Kanye west “Power” out in 2010 was more just that a song; That was A self-perception of a modern world.
“Power” wasn’t quite the summer-ready debut single when it dropped in May 2010, but it served a larger purpose by allowing West to reframe the headlines surrounding him while exposing the toxic, corrupting nature of fame.
I’m living in that 21st century, doing something mean to itDo it better than anybody you ever seen do itScreams from the haters got a nice ring to itI guess every superhero need his theme music
No one man should have all that powerThe clock’s ticking, I just count the hoursStop tripping, I’m tripping off the power(21st-century schizoid man)
The system broken, the school’s closed, the prison’s openWe ain’t got nothing to lose, everybody, we rollingHuh? Everybody, we rollingWith some light-skinned girls and some Kelly RowlandsIn this white man world, we the ones chosenSo goodnight, cruel world, I’ll see you in the morningHuh? I’ll see you in the morningThis is way too much, I need a moment
No one man should have all that powerThe clock’s ticking, I just count the hoursStop tripping, I’m tripping off the power‘Til then, – that, the world’s oursAnd they say, and they sayAnd they say, and they sayAnd they say, and they say(21st-century schizoid man)
SNL and the whole castTell them Yeezy said they can kiss my whole assMore specifically, they can kiss my ass-I’m an ass-? You – got jokesYou short-minded – thoughts is NapoleonMy furs is Mongolian, my ice brought the goalies inI embody every characteristic of the egotisticHe knows he’s so – gifted
I just needed time alone with my own thoughtsGot treasures in my mind, but couldn’t open up my own vaultMy childlike creativity, purity, and honestyIs honestly being crowded by these grown thoughtsReality is catching up with meTaking my inner child, I’m fighting for custodyWith these responsibilities that they entrusted meAs I look down at my diamond-encrusted piece
Thinking no one man should have all that powerThe clock’s ticking, I just count the hoursStop tripping, I’m tripping off the powder‘Til then, – that, the world’s oursAnd they say, and they sayAnd they say, and they sayAnd they say, and they say(21st-century schizoid man)
Colin Powells, Austin PowersLost in translation with a whole – nationThey say I was the abomination of Obama’s nationWell, that’s a pretty bad way to start the conversationAt the end of the day, god-, I’m killing this sh-I know damn well y’all feeling this sh-I don’t need your -, I’m on my own –I ain’t gotta power trip, who you goin’ home with?How Ye doing? I’m survivin’I was drinkin’ earlier, now I’m drivin’Where the bad -, huh? Where you hidin’?I got the power make your life so excitin’
Now this will be a beautiful deathI’m jumping out the window, I’m letting everything goI’m letting everything goMmm, now this will be a beautiful deathI’m jumping out the window, I’m letting everything goI’m letting everything goNow this will be a beautiful deathJumping out the window, letting everything goLetting everything goYou got the power to let power go?
