Homecoming by Kanye West

Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West

New School Critics

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4.8 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Sometimes you can't go back home. And Kanye found that out the hard way at the end of Graduation with his epic penultimate track: Homecoming. Chris and Travis take this classic song apart line by line to show how Kanye had been building to this moment for the entirety of the Graduation narrative. If you'd like to support the show (and hear this episode ad-free), then join our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/KanyePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everybody want to know what I would do if I didn't win.
0:07.0	I guess we'll never know. I don't get enough up here. Jesus just rose again.
0:27.5	Listen to the kids.
0:34.0	Welcome to watching the throne.
0:36.6	A lyrical analysis of Cognay West.
0:40.1	My name is Chris Lambert.
0:41.8	My name is Travis Bean and Chris.
0:43.9	I'm excited to die today.
0:45.4	You know why?
0:46.6	Why is that?
0:48.1	Because today I get to use one of my favorite words in the English dictionary.
0:54.1	Penultimate. Oh, penultimate.
0:56.0	Oh, penultimate is a great word, isn't it?
0:59.3	Yeah, and just so our viewers, our listeners, I guess you could be viewing this podcast,
1:04.5	I guess if you're looking down at your phone, but just so our listeners know, I will be using
1:08.0	that word several times throughout the show.
1:10.7	Beautiful. You know, you got to do what you got several times throughout the show. Beautiful.
1:11.6	You know, you gotta do what you gotta do and spark joy.
1:14.6	Yeah, I just want people to be prepared because every time I hear the word, it's like, it's
1:18.6	a whiplash.
1:19.6	It gives me joy, but it also takes me a back.
1:21.6	And I don't want our listeners to be ready to have that feeling over and over the course
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