Better Dayz

Changed Man (Jazze Pha Remix)

2Pac

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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Internal

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Multi

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[Hook: Johnta Austin & 2Pac]

I changed^✦ plans but I'm still the same old rider^✦

Fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

I slang a new dope to the world but the people still buy it

Nigga^✦ you fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

All my real thug niggas,^✦ go and get your hands up

You go and drink the Henn' up

(You fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man)

A changed^✦ man, you're dealin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

[Verse 2: T.I.]

In drop top, the Glock cocked^✦

Got rocks in my socks Cops

Spot Watt niggas^✦ but hardly^✦ stop niggas^✦

Not if they got niggas,^✦ doughboys and hot niggas^✦

Who mighta^✦ shot niggas^✦ but only^✦ bout skrilla

I'm for respect^✦ nowadays they expect me

To be in a Ferrari or the old SL

Or anything you see flashin' past and can't catch

Dat's me, gauge on the Escalate back seat - don't creep

Oh what you think, T.I.P and them sweet? (Don't sleep)

Get you hit from your head to your feet (And you don't know me)

I'm fin' ta introduce you to the old me

You walk in, exploded and leave reload^✦

You don't like a rugged^✦ nigga,^✦ fuck you, blow me

But you will respect^✦ me or get it in your neckpiece, chief

No three niggas^✦ here are gonna^✦ let me be

Or get you inside^✦ there's^✦ codes^✦ to the streets nigga^✦

[Hook: Johnta Austin & 2Pac]

I changed^✦ plans but I'm still the same old rider^✦

You fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

I slang a new dope to the world but the people still buy it

Nigga^✦ you fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

All my real thug niggas,^✦ go and get your hands up

You go and drink the Henn' up

(You fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man)

A changed^✦ man, you're dealin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

[Verse 3: 2Pac]

A nigga^✦ so cold when I flow, bow down to Death Row

Three wheel motion,^✦ comin'^✦ through coastin'^✦

Who's that nigga^✦ in the G-ride

Screamin' out M.O.B.! Nigga^✦ we ride

I hit the charts like a stick-up kid

Number^✦ one in the nation^✦

I fucked^✦ the world, the judge gave me probation^✦

Faced^✦ with incarceration^✦

Move tapes^✦ like it's big weight, slangin' to the whole nation^✦

GIMME MINE, or I'm blastin'^✦ on every^✦ song

Murder^✦ my enemies,^✦ I'm mashin'^✦ until^✦ I'm gone

One love to my thug niggas^✦

And fuck a bitch, 'cause a true sister^✦ love niggas^✦

Throw yo' hands in the air, close your eyes and hope

Never^✦ come against^✦ the mass of smoke, on Death Row

My adversaries^✦ BLEED

But fuck 'em all 'til the talk cease

Fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

[Hook: Johnta Austin & 2Pac]

I changed^✦ plans but I'm still the same old rider^✦

You fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

I slang a new dope to the world but the people still buy it

Nigga^✦ you fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

All my real thug niggas,^✦ go and get your hands up

You go and drink the Henn' up

You fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

A changed^✦ man, you're dealin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

Nigga^✦ you fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

[Overlapped hook]

I changed^✦ plans but I'm still the same old rider^✦

You fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

I slang a new dope to the world but the people still buy it

Nigga^✦ you fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

All my real thug niggas,^✦ go and get your hands up

You go and drink the Henn' up

You fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

A changed^✦ man, you're dealin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

You fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

[Collision: 2Pac]

E'rybody think they understand me

Shit, you niggas^✦ don't know me

Y'all know that nigga^✦ on the rap song

Y'all know that nigga^✦ in the movies^✦

You don't know this nigga^✦ in 3-D

Real live right up against^✦ you in front of yo' face

Shit..

Westside, Outlaw Immortalz, hehehe^✦

Nigga,^✦ you fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

Hahaha,^✦ you fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

Hahaha,^✦ I ain't the same, you fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

We ain't the same, you fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

We ain't the same, fuckin'^✦ with a changed^✦ man

Changed^✦ man

Technical Breakdown

8.6

Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres6.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm10.0

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 Score8.63

Production

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

T.I. delivers a high-cadence, rhythmically dense performance that successfully pivots between his 'hustler' archetype and his 'reformed' status, utilizing internal rhyme chains to maintain kinetic momentum despite a somewhat simplistic lyrical narrative.

9.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

6.5

Wordplay

Delivery

Assonant internal rhymingStaccato deliveryPhonetic repetitionEnjambment for rhythmic tension

Rhyme Architecture: Highly technical AAAA scheme centered on the 'o' and 'a' vowels (drop, Glock, rock, cop, spot, hot, shot, skrilla), transitioning into tighter internal couplets.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"I slang a new dope to the world but the people still buy it"

① The literal selling of narcotics as a street hustler.② The metaphorical selling of his music/message as a commodity that maintains the same loyal fan base.

"You walk in, exploded and leave reload"

① Violent imagery of an explosive confrontation.② Metaphor for the intensity of his presence in the booth/industry requiring a mental and tactical 'reload'.

Exceptional rhythmic placement of end-rhymes

Aggressive, confident vocal tone

High density of internal rhyming

Effective use of the 'Don't' refrain to punctuate flow

Lyrical content leans heavily on established tropes of the era (cars, guns, street cred)

Limited semantic range beyond persona maintenance

Changed Man (Jazze Pha Remix)

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