Loyal to the Game

Crooked Nigga Too

2Pac

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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[Chorus]

It's all up to you

But until^✦ then, I gotta^✦ do what I do, and stay a crooked^✦ nigga^✦ too

And maybe then you'll see the truth (Oh)

But until^✦ then, I gotta^✦ do what I do, and stay a crooked^✦ nigga^✦ too

It's all up to you

But until^✦ then, I gotta^✦ do what I do, and stay a crooked^✦ nigga^✦ too

And maybe then you'll see the truth (Oh)

Ooh, you can't fuck with the crew, a crooked^✦ nigga^✦ too

[Verse 2]

You know, you really^✦ can't say that to blame niggas^✦

Fuck bein' tame, set a flame, time to aim triggers (Uh)

2Pac'll spark a revolution,^✦ fuck the constitution^✦

I want my bucks for restitution^✦

This time you got a bigger^✦ problem

Time to face the niggas^✦ from Souh Central, Oakland, Brooklyn and Harlem

And we ain't shootin' at each other^✦ (Fuck, no)

That's my motherfuckin' brother, so Dave Duke, run for cover^✦

And all the bitches from the Klan

Come feel the wrath of a Black man that doesn't smoke crack and

I don't drink St. Ides^✦ (Fuck that)

Genuine^✦ draft, guns and ganja^✦ and my fucking TEC-9

They know their scared^✦ to see us sober^✦ (Ah)

Stop drinking King Cobra,^✦ and niggas^✦ will take the world over^✦

It’s all up to you (Up to you), blame the Korean,^✦ blame the Jew (Fuck that)

Or be a crooked^✦ nigga^✦ too

[Chorus]

It's all up to you

But until^✦ then, I gotta^✦ do what I do, and stay a crooked^✦ nigga^✦ too

And maybe then you'll see the truth (Oh)

But until^✦ then, I gotta^✦ do what I do, and stay a crooked^✦ nigga^✦ too

It's all up to you

But until^✦ then, I gotta^✦ do what I do, and stay a crooked^✦ nigga^✦ too

And maybe then you'll see the truth (Oh)

Ooh, you can't fuck with the crew, a crooked^✦ nigga^✦ too

[Verse 3]

Why me? Play like Jasmine^✦ Guy and try me

I'll be damned^✦ if I die, come look at the rage in my eyes, G

They got my homies^✦ in a jail cell

Now it's the Rebel^✦ and the Devil,^✦ and one of us is goin' to Hell

I got the whole place covered with loc'd out brothers

And nothin'^✦ but love for each other^✦

So, motherfucker, make a motion

I give a fuck, slice you up, and throw your ass in the ocean^✦

Temperatures drop

See it's cool to shoot a nigga^✦ but they hate it when we pop the cops

That's when they gettin'^✦ petrol^✦

You better^✦ watch your step, or you'll be left on death row

But I learn to look ahead of me

Stay strapped watch your back, keep your eyes on the enemy^✦

We blowin'^✦ up precincts and, ooh

You can't fuck with the crew, a crooked^✦ nigga^✦ too

[Chorus]

It's all up to you

But until^✦ then, I gotta^✦ do what I do, and stay a crooked^✦ nigga^✦ too

And maybe then you'll see the truth (Oh)

But until^✦ then, I gotta^✦ do what I do, and stay a crooked^✦ nigga^✦ too

It's all up to you

But until^✦ then, I gotta^✦ do what I do, and stay a crooked^✦ nigga^✦ too

And maybe then you'll see the truth (Oh)

Ooh, you can't fuck with the crew, a crooked^✦ nigga^✦ too

Technical Breakdown

8.9

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 Control9.0

Performance and control

Computed Score8.88

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Pac utilizes a socio-political aggressive cadence to transform the 'crooked' trope into a mechanism for systemic rebellion, prioritizing raw, high-stakes delivery over complex lyrical abstraction.

A+

9.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

6.5

Wordplay

Delivery

Assonance-heavy multi-syllabic chainingGeographic coalition buildingAd-lib syncopationDirect address confrontation

Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AAAA/BBBB monorhyme clusters focusing on 'triggers/figures/constitutions' and 'over/sober/cover' structures, utilizing internal rhyme density to drive momentum.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"Fuck bein' tame, set a flame, time to aim triggers"

① Literal act of inciting violence and engaging in weaponry.② Metaphorical act of 'triggering' societal change or upheaval through direct action.

"Spark a revolution, fuck the constitution"

① Literal rejection of state law.② An appeal to a higher, internal code of ethics (Black identity) that views the legal system as antithetical to survival.

"They know their scared to see us sober"

① The literal observation that systemic powers fear sober, organized Black populations.② A challenge to the '40-ounce' culture as a tool of oppression, arguing that sobriety is the prerequisite for political takeover.

Commanding vocal presence

Effective use of geographic signifiers to build narrative scale

High-energy pacing that mimics the urgency of the subject matter

Reliance on binary ideological oppositions

Vocabulary breadth is limited by the repetitive nature of the aggressive delivery

Occasional loss of narrative cohesion due to intensity

Crooked Nigga Too

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