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The Streetz R Deathrow
2Pac
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
11
End
142
Internal
51
Multi
126
Slant
2
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Hook]
('Cause I'll beat you down like it ain't nothin')✦
The streets are deathrow✦
('Ccause I'll beat you down like it ain't nothin')✦
The streets are deathrow✦
('Cause I'll beat you down like it ain't nothin')✦
The streets are deathrow✦
('Cause I'll beat you down like it ain't nothin')✦
[Verse 3]
I'm dangerous when drunk I only✦ drink beer
Gin makes✦ me sin, unable✦ to think clear
Hennessy makes✦ me think my enemy✦ is getting close
Boom-boom-boom! Got me shootin' at a ghost
Some call me crazy✦ but this is what you gave me
Amongst the babies✦ who raised✦ up from the slavery✦
I sport a vest and hit the sess to kill the stress
Moved✦ out west and I invest✦ in all the best
Those who test will find a bullet in their chest
Put to rest, by a brother who was hopeless
Grow up broke, on the rope of insanity
How many✦ pistols smoking comin'✦ from a broken✦ family?✦
I'm sick of being tired✦
Sick of the sirens, bodybags and the guns firin'✦
Tell Bush, "Push the button!" 'cause I'm fed
Tired✦ of hearin'✦ these voices✦ in my head
The Streetz R Deathrow✦
[Chorus]
('Cause I'll beat you down like it ain't nothin')✦
The streets are deathrow✦
('Cause I'll beat you down like it ain't nothin')✦
The streets is deathrow✦
('Cause I'll beat you down like it ain't nothin')✦
The streets are deathrow✦
('Cause I'll beat you down like it ain't nothin')✦
The streets is deathrow✦
('Cause I'll beat you down like it ain't nothin')✦
The streets are deathrow✦
('Cause I'll beat you down like it ain't nothin')✦
The streets is deathrow✦
('Cause I'll beat you down like it ain't nothin')✦
The streets is deathrow✦
[Outro]
This go out to my partners in the Live Squad
(like it ain't nothin')✦
And all my homies✦ out there involved in that 187
Watch your back
There's✦ got to be a better✦ way
There's✦ too many✦ of us in the cemetery✦
I love it when they fear me!
Come on, what we gonna do now?
I love it when they fear me!
The streets are deathrow✦ *echoes*✦
Technical Breakdown
7.0
Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes9.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres6.5
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm5.5
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 Score6.99
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
2Pac utilizes a high-octane, rhythmic delivery to compensate for straightforward lyrical metaphors, prioritizing visceral thematic honesty over dense multi-layered wordplay.
B
8.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
5.5
Cadence / Flow
6
Vocabulary
6.5
Wordplay
8
Delivery
alliterationinternal rhyme stringsrhythmic cadence variationthematic anchoring
Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AABB or AAAA couplets with heavy usage of internal multi-syllabic rhyming, particularly in the later section ('stress', 'west', 'invest', 'best', 'test', 'chest', 'rest').
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"Gin makes me sin"
① The consumption of gin leads to immoral behavior or aggression.② A phonic play on the word 'gin' rhyming with 'sin' to equate the substance directly with the moral failing.
"shootin' at a ghost"
① Firing a weapon at an imagined or phantom attacker due to alcohol-induced paranoia.② A metaphor for fighting an invisible or systemic enemy that cannot be struck by physical bullets.
"on the rope of insanity"
① Living in a state of mental instability or stress.② A visual metaphor suggesting being 'at the end of one's rope,' implying a thin margin of survival.
Commanding vocal presence
Effective use of narrative pacing
Cohesive thematic focus on systemic trauma
Literalistic approach to metaphors
Limited depth of abstract wordplay
Slightly predictable rhyme endings