Kanye West - Trust your instinct, trust in you motivational speech

0:00This time of year, the school calendar really starts to fill up, spring activities, testing season, and that final push toward the end of the year. It's a great moment for kids to stay focused and build confidence in what they're learning. That's where IXL comes in. IXL is an award-winning online learning platform that helps kids truly understand their schoolwork, from math and reading to writing and science. It's designed for pre-K through 12th grade, with personalized interactive content that adapts to each child's level and pace. IXL makes it easy to stay on track with instant feedback and clear explanations, skills organized by grade level, and simple progress tracking. It fits into even the busiest spring schedules. It's also trusted nationwide. In fact, IXL is used in 96 of the top 100 school districts in the U.S. Make an impact on your child's learning. Get IXL now. Listeners can get an exclusive 20% off IXL membership when they sign up today at IXL.com forward slash today. Visit IXL.com forward slash today to get the most effective learning program out there at the best price.

1:05Trust your gut. Trust your instincts because that instinct is who God made you to be. Not what lines up with your like frat brothers or what lines up with what your dad wanted or what lines up with your classmates. God has something inside of you and when you walk down the street you're thinking about it and then you just see it in the window. And you go down another street and you see the same thing or you're thinking about a number and that number pops up or you see it on a license plate. And that's just, you know, something is trying to say be the maximum. Yay. You know, be the maximum you and God won't give you anything that you can't handle. So for me, everything is a yes. I think they say be like water. I know Bruce Lee said that. But matter of fact, just be because we are beings with engineering opportunities.

2:12My first fashion show in Paris, Christine Santanera that went on to be Virgil's main stylist at Louis. She's working with us at Gap, right? So in the Balenciaga I told her remember the night before the first fashion show in Paris back in like 2011. And the stuff that was barely coming together and she started crying and said they are going to laugh at you. And I gave her a hug and said, what we still going to do. You know, that laughing, that's a holographic wall of shame that you just got to go through. But to just get into that mentality of maximum confidence, me and Justin be on that maximum confidence, me and future be on that maximum confidence. This video game is two buttons you can hit love or fear. And we about that love, not being in fear. And sometimes I go real like radical with it. Like okay, just come and get me. Because I'd rather that than to live in fear. Because if you live in fear, you'd walk in dead anyway. You would zombie.

3:16It's for me to have this platform and express exactly what I feel because it's kids out there. Right. That it's kids that are going to save the world through engineering and through facts. And I've got to get download as much of the information and as much of the don't be afraid to state your facts. It's the biggest thing because the world is being rammed by fear. And that is no actually God runs the world. But this is like little cloud, this patina of our ego that deals with the money and the car and the girl with dating and all this and the clothes you wear and spending too much on clothes. And a lot of stuff that I've been involved with promoting. So now when I'm promoting this, you have the idea you say it out loud. Like if you had Tourette's say you're a truth out loud. If you hate, yeah, you hate me, say that out loud. Say whatever you feel out loud. Like you say it non-violently, you know, non-violent. I have to say that like as you know, as a shout out to Alex Jones and Trump where they try to say that when they say their truth is out loud that it's inciting right and so let's be like really clear.

4:24I'm saying that they have a criminalized free thought. People use they like they get to blame for everything, right? What schools are doing is exactly what the CIA does with Pixar films and Disney films. They make Bambi's mom die in the beginning, right? And off that pain comes a purchase of ice cream. Off that pain comes, I need some more toys. Off that pain comes, I need a bigger house. Off that pain comes, I need more girls than my wife. Off that pain comes, so they put that pain in to make us, now we're the orphans of capitalism, to make us be consumers and we need to be a community not just consumers. So I could have went another seven minutes by being a person who presents himself in a way that says, well, I don't have to feel your pain because I also have pain to this not being recognized. And in every interview, when I say, well, why do I get to the point of putting up the tweet?

5:28No one wants to understand why I got to that point, right? Pain, good pain. Yeah, but let's say this undoubtedly, Jewish people have a lot of movies about that pain and black people have a lot of movies about the pain of slavery. Right? It's almost impossible to find a movie about Mansa Munsa. When you go to the African History Museum at Washington DC, it doesn't start with the idea of Africans being kings. It starts with the idea of Africans being slaves. Ultimately, I am fighting a battle in the spiritual form. And anyone that believes in God and is looking at this interview would agree with that. And I just so happen to be a bright part of God's army. I'm fighting for us to live. The greatest gift is life itself. I am pro-life.

6:30I am pro-God. I believe that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior and died for our sins. First of all, knowledge. Because knowledge is the most important resource to our species above water. Knowledge itself. Because then you can go get water. I mean, you can argue like if you're a baby anymore. But the baby doesn't have it. So someone with the knowledge then feeds the baby, the water. But it's important that those with the knowledge teach the baby how to find the water themselves. And the business people that I've been dealing with have been keeping the baby sick. By not sharing the information and the knowledge within those contracts, my people are sick. If I load up Apple Music right now and I play the top songs in the rap chart, I would tell you my people are sick.

7:36If I go to the restaurants and opportunity zones and we look at the calorie rating and the cholesterol, I would tell you that my people are sick. If we look at the obesity rate, if you go to just a restaurant somewhere in Middle America, Denny's or something, I went to Denny's the other day. You will see that my people are sick and my people mean all people. But black people are very influential to all people. So if the media picks overweight black women and says this is body goals, then the media are influencing my people to stay sick. After 20 years that I had to call it out in one tweet that now, even if I say, hey, okay, I was frustrated for these reasons, now it's not good enough. You've literally tried to make me re-apologize ten times in this meeting. Re-say this, re-say that, but it doesn't change the fact that my people are sick and I'm the only person in my position that will say that my people are sick.

8:44Today, not 30 years ago, not 60 years, my people are sick today. 50% of my people's of deaths are abortion today. My people don't have the opportunities today. What I can say is the world is sick and I have slight images of utopia, slight images of happiness, slight images as a visionary and a creator. And I know for fact the way that business deals have been done for me are keeping the world sick. What do you hope your legacy is? To be forgotten, you think you'll be forgotten. Because the memory, there's ego and memory in the memories, who designed the sidewalk, who designed the water fountain, who designed the stop sign, who designed the stop light. These things are so ubiquitous that the person that designed them is forgotten.

9:49It's a good idea, it's a God idea, and I don't know VCs can own it. I think we need to have these healthy conversations. That's what it is. Healthy conversations, healthy dialogues. That's the biggest thing like, when I first wore the red hat, the conversation is less healthy than it is today. The conversation about George Floyd, you know, it's like, did I send the tweet the right way? Is Candace Owen's documentary perfect? Is it what Michael Moore? Is that documentary perfect? Is Century Self? Is it fully accurate? You know, two to three hours of a transmit of information through, particularly usually one person's view. And anything you want to research if you're interested in it. This time of year, the school calendar really starts to fill up. Spring activities, testing season, and that final push toward the end of the year.

10:50It's a great moment for kids to stay focused and build confidence in what they're learning. That's where IXL comes in. IXL is an award-winning online learning platform that helps kids truly understand their schoolwork, from math and reading to writing and science. It's designed for pre-K through 12th grade, with personalized interactive content that adapts to each child's level and pace. IXL makes it easy to stay on track with instant feedback and clear explanations, skills organized by grade level, and simple progress tracking. It fits into even the busiest spring schedules. It's also trusted nationwide. In fact, IXL is used in 96 of the top 100 school districts in the US. Make an impact on your child's learning. Get IXL now. Listeners can get an exclusive 20% off IXL membership when they sign up today at IXL.com forward slash today. Visit IXL.com forward slash today to get the most effective learning program out there at the best price. You got to look at 10 versions of it, 20 versions of it, vision that I have to a Steve Jobs level to the point of putting that above my regular human existence,

12:03meaning having to go and take all the arrows that I become a soldier of division. I just wish that, oh, we'll get to a place. When I'm going to wish for it, we're going to get to a place where people just appreciate people while they're here. You know what I'm saying? It's Madonna and Floyd Mayrather in the same room. These are legends. So when I saw that, I just told everybody, like, yo, let's go to the back and let's just shoot some pictures, let's capture these moments. It's like these pictures is going to be iconic and years from now you can go back and say we had this moment at Delilah's. And we just live in our life and we've given that energy, we live in that to the maximum. And if people want you to, like, go inside, we outside now. So I feel like it's some poke in the bear trying to antagonize me or create this like crazy narrative. Because to say someone is crazy, they're trying to take the power away and do anything to get people to not pay attention to.

13:09That's what is so good about the Noriaga. Drink champs is because they pay attention to me. I change both of these people's lives and they're about that. Oh, don't pay attention. He's a rapper. He's like, yeah, I'm a rapper. But obviously, I'm a genius too. And in it, this is America. And when you get strong, just mavericks, black or white, you know, you want to be going through it, bezels, be going through it. But definitely, as you add, the black component, you got the male component. Because any form of separation, there's no such thing. It's like, let's see, let's see, let's see, let's see, let's see, let's see, let's see, let's see, let's see. The American mindset is like, it's a 99% female custody. Only town in this male custody is a male, got 100% custody. My expectation is to say, look, we ain't going to be playing these little games. These little, throw a stone and hide your hand, moves, little, you know what you did. But then, if I scream or react, or something, it's like, look at him. He's so crazy. I want crazy when I put the creative director in the stands.

14:10I want crazy when we made a $10 billion. If I got 10 and you got two, what mine helped, helped that out. You know what I'm saying? It has to be a respect for that. For me, it's a creative that's working on food, clothing, shelter, communication, education. We've got a basketball team, transportation, all these ideas that I'm building with, you know, mavericks of the world on a major company suite. And I go home and it's, my solace comes from seeing my kids and getting a solid schedule. That's why you even got the house. You know, they flipped it in the, you know, the media. Like, there was something wrong with me getting a house next to my kid. You see, when my mom took my, me from Atlanta to Chicago, my dad didn't come. To the coldest and, you know, most dangerous city in the world to be next to me. He said, I'm going to stay down in Atlanta because of my career. It's nothing with my career, with his rap, with this media, with none of that. It's going to keep me from my children.

15:11And that's what I want. Everybody would know. Don't play with me. Don't play with my children. And ain't no security going to get in between me and my children. And you ain't finna gaslight me. You ain't going to run this narrative on me. We're going to make it better. And the people that's against me are like, oh, I know I might have a different way or God is using me in a different way than house. I've always been done, but this world is broken. It's like work with me. Everybody to know that, yay, is the living breathing, Steve Jobs, living breathing, Disney, Ford, Howard Hughes at this point. My track record is to flawless. You give me a ring or something that's creative and anything, be sure. I'm going to simplify it. People want to keep things the same. People want to change it because they're afraid. But what I want to just say to everybody like, man, you don't have to be afraid of change. I'm an empath. I want the best things for everybody.

16:12I do feel like there's a blue water where there's places that we can agree on. I always wanted to meet Bernie Sanders, and he refused to meet me. But I always thought that there were things that he agreed with, that the earlier administration agreed with also. This was before you were with Trump or after. This is just around the time when I was ran the Red Hat. Bernie met with Cardi, but wouldn't meet with me. I just felt like if I'm this polarizing of a character, why not meet with us? Even like Ice Cube told me this story where he said Dr. Dre came to him. While he was an architect, he was a college to be an architect. He had the vinyl in front of him said, man, you need to roll it doesn't do this group. And Dre had to talk them into leaving school. But when you see how cubes, mine, just don't go with the programming, he's an architect.

17:18And in this media world, the way they kept us enslaved and entrap was that we didn't communicate. And we didn't communicate to each other. People love me, and we love ourselves, and we're ready for something different. Our fathers have been strategically taken out of the homes since the 80s, drugs, and strategically put there, all the guns, the drakes, all of that. We're strategically put there to gaslight us and to have us attack each other. Jay-Z says something really amazing to him. He said, man, it's like crabs in a barrel. And Jay-Z said, the crabs should be in a barrel. And we've been put in a barrel. And we need to be free and move side to side, and however we want to go. And it's a lack of freedom, and we don't even realize. Cancel, cancel, coach, or bro. This is from the main person that's been canceled, that will not be canceled. You know, period, bro. Your voice is the most powerful thing you have. And it works in a few ways. It works like visually.

18:18It works performance-wise. Or some arcuration. It works on music. Of course, videos. And I think I give a good interview now. I think people can see me feel me. I've been through some things. Because I'm not just all rich. But look, it's perfect. Like, this is a great moment in my life. But my Christian brothers will come to me and say, it's like, thank God for these moments. Thank God for the pain. You know, thank God for this, because in that, he is strong. And we are low. When we're at our lowest, that's when God can come to his highest. You know, because how can something change if we're in group think? There's going to be someone who doesn't take the program. And so, I take accountability for when I've been ramped up and not had the right mood attitude. But it was necessary for me to not take the program. And then to not, you know, take the bullying and the manipulation. They want all celebrities in a position, basketball players, rappers,

19:19have to say, you know, we're voting in the same party as the media control party, which is the Democrats and majority of people who own the media are aligned with the Democrats. So, if you don't align with them, they literally is like, your career is going to be over. That was really the biggest reason why I went to the hospital. Every day, imagine everyone in your life telling you your career is going to be over if you don't vote for Hillary Clinton. And it's, I don't have no connection to this person. And why do you have to defend your right? Why do you have to defend your right? Well, little rights we got. We got like 13 amendment in the cost. We got little amendments. Only basic health aimed at black people to lock us up. But then we're defending the rights that we fought for. What was the point of fighting and winning? Devote. If you got to defend, where you going vote all? Like, I always had a difference of opinion. To everyone in grammar school, everyone in high school.

20:21And I see, I think, you know, a lot of times I'm ahead of my time, 10 years ahead of my time, 20 years ahead of my time. And as a leader and a visionary, I got to take a responsibility to be able to communicate to the people who follow me. Where are we going, man? Where is this going? And there was a blurry time where people are just feeling lost. They didn't know where they was going. Even for Kim. She's like, where are you going? Where are you going? I know how they get there. I know this is. I'm going in my own life. You're talking about building sustainable communities and all that. And this is going to be better. And people just don't understand sometimes where I'm ahead. And I have to take that responsibility as a visionary to move just a little bit slower. Stop, explain, you know, where we're going. And I feel that there's a lot more people along for the ride now. Because I am a future president. It might not be two to three years from now. I might not. But, you know, ain't never been a situation. I went in and out.

21:21I didn't make it better. I'm an industrialist. This time of year, the school calendar really starts to fill up. Spring activities, testing season, and that final push toward the end of the year. It's a great moment for kids to stay focused and build confidence in what they're learning. That's where IXL comes in. IXL is an award-winning online learning platform that helps kids truly understand their schoolwork, from math and reading to writing and science. It's designed for pre-K through 12th grade, with personalized interactive content that adapts to each child's level and pace. IXL makes it easy to stay on track with instant feedback and clear explanations, skills organized by grade level and simple progress tracking. It fits into even the busiest spring schedules. It's also trusted nationwide. In fact, IXL is used in 96 of the top 100 school districts in the US. Make an impact on your child's learning. Get IXL now. Listeners can get an exclusive 20% off IXL membership when they sign up today at IXL.com forward slash today. Visit IXL.com forward slash today to get the most effective learning program out there at the best price.