Donda

Jesus Lord pt 2

Kanye West

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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[Chorus: Kanye West]

Tell me if you know someone^✦ that needs (Jesus^✦ Lord)

[Verse 2: Jay Electronica]

Uh-huh,^✦ in the name of the true and living^✦ God, the beneficent, the merciful

Thank you for bringing me up the rough side of the mountain^✦ like Ertuğrul (Jesus)^✦

Every^✦ knee bowed^✦ and every^✦ tongue confessed and paid homage^✦ (Lord)

To the monk who visit^✦ Rothschilds like Thelonious did Pannonica^✦ (Sheesh)

It's Jay Elec-entendre-nica^✦ comin'^✦ through your monitor

Back from the great and yonder,^✦ the son of man and the son of Donda^✦ (Jesus)^✦

I never^✦ rode the GSXR or the R6 or the Honda^✦ (Lord)

But I flew my Ducati^✦ through North America^✦ like Wakanda

Earthquakes'll strike this nation^✦ for what Bush did to Rwanda^✦ (Facts)

What the Clintons did to Haiti^✦ and Downing Street did to Ghana^✦ (Jesus)^✦

In Tepoztlán, they call me Terremoto, El Negro^✦ Loco^✦ (Lord)

I shift the tectonic plates^✦ of the game if I lay one vocal^✦

The God is interstellar while you fellas remain^✦ local^✦

My bars is like the pyramid temples of Pacal^✦ Votan^✦ (Jesus)^✦

As sure as the DOJ confirmed Ezekiel's Wheel (Lord)

I could change the world like Yakub with two pieces^✦ of steel

My sword or my microphone,^✦ I swore to the Christ's throne

But when you great, they wanna^✦ say you took an L, José Castillo (Jesus)^✦

I'm in the fight here, fight here, for what seemed^✦ like lightyears (Lord)

My rugged^✦ cross and thorny^✦ crowns squeeze out Christ tears

Thirty^✦ pieces^✦ of silver^✦ clout, my Pierre price tier

It's a war outside,^✦ it's a war outside^✦ (Jesus)^✦

It's like the last days of Sodom^✦ and Gomorrah outside^✦ (Lord)

[Chorus: Kanye West]

Tell me if you know someone^✦ that needs (Jesus^✦ Lord)

[Verse 3: Sheek Louch]

Donnie, Ye, what up, ****?

Get that money^✦ and **** forget^✦ 'em

I ain't meet Him, but my moms is with Him (Jesus)^✦

Thirty-eight, look how the streets did him (Lord)

All these trophies, but where do I sit 'em?

I was born to rock a crown, **** yeah, I knocked^✦ it down

Holy^✦ water,^✦ ****, but out here, we turned^✦ it brown (Jesus)^✦

Donnie, if you ain't loyal, you from a different soil (Lord)

Your flame too low for that water^✦ to boil

If I wasn't rappin',^✦ the calls would stop

You ain't really^✦ happy^✦ for me, you mad that I popped^✦ (Jesus)^✦

**** a car, five houses^✦ like, "Look what I copped"^✦ (Lord)

Devil^✦ like, "Jesus^✦ Christ, he gotta^✦ be stopped"

I don't say "What's up?" You basically blocked^✦

You see it on my hip, just know that it's cocked^✦ (Jesus)^✦

Always^✦ look 'em in the face when I deal with my opp (Lord)

I'm from the bottom,^✦ but Lord knows it's better^✦ up top, ****

[Verse 4: Jadakiss]

Yeah, viral^✦ pictures^✦ (Viral),^✦ Bible scriptures^✦ (Yeah)

One thing 'bout the devil,^✦ he's liable to get you (Yeah, Jesus)^✦

Long as my good days outweigh my bad days (Lord)

I don't count the money,^✦ I just know how much the bag weighs (I know)

Broke down soon as I seen him bring the coffin^✦ in

Lord knows, I just really^✦ wanna^✦ see you walk again^✦ (Uh, Jesus)^✦

Million-dollar cashier's check to the offerin' (Lord)

They can talk about^✦ me all they want, I'ma^✦ talk to Him (Uh-huh)^✦

Some **** get shot in they mouth, never^✦ talk again^✦ (Yuh)

After^✦ that, they go and get veneers or the porcelain^✦ (Jesus)^✦

We all need Him, is you ready^✦ to meet Him? (Lord, ready?)^✦

Doin' dumb ****, but keep cryin' for your freedom

Uh, if you don't die, then you try again^✦ (Yeah)

You get your angel^✦ wings, then you fly again^✦ (Jesus,^✦ fly)

Ain't no "I" in "Team", it's an "I" in "Win" (Lord, win)

They got they eye on me, I got my eye on Him (What's up?)

[Verse 5: Styles P]

Some fam died, some friends died

I am feeling rage on the inside,^✦ where is mine? (Jesus)^✦

Love and hate is a thin line, get told for the tenth time (Lord)

Dyin' on the eleventh,^✦ my ****

I'm just down here stuntin' on the seventh,^✦ my ****

By the way, is a ghetto^✦ up in heaven,^✦ my ****? (Jesus)^✦

If it is, keep the chariot revvin',^✦ my **** (Lord)

Yeah, that's what my momma^✦ be sayin'

And before^✦ you go to war, know it's honor in prayin'

There'll be vomit^✦ on the toilet^✦ after^✦ last night (Jesus)^✦

These **** ballin'^✦ they move, yeah, they gotta^✦ be playin', not the lottery^✦ (Lord)

I am in the flower,^✦ **** the pottery^✦

Jargon^✦ is angelic, you don't get it, then pardon^✦ me

Got coke from Jesús, now I'm talkin'^✦ to Jesús (Jesus)^✦

Real shallow ****, probably pray for a gray coupe (Lord)

Maybe the Lykan^✦ or a mansion^✦ out in the Seychelles

Ghost

[Chorus: Kanye West]

Tell me if you know someone^✦ that needs (Jesus^✦ Lord)

And we done been a lot of things

Tell me if you know someone^✦ that needs (Jesus^✦ Lord)

We done seen a lot of things

Tell me if you know someone^✦ that needs (Jesus^✦ Lord)

Been through a lot of things

Tell me if you know someone^✦ that needs (Jesus^✦ Lord)

[Outro: Larry Hoover Jr. & Kanye West]

What up, Ye? This Larry^✦ Hoover^✦ Jr

First and foremost, I wanna^✦ thank you for taking^✦ the fight for my father^✦ to the Oval^✦ Office^✦

You might not have been the only^✦ one that could've did that, but you were the one that did do that

And with your assistance, we can continue to let the world take part in this fight

You know, to me it kind of feels like, me, my mother,^✦ my brothers, and my kids have all been incarcerated^✦ through this journey^✦ and we haven't^✦ even^✦ been to jail

We have been looked^✦ at and treated^✦ as criminals for being a part of this family^✦

My father's^✦ truth and the reality^✦ that he raised^✦ me in is that he wanted^✦ to make a change in this community^✦ (Tell me if you know someone^✦ that needs)

Because the conditions^✦ in this capitalist society is what made him and it's what made the children^✦ of today^✦

After^✦ twenty-five years of bein' locked^✦ down, twenty-three and one, my father^✦ has not called^✦ any^✦ shots from one of the most secure^✦ and segregated^✦ prisons in the world

And will not, once released, call any^✦ shots for the Gangster Disciples

If my father's^✦ intentions^✦ were to lead us to death, destruction,^✦ into^✦ the hell that he has had to live in for the past twenty-six years

Man, he would be dead to me

I didn't sign up for that

I didn't stay on this journey^✦ this long for that

All my life, man, I've been waitin'^✦ for my father^✦ to come home

They told me when I graduate^✦ eighth grade, he would be home

Then they told me when I graduate^✦ from high school, he would be home

I went away^✦ to Morris^✦ Brown, I graduated,^✦ and he still ain't home

Now I'm an adult, and my daughter went away^✦ to college and graduated^✦

He still not home

Now even^✦ more than that, my son, he graduated^✦ eighth grade and we still waitin'^✦

Matter^✦ of fact, he hasn't hugged,^✦ kissed,^✦ or touched any^✦ of his grandchildren^✦

And they haven't^✦ been able to touch they grandfather

Even^✦ though it is not seen that way for some of us, but for many^✦ of us, Larry^✦ Hoover^✦ is a beacon^✦ of hope for his community^✦ who deserves to breathe free air

Free my father^✦ (Jesus),^✦ Mr. Larry^✦ Hoover^✦ Sr. (Lord)

Technical Breakdown

9.2

Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres9.0

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 Control9.0

Performance and control

Computed Score9.24

Production

— Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Gesaffelstein, Mike Dean

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Jay Electronica delivers a masterclass in dense, esoteric lyricism that bridges global political history, theology, and high-culture allusions while maintaining a fluid, authoritative cadence.

A+

9.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

Wordplay

Delivery

Geopolitical and historical allusionMultisyllabic internal rhyme chainsEsoteric theological referencingSeamless blending of personal mythology with global critique

Rhyme Architecture: Complex multi-syllabic end-rhymes (A-A-A-A) utilizing 'onda/ana' sounds across dense blocks, interspersed with intricate internal assonance that reinforces the spiritual/militant thematic arc.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"Jay Elec-entendre-nica"

① A play on his own name 'Jay Electronica'.② A meta-referential claim to his skill in crafting multi-layered double entendres.

"Thirty pieces of silver clout, my Pierre price tier"

① A reference to the biblical betrayal of Judas Iscariot for 30 pieces of silver.② A commentary on the commodification of status (clout) in modern hip-hop, referencing Pierre-Auguste Renoir or the high-fashion brand/status symbols as a form of modern betrayal or superficial value.

"The monk who visit Rothschilds like Thelonious did Pannonica"

① A reference to the jazz legend Thelonious Monk's deep platonic relationship with his patron, the wealthy Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter.② An assertion of Jay Electronica's own intellectual and spiritual peerage among the world's most powerful or secretive elite circles, aligning himself with a 'monk-like' ascetic status.

Exceptional cultural and historical literacy

High-density rhyme schemes that never feel forced

Commanding, prophetic delivery tone

Sophisticated use of multi-layered entendres

High barrier to entry for listeners unfamiliar with specific theological/geopolitical references

Occasional reliance on extreme abstraction which may lose casual listeners

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