Tha Carter
BM J.R.
Lil Wayne
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
25
End
187
Internal
71
Multi
171
Slant
9
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Interlude: Birdman & Lil Wayne]
Yeah, you under-dig,✦ shawty?✦ It's all about✦ one thing, nigga✦
If you 'bout money,✦ nigga,✦ come fuck with us (Y-yeah)
If you ain't 'bout no money,✦ get the fuck from 'round us, nigga✦
And whatever✦ you 'bout, we 'bout it
However✦ you wan' get it, we can give it to you, nigga✦ (Y-yeah)
Order,✦ bitch
You under-dig?✦ Put your prints in, nigga✦
Put your feet down and your nuts on the concrete and let's roll, holla✦ (Let me get it back, ayy, ayy)
[Verse 2: Lil Wayne & Birdman]
You sleep in the field for trying the dude
I'll bust your head to the meat (Yeah), turn your mind to food (Okay)✦
Food for thought, think I ain't lyin' to you (Okay,✦ shawty)✦
I lie his body✦ in grease, set fire to him (Fuck him, burn him)
I tie his body✦ in sheets, put the tires✦ to him (Burn him, drown him)
Make him feel the Escalade, put his feet in the blades✦ (Ah)
Damn, I'm the heat in the blaze
And niggas keep they ways when I'm in the streets with Blake, why?
My nigga✦ hungry,✦ he'll eat the plate
And if I ask, the homeboy'll eat your face, yeah (Okay)✦
And though he got me, you can ask (Yeah)
I'm like a pool table, I keep the eight, haha✦ (Eight)
My side pocket✦ sideways✦
When I pop it, leave a nigga✦ sideways✦ for five days
Birdman,✦ talk to 'em
[Interlude: Birdman & Lil Wayne]
Yeah, nigga,✦ I'll tell 'em, I'll tell 'em again,✦ shawty✦
If it ain't 'bout no money,✦ get the motherfuck from 'round me nigga✦ (Fuck that, I'm comin'✦ back in, ayy, ayy)
[Verse 3: Lil Wayne & Birdman]
Check my swag, I travel✦ like sound, dog
You play hard and I'm gravel✦ like ground, dog (Come on, nigga)✦
I'm underground, call me groundhog (Yeah)
Lay down laws, call me ground-law (Give it to 'em, shawty,✦ fuck 'em)
Don't confuse✦ me with the law, nah
But just confuse✦ me with my pa
Because✦ I am the Birdman✦ J.R. (Brr)
I ain't trippin' nigga,✦ I play the corner✦ like Ripken,✦ nigga✦
With the 40-Cal Ripken,✦ nigga,✦ rip a nigga✦ (Ah)
Flip your vehicle, split your windshield
Whack your baby✦ mama,✦ but I'll let the kid live
And people say that I am a kid still
'Cause the lil' nigga✦ still ride on big wheels
You feelin'✦ animal,✦ then come on and get killed (Yeah)
The SIG peel bandannas like bananas✦ (Yeah)
Say I'm slight bananas✦ I blow a weekend in Havana✦
In my cabana✦ with my bottom bitch from Savannah (Yeah, shawty)✦
Man, a train couldn't stop your man (Ah)
I man up, and you not a man
I stand up, say, "I got my land"
I'm the man of my land, call it Lil-Weezy-ana
That's the new plan, that's the
[Outro: Birdman]
Yeah, nigga✦
You 'bout some money?✦ Get at me, nigga✦
That's the only✦ way
Dumb shit, we 'bout that, get at me
You under-dig?✦
Nigga✦ roll solo✦
Dolo,✦ nigga✦
Technical Breakdown
8.3
Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes9.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres7.0
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 Score8.34
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
Wayne utilizes a relentless, phonetically dense assault that prioritizes percussive internal rhyme schemes and visceral imagery over complex thematic depth, demonstrating his peak mid-2000s technical agility.
A
9.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
9
Cadence / Flow
6
Vocabulary
7
Wordplay
8
Delivery
Phonetic chainingConsonant clustersInternal rhyme densityKinetic imagery
Rhyme Architecture: Highly aggressive monorhyme and slant-rhyme clusters based on the 'ee/ay' vowel sounds, utilizing multisyllabic end-rhyme chains that bridge lines through repetitive vowel recurrence.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"turn your mind to food / Food for thought"
① The physical act of head trauma exposing brain matter as food.② The idiom 'food for thought' referring to providing intellectual stimulation or a lesson learned.
"I'm like a pool table, I keep the eight"
① Maintaining possession of an 8-ball of cocaine.② The pool table term referring to the importance or presence of the 8-ball in a game.
"My side pocket sideways"
① A reference to the pocket on a pool table where the ball (the 8) goes.② A description of the physical contortion of a body following gun violence.
Exceptional rhythmic precision
Visceral and kinetic violent imagery
High-energy delivery that maintains momentum
Effective use of internal rhyme to lock the flow
Literalistic focus on violence lacks broader metaphorical scope
Reliance on simplistic shock-value motifs
Limited vocabulary range compared to technical prowess