[Produced by Andrew Dawson, Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West, Mike Dean & S1]

[Intro: Kanye West]

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

[Chorus: Kanye West]

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)

[Verse 1: Kanye West]

The system broken, the school's closed, the prison's open

We ain't got nothing to lose, motherfucker, we rolling

Huh? Motherfucker, 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

[Chorus: Kanye West]

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, fuck 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)

[Verse 2: Kanye West]

Fuck SNL and the whole cast

Tell them Yeezy said they can kiss my whole ass

More specifically, they can kiss my asshole

I'm an asshole? You niggas got jokes

You short-minded niggas' 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 fuckin' 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

[Chorus: Kanye West]

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, fuck 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)

[Verse 3: Kanye West]

Colin Powells, Austin Powers

Lost in translation with a whole fuckin' 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, goddamnit, I'm killing this shit

I know damn well y'all feeling this shit

I don't need your pussy, bitch, I'm on my own dick

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 bitches, huh? Where you hidin'?

I got the power make your life so excitin'

[Outro: Kanye West & Dwele]

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)