Graduation

Champion

Kanye West

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[Verse 3: Gucci Mane & Desiigner]

It's Gucci^✦

Fresh out the feds in this motherfucker^✦ (Hah, yeah)

And they still ain't ready^✦ yet for a motherfucker^✦ (No, grrah)

Gucci^✦ Mane and I'm 'bout to put my Yeezys on (Huh?)

Now that Gucci^✦ home, it's over^✦ for you Gucci^✦ clones^✦

[Chorus: Travis Scott, Desiigner & Big Sean]

Fifteen^✦ hundred,^✦ all in singles^✦ (Straight up)

Throw it up, watch it fall and drop

'Round and 'round they go (Stop, drop)

'Round and 'round they go (Yeah, yeah, ha)

Champions,^✦ we run the city^✦

Number^✦ one, they fallin'^✦ from the top

'Round and 'round they go (Oh-oh-oh,^✦ oh)

'Round and 'round they go (Oh-oh-oh,^✦ straight up)

[Verse 4: Big Sean & Desiigner]

Look, I say a prayer for my enemies^✦ (Prayer)

They cannot^✦ slow down what's meant for me (Yeah, yeah)

Funny^✦ how they come around^✦ like I can't see through they secret^✦ identities^✦ (Grrah)

Lately,^✦ it's all about^✦ Zen in me (Yeah)

Subtractin' the negative energy^✦ (Yeah)

Fuck with the family,^✦ turn your ass to a memory^✦

My niggas^✦ keep it a century (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I blow the check up, nigga,^✦ detonation^✦ (Yeah)

Kill 'em one by one, Final^✦ Destination^✦ (Yeah, yeah)

Top my destination^✦

I got guardian angels all around^✦ a nigga,^✦ that's deflectin' Satan^✦ (Yeah, grrah)

I'm a motherfuckin' champion^✦ (Yeah)

This right here the fuckin'^✦ anthem^✦ (Yeah, yeah)

I can't dap you without hand san' (Hey)

I don't know where your dirty^✦ ass hands been

I wake up to like a hundred^✦ texts (Yeah)

Championship team, but we can't cut the net (Okay)^✦

She all off in my jersey^✦ lookin'^✦ underdressed (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

I'm finna^✦ buy this bitch a Honda^✦ CRX with

[Chorus: Travis Scott, Desiigner & 2 Chainz]

Fifteen^✦ hundred,^✦ all in singles^✦ (Straight up)

Throw it up, watch it fall and drop

'Round and 'round they go (Stop, drop)

'Round and 'round it go, 'round and 'round it go

'Round and 'round they go

I'd rather^✦ be strapped^✦ and then ride with a pole

Than to get down in a hole (2 Chainz)

[Verse 5: 2 Chainz]

Uh, I took a nap in the pulpit^✦

I never^✦ like how a suit fit

I got a pocket^✦ full of money^✦

It got me walkin'^✦ all slew-foot

I'm on my wave like a cruise ship

In that ho mouth like a toothpick

Anyone^✦ get in my way

Nothin'^✦ to say, I tote 'em choppers like pool sticks (Ha)

I wear pajamas to Ruth's Chris (Oh)

Couldn't walk a mile in my new kicks (No)

I'm comin'^✦ from the apartments (Damn)

We never^✦ had our damn pool fixed (Damn)

Walk in the mall with my new bitch

Tell her to get the whole rack

My new bitch gon' pull me a new bitch

Then pull me a new bitch

See, that is a snowball effect

I got gold on my neck (Woah)

Lookin'^✦ like a Super^✦ Bowl on my neck (Woah)

I got a mansion^✦ full of marble floors

It look like I could go bowl in this bitch

Versace logos on bowls in this bitch

Huh, like I'm a serial^✦ killer^✦

I put the real in gorilla

I did this shit for my niggas,^✦ yeah

[Chorus: Travis Scott, Desiigner & Yo Gotti]

Fifteen^✦ hundred,^✦ all in singles^✦ (Straight up)

Throw it up, watch it fall and drop

'Round and 'round they go (Stop, drop)

'Round and 'round it go, 'round and 'round it go

'Round and 'round they go

I'd rather^✦ be strapped^✦ and then ride with a pole

Than to get down in a hole

Champions,^✦ we run the city^✦

Number^✦ one, they fallin'^✦ from the top

'Round and 'round they go (Yeah, yeah)

'Round and 'round it go, 'round and 'round it go

'Round and 'round they go

I'd rather^✦ be strapped^✦ and then ride with a pole

Than to get down in a hole (I'm Yo Gotti)^✦

[Verse 6: Yo Gotti & Desiigner]

Reach for my chain is suicide (Yeah)

The car I drive fit two inside^✦ (Yeah)

They mad at Ye 'cause he all in the neighborhood^✦

But he let them goons inside^✦ (Hey)

Let's fuck up the neighborhood^✦

Let's fuck up the neighborhood^✦ (Yeah)

Buy every^✦ house in this bitch

You know that the money^✦ good (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

My wrist in the kitchen go 'round and 'round (Woo)

Play with the kid, I'ma^✦ gun you down (Woo)

The roof on that Wraith in the lost and found

Official trap shit, let me slow it down

Way more shit than a Pamper^✦ (Yeah)

All we rock is bandanas (What)

Whips so nasty,^✦ no manners

I just got head in a Phantom

[Verse 7: Gucci Mane & Desiigner]

She say she don't want a chump, baby^✦ want a champ

She say money^✦ make her cum, Gucci^✦ make her damp (Gucci)^✦

1017's the Squad, Gucci^✦ Mane's^✦ the stamp (Ha)

And he don't never^✦ sleep, he's a fuckin'^✦ vamp

I heard your bitch ridin'^✦ on the bus, you don't give a damn

My bitch drive a Lamb', you should call her ma'am (Mwah)

I love my Auntie Jane, but fuck Uncle Sam (Go)

I'm a walkin'^✦ money^✦ machine, check my Instagram (Grrah)

Niggas^✦ never^✦ test the kid so I don't have to cram

My city^✦ treat me like a king, I should wear a crown

(Ha) And I don't really^✦ fuck around^✦ (Go)

I gave my bitch two mil' 'cause she stuck around^✦ (It's Gucci)^✦

[Chorus: Travis Scott & Desiigner]

Fifteen^✦ hundred,^✦ all in singles^✦ (Straight up)

Throw it up, watch it fall and drop

'Round and 'round they go

'Round and 'round it go, 'round and 'round it go

'Round and 'round they go

I'd rather^✦ be strapped^✦ and then ride with a pole

Than to get down in a hole

Champions,^✦ we run the city^✦ (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Number^✦ one, they fallin'^✦ from the top (Throw it, throw it)

'Round and 'round they go

'Round and 'round it go

'Round and 'round they go

I'd rather^✦ be strapped^✦ and then ride with a pole

Than to get down in a hole

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 Complexity6.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control7.5

Performance and control

Computed Score8.41

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— Kanye West, Brian "AllDay" Miller

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The verse relies on rhythmic punchiness and high-energy ad-lib interplay rather than dense lyrical complexity, prioritizing cadence and persona over intricate double entendres.

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

6.5

Wordplay

7.5

Delivery

Assonant internal rhyme chainsStaccato rhythmic punctuationDynamic ad-lib integrationCall-and-response rhythmic patterns

Rhyme Architecture: A combination of AABB and AAAA mono-rhyme patterns driven by repetitive long-vowel sounds, designed for high-energy delivery.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"Gucci clones"

① Other rappers imitating Gucci Mane's aesthetic or flow.② A literal reference to the lack of authenticity in the fashion market regarding branded replicas.

"Keep it a century"

① Maintaining 100% authenticity or honesty (slang: keep it a hundred).② A play on 'keep it one hundred' to elevate the intensity or duration of loyalty.

"Zen in me"

① Finding inner peace or calm through mindfulness.② A phonetic pun on 'Zenith,' implying that the emcee has reached his highest possible point or peak state.

Excellent rhythmic pocket maintenance

High-energy delivery that compensates for lyrical simplicity

Effective use of space and silence between bars

Reliance on established rap tropes and cliches

Limited thematic depth beyond ego-centric declarations

Vocabulary and lexicon lack technical variation

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