Revival
Framed
Eminem
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
12
End
104
Internal
79
Multi
224
Slant
6
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Verse 2]
Woke up, it was dawn, musta✦ knew somethin' was wrong
Think I'm becomin' a monster 'cause of the drugs that I'm on
Donald Duck's on, there's✦ a Tonka✦ Truck in the yard
But dog, how the fuck is Ivanka✦ Trump in the trunk of my car?
Gotta✦ get to the bottom of it to try to solve it
Must go above✦ and beyond, 'cause it's incumbent upon✦ me
Plus I feel somewhat responsible for the dumb little blonde
Girl, that motherfuckin' baton✦ twirler that got dumped✦ in the pond
Second✦ murder✦ with no recollection of it
Collectin' newspaper articles, cuttin'✦ out sections✦ from it
Memory's too fucked✦ to remember,✦ destructive temper✦
Cut my public defender's jugular then stuck him up in a blender
'Nother✦ dismembered✦ toddler discovered✦ this winter✦ probably✦
'Cause the disassembled body✦
Was covered✦ up in the snow since the month of November✦ oddly✦
I'm wanted✦ for questioning
Them son of a bitches probably✦ just wanna✦ pin this on me
[Chorus]
But hey man, I was framed✦
I know what this looks like, officers✦
Please just give me one minute✦
I think I can explain✦
I ain't murdered✦ nobody✦
I know these words are so nutty✦
But I'm just here to entertain✦
How come your shirt is so bloody?✦
There's✦ a missing✦ person,✦ so what? He's
Got nothin'✦ to do with me
I'm almost✦ certain✦ I was framed✦
[Verse 3]
Still on the loose, they
Spotted me inside✦ McDonald's Tuesday
In a Toronto Blue Jays cap, lookin'✦ like your college roommate
With Rihanna, Lupe, Saddam Hussein, Bobby✦ Boucher
Or was it Cool J? The cops is on a goose chase
Just escaped from the state pen
For **** eight women✦ who hate men
Don't make it no weirder, I'm naked✦
When I break in your basement
Under✦ your baby's✦ play pen, I lay in, wait adjacent✦
Facin'✦ the door, remainin' patient while stayin' complacent✦
Blatant sexual implications✦ are continuin' to get thrown
Insinuations✦ are placed✦ in little riddles and poems
Left on your pillow✦ in hopes,✦ that when you get home
You'll get the hint, ho: I'm in your window✦
But it never✦ occurred to me I could describe a murder✦ scene
In a verse and be charged with first degree
'Cause it just happened to match up perfectly
With the massacre or the Burger✦ King burglary
No, officer, you see
[Chorus]
I was framed✦
I know what this looks like, officers✦
Please just give me one minute✦
I think I can explain✦
I ain't murdered✦ nobody✦
I know these words are so nutty✦
But I'm just here to entertain✦
How come your shirt is so bloody?✦
There's✦ a missing✦ person,✦ so what? He's
Got nothin'✦ to do with me
I'm almost✦ certain✦ I was framed✦
Technical Breakdown
8.1
Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes8.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres8.0
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm7.5
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity8.5
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control8.0
Performance and control
Computed Score8.09
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
Eminem utilizes high-density internal rhyme schemes to create a frenetic, hallucinatory narrative that perfectly mirrors the 'framed' theme of memory loss and confusion.
A
9.5
Multisyllabic
8.5
Internal Rhymes
7.5
Cadence / Flow
8.5
Vocabulary
8
Wordplay
8
Delivery
Multisyllabic internal rhymingAssonance-heavy storytellingPhonetic chainingNarrative irony
Rhyme Architecture: Extremely dense, multi-syllabic end-rhymes (e.g., -awn, -unk, -on/ond) coupled with intricate internal patterns that span across entire sentences, anchoring the rhythm through phonetics.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"incumbent upon me"
① Necessary for me to do② A play on political figures, contrasting with the mention of the Trump family
"stuck him up in a blender"
① The literal act of disposing of a body② A pun on 'sticking up' (robbing) a public defender, blending his criminal occupation with his criminal actions
Exceptional rhythmic consistency
Effective use of phonetic clustering to create a disorienting flow
Strong narrative coherence despite the chaotic subject matter
Subject matter relies on shock value which may detract from the technical complexity for some listeners
The density of rhymes occasionally forces awkward syntax