My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

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Kanye West

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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[Produced by Kanye West, Mike Dean & No I.D.]

[Chorus: Kid Cudi]

Ain't no question^✦ if I want it, I need it

I can feel it slowly^✦ drifting^✦ away^✦ from me

I'm on the edge, so why you playing? I'm saying

I will never^✦ ever^✦ let you live this down, down, down

Not for nothing, I've foreseen it, I dreamed it

I can feel it slowly^✦ drifting^✦ away^✦ from me

No more chances,^✦ if you blow this, you bogus

I will never^✦ ever^✦ let you live this down, down, down

[Verse 1: Kanye West]

Penitentiary chances,^✦ the devil^✦ dances^✦

And eventually answers to the call of autumn

All them fallin'^✦ for the love of ballin'^✦

Got caught with thirty^✦ rocks, the cop look like Alec Baldwin

Inter-century anthems based^✦ off inner-city tantrums

Based^✦ off the way we was branded

Face it, Jerome^✦ get more time than Brandon

And at the airport, they check all through my bag

And tell me that it's random

But we stay winning^✦

This week has been a bad massage, I need a happy^✦ ending^✦

And a new beginning^✦ and a new fitted^✦

And some job opportunities that's lucrative

This the real world, homie, school finished

They done stole your dreams, you don't know who did it

I treat the cash the way the government treats AIDS

I won't be satisfied 'til all my niggas^✦ get it, get it?

[Chorus: Kid Cudi]

Ain't no question^✦ if I want it, I need it

I can feel it slowly^✦ drifting^✦ away^✦ from me

I'm on the edge, so why you playing? I'm saying

I will never^✦ ever^✦ let you live this down, down, down

[Verse 2: Kanye West]

Is hip-hop^✦ just a euphemism for a new religion?^✦

The soul music of the slaves^✦ that the youth is missing

But this is more than just my road to redemption^✦

Malcolm West had the whole nation standing at attention^✦

As long as I'm in Polo^✦ smiling, they think they got me

But they'd try to crack me if they ever^✦ see a Black me

I thought I chose a field where they couldn't sack me

If a nigga^✦ ain't shootin' a jumpshot, runnin'^✦ a track meet

But this pimp is at the top of Mount Olympus

Ready^✦ for the world's games,^✦ this is my Olympics

We make 'em say ho 'cause the game is so pimpish

Choke a South Park writer^✦ with a fishstick

I insisted^✦ to get up off of this dick

And these drugs, niggas^✦ can't resist it

Remind me when they tried to have Ali enlisted^✦

If I ever^✦ wasn't the greatest, nigga,^✦ I must have missed^✦ it

[Chorus: Kid Cudi]

Ain't no question^✦ if I want it, I need it

I can feel it slowly^✦ drifting^✦ away^✦ from me

I'm on the edge, so why you playing? I'm saying

I will never^✦ ever^✦ let you live this down, down, down

[Verse 3: Kanye West]

I need more drinks and less lights

And that American Apparel girl in just tights

She told the director she tryna^✦ get in a school

He said, "Take them glasses^✦ off and get in the pool"

It's been a while since I watched the tube

'Cause like a Crip set, I got way too many^✦ blues for any^✦ more bad news

I was looking^✦ at my resume,^✦ feeling real fresh today^✦

They rewrite history, I don't believe in yesterday

And what's a Black Beatle anyway,^✦ a fuckin'^✦ roach?

I guess that's why they got me sitting in fuckin'^✦ coach

My guy said I need a different^✦ approach

'Cause people is looking^✦ at me like I'm sniffin' coke

It's not funny^✦ anymore, try different^✦ jokes^✦

Tell 'em hug and kiss my ass, X and O

And kiss the ring while they at it, do my thing while I got it

Play strings for the dramatic ending^✦ of that wack shit

Act like I ain't had a belt in two classes^✦

I ain't got it, I'm coming^✦ after^✦ whoever^✦ who has it

I'm coming^✦ after^✦ whoever,^✦ who has it?

You blowin'^✦ up, that's good, fantastic

That, y'all, it's like that, y'all

I don't really^✦ give a fuck about^✦ it at all

'Cause the same people that tried to blackball me

Forgot^✦ about^✦ two things, my Black balls

Technical Breakdown

7.1

Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres6.0

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm5.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity6.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control7.0

Performance and control

Computed Score7.08

Production

— Kanye West, No I.D., Mike Dean

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Kanye West showcases clever wordplay with social commentary through metaphor and urban storytelling.

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

5.5

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

Wordplay

Delivery

Internal RhymesMultisyllabic RhymesMetaphorSocial Commentary

Rhyme Architecture: Complex multisyllabic rhymes with strategic internal rhymes enhancing flow and meaning.

Strong internal rhyme usage

Clever metaphors

Engaging storytelling

Limited layered meanings

Some clichés present

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Notes

The flow matched with societal commentary showcases Kanye's lyrical depth.