WatchtThe Throne

Despite a mention of Steve Urkel, this song is no joke. The track sets off with a sample of "I Can't Stop" by Flux Pavillion, and then Kanye moves into heavier stuff:

"This is something like the Holocaust / Millions of our people lost / Bow our heads and pray to the lord."

Jay takes over:

"Black cards, black cars/Black on black, black broads/Whole lotta money in a black bag / Black strap, you know what that’s for? / (KW) Who gon stop me huh? / (JZ&KW)Who gon stop me huh?"

The darkness gets explosive here -- this is case where the music and lyrics don't try to balance each other whatsoever. They work together to assault your ears. It sounds rough, and it's really good.

An alarm starts sounding around 1:57, leading to a changeover that Kanye leads with a more surreal verse:

WatchtThe Throne:"Yall weed purple / My money purple / Yall Steve Urkel / I’m Oprah circle / I wrote the verse / That I hope will hurt you."

Jay comes in at the end, addressing his two-world syndrome once again:

"I’m riding dirty / Trying to get filthy /Pablo Picasso/ Rothkos, Rilkes/ Graduated to the MOMA/And I did all of this/Without a diploma/ Graduated from the corner / Yall can play me / For a mother***in fool if you wanna / Street smart / And I’m book smart / Could have been a chemist / Cause I cook smart / Only thing that can stop me is me / And I’mma stop when the hook start."

The hook, "black cards, black cars... " starts up and ends abruptly with "black strap, you know what that's for," this time with no question mark.