"make america great again had a negative reception/
i took it, ????, rocked it, gave it a new direction/
added empathy, caring, love, and affection
and y'all simply questioning my methods"

the first song we hear is with t.i., who released

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPDHlEOq1a0

as a part of the US or ELSE ep which included songs titled "40 acres" and "we will not." and the new kanye song is a dialogue (ye & tip) as opposed to a monologue (just ye aka most rap songs). maybe the messaging in this project goes in a weird unknown direction but i think the lead up to this was just kanye being kanye