Kanye West - Power (Live)

[Kanye West] I’m livin’ in the 21st century Doin’ something mean to it Do it better than anybody you ever seen do it Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it I guess every superhero need his theme music No one man should have all that power The clock’s tickin’, I just count the hours Stop trippin’, I’m trippin’ off the power (21st century schizoid man) The system broken, the schools closed, the prisons open We ain’t got nothin’ to lose, ma’f-cka, we rollin’ Huh? Ma’f-cka, we rollin’ With some light-skinned girls and some Kelly Rowlands In this white man’s world, we the ones chosen So goodnight, cruel world, I see you in the mornin’ Huh? I see you in the mornin’ This is way too much, I need a moment No one man should have all that power The clock’s tickin’, I just count the hours Stop trippin’, I’m trippin’ off the power ‘Til then, f-ck that, the World’s ours (21st century schizoid man) The brown hero live from ground zero Machine gun flow, made of ghetto Ross Perot And this is disestablishmentarianism With my night goggles on, yeah, military vision And it’s still a very Christian way to think about living When you praying for freedom cuz your mind been in prison cause they tryin to control every single big decision You ain’t effin’ the system then why the eff is you living? Look dog, you can cop whatever suits you on Three piece, cuff links and the accoutrements They been feeding us ishh without the nutrients So I’m back with another hit to let the truth be known And your boy still fresh with the Gucci on Them Italians sure know how to make what the moulies want And they really can’t take what dude be on But I be on the same thing til you prove me wrong No one man should have all that power The clock’s tickin’, I just count the hours Stop trippin’, I’m trippin’ off the power ‘Til then, f-ck that, the World’s ours Colin Powells, Austin Powers Lost in translation with a whole f-ckin’ nation They say I was the obamanation (abomination) of Obama’s nation Well, that’s a pretty bad way to start the conversation At the end of day, goddammit, I’m killin’ this sh-t I know damn well y’all feelin’ this sh-t I don’t need yo’ p-ssy, bitch, I’m on my own d-ck I ain’t gotta power trip, who you goin’ home with? How ‘Ye doin’? I’m survivin’ I was drinkin’ earlier, now I’m drivin’ Where the bad bitches, huh? Where ya hidin’? I got the power, make yo’ life so excitin’ (So excitin’) Now this would be a beautiful death Jumpin’ out the window Lettin’ everything go Lettin’ everything go N-now-now this would be a beautiful death Jumpin’ out the window Lettin’ everything go Lettin’ everything go Now this would be a beautiful death Jumpin’ out the window Lettin’ everything go Lettin’ everything go You got the power to let power go [End]