“I say fuck the police in my hood” replaces “That’s the sound of the police” in the final hook.

This very line is a detachment, Kanye started talking about material stuff, the night this speech was dropped on his twitter, you could feel chills reading this line.

Whenever he’s feeling homesick, he likes to look up in the sky at his home with ‘mother’ moon. Her elegant beauty reminds him where he came from, and that he’s different from everyone else. But different is okay, different is good

Words of encouragement; being able to hear his own voice say the words back to himself is enough motivation to continue when he might ever want to give up

He doesn’t feel like he fits into today’s society and never will be able to be a part of the masses so fake and unoriginal

Rhetorical questions arose from the depths of fear. What if he gives music his best shot but it isn’t good enough and people don’t even want to listen to his heart and soul? Can they really see that he travels the road less taken, or will their ignorance blind them?

Still playing on the space metaphor from previous lines, he believes only in the motherly warmth and protectiveness of the nighttime moon watching over him. She tells him that he has to pretend to be human even though he is not of this planet, because while intended for himself, his music will help guide other people through their own problems. He’s simply playing the hand she dealt him: given the gift of being able to translate emotions and feelings into melodies and lyrics.

Remember, CuDi is the man on the moon. People may not understand him. He’s afraid of being rejected and not being able to help people. But finally, he helped us out, some people are not so different of him and thanks to him we all know this now.

These voices… They are his ambition. At the very beginning of the song we can heard “dream on”. He wants to become famous and to do music, but that implies a lot of responsibilities. Being an average dude is confortable, and being famous is tiring, he may never recover a normal life without fame after this, that depressed a lot of people. This song was in his Demo Tape, the very first CD he’s ever recorded and send to people, that’s why he put his doubts in music. Whoever is with you, you are alone in the end, facing the audience, facing the music-industry.

Si t'es dans un environnement hostile sans quelqu'un pour surveiller tes arrières, ton espérance de vie sera réduite en conséquence.

Des jeunes de banlieue majoritairement d'origines africaines qui essaient de concrétiser leurs rêves via le rap, issu d'Amérique.