[Intro: Lady Gaga]
And I said, "Does this make me a bad artist, that I didn't know what it meant right away?" And she said, "No, you just--you loved the vibration, because it's a good vibration. And after I spent some time with the word, I realized that it was me just acknowledging something.

[Verse 1]
Let's take it back to the day
It was a Friday, I remember, I was so fascinate
I went with mama and my brother, and we got on a train
It chugged along, and our destination was to LA
I had my earbuds in, I was grooving to Q
My hair grown so long that I looked like a fool
The whole time, whole time I was thinking 'bout you
Trying to catch up on my style, didn't know what to do
So the train pulled up to the station and then
Mama told me we had to walk to a museum
The name's The Broad, how odd, I came underdressed
So flawed, pray to God, get this all off my chest
So we started on our journey walking through downtown
I was outside, sunshine, plenty of sounds
Stimulation sensation while my head spinning 'round
All these sky-skyscrapers had me up like wow

[Interlude: Lady Gaga]
--meaning I don't wear art like a hat. When I work on things that are art-driven, it is a true collaboration. It is me giving myself fully to something. For example, today I give myself to the Venus.

[Verse 2]
Find your voice, find a talent you can be proud of
The noise, tune it out, mixing the sound up
Find your wings, like T said, the world is yours, little one
Jesus said that He love all the children
Listen to Gaga, listen to Kanye
Wearing no Prada, speed on the freeway
Take in the proverb, now listen to Yeezus
Preaching, teaching, talmbout how your
[Interlude: Kanye West]
--voice will eventually get out there. And I believe that, you know, so many people are just so fucking obvious. They don't even realize that when they box me in, or try to verbally put me in some type of box, or put DONDA in a box, that they're really showing their level of ignorance. They're putting themselves in a box.

[Verse 3]
Art is subjective, I've told you a million times
It's reflective, it's desperate, it's crossing these lines
I'm protective when I talk about this here
No more questions, I want to make all this clear
You can make it in your bathroom, or your kitchen, or the garage
Oil on canvas of a carriage
A marriage of paint and brush, hush when she create
Surpass Picasso, piece of cake
Art come in many forms, and you know that, right?
Feel the form, perfect storm, I'ma show you right
Evoke emotion, paint the ocean, dream of leaves afloating
Or write a poem about the one that turned your heart exploding
There's a galaxy inside your mind
Never mind, there's a universe
Unit of measure bigger than Hertz
What's worse: writer's block or a verse?
What you expect? You wanna be big as Da Vinci?
But you sitting on the couch, only wishing
That one day you could be so great
But start now, tell me why would you wait?
Wait, let the music take you to another place
Bring back memories of your first date
Bring back memories of your first love
Now tell me Gaga, what do you want?
[Interlude: Lady Gaga]
I want, when I see art or when I hear music, to hear everything that you've touched. Everything that you've kissed. Every person you've made love to. Every painting that you've seen. Every dancer that you've danced with. This is what I believe--

[Verse 4]
Once again, I need you pay attention (listen up)
To what I'm saying, let me paint a pic of the scene
Spring '16, a young kid fresh in a T, he fifteen
New new, he walked with a swaggering lean
But he was scared, he wasn't ready for this at all
But someone dared to ask him what name she could call
Him, and art blossomed into a friendship
Shout to the ones in ERWC
They were real, homie, they helped me
Find my voice, and make some noise, and get real loud
And find a crowd, and make some hits, and trash the fifth
And all of this, it's real artwork, baby
That's how art work, baby
I'm saying art manifests in different ways
So cool your jets, Bennie J

[Bridge]
It's trill, this real, I feel
Push wheel, neck chill
I'm froze, y'all know
Ten toes, down deep
I see, art's up, on me
I'm froze, ya'll know
Ten toes, down deep
I see, art's up, on me, on me
Artbaby
[Outro: Lady Gaga]
This is what I believe about--about creation, that there should be something put inside of it, like a present for you to discover. Like it's a little suitcase, that you might find one thing that is original, and then many things that are unoriginal. Things that are iconic that have already happened, that you are helping to bring them on to the future.