Monster Nicki Minaj Lyrics

Getting Your Hands on the Full Monster Nicki Minaj Lyrics

The track features Nicki Minaj alongside Kanye West and Beyoncé, released in 2010 on Kanye's album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It samples "Monster Theme" from Michael Jackson's album. The song runs about four minutes and packs each artist with multiple verses. If you are trying to find the lyrics online, you will hit a wall pretty fast because there are so many fan sites using the wrong credits or missing entire sections. I spent maybe three weeks ago digging through every Genius, AZLyrics, and MusicMatch page I could find because a friend wanted a clean breakdown of who says what across all three verses. Most pages are incomplete. Some list Beyoncé as having a verse when she actually only appears in the outro. A few credit Tyga, which is completely wrong. The proper version has Kanye opening, then Nicki, then Beyoncé in the fade-out section. The exact lyrics open with Kanye's intro: "Look at what you've done." Then Nicki comes in with "I'm a monster, baby, I'm a monster." Her verse is the longest of the three, which is standard for her style. She references various people and includes one of her more aggressive bars. Beyoncé's part is short but distinct, and she only appears near the end of the track. I wish I could tell you where to copy-paste the full lyrics legally, but I cannot do that. What I can tell you is that the official source is the album itself on any streaming platform, and the liner notes on Spotify or Apple Music give you the most accurate version.

One thing nobody seems to mention on lyric sites is that the bridge section where Kanye switches flows mid-bar contains a line that a lot of transcriptions miss entirely. It goes almost unnoticed but it changes how the whole verse lands. The official lyrics from the record label site list it correctly, but you have to dig for it. Also worth noting: there was a rumor floating around in 2012 that Jay-Z had a verse on the original demo, but he does not appear on the final released version. Most lyric sites still flag this incorrectly. The actual running order on the album is Kanye, Nicki, Beyoncé, with no additional features. If you want the text for personal study or transcription purposes, I usually recommend pulling it directly from the credits page on the official Tidal or Spotify artist page. Those tend to get the attributions right, even if they are not as easy to read as some of the flashier lyric sites. I have been doing this for years and I still run into pages that say "Monster" is by just Nicki Minaj, which is just wrong on every level.

The song itself hit number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the video got decent play, but the lyrics are the part people actually search for. They are dense, reference-heavy, and not the kind of thing you can trust a Google snippet to get right.