But can I please give her these flowers?

You know the best medicine go to people that's paid.
If Magic Johnson got a cure for AIDS
And all the broke motherfuckers passed away,
You telling me if my grandma was in the NBA,
Right now, she'd be okay?
But since she was just a secretary
Working for the church for thirty-five years,
Things supposed to stop right here?" - Meaning and context.">

Roses
“

I know it's past visiting hours,
But can I please give her these flowers?

You know the best medicine go to people that's paid.
If Magic Johnson got a cure for AIDS
And all the broke motherfuckers passed away,
You telling me if my grandma was in the NBA,
Right now, she'd be okay?
But since she was just a secretary
Working for the church for thirty-five years,
Things supposed to stop right here?

— Kanye West

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I know it's past visiting hours,
But can I please give her these flowers?

You know the best medicine go to people that's paid.
If Magic Johnson got a cure for AIDS
And all the broke motherfuckers passed away,
You telling me if my grandma was in the NBA,
Right now, she'd be okay?
But since she was just a secretary
Working for the church for thirty-five years,
Things supposed to stop right here?" in the context of "Roses" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Kanye West" (Lyrics: All songs produced by Kanye West, except as indicated., Late Registration (2005)) 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.