God's Son

Revolutionary Warfare

Nas

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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145

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181

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[Chorus: Nas]

Revolutionary^✦ warfare,^✦ it's all fair in love and war

For the cause, I gotta^✦ take you off here

Revolutionary^✦ warfare,^✦ it's all fair in love and war

For the cause, I gotta^✦ take you off here

[Verse 2: Lake]

My revolution^✦ is as real as Bobby^✦ Seale's^✦

I build with dudes^✦ in cribs worth a quarter mill' in Dix Hills

For fishscale, to cop guns – the time come, I'll mask up

And get my comrade off the bus – fuck the beef

I'll snatch your seed from Chuck E. Cheese

And feed him to the rats in the back of the P's

Black fatigues and AR-15s on the sofa^✦

50 inch flat screen, Louis Vuitton holsters

My motions^✦ don't appeal^✦ to appellate divisions^✦

I did it strong for 7 long years in prison^✦ – fuck the system

I'm like a modern day Hitler^✦

Black guerrilla, Crip and Blood in one nigga^✦

Only^✦ killers know my face

I beat a case for shooting at the police,^✦ nigga,^✦ the name Lake

Though simultaneously. the street revolution^✦

21 gun salute^✦ the new Huey Newton^✦

[Chorus: Nas]

Revolutionary^✦ warfare,^✦ it's all fair in love and war

For the cause, I gotta^✦ take you off here

Revolutionary^✦ warfare,^✦ it's all fair in love and war

For the cause, I gotta^✦ take you off here

[Verse 3: Nas & Lake]

Teach y'all women^✦ how to hold the family^✦ down

In case something happens to its fathers

Protect the children,^✦ grab revolvers

The women^✦ plays important part of our life force – so what we fight for

My heart goes to you, beautiful wife in war

Uh, and listen^✦ more and talk less

Watch all and trust none, demand your respect

And be ready^✦ to die for what you believe in

And ride all the time, not just when convenient

Justice and freedom, wisdom and understanding

We the lost children^✦ of Israel in this Western world region^✦

You ain't a man, you a coward if you can't support the girl you put a seed in

Strong rule the weak, but the wise rule the strong

It's more to a war than just getting it on

Conceal your form, cover^✦ your tracks, stay prepared

I don't care if no one's^✦ spared^✦ in...

[Chorus: Nas]

Revolutionary^✦ warfare,^✦ it's all fair in love and war

For the cause, I gotta^✦ take you off here

Revolutionary^✦ warfare,^✦ it's all fair in love and war

For the cause, I gotta^✦ take you off here

Revolutionary^✦ warfare,^✦ it's all fair in love and war

For the cause, I gotta^✦ take you off here

Revolutionary^✦ warfare,^✦ it's all fair in love and war

For the cause, I gotta^✦ take you off here

Technical Breakdown

7.9

Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres5.0

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm9.0

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity7.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control7.0

Performance and control

Computed Score7.89

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Lake delivers a gritty, high-intensity performance that utilizes aggressive juxtaposition to build a street-level revolutionary persona, though the lyrical wordplay relies more on shock value and direct imagery than complex metaphorical layering.

B+

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

Wordplay

Delivery

Aggressive juxtapositionsInternal rhyme densityHistorical allusionDirect threat imagery

Rhyme Architecture: Lake employs a relentless AABB and AAAA-influenced scheme using slant rhymes (Seale's/mills, bus/cheese/peas/holsters/divisions/prison) that keeps the momentum pushing forward through rapid-fire delivery.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"My motions don't appeal to appellate divisions"

① A legal reference to the formal request to change a court decision.② A street-level declaration that his hostile actions are final and not subject to negotiation or 'appeals' from others.

"Black guerrilla, Crip and Blood in one nigga"

① A literal description of his alignment with revolutionary ideology.② A hyperbolic assertion of gang-affiliated unity, suggesting a level of authority that transcends traditional set politics.

Strong vocal presence and intensity

Effective use of contrast between revolutionary rhetoric and brutal street actions

High internal rhyme density that creates a driving, claustrophobic flow

Relies heavily on shock-value imagery over substantive intellectual depth

Some metaphors are forced and lack cohesive internal logic

The historical references (Huey Newton, Bobby Seale) serve more as aesthetic signifiers than deep thematic exploration

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