My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Monster

Kanye West

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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[Intro: Justin Vernon]

I shoot the lights out

Hide 'til it's bright out

Oh, just another^✦ lonely^✦ night

Are you willing to sacrifice your life? (Ah)

[Verse 1: Rick Ross]

Bitch, I'm a monster,^✦ no-good^✦ bloodsucker^✦

Fat motherfucker,^✦ now look who's in trouble

As you run through my jungles, all you hear is rumbles

Kanye West samples, here's^✦ one for example

[Chorus: Kanye West]

Gossip,^✦ gossip,^✦ nigga,^✦ just stop it

Everybody^✦ know I'm a motherfuckin'^✦ monster^✦

I'ma^✦ need to see your fuckin'^✦ hands at the concert^✦

Profit,^✦ profit,^✦ nigga,^✦ I got it

Everybody^✦ know I'm a motherfuckin'^✦ monster^✦

I'ma^✦ need to see your fuckin'^✦ hands at the concert^✦

I'ma^✦ need to see your fuckin'^✦ hands

[Verse 2: Kanye West]

Uh, the best living^✦ or dead hands down, huh

Less talk, more head right now, huh

And my eyes more red than the devil^✦ is

And I'm 'bout to take it to another^✦ level,^✦ bitch

Matter^✦ who you go and get, ain't nobody^✦ cold as this

Do the rap and the track, triple-double,^✦ no assists

And my only^✦ focus^✦ is stayin' on some bogus^✦ shit

Arguin'^✦ with my older^✦ bitch, actin'^✦ like I owe her shit

I heard the beat, the same raps that gave the track pain

Bought the chain that always^✦ give me back pain

Fuckin'^✦ up my money^✦ so, yeah, I had to act sane

Chi nigga,^✦ but these hoes love my accent

Chick came up to me and said, "This the number^✦ to dial

If you wanna^✦ make your number^✦ one your number^✦ two now"

Mix that Goose and Malibu,^✦ I call it "Malibooyah"

Goddamn, Yeezy^✦ always^✦ hit 'em with a new style

Know that motherfucker,^✦ well, what you gon' do now?

Whatever I wanna^✦ do, gosh, it's cool now

Know I'm gonna^✦ do, ah, it's the new now

Think you motherfuckers^✦ really,^✦ really^✦ need to cool out

'Cause you'll never^✦ get on top of this

So, mami,^✦ best advice^✦ is just to get on top of this

Have you ever^✦ had sex with a pharaoh?

Ah, put the pussy^✦ in a sarcophagus^✦

Now she claiming that I bruised her esophagus^✦

Head of the class and she just won a swallowship

I'm livin'^✦ in the future^✦ so the present^✦ is my past

My presence^✦ is a present,^✦ kiss my ass

[Chorus: Kanye West, Kanye West & JAY-Z, JAY-Z]

Gossip,^✦ gossip,^✦ nigga,^✦ just stop it

Everybody^✦ know I'm a motherfuckin'^✦ monster^✦

I'ma^✦ need to see your fuckin'^✦ hands at the concert^✦

I'ma^✦ need to see your fuckin'^✦ hands at the concert^✦ (Yeah)

Profit,^✦ profit,^✦ nigga,^✦ I got it

Everybody^✦ know I'm a motherfuckin'^✦ monster^✦

I'ma^✦ need to see your fuckin'^✦ hands at the concert^✦

I'ma^✦ need to see your fuckin'^✦ hands

[Verse 3: JAY-Z]

Sasquatch, Godzilla, King Kong, Loch Ness

Goblin,^✦ ghoul, a zombie with no conscience^✦

Question, what do these things all have in common?^✦

Everybody^✦ knows I'm a motherfuckin'^✦ monster^✦

Conquer,^✦ stomp ya, stop your silly^✦ nonsense^✦

Nonsense,^✦ none of you niggas^✦ know where the swamp is

None of you niggas^✦ have seen the carnage^✦ that I've seen

I still hear fiends scream in my dreams

Murder,^✦ murder^✦ in black convertibles, I

Kill a block, I murder^✦ the avenues, I

Rape and pillage^✦ your village,^✦ women^✦ and children

Everybody^✦ want to know what my Achilles heel is

Love, I don't get enough of it

All I get is these vampires^✦ and bloodsuckers^✦

All I see is these niggas^✦ I made millionaires^✦

Millin'^✦ about,^✦ spillin' they feelings in the air

All I see is these fake fucks with no fangs

Tryna^✦ draw blood from my ice-cold veins

I smell a massacre

Seems to be the only^✦ way to back you bastards up

[Chorus: Kanye West]

Gossip,^✦ gossip,^✦ nigga,^✦ just stop it

Everybody^✦ know I'm a motherfuckin'^✦ monster^✦

I'ma^✦ need to see your fuckin'^✦ hands at the concert^✦

Profit,^✦ profit,^✦ nigga,^✦ I got it

Everybody^✦ know I'm a motherfuckin'^✦ monster^✦

I'ma^✦ need to see your fuckin'^✦ hands at the concert^✦

I'ma^✦ need to see your fuckin'^✦ hands

[Verse 4: Nicki Minaj]

Pull up in the monster,^✦ automobile gangsta

With a bad bitch that came from Sri Lanka^✦

Yeah, I'm in that Tonka,^✦ color of Willy^✦ Wonka^✦

You could be the king, but watch the queen conquer^✦

Okay,^✦ first things first, I'll eat your brains

Then I'ma^✦ start rocking gold teeth and fangs

'Cause that's what a motherfuckin'^✦ monster^✦ do

Hair dresser from Milan,^✦ that's the monster^✦ 'do

Monster^✦ Giuseppe heel, that's the monster^✦ shoe

Young Money^✦ is the roster^✦ and a monster^✦ crew

And I'm all up, all up, all up in the bank with the funny^✦ face

And if I'm fake, I ain't notice^✦ 'cause my money^✦ ain't

So let me get this straight, wait, I'm the rookie?

But my features and my shows ten times^✦ your pay?

50K for a verse, no album out

Yeah, my money's^✦ so tall that my Barbies^✦ got to climb it

Hotter^✦ than a Middle Eastern climate, violent

Tony^✦ Matterhorn, dutty^✦ wine it, wine it

Nicki^✦ on them titties^✦ when I sign it

That's how these niggas^✦ so one-track-minded

But really,^✦ really,^✦ I don't give an F-U-C-K

"Forget^✦ Barbie, fuck Nicki,^✦ sh-she's fake"

"She on a diet," but my pockets eatin'^✦ cheesecake

And I'll say, bride of Chucky,^✦ it's child's play

Just killed^✦ another^✦ career,^✦ it's a mild day

Besides,^✦ Ye, they can't stand besides^✦ me

I think me, you, and Am' should ménage Friday^✦

Pink wig, thick ass, give 'em whiplash

I think big, get cash, make 'em blink fast

Now look at what you just saw, this is what you live for

Ah, I'm a motherfuckin'^✦ monster!^✦

[Outro: Justin Vernon & Charlie Wilson]

I, I crossed^✦ the limelight^✦

And I'll, I'll let God decide,^✦ 'cide

And I, I wouldn't last these shows

So I, I am headed^✦ home (Headed^✦ home)

I, I crossed^✦ the limelight^✦

And I'll, I'll let God decide,^✦ 'cide (No)

And I, I wouldn't last these shows

So I, I am headed^✦ home (Head home)

I, I crossed^✦ the limelight^✦ (No, the limelight)^✦

And I'll, I'll let God decide,^✦ 'cide

And I, I wouldn't last these shows

So I, I am headed^✦ home

[Produced by Kanye West, Mike Dean & Plain Pat]

[Video directed by Jake Nava]

Technical Breakdown

8.7

Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres6.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm10.0

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity7.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.0

Performance and control

Computed Score8.73

Production

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The verse leverages aggressive, rhythmic anchoring and high-density internal rhyme structures to establish a visceral persona, though it prioritizes sonic impact over complex lyrical abstraction.

9.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

6.5

Wordplay

Delivery

Assonant rhyme chainsInternal rhythmic mirroringStaccato deliveryAggressive phonetic layering

Rhyme Architecture: Employs an AABB structure with heavy internal multisyllabic rhyming, utilizing end-stopped lines to force an aggressive, staccato cadence that emphasizes the final beat.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"the best living or dead hands down"

① A claim of absolute superiority among all emcees, past or present.② A literal reference to 'hands down' as a physical gesture associated with the dominance projected in the concert setting.

"my eyes more red than the devil is"

① A literal reference to the aesthetic or physical state of the speaker (drug use or fatigue).② A hyperbolic comparison to the archetypal representation of evil to emphasize moral deviance and intensity.

Exceptional rhythmic cadence

Commanding vocal presence

Effective use of multis for internal propulsion

Lyrical content leans heavily on established persona tropes

Limited depth in metaphor beyond character posturing

User Scores

Notes

Combines bravado with complex wordplay and strong metaphors.