R U Still Down? (Remember Me)

Teardrops and Closed Caskets

2Pac

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[Chorus: Nate Dogg & (2Pac w/ Outlawz)]

Will I forever^✦ be alone?^✦

(Teardrops^✦ and closed^✦ caskets)^✦

Will I forever^✦ be alone?^✦

(Teardrops^✦ and closed^✦ caskets)^✦

[Verse 2: 2Pac & Outlawz]

(Don't let these ghetto^✦ streets get you, Precious)^✦

(Was the victim, from a dime to a nickel)

Hopin'^✦ God's blessings stick with ya

Picture^✦ the neighborhood kingpin

Who's gettin'^✦ bigger^✦

Familiar face, but a man now

It's Lil' Trigga^✦

Now Lil' Mo was a soldier to the fullest

Down for his homies,^✦ always^✦ the first to spit bullets

(All he wanted^✦ was to be a thug)

Never^✦ pictured his truest homeboy would fall in love

(Here's^✦ where it gets ya)

Now Precious^✦ is pregnant, Lil' Trigga^✦ is happy^✦

He wants to marry^✦ her now

(Not knowin'^✦ he ain't the daddy)^✦

But Precious^✦ was lonely,^✦ while Lil' Trigga^✦ was makin'^✦ dough

She's slippin' in secret^✦ places^✦ and gettin'^✦ with Lil' Mo

The neighborhood's buzzin',^✦ now people are talkin'^✦

Lil' Trigga's gettin'^✦ pictures of the both of 'em walkin'^✦

(Hand in hand, couldn't understand)

How his baby's^✦ mama^✦ could disappear with another man (And his best friend)

Now jealousy's dangerous,^✦ and if you don't believe^✦ me

Then watch the way that this story^✦ ends and maybe you'll see

There ain't no heroes^✦ or villains,^✦ ain't no pleasure^✦ in killin'^✦

Just the smoke from the cap peelin',^✦ a man with no feelings^✦

Teardrops^✦ and closed^✦ caskets^✦

[Chorus: Nate Dogg, Val Young & (2Pac w/ Outlawz)]

Will I forever^✦ be alone?^✦

(Teardrops^✦ and closed^✦ caskets)^✦

(Bury^✦ you dead and look ahead,^✦ hehe, a man with no feelings)^✦

(Teardrops^✦ and closed^✦ caskets)^✦

Will I forever^✦ be alone?^✦

(Teardrops^✦ and closed^✦ caskets)^✦

[Verse 3: Outlawz]

Now with the problems of poverty, and the tricks to these tales^✦

How many^✦ people'll die? How many'll live to tell?

Although best friends before,^✦ Lil' Trigga^✦ and Mo

They in an all out war, over^✦ a fiend, they ain't know

Behind the curtains^✦ their privacy lust is already laid down

The results is the same with different names^✦ and it turns out

[Break: 2Pac]

Heh, y'all know how it is, same old thing in the same old town

Lil' Trigg got his nose wide open^✦ on this one trick

Now he's played out

[Verse 4: 2Pac & (Outlawz)]

Think it's Lil' Mo (Was plottin' plans on gettin'^✦ bigger)^✦

(Precious^✦ was his way to put his hands on Lil' Trigga)^✦

Heh, all the while let's look at Precious,^✦ too dumb to see what's goin' down

(Too doped^✦ up to ask questions)

Used^✦ to be comrades,^✦ (but now we blast on sight)

What could be so bad? (God, will we last tonight?)

From misdemeanors to felonies,^✦ small-time to sellin'^✦ ki's

I can't believe^✦ the shit they tellin'^✦ me

They opened^✦ fire, three bodies^✦ dropped, so call the cops

(Precious,^✦ Lil' Mo and Trigg)

Teardrops^✦ and closed^✦ caskets^✦

[Overlapped Hook: Nate Dogg & (2Pac w/ Outlawz)]

Will I forever^✦ be alone?^✦

(Teardrops^✦ and closed^✦ caskets)^✦

Will I forever^✦ be alone?^✦

(Teardrops^✦ and closed^✦ caskets)^✦

Will I forever^✦ be alone?^✦

(Teardrops^✦ and closed^✦ caskets)^✦

Will I forever^✦ be alone?^✦

[Collision: 2Pac]

Ayy, QDIII in this motherfucker (Uh-huh)

We dedicate this to all the fallen^✦ comrades^✦ (That's right)

All the homies^✦ that didn't make it to see this day

(Rest in peace)

Yaknahmean? I know it's hard out there, hehehe^✦

With teardrops^✦ and closed^✦ caskets^✦

It's like that's all we got to look forward to these days

Murders, brothers^✦ dyin', funerals (Hehe)

Shit, it's like I done ran out of suits, homie

I done ran out of tears

Know we gon' have to do somethin'^✦ y'all

We gon' have to do somethin'^✦ (Uh)

'Cause I know all these mothers^✦ is tired^✦ of seeing the same thing (Rest in peace)

Teardrops^✦ and closed^✦ caskets^✦

I send this out to Mutulu^✦ and Geronimo

And to all the fallen^✦ comrades,^✦ all the soldiers

(To the homie Boonie, rest in peace, nigga)^✦

All the homies^✦ that fell, all the homies^✦

May God bless your families^✦ (Alright)

May you always^✦ live in the motherfuckin' heart

In a thug nigga's^✦ heart forever^✦ (That's right)

Rest in peace, nigga^✦

May your enemies^✦ be deceased, dead on the streets

We can't have peace 'til the niggas^✦ get a piece

Technical Breakdown

8.2

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 / Rhythm8.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity7.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.0

Performance and control

Computed Score8.22

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The verse functions as a narrative-driven tragedy, prioritizing emotive storytelling and character development over dense lyrical acrobatics, utilizing the Outlawz/Pac dialogue format to heighten the sense of impending doom.

9.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

8.5

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

6.5

Wordplay

Delivery

Narrative continuityInternal rhyme chainsDramatic irony through call-and-responseMultisyllabic enjambment

Rhyme Architecture: A mix of AABB and AAAA mono-rhyme structures anchored by high-frequency internal rhymes, maintaining a steady, conversational flow that serves the storytelling arc.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"from a dime to a nickel"

① A reference to the escalating value or progression of drug trade street currency.② A progression of tragedy indicating the loss of value or life, suggesting a downward trajectory for the victim despite the surface-level street math.

"slippin' in secret places"

① Physical act of engaging in infidelity outside of the primary relationship.② A moral failing (slipping) that serves as the catalyst for the tragic climax of the song's narrative.

Exceptional narrative economy

Strong emotional resonance

Effective use of chorus-verse dialogue to advance plot

Polished, rhythmic internal rhyming

Low lexical density compared to peak technical era rappers

Reliance on somewhat archetypal street narrative tropes

Limited metaphorical complexity

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