It's a Big Daddy Thing

Calling Mr. Welfare

Big Daddy Kane

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[Interlude: Red]

What? Mr. Welfare?^✦

Man they playin high-post with low income^✦

Check this out - when y'all go around to the corner^✦

Y'all gonna^✦ check out another^✦ episode

Go like somethin like this..

[Verse 2: Big Daddy Kane]

Hey, if you think that suck, bust this

Another^✦ little story^✦ as I reminisce

About^✦ an old friend of mine that was livin^✦ out of order^✦

Makin^✦ money^✦ like water^✦ (illlllll-egal?) Yeah, sorta^✦

He sold drugs and robbed^✦ a lot of people

But in these days and times,^✦ who lives^✦ legal?^✦

It's all about^✦ who knows the trade

And who am I to knock him? Homeboy was gettin^✦ paid

He chose his own lifestyle to live - it was negative^✦

But his own prerogative^✦

Makin^✦ cash to flash and stash in half the trash

The cops made the dash (sufferin succotash!)

Because^✦ he had to do ten in the pen

And then begin^✦ again^✦ to apprehend, huh

But what's lost is lost, the reign is over^✦

(Huhhh, see ya!) Nice to know ya

Money,^✦ no longer^✦ can he collect it

Can't even^✦ get a job cause he got a jail record

So what's left? No hopes^✦ of a career^✦

So yeahhh, he's callin^✦ Mr. Welfare!^✦

[Interlude: Red]

Mr. Big Daddy^✦ Kane

They don't know what time it is about^✦ Mr. Welfare^✦

Do me a favor - open^✦ up your book to page fifteen

At the top and read it off like thisssssssss

[Verse 3: Big Daddy Kane]

Here's^✦ a story^✦ of a guy who had to cop out his life

For bein a high school dropout

In the ninth grade he wanted^✦ to get paid

But now the young brother^✦ needs government aid

Because^✦ in his past he decided to cut class

And run in the streets to make ends meet

No shame in the game of his

But silly^✦ rabbit, Trix are for kids!

So when you sat on the corner^✦ with a 40 ounce

Talkin^✦ bout whattup? Can't even^✦ pronounce

Your words correct, now in retrospect

That's a shame - but in '89, who gives^✦ a heck?

There's^✦ no type of path to follow^✦

It's all about^✦ a dollar, fuck bein a scholar

That's why your report card's through

Like a BizMark beat, it reads eww-eww-eww-eww-eww!

So now you wanna^✦ wake up and smell the coffee?

Lookin^✦ for a helpin^✦ hand, but get off me!

I tried to tell you the deal last summer^✦

Stay in school, and get yourself a diploma

Now you're on your own, tryin to make it alone^✦

No food or home, chewin^✦ on a meaty^✦ bone

So what's to do since the cupboard is bare?

Brrring brrring! Call on Mr. Welfare^✦

[Interlude: Red, Big Daddy Jane]

Yo Kane, that's the story^✦ about^✦ my man Mr. Welfare^✦ huh?

Yo like Chuck D said, how low can you go

If she go any^✦ lower,^✦ she gonna^✦ have a personal problem

Yo my man Mister^✦ Cee, cut it up money!^✦

* Mister^✦ Cee cuts "welll-fare"^✦ *

[Outro: Kool DJ Red Alert]

We-eh-el-el-el, el-el-elllllllfare,^✦ c'mon!

Yeah Mr. Welfare^✦

He on some new stuff, what what is it?

He all new and improved?

Right? Yeah, like that old Bug-Out^✦ stuff

This guy, is he alright^✦ or what?

I think he on a mission with no kind of learnin

You know what Big Daddy^✦ Kane?

We gonna^✦ have to take care of this matter^✦

Mister^✦ Cee, go ahead,^✦ cut it up

My man Big Daddy^✦ Kane gonna^✦ see about^✦ my man Mr. Welfare^✦ alright?^✦

Places^✦ to go, people to see, things to do

And you know what else to get.. see ya!

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhsss!

Technical Breakdown

8.3

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 / Rhythm8.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity8.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.0

Performance and control

Computed Score8.27

Production

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Big Daddy Kane utilizes narrative storytelling to examine systemic survival, leveraging his signature precise internal rhyming and rhythmic staccato to elevate standard street tropes into a cohesive sociological vignette.

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

8.5

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

Wordplay

Delivery

Internal RhymingStaccato CadenceNarrative ArcOnomatopoeic Inflection

Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AABB or AAAA couplet-based structures with dense internal rhyme pockets (e.g., 'cash/flash/stash/trash') that maintain forward momentum through the narrative.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"Makin money like water (illlllll-egal?) Yeah, sorta"

① The fluid, easy nature of making money illicitly.② A play on the word 'illegal' by phonetically breaking it down to emphasize the illicit nature of the occupation.

"Makin cash to flash and stash in half the trash"

① Literal act of hiding illicit funds in refuse bins.② A commentary on the volatile/disposable nature of the lifestyle, where the rewards are essentially treated as 'trash'.

Exceptional rhythmic precision in placing rhymes on the downbeat

Conversational yet authoritative delivery style

Effective use of internal assonance to bridge line breaks

Narrative conclusion feels slightly abrupt compared to the setup

Moral ambiguity of the content limits the potential for complex philosophical entedres

Calling Mr. Welfare

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