The Life of Pablo

30 Hours

Kanye West

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[Verse 2: Kanye West]

I remember^✦ rappin'^✦ for Jay and Cam

Young producer just trying to get his flows off

I remember^✦ being nervous to do Victoria's Secret^✦

'Til I pictured everybody with they clothes off

Expedition^✦ was Eddie Bauer edition^✦

I'm drivin'^✦ with no winter^✦ tires^✦ in December^✦

Skrrt, skrrt, skrrt, like a private school for women^✦

Then I get there and all the Popeye's is finished, girl

You don't love me, you just pretendin'

I need a happy^✦ beginnin', middle and endin'^✦

Chicago,^✦ St. Louis, St. Louis to Chicago^✦

It's gettin'^✦ hot in here, that's all that I know

Got a hotel room, three stars for you

You call down for an omelet,^✦ girl, it's 5 in the morning

You realize we at the DoubleTree, not the Aria^✦

Only^✦ thing open^✦ is Waffle House, girl, don't start with me

I used^✦ the Western Union for you like it's no prob'

'Cause you was in college complainin' 'bout it's no jobs

But you were suckin'^✦ a nigga^✦ dick the whole time

Well, I guess a blowjob's better^✦ than no job

[Chorus: Kanye West]

And I drove back thirty^✦ hours, uh

[Bridge: Arthur Russell]

Where the main ties onto the sail

Better^✦ on sighting

For astern, oh

[Outro: Kanye West & André 3000]

3 Stacks, can you help me out?

Thirty^✦ hours

Yeah, this type of shit you just ride out to

Thirty^✦ hours

I just be like, it was my idea^✦ to have an open^✦ relationship

Now a nigga^✦ mad

Now I'm 'bout to drive ninety^✦ miles^✦ like Matt Barnes^✦ to kill

Thirty^✦ hours

Just to kill

Just to

I'm about^✦ to drive ninety^✦

Ninety^✦ miles^✦ like Matt Barnes^✦ just to whoop a nigga^✦ ass

It was my idea^✦ and now a nigga^✦ (Thirty^✦ hours)

Now a nigga^✦ mad, now a nigga,^✦ uh

A stunna^✦

Whoop him after^✦ school just to show I got class

Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh

Duh-duh with you, yeah (Thirty^✦ hours)

You know what I'm sayin'? Drop some shit like that

Ayy, ayy, ayy-ayy, ayy, uh

Whoop him after^✦ school just to

Thirty^✦ hours

Whoop him after^✦ school just to show I got class

Uh, igh, uh, uh, 3 Stacks

Thirty^✦ hours

Just ride out to that, uh

Check it out: this the bonus^✦ track, this the bonus^✦

Thirty^✦ hours

My favorite albums used^✦ to have like bonus^✦ joints like this

That's why they kick it off like this

Yeah, just did that Madison Square Garden^✦

Thirty^✦ hours

Had to put the flyest nigga^✦ on this shit, ayy, ayy

The pyramids shall rise

Thirty^✦ hours

Look at these ultralight beams flowin'^✦

For all the moms, the dads, the kids, the families that shared^✦ this moment with us

Let's rock out for 'bout

Thirty^✦ hours

You know, ayy, you know

Ayy, you know, ayy, you know

Thirty^✦ hours

Whole design team, Yeezy^✦ team, music team, ayy

Remember^✦ when the whole block'd get shout out?

This my version^✦ of a shout-out track

Thirty^✦ hours

Let that mothafucka rock, let that, let that, yeah

To my brother Yasiin,^✦ holding^✦ it down in Africa^✦

Thirty^✦ hours

To my family:^✦ thank you for holding^✦ me down

The media^✦ be acting^✦ like

Thirty^✦ hours

That's Gabe calling

Yo, Gabe

I'm just doing a— I'm just doing an adlib track right now

What's up?

Thirty^✦ hours

[Produced by Mike Dean, Kanye West & Karriem Riggins]

Technical Breakdown

8.7

Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

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 Score8.68

Production

— Kanye West, Karriem Riggins, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The verse utilizes conversational, stream-of-consciousness storytelling as a structural delivery mechanism, transitioning from reflective nostalgia to grounded, cynical humor while maintaining a consistent pocket.

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

Wordplay

Delivery

Conversational cadenceInternal rhyme clustersSubversion of romantic tropesAnti-climax narrative structure

Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AABB and AAAA couplet-based structures with dense internal rhyme linkages (e.g., 'Jay and Cam' / 'flows off' / 'clothes off') that bridge line ends.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"I pictured everybody with they clothes off"

① The literal method used to overcome nervousness before public speaking (common psychological advice).② A subversion of the Victoria's Secret setting, framing the professional anxiety through the lens of West's sexualized perspective.

"I guess a blowjob's better than no job"

① A cynical, transactional observation regarding the partner's employment status vs. sexual favors.② A structural punchline that resolves the 'no jobs' frustration with a crude homophonic play on the word 'job'.

High-level conversational flow that mimics real-time recollection

Effective use of mundane detail to anchor the emotional stakes of the narrative

Commanding performance that emphasizes vocal pacing over aggressive lyricism

The rhyme density occasionally forces simplistic syntax

The narrative shift from nostalgic intro to bitter outro creates a slight tonal disjoint

Dependence on pop-culture referents which can date the material

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