[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
And then they (Go) And then they And then they (Go) And then they (21st century schizoid man)
[Kanye West - Alternative Second Verse] The brown hero, live from Ground Zero Machine gun flow, made of ghetto Ross Perot And this is disestablishmen-tarianism With my night goggles on, yeah, military vision And it’s still a very Christian way to think about livin’ When you prayin’ for freedom ’cause 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 livin’? Look, dawg, you can cop whatever suits you on Three-piece, cuff links and the accoutrements They been feedin’ us ish 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"