Finals week is upon us once again. The longest week of our lives filled with very little sleep, large amounts of coffee, and an extraordinary amount of stress as we try to turn in last minute assignments, papers, and study for those God awful cumulative exams. Finals are going to be stressful, that’s a given. Hell week is upon us and sadly there is no escaping it.
So, we might as well take the bull by the horns. And why not take a page from our savage (sometimes ignorant) friends. Yes, all the feels of finals week as told by rap gods, hood-rats, and savage beasts.
My motto for this finals week: What would Kanye do.
“Got a lot of people tryna drain me of my energy” -Drake
Your professor gave you a paper, project, and a cumulative final all due finals week; the fact that this isn’t your only class must have totally slipped his mind, right?
You will get that occasional burst of motivation to actually study and get shit done, but that will last about as long your attention span to read this article.
“I can’t tell you what it really is, I can only tell you what it feels like” -Eminem
You’ve been studying at the lib for 12 plus hours and have lost all sense of what the outdoors and fresh air feels like.
“If God got us, then we gon’ be alright” -Kendrick Lamar
When you’ve had four Red Bulls and start to feel your heart palpitate inside your chest, @redbull please don’t give me angel wings.
The morning after you've been studying all night…
"Now th-that that don't kill me, can only make me stronger” -Kanye West
The aftermath of a bad exam.
"Rappers wear diamonds to compensate for a lack of fashion sense” -A$AP Rocky
At this point, fashion is a lost cause and you’ve been in the same sweatpants and hoodie since Sunday.
That annoying person that can’t help but brag about how prepared they are for the exam and how much they have their life together.
"If young metro don't trust you, imma shoot you" -Future
By mid-week, if you've made it that far, your patience for others is officially at a zero and it just took all your might to not slap the person who was being extremely obnoxious and rude behind you on the bus.
"I’ve seen a baby cry, seconds later he laughs. The beauty of life, pain never lasts” -J. Cole
Also at mid-week, you are officially exhausted and not really sure how or if you are going to make it through the rest of the week.
“1738” -Fetty Wap
You're nearing the end of finals and you've officially lost count of all the mental breakdowns and tears that have been shed.
