Me Against the World
Heavy in the Game
2Pac
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
45
End
212
Internal
104
Multi
236
Slant
22
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Chorus: Lady Levi & Eboni Foster]
(Game's✦ been good to me)
Who the bombaclaat✦ him a come try take mine?
Oh, me serious,✦ yuh know? (Game's✦ been good to me)
I don't bloodclaat✦ play no game
All, all the bumba,✦ ya take dis ting
For ya, take dis ting for joke?
Oh, that's right (I don't care what it did to them)
(The game's✦ been good to me)
[Break: Richie Rich]
Well, let me shoot some of this how heavy✦ type of shit
[Verse 2: Richie Rich]
Certain niggas✦ wanna✦ stick to the game, you's a trick to the game
Waitin'✦ upon✦ your turn, son, when will you learn?
Ain't no turns given,✦ niggas✦ be twistin' and takin'✦ shit
Puttin'✦ they sack down, then puttin'✦ they mack down
Me, myself, I hustle with finesse, yes, I'm an Oakland baller✦
Rule number✦ one: check game, and for sure you gon' respect✦ game
Be your own nigga,✦ meanin'✦ buy your own dope
'Cause that front shit is punk shit, something I never✦ funked✦ with
Be true to this game and this game will be true to you
That's real shit; disrespect,✦ see what this here do to you
That jackin'✦ and robbin',✦ despising your homie
Ain't healthy,✦ niggas✦ be endin'✦ up dead 'fore they get wealthy✦
But not me though, I'm sewin'✦ somethin' major,✦ so, what I reap is boss
That's why my public status✦ is floss
Went from a young nigga✦ livin'✦ residential✦
To a young nigga✦ workin'✦ presidential✦
[Chorus: Lady Levi & Eboni Foster]
(Game's✦ been good to me)
Me nigga,✦ Tupac,✦ always look good
You vexed✦ true him look good every✦ time
Ooh, pussy✦ hole, step off (Game's✦ been good to me)
Ka yuh know say mi no bloodclaat✦ play no fucking games✦
Ooh, protect mi own
(I don't care what it did to them)
Yuh never✦ know
(The game's✦ been good to me)
Mi haffi get mi own!
Every✦ time
[Verse 3: 2Pac]
I'm just a young black male, cursed✦ since my birth
Had to turn to crack sales,✦ if worse come to worse
Headed✦ for them packed✦ jails, or maybe it's a hearse
My only✦ way to stack mail is out here doin' dirt
But my decision's do or die, been hustlin' since junior✦ high
No time for askin'✦ why, gettin'✦ high, gettin'✦ mine
Put away✦ my .9 'cause these times✦ call for four-five shells
'Cause life is hell and everybody dies
What about✦ these niggas✦ I despise?
Them loud talkin',✦ cowards shootin' guns into✦ crowds, jeopardizin' lives✦
Shoot 'em right between them niggas'✦ eyes, it's time to realize
Follow✦ the rules✦ or follow✦ them fools that die
Everybody's tryna✦ make the news
Niggas✦ confused, quit tryna✦ be an O.G. and pay your dues
If you choose to apply✦ yourself, go with the grain
Then come the riches✦ and the bitches and the fame, heavy✦ in the game
[Outro: Lady Levi & Eboni Foster]
(Game's✦ been good to me)
Hold on bitch!
You jealous✦ true we look good every✦ time
When we at Beers Diamond
And 2Pac drives✦ vintage car (Game's✦ been good to me)
And fi him frame them look good, yuh kno?
Dis for all u ????
???? inna✦ face
For any,✦ sex inna✦ bomba✦ ras claat, oh!
(I don't care what it did to them)
(The game's✦ been good to me)
Flush it! Oh!
Nobody✦ wan come test me, ya know
True them, we a drive pretty✦ car
Wan' no part of any✦ ting
And now you wan come drown a gun
But, ya see, we know, you haffa✦ show I'm maximum respect✦
For when a bloodclat run or when a pussy✦ walk up
We look good every✦ time
'Nough dollars,✦ dollars!✦
Ya know about✦ dollars,✦ them right?
But we nah talk no shit
We haffa✦ walk de walk for we a talk, see it?
'Cause action,✦ action✦ speak louder✦ dan words
You know who the record partner
Don't bloodclaat✦ ting at all
Technical Breakdown
8.5
Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5
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 Control7.5
Performance and control
Computed Score8.51
Production
— Mike Mosley, Sam BosticBe the first to rate the production
Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
Richie Rich demonstrates high-level rhythmic consistency and thematic adherence, prioritizing street-corner pedagogy over complex lyrical gymnastics, which fits the 1996 West Coast G-Funk aesthetic perfectly.
A
9.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
5.5
Wordplay
7.5
Delivery
Internal rhyme chainingImperative street aphorismsOn-beat cadence lockingMulti-syllabic linkage
Rhyme Architecture: Uses a mixture of AABB and AAAA structures with heavy internal rhyme clusters that tie the end-rhymes into the mid-bar flow, creating a rolling, conversational cadence.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"stick to the game, you's a trick to the game"
① Adhering to the established rules of illicit business.② A pejorative insult implying the person is being used or exploited by the game itself.
"Puttin' they sack down, then puttin' they mack down"
① Putting their product/money stash away.② Putting their weapon or bravado/game away (or setting it aside in failure).
Exceptional rhythmic lock-in with the production
Consistent thematic focus on 'the rules' of the game
Authentic, authoritative delivery style
Literal approach limits metaphorical depth
Relies on common street vernacular tropes
Lack of complex narrative or imagery-based wordplay