Ready to Die
Lo Life
The Notorious B.I.G.
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
13
End
58
Internal
22
Multi
133
Slant
5
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Hook: Inspectah Deck]
A man with a dream with plans to make C.R.E.A.M
Still struggling, Survival✦ got me buggin'✦
(Souls of a soldier in the streets of survival)✦
Life as a shorty✦ shouldn't be so rough
(The rough life, I just be up nights. It got me)
Still strugglin'
(Campaign)
Lay out your maintain
(In the everyday struggle)
[Verse 2: Raekwon]
I grew up on the crime side, the New York Times✦ side
Staying alive✦ was no jive
Had secondhands, moms bounced on old man
So then we moved✦ to Shaolin land
A young youth, yo rockin'✦ the gold tooth, 'Lo goose
Only✦ way I begin✦ to G off was drug loot
And let's start it like this son, rolling with this one
And that one, pulling out Gats for fun
But it was just a dream for the teen, who was a fiend
Started smoking woolies at 16
And running up in gates,✦ and doing hits for high stakes✦
Making✦ my way on fire escapes
No question✦ I would speed, for cracks and weed
The combination✦ made my eyes bleed
No question✦ I would flow off, and try to get the dough all
Sticking up white boys in ball courts
My life got no better,✦ same damn 'Lo sweater
Times✦ is rough and tough like leather
Figured out I went the wrong route
So I got with a sick tight clique and went all out
Catchin' keys from across seas
Rollin'✦ in MPV's, every✦ week we made forty✦ G's
Yo brothers respect mine, or anger✦ the TEC-9
(Get live, muthaf~)
Technical Breakdown
7.0
Multisyllabic Rhymes8.0
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes7.0
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres6.0
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm9.0
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity6.0
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control8.0
Performance and control
Computed Score7.00
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Raw depiction of street life, authentic and gritty.