This graveside eulogy was written by West for his mother Donda West, who died at the age of 58 in November 2007 following complications from cosmetic surgery. Donda was an academic who raised Kanye alone after her marriage broke up when he was three and was a constant presence at his side. West said at the album's listening party: "The irony for me, someone who has talked about so many labels - Louis Vuitton this, Benz that, this girl look good, I'm not going out with you if you don't look good - the irony, for me to lose the most important person to Hollywood."
West previously paid tribute to his mother on 2005's "Hey Mama."
On this song West borrows melodies and some lyrics from the Tears for Fears song "Memories Fade," which was a track on their 1983 album The Hurting.
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