kanye west old mss Chicago soul bets Classic album
He need to drop this when Hoover come home
🙌🏾🐐
When I was a 2nd year Freshman back in 2003 I was driving the white boys crazy blastin this in the dorm rooms. I got like 6 noise complaints.
I was born in 03 💀
If you're from Chicago and you go away for years. Play this song on the way back.
Wipe away the tears and smile
Similar for returning to Mexico. Leo Dan - toquen mariachis canten.
Pardon me, it's a similar emotion but when leaving, not returning.
this song got me through some tuff times
me 2 brotha.. Pray for Ye
It’s crazy how his delivery improved over time
I’d say this is better than the fucjing new shit though.
“It’s like a love story …it kinda hurts though”
Hook: John Legend] Go ahead roll it up and pass it round Cause lately's been a whole lot of bullshit going down A lot of soldiers ain't make it through this year So lets just celebrate that we still here and Oh, never leave me alone Tell em holla at ya boy, and cause I'll be comin home I'll be comin home, oh, never leave me alone Tell em holla at ya boyyy and cause I'll be comin home I'll be coming home [Verse 1: Kanye West] My homie called me like what up man Not from Florida but what up fam It's been a whole lot of hatin' again And if they hatin' on me damn what up then I met this girl when I was 3 years old And what I loved most she had so much soul She said "Excuse me little homey, I know you don't know me But, my name is Windy and I like to blow trees" And from that point I never blow her off Niggas come from out of town, I like to show her off They like to act tough, she like to tow 'em off And make 'em straighten up they hat 'cos she know they soft And when I grew up she showed me how to go downtown In the nighttime, her face lit up, so astoundin' I told her in my heart is where she'll always be She never mess with entertainers cause they always leave She said "It felt like they walked and drove on me Knew I was gang affiliated, got on TV and told on me" I guess that's why last winter she got so cold on me She said "'Ye, keep making that platinum and gold for me!" But if you really cared for her Then yiy woulda never hit the airport and followed ya dreams Sometimes I still talk to her, but when I talk to her It always seem like she talkin bout me She said, "You left ya kids, and they just like you They wanna rap and make soul beats just like you But they just not you, and I just got through Talkin bout, what niggas tryin to do, just not new" Now everybody got the game figured out all wrong I guess you never know what you got till it's gone I guess that's why I'm here and I can't come back home And guess when I heard that? When I was back home In the interviews I'm representin you makin you proud Shoot for the stars so if you fall you land on the clouds Jump in the crowds, spark ya lighters and wave 'em around If you don't know by now, I'm talkin about Chi-Town
At the end of the day Ye is the greatest of all time.
I respect and disagree with your opinion sir
Hell no, his end of his career has been osthetic
@@rc13069696 his career aint ended and compared to eminems Last albums its amazing lmaoo
@@rc13069696 donda is easily better than most artists best albums
I don’t agree but songs I like this made me understand why you would think that 🔥
that sample 🔥
Wow I just got goosebumps I haven’t heard this since 2004 this just made my day!!! Real KANYE shiet! The OG Kanye tracks all day. Love the old Kanye
2004, Junior year, Pace University, downtown NYC, picked up the bootleg CD on John and Fulton, loved it and listened to it 247, a month later he was playing at Schimmel Theater at my school, I got free tickets as an upper-classman, scalped them to some girls outside the dorm and missed the show, terrible mistake....
You never said why you got rid of the tickets. Especially having already been a self professed fan. Regardless, you missed out on a live performance from the best iteration of Kanye West. Instead, some becky's will live to tell their grandchildren they saw the man at his musical peak. You musta really needed the money.
@@ChandlerBinh they weren't beckys
One of my favorites!!
I love this my gawd!! it's a raw type of smooth...
🙌Still listen to this one and Freshmen Adjustment 2! Love those two!🙌
the homecoming verses i luv it
This was the original homecoming
this one is better than the other one called homecoming
my thots exactly.
More soulful !
Word
*than* ,not then.
Yes I hate the other version.
This is why Jay said, "Oh you a real SOULFUL dude, man"
sounds so soulful don’t you agree
Man this beat so 🔥 brings me back ! And an uknown John legend at the time! Mannn 🥲😢
Classic #Timeless
truth.
Man i just listened to International Players Anthem by UGK featuring Outkast and this beat definitely feels inspired by that. First thing I could think of when I heard that beat.
Thats one of the best things about Kanye he dont shy away from who inspired him to do whatever he did.
🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
could've been considered among the all-time and legendary *hip-hop* artist. he isn't that anymore, just another pop rapper
@@VASpecial036 bro the thing is he could have just become a pop rapper like Drake but instead he just made what he wanted like gosple music not very pop if you ask me
@@VASpecial036 How???
The soul sound is undefeated
This is my favorite Ye song hands down… been on this since 2015
Home > Homecoming
Charlie Mora the album version don’t Ben compare. The Nina Simone sample is so damn good and adds to the story of “home” and “returning home”. The album version takes a huge shit on this version, disappointingly so. And John legend’s chorus is as poignant now as it was back in the early 2000s.
This beat was better
Couldn’t fuck with the album after hearing what he did to this joint on the album. So disappointing. This joint is a classic
I was so disappointed when the homecoming version dropped.
@@AerialPenn damn u missed out on some golden music and arguably his best work ur loss
woooow this better than graduation version
One of my favourites
2022 Still Banging Home
Ahh...high school grade 12 2016 memories....god damn...
I first heard it in like 2004
this shit hits different after watching jeen-yuhs
Wayne murdered this - Blowing up fast
This the Kanye I miss... He's long gone..
everybody changes
Just remember that a bunch of soul samples first put Kanye on the map as a producer AND rapper!
Vintage Johnny Legendary. I dont know who this Lionel Ritchie dude is singing these days.
Im feeling this
Gosh wish Ye could make soul beats again
South Carolina LEAK
Mind is Powerful LEAK
Misunderstood LEAK
Lift Yourself RELEASED
Cash to Burn LEAK
Believe What I Say RELEASED
Kanye to theeee
I love this song 🔥🔥🔥
I love this version more than the College Dropout version. Had college Dropout on bootleg before it came out and this was one of the song and the poetry he changes to a song with Syleena Johnson.
Not from Florida but "What Up FAM" lol.
If you are a human and can feel this version is trippin
Yo if only they would remake this essence #2022
Classic 2002 kanye🔥🔥🔥
best kayne song imo
Goat
Memories of 2003-04 when I met him. Your mother says you did good. Come back home.
Magic
kanye west old mss Chicago soul bets
*_*miss_** and *_*beats_** .
this song got me started to listening to kanya
His name is spelled *_*KANYE_** .
@@jayskicksnfits9372 now his name is spelled Ye
@@applely6000 Even though he changed his name to Ye, people are still gonna address him as Kanye regardless.
Amazing
OH GOD
Yezzzyyyyyy
Musical genius
cold
play
Make em straighten up they hat cause she know they soft
kanye is so good
this is completely different from homecoming
Thank you water bottle
It was originally meant for College Dropout
always 🥹
I think it’s interesting how old Kanye would keep some of his raps for years until he would find a perfect beat
FUCK i completely forgot about this after hearing the one from graduation so many times. This is my favorite version, but i understand how having the chris martin version probably reached a lot more people.
ye is the goat
fr
Lil Wayne - Blowing Up Fast
Think about it. This was before he got signed. He had this verse for years. Till His third abum
Before he got corrupted by The Kardashians & Fame, Music Like This Clearly Came From His Heart
This is better than Homecoming
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
oh my god
Chicago 🔱
Damn I miss tho kanye ... That vintage shit.. That Hollywood changed come back to the chi.. We miss this kanye
Fuck bro its lit🔥
i miss you kanye
Best rap song of all time hands down
Chicago New Years anthem
not his first mixtape, also this song was on his demo tape from 2003, this wasnt the fist time it was seen.
#kanyewestforpresident2028
I feel like a lot of people are missing the point, praising this version...it sounds so soulful but it doesn't make me feel like I'm in a stadium.
Idk hearing this in a stadium would be one of the best things, but I do adore the Graduation version
Is this on Spotify?
Please tel me
unfortunately no, you'll have to use local files
Kanye is so heavy, just freeze by the cover of common
I like this one better than the Graduation version
I might get left out in the rain
Ft John legend?
Pqppppppppp
Burna boy's 'anybody' starts almost the same way
might have to local files this to get it on apple music
Lil wayne blowing up fast
Chicago got its own version where you gotta be from here or know someone lol
1:39 TALK TUAH? what the sigma..
those who know button --------->
He gave this beat Wayne if you know you know
He understood the commercial too much
what you mean home
People should stop saying this is better than homecoming. He's made the same song over and called it the same name. He obviously called homecoming a different name cause it's a different song (even tho it has the same lyrics) so chill tf out with picking sides.
this one is so much better than homecoming and you are a fucking morom
@@cluubik961 why so aggressive lol
When John Legend used to sing like Bilal
Superior version
Wtf!?