Street's Disciple

War

Nas

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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122

Internal

105

Multi

226

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[Chorus: Alicia Keys & Nas]

This is a song for my warriors,^✦ a warrior's^✦ song, wy-oh

Bravehearted^✦ and strong, definition^✦ of a warrior^✦ (Definition^✦ of a warrior)^✦

Gonna^✦ keep marchin'^✦ on to the sound of my own beating^✦ drum, oh

[Verse 2: Nas]

Like King Nasir fightin' the British regime,^✦ I can't cope

My existence is hope for younger teens who lost and they broke

Earlier this year, I buried^✦ my queen in a gold casket^✦

Your mother's^✦ the closest thing to God that you'll ever^✦ have, kid

I'm askin',^✦ what would you do at your own mom's funeral?

Wanna^✦ pick her up out of it, this can't be real

Tellin'^✦ my daughter, "Grandma's gone," but I can't keep still

I can't go on, responsible for so many^✦

Her last days at the hospital

Visits^✦ from family,^✦ I'm tryin' not to bust shots at niggas^✦

Wishin'^✦ death on other^✦ niggas'^✦ mothers^✦ ain't right, but why mommy?^✦

She raised^✦ me in the projects alone,^✦ her untimely

Exit from her heavenly body^✦ got me ready^✦ to body^✦ somethin' quickly

Can't be happy,^✦ fuck a party,^✦ she can't party^✦ with me

So your apologies^✦ are burnin'^✦ your own soul

To the kids with no parents at home, grab a hold

[Chorus: Alicia Keys & Nas]

This is a song for my warriors,^✦ a warrior's^✦ song, wy-oh

Bravehearted^✦ and strong, definition^✦ of a warrior^✦ (Uh, warrior)^✦

Gonna^✦ keep marchin'^✦ on to the sound of my own beating^✦ drum, oh

[Verse 3: Nas & Both]

Fight 'til the fight is over,^✦ for my peoples, I die, see

When you thought they were soldiers, they turned^✦ out to be nobodies^✦

I think they out to get me, helpless, was livin'^✦ sinful^✦

If you was me, all this pain I'm feelin'^✦ would been done killed^✦ you (I'm a warrior)^✦

It only^✦ made me stronger

But in my head, it gets darker^✦ who wishin'^✦ evil^✦ on you

Sometimes I wish I was dead, but I took heed to the calling (I'm a warrior,^✦ yeah)

'Cause I been high, I been low, searchin'^✦ for a way to go, every^✦ single night I pray

And Lord, I'm on this battleground, lost, just waitin'^✦ to be found, I guess it's just a warrior's^✦ way, uh

[Chorus: Alicia Keys & Nas]

This is a song (This is a song) for my warriors^✦ (For my warriors,^✦ to my warriors),^✦ a warrior's^✦ song, wy-oh

Bravehearted^✦ and strong (Bravehearted),^✦ definition^✦ of a warrior^✦ (Definition^✦ of a warrior)^✦

Gonna^✦ keep marchin'^✦ on to the sound of my own beatin'^✦ drum

This is a song for my warriors^✦ (For my warriors),^✦ a warrior's^✦ song, wy-oh

Warriors,^✦ baby,^✦ KrucialKeys

Braveheart,^✦ y'all

Bravehearted^✦ and strong, definition^✦ of a warrior^✦ (Definition^✦ of a warrior)^✦

Gonna^✦ keep marchin'^✦ on to the sound of my own beating^✦ drum, oh

[Outro: Nas]

This to all my warriors^✦ who breathe with the heart of a lion

To everybody that lost they mother,^✦ they father^✦

Rest in peace, moms

My mother's^✦ last words, "Never^✦ give up"

A true warrior^✦ who raised^✦ me in the hood, in a war

Love you, girl, uh, you know keep I'll marchin',^✦ yeah, yeah, yeah

We never^✦ give up

To all my warriors,^✦ haha^✦

Braveheart^✦

Definition^✦ of a warrior,^✦ ha

Technical Breakdown

7.8

Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres7.0

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm6.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity7.5

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.5

Performance and control

Computed Score7.77

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Nas uses a harrowing personal narrative as a vessel for philosophical questioning, utilizing raw, confessionary delivery that transcends standard battle-rap tropes to anchor the technical rhyme density.

B+

9.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

6.5

Cadence / Flow

7.5

Vocabulary

Wordplay

8.5

Delivery

Assonance heavy internal rhymingConfessional narrative arcMulti-syllabic linkageEmotional cadence manipulation

Rhyme Architecture: Nas employs an aggressive, density-driven AABB and AAAA pattern, heavily reliant on internal multi-syllabic chains ('regime', 'can't cope', 'hope', 'broke', 'casket', 'ask in') to maintain momentum throughout the emotional trauma described.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"ready to body somethin'"

① Physical act of violence or killing an opponent② A play on 'body' as a verb meaning to dominate a track or rhythmically crush something

"your apologies are burnin' your own soul"

① Literal suggestion that insincere apologies harm the speaker's own conscience② A metaphor for the futility of external pity in the face of profound personal loss

Exceptional emotional gravitas and vulnerability

High-density internal rhyme structures that maintain rhythmic tension

Effective thematic consistency regarding the 'Warrior' motif

Commanding vocal urgency in the delivery

Literal approach occasionally sacrifices figurative complexity

Punchline impact is diminished by the somber tone, leading to a flatter emotional plateau

The rhyme density sometimes threatens to overshadow the narrative clarity in the final third

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