Tha Carter
Hoes
Lil Wayne
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
28
End
312
Internal
98
Multi
224
Slant
7
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Chorus: Mannie Fresh & Lil Wayne]
Hoes, let's just talk about✦ hoes (Okay,✦ okay)✦
Can we talk about✦ hoes? (Okay,✦ okay,✦ okay,✦ okay),✦ these hoes (Okay,✦ okay,✦ okay,✦ okay)✦
I don't love 'em
Hoes, let's just talk about✦ hoes (Yeah)
Can we talk about✦ hoes? (Okay,✦ okay),✦ these hoes (Ladies✦ and gentlemen, the great Manuella)
Motherfuck✦ 'em
[Verse 2: Mannie Fresh]
I got this rat named✦ Shelly✦ that love Makaveli
Number-five combo✦ meals and splashin' KY jelly✦
Out with old-school✦ shorty,✦ still drink a forty✦
Grab the mic, start a fight, and fuck up the whole party✦
Baby,✦ you should leave, adjust✦ your weave
That's velcro?✦ Hell no, bitch, go with Steve
Got this lead-singer bitch from a popular group
I would say her name, but she bought me a coupe
Got this Hoover✦ ho Shawna,✦ smell like marijuana
She dig Lil Wayne, but she love the Big Tymers
Got a pretty✦ girl Patrice, found out I'm fuckin'✦ her niece
She tried to stab her, so I grabbed her and we called✦ the police✦
Mister✦ officer✦ (Officer),✦ the bitch done lost it, bruh (Lost it, bruh)
She goin' to jail, oh well, I'll be fuckin'✦ her (Fuckin'✦ her)
See two dyke Spanish twins, nuts pressed on they chins
Will we go video?✦ Well, nigga,✦ that depends
[Chorus: Mannie Fresh & Lil Wayne]
Hoes, let's just talk about✦ hoes (Okay,✦ okay)✦
Can we talk about✦ hoes? (Action,✦ haha),✦ these hoes (That's right, mama)✦
I don't love 'em
Hoes, let's just talk about✦ hoes (See, this right here is on-screen✦ pimpin',✦ off-screen✦ pimpin',✦ you know what I'm talkin'✦ 'bout?)
Can we talk about✦ hoes? (I'm sittin'✦ in the director chair with my name on the back), these hoes (Yeah, what up, Young Mal?)
Motherfuck✦ 'em (Young Jay, yeah)
[Verse 3: Lil Wayne]
I got old-school✦ bitches and new-school✦ hoes
Female✦ basketball players with cornrows
And I don't like short-haired girls, no, not really✦
If I do, she gotta✦ look like the old Halle Berry✦
Or the broke Toni Braxton, the first Lil' Kim
But I still take hoodrats and work with them
Put your ass in a Jag' and I jerk it quick
Give your ass a lil' game, if you smirk, you're in
I'm a pimp, not a simp, like ice in my drink
And I don't think twice or blink 'cause I'm focused
Rollin'✦ in the whitest mink like I'm polar✦
Bear, yeah, let down my hair
Get jazzy✦ on a bitch like Fred Astaire
Rose gold in her face, get her red as glare
My Bentley plum, my Mercedes pear
I am lookin'✦ for a freak, mama,✦ take me there, yeah
[Chorus: Mannie Fresh & Lil Wayne]
Hoes, let's just talk about✦ hoes (See, what you got right here is Mannie Fresh and your boy Lil Weezy,✦ man)
Can we talk about✦ hoes? (We pimp in a major way, know what I'm talkin'✦ 'bout?), these hoes (This what we came out to do, this how we gon' go down doin' it, big)
I don't love 'em (That's right)
Hoes (What's good, mama?),✦ let's just talk about✦ hoes (Ain't no motherfuckin' time in this world for you to be mean, you know what I'm talkin'✦ 'bout?)
Can we talk about✦ hoes? (Just keep everything✦ soft, sweet, and clean), these hoes (Is that cool ice or genius, you know what I'm talkin'✦ 'bout?)
Motherfuck✦ 'em
Hoes, let's just talk about✦ hoes (The way you wearin'✦ 'em, I really✦ can't tell, but all I know is you fine as hell)
Can we talk about✦ hoes? (So what's good, is you fuckin'✦ with me or is you fuckin'✦ me or am I fuckin'✦ you?), these hoes (Know what I'm talkin'✦ 'bout? I ain't tryna✦ throw my back out, maybe I'll throw yours out)
I don't love 'em (I ain't throwin' no cash out, but you can throw that ass out)
Hoes, let's just talk about✦ hoes (Come back to dad's house and give it back to me)
Can we talk about✦ hoes? (Ice, what's good? Just lay it right there on the table, keep everything✦ stable, man), these hoes (Ayy, Rell)
Motherfuck✦ 'em
[Outro: Lil Wayne]
These hoes is responsibility crooked, man, and a player like me is financially straight
All they lookin'✦ for is a pad and I'ma✦ cut the grass, you know what I'm talkin'✦ 'bout?
That's what's good, man
Holla✦ at your boy, baby✦
Wayne
Technical Breakdown
7.3
Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes9.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres5.0
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm8.0
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity6.0
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control6.0
Performance and control
Computed Score7.30
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
Mannie Fresh utilizes a classic, rhythmic storytelling cadence characteristic of the early 2000s New Orleans bounce scene, prioritizing character-driven vignettes over dense lyrical abstraction.
B+
9.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
8
Cadence / Flow
6
Vocabulary
5
Wordplay
6
Delivery
EnumerationCharacter vignetteInternal rhyme couplingConversational flow
Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AABB couplets with dense internal multi-syllabic rhyming, relying on repetitive cadence to drive the narrative forward.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"That's velcro? Hell no, bitch, go with Steve"
① A commentary on the quality of a hair weave, questioning if it is attached by velcro.② A dismissive command to leave with a person named Steve, punning on the ridiculousness of the hair accusation.
"I would say her name, but she bought me a coupe"
① A statement of discretion regarding a celebrity secret.② A transaction-based narrative where the woman has 'purchased' his silence via the gift of a vehicle.
Consistent rhythmic pocket
Strong character building through simple anecdotes
Effective use of the 'list' format to maintain momentum
Limited depth of wordplay beyond surface-level narratives
Repetitive thematic content
Flow lacks dynamic variation, staying locked in a singular mid-tempo groove