The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Hail Mary [explicit]
2 Pac
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
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End
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Internal
161
Multi
426
Slant
38
Chain
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Makaveli✦ in this, Killuminati✦
All through your body✦
The blow′s like a twelve gauge shotty✦
Feel me! (Come with me)
intro✦
And God said he should send his one begotten son (Hail Mary✦ nigga,✦ run quick see)
To lead the wild into✦ the ways of the man (what do we have here now? Do you wanna✦ ride or die?)
Follow✦ me (La dadada,✦ la la la la)
Eat my flesh, flesh and my flesh
chorus✦
Come with me
Hail Mary,✦ nigga,✦ run quick see
What do we have here now?
Do you wanna✦ ride or die?
La dadada,✦ la la la la
verse
I ain't a killer,✦ but don′t push me
Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to getting✦ pussy✦
Picture paragraphs unloaded, wise words being quoted✦
Peeped✦ the weakness in the rap game and sewed✦ it
Bow down, pray to God, hoping✦ that he's listening✦
Seeing niggas✦ coming✦ for me, through my diamonds when they glistening✦
Now pay attention, bless me please Father,✦ I'm a ghost
In these killing fields, Hail Mary,✦ catch me if I go
Let′s go deep inside✦ the solitary✦ mind of a madman✦ who screams
In the dark evil✦ lurks, enemies✦ see me flee
Activate my hate, let it break to the flame
Set trip, empty✦ out my clip, never✦ stop to aim
Some say the game is all corrupt and fucked✦ in this shit
Stuck, niggas✦ is lucky✦ if we bust out this shit, and plus
Momma✦ told me never✦ stop until✦ I bust a nut
Fuck the world if they can′t adjust✦
It's just as well, Hail Mary✦
chorus✦
Come with me
Hail Mary,✦ nigga,✦ run quick see
What do we have here now?
Do you want to ride or die?
La dadada,✦ la la la la
Come with me
Hail Mary,✦ nigga,✦ run quick see
What do we have here now?
Do you want to ride or die?
La dadada,✦ la la la la
verse
Penitentiaries✦ is packed✦ with promise-makers
Never✦ realize the precious✦ time that bitch niggas✦ is wasting
Instutionalized, I live my life a product made to crumble
But too hardened for a smile, we′re too crazy✦ to be humble
We ballin',✦ catch me Father✦ please, cause I′m fallin'✦ in the liquor store
That′s the Hennessy✦ I hear callin',✦ can I get some more?
Hell, till I reach hell, I ain't scared✦
Momma✦ checking in my bedroom, I ain′t there
I got a head with no screws in it, what can I do?
One life to live but I got nothin′✦ to lose
Just me and you on a one way trip to prison✦
Sellin'✦ drugs, we all wrapped up in this livin′,✦ life as thugs
To my homeboys in Clinton Max doing they bid
Raise hell to this real shit and feel this
When they turn out the lights, I'll be there in the dark
Thugging eternal through my heart, now Hail Mary,✦ nigga✦
chorus✦
Come with me
Hail Mary,✦ nigga,✦ run quick see
What do we have here now?
Do you wanna✦ ride or die?
La dadada,✦ la la la la
Come with me
Hail Mary,✦ nigga,✦ run quick see
What do we have here now?
Do you wanna✦ ride or die?
La dadada,✦ la la la la
verse
They got a APB out on my thug family✦
Since the Outlawz✦ run these streets like these scandalous✦ freaks
Our enemies✦ die now, walk around✦ half dead
Head down, K-blasted off of Hennessy✦ and Thai
Chronic, mixed✦ in, now I′m twisted, blistered and high
Visions of me, thug-living, getting✦ me by
Forever✦ live, and I multiply, survived by thugs
When I die they won't cry unless✦ they coming✦ with slugs
Peep the whole scene and whatever′s going on around✦ me
Brain kind of cloudy,✦ smoked✦ out, feeling✦ rowdy✦
Ready✦ to wet the party✦ up, and whoever✦ and that mothafucka
Nasty✦ new street slugger, my heat seeks suckers
On the regular, mashing in a stolen✦ Black Ac' Integra
Cocked✦ back, sixty✦ seconds til the draw that's when I′m deadin′✦ ya feet first
You've got a nice Gat but my heat′s worse
From a thug to preaching church, I gave you love, now you eating✦ dirt
Needing work and I ain't the nigga✦ to put you on
′Cause word is bond, when I was broke I had to hustle till dawn
That's when sun came up, there′s✦ only✦ one way up
Hold your head and stay up, to all my niggas,✦ get your pay and weight up
If it's on then it's on, we break beat-breaks✦
Outlawz✦ on a paper✦ chase, can you relate?✦
To this shit I don′t got, be the shit I gotta✦ take
Dealing✦ with fate, hoping✦ God don′t close the gate
If it's on then it′s on, we break beat-breaks✦
Outlawz✦ on a paper✦ chase, can you relate?✦
To this shit I don't got, be the shit I gotta✦ take
Dealing✦ with fate, hoping✦ God don′t close the gate
chorus✦
Come with me
Hail Mary,✦ nigga,✦ run quick see
What do we have here now? (We've been traveling✦ on this weary✦ road)
Do you wanna✦ ride or die?
La dadada,✦ la la la la (sometimes life can take a heavy✦ load)
Come with me (but we ride, ride it like a bullet)✦
Hail Mary,✦ nigga,✦ run quick see (Hail Mary,✦ Hail Mary)✦
What do we have here now? (We won′t worry,✦ everything✦ well curry)✦
Do you wanna✦ ride or die?
La dadada,✦ la la la la (Free like the bird in the tree)
verse
Come with me (we won't worry,✦ everything✦ well curry)✦
Hail Mary,✦ nigga,✦ run quick see (yes, we free like the bird in the tree)
What do we have here now? (We running from the penitentiary)✦
Do you wanna✦ ride or diev (This is the time for we liberty, Hail Mary)✦
La dadada,✦ la la la la (Hail Mary,✦ Hail Mary)✦
chorus✦
Come with me
Hail Mary,✦ nigga,✦ run quick see
What do we have here now?
Do you wanna✦ ride or die?
La dadada,✦ la la la la
outro✦
Westside, Outlawz✦
Makaveli✦ the Don, Solo✦
Killuminati,✦ The 7 Days
Technical Breakdown
9.5
Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes9.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres8.0
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm10.0
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity8.0
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control10.0
Performance and control
Computed Score9.48
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
The verse leverages a unique fusion of religious syncretism and hardcore menace, where the liturgical structure creates a hypnotic, ritualistic cadence that serves as the perfect vessel for Pac's messianic persona.
A+
9.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
8
Vocabulary
8
Wordplay
10
Delivery
Religious allusion as intimidation tacticInternalized cadence manipulationDynamic vocal projectionAggressive multi-syllabic threading
Rhyme Architecture: The verse employs a sophisticated AABB-inspired scheme that relies heavily on feminine endings and multi-syllabic slant rhymes, creating an insistent, rolling momentum typical of Makaveli-era Shakur.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to getting pussy"
① A nihilistic comparison of the gratification found in violent retribution to the primal pleasure of sex.② A subversion of conventional wisdom that positions aggression as an essential biological urge equal to procreation.
"I'm a ghost / In these killing fields"
① A literal reference to his precarious survival in a violent environment.② A metaphysical reference to his transition into the 'Makaveli' persona, signifying a detachment from his own mortality.
Unmatched vocal intensity and commanding presence
Seamless integration of secular menace with liturgical framing
High-density internal rhyme placement
Expert use of atmosphere to dictate emotional weight
Occasional reliance on visceral shock value over complex narrative structure
Some metaphors serve the mood more than the specific lyrical argument