My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Power

Kanye West

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

End

146

Internal

109

Multi

226

Slant

Chain

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I'm living^✦ in that 21st century^✦

Doing something mean to it

Do it better^✦ than anybody^✦ you ever^✦ seen do it

Screams from the haters,^✦ got a nice ring to it

I guess every^✦ superhero need his theme music

No one man should have all that power^✦

The clock's ticking,^✦ I just count the hours

Stop tripping,^✦ I'm tripping^✦ off the power^✦

(21st-century^✦ schizoid^✦ man)

The system broken,^✦ and the school's closed,^✦ the prisons open^✦

We ain't got nothin'^✦ to lose, motherfucker,^✦ we rollin'^✦

Huh? Motherfucker,^✦ we rollin'^✦

With some light-skinned girls and some Kelly^✦ Rowlands

In this white man's world, we the ones^✦ chosen^✦

So goodnight, cruel world, I'll see you in the mornin'^✦

Huh? I'll see you in the mornin'^✦

This is way too much, I need a moment

No one man should have all that power^✦

The clock's ticking,^✦ I just count the hours

Stop tripping,^✦ I'm tripping^✦ off the power^✦

'Til then, fuck that, the world's ours

And they say, and they say

(21st-century^✦ schizoid^✦ man)

Fuck SNL and the whole cast

Tell 'em Yeezy^✦ said they can kiss my whole ass

More specifically, they can kiss my asshole^✦

I'm an asshole?^✦ You niggas^✦ got jokes^✦

You short-minded niggas^✦ thoughts is Napoleon

My furs is Mongolian, my ice brought the goalies^✦ in

Now I embody^✦ every^✦ characteristic^✦ of the egotistic^✦

He knows he so fuckin'^✦ gifted^✦

I just needed^✦ time alone,^✦ with my own thoughts

Got treasures in my mind but couldn't open^✦ up my own vault

My childlike creativity,^✦ purity^✦ and honesty

Is honestly being crowded by these grown thoughts

Reality^✦ is catching up with me

Taking^✦ my inner^✦ child, I'm fighting for custody^✦

With these responsibilities^✦ that they entrusted^✦ me

As I look down at my diamond encrusted^✦ piece

Thinkin', no one man should have all that power^✦

The clock's ticking,^✦ I just count the hours

Stop tripping,^✦ I'm tripping^✦ off the powder^✦

'Til then, fuck that, the world's ours

And they say, and they say

(21st-century^✦ schizoid^✦ man)

Colin^✦ Powells, Austin^✦ Powers^✦

Lost in translation^✦ with a whole fuckin'^✦ nation^✦

They say I was the abomination^✦ of Obama's^✦ nation^✦

Well that's a pretty^✦ bad way to start the conversation^✦

At the end of the day, goddammit, I'm killin'^✦ this shit

I know damn well y'all feeling this shit

I don't need your pussy,^✦ bitch, I'm on my own dick

I ain't gotta power^✦ trip, who you goin' home with?

How 'Ye doing? I'm surviving^✦

I was drinking earlier, now I'm driving^✦

Where the bad bitches, huh? Where y'all hiding?^✦

I got the power^✦ make your life so exciting

Now this will be a beautiful^✦ death

I'm jumping^✦ out the window^✦

I'm letting^✦ everything^✦ go

Mmm, now this will be a beautiful^✦ death

I'm jumping^✦ out the window^✦

I'm letting^✦ everything^✦ go

Now this will be a beautiful^✦ death

Jumping^✦ out the window^✦

Letting^✦ everything^✦ go

You got the power^✦ to let power^✦ go?

(21st-century^✦ schizoid^✦ man)

Technical Breakdown

7.1

Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes8.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres5.0

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm7.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity5.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control7.0

Performance and control

Computed Score7.08

Production

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Kanye's exploration of power dynamics and societal issues, articulated through vivid imagery and a strong personal narrative.

9.5

Multisyllabic

8.5

Internal Rhymes

7.5

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

Wordplay

Delivery

Multisyllabic RhymesInternal RhymesRepetitionImagery

Rhyme Architecture: Complex rhymes and varied patterns weave through the verse, employing both end and internal rhymes for a dynamic delivery.

Strong internal rhyme usage

Effective cadence and flow

Provocative themes and imagery

Wordplay relies on clichés

Lacks multi-layered double entendres for further depth.

User Scores

Notes

Kanye's commanding delivery on this track enhances its powerful message.