We all know Kanye West isn’t afraid to hold back from saying what he wants both in life and on the Internet, and it was no different when he went on a rant against Wiz Khalifa – his ex Amber Rose’s ex. Naturally, we combined this Twitter rant with our recurring series Hamilton Explained, where we break down tracks from the hit musical’s soundtrack to give more background and insider info on the lyrics. Oh Kanye, history has its eyes on you, even a year later and years to come.
Hamilton Explained: Cabinet Battle #1 (As Kanye Rant Tweets)
Welcome back to Hamilton Explained! It’s been a minute. When the Hamilton soundtrack was released all of these historical and musical references were jumping out at me and I wanted to start unpacking some of them here. I wasn’t counting on a whole community of people doing this very thing over at Genius. Instead of duplicating the efforts from Genius (check out their annotations if you haven’t!) here’s Cabinet Battle #1, explained through tweets from Kanye West’s epic January 27, 2016 rant against Wiz Khalifa.
Stand with me in the land of the free
And pray to God we never see Hamilton’s candidacy
Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky
7th I am your OG and I will be respected as such
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
Imagine what gon’ happen when you try to tax our whisky
6th don’t ever come out the side of your neck at me
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
WASHINGTON:
Thank you, Secretary Jefferson. Secretary Hamilton, your response
HAMILTON:
Thomas. That was a real nice declaration
I went to look at your twitter and you were wearing cool pants
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
I screen grabbed those pants and sent it to my style team #Wizwearscoolpants
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
Welcome to the present, we’re running a real nation
Would you like to join us, or stay mellow
Doin’ whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello?
4th you let a stripper trap you
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
Cookies + Sangria 