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Cash Rulez (featuring Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Eve)

Cassidy

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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End

288

Internal

152

Multi

227

Slant

17

Chain

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[Chorus: Layzie Bone]
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
Cash rules✦ everything✦ around✦ me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
Cash rules✦ everything✦ around✦ me
[Verse 2: Krayzie Bone]
Nigga✦ better✦ listen✦ to the warnin',✦ run up on a nigga✦
He'll die and won't nobody✦ find him 'til the mornin'✦
Believe✦ me, we ain't scared✦ to put it on ya
Leave you in a field in the Killa✦ Califonia
Nigga✦ make money,✦ get money,✦ big money✦
'Cause when a motherfucker broke ain't shit funny✦
You can believe✦ cash rule everything✦ around✦ me
So don't bring yo' broke ass around✦ me
Spitter, nigga✦ wig out, for the scrilla
Killer,✦ dollar billa✦
In the middle of the drama✦
I'ma✦ be goin inside✦ yo' pocket✦ for the profit✦
So drop it, nigga,✦ this Cass' and Bone
Light up some hash and pass the chrome
Any✦ nigga✦ with a misunderstandin' gon' get handled
And that's fo' sho'
[Verse 3: Wish Bone]
Nigga,✦ shut it down, we don't fuck around✦
If a nigga✦ disrespect make him lay down
Used✦ to get it in the street now I'm raised✦ up
Nigga✦ lay face down, nigga✦ give me that shit
What I'm 'posed✦ to do, when the niggas✦ ride through
With his money,✦ I want it
All I'm tryin to say is been doin' this stuff
They fakers✦ don't want it
Hit hard, droppin' bodyguards
You don't want what's over✦ here
Nigga,✦ better✦ watch your broad, cause she'll tell it all
And we'll bring it over✦ there
Nigga✦ this Bone and Cass', who can fuck with that?
If a nigga✦ goes down, ain't nobody✦ gon' rat
We know that, cut 'em all in the face
Whole camp on hush, that's always
[Chorus: Layzie Bone]
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
Cash rules✦ everything✦ around✦ me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
Cash rules✦ everything✦ around✦ me
[Verse 4: Layzie Bone]
Better✦ give me my money,✦ mayne, I ain't runnin'✦ game
Me and Lil Cass' like one in the same
We want it, we need it, you better✦ believe✦ it
And if you ain't got it we gunnin',✦ mayne
I ain't askin'✦ twice, I never✦ been that nice
No niggas✦ been killed✦ for a game of dice
He come short on the debt and he paid the price
Stayin' at home with a safety✦ light
But you chose to gamble, Mr. Rambo✦
Nigga✦ like that get made example
I'ma✦ tell you like a Biggie sample
Come short on the dough get your contract canceled
I'm up out first with pleny✦ of ammo✦
This Full Surface clique hard to handle
Nigga✦ run up bet he get dismantled
Got him glued to the tube, can't change the channel
[Verse 5: Eve]
I was born to be a rich bitch
Can't ever✦ block me from this dough
Nigga,✦ ridiculous
Yeah you see me, Hermes✦ head to toe
You want to witness, you can't stop me, pop on the jet
Headed✦ to Paris✦ for a hour just to cop me a dress
You call it crazy,✦ well I call it life
And I'm makin✦ sure I'm all good
Nigga✦ it's hard to rich, fuck broke
I remember that bein' in the hood
And I ain't never✦ goin back, fuck that
Got too much in life I want and need
Yeah, you haters✦ we love it and love it
Cassidy,✦ Bone and Eve, yeah!
[Chorus: Layzie Bone, Eve & Cassidy]
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
Cash rules✦ everything✦ around✦ me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
Cash rules✦ everything✦ around✦ me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
Cash rules✦ everything✦ around✦ me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
I'ma✦ tell you like a nigga✦ told me
Cash rules✦ everything✦ around✦ me
[Outro: Cassidy, Eve & Layzie Bone]
Cassidy,✦ E-V-E, and Bone Thugs
Cassidy,✦ E-V-E, and Bone Thugs
Cassidy,✦ E-V-E, and Bone Thugs
Cassidy,✦ E-V-E, and Bone Thugs

Technical Breakdown

8.1
Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres5.0

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm10.0

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity5.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control7.0

Performance and control

Computed Score8.13

Production

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The verse prioritizes rhythmic propulsion and internal rhyme density over dense lyrical abstraction, adhering to the mid-2000s commercial rap aesthetic.

A
9.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
5
Vocabulary
5
Wordplay
7
Delivery
Multisyllabic internal rhymingRhythmic tripletsEnjambment for flow maintenance
Rhyme Architecture: A dense, high-frequency internal rhyme structure centered on long vowel sounds ('-oney', '-illa') that anchors the verse to the beat.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"Killa Califonia"

① A phonetic alteration of California referencing the high crime rate/gang activity in the region.② A specific location-based threat that positions the speaker within a dangerous, territorial geography.

"Pass the chrome"

① The action of sharing a marijuana pipe or similar device.② A slang reference to brandishing or handling a firearm (chrome-plated).

Exceptional rhythmic integration

High internal rhyme density creates a compelling 'locked-in' feel

Strong command of cadences typical of the Bone Thugs influence

Over-reliance on genre-standard tropes (money/violence)

Lack of sustained metaphorical complexity

Predictable payoff patterns

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