But West is quick to say, “See that’s the problem with this damn nation. All blacks gotta be Democrats. Man, we ain’t made it off the plantation.”

“You in a position, don’t you feel an obligation to them?” asks T.I., who isn’t the first of West’s friends to question his political stance. The rapper’s pal, John Legend, also texted him asking West to “reconsider aligning yourself with Trump,” which West shared in a Tweet on Thursday.

“I feel an obligation to show people new ideas and if you want to hear ’em, here go two right here,” raps West. “‘Make America Great Again’ had a negative perception, I took it; Wore it; Rocked it; Gave it a new direction; Added empathy, care, and love and affection—and y’all sympathy questioning my methods?”