Until the End of Time
My Closest Roaddogz
2Pac
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
41
End
214
Internal
114
Multi
212
Slant
16
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Chorus: Timothy]
Every✦ ghetto✦ street got a crosswalk✦
Let me get to the other✦ side with my road dogs
(Me and my closest✦ road dog)
All roam in the scary✦ place called✦ home
Take a second✦ victim✦ and if they all gone, my closest✦ road dogs
Every✦ ghetto✦ street got a stop sign
Can I trust in you my road dogs on mine?
Even✦ when I'm goin' through hard times✦
I still got my closest✦ road dogs lookin'✦ out for all mine (Haha)✦
[Verse 2]
Bring artillery and roll with a nigga✦
They could never✦ take the soul of a M.O.B. soldier nigga✦
Cowards get rolled✦ up, mob on 'em Makaveli✦
Boy you's a boss player, that's what all the bitches tell me
Even✦ if I died now
I live my life eternally and never✦ lie down, why cry now?
Fooled✦ a few but never✦ 'came a gamer,✦ ain't tryna✦ hear it
Evil✦ spirits hide at total strangers, yo' life's✦ in danger✦
Prepare nigga✦ be aware,✦ cause we ain't scared✦
M.O.B., 'til I die, when we ride niggas✦ disappear
Fill 'em up with pistol smoke
Never✦ forget✦ to blow a hole in his head tor leakin'✦ information to the feds
The burnin'✦ bed was the tellin'✦ sign
Two hired✦ guns bustin'✦ everyone, yellin'✦ everybody die
Why the fuck they fuck around, we left 'em in the fog
Bleedin'✦ like a stuck hog, me and my closest✦ road dogz
[Chorus: Timothy]
Every✦ ghetto✦ street got a crosswalk✦
Let me get to the other✦ side with my road dogs
(Bleedin'✦ like a stuck hog, me and my closest✦ road dogs)
All roam in the scary✦ place called✦ home
Take a second✦ victim✦ and if they all gone, my closest✦ road dogs
Every✦ ghetto✦ street got a stop sign
Can I trust in you my road dogs on mine?
Even✦ when I'm goin' through hard times✦
I still got my closest✦ road dogs lookin'✦ out for all mine
[Verse 3]
Fuck they feelings, that's what they get for squealin'
That's the pressures✦ of a gangsta, dangerous✦ as drug dealin'✦
See me in physical form, my niggas✦ swarm
Take the figure✦ of a circle beatin'✦ jealous✦ niggas✦ 'til they purple
Simon✦ Says take they heads homies✦
And send them phony✦ motherfuckers to dwell with all they dead homies✦
Fishin'✦ for fake niggas,✦ observe and shake niggas✦
The only✦ way to see six figures,✦ is break niggas✦
Me and Mussolini set to ride, we high
Big Bogart got the alibi, homicide, ask us why
Labelled a Capo✦ in the mob as big as the globe
To live and die as a millionaire, on [Death Row]
Set to explode, my M.O., is kill them hoes
My pistol's like a disease, my enemies and foes
Get murdered and disposed of, we in the fog
Makaveli✦ the Don, and my closest✦ road dogs
[Chorus: Timothy]
Every✦ ghetto✦ street got a crosswalk✦
Let me get to the other✦ side with my road dogs
(My closest✦ road dogz)
All roam in the scary✦ place called✦ home
Take a second✦ victim✦ and if they all gone (My closest✦ road dogs)
Every✦ ghetto✦ street got a stop sign
Can I trust in you my road dogz on mine?
Even✦ when I'm goin' through hard times✦
I still got my closest✦ road dogs lookin'✦ out for all mine
Every✦ ghetto✦ street got a crosswalk✦
Let me get to the other✦ side with my road dogs
All roam in the scary✦ place called✦ home
Take a second✦ victim✦ and if they all gone, my closest✦ road dogs
Every✦ ghetto✦ street got a stop sign
Can I trust in you my road dogs on mine?
Even✦ when I'm goin' through hard times✦
I still got my closest✦ road dogs lookin'✦ out for all mine
Technical Breakdown
9.1
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 Complexity8.0
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control9.0
Performance and control
Computed Score9.08
Production
— Corney Mims, Greg Dalton, Johnny J, Ronnie KingBe the first to rate the production
Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
The verse relies on raw emotional intensity and rhythmic cohesion rather than dense, abstract wordplay, aligning perfectly with the era's mid-90s West Coast aesthetic of narrative-driven gangsta rap.
A+
9.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
8
Vocabulary
6.5
Wordplay
9
Delivery
Internal slant rhymingDynamic flow switchesThematic consistencyAggressive prosody
Rhyme Architecture: 2Pac utilizes a high-frequency multisyllabic scheme built on the 'oh'/'ey' assonance, reinforced by consistent internal rhymes that bridge the gap between lines for a continuous, propulsive flow.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"I live my life eternally and never lie down"
① Maintaining a metaphorical state of being active or alert despite the threat of death.② A literal refusal to be defeated or killed (dying/lying down).
"Cowards get rolled up, mob on 'em Makaveli"
① Physical intimidation or violence (being rolled up like a blunt).② Being confronted by a collective force (mob) consistent with his persona of the time.
Exceptional command of rhythmic pocket and pocket-riding
High intensity delivery that elevates standard lyrical content
Strong thematic cohesion regarding loyalty and survival
Coherent structural build that culminates in a clear narrative payoff
Relies on established tropes of 90s gangsta rap
Limited usage of multi-layered metaphorical complexity
Focus is heavily narrative and bravado-centric rather than linguistic play