Nastradamus
Come Get Me
Nas
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
20
End
297
Internal
83
Multi
235
Slant
8
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Scratching by DJ Premier]
"Ladies✦ and gentlemen"✦
"Na-Na-Na-Nastradamus"✦
"Everybody✦ watch him"
[Chorus: Nas]
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I ain't runnin'✦
If your gun's off the hook, then we'll both be gunnin'✦
Come get me if you real, 'cause I ain't scared✦
It's all fair in love and war, and I'm well prepared✦
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I ain't runnin'✦
If your gun's off the hook, then we'll both be gunnin'✦
Come get me if you real, 'cause I ain't scared✦
It's all fair in love and war, we can take it there
[Verse 2: Nas]
You don't like me, clown? Now, you wanna✦ take me down?
If I bring my face around, you gon' do what? You butt
Your crew knew I blew up, I been shinin'✦
Baseball diamonds, dick rings for your chicklings
Niggas✦ know what my nine pearl handle's about✦
Fuck you say, girlie mouth? Get it crunk like the Dirty✦ South
And I know you see me flossed out, multi-milli-i
Hear your bitch talk about✦ me, you give her the cold eye?
Girls dig you, Imagine✦ what she feel for me
You make hot songs, but she know you steal from me
Who ill as me? I wild on haters in album three
Next level;✦ I take y'all niggas✦ to 3D
Can't find a nigga✦ shook from Queens
I'll be with the most grimy✦ killers✦ (What, nigga?!),✦ and they all look clean
Who put bombs underneath cars, if you want beef, then start (Uh)
Your next stop is to the graveyard
[Chorus: Nas]
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I ain't runnin'✦
If your gun's off the hook, then we'll both be gunnin'✦
Come get me if you real, 'cause I ain't scared✦
It's all fair in love and war, and I'm well prepared✦
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I ain't runnin'✦
If your gun's off the hook, then we'll both be gunnin'✦
Come get me if you real, 'cause I ain't scared✦
It's all fair in love and war, we can take it there
[Verse 3: Nas]
You too feminine✦ to kill again,✦ jail got you soft
You talk but you scared✦ to go back up North
Keep your face twisted, but you don't really✦ want nothin'✦
Talk a bunch of shit, motherfucker, and stop frontin'
You don't wanna✦ flip again,✦ and sell drugs again✦
Be on the run again,✦ catch you at the Comfort Inn
Shoot up your door, bust in on you and your whore
Put y'all in bags, clean the blood off of the floor
So play tough. I want y'all to get outta✦ line
I got .9's — every✦ color,✦ shape and design
I send killers✦ of every✦ race to put one in your spine
Two in your ear, get your crew, who do I fear?
Nobody,✦ never✦ gettin'✦ robbed✦ and none of us dyin'
I think like you do; roll with about✦ two irons✦
Catch me flyin' high in the aircraft winin'✦ and dinin'✦
You die? Then, we laugh, you bitch-ass
The rich ass, they gauze up your stab wounds
While I'm gettin'✦ head in a Lear jet bathroom
With all my goons, all my ices,✦ suitcases
Full of paper,✦ not money;✦ it's bank statements
We Illmatic, that explains how we rock
Yachts and co-ops, we buy the hood and sell you a block
[Chorus: Nas]
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I ain't runnin'✦
If your gun's off the hook, then we'll both be gunnin'✦
Come get me if you real, 'cause I ain't scared✦
It's all fair in love and war, and I'm well prepared✦
If you ill, come get me, 'cause I ain't runnin'✦
If your gun's off the hook, then we'll both be gunnin'✦
Come get me if you real, 'cause I ain't scared✦
It's all fair in love and war, we can take it there
[Scratching by DJ Premier]
"Ladies✦ and gentlemen"✦
"Na-Na-Na-Nastradamus"✦
"Everybody✦ watch him"
"Ladies✦ and gentlemen"✦
"Na-Na-Na-Nastradamus"✦
"We-we-we✦ came a long way"
"Ladies✦ and gentlemen"✦
"Na-Na-Na-Nastradamus"✦
"E-E-Everybody✦ watch him"
"Ladies✦ and gentlemen"✦
"Na-Na-Na-Nastradamus"✦
[Scratching by DJ Premier]
"Ladies✦ and gentlemen"✦
"Ladies✦ and gentlemen"✦
[Outro: "Hydro Drops" weed skit]
Technical Breakdown
7.8
Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes9.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres5.5
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm8.5
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity6.0
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control7.5
Performance and control
Computed Score7.79
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
Nas leverages a confrontational, high-energy cadence to project authority, though the lyrical content relies more on direct bravado than intricate wordplay or nested metaphors.
B+
8.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
8.5
Cadence / Flow
6
Vocabulary
5.5
Wordplay
7.5
Delivery
internal rhymingmulti-syllabic linkageaggressive syncopationcolloquial juxtaposition
Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AABB or AAAA based on high-frequency vowel sounds, utilizing internal rhyme chains within the bar to maintain momentum before hitting the end-rhyme lock.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"Baseball diamonds, dick rings for your chicklings"
① Referencing the literal expensive jewelry worn by the artist.② A dismissive jab at the opponent's partner (chicklings), suggesting his style and wealth are inherently superior and influential.
"Get it crunk like the Dirty South"
① A direct reference to the high-energy, aggressive party atmosphere associated with Southern hip-hop in that era.② A threat of impending violence and chaotic confrontation occurring in his presence.
commanding vocal performance
consistent rhythmic pocket
effective use of internal rhyme to mask linear narrative structure
strong confident persona
relying on dated slang which limits timelessness
limited metaphorical depth
some forced rhyme associations to satisfy the scheme