The Marshall Mathers LP 2

Rap God

Eminem

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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Internal

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[Chorus]

'Cause I'm beginnin'^✦ to feel like a Rap God, Rap God

All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod

Now, who thinks their arms are long enough^✦ to slap box, slap box?

Let me show you maintainin' this shit ain't that hard, that hard

Everybody^✦ want the key and the secret^✦ to rap immortality like I have got

[Verse 2]

Well, to be truthful^✦ the blueprint's

Simply^✦ rage and youthful^✦ exuberance^✦

Everybody^✦ loves^✦ to root for a nuisance^✦

Hit the Earth like an asteroid

Did nothing but shoot for the Moon since (Pew!)

MCs get taken^✦ to school with this music^✦

'Cause I use it as a vehicle to "bus the rhyme"

Now I lead a new school full of students

Me? I'm a product of Rakim^✦

Lakim^✦ Shabazz, 2Pac, N.W.A, Cube, hey Doc, Ren

Yella,^✦ Eazy,^✦ thank you, they got Slim

Inspired enough^✦ to one day grow up, blow up and be in a position^✦

To meet Run–D.M.C., and induct them

Into^✦ the motherfuckin'^✦ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Even^✦ though I'll walk in the church and burst in a ball of flames^✦

Only^✦ Hall of Fame I'll be inducted in is the alcohol of fame

On the wall of shame

You fags think it's all a game, 'til I walk a flock of flames^✦

Off a plank and, tell me what in the fuck are you thinkin'?

Little gay-lookin' boy

So gay I can barely^✦ say it with a straight face, lookin'^✦ boy (Ha-ha!)^✦

You're witnessin' a mass-occur

Like you're watching a church gathering take place, lookin'^✦ boy

"Oy vey, that boy's gay!"—that's all they say, lookin'^✦ boy

You get a thumbs up, pat on the back

And a "way to go" from your label^✦ every^✦ day, lookin'^✦ boy

Hey, lookin'^✦ boy! What you say, lookin'^✦ boy?

I get a "hell yeah" from Dre, lookin'^✦ boy

I'ma^✦ work for everything^✦ I have, never^✦ asked^✦ nobody^✦ for shit

Get outta^✦ my face, lookin'^✦ boy!

Basically, boy, you're never^✦ gonna^✦ be capable

Of keepin'^✦ up with the same pace, lookin'^✦ boy, 'cause—

[Chorus]

I'm beginnin'^✦ to feel like a Rap God, Rap God

All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod

The way I'm racin'^✦ around^✦ the track, call me NASCAR,^✦ NASCAR^✦

Dale Earnhardt of the trailer park, the White Trash God

Kneel before^✦ General Zod

This planet's Krypton—no, Asgard,^✦ Asgard^✦

[Verse 3]

So you'll be Thor and I'll be Odin^✦

You rodent,^✦ I'm omnipotent

Let off, then I'm reloadin'

Immediately with these bombs I'm totin'^✦

And I should not be woken^✦

I'm the walkin'^✦ dead, but I'm just a talkin'^✦ head, a zombie floatin'^✦

But I got your mom deep-throatin'^✦

I'm out my Ramen^✦ Noodle

We have nothin'^✦ in common,^✦ poodle

I'm a Doberman, pinch yourself^✦ in the arm and pay homage,^✦ pupil^✦

It's me, my honesty's brutal^✦

But it's honestly futile^✦ if I don't utilize what I do though

For good at least once in a while

So I wanna^✦ make sure somewhere in this chicken scratch I scribble and doodle enough^✦ rhymes^✦

To maybe try to help get some people through tough times^✦

But I gotta^✦ keep a few punchlines

Just in case 'cause even^✦ you unsigned

Rappers are hungry^✦ lookin'^✦ at me like it's lunchtime

I know there was a time where once I

Was king of the underground

But I still rap like I'm on my Pharoahe Monch grind

So I crunch rhymes,^✦ but sometimes when you combine^✦

Appeal^✦ with the skin color^✦ of mine

You get too big and here they come tryin'

To censor^✦ you like that one line

I said on "I'm Back" from The Mathers^✦ LP 1 when I

Tried to say I'll take seven^✦ kids from Columbine^✦

Put 'em all in a line, add an AK-47, a revolver and a 9

See if I get away^✦ with it now that I ain't as big as I was, but I'm

Morphin' into^✦ an immortal, comin'^✦ through the portal^✦

You're stuck in a time warp from 2004 though

And I don't know what the fuck that you rhyme for

You're pointless as Rapunzel with fuckin'^✦ cornrows

You write normal?^✦ Fuck being normal!^✦

And I just bought a new raygun from the future^✦

Just to come and shoot ya, like when Fabolous^✦ made Ray J mad

'Cause Fab said he looked^✦ like a fag at Mayweather's^✦ pad

Singin'^✦ to a man while he played piano^✦

Man, oh man, that was a 24/7 special on the cable channel

So Ray J went straight to the radio^✦ station^✦

The very^✦ next day, "Hey Fab, I'ma^✦ kill you!"

Lyrics comin'^✦ at you at supersonic speed (J.J. Fad)

Uh, summa-lumma,^✦ dooma-lumma,^✦ you assumin' I'm a human^✦

What I gotta^✦ do to get it through to you? I'm superhuman

Innovative and I'm made of rubber^✦ so that anything^✦ you say is ricochetin' off of me and it'll glue to you and

I'm devastating,^✦ more than ever^✦ demonstrating^✦

How to give a motherfuckin'^✦ audience a feeling like it's levitating^✦

Never^✦ fading,^✦ and I know the haters are forever waiting

For the day that they can say I fell off, they'll be celebrating^✦

'Cause I know the way to get 'em motivated

I make elevating^✦ music,^✦ you make elevator music^✦

"Oh, he's too mainstream."

Well, that's what they do when they get jealous,^✦ they confuse^✦ it

"It's not hip-hop, it's pop,"—'cause^✦ I found a hella^✦ way to fuse it

With rock, shock rap with Doc

Throw on "Lose Yourself"^✦ and make 'em lose it

"I don't know how to make songs like that

I don't know what words to use."

Let me know when it occurs to you

While I'm rippin'^✦ any^✦ one of these verses^✦ that versus^✦ you

It's curtains, I'm inadvertently hurtin'^✦ you

How many^✦ verses^✦ I gotta^✦ murder^✦ to

Prove that if you were half as nice, your songs you could sacrifice virgins too?!

Ugh, school flunky,^✦ pill junkie

But look at the accolades these skills brung me

Full of myself,^✦ but still hungry^✦

I bully^✦ myself^✦ 'cause I make me do what I put my mind to

And I'm a million^✦ leagues^✦ above^✦ you

Ill when I speak in tongues,^✦ but it's still tongue-in-cheek, fuck you

I'm drunk, so, Satan,^✦ take the fucking wheel

I'ma^✦ sleep in the front seat

Bumpin'^✦ Heavy^✦ D and the Boyz, still "Chunky^✦ but Funky"^✦

But in my head there's^✦ something I can feel tugging and struggling

Angels fight with devils and here's^✦ what they want from me

They're askin'^✦ me to eliminate some of the women^✦ hate

But if you take into^✦ consideration^✦ the bitter^✦ hatred^✦

I have, then you may be a little patient

And more sympathetic to the situation^✦

And understand the discrimination^✦

But fuck it, life's^✦ handin'^✦ you lemons? Make lemonade then!

But if I can't batter^✦ the women^✦

How the fuck am I supposed to bake 'em a cake then?

Don't mistake^✦ him for Satan^✦

It's a fatal^✦ mistake^✦ if you think I need to be overseas and take a vacation^✦

To trip a broad, and make her fall on her face and

Don't be a retard—be a king? Think not

Why be a king when you can be a god?

Technical Breakdown

9.4

Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres8.5

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 Control9.5

Performance and control

Computed Score9.41

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The verse demonstrates a masterclass in structural escalation, transitioning from technical multis to dense, self-referential phonetic loops that peak in the 'hall of fame' sequence.

A+

9.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

8.5

Wordplay

9.5

Delivery

Multisyllabic internal rhyme chainsList-based phonetic constructionPhonetic play with proper nounsMetaphorical re-interpretation of the 'Hall of Fame' concept

Rhyme Architecture: Starts with an AAAA scheme based on '-ue' sounds (blueprint, exuberance, nuisance, etc.), then shifts into an complex, accelerated list of legendary figures, concluding with an extended assonant resolution on '-ame'.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"I'll walk in the church and burst in a ball of flames"

① A reference to his reputation as a controversial, anti-establishment artist who is unwelcome in traditional/sacred spaces.② A literal subversion of the 'Hall of Fame' induction, portraying the event as a hellish, destructive experience rather than a celebration.

"alcohol of fame"

① A play on the 'Hall of Fame', replacing 'Hall' with 'alcohol' to suggest that his true record of achievement is defined by his struggle with substance abuse.② The 'fame' he attained is characterized by his dependency on alcohol, mocking the prestige of the industry institution.

"shoot for the Moon since"

① Aiming for success or greatness in the rap industry.② A phonetic lead-in to the impending assault on MCs, setting a trajectory of impact like an asteroid hitting the Earth.

Exceptional rhythmic precision in the delivery of long lists

Semantic layering of 'Hall of Fame' to contrast legacy with self-destructive behavior

Seamless integration of historical hip-hop references into a modern technical framework

The 'bus the rhyme' / 'bus' / 'students' sequence is slightly forced to force the rhyme

Occasional reliance on shock value that borders on filler

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