Kanye West needs to clear the air.

Since the Grammy-winning rapper, 34, was snapped out and about in NYC two  weekends ago with Kim Kardashian, much has been said about his  relationship with the reality star, 31.

“…of course there are a lot of media inaccuracies surrounding this past  couple of weeks, especially the ‘She’s my Beyonce‘ quote. I  would never compare anyone to my friend’s wife,” West tells Us Weekly exclusively.

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(After a source told Us that the rapper “thinks [Kim] is his  Beyonce,” a subsequent Saturday Night Live sketch April 14 riffed off  that quote, putting the words directly in West’s mouth.)

“Come on now, that doesn’t even sound like me,” says West, who is a longtime  pal and collaborator of Beyonce’s husband Jay-Z. “If I don’t  say something in a rap or on Twitter, it’s not true,” the “Otis” rapper tells Us.

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West and Kardashian were photographed together in NYC April 5 — where they  grabbed lunch at Serafina’s, shopped at FAO Schwarz and luxe department store  Jeffrey’s, among other excursions.

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The rapper seemed to reference Kardashian in his new song “Way Too Cold,”  (originally entitled “Theraflu”). Rapping about ex-girlfriend Amber  Rose‘s relationship with fiance Wiz Khalifa, West  says, “I fell in love with Kim around the same time she fell in love with  him.”

Indeed, a pal tells Us that West “has been genuinely head  over heels for [Kim] for a while.”