Kanye West – Power (Bass Tab)

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[Intro]
I'm living in that 21st century, doing something mean to it
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Do it better than anybody you ever seen do it
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Screams from the haters got a nice ring to it
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I guess every superhero need his theme music
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[Chorus]
No one man should have all that power
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The clock’s ticking, I just count the hours
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Stop tripping, I'm tripping off the power
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(21st-century schizoid man)
[Verse 1]
The system broken, the school's closed, the prison's open
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We ain't got nothing to lose, motherfucker, we rolling
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Huh? Motherfucker, we rolling
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With some light-skinned girls and some Kelly Rowlands
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In this white man world, we the ones chosen
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So goodnight, cruel world, I'll see you in the morning
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Huh? I'll see you in the morning
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This is way too much, I need a moment
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[Chorus]
No one man should have all that power
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The clock's ticking, I just count the hours
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Stop tripping, I'm tripping off the power
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'Til then, fuck that, the world's ours
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(No sleep) And they say,(No sleep)and they say
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(No sleep) And they say,(No sleep)and they say
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(No sleep) And they say,(No sleep)and they say
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(21st-century schizoid man) [Verse 2]
Fuck SNL and the whole cast
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Tell them Yeezy said they can kiss my whole ass
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More specifically, they can kiss my asshole
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I'm an asshole? You niggas got jokes
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You short-minded niggas' thoughts is Napoleon
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My furs is Mongolian, my ice brought the goalies in
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I embody every characteristic of the egotistic
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He knows he's so fuckin' gifted
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I just needed time alone with my own thoughts
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Got treasures in my mind, but couldn't open up my own vault
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My childlike creativity, purity, and honesty
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Is honestly being crowded by these grown thoughts
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Reality is catching up with me
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Taking my inner child, I'm fighting for custody
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With these responsibilities that they entrusted me
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As I look down at my diamond-encrusted piece
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[Chorus]
Thinking no one man should have all that power
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The clock's ticking, I just count the hours
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Stop tripping, I'm tripping off the powder
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'Til then, fuck that, the world’s ours
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No sleep) And they say,(No sleep)and they say
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(No sleep) And they say,(No sleep)and they say
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(No sleep) And they say,(No sleep)and they say
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(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
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At the end of the day, goddamnit, I'm killing this shit
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I know damn well y'all feeling this shit
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I don't need your pussy, bitch, I'm on my own dick
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I ain't gotta power trip, who you goin' home with?
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How Ye doing? I'm survivin'
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I was drinkin' earlier, now I'm drivin'
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Where the bad bitches, huh? Where you hidin'?
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I got the power make your life so excitin'
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[Orchestra Breakdown]
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[Outro] Now this will be a
beautiful death, I'm jumping out the window
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                 I'm letting everything go
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                 I'm letting everything go
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                 Mmm, now this will be a 
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beautiful death, I'm jumping out the window
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                 I'm letting everything go
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                 I'm letting everything go
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                       Now this will be a 
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beautiful death, I'm jumping out the window
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                 I'm letting everything go
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                 I'm letting everything go
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You got the power to let power go?
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(21st-century schizoid man) *********************** | / Slide up | () Ghost Note ***********************