B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story

I Pray (featuring Shizlansky)

Cassidy

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

8

End

169

Internal

53

Multi

187

Slant

3

Chain

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(feat. Shiz Lansky✦ from Larsiny)
[Chorus:]
To get away✦ I got to pray that I'll
Make some cheese and get out these crazy✦ streets
To get away✦ I got to pray that I'll
Make some gwop and get off this crazy✦ block
To get away✦ I got to pray that I'll
Make some cake and get out this crazy✦ place
To get away✦ I got to pray that it'll
Be all good if I get oout this crazy✦ hood and I pray
[Verse 1:]
I pray everyday✦ for a better✦ life but it's never✦ a night I ain't trying to get my cheddar right make it better✦ christ I'm on both of my knees I"m trying to stop coppin'✦ cope by the keys I'm sorry✦ father✦ but I got to keep a toaster to squeeze I be stressin' 'cause the blessings I'm supposed✦ to recieve I ain't gettin'✦ yo I'm supposed✦ to succeed but I didn't yo I didn't know 'cause I was naive but now I'm gettin'✦ dough my son gettin'✦ plead I hit the stage and spit a flow I rip the show and make enough✦ monet✦ to but a brick of snowI✦ get to travel to places✦ you never✦ get to go so I got to move from the block I'm a lot richer✦ yo I'm a lot sicker✦ yo I make hits quicker yo when I blaze the haze and mix it with the liquor yo niggaz know to get cake I need these streets so I'm a stay but I pray that I could leave these streets everyday✦
[Chorus]
[Verse 2:]
For a life full of transgressions is heaven✦ harder✦ than inner✦ are the roads to the pearly✦ gates✦ all for repenters is the harder✦ the winter✦ the harder✦ the sinner✦ lord I blow so much kush the answers hard to remember I knowI✦ ought to go to church and pay my tides✦ but I'd rather✦ pay the hand I'm delt and wake my eyes and I drop to my knees and I pray my god that when you save my soul you save my squad 'cause they some viscious killas that'll spare no life they don't pray to our lie and they don't fear no christ so don't where no ice 'cause they'll run up and clap you dummy✦ which proves✦ my thoery✦ the route to evil's the lack of money✦ so that's the reason✦ why I stack my monet✦ I'm tryin to move from these streets and consentrate on this rapper✦ money✦
[Chorus]
[Verse 3:]
Man we supposed✦ to be family✦ and we all hood if we all could get money✦ it'll be all good 'cause we all street but we all deep I'm tryin' to make more to make sure that we all eat until we all fall then we get fed then get bread we hustlin' to try to stop sufferin' yea I put my L in the air I got love for them and everyday✦ I pray that they stop strugglin' for real
[Chorus]

Technical Breakdown

6.8
Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres6.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm6.0

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity6.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control6.0

Performance and control

Computed Score6.78

Production

— Devon Golder, Lamont "Logic" Coleman

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Cassidy exhibits high-level technical density consistent with his peak era, utilizing complex internal rhyme schemes to weave a narrative of struggle and survival, though the lyricism relies more on rhythmic persistence than dense metaphorical subtext.

B
9.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
6
Cadence / Flow
6
Vocabulary
6.5
Wordplay
6
Delivery
Multisyllabic internal rhymingAssonance-heavy flowStaccato phrasingThematic pivot from religious supplication to economic survival
Rhyme Architecture: The verse relies on a dense, stream-of-consciousness approach to rhyming, prioritizing near-rhymes and internal chains over traditional AABB patterns, effectively using multi-syllabic clusters to maintain momentum.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"I got to keep a toaster to squeeze"

① The literal act of operating a kitchen appliance (toaster).② Slang for a firearm (toaster) and the act of firing it (squeeze).

"the route to evil's the lack of money"

① A commentary on systemic poverty driving crime.② A subversion of the biblical phrase 'the love of money is the root of all evil'.

"concentrate on this rapper money"

① Focusing on legitimate earnings from a music career.② A play on 'concentrate' as a state of mind vs. the goal of accumulating 'rap money'.

Exceptional technical rhyming density

Consistent thematic focus on the dichotomy of religion and street survival

Strong rhythmic pocket maintenance

Occasional reliance on filler phrasing to maintain the rhyme scheme

Limited variation in vocal dynamic, sticking to a consistent aggressive tone

Some metaphors remain surface-level compared to the technical proficiency

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