Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kanye West
Lead Vocals
MIKE DEAN
Keyboards
Jeff Bhasker
Keyboards
Dwele
Vocals
Alvin Fields
Chant Vocals
Kenneth Lewis
Chant Vocals
Ian Allen
Hand Claps
Wilson Christopher
Hand Claps
Uri Djemal
Hand Claps
Christopher Soper
Hand Claps
Chris "Hitchcock" Chorney
Cello
King Crimson
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Boris Bergman
Songwriter
François Bernheim
Songwriter
MIKE DEAN
Songwriter
Greg Lake
Songwriter
Jean Pierre Lang
Songwriter
Jeff Bhasker
Songwriter
Kanye West
Songwriter
Larry Griffin, Jr.
Songwriter
Malik Yusef
Songwriter
Michael Giles
Songwriter
Nathan Perez
Songwriter
Peter Sinfield
Songwriter
Robert Fripp
Songwriter
Ian McDonald
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kanye West
Producer
MIKE DEAN
Recording Engineer
S1
Producer
Jeff Bhasker
Co-Producer
Anthony Kilhoffer
Recording Engineer
Manny Marroquin
Mixing Engineer
Kenneth Lewis
Vocal Recording Engineer
Brent Kolatalo
Vocal Recording Engineer
Andrew Dawson
Recording Engineer
Christian Plata
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Erik Madrid
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Gee Roberson
Executive Producer
Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshua
Executive Producer
Shawn Carter
Executive Producer
Vlado Meller
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
I'm living in that 21st century, doing 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 ticking, I just count the hours
Stop tripping, I'm tripping off the power
(21st-century schizoid man)
The system broken, the school's closed, the prison's open
We ain't got nothing to lose, everybody, we rolling
Huh? Everybody, we rolling
With some light-skinned girls and some Kelly Rowlands
In this white man world, we the ones chosen
So goodnight, cruel world, I'll see you in the morning
Huh? I'll see you in the morning
This is way too much, I need a moment
No one man should have all that power
The clock's ticking, I just count the hours
Stop tripping, I'm tripping off the power
'Til then, - that, the world's ours
And they say, and they say
And they say, and they say
And they say, and they say
(21st-century schizoid man)
SNL and the whole cast
Tell them Yeezy said they can kiss my whole ass
More specifically, they can kiss my ass-
I'm an ass-? You - got jokes
You short-minded - thoughts is Napoleon
My furs is Mongolian, my ice brought the goalies in
I embody every characteristic of the egotistic
He knows he's so - gifted
I just needed time alone with my own thoughts
Got treasures in my mind, but couldn't open up my own vault
My childlike creativity, purity, and honesty
Is honestly being crowded by these grown thoughts
Reality is catching up with me
Taking my inner child, I'm fighting for custody
With these responsibilities that they entrusted me
As I look down at my diamond-encrusted piece
Thinking no one man should have all that power
The clock's ticking, I just count the hours
Stop tripping, I'm tripping off the powder
'Til then, - that, the world's ours
And they say, and they say
And they say, and they say
And they say, and they say
(21st-century schizoid man)
Colin Powells, Austin Powers
Lost in translation with a whole - nation
They say I was the abomination of Obama's nation
Well, that's a pretty bad way to start the conversation
At 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 death
I'm jumping out the window, I'm letting everything go
I'm letting everything go
Mmm, now this will be a beautiful death
I'm jumping out the window, I'm letting everything go
I'm letting everything go
Now this will be a beautiful death
Jumping out the window, letting everything go
Letting everything go
You got the power to let power go?
(21st-century schizoid man)
Writer(s): Ian Mcdonald, Larry Darnell Griffin Jr., Jeffrey Nath Bhasker, Jean-pierre Lang, Michael Rex Giles, Mike Dean, Francois Pierre Camille Bernheim, Robert Fripp, Peter John Sinfield, Boris Bergman, Kanye Omari West, Nathan Perez, Malik Yusef El Shabbaz Jones, Greg Lake
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