🎵 Gold Digger // by Kanye West

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Gold Digger

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Late Registration July 5, 2005 📍 Sony Music Studios (New York) 👁 3,114,773
🎧 1,955,275 listeners ▶ 17,916,001 plays IMUDB Ranking 9.5/10 Based on how many times this track has been played on Last.fm — not a critic score.
Kanye West - Gold Digger ft. Jamie Foxx
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"Gold Digger" is a song by rapper & producer Kanye West featuring singer & actor Jamie Foxx, it released on July 5, 2005 as the second single to Kanye's sophomore album, Late Registration. The song includes additional vocals from Plain Pat & Don C. Kanye created the beat in Atlanta around 2004. He and Jon Brion produced the song. It was originally set to be recorded for Shawnna's debut album, Worth Tha Weight (2004), but the song was later passed on to Kanye. Read more on Last.fm.

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230 ContributorsTranslationsPortuguêsSvenskaPolskiРусский (Russian)Dansk Gold Digger Lyrics Kanye examines the “gold digger” phenomenon and sheds light on relationships on this hit single. The song’s hook was originally written for Shawnna and performed from a female’s perspective with lines like… Read More  [Intro: Jamie Foxx & Kanye West] She take my money when I'm in need Yeah, she's a triflin' friend indeed Oh, she's a gold digger Way over town that digs on me Uh [Pre-Chorus: Kanye West] Now, I ain't sayin' she a gold digger But she ain't messin' with no broke niggas Now, I ain't sayin' she a gold digger But she ain't messin' with no broke niggas [Chorus: Kanye West] Get down, girl, go 'head, get down Get down, girl, go 'head, get down Get down, girl, go 'head, get down Get down, girl, go 'head [Verse 1: Kanye West] Cutie the bomb, met her at a beauty salon With a baby Louis Vuitton under her underarm She said, "I can tell you rock, I can tell by your charm Far as girls, you got a flock I can tell by your charm and your arm" But I'm lookin' for the one, have you seen her? My psychic told me she'll have a ass like Serena Trina, Jennifer Lopez, four kids And I gotta take all they bad asses to ShowBiz? Okay, get your kids, but then they got their friends I pulled up in the Benz, they all got up in We all went to din' and then I had to pay If you fuckin' with this girl, then you better be paid You know why? It take too much to touch her From what I heard, she got a baby by Busta My best friend said she used to fuck with Usher I don't care what none of y'all say, I still love her [Pre-Chorus: Kanye West] Now, I ain't sayin' she a gold digger, uh But she ain't messin' with no broke niggas, uh Now, I ain't sayin' she a gold digger, uh But she ain't messin' with no broke niggas, uh [Chorus: Kanye West] Get down, girl, go 'head, get down Get down, girl, go 'head, get down Get down, girl, go 'head, get down Get down, girl, go 'head [Verse 2: Kanye West] Eighteen years, eighteen years She got one of your kids, got you for eighteen years I know somebody payin' child support for one of his kids His baby mama car and crib is bigger than his You will see him on TV any given Sunday Win the Super Bowl and drive off in a Hyundai She was supposed to buy your shorty Tyco with your money She went to the doctor, got lipo with your money She walkin' 'round lookin' like Michael with your money Shoulda got that insured, Geico for your money (Money) If you ain't no punk Holler, "We want prenup, we want prenup, yeah" It's somethin' that you need to have 'Cause when she leave yo' ass, she gon' leave with half Eighteen years, eighteen years And on the eighteenth birthday, he found out it wasn't his [Pre-Chorus: Kanye West] Now, I ain't sayin' she a gold digger, uh But she ain't messin' with no broke niggas, uh Now, I ain't sayin' she a gold digger, uh But she ain't messin' with no broke niggas, uh [Chorus: Kanye West] Get down, girl, go 'head, get down, uh Get down, girl, go 'head, get down Get down, girl, go 'head, get down, uh Get down, girl, go 'head [Verse 3: Kanye West] Now, I ain't sayin' you a gold digger, you got needs You don't want a dude to smoke, but he can't buy weed You go out to eat, he can't pay, y'all can't leave There's dishes in the back, he gotta roll up his sleeves But while y'all washin', watch him He gon' make it to a Benz out of that Datsun He got that ambition, baby, look at his eyes This week, he moppin' floors, next week, it's the fries So stick by his side I know there's dudes ballin', and yeah, that's nice And they gon' keep callin' and tryin', but you stay right, girl And when he get on, he'll leave yo' ass for a white girl [Chorus: Kanye West] Get down, girl, go 'head, get down Get down, girl, go 'head, get down Get down, girl, go 'head, get down Get down, girl, go 'head [Outro: Kanye West] Let me hear that back ​
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