Kid Cudi – ILL WHAT I BLEED Lyrics

On “ILL WHAT I BLEED,” Kid Cudi takes a boastful but prideful position as he speaks of topics of self-assurance, resilience, and staying true to one’s authentic self despite judgments from surrounding people, probably referring to previous scuffles with rapper and former-friend Kanye West. The song is made in Kid Cudi’s typical uplifting manner with a bass-heavy beat ringing your ears.

On September 4, 2023, Cudi released two songs from INSANO titled, “MOST AIN’T DENNIS” and “ILL WHAT I BLEED” on SoundCloud, then Cudi took to social media to update his fans on his upcoming album.

Hey fam!! Got some updates for yall. Some bad news, some good. I have to push INSANO back til January. […] I still plan on releasing the next single soon so dont even worry about that. I’m releasing 2 new jams from INSANO tn on soundcloud. Just for you. Im sorry for the delay everybody but im a perfectionist.

The song would end up getting an official release on streaming platforms on October 24, 2023, with no announcements made.

ILL WHAT I BLEED Lyrics by Kid Cudi

[Intro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Uh, yeah, eh-eh-eh
Insano, insano boy
Insano, insano, insano boy-boy (Cha, cha, cha)
Insano, insano, insano boy-boy-boy (Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha)
‘sano, insano, insano boy (Blagh, cha, cha, cha, cha)
Insano, insano boy (Cha, cha, cha, cha)

[Verse 1]
Here’s the picture, I’m that mister (Hot, hot)
I do what I please, I keep it simple
Keep my circle with the real ones by my side (Hot, hot)
Cannot miss him when he enter rooms (Yeah)
Your girl, she fix her eyes (Yeah)
Listen, I am a wizard, Emma
Destined since I’m born (Yeah)
They say he like a myth, they nevеr see him, boy too high (Nah)
I hate when cats be talkin’ likе we homies, man you lie (Liar)
We be poppin’, el niño cuño, and it ain’t no disguise
Goin’ postal, Señor Loco pronto, CUDLIFE ’til I die (Ay)

[Chorus]
They all heard of him, the real one that bleeds (Yeah, yeah)
The pain of the lost (Yeah, yeah), now homie, you don’t know
That the man that I am (Yeah), the ill that I bleed (Yeah)
That ill what I bleed (Yeah, yeah, huh)
They all heard of him, the real one that bleeds (Na-na-na, Na-na-na)
The pain of the lost, now homie, you don’t know (Na-na-na, Na-na-na)
That the man that I am, the ill that I bleed (Na-na-na, Na-na-na)
That ill what I bleed (Na-na-na, Na-na-na, na, na)

[Verse 2]
No worries, the boy survived
Keep on comin’ out the rubble
The “Now he’s alive” (Yeah)
Walk through fire, I’m unbreakable, legend, he’s deep (Yeah)
No wonder why them suckers hatin’, just ’cause I’m me (Yeah, yeah)
I can’t be phased, I’m in a James Cameron dream (Yeah, yeah)
The cooler thing dancin’ like I cannot be seen (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Velociraptop cruisin’, I am breakin’ the rules (Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo)
I’m jumpin’ out the plane as if my name was Tom Cruise, eyy (Yeah, yeah, yaow)

[Chorus]
They all heard of him, the real one that bleeds (They on, they on)
The pain of the lost (Lost), now homie, you don’t know
That the man that I am, the ill that I bleed
That ill what I bleed (The things that I bleed)
They all heard of him, the real one that bleeds
The pain of the lost (Lost), now homie, you don’t know
That the man that I am (Don’t know the), the ill that I bleed
That ill what I bleed