King's Disease

Til the War Is Won

Nas

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

12

End

124

Internal

69

Multi

156

Slant

5

Chain

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[Verse 2: Nas]
2020 flows, everything getting exposed✦ (Exposed)✦
Who really✦ the bros? (Bros) Who really✦ is goals? (Goals)
Who ready✦ to let it go? All the grudges we hold (Uh)
It's too many✦ fallen✦ soldiers NY to the 'Go (Chi-Town)✦
Late night outside, you hear the forty✦ drum (Baow)
In every✦ ghetto✦ and all the slums (For real)
These laws made to slaughter us (Damn)
I give all I have 'til the war is won
[Verse 3: Lil Durk & Nas]
I was servin'✦ out my mama✦ crib, she ain't know about✦ it (She ain't know about✦ it)
Complaining about✦ my rent, but I know my mama✦ got me (My mama✦ got me)
She told me to be a man, and never✦ sleep through problems✦ (Sleep through problems)✦
University of the streets, I ain't plan on going to college (Oh yeah)
Why you crying 'bout low income✦ and welfare? (Ooh)
You ain't the only✦ one going through it, this everywhere
Better✦ hold your head, I know it don't feel fair
Reason✦ my people dead and they know I still care
Depending on the people, then you gotta✦ do better✦
Black lives✦ matter,✦ I'm for real, it do matter✦ (For real, it do matter)✦
Black-on-black crime, they still do it to whoever✦ (Whoever)✦
Talking✦ to the trenches, we just gotta✦ do better✦ (Do better)✦
He think he Martin✦ Luther,✦ but he tryna✦ be a shooter✦ (Tryna✦ be a shooter)✦
Got his car took, he ride with guns in the Uber✦ (In the Uber)✦
I'm talking✦ where we from, we carry✦ MACs, but no computers✦ (No computers)✦
He got out yesterday, but he went in when he was juvie (Chi-Town)✦
[Chorus: Nas]
Diabolical games✦ put on our future✦ kings
And our future✦ queens, y'all the strongest ones✦ (Yeah)
May God give strength to women✦ who lost they sons
I give all I have 'til the war is won
[Outro: Nas & Lil Durk]
She do the best to raise our young
Ooh, she independent✦ and she don't depend on no one
We nothing without our women✦
Ooh, she independent,✦ went from a girl to a woman✦
One love to the single mothers
Ooh, oh, yeah, yeah
I give all I have 'til the war is won (Ooh, woah, oh-oh)✦
'Til the war is won, we gotta✦ stick together
Women,✦ stop chasing✦ your man away✦
Men, stop acting✦ crazy,✦ chasing✦ your woman✦ away✦
We all we have 'til the war is won, yeah

Technical Breakdown

6.9
Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres5.0

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm6.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity7.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control6.0

Performance and control

Computed Score6.90

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Nas provides a grounded, socio-political commentary that leans on thematic consistency and straightforward narrative, though it lacks the high-level linguistic gymnastics often associated with his elite work.

B
9.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
6.5
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
5
Wordplay
6
Delivery
AABB rhyme scheme extensionscall-and-response vocal layeringanaphoric repetitionsocial realism narrative arc
Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AAAA or AABB couplet-based structures with dense internal rhyme clusters, typical of late-career Nas flow patterns that prioritize syllabic density over complex multi-syllabic setups.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"University of the streets, I ain't plan on going to college"

① The literal lack of formal higher education and avoidance of traditional schooling.② The real-world education in survival and street politics serving as a substitute for institutional learning.

"He think he Martin Luther, but he tryna be a shooter"

① A commentary on the contradiction between performative civil rights rhetoric.② The irony of acting as a societal leader or 'revolutionary' while simultaneously engaging in the self-destructive violence of 'the shooter'.

Excellent thematic cohesion regarding social struggle

High density of internal rhymes providing a rhythmic 'swing'

Effective use of ad-lib reinforcement to emphasize narrative weight

Relies on standard tropes regarding 'the streets' and 'the system'

Occasional predictable rhyme conclusions

Lower degree of metaphorical complexity compared to his early discography

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