Or even angrier, unprecedented scenes of Cubans overturning police cars and shouting insults at cops. The track was publicly premiered by Funkmaster Flex on his Hot 97 radio show on July 20, and was released onto the Internet the day afterward to critical and public acclaim.On Sunday that featured countless videos streamed out of Cuba from all across the island, showing tens of thousands of Cubans protesting their government’s repression and mismanagement while shouting “No tenemos miedo!” - We’re not afraid! - riding the momentum of hashtags like #SOSCuba. On July 7, 2011, “Otis” was one of the tracks previewed by Jay at a private album listening session at the Mercer Hotel – the location of the track’s recording in June 2011. It would peak at #12 on the chart and as of September 2014 it has been certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA for over two million single sales. “Otis” debuted at #47 on the Billboard “Hot 100” chart after a partial week of sales and airplay. The production received critical praise for its similarity to his Blueprint and College Dropout-era of soul-sampling production. West incorporates a slowed-down refrain from Redding’s infamous “Try a Little Tenderness” at the beginning of the track, then chops and reworks the piano sample before ushering in the heavy bass line and drums. presented him with a producing challenge. He formed the track after his mentor No I.D. The second single from Watch the Throne, “Otis” has Yeezus flipping a portion of a classic Otis Redding track into an entire instrumental. I made "Jesus Walks," I'm never going to hell Couture-level flow is never going on sale Luxury rap, the Hermès of verses Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive I get it custom, you a customer You ain't accustomed to going through customs, you ain't been nowhere, hah? And all the ladies in the house got 'em showing off I'm done, I'll hit you up maña- nah Welcome to Havana Smoking Cubanos with Castro in cabanas Viva México, Cubano Dominicano, all the plugs that I know Driving Benzes with no benefits Not bad, huh, for some immigrants? Build your fences, we diggin' tunnels Can't you see we gettin' money up under you? Can't you see the private jets flying over you? Maybach bumper sticker read, "What would Hova do?" Jay is chillin' ( Uh), Ye is chillin' ( Uh) What more can I say? We killin' 'em Hold up before we end this campaign As you can see, we done bodied the damn lames Lord, please let them accept the things they can't change And pray that all of they pain be champagne Uh, I invented swag Poppin' bottles, puttin' supermodels in the cab Proof I guess I got my swagger back, truth New watch alert, Hublots Or the big-face Rollie, I got two of those Arm out the window, through the city, I maneuver slow Cock back, snapback, see my cut through the holes, Hov Damn, Yeezy and Hov, where the hell you been? Niggas talking real reckless, stuntmen I adopted these niggas, Phillip Drummond them Now I'm 'bout to make 'em tuck they whole summer in They say I'm crazy, well, I'm 'bout to go dumb again They ain't seen me 'cause I pulled up in my other Benz Last week, I was in my other, other Benz Throw your diamonds up 'cause we in this bitch another 'gain Photoshoot fresh, looking like wealth I'm 'bout to call the paparazzi on myself Uh, live from the Mercer Run up on Yeezy the wrong way, I might murk ya Flee in the G450, I might surface Political refugee, asylum can be purchased Uh, everything's for sale I got five passports, I'm never going to jail
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