Like Water for Chocolate

The Sixth Sense

Common

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

46

End

207

Internal

62

Multi

271

Slant

14

Chain

Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
The revolution✦ will not be televised
The revolution✦ is here
Yeah, it's Common✦ Sense, with DJ Premier✦
We gonna✦ help y'all see clear
It's real hip-hop✦ music,✦ from the soul, y'all
Yeah, check it, yo
The perseverence of a rebel✦ I drop heavier✦ levels
It's unseen✦ or heard, a king with words
Can't knock the hustle, but I've seen street dreams deferred
Dark spots in my mind where the scene occured
Some say I'm too deep, I'm in too deep to sleep
Through me, Muhammed will forever speak
Greet brothers✦ with handshakes in ghetto✦ landscapes
Where a man is determined by how much a man make
Cop Cognacs and spit old raps with young cats
with cigarettes in their ear, niggerish they appear✦
Under✦ the Fubu✦ is a guru,✦ that's untapped
Want to be in the rap race but ain't ran one lap
Ran so far from the streets that you can't come back
You tripping with nowhere to unpack,✦ forgot✦ that
"This is rap for real, something✦ you feel"
"And you know, yes you know"
"This is rap for real, something✦ you feel"
"And you know, yes you know"
"This is rap for real, something✦ you feel"
"And you know, yes you know"
"This is rap for real
"And you know, yes you know"
"Rap for the black people"
"Heeeeyyyy, heeeeeyyyy"
In front of two-inch glass and Arabs I order✦ fries
Inspiration✦ when I write, I see my daughter's eyes
I'm the truth, across the table from corporate✦ lies
Immortilized by the realness I bring to it
If revolution✦ had a movie I'd be theme music✦
My music,✦ you either✦ fight, fuck, or dream to it
My life is one big rhyme, I try to scheme through it
Through my shell, never✦ knew what the divine✦ would bring to it
I'd be lying if I said I didn't want millions✦
More than money✦ saved, I wanna✦ save children
Dealing with alcoholism and afrocentricity✦
A complex man drawn off of simplicity✦
Reality✦ is frisking me
This industry will make you lose intensity✦
The Common✦ Sense in me remembers the basement
I'm Morpheus in this hip-hop✦ Matrix, exposing fake shit
"And you know, yes you know"
"This is rap for real, something✦ you feel"
"And you know, yes you know"
"This is Rap for the black people"
"Heeeeyyyy, heeeeeyyyy"
This is rap for real
"And you know, yes you know"
Somedays I take the L to gel with the real world
Got on at 87th, stopped by this little girl
She recited raps, I forgot✦ where they was from
In 'em, she was saying how she made brothers✦ cum
I start thinking, how many✦ souls hip-hop✦ has affected✦
How many✦ dead folks this art resurrected✦
How many✦ nations✦ this culture connected✦
Who am I to judge one's✦ perspective?
Though some of that shit y'all pop true it, I ain't relating
If I don't like it, I don't like it, that don't mean that I'm hating✦
I just want to innovate✦ and stimulate✦ minds
Travel✦ the world and penetrate✦ the times✦
Escape✦ through rhythms in search of peace and wisdom
Raps are smoke signals letting the streets know I'm with 'em
For now I appreciate✦ this moment in time
Ball players and actors be knowing my rhymes,✦ it's like
"And you know, yes you know"
"This is rap for real, something✦ you feel"
"And you know, yes you know"
"This is Rap for the black people"
"Heeeeyyyy, heeeeeyyyy"
This is rap for real
"And you know, yes you know"
"And you know, yes you know"
"This is rap for real, something✦ you feel"
"And you know, yes you know"
"This is Rap for the black people"
"Heeeeyyyy, heeeeeyyyy"
This is rap for real
"And you know, yes you know"

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 Complexity4.5

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.0

Performance and control

Computed Score8.00

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Notes

Strong wordplay and rhythmic delivery enhance the powerful message.