Grand Champ

Shot Down (featuring 50 Cent and Styles P)

DMX

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

End

211

Internal

Multi

140

Slant

Chain

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[Verse 2: DMX]

Fuck y'all niggas^✦ talkin'^✦ 'bout, think you playin' with?

Double R, G-Unit,^✦ the same old shit

Put the faggots in the ring, watch 'em all quit

All y'all niggas^✦ is pussy,^✦ suck my dick

Ain't nothin'^✦ but a handful of man still standin'

I remember^✦ 50 in a cypher^✦ when Onyx was "Slammin"

Now we meet again,^✦ it's all good, my nigga^✦

Back to the street again,^✦ it's all hood, my nigga^✦

Knock on wood, my nigga,^✦ we both walk the dog

We ain't get to where we at by luck, shit was hard

But once we got through the trials it's all smiles^✦

'Til a bitch type nigga^✦ all of a sudden^✦ get wild

Now why you gotsta^✦ go and take me back to where I came from?

I'mma^✦ make you remember^✦ where you know my name from

45th Street, and blaow-blaow Ave

I done ran through your crew and only^✦ let off half, nigga^✦

[Chorus: 50 Cent]

You don't live that, you shouldn't say that

Cause what come out your mouth'll get you shot down

Throwin'^✦ your money^✦ around^✦ and we don't play that

Getting^✦ in our line'll^✦ get you shot down

We know where you hang, we know where you stay at

That bullshit^✦ you on'll get you shot down

Here's^✦ a few cliques^✦ that you shouldn't play with

G-Unit,^✦ Ruff Ryders'll^✦ get you shot down

[Verse 3: Styles P]

If your head ain't off of your shoulders

You ain't get shot, you got nipped^✦ nigga^✦ (just nipped)^✦

Cause if my chrome hit a piece of your bone

It's gon' do more than chip, nigga^✦ (a lot more than that)

Yeah, what the fuck is the problem?

The Porsche is red, the buckets is army^✦

30 shot handguns, the gutter^✦ is starvin

Niggas^✦ like me might rush your apartment

Bloodstains'll fuck up your carpet,^✦ brain on the window^✦

I smell murder^✦ every^✦ time that the wind blow

Tie him to the chair and then knock out his chinbone

I don’t want the throne or the crown, I ain’t sell enough^✦

You can have the jail or the ground, you ain't in hell enough^✦

I'm the one that flood the gutters

Better^✦ tap your man and let him know P'll love to cut his

And niggas^✦ is gettin^✦ shot down, two guns up

Double R, S.P., holdin'^✦ D Block down

[Chorus: 50 Cent]

You don't live that, you shouldn't say that

Cause what come out your mouth'll get you shot down

Throwin'^✦ your money^✦ around^✦ and we don't play that

Getting^✦ in our line'll^✦ get you shot down

We know where you hang, we know where you stay at

That bullshit^✦ you on'll get you shot down

Here's^✦ a few cliques^✦ that you shouldn't play with

G-Unit,^✦ Ruff Ryders'll^✦ get you shot down

Technical Breakdown

8.1

Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres4.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm8.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity6.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control9.0

Performance and control

Computed Score8.05

Production

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

DMX prioritizes raw, percussive aggression and street-level narrative authenticity over complex linguistic manipulation, utilizing an 'everyman' cadence that anchors the technical complexity of his collaborators.

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

8.5

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

4.5

Wordplay

Delivery

Staccato cadenceEnd-rhyme repetitionConversational direct addressContextual narrative linkage

Rhyme Architecture: Primarily AABB/CCDD couplet structures that emphasize strong, percussive end rhymes, interspersed with dense internal slant rhyming used to maintain the propulsion of his aggressive delivery.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"we both walk the dog"

① A reference to the iconic DMX hit 'Who We Be' / Ruff Ryders branding (DMX's canine persona)② Street slang for controlling one's environment or successfully maneuvering through difficult terrain (the 'dog' being the situation/life)

"45th Street, and blaow-blaow Ave"

① A specific, albeit cryptic, geographic location marker for the listener② An onomatopoeic metaphor where the street name itself is replaced by the sound of gunfire, signaling the violence inherent to the environment

Commanding vocal presence and conviction

Fluid transition from aggressive posturing to collaborative narrative

High internal rhyme density that keeps the flow driving forward

Reliance on aggressive archetypes and repetitive lyrical tropes

Lack of multi-layered wordplay or complex metaphorical development

Occasional predictable rhyme endings

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