I Met Kanye - (8-31-2016) [Live in Minneapolis]

When I was 21 I met Kanye

I was really excited because I was a struggling musician

He was one of my heroes and I knew if he

Liked my music he could change my life

Well my friend Big Sean introduced us

And Sean played him a song of mine

He said, "Kanye, this is Mike. He made the song you just heard."

And he said, "Cool." And he gave me a fist bump

Awkward silence ensued

So I said, "Did you like it?"

And he said to me, "No."

And he wasn't being mean, he was just being honest

He's not the kind of guy who tells you he

Likes something when he doesn't think it's good

And I must've been wearing my broken heart on my face

Because he said to me, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, man

Sean bumped it, you said it, I had to spike it."

And in that moment all I wanted to do was make more music

I couldn't wait

So that's exactly what I did

It lit a fire up in me!

It lit a fire up in me!

It lit a fire up in me!

That no setback

No hater hiding behind a keyboard

No member of the press

No sickness in the family

No bodily injury

No bad day

Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing

Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing

Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing

Could ever burn out

Massey's on my side, it's my turn now

We're going straight to the top boys!

Buckle up them seat belts!

Hop on this back right here!

I don't need help!

I didn't come here to tell you that I

Can do some things that you can't do

I didn't come to change you

I came to tell you that if you look deep enough inside

Underneath the curfews, the perfumes, etcetera

I bet you find a flame too

I wanna thank you for having us, we're the Mike Posner Band

Oh yeah, and I saw Kanye a few years later at the EMAs

And he said, "Mike Posner, I really like some of your songs."