17 (Surprisingly) Profound Kanye West Quotes About Love

He may be a dick, but his lyrics are profound.

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Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, record producer, businessman, politician, and fashion designer. He is also constantly making headlines whether it's about being a solid Donald Trump supporter to running for president to his divorce from pop culture icon Kim Kardashian.

Kanye West music is my guilty pleasure. I know, I know. I'm ashamed of my love for the beats and verses created by such a grade-A douchebag, but I simply cannot help it.

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Ever since the days of "Through the Wire", I have continued to enjoy the music that Kanye West makes and find myself connecting to it. 

And though I will always remain #TeamSwift, I thought I would share love quotes from Kanye West that I find really powerful. Because Kanye love quotes are surprising, let alone powerful! So why not share them?

17 Profound Kanye Love Quotes And Lyrics

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1. "If spring can take the snow away  / Can it melt away all of our mistakes  / Memories made in the coldest winter  / Goodbye my friend I won't ever love again"— "Coldest Winter"

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2. “I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.”

 

3. "Close your eyes and let the word paint a thousand pictures /One good girl is worth a thousand b*tches." —"Bound 2"

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4.  "Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the rising sun."

5. "You run and tell your friends that you're leaving me /They say that they don't see what you see in me /You wait a couple months then you gonna see /You'll never find nobody better than me" —"Heartless"

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6. "I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live."

7. "The more they talk about our love /The more they make it obvious /The more they seem envious /How can they talk about our love /When they don't know one thing about (us) /Instead they just running they mouth / So all we do is tune them out." —​"Talk About Our Love"

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8. "People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try"

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9. "I-I-I-I did it, all right, all right, I admit it /Now pick your next move, you could leave or live with' it." —"Runaway"

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10. "If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed."

11. "I got the right /To put up a fight /But not quite /Cause you cut off my light /But my sight /Is better tonight /And I might see you in my nightmare /Oh how'd you'd get there /Cause we were once a fairy tale /But this is farewell." ​"See You In My Nightmares"

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12. "I don't care what people think because people don't think."

13. "On a bathroom wall I wrote /'I'd rather argue with you than to be with someone else' /I took a p*ss and dismiss it like f*ck it and I went and found somebody else /F*ck arguing or harvesting the feelings, I'd rather be by my fu*king self /Till about 2 AM and I call back and I hang up and start to blame myself /Somebody help." —"Blame Game"

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14. "I would find you in any lifetime."

15. "I'm not lovin you, the way I wanted to /I bet no one knew, I got no one new /I know I said I'm through, but got love for you /But I'm not lovin' you, the way I wanted to." —"Love Lockdown"

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16. "We have problems but that's all in the past /Everybody got problems baby I got a past /Remember I used to do things that would make you laugh /Like ordering girl drinks in a masculine glass." "White Dress"

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17"Never was much of a romantic, /I could never take the intimacy. /And I know I did damage, /'Cause the look in your eyes is killing me, /I guess you've got another advantage /'Cause you could blame me for everything. /And I don't know how I'm a manage, /If one day you just up and leave." —"Runaway"

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Emily Lingenfelser is a 20-something mom who writes and captures moments to make sense of this messy world. Teen mom, cancer survivor, and all-around bad*ss who pretends to know what she's doing.