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Last night at the BRITs, Kanye West performed his brand new single 'All Day' accompanied by a selection of the biggest names in grime and British hip-hop. The only problem was most of the TV audience couldn't hear a single thing.

The reason is that ITV - concerned that younger viewers raised on a constant diet of DatPiff profanity and mobile Pornhub - might be corrupted by some bad language. The second most talked about performance of the evening (after that Madonna fall) had so much to recommend it.

Here is, according to lyrics site Genius, what the viewing public missed out on - note that West not only manages to include the secondary market for his latest trainer line but also a Grammys diss and a Michael Jackson/Michael Jordan comparison.

[Hook 1: Kanye West] All day, nigga,
How long you niggas ball?
All day, nigga How much time you spent at the mall?
All day, nigga How many thots do you got on call?
All day, nigga H-how long they keep you in court?
All day, nigga Take you to get this fly?
All day, nigga, Tell your P.O. how how long you been high?
All day, nigga Y'all already know I’m straight from the Chi,
All day, nigga South, south, south side!
All day, nigga

[Verse 1: Kanye West]
It's Ye, nigga Shoppin' for the winter, and it’s just May, nigga
Ball so hard, man, this shit cray, nigga
And you ain't gettin' money 'less you got eight figures
From the Jesus piece, man I've been saved, nigga
Just talked to Farrakhan, that's sensei nigga
Told him I've been on ten since 10th grade, nigga
Got a middle finger longer than Dikembe, my nigga,
uh I don't let 'em play with me I don't let 'em talk to me no kind of way
You better watch what you say to me
People still gettin' popped on the day to day
Still got the 100 with the small face, nigga
Might spend 50 racks on my off day, nigga
You a fake Denzel like the Allstate nigga
If you run into me, better have Allstate with you
You a Rico Suave nigga
Drive around listening to Sade nigga
If you ain't with us, you in our way, nigga
You an actor, you should be on Broadway nigga
Cause you do shit the broad way nigga
Your bitch got an ass but my broad way thicker
Late for the class, in the hallway, nigga
Yeah the dropout at it as always nigga

[Bridge: Allan Kingdom]
At [inaudible] in a sweet bread, and I reach into my head
Gave him what I had left At that moment I disperse (All day!)
At that moment I disperse (All day!)

[Hook 2: Kanye West]
All day nigga How long y'all playas ball?
All day nigga How much time y'all spent at the mall?
All day nigga How long it take you to get this fly?
All day nigga Tell your P.O. how how long you been high?
All day nigga Pour some Hen out for my niggas that died
And I keep a bad chick on the passenger side
Y'all already know I’m straight from the Chi, all day, nigga
South, south, south side! All day, nigga

[Verse 2: Kanye West]
I could do this all day, boy, I'm 'bout to turn this bitch out That nigga
Ye in the streets, boy, there's never really been a drought [inaudible] late, boy, you know I still go wild
I'm like a light skinned slave, boy, we in the mothafuckin' house Right now, lookin' real sus right now
I swear I've been on this flight like a month right now
Stupid niggas gettin' paid, Forrest Gump right now Sail out to [inaudible] I need to stunt right now
I've been lookin' at the Gram, I've been lookin' at the Grammys
Like, whoo, that's us right now 24/7, 365 days, everybody gettin' paid
People lookin' at me like I'm worth both MJs
Screamin, "Ye, Ye, take it easy"
20 Gs for the Yeezys on the ebay
People do the most and they ain't done shit
Only way we can sum it up, son, bitch

Read more West lyrics at Genius.com.  Unsurprisingly given the content, the internet reacted with glee at the censoring, including this particular gem from Crap Taxidermy.

The person who's job it is to censor Kanye Wests #BRITs2015 performance right now... pic.twitter.com/LIeJolowrU

— Crap Taxidermy (@CrapTaxidermy) February 25, 2015

The performance certainly split opinion. While many thought it was the higlight of the entire evening, some were umimpressed. Wiley took to Twitter this morning to praise West's decision.
 

Kanye Knows The Brits Ain't letting dons in there like that so he kicked off the door for us.Imagine 1 of us saying Yeh I'm bringing 20 dons

— Chasing The Art . (@WileyUpdates) February 26, 2015 

Last Night A Statement Was Made . @Skepta & @kanyewest made it . My brothers was on stage at the Rarsclart Brit Awards . Thank u God.

— Chasing The Art . (@WileyUpdates) February 26, 2015

However some were less than impressed, including a certain very quotable lead singer of Oasis.

Kanye West. Utter Shit. LG x

— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) February 26, 2015

@kanyewest ...And you're a million miles away from College Dropout. That's artistry. LG x

— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) February 26, 2015

@kanyewest check out Lee Mavers LG x

— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) February 26, 2015

The BRIT Awards took place last night (25 February).

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