Remember we were so young
When I would hold you
Before the blood on the leaves
I know there ain't nothin' wrong with me
Something strange is happening
We could've been somebody

Before they call lawyers
Before you tried to destroy us
How you gon' lie to the lawyer?
It's like I don't even know ya
I gotta bring it back to the 'nolia

All in on that alimony, uh
Yeah, yeah, she got you, homie, yeah
'Til death, but do your part
Unholy matrimony." - Meaning and context.">

Blood on the Leaves
“

Before the limelight stole ya
Remember we were so young
When I would hold you
Before the blood on the leaves
I know there ain't nothin' wrong with me
Something strange is happening
We could've been somebody

Before they call lawyers
Before you tried to destroy us
How you gon' lie to the lawyer?
It's like I don't even know ya
I gotta bring it back to the 'nolia

All in on that alimony, uh
Yeah, yeah, she got you, homie, yeah
'Til death, but do your part
Unholy matrimony.

— Kanye West

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Before the limelight stole ya
Remember we were so young
When I would hold you
Before the blood on the leaves
I know there ain't nothin' wrong with me
Something strange is happening
We could've been somebody

Before they call lawyers
Before you tried to destroy us
How you gon' lie to the lawyer?
It's like I don't even know ya
I gotta bring it back to the 'nolia

All in on that alimony, uh
Yeah, yeah, she got you, homie, yeah
'Til death, but do your part
Unholy matrimony." in the context of "Blood on the Leaves" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Kanye West" (Lyrics: All songs produced by Kanye West, except as indicated., Yeezus (2013)) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed February 03, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Kanye West

About Kanye West

Ye (born Kanye Omari West; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur based in Chicago, Illinois. One of the world's best-selling music artists, with over 160 million records sold, West has won 24 Grammy Awards, the joint tenth-most of all time, and the joint-most Grammy awards of any rapper along with Jay-Z. He is frequently lauded as one of hip hop's greatest artists. Six of West's albums were included on Rolling Stones 2020 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list with the same publication naming him one of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. He holds the joint record (with Bob Dylan) for most albums (4) topping the annual Pazz & Jop critic poll, and has the 5th most appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 (133 entries). Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005 and 2015. Ye is a self-proclaimed Nazi and admirer of Adolf Hitler.