G.O.D.'s Network: Reb7rth
How to Emcee (Remix)
Rakim
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
46
End
223
Internal
127
Multi
269
Slant
40
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Hook: Rodan]
Some rappers✦ wanna✦ make you move
Niggas✦ and bitches✦ shake and groove
Some emcees✦ just show and prove
You pick and choose: win, draw, or lose
If you got nothing✦ to prove
Lock down your niches,✦ spit your groove
Take you on a lyric✦ cruise
Rappers✦ pay our dues, ain’t shit to prove
[Verse 2: Rodan]
Yo, peace while I rest on this pigeon✦ whose back I’m digging ‘til Judgment Day
I’ll be my own Lord, Self-Preservation✦ be my religion✦
Fly in the fastest lane chosen,✦ wings protected✦ like safe sex in a la-
-tex Trojan✦
Skiing uptown’ll leave your brain frozen✦
Gat explosion✦ leave warm blood flowing
Internal organs exposing
Correlation✦ to the cosmos, urban✦ legends up the block, street theologians
Headline✦ a bill, throw a jewel✦ at your grill
Blackened steel bring the heat like military✦ fire drills
Drop a bombshell for real
Units move half a mill, with or without a record✦ deal
Still give these crab industry, En Vogue motherfuckers “Something They Could Feel”
Aviator wristwear,✦ elevated textiles✦
Imported Timberlands from Switzerland scuffing up your reptiles✦
Niggas✦ ain’t my son, Gods treat you like a stepchild
Take your booty✦ wack sex style, flush it in the cess pile
Marathon lyrics corny✦ critics can’t run the next mile
Abandoned outcasts in exile✦
Never✦ seen again,✦ tossed✦ or lost into✦ the X-Files✦
Sold Luther✦ that 9 milli luger,✦ attack✦ the mic like a cougar✦ geeked✦ up
Got phony✦ thugs scared✦ to speak up
Make a nigga✦ balls freeze up
Lay parallel to concrete, spraying caps, tearing your knees up
2000 years, we’ll reappear,✦ change the Earth in worldly ways
Ancient of days, come to show the blind God in the form of a man
That is worthy✦ of praise
Investigate✦ doctrines, high awareness through my lifetime
Social✦ issues✦ that incite✦ crimes✦
Make a generation✦ of scholars live existence between✦ the white lines✦
No more sniffing, saying, “Fuck a 9 to 5.”
Now all I do is fucking write rhymes✦
DJs scratch the wax like shaved✦ balls
Rabble-rouser popped✦ on like rebel✦ slave calls
Navigate✦ the southern state like maze halls
Chain shining medallion✦ swinging like stalactites✦ on cave walls
Bounce the rhythm like a tambourine✦
Step up on the scene with a monster theme and a third world dream
Impale✦ bubblegum rap stars on microphones infected✦ with gangrene
Deconstruct contemporary✦ pop culture to reinvent my own mainstream
Come on
[Hook: Rodan]
Some rappers✦ wanna✦ make you move
Niggas✦ and bitches✦ shake and groove
Some emcees✦ just show and prove
You pick and choose: win, draw, or lose
If you got nothing✦ to prove
Lock down your niches,✦ spit your groove
Take you on a lyric✦ cruise
Rappers✦ pay our dues, ain’t shit to prove
[Verse 3: Rodan]
Yo, my name was Rodan✦ before✦ the wack Godzilla blockbuster✦
My name was Rodan✦ before✦ stellar dust collected✦ into✦ the first star cluster✦
Set up shop at the pearly✦ gates,✦ move an ounce while defending✦ ‘em
Cherubim on the mic, lyrically✦ descended from Big Daddy✦ Kane and Rakim and ‘em
Golden✦ Age legacy✦ platinum writer✦ of a new era✦
Second millennium, triple CD blazing up like three flavors
Of tropical✦ weeds when you’re blending✦ ‘em
Connect ghetto✦ slums to heavens turn opposites✦ to synonyms
Bend grammar like antimatter, distort the space-time-rhyme continuum
Five Percent rhetorical,✦ prophecies✦ like an oracle✦
Bad luck to emcees✦ like a Kennedy
Reach across infinity,✦ reestablish my divinity✦
Between✦ me and the eternally✦ great enmity✦
Imagine✦ a natural-born enemy✦ befriending✦ me
Offending✦ me with what you pretend to be
How the fuck you a killer✦ with blatant homosexual tendencies?✦ Come on
[Hook: Rodan]
Some rappers✦ wanna✦ make you move
Niggas✦ and bitches✦ shake and groove
Some emcees✦ just show and prove
You pick and choose: win, draw, or lose
If you got nothing✦ to prove
Lock down your niches,✦ spit your groove
Take you on a lyric✦ cruise
Rappers✦ pay our dues, ain’t shit to prove
Rappers✦ wanna✦ make you move
Niggas✦ and bitches✦ shake and groove
Some emcees✦ just show and prove
You pick and choose: win, draw, or lose
If you got nothing✦ to prove
Lock down your niches,✦ spit your groove
Take you on a lyric✦ cruise
Rappers✦ pay our dues, ain’t shit to prove
Technical Breakdown
9.3
Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes9.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres8.0
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm10.0
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity8.5
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control9.0
Performance and control
Computed Score9.29
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
Rodan utilizes highly sophisticated internal assonance and multisyllabic stacking that pushes the technical boundaries of underground hip-hop during this era, prioritizing phonetic density and intricate structural pivots over linear narrative.
A+
9.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
8.5
Vocabulary
8
Wordplay
9
Delivery
Enjambment-based multisyllabic rhymingInternal slant-rhyme clustersMetaphorical layeringPhonetic concatenation
Rhyme Architecture: The verse relies on complex multisyllabic chains (e.g., -o-en/o-ing) that bleed across line breaks, creating a fluid, rhythmic propulsion that subverts traditional AABB end-rhyme expectations.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"wings protected like safe sex in a la-/tex Trojan"
① A reference to the brand name 'Trojan' as a protective prophylactic.② A mythological reference to the Trojan horse/Trojan war, implying a tactical, protected, or hidden entry.
"give these crab industry, En Vogue motherfuckers 'Something They Could Feel'"
① A direct jab at 'fake' or 'crab' industry artists who lack substance.② A specific musical allusion to the R&B group 'En Vogue' and their hit song 'Something He Can Feel', used to mock the perceived softness or commercial nature of his targets.
Exceptional rhythmic control and pocket placement
High density of internal rhyming
Inventive use of multisyllabic structures
Authoritative, high-energy delivery
Occasional abstraction makes narrative coherence difficult to parse
Some metaphors verge on the esoteric for a casual listener