Stillmatic
My Country
Nas
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
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End
263
Internal
100
Multi
262
Slant
12
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[Chorus: Nas]
My country✦ shitted✦ on me (My country)✦
She wants to get rid of me (Nah, never)✦
'Cause the things I seen (We know too much)
'Cause the things I seen (We seen too much)
My country✦ shitted✦ on me (My country)✦
She wants to get rid of me (Nah, never)✦
'Cause the things I seen (We know too much)
'Cause the things I seen (We seen too much)
[Verse 2: Millennium Thug]
It is I that step up, me that don't give a fuck
You that foe, then it's all over✦ soldier
Hummers and Ranges✦ through the desert, fuck a twenty-inch
Long as we got gas and we got water✦
Troopers lookin'✦ for manslaughter, I gotta✦ get back
For what they owe, shoot 'em in the back for the get back
Lead through shit bag, hogtie, gag
Forget✦ the life had, now we all rebels
Everything burnt down includin' the ghetto✦
We can see for miles,✦ the land, it's major✦ rubble
And debris✦ from the Earth as we knew crumble
Yo, you could see the sea and the stars look closer✦ to me
I'm a mad man, this is a real life movie, Mad Max
SKs, AKs max
ABR's spittin'✦ and it ain't a rap
My mommy✦ dearest pray for me hopin'✦ I come back, but, yo
[Chorus: Nas]
My country✦ shitted✦ on me (My country)✦
She wants to get rid of me (Nah, never)✦
'Cause the things I seen (We know too much)
'Cause the things I seen (We seen too much)
My country✦ shitted✦ on me (My country)✦
She wants to get rid of me (Nah, never)✦
'Cause the things I seen (We know too much)
'Cause the things I seen (We seen too much)
[Verse 3: Nas & Millennium Thug]
Yo, I'm sittin'✦ behind✦ these prison✦ walls
I got this pen and pad wishin'✦ on a visit,✦ God
Brothers✦ is here for homicide and yo, it's some for rape
Some brothers✦ innocent, I pray that I could just escape✦
How is the war, and, yo, I'm wishin'✦ I was in your shoes
Holdin'✦ machine guns, clean fun
Shootin' dudes✦ with fatigues on
Anywhere is better✦ than this
It's America's plan, every✦ color✦ of man inherits the shit
Yo, I'm startin to think it's all a scheme, nobody✦ cares✦
I know the warden✦ is readin'✦ the scribe, but, yo, I swear
It's a billion dollar✦ business, courts, lawyers and jails
We all slaves✦ in the system, I'm 'bout to rebel
[Verse 4: Millennium Thug]
There's✦ not a bitch in sight or a block bench
All-black gate, all-gray✦ fence
Look who fucked✦ it all up, Mr. President
I remember yesterday✦ we was on the block gettin'✦ bent
Now it's state of the art
I just saw the first dude I met here, his head came apart✦
What a bloody✦ mess, a slug fest
I just buried✦ eight of mine
At night I hear grown men cryin'
You know I'm spittin'✦ mine, I ain't goin' out here
We gotta✦ win, every✦ time I hear the wind I think a slug went in
I'm checkin' my chest, holdin'✦ my head
Catchin'✦ my breath, watchin'✦ my back
Smokin'✦ this grass, beatin'✦ my dick, thinkin' of ass
I don't know what they broadcast, the newsflash is fake
Every✦ day I'm feelin'✦ like you, I wanna✦ escape✦
And if y'all niggas✦ feelin'✦ like me, y'all niggas✦ just say
[Chorus: Nas]
My country✦ shitted✦ on me (My country)✦
She wants to get rid of me (Nah, never)✦
'Cause the things I seen (We know too much)
'Cause the things I seen (We seen too much)
My country✦ shitted✦ on me (My country)✦
She wants to get rid of me (Nah, never)✦
'Cause the things I seen (We know too much)
'Cause the things I seen ('Cause the things we seen)
[Outro: Nas]
This goes out to Che Guevara
A revolutionary destroyed✦ by his country✦
Just trying to fight for what's real
This goes out to my nigga✦ Malcolm El-Hajj Malik Shabazz
Just tryna✦ to fight for what's real
This goes out to Martin✦
All about✦ peace and destroyed✦ by his own country✦
This goes out to everybody in the whole world
Just trying to fight for what's real
To Patrice Lumumba
Just trying to fight for what's real and destroyed✦ by his own people
This goes out to my hood niggas✦
Coming✦ up every✦ day just trying to survive
The only✦ way we know how
But see we know too much now, and we seen too much now
So ain't nothing gon' to stop us now
To my country✦
My country✦
My country✦
My country✦
My country✦
Yeah, my country✦
Technical Breakdown
8.0
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 / Rhythm10.0
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 Score8.04
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
The verse relies on visceral imagery and aggressive cadence to mirror a dystopian survivalist theme, prioritizing phonetic density and raw energy over complex double entendres.
A
8.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
5.5
Wordplay
6
Delivery
Assonance-heavy internal rhymingCinematic narrative framingStaccato deliveryPolysyllabic chain-linking
Rhyme Architecture: The verse utilizes a gritty, multi-syllabic approach, focusing on dense internal rhyming patterns ('soldier/water/slaughter') that anchor the listener, though the scheme occasionally leans into functional filler to maintain momentum.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"For what they owe, shoot 'em in the back for the get back"
① Seeking restitution for perceived injustices or past debts.② A revenge killing (slang 'get back') performed as a tactical retaliation.
"I'm a mad man, this is a real life movie, Mad Max"
① A description of the artist's mental state and chaotic environment.② A direct cultural allusion to the film 'Mad Max', reinforcing the post-apocalyptic, scorched-earth aesthetic of the lyrics.
Strong cinematic visual language
High-energy delivery that fits the dark thematic content
Effective use of internal rhymes to sustain flow
Coherent atmospheric world-building
Reliance on genre-specific tropes (SKs, AKs)
Lack of deep, multi-layered lyrical ambiguity
Some phrasing feels forced to prioritize rhyme over narrative clarity