Kanye West He has shared a musical tribute to his late mother, Donda West, on what would have been his 71st birthday.
The hip-hop star released the new song “DONDA,” which begins with a recording of his mother reciting the lyrics to KRS-One’s “Sound of da Police.”
In the second part, ‘Ye jumps on both feet as he reflects on racism, the Devil, and “false leaders,” all set for an uplifting sound bed.
In it, he says, “Mom, I need you to put me to bed / I made some mistakes and they rubbed it for me / I know that you and Grandma had enough of them / why do I have to be so stubborn then / I’m making this one for everyone / so that we can end racism once and for all. “
Earlier in the day, Kim Kardashian West posted an old video of her husband and mother singing their 2005 song “Hey Mama” Late registration.
West told Oprah Winfrey in 2005 that she wrote the piece for her mother in 2000. “It is one of my favorite songs,” he said at the time. Kanye opened his Sunday service on Mother’s Day 2019 with a cover of the song.
Donda died in 2007 of complications after surgery. She was 58 years old.
