Kanye West Tweets During Important Moments in History: The French Student Protests

by Bryan

The French Student Protests of May 1968

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Kanye West

how's that song go? "I love paris in the springtime...." HELL YEAH! thinkin' about hittin the sorbone today

2 hours ago

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Kanye West

seen a lot of ads and posters (even graffiti!!) mentioning "de Gaulle". This is why I love Paris, they hot brands hot before I even hear about them!

2 hours ago

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Kanye West

lotta people in the streets today. we got a street concert or sumthin goin on? tweet me back if you kno

2 hours ago

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Kanye West

man wish I knew French everybody's got these signs! maybe I shoulda stayed in school huh? not been the College Dropout? Hah, no way man!!! somebody had to make Jesus Walks!

2 hours ago

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Kanye West

speakin of, what's your favorite line off the college dropout? tweet me back!

2 hours ago

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Kanye West

damn, lotta people APPARENTLY don't know which songs are on dropout and which are on late registration. hint: Gold Digger is Late Registration LOL!!!!

2 hours ago

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Kanye West

so I found someone who spoke english and he said the students are striking or something. the dropout at a student strike? HAH, COUNT ME IN!!!!

1 hour ago

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Kanye West

sometimes I DO think about goin back to school, and thinkin if that woulda made my mom happy. but I feel like how I shine now is way more than I could ever do in those institutions

1 hour ago

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Kanye West

I mean what do I really need to learn from them at this point? what good is a eurocentric education to someone who's message and reach is global?

1 hour ago

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Kanye West

plus, no way I'm waking up for 8am classes again LOLOL

1 hour ago

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Kanye West

ahhhhh shit some of these signs are english and they HOTTTTTTT! peep this, "The future will only contain what we put into it now." DAAMMMN! MOST DEF!!!!

1 hour ago

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Kanye West

yall tell me what you think of this one: "Abolish copyrights: sound structures belong to everyone." dunno know how I feel about that

1 hour ago

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Kanye West

I mean does art really belong to everyone? can I not OWN what I make with my own hands? what if I take the sound structures and turn them on they head?

1 hour ago

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Kanye West

when I was comin up I'd take soul beats and speed em up and make em my own. I guess if the original artists wouldn't of let me do that I'd have been, well, FUCKED, LOL!

1 hour ago

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Kanye West

but I could and that kinda changed everything for me and alotta people. so does me changin them up make them mine? if I paint a mustache on the mona lisa do I get to keep it?

1 hour ago

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Kanye West

hey I'm in Paris maybe I should try doin that and see what happens? J/K HAHA!

1 hour ago

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Kanye West

things gettin kinda hectic around here! people throwin rocks and shit, cops gettin upset. I gotta take cover somewhere, only black dude in france def gonna be a target LOLLLL!

55 minutes ago

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Kanye West

nother sign: "All power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely." where have I heard somethin like that b4 hmmmmmmmmm ;-)

51 minutes ago

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Kanye West

honestly I was really tryin to say sumthin with Power, not just about how Power can corrupt sumbody but how much of a burden it can be too

48 minutes ago

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Kanye West

like ever since I dropped College Dropout (and even the beats on Blueprint 1) my life's been KUH-RAY-ZEEEEE

45 minutes ago

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Kanye West

sumtimes I just feel like maybe I shouldn't be allowed to do the things I do, to say the things I say. wonderin why I get this freedom that most people don't have.

41 minutes ago

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Kanye West

I mean think about it. What can't I do? just about nuthin. Well, cept maybe paint a mustache on the Mona Lisa LOL!!!

37 minutes ago

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Kanye West

seriously tho sumtimes I really do think about givin it all up. just hidin away somewhere, livin a regular life. the hell would I do all day tho?

35 minutes ago

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Kanye West

then I think well maybe I need this spotlight, maybe I need this attention on me. I mean, shit when the last time I didn't have it? don't even know how I'd feel.

32 minutes ago

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Kanye West

ah well, either way they'd always be twitter right? tweet me yo day jobs, let me pick one to have in my "regular life"!!

30 minutes ago

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Kanye West

think I found it! "porno shop clerk" I think I'd be pretty good at that, I could give plenty of personal recommendations LOL!!!!!

25 minutes ago

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Kanye West

ooooh this one's just MEAN: "Be cruel." sometimes I think that's my life motto, especially tryin to kill everyone on these tracks SHIIIT!!!!

21 minutes ago

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Kanye West

aiiight, so I got this rock. and there's this cop with his back turned. Twitter, lemme know: to throw or not to throw?

19 minutes ago

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Kanye West

welp, twitter has spoken. sorry mr. officer!

15 minutes ago

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Kanye West

DAAAAAAMN that thing just bounced off his head!! ah shittt he's mad as hell now! HA!!!! fuck tha police comin straight out the undaground!!!!

14 minutes ago

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Kanye West

yo what's your favorite NWA song? so many classics!!!

13 minutes ago

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Kanye West

sorry, "quiet on tha set" is not a valid choice LOL!!!

11 minutes ago

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Kanye West

uh oh just realized I misspelled Sorbonne earlier OH WELL! #itsaprocess

9 minutes ago

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Kanye West

"Under the Paving Stones, the Beach!" remindin me I need to get to the riveria HAH!

6 minutes ago

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Kanye West

lotta ppl here talkin bout possessions and how it changes every1, and all I can think about is how much success has changed everything around me

5 minutes ago

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Kanye West

I wouldn't wanna change anything but sometimes I wonder if I really need all I got? I need 100 watches, 20 cars, houses all over the place?

3 minutes ago

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Kanye West

HELL YES I DO LOL!!!!!!

2 minutes ago

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Kanye West

maybe I'll head over to the luve and buy that mona lisa so I can paint a mustache on it, whaddya think???

1 minute ago

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Kanye West

sorry, Lourve! LOL! #itsaprocess

40 seconds ago

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