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Rakim

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

13

End

78

Internal

30

Multi

143

Slant

3

Chain

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[Hook]
[Verse 2]
It ain't a city✦ I ain't moving✦ weight in
The world wonder✦ my product got 'em hallucinating
Drop the heaviest rhymes✦ known 'til every✦ mind's blown
Keep it popping✦ until✦ I'm clocking in every✦ time zone
Uhh, time is money✦ my grind is hungry✦
It's for my dudes✦ and my dime honeys (I got what y'all need)
Dames✦ run up and ask where I've been
Nothing get 'em high as a bag of Rakim
I'm rare like Canadian kush with an opium touch
A fat piece of hashish and dust
I've got it so good, I got the whole hood smoking it
Coke cookers✦ kill for the flow to cook coke in it
The new form of crack turn fans to fanatics
Hip hop heads to addicts fiends hit off that
DJ's cut it let the streets step on that
Still a 100 percent pure King Heroin's back
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
I got about✦ a million mamis✦ that call me the X love
Cause I kept 'em X'd up, and f'd up like sex drugs
They never✦ come down futuristic high
I leave 'em spaced✦ out so they can kiss the sky
It's like buddha, mamis✦ "say man is he's blessed"
It's ? in the flesh (I got what y'all need)
They won't relapse go indeed✦ he's back
My rap flow natural aphrodisiac
I'm a key to a user,✦ piano✦ to a dealer✦
Liquor to alcoholics and smokers✦ I'm ?
The gospel for the ghettos to skip the gossip✦
Is he Moses✦ of drugs? either✦ way it's a prophet
Call me a drug loss spit commandments you hooked✦
It's the kingpin everyday I get booked✦
Playing my surveillance tapes✦ I'm hot on the streets
Even cops on the beat get caught copping✦ the heat
[Hook]
[Outro]
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Technical Breakdown

7.3
Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres7.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm5.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity8.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.0

Performance and control

Computed Score7.30

Production

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Rakim utilizes the metaphor of the drug trade as a vessel for lyrical dominance, creating a consistent sonic aesthetic that matches his 'God MC' persona, while employing dense internal rhyme schemes that elevate standard street-narrative tropes.

B+
8.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
5.5
Cadence / Flow
8
Vocabulary
7.5
Wordplay
8
Delivery
Extended drug metaphorInternal multi-syllabic rhymingPhonetic repetitionThematic consistency
Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AABB or AAAA couplet structures featuring dense internal multi-syllabic rhymes that anchor the bars to the pocket despite rhythmic shifts.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"Nothing get 'em high as a bag of Rakim"

① A play on his name as a substance that causes euphoria.② A literal comparison of his bars/verses to the addictive potency of street narcotics.

"I got about a million mamis that call me the X love / Cause I kept 'em X'd up"

① A reference to the letter 'X' often used as a variable or signature.② A double entendre referencing MDMA (Ecstasy/X), linking his sexual appeal to the chemical highs he describes in the verse.

"Coke cookers kill for the flow to cook coke in it"

① Street dealers wanting to emulate his success.② A meta-commentary on the structural 'purity' of his flow, positioning his rap style as the essential ingredient for the trade.

Exceptional rhythmic consistency

Cohesive thematic world-building

Sophisticated use of internal rhyme to mask linear cadence

Mastery of the 'drug dealer' lyrical persona

Reliance on repetitive narcotics-based imagery

Certain couplets prioritize rhyme density over narrative progression

Predictability of the thematic arc

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