Revival

Untouchable

Eminem

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[Chorus: Eminem & Cheech and Chong]

White boy, white boy, you're a rockstar^✦

My momma^✦ talkin'^✦ to me, tryna^✦ tell me how to live

White boy, white boy, in your cop car

But I don't listen^✦ to her, 'cause my head is like a sieve

White boy, white boy, you're untouchable^✦

The world's coming^✦ to an end, I don't even^✦ care

Nobody^✦ can tell me shit 'cause I'm a big rockstar^✦

[Verse 2]

Black boy, black boy, we don't get your culture and

We don't care what our government's done to fuck you over,^✦ man

Don't tell us your attitude's a result of that

Balderdash, where'd^✦ you get the chip on your shoulder at?

Why you kicking that soda^✦ can?

Pull your pants up, we 'bout to roll up and

Throw your ass in the van cuffed^✦

You don't have to know our plans or what our intentions^✦ are

Our cards are close to our chest, you better^✦ show your hands

And put our minds more at ease

Or get shot in the thyroid, comply^✦ or die, boy

We're fightin' a crime war, here come the swine

Tryna^✦ clean up the streets from all these minorities^✦

That's what we call 'em pigsties^✦ for

They're like eyesores to police^✦

Talk to you like you're just a piece of trash

Feels like we're stuck in a time warp to me

As I kick these facts and get these mixed^✦ reactions^✦

As this beat backspins, it's like we're drifting back in

To the sixties,^✦ having^✦ black skin is risky^✦

'Cause this keeps happening

Throughout history, African-Americans have been treated^✦ like shit

And I admit,^✦ there have been times^✦ where it's been embarrassin' to be a...

[Chorus: Eminem & Cheech and Chong]

White boy, white boy, you're a rockstar^✦

My momma^✦ talkin'^✦ to me, tryna^✦ tell me how to live

White boy, white boy, in your cop car

But I don't listen^✦ to her, 'cause my head is like a sieve

White boy, white boy, you're untouchable^✦

The world's coming^✦ to an end, I don't even^✦ care

Nobody^✦ can tell me shit 'cause I'm a big rockstar^✦

[Part II]

[Verse]

Seems like the average lifespan of a white man

Is more than twice than a black life span

I wonder^✦ sometimes if it has a price scanner

I feel like checking out on life, can't escape^✦ this circumstance^✦

I'd rather^✦ hear 'em say "Die, N-word" than Die Antwoord

Ninja,^✦ now it's better^✦ disguised banter^✦

But that's life, strapped^✦ 'cause we're strapped^✦ financially

And can't find answers

We're applying, but McDonald's

Seems to be the only^✦ franchise^✦ that'll hire

So how can we have higher^✦ standards?

As Dallas overshadows the battle for Black Lives^✦ Matter^✦

We fight back with violence but acts like that are

Black eyes on the movement

Which makes^✦ black lives^✦ madder^✦

At cops and cops madder^✦

That's why it's at a stalemate

And can't arrive^✦ at a compromise^✦ so it's Black Ops

I wonder^✦ if we hire more black cops, the crap stops

The block is our backyards, officers,^✦ not the crack spot

Call the attack^✦ dogs off of us, man

You always^✦ act all pissed^✦ off at us at a traffic stop

And bad cops fuck it up for the good cops, and man, stop

Sendin'^✦ white cops in the black neighborhoods^✦

Who ain't acclimated^✦ to 'em, like that's the way to do it

Who seen some fuckin'^✦ videos of rappers waving^✦ guns

And know nobody^✦ black so they act afraid^✦ of us

And that's racism, the fear that a black face gives^✦ 'em

A subconscious^✦ racist^✦

Wait, why are there black neighborhoods?^✦

'Cause America^✦ segregated^✦ us, designated^✦ us to an area^✦

Separated^✦ us, Section-Eight'd us

When we tear it up's the only^✦ time attention's^✦ paid to us

And education^✦ sucks, and every^✦ day's another

Freddie Gray for us, a levy^✦ breaks or fuzz

Why is it they treat us like dryer lint?

We just want a safe environment for our kids

But can't escape^✦ the sirens

Don't take a scientist to see our violent nature^✦ lies in

The poverty that we face so the crime rate's^✦ the highest in

The lowest^✦ classes, it's like a razor wire fence

And we're trapped^✦ in these racial biases^✦

That plague our society^✦ which makes^✦ our anxiety^✦ levels^✦ raise

Every^✦ time we see a devil's face

Lions, tigers,^✦ and bears, oh my

It's more like billy^✦ clubs and gats

And we really^✦ love it when you think we're guilty^✦ ‘cause we're black

"But you kill each other,^✦ facts

You peel each other's^✦ caps, for silly^✦ stuff like hats”

Single mother^✦ strugglin' through substance^✦ abuse^✦

While people with nothin'^✦ to lose shoot each other^✦ for shoes

Fuck your Republican views

Pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, where the fuck are the boots?

And streets act as a narrator, don't gotta^✦ read comics

Or be that into^✦ characters, just to see that, just to be black

You better^✦ be strapped^✦ with a derringer

Or be “capped^✦ in America”^✦ like Steve Rogers^✦

'Cause no one oversees these cops and

All we see is 'em beat charges

We done seen 'em beat Rodney^✦ King unconscious,^✦ and got off

So we don't need all you crooked police^✦ officers'^✦ peace offerings

Just keep marchin', 'til we reach congress

But they're gonna^✦ say you're tryin' to take an irrational^✦ stance

If you try to slander the flag but

Somebody has to be the sacrificial lamb

So they call it a Kaepernick tantrum

If you don't stand for the national^✦ anthem

We raise it, you better^✦ praise it

Or you'll be made to feel like a traitor, we'll

Treat you like Rodney^✦ Dangerfield

Home of the brave is still racist^✦ 'ville

So this whole nation feels like a plantation^✦ field

In a country that claims that its foundation^✦ was based^✦ on United^✦ States^✦ ideals

That had its Natives killed^✦

Got you singin'^✦ this star-spangled spiel

To a piece of cloth that represents the "Land of the Free" that made people slaves^✦ to build

Technical Breakdown

8.9

Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres7.0

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 Control8.5

Performance and control

Computed Score8.91

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Eminem utilizes an aggressive, multi-layered satirical perspective, adopting a 'white officer' persona to expose systemic hypocrisy through sharp, rhythmic sociopolitical commentary.

A+

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

Wordplay

8.5

Delivery

Persona adoptionSocio-political satireMultisyllabic internal rhyme chainsEnjambment for rhythmic tension

Rhyme Architecture: Dense, complex AABB and AAAA-style internal linkages that anchor long-form multisyllabic sequences, notably the 'over-man/government/culture' and 'shoulder/soda/folder' vowel cascades.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"That's what we call 'em pigsties for / They're like eyesores to police"

① The police refer to minority-inhabited areas as 'pigsties' due to perceived disorder.② A double entendre on 'eyesore' / 'eye-saw', implying the police view these demographics solely as targets for surveillance.

"Our cards are close to our chest, you better show your hands"

① A poker metaphor describing the tactical advantage police take by concealing their intentions.② A literal demand for the victim to show their hands to ensure they are not armed, highlighting the power dynamic of the stop-and-frisk encounter.

High-density rhyme clusters that propel the narrative rhythmically

Effective use of a hateful persona to heighten the impact of social critique

Exceptional breath control implied by the rapid-fire delivery of complex consonants

The political messaging occasionally leans towards didacticism rather than subtle metaphor

Certain internal rhymes are forced for the sake of the dense scheme rather than meaning

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