Red Dress

Hook – Charlie Wilson

Beautiful… so beautiful

You make a nigga feel like the world still got a pulse

Beautiful… girl, you beautiful

Even when the diamonds tarnish, you still beautiful

Verse 1 – Kanye

I used to chase the bag like it was oxygen, now I’m breathin’ different

Late nights in the Chi, soul food on the stove, mama prayin’ for forgiveness

But you walked in the room, red bottoms click-clack, turned the trauma to a symphony

Now every scar on my heart got your name tattooed in calligraphy

They told me “Ye, slow down, you movin’ too fast” – I said “Nah, beauty don’t wait”

I got the Roc on my chain, but your smile heavier than the whole estate

Gold Digger? Nah, this one different, she ain’t after the chips

She after the soul, after the fix, after the kid that used to trip on his own shit

I’m still the same dude from the basement, just upgraded the basement to a mansion

Still got the same heart, just got the same girl now dancin’ in my hands, man

Hook – Charlie Wilson

Beautiful… so beautiful

Even when the world try to break us, we still beautiful

Beautiful… yeah, you beautiful

Turn my pain into praise, girl, you beautiful

Verse 2 – Kanye

They said the industry would eat me alive, spit me out like yesterday’s news

But I turned that hate to a sample, looped it, now it’s payin’ dues

You the only one that seen the boy before the ego, before the ego trip

Before the “I’m a god” talk, before the “I don’t give a fuck” flip

We drove through the hood in the Maybach, windows down, let the hood hear the strings

Let ‘em know that success ain’t a crime, beauty still lives in these streets

I used to write raps on the back of the bus pass, now the bus pass in a frame

But your love still feel like the first time I heard Donny Hathaway sing my name

Late Registration, I’m signin’ my soul on the dotted line

But every time you kiss me, it feels like God just cosigned

Bridge – Charlie Wilson (ad-libs over swelling strings)

Ohhh… beautiful…

Even when the lights go dim…

You still shine… you still mine…

Beautiful…

Final Hook – Charlie Wilson & Kanye

Beautiful… (Kanye: Yeah, we beautiful)

So beautiful… (Kanye: Through the storm, through the bull)

Beautiful… (Kanye: This the real shit, no cap, no pull)

Girl, you beautiful… (Charlie: And we gon’ stay… beautiful)