R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
Ready 4 Whatever
2Pac
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
16
End
136
Internal
121
Multi
220
Slant
8
Chain
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[Interlude]
(Yeah, niggas✦ movin'✦ somethin' in the nine-trey✦
It's all about✦ makin'✦ money,✦ gettin'✦ yours and knockin' coppers off the motherfuckin'✦ planet✦
Word to the motherfuckin'✦ nine, nigga✦
We gonna✦ make this motherfucker✦ ours
If they don't feel me, they gon' kill me
So Syke, get skanless, nigga)✦
[Verse 2: Big Syke]
Am I going to Hell or will I reach Heaven?✦
After✦ all this shit I did with my MAC-11
Did I sell my soul? Mama✦ would have saved✦ me
That's the way that daddy✦ raised✦ me
Oh God, help me I'm losing✦ it
So fuck it! Take me I'm doing it!
I need to change and look for a better✦ way
I got a hundred round clip to my AK
Committing sins I might die in vain
So fuck it! We'll live off the street fame
God didn't send me in the right direction✦
I'm getting hit by a diesel✦ in the intersection✦
I know you're out there help a young brother
Til then I'ma✦ smoke motherfuckers✦
Things wouldn't be so bad
If we got the things that we never✦ had
I'm ready✦ for whatever✦
[Interlude]
Hahahahaha, that's my motherfuckin'✦ nigga✦ there
Big ballin'-ass Syke
Yeah nigga,✦ you schooled them young bustas✦
On how it is to be a real motherfuckin'✦ G
In the nine-trey✦ motherfuckers✦ is dyin' daily✦
So you best be packin'✦
If you ain't, boo-yaow motherfucker!✦
[Verse 3: 2Pac]
Dear Mama,✦ I know you worry✦ 'cause I'm hardly✦ at home
Every✦ other✦ night in jail, got you patient by the phone
Wanna✦ shake it cause I can't take it got me livin'✦ in Hell
Like I'm walkin'✦ with a secret✦ that'll kill me if I tell
I live the Thug Life and can't nobody✦ change me
Not to the brain, going insane,✦ just a part of the game
So much pain in the fast lane, finally a dry eye
When I die, bury✦ me with my fo'-five✦
And let the Devil✦ feel the wrath of a nigga✦
Goin' to Hell with my finger✦ on the trigger
Now everybody's starin'✦
Got a nigga✦ losin'✦ hair and they wonder✦ if I'm all there
Well don't blame me, blame the flame that flickers
When niggas✦ gettin'✦ richer✦ (Mo' money)✦
Huh, now tell me if you wanna✦ live forever✦
Niggas✦ dyin' so be ready✦ for whatever✦
[Outro: Big Syke]
Yeah, ready✦ for whatever✦
Ready✦ for whatever✦
Thug Life niggas✦ and we be ready✦ for whatever✦
Let me go like this, ready✦ for whatever✦
Huh, Big Syke he be ready✦ for whatever✦
My nigga✦ Kato,✦ ready✦ for whatever✦
Pain, he's ready✦ for whatever✦
And my nigga✦ Bam Bam, he ready✦ for whatever✦
My nigga✦ Banks just be ready✦ for whatever✦
Modu,✦ he's ready✦ for whatever✦
Big Serg, we ready✦ for whatever✦
Charlie Tango,✦ ready✦ for whatever✦
My nigga✦ Pac, be ready✦ for whatever✦
Yeah, ready✦ for whatever✦
Ready✦ for whatever✦
My big-ballin' ass nigga✦ Boom, ready✦ for whatever✦ fo' sho'
Yeah, you know!
This how the player's do it
I know you standin' there confused
You wonderin' -- what type of nigga✦ is a Thug Life nigga?✦
Yeahehehehe nigga,✦ we be the ballin'✦ player-ass nigga✦
About✦ gettin'✦ riches,✦ bitches, and plenty✦ loc
Ya hear me?
Ready✦ for whatever✦
Technical Breakdown
7.7
Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes8.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres5.0
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm8.5
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity7.0
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control7.0
Performance and control
Computed Score7.72
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
Big Syke provides a grounded, fatalistic narrative that functions more as a raw emotional confession than a display of complex lyrical wordplay, relying on rhythm and conviction to carry the weight of his existential crisis.
B+
9.5
Multisyllabic
8.5
Internal Rhymes
8.5
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
5
Wordplay
7
Delivery
Internal rhyme couplingStaccato deliveryBinary oppositional framingCall-and-response narrative style
Rhyme Architecture: The verse utilizes an AABB or AABB-adjacent couplet structure that prioritizes rhythmic predictability, allowing the emcee to maintain a steady cadence while building tension toward the central conflict of the street lifestyle.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"I'm getting hit by a diesel in the intersection"
① A literal interpretation of being struck by a large vehicle, symbolizing a sudden, violent end.② A metaphor for the overwhelming and destructive force of life's circumstances colliding with the subject's path.
High emotional resonance and authenticity
Consistent, driving rhythmic pocket
Effective use of fatalistic imagery
Strong structural cohesion between lines
Relies on standard tropes of 90s gangsta rap
Lacks complex linguistic layering or deep double entendres
Predicability of the rhyme scheme can become repetitive