Guys it is, i have it on my iPod you need the Japanese version of the CD. Also I downloaded it on my dad Mac a long time ago. I don’t how he got it but I’m assuming that maybe it was available back in the day.
I paid $50 for a Japanese cd of this album and waited over a month for it to arrive from Japan just so I can listen to this song and experience and own the complete album physically
My younger would play this song while my dad was slowly dying. I'll go to the room and cry alone. I never wanted my dad to die. But it's nearly a decade now since he's gone. Still playing May 11th 2024. RIP DAD 🙏😢
Hey..my mother and father both died recently - all sort of " bitter sweet memories" and then my lovely wife thinks that "I love you / hate you / need " is a reference to her. You're not alone friend - life's hard and "bitter sweet poetry" sums it up nicely x
Ayo dawg, your dad never died. Our life is one long, amazing day of sunshine and rain. you wake up and make your way across, but eventually the sun must set for all. Your father has gone to bed, moved to tomorrow yet his memory yesteryear, and when you feel sleepy, you can wake up the the forever tomorrow of glory where the sun never sets. God bless and amen🕊🫡
it's insane how graduation followed by 808s in just a year. it's like a roller coaster of emotion. from this to Say You Will. Kanye must felt extremely heartbroken in an instant.
People are saying Japan but that’s not why. It was released in Japan but Kanye decided not to because he thought the song didn’t match the rest of graduation
I know this is a “who asked” thing but this song genuinely makes me cry. I remember walking home crying while listening to this song after screwing myself up. Kanye says the wildest of things but I can’t forget the way his music helped me.
ever since i learned of this tracks existence, i always go from spotify to youtube after good night to listen to the true last song on the album. a hidden masterpiece
It came as a bonus track when the album was released in 2007. Also included in the Japanese version of the cd. But now you can’t even officially find which is crazy but cool at the same time
I remember bumpin this song non stop the summers after i graduated. All throughout community college days. Working full time at home depot. This song stayed on repeated. Then i went off and joined the Marine Corps and lost memory of this track. Fast forward 15 years later, just a regular dude with my CDL. I still bump this song on a sunny off day when i go for a run. Life kinda grey some days. But this song takes me back to childhood days. Them early adult days before the world became so complicated.
One of the most enduring melodies I’ve ever heard. I discovered this song at least 10 years ago and it remains one of my absolute favorites of all-time to this day. A+ work.
@@emmanuelborris4408 Hell yeah man! I love those moments when you discover an amazing song for the first time. It’s such a high and the first one is always the most special (musically). And, shamelessly, on that note, you can have another one of those moments rn by checking out my own song called Heaven, which is lowkey pretty melodic and has a harpsichord just like this one. Make it a 2-for-one tonight!
This song makes me geniunely cry not only for myself and what I think about as it plays but even for Kanye himself and not even just thinking about this simply for being the last piece of media for the college trilogy but it's like the last thing he ever made before his life went to hell and became a complete psycho and most importantly lost his mom This was the end of pure Kanye
He became crazy after his moms death because his mom was his guardian Angel , security blanket and his number one supporter. He would ask her opinion about things like his songs , life , etc….
"Bittersweet Poetry" (feat. John Mayer) [John Mayer:] Bittersweet You're gonna be the death of me I don't want you, but I need you I love you and hate you at the very same time Bittersweet [Kanye West:] See, what I want so much should never hurt this bad Never did this before, that's what the virgin says We've been generally warned, that's what the surgeon says God, talk to me now, this is an emergency And she claims she only with me for the currency You cut me deep, bitch, cut me like surgery And I was too proud to admit that it was hurting me I'd never do that to you, at least purposely We breaking up again, we making up again But we don't love no more, I guess we fucking then Have you ever felt you ever want to kill her? And you mix them emotions with tequila And you mix that with a little bad advice On one of them bad nights, y'all have a bad fight And you talk about her family, her aunts and shit And she say, "Motherfucker, your momma's a bitch" You know, domestic drama and shit, all the attitude I'd never hit a girl, but I'll shake the shit out of you But I'mma be the bigger man, big pimpin' like Jigga man Oh, I guess I figure it's [John Mayer:] Bittersweet You're gonna be the death of me I don't want you, but I need you I love you, hate you at the very same time Bittersweet [Kanye West:] See, what I want so much should never hurt this bad Never did this before, that's what the virgin says We've been generally warned, that's what the surgeon says God, talk to me now, this is an emergency And my niggas said I shouldn't let it worry me I need to focus on the girls we getting currently But I been thinking and it got me back to sinking And this relationship, it even got me back to drinking Now this Hennessy, uh, it's gonna be the death of me And I always thought that you having my child was our destiny But I can't even vibe with you sexually 'Cause every time that I'd try, you would question me Saying, "You fucking them girls, disrespecting me You don't see how your lies is affecting me? You don't see how our life was supposed to be? And I never let a nigga get that close to me And you ain't cracked up to what you were supposed to be You always gone, you always be where them hoes will be" And this the first time she ever spilled her soul to me [John Mayer and Kanye West:] Bittersweet (I fucked up and I know it, G) You're gonna be the death of me (I guess it's bittersweet poetry) I don't want you, but I need you I love you and hate you at the very same time Bittersweet You're gonna be the death of me I don't want you, but I need you I love you and hate you at the very same time [Kanye West:] See, what I want so much should never hurt this bad Never did this before, that's what the virgin says We've been generally warned, that's what the surgeon says God, talk to me now, this is an emergency See, what I want so much should never hurt this bad Never did this before, that's what the virgin says We've been generally warned, that's what the surgeon says God, talk to me now, this is an emergency [John Mayer:] Bittersweet You're gonna be the death of me I don't want you, but I need you I love you and hate you at the very same time (Bittersweet You're gonna be the death of me I don't want you ...very same time)
The fact that I only get to listen to this track rarely when it resurfaces in my mind makes it so much more special, every time feels like I'm listening to it for the first time. Ngl I kinda like it not being available for streaming cuz it sucks but it makes it that more special. I want more old Kanye.
This song is amazing.. I will never understand why Kanye leaves masterpieces like this, original Homecoming, Goodnight, Good bad and ugly,,, and plenty more off his albums.. I will never understand
Never thought this was such an obscure song to a whole generation This & Good Night always close out Graduation for me I'll never allow Big Brother to be the album closer
@@jaymoroney2800 It did actually make the album, just in japan. they couldn't clear the sample anywhere else so it was only released on the physical copy in japan!
This song had been my comfort in rough times since its release. I wish we could have this Kanye back soo bad. This is when i truely fell in love with his music
god, this is weird. a generation who remembers this from the days of the ipod and a generation who doesn't remember this at all. i guess you gotta pass the torch someday
Tbf, Druken Hot Girls kind of fits the album more. The album is like a story where Druken Hot girls is like the middle where everything is taken to excess.
@profishonal8912 the song is shit though. Shit songs shouldn't be on an album just to fit a concept unless they are short and unique like the Better, Happier song on oK Comouter as an exmple
I hate that it took me so long to finally listen to graduation front to back. This is fuckinv amazing. It's like I have a new found motivation in my life
same bro 😭 i did late registration & college dropout (should of started with college dropout but whatever) and this feels (especially this song) the perfect conclusion!
Early Kanye was something else man. This album was what put me on to Kanye but the fact we never got this track in the west is bullshit. This shit got me thinking of my ex
this should’ve been released everywhere. it sounds like a combination of sounds from college dropout, late registration and graduation itself. even if it «doesn’t» fit the album(?), it surely fits a spot in the trilogy
Goddamn this made me tear up. One of the best songs on the track. Might’ve had one of the most listens if it was on Spotify. Cmon Ye man why did it only have to be on the Japanese bonus track 😢
i will forever gatekeep this song, im so glad my cousin found this gem and put it on my ipod classic. i always bring it up when people talk kanye, and people go “never heard it, must suck” 😂😂
My first time hearing this was 14 yo on limewire . My god how I want to go back but songs like this is the reason why I’ll always be a Kanye supporter. 🤷🏿♂️
Chorus: John Mayer] Bittersweet You're gonna be the death of me I don't want you, but I need you I love you and hate you at the very same time Bittersweet [Refrain: Kanye West] See, what I want so much should never hurt this bad Never did this before, that's what the virgin says We've been generally warned, that's what the surgeon says God, talk to me now, this is an emergency [Verse 1: Kanye West] And she claims she only with me for the currency You cut me deep, bitch, cut me like surgery And I was too proud to admit that it was hurting me I'd never do that to you, at least purposely We breaking up again, we making up again But we don't love no more, I guess we fucking then Have you ever felt you ever want to kill her? And you mix them emotions with tequila And you mix that with a little bad advice On one of them bad nights, y'all have a bad fight And you talk about her family, her aunts and shit And she say, "Motherfucker, your momma's a bitch" You know, domestic drama and shit, all the attitude I'd never hit a girl, but I'll shake the shit out of you But I'mma be the bigger man, big pimpin' like Jigga man Oh, I guess I figure it'sChorus: John Mayer] Bittersweet You're gonna be the death of me I don't want you, but I need you I love you, hate you at the very same time Bittersweet [Refrain: Kanye West] See, what I want so much should never hurt this bad Never did this before, that's what the virgin says We've been generally warned, that's what the surgeon says God, talk to me now, this is an emergency [Verse 2: Kanye West] And my niggas said I shouldn't let it worry me I need to focus on the girls we getting currently But I been thinking and it got me back to sinking And this relationship, it even got me back to drinking Now this Hennessy, uh, it's gonna be the death of me And I always thought that you having my child was our destiny But I can't even vibe with you sexually 'Cause every time that I'd try, you would question me Saying, "You fucking them girls, disrespecting me You don't see how your lies is affecting me? You don't see how our life was supposed to be? And I never let a nigga get that close to me And you ain't cracked up to what you were supposed to be You always gone, you always be where them hoes will be" And this the first time she ever spilled her soul to meChorus: John Mayer & Kanye West] Bittersweet (I fucked up and I know it, G) You're gonna be the death of me (I guess it's bittersweet poetry) I don't want you, but I need you I love you and hate you at the very same time Bittersweet You're gonna be the death of me I don't want you, but I need you I love you and hate you at the very same time [Refrain: Kanye West] See, what I want so much should never hurt this bad Never did this before, that's what the virgin says We've been generally warned, that's what the surgeon says God, talk to me now, this is an emergency See, what I want so much should never hurt this bad Never did this before, that's what the virgin says We've been generally warned, that's what the surgeon says God, talk to me now, this is an emergency [Chorus: John Mayer] Bittersweet You're gonna be the death of me I don't want you, but I need you I love you and hate you at the very same time (Bittersweet You're gonna be the death of me I don't want you ...very same time)
I think John Mayer actually recorded the vocals during the College Dropout era. Jon Brion's touch really added to the end result, but you can hear the vocal production of Graduation in Kanye's verses. A lil bit of all three!
I remember hoppin on my mountain bike after work like a week and a half ago and i rode nearly an hour to a canyon and soaked up the view and the sunset from the mountains, and then i coasted back home through the town on the hills and it was 9:30 and I could see the flashing lights from the cities down at the bottom of the valley and feel the wind through my hair and i listened to this song while coasting at bullet speed and it was great :)
i think this should have been the song right before good night because the 1st track of graduation is good morning and good night is the opposite u know what I mean
They definitely improve the quality album of the album. I like them more than Stronger, DAHG and Barry Bonds. And I think the melodies sound so innocent in those songs
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