开篇《I Thought About Killing You》伴着Synth营造的空灵伴奏,Kanye开启了一段自白:
“Today I seriously thought about killing you,
I contemplated, premeditated murder,
And I think about killing myself,
And I love myself way more than I love you, so...
Today I thought about killing you, premeditated murder,
You'd only care enough to kill somebody you love,”
Kanye将他受精神病折磨甚至一度接近疯狂甚至想自杀的心理描述得淋漓尽致。歌中的“You”似乎就是Kanye自己。
随着后半段808鼓机的突然入侵,整首歌开始走向癫狂。少了“吵杂”的Electro-Industrial音效,808鼓简单的失重感、漂浮感与Kanye刀刃般锋利的Flow相辉映,仿佛让人梦回十年前《Graduation》时期的Kanye