My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Blame Game

Kanye West

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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375

Internal

118

Multi

328

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Whose fault?

Let's play the blame game, I love you more

Let's play the blame game for sure

Let's call out names,^✦ names,^✦ I hate you more

Let's call out names,^✦ names^✦ for sure

I'll call you - for short as a last resort^✦ and my first resort^✦

You call me - for long

At the end of it you know we both were wrong

But I love to play the blame game, I love you more

Let's play the blame game for sure

Let's call out names,^✦ names,^✦ I hate you more

Let's call out names,^✦ names^✦ for sure

On a bathroom^✦ wall I wrote

"I'd rather^✦ argue with you than be with someone else"

I took a - and dismiss it like f- it and I went and found somebody^✦ else

Arguing and harvesting the feelings,^✦ yo' I'd rather^✦ be by my - self

'Til about^✦ 2 a.m. and I call back, and I hang up, and I start to blame myself^✦

Somebody^✦ help

Let's play the blame game, I love you more

Let's play the blame game for sure

Let's call her names,^✦ names,^✦ I hate you more

Let's call her names,^✦ names^✦ for sure

You weren't^✦ perfect but you made life worth it

Stick around,^✦ some real feelings^✦ might surface

Been a long time since I spoke to you in a bathroom^✦ gripping you up - and choking^✦ you

What the hell was I supposed^✦ to do

I know you ain't getting^✦ this type of - from that local^✦ dude

And if you are, I hope you have a good time

'Cause I definitely^✦ be having^✦ mine

And you ain't finna^✦ see a mogul get emotional

Every^✦ time I hear 'bout other^✦ - stroking^✦ you

Lying, say I hit you

He sitting there consoling you

Rubbing my name through the mud

Who's provoking^✦ you?

You should be grateful a - like me ever^✦ noticed you

Now you noticeable and can't nobody^✦ get control of you

1 a.m. and can't nobody^✦ get a hold of you

I'm calling your brother's phone like what was I supposed^✦ to do

Even^✦ though I knew, he never^✦ told the truth

He was just gon' say whatever that you told him to

At a certain point I had to stop asking^✦ questions

Y'all got dirt on each other^✦ like mud wrestlers

I heard he bought some coke with my money^✦

That ain't right girl

You getting^✦ blackmailed for that white girl

You always said, "Yeezy,^✦ I ain't your right girl

You probably find one of them 'I like art' type girls"

All of her life, she was caught in the hype girl

And I was satisfied being in love with the lie

Then who to blame, you to blame, me to blame

For the pain and it poured^✦ every^✦ time when it rained^✦

Let's play the blame game, I love you, more

Let's play the blame game for sure

Things used^✦ to be, now they're not

Anything^✦ but us is who we are

Disguising ourselves as secret^✦ lovers

We've become^✦ public enemies

We walk away^✦ like strangers in the street

Gone for eternity, we erased^✦ one another^✦

So far from where we came, with so much of everything^✦

How do we leave with nothing?

Lack of visual^✦ empathy equates the meaning of L-O-V-E

Hatred^✦ and attitude tear us entirely^✦

Chloe Mitchell

Let's play the blame game, I love you more

Let's play the blame game for sure

Let's call out names,^✦ names,^✦ I hate you more

Let's call out names,^✦ names,^✦ for sure

I can't love you this much

No, I can't love you this much

I can't love you this much

And I know that you were somewhere doing your thing

And when the phone called^✦ it just rang and rang

You ain't pick up, but your phone accidentally called^✦ me back

And I heard the whole thing

I heard the whole thing, the whole thing, the whole thing, whole thing

Oh my God

Baby,^✦ you done took this s- to another^✦ - level^✦

Now a neighborhood - like me ain't supposed^✦ to be getting^✦ no - like this

- Damn, - damn!

Who taught you how to get sexy^✦ for a -? (Yeezy^✦ taught me)

You never^✦ used^✦ to talk dirty,^✦ but now you, you got damn disgusting

My-my^✦ God, where-where'd^✦ you learn that? (Yeezy^✦ taught me)

Look at you - naked^✦ with them - Jimmy^✦ Choos on

Who taught you how to put some - Jimmy^✦ Choos on? (Yeezy^✦ taught me)

Yo, you took your - game up a whole 'nother^✦ level^✦

This is some Cirque du Soleil^✦ - now -

You done went all porno^✦ on a -, ok, and I, and I love it

And I thank you, I thank you, my - thanks you!

How d'you learn, how, how did your - game come up? (Yeezy^✦ taught me)

I was - parts of your - I've never^✦ fucked^✦ before^✦

I was in there like, "Oh, - I've never^✦ been here before"^✦

I've never^✦ even^✦ seen this part of - town before^✦

It's like you got this - re-upholstered^✦ or some -

What the - happened?

Who, who the - got your - all re-upholstered?^✦

(Yeezy^✦ re-upholstered^✦ my -)

You know what, I got to thank Yeezy^✦

And when I see that -, I'ma^✦ thank him

I'ma^✦ buy the album

I'ma^✦ download that -, I'ma^✦ shoot a bootlegger!

That's how good I feel about^✦ this -

Ahh!, I still can't believe you got me this watch

This - is the exact - I wanted^✦

Even^✦ with the bezel^✦ this is the - I wanted^✦

I saw this -, I saw that Twista^✦ had this - on in The Source

I remember, Twista^✦ had this - on in The Source

That's right, that's right!

Yo, yo, babe, yo, yo, this is the best birthday ever!^✦

Where you learn to treat a - like this?

(Yeezy^✦ taught me)

Yeezy^✦ taught you well

Technical Breakdown

8.4

Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

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 Complexity5.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.0

Performance and control

Computed Score8.42

Production

— Kanye West, DJ Frank E, Mike Dean

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The verse utilizes cyclical, iterative rhyme structures to mimic the repetitive, dysfunctional cycle of the titular blame game, prioritizing emotional resonance over complex lyrical density.

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

6.5

Wordplay

Delivery

Circular refrainAnaphoric repetitionRhythmic juxtaposition of short, staccato lines and conversational flowsInternal rhyme chains

Rhyme Architecture: The verse relies on a highly consistent AAAA/BBBB cyclical structure. It uses repetitive end-rhyme anchors (more/sure) to establish a predictable, claustrophobic rhythmic pattern that reflects the cyclical nature of the relationship argument.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"I'll call you - for short as a last resort and my first resort / You call me - for long"

① Refers to the use of disparaging nicknames or insults (profanity) during an argument.② Refers to the act of calling someone 'bitch' (the redacted content), highlighting the reduction of the partner to a single, derogatory word as a mechanism for power in the argument.

"Arguing and harvesting the feelings"

① The literal, agricultural metaphor of cultivating or collecting feelings over time.② The psychological process of weaponizing or 'reaping' emotional reactions from the partner to sustain the conflict.

Exceptional rhythmic consistency that reinforces the theme

High emotional authenticity in delivery

Effective use of structural repetition to create a sense of entrapment

Relatively low lexical variety (vocabulary score 5.0)

Lyrical content leans heavily on simple declarations rather than complex figurative language

The narrative structure is intentionally circular, which can feel repetitive to the casual listener

User Scores

Notes

A haunting tale of love and regret with intricate emotional layers.