“Through the Wire” by Kanye West. It was the year 2002 and Kanye West got into a almost fatal car accident and made this song while he had wires in his mouth from the accident, hence the name “through the wire.” In one the lines he said, “The doctor said I had blood clots, but I ain’t Jamaican, man.” I found this funny and it was impressive for a rap song to be not only catchy but also have some humor to it. He referred to “bomba-clot” which is a Jamaican curse word. In another line he says, “I looked like Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky, it was televised.” This is a reference to the Vanilla Sky movie starring Tom Cruise where he was in a horrible accident and his face was disconfigured. Kanye sampled, “Through the Fire,” by Chaka Khan and used a high pitched version of Chaka saying “Through the fire” and he puts it into the beat at the perfect moments fo the song.
When I first heard this song it was about 12AM on a Saturday night, it was actually last week. I was sitting in a Mcdonald’s parking lot listening to some old r & b and I saw a Kanye song that was suggested and i played it. I immediately started bobbing my head to this masterpiece of a beat. I was in the Mcdonalds parking lot because I wanted a Oreo Frappe but I had to reverse out of the drive thru because the worker said “The machine is down” with a attitude. This made me feel disappointed but after listening to “Through the wire” I quickly feel happy. After this, I had the song on repeat while I headed over to Papa Johns to pick up my pepperoni pie.