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So goodnight, cruel world, I'll see you in the morning
Huh? I'll see you in the morning
This is way too much, I need a moment Kanye West – POWER
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Note Kanye’s series of light/dark references in the last few lines, mentioning women’s skin tone, himself in a white man’s world, and night and day.

Also note here the phrase “goodbye, cruel world” has been modified to “goodnight.” Instead of contemplating suicide over the trials of the “white man world,” Ye shrugs it off and goes to sleep for the evening.

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This round of the chess tournament has been quite stressful, and Kanye sometimes feels that he is being unfairly judged by chess fans. Nevertheless, he continues to compete, similar to famous chess player Bobby Fischer, who he also references in other lines.

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funny Ye has an album cruel summer and a song in the morning or so.

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With the juxtaposition of light and dark being a theme in the song, Kanye may be saying “I’ll see you in the mourning” mourning being something people do when someone dies, implying suicidal thoughts and then follows it up with “huh? I’ll see you in the morning” and saying “huh?” is him snapping back into the reality of going to bed and moving forward.

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While we’re on the topic of “goodbye” and “goodnight”, that itself could be a reference to Good Night (a bonus track off of Graduation), where the chorus sings: “I don’t wanna say goodbye to you / So I’m just gonna say goodnight to you” A bit of a reach, but I’m positive Ye had that in mind.

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the repetition of ‘I’ll see you in the morning’ emphasizes the fact that Kanye will be back in the morning to continue challenging these injustices

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Prayin' my people bailed out like Time Warner JAY-Z – Regrets
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In late 1995, the Disney Company bought Capital Cities/ABC. In response to this new threat, Time Warner set out to create its own mega merger with the purchase of the Turner Broadcasting Company. In 1996 (the year Reasonable Doubt) dropped – Time Warner and Turner finally merged. Respect your M&A history kids

Jay-Z must have been keeping up with corporate deals all the way back in 1996. Talk about preparation!

ACCEPTED COMMENT: This line refers to Time Warner selling its stake in Interscope Records due to the controversy surrounding rap music and Interscope artists at the time (1995). They bailed out on rap music or got away from it. Jay is hoping his workers did the same from the scene of the drug transaction.

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