Tell the Vision by Kanye West (and Pop Smoke)

Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West

New School Critics

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4.8 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Ah, everybody's favorite song on Donda!! Just kidding—people seem to *hate* Tell the Vision. But we're here to prove why it's an essential track on an album where Kanye is discovering and fueling his spiritual purpose here on earth as Pop Smoke looks on from beyond the grave. If you'd like to support the show (and hear this episode ad-free), then join our Patreon community. You can also watch this podcast in video form over on our YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everybody want to know what I would do if I didn't win.
0:07.0	I guess we'll never know. I don't get enough of it. Jesus just rose again.
0:27.5	Listen to the kids.
0:34.0	Welcome to watching the throne.
0:36.9	A lyrical analysis of Kanye West.
0:40.9	My name's Chris Lambert.
0:42.5	My name is Travis Bean and today we're going to look into the future.
0:48.1	We're going to look into our crystal ball and tell the vision.
0:52.3	Tell the, that didn't work so well.
0:53.7	We're talking about tell the vision.
0:55.8	You tried.
0:57.0	I appreciate the attempts and the effort, you know?
0:59.8	Sometimes I have something set up that I'll say beforehand.
1:03.7	Like, oh, I know what trail I can take us down.
1:05.9	And this time, which probably happens half the time.
1:09.8	I don't have anything planned.
1:11.1	I'm like, oh, shit, I have to say something semi-clever.
1:14.0	And usually that's what happens.
1:16.7	Panic sets in, and then we end up in this place.
1:19.9	If you could see me in the video, I'm just bug-eyed as I, like, rack my brain for something to say.
1:26.0	Beautiful.
1:26.9	Beautiful.
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