Kanye West performs at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards

Kanye West Blood On the Leaves at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards

Kanye West made his triumphant return to VMA stage last night to perform his passionate and dark tune “Blood on the Leaves.” West’s performance befit the song with Yeezy jumping and flailing around on stage, in front of a backdrop of a lynching tree, designed by DONDA.