Pac's Life
Don't Stop
2Pac
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
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End
266
Internal
116
Multi
359
Slant
21
Chain
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[Verse 2: 2Pac]
You can't break me, never✦ make me busta✦ soft the beats
This Outlaw✦ style got a brother off the streets
Miss Delores Tucker✦ sue me I won't stop
'Til we get justice for these crooked cops on my block
Time Warner✦ full of sissies,✦ tell 'em all to miss me
A bunch of hypocrites whistlin' Dixie
Good riddance cause you never✦ should of touched me
You cowards knew you couldn't take the pressure✦ I'ma✦ make you sorry✦
Trust me
Did I cry when they dropped me? (nah), can they stop me? (won't)
Tryna✦ sell 4 million✦ copies✦
If I wasn't spittin' it'd be prison✦ or death
This rap game all we got left
So try to comprehend where we comin'✦ from
Life as an Outlaw,✦ ain't meant for everyone
So here we come
Recognize✦ how we organize✦
Strategize✦ now we unified✦ brothers✦ on the rise
And we can't stop
[Chorus: Young Noble]
No way no how we got to keep movin'✦
And puttin'✦ it down
We can't stop
(Outlawz)✦
Until✦ we reach the top
Through the music✦ we speak to the blocks
Believe✦ it or not
[Bridge]
I don't know what you've been, told
Real niggas✦ don't stay on they go
Can't stop until✦ I get that you know
Won't stop until✦ I get that keep goin'
[Verse 3: Hussein Fatal]
Bury✦ me with a Makaveli✦ suit and a MAC
If God strike me with lightnin', I'm shootin' him back
Skinny✦ cause I won't work out, my man is in the gym
Long as I'm strong enough to put a hammer✦ on your chin
Trapped in the storm, fuck the world 'til I'm gone
I'm buckin'✦ at Corey✦ Brooke he treatin' my niggas✦ wrong
Until✦ I'm gone
They gon' see who I be
I picture✦ this bricks duckin'✦ from the penitentiary
[Verse 4: Yaki Kadafi]
See
Mysteriously it seems
Through my deepest thoughts and dreams
It's all wrong pop too long gone
And now 18 I'm stranded on my own
Abandoned here in the zone
Protect my throne pow like a king, Al Capone✦ style
Fake no jacks on this grind
Coked✦ up with crack I get mine
Livin'✦ life as a Don, guess Gortex, Louis Vuitton
[Verse 5: Hussein Fatal]
Yeah your boys back with the proper✦ team
When they think I'm wearin'✦ Red I'ma✦ rock the green
On a whole 'nother✦ episode
Cops never✦ heard of ya
The otherside'll hide down the block from the murder✦ scene
Catch ya man he dead with the fifth
When it's hot on Nu he G-Ride from the clear to the bricks
So gangster how he switched from the clear to the bricks
Niggas✦ hate it but they scared✦ of the fifth
(And we won't stop)
Outlawz!✦
[Chorus: Young Noble]
No way no how we got to keep movin'✦
And puttin'✦ it down
We can't stop
(Outlawz)✦
Until✦ we reach the top
Through the music✦ we speak to the blocks
Believe✦ it or not
[Bridge]
I don't know what you've been, told
Real niggas✦ don't stay on they go
Can't stop until✦ I get that you know
Won't stop until✦ I get that keep goin'
[Verse 6: Big Syke]
This rap game like a robbery
Cause it seem somebody hidin'✦ me my nigga✦
Make a motherfucker✦ cop a Ki'
Motherfucker✦ ain't no stoppin' me my nigga✦
It's Mussolini see me all in the midst
I'm still chillin' like I'm bottle of Crys'
Enemies,✦ sharpen they miss
So when you see me they can give me a kiss
The one posin'✦ with the frozen✦ wrists
Outlaw✦ immortalized we survived and curst
So I claim it like I'm bangin'✦ a turf
Yeah it's easy✦ like I'm puttin'✦ in work
Not an easy✦ you wanna✦ jerk
Call me squeezey I'm ready✦ to murk
Outlaw,✦ Makaveli✦ nigga✦ ready✦ to flow
So baby✦ are you ready✦ to go?
Outlaw✦ my niggas✦ what they screamin' at night
But Big Syko✦ with the thug in your life
My nigga✦
[Verse 7: E.D.I. Mean]
Don't stop (Don't stop)
Keep goin' (Keep goin')
Even✦ when the wheels fall off we keep rollin'✦ (Keep rollin')✦
This Hip-Hop✦ thing just won't stop
It's number✦ one at the top of the charts
Here to stay like 'Pac
Man I just can't let it go
It's in my blood stream (Yeah)
So when I flow, I gotta✦ do my thug thing
For the hood the under✦ privileged and oppressed
Young nigga✦ get rich, cash more cheques
Take the hood life
Put it on on wax
Get stakes✦ now we livin'✦ the good life
Car brand new and it shine so clean
Bought momma✦ a house, on sweet sixteen's
And we, sittin'✦ clean in the latest edition✦
From the block to the movie screen deep in and pimpin'✦
Recognize✦ how we organize✦
Strategize✦ now we unified✦ brothers✦ on the rise
And we won't stop
[Chorus: Young Noble & Stormy]
No way no how we got to keep movin'✦
And puttin'✦ it down
We can't stop
(Outlawz)✦
Until✦ we reach the top
Through the music✦ we speak to the blocks
Believe✦ it or not
[Bridge]
I don't know what you've been, told
Real niggas✦ don't stay on they go
Can't stop until✦ I get that you know
Won't stop until✦ I get that keep goin'
Outlawz...✦
Outlawz✦
Technical Breakdown
8.9
Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes9.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres6.0
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm10.0
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity8.0
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control9.0
Performance and control
Computed Score8.93
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
2Pac utilizes a high-intensity, confrontational delivery to elevate straightforward lyrical content into a compelling narrative of defiance and survival, maximizing rhythmic impact over complex wordplay.
A+
8.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
8
Vocabulary
6
Wordplay
9
Delivery
Aggressive cadence shiftsCall-and-response internal structureDirect address/namingStaccato phrasingRhythmic enjambment
Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AABB and AAAA couplets, utilizing dense multi-syllabic end-rhymes (e.g., 'sissies/miss me/Dixie') coupled with consistent internal rhyme hits throughout the bars.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"whistlin' Dixie"
① The literal act of whistling a song associated with the American South.② An idiom referring to someone engaging in a futile, delusional, or naive pursuit of something that is impossible to achieve.
"Did I cry when they dropped me? (nah), can they stop me? (won't)"
① Literal inquiry regarding the record label dropping him from their roster.② A rhetorical challenge suggesting that professional rejection failed to diminish his resolve or public stature.
Exceptional rhythmic urgency and vocal conviction
Strong narrative consistency
Effective use of conversational dialogue ('Did I cry... nah')
Clear, impactful thematic focus
Wordplay is primarily direct and literal rather than layered or abstract
Reliance on confrontational tropes typical of the era
Limited metaphorical depth outside of direct socio-political grievance