Life After Death

Mo Money Mo Problems

The Notorious B.I.G.

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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I'm coming^✦ out

I'm coming^✦

I'm coming^✦ out

I'm coming^✦

Now, who's hot, who not?

Tell me who rock, who sell out in the stores?^✦

You tell me who flopped, who copped the blue drop?

Whose jewels got rocks?

Who's mostly^✦ Dolce down to the tube sock?

The same old pimp, Ma$e

You know ain't nothin'^✦ change but my limp

Can't stop 'til I see my name on a blimp

Guarantee a million sales,^✦ call it love or luck

You don't believe in Harlem^✦ World, nigga,^✦ double up

We don't play around,^✦ it's a bet, lay it down

Niggas^✦ didn't know me '91, bet they know me now

I'm the young Harlem^✦ nigga^✦ with the Goldie sound

Can't no Ph.D. niggas^✦ hold me down

Cudda^✦ schooled me to the game, now I know my duty^✦

Stay humble, stay low, blow like Hootie

True pimp niggas^✦ spend no dough on the booty^✦

And then you yell, "There go Mase", there go your cutie

I don't know what they want from me

It's like the more money^✦ we come across^✦

The more problems^✦ we see

I don't know what they want from me

It's like the more money^✦ we come across^✦ (yeah, yeah, a-ha)^✦

The more problems^✦ we see

I'm the D to the A to the D-D-Y

Know you'd rather^✦ see me die than to see me fly

I call all the shots

Rip all the spots, rock all the rocks, cop all the drops

I know you thinkin' now, "When all the ballin'^✦ stops?"

Nigga^✦ never^✦ home, gotta^✦ call me on the yacht

10 years from now we'll still be on top

Yo, I thought I told you that we won't stop

Now what you gon' do with a crew that got money^✦ much longer^✦ than yours

And a team much stronger than yours?

Violate me, this'll be your day, we don't play

Mess around,^✦ be D.O.A. be on your way

'Cause it ain't enough^✦ time here

Ain't enough^✦ lime here for you to shine here

Deal with many^✦ women^✦ but treat dimes^✦ fair

And I'm bigger^✦ than the city^✦ lights down in Times^✦ Square

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I don't know what they want from me

It's like the more money^✦ we come across^✦

The more problems^✦ we see

I don't know what they want from me

It's like the more money^✦ we come across^✦ (uh)

The more problems^✦ we see (uh)

B-I-G P-O-P-P-A^✦

No info^✦ for the DEA

Federal agents^✦ mad 'cause I'm flagrant

Tap my cell and the phone in the basement

My team supreme, stay clean

Triple beam lyrical dream, I be that

Cat you see at all events^✦ bent

Gats in holsters, girls on shoulders

Playboy, I told ya, mere mics to me

Bruise too much, I lose too much

Step on stage, the girls boo too much

I guess it's 'cause you run with lame dudes^✦ too much

Me lose my touch? Never^✦ that

If I did, ain't no problem to get the gat

Where the true players at? Throw your Rollies in the sky

Wave 'em side to side and keep your hands high

While I give your girl the eye, player, please

Lyrically, niggas^✦ see B.I.G be flossin'

Jig on the cover^✦ of Fortune, 5-double-O

Here's^✦ my phone number,^✦ your man ain't got to know

I got the dough, got the flow down pizat^✦

Platinum plus like thizat^✦

Dangerous on trizacks leave your ass flizat^✦

I don't know what they want from me

It's like the more money^✦ we come across^✦

The more problems^✦ we see

I don't know what they want from me

It's like the more money^✦ we come across^✦

The more problems^✦ we see

I don't know what they want from me

It's like the more money^✦ we come across^✦

The more problems^✦ we see

What's going on? (Oh, what's going on?)

Somebody tell me (what's going on?)

I don't know what they want from me

It's like the more money^✦ we come across^✦

The more problems^✦ we see

I don't know what they want from me

It's like the more money^✦ we come across^✦

The more problems^✦ we see

I don't know what they want from me

It's like the more money^✦ we come across^✦

The more problems^✦ we see

I don't know what they want from me

It's like the more money^✦ we come across^✦

The more problems^✦ we see

Technical Breakdown

8.0

Multisyllabic Rhymes7.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres9.0

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm9.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity3.5

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control9.0

Performance and control

Computed Score8.00

Production

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The bars exhibit an impressive blend of multisyllabic and internal rhymes, achieving a technical rhyme score of 17 out of 20. High scores in wordplay and delivery emphasize the lyrical prowess and engaging performance, making a strong impact despite some cliché expressions from the era.

7.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

9.5

Cadence / Flow

3.5

Vocabulary

Wordplay

Delivery

internal rhymemultisyllabic rhymewordplaycadence

Rhyme Architecture: The verse employs a complex lyrical structure with a mix of end rhymes and internal rhymes, creating a rhythmic flow that accentuates the punchlines.

Strong internal rhyme patterns

Engaging wordplay

Dynamic delivery

Some expressions may feel dated to contemporary audiences

User Scores

Notes

Explores fame's complications with remarkable lyricism and flow.