Better Dayz
Fame
2Pac
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
42
End
172
Internal
85
Multi
264
Slant
21
Chain
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[Verse 2: Yaki Kadafi]
Block run and shoot slugs, we throw them back like hardballs
Without the gloves,✦ no love for these fake desperadoes
And thugs I bleed to envy✦
Smoke and blow out they blunts, sippin'✦ Henny✦
Drunk nights, and hot days, cockin'✦ my heat, shootin' it sideways
A life on the run, full of common blunts
Unconditionally✦ married to my gun
Fulfillin' my destiny on knees and one's✦ desires
Be pullin'✦ all my cabbage like priors
Stuck in the trance searchin'✦ for something✦ higher✦
The fortune✦ and fame
[Chorus: 2Pac]
One thing we all adore✦
Something✦ worth dyin' for
Nothin'✦ but pain, stuck in this game
Searchin'✦ for fortune✦ and fame
Something✦ we all adore✦
Something✦ worth dyin' for
It's been nothin'✦ but pain, stuck in this game
Searchin'✦ for fortune✦ and fame
[Verse 3: Young Noble]
Searchin'✦ for fortune✦ and fame, lost in the rain
A lost of the game, with life is the cost of the game
We forcin'✦ the change, motherfuck flossin' a chain
All the blame belongs to the part of the brain
That we never✦ use, nigga,✦ plus my heart is in pain
And if I ever✦ lose, homie, bet I'm at it again✦
Outlaws don't die, so united✦ we stand
And if family✦ come before,✦ all the fortune✦ and fame
[Verse 4: Napoleon]
As I walk up in the crib, laid to rest my head
Say salaam to the angels, hope they bless my bed
Hope they bless me the righteous way
Got a homie locked✦ down outta✦ town, I sent him a kite today✦
Man, that hate in your heart you gotta✦ cleanse it, dawg
Prayin' for my downfall, and I can sense it, dawg
I was passed✦ down the street fame
Like Glocks clocked and keep aim
Was raised✦ up with a clock box
And I ran with the local✦ street gang
They say the light is faded✦ but still shine in the dark
You can easy✦ been a man, but you's a boy in your heart
And that's some game that I got from generation of game
In the road of life, dog
We need to switch up lanes✦ – think about✦ it!
[Chorus: 2Pac]
One thing we all adore✦
Something✦ worth dyin' for
Nothin'✦ but pain
Stuck in this game
Searchin'✦ for fortune✦ and fame
One thing we all adore✦
Something✦ worth dyin' for
Been nothin'✦ but pain
Stuck in this game
Searchin'✦ for fortune✦ and fame
[Verse 5: Kastro]
I can't complain, I've seen my fair share of the fame
It won't change me,now✦ I've got this piece of change
I feel strange, I got so used✦ to the hood
That when I finally✦ got out at first it ain't feel good
I was just a baby,✦ still retarded from slavery
When we struggle to shovel✦ shit ain't nobody✦ saved✦ me
Ghetto✦ ain't made me, I made myself✦
Poverty raised✦ me, thinking ain't no help
I pray for my health, my mind, and my family✦ too
State of myself,✦ my grind, and my family✦ crew
Where one hand washes✦ the other✦
No, we ain't blood, but we still real brothers
The struggle is real, nothin'✦ can steal what we build
And that remains the same 'til the day that we killed✦
And that's real, life that I was aimed✦ to be
Love by my family✦ tree, that's fame to me – how about✦ it?
[Chorus: 2Pac]
One thing we all adore✦
Something✦ worth dyin' for
Nothin'✦ but pain
Stuck in this game
Searchin'✦ for fortune✦ and fame
One thing we all adore✦
Something✦ worth dyin' for
Nothin'✦ but pain
Stuck in this game
Searchin'✦ for fortune✦ and fame
Technical Breakdown
8.2
Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes9.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres5.5
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm10.0
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity7.0
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control6.5
Performance and control
Computed Score8.16
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
Kadafi and Young Noble prioritize visceral street-level narrative and rhythmic continuity over dense, complex wordplay, aligning with the mid-90s Outlawz aesthetic.
A
8.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
5.5
Wordplay
6.5
Delivery
Slant rhymingMultisyllabic internal clustersStreet-vernacular imageryEnjambment
Rhyme Architecture: Dense internal rhyme clusters (e.g., 'hot days/sideways', 'trance/searchin/something/higher') typical of the mid-90s West Coast expansion, utilizing AABB and interlocking internal couplets.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"throw them back like hardballs"
① Physical act of returning gunfire during a shootout.② A metaphor for the baseball term where throwing back a ball is a rapid, reactive action.
"pullin' all my cabbage"
① Slang for making money/profit.② The literal act of pulling produce from the earth, establishing the 'hustle' motif.
High rhythmic consistency
Evocative, dark thematic consistency
Strong vocal intensity and conviction in delivery
Literalistic lyricism lacks multi-layered entendres
Occasional forcing of rhyme schemes for the sake of the cadence
Low thematic deviation from established genre tropes