My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

So Appalled

Kanye West

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

[Refrain: Swizz Beatz]

One hand in the air if you don't really^✦ care

Two hands in the air if you don't really^✦ care

It's like that sometimes,^✦ I mean ridiculous^✦

It's like that sometimes,^✦ this shit ridiculous^✦

One hand in the air if you don't really^✦ care

Middle finger^✦ in the air if you don't really^✦ care

It's like that sometimes,^✦ man, ridiculous^✦

Life can be sometimes^✦ ridiculous^✦

[Verse 1: Kanye West]

I'm so appalled,^✦ Spalding,^✦ ball

Balding^✦ Donald Trump taking^✦ dollars from y'all

Baby,^✦ you're fired,^✦ your girlfriend hired^✦

But if you don't mind, I'ma^✦ keep you on call

We above^✦ the law, we don't give a fuck 'bout y'all

I got dogs that'll chew a fuckin'^✦ hole through the wall

But since they all lovers,^✦ I need more rubbers^✦

And if I don't use rubbers,^✦ need more covers^✦

Housekeeping,^✦ I mean, goddamn^✦

One time, let it be a bad bitch sweeping^✦

That know we get O's like Cheerios

That know because they seen us in the videos^✦

That know the day that you play me

Would be the same day MTV play videos^✦

That was a little joke, voila^✦

Praises^✦ due to the most high, Allah^✦

Praises^✦ due to the most fly, Prada^✦

Baby,^✦ I'm magic,^✦ tada^✦

Address me as your highness,^✦ high as United^✦

Thirty^✦ thousand feet up and you are not invited

Niggas^✦ be writing bullshit like they gotta^✦ work

Niggas^✦ is going through real shit, man, they out of work

That's why another^✦ goddamn^✦ dance track gotta^✦ hurt

That's why I'd rather^✦ spit something that got a purp'

[Chorus: Kanye West & CyHi The Prynce]

Champagne^✦ wishes,^✦ thirty^✦ white bitches^✦

I mean this shit is fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

Fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

I mean this shit is fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

Five-star^✦ dishes,^✦ different^✦ exotic^✦ fishes^✦

Man, this shit is fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

Fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

[Verse 2: Jay-Z]

How should I begin^✦ this? I'm just so offended

How am I even^✦ mentioned by all these fuckin'^✦ beginners?

I'm so appalled,^✦ I might buy the mall

Just to show niggas^✦ how much more I have in store

I'm fresher than you all, so I don't have to pause

All of y'all can suck my balls through my drawers

Dark Knight feeling, die and be a hero^✦

Or live long enough^✦ to see yourself become^✦ a villain

I went from the favorite^✦ to the most hated^✦

But would you rather^✦ be underpaid or overrated?

Moral^✦ victories^✦ is for minor^✦ league coaches^✦

And Ye already told you we major,^✦ you cockroaches^✦

Show me where the boats is, Ferrari Testarossas

And Hammer^✦ went broke so you know I'm more focused

I lost thirty^✦ mil', so I spent another^✦ thirty^✦

'Cause unlike^✦ Hammer,^✦ thirty^✦ million^✦ can't hurt me

Fuckin'^✦ insane,^✦ the fuck am I saying?

Not only^✦ am I fly, I'm fuckin'^✦ not playing

All these little bitches^✦ too big for they britches^✦

Burning they little bridges, fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

[Chorus: Kanye West & CyHi The Prynce]

Champagne^✦ wishes,^✦ thirty^✦ white bitches^✦

I mean this shit is fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

Fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

I mean this shit is fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

Five-star^✦ dishes,^✦ different^✦ exotic^✦ fishes^✦

Man, this shit is fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

Fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

[Verse 3: Pusha T]

Success is what you make it, take it how it come

A half a mil' in twenties^✦ like a billion^✦ where I'm from

An arrogant drug dealer,^✦ the legend I become^✦

CNN said I'd be dead by twenty-one

Blackjack, I just pulled^✦ an ace

As you looking at the king in his face

Everything I dream, motherfuckers, I'm watchin' it take shape

While to you I'm just a young rich nigga^✦ that lacks faith

Range Rove', leather roof, love war, fuck a truce

Still move a bird like I'm in bed with Mother^✦ Goose

Them hoes coming^✦ in a baker's^✦ dozen^✦

Claiming they was with me when they know they really^✦ wasn't

I keep the city's best, never^✦ said she was the brightest^✦

So if you had her too, it don't affect me in the slightest^✦

I never^✦ met a bitch that didn't need a little guidance

So I dismiss her past until^✦ she disappoints your highness^✦

I speak the gospel, hostile

Tony^✦ doing time for what he did to nostrils

Paranoid mind, I'm still under^✦ the watchful

Eye of the law, aspire^✦ for more

Them kilos^✦ came, we gave you Bobby^✦ Brown jaw

Flaws ain't flaws when it's you that makes^✦ the call

Flow similar to the legends of the falls

Spillin', I own you all, yuugh

[Refrain: Swizz Beatz]

One hand in the air if you don't really^✦ care

Two hands in the air if you don't really^✦ care

It's like that sometimes,^✦ I mean ridiculous^✦

It's like that sometimes,^✦ this shit ridiculous^✦

One hand in the air if you don't really^✦ care

Middle finger^✦ in the air if you don't really^✦ care

It's like that sometimes,^✦ man, ridiculous^✦

Life can be sometimes^✦ ridiculous^✦

[Verse 4: CyHi The Prynce]

Hah, I am so outrageous^✦

I wear my pride on my sleeve like a bracelet

If God had an iPod,^✦ I'd be on his playlist

My phrases amazes^✦ the faces^✦ in places^✦

The favorite,^✦ hah, my cup overrunneth with hundreds

Dummy,^✦ damn, it's hard not for me to waste it

The new Commandment, "Thou shalt not hate, kid"

My movement is like the Civil^✦ Rights, I'm Ralph David^✦

Abernathy, so call my lady^✦ Rosa^✦ Parks

I am nothing like them niggas,^✦ baby,^✦ those are marks

I met this girl on Valentine's Day, fucked^✦ her in May

She found out about^✦ April,^✦ so she chose to march

Hah, damn, another^✦ broken^✦ heart

I keep bitches^✦ by the twos, nigga,^✦ Noah's Ark

I got a seven^✦ on me, I call my 'dro Lamar^✦

Plus a Trojan^✦ in my pocket,^✦ Matt Leinart, hah

G-A-T in the Pathfinder

'Cause you haters^✦ got PhDs

Y'all just some major^✦ haters^✦ and some math minors

Tiger^✦ Woods, don't make me grab iron

[Chorus: RZA]

Ayy, yo, champagne^✦ wishes^✦ and thirty^✦ white bitches^✦

You know this shit is fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

Fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

You know this shit is fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

Cars for the missus^✦ and furs for the mistress

You know that shit is fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

Fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

You know this shit is fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

Fuckin'^✦ ridiculous^✦

[Refrain: Swizz Beatz]

One hand in the air if you don't really^✦ care

Two hands in the air if you don't really^✦ care

It's like that sometimes,^✦ I mean ridiculous^✦

It's like that sometimes,^✦ this shit ridiculous^✦

One hand in the air if you don't really^✦ care

Middle finger^✦ in the air if you don't really^✦ care

It's like that sometimes,^✦ man, ridiculous^✦

Life can be sometimes^✦ ridiculous,^✦ huh?

Technical Breakdown

8.8

Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres7.0

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 Score8.79

Production

— Kanye West, No I.D., Mike Dean

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Kanye West utilizes highly rhythmic, associative stream-of-consciousness rhyming that prioritizes sonic texture and pop-culture subversion over traditional narrative complexity.

9.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

Wordplay

Delivery

AABB rhyme scheme extensionsphonetic wordplaypop-culture allusioninternal rhyming chains

Rhyme Architecture: The verse relies on a dense, cascading multisyllabic scheme (appalled/Spalding/ball/Balding) that bleeds into the next couplet, maintaining a relentless forward momentum through consistent vowel sound repetition.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"I'm so appalled, Spalding, ball"

① The literal expression of disgust or shock regarding industry conditions.② A linguistic pivot to the 'Spalding' brand, serving as a phonetic setup to evoke the imagery of basketball/status.

"Balding Donald Trump taking dollars from y'all"

① A political/social critique of wealth extraction.② A character-based jab utilizing the phonetic resonance with 'appalled' to maintain the rhyme chain while mocking public figures.

"get O's like Cheerios"

① A slang reference to receiving large quantities of money (zeros in a bank account).② A visual metaphor referencing the physical shape of the cereal loops.

High-energy delivery that matches the production's abrasive tone

Excellent phonetic exploitation of the word 'appalled'

Effective use of internal rhyme to bridge disparate imagery

Occasional reliance on juvenile lyrical tropes

Limited thematic depth beyond status signaling

Slight decline in poetic cohesion toward the final lines

User Scores

Notes

Incorporates clever lines but lacks some thematic depth.