My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Power

Kanye West

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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146

Internal

109

Multi

226

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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

8.5

Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes8.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres7.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm8.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity7.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control9.0

Performance and control

Computed Score8.47

Production

— Kanye West, S1, Jeff Bhasker, MIKE DEAN

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The verse functions as a rhythmic manifesto where repetitive, chant-like cadences mirror the overwhelming, cyclical nature of celebrity 'power' and systemic corruption.

9.5

Multisyllabic

8.5

Internal Rhymes

8.5

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

7.5

Wordplay

Delivery

Staccato deliveryCyclical repetitionSampling integrationInternal assonanceAntimetabole-adjacent phrasing

Rhyme Architecture: Uses a rigorous AABB-adjacent structure heavily reliant on long-vowel 'o' and 'i' assonance (doing/seen/ring/theme/power/hours), anchored by the repetitive refrain of 'power' that serves as the rhythmic pivot point.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it"

① The literal sound of the haters' voices② A reference to the 'ring' of a telephone or a notification, implying that fame makes the negativity audible and constant.

"Stop tripping, I'm tripping off the power"

① To stop being irrational or acting out of control② To be under the influence of power as if it were a psychedelic drug, losing one's grip on reality due to the intoxication of status.

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

① A literal observation of societal decay and institutional failure② A commentary on the school-to-prison pipeline, contrasting the lack of opportunity for youth with the efficiency of the penal system.

Exceptional rhythmic integration with the beat's pulse

High-impact, anthemic structure

Dynamic shift between personal bravado and systemic critique

Effective use of breath control to emphasize the 'tripping' cadence

Vocabulary depth is intentionally sacrificed for rhythmic immediacy

Some metaphors remain surface-level to maintain the aggressive tempo

Reliance on call-and-response ad-libs as fillers

User Scores

Notes

A masterclass in rhythm, flow, and powerful lyrics.