The Diary

Hand of the Dead Body

Scarface

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

27

End

118

Internal

52

Multi

157

Slant

12

Chain

Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Verse 2: Scarface]
So now they trying separation✦
And sending black folks in white coats to infiltrate our congregation✦
Tapping into✦ our conversation✦
Saying the message that they give
Bring forth or premeditation✦
So David's got a silver mag
While listening to Brad, David✦ gets pissed✦ and kills his dad
David✦ Duke's✦ got a shotgun
So why you get upset✦ cause I got one
A tisket✦ a tasket✦
A nigga✦ got his ass kicked✦
Shot in the face by a cop, close casket✦
An open and shut situation✦
Cop gets got, the wanna✦ blame it on my occupation✦
If you don't dig me, than nigga✦ you can sue me
Because the shit that I be saying ain't worse than no western movie
Don't blame me blame your man Gotti
So you can feel the hand of the dead body✦
[Chorus: Devin The Dude]
Nigga✦ don't believe✦ that song
That nigga's✦ wrong
Gangstas✦ don't live that long
Nigga✦ don't believe✦ that song
That nigga's✦ wrong
Gangstas✦ don't live that long
[Verse 3: Ice Cube]
You best to free your mind
Before✦ I free my nine
And stop fucking✦ with D'voidofpop
Or feel my hot rocks
Bang,bang, boom boom, ping ping I'm the black
White boys got a magazine and don't know how to act
I'll attack✦ and make you vomit✦
Down with Khalid✦ Abdul Muhammad
Do he got a brother, I'm it now
I'm the illest✦
Wanna✦ kill this house nigga✦ Don Cornelius
Can you feel this?
You punk niggas✦ make me sick
Sucking✦ on the devil's dick
Scared✦ of revolution✦
Need to start douching
Houston is the place
I caught a case
Them motherfuckers tried to put a scar on my face
But I bust two times✦ to the gut
Do the Reverend Calvin Butts
Got a pair of nuts?
I started this gangsta shit in '86
Now you dissing me
For publicity
Isn't he a ho to the third degree
Who me
I'm a g who like to scrap-a-lot✦
Down with Rap-A-Lot✦
And I can't stop, won't stop
So fuck Bill and Hillary
Ice Cube there ain't no killing me
Ice Cube, Scarface
Dropping on these selling out niggas,✦ doing it like this
[Chorus: Devin The Dude]
Nigga✦ don't believe✦ that song
That nigga's✦ wrong
Gangstas✦ don't live that long
Nigga✦ don't believe✦ that song
That nigga's✦ wrong
Gangstas✦ don't live that long

Technical Breakdown

8.8
Multisyllabic Rhymes7.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes8.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres7.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm10.0

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity7.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control9.0

Performance and control

Computed Score8.77

Production

— Uncle Eddie, Scarface, Mike Dean, N.O. Joe

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Scarface utilizes a clinical, rhythmic cadence to dismantle the hypocrisy of systemic racism and media scapegoating, turning his narrative into a blunt sociological indictment.

A
7.5
Multisyllabic
8.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
7.5
Wordplay
9
Delivery
Political allegoryMultisyllabic enjambmentInternal rhyme stackingPersona switchingDirect address
Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AAAAA-B-BB-C-CC-DDD-E-F-G-H, utilizing a relentless 'ation' long-vowel scheme in the opening to establish authority, followed by tighter, more aggressive percussive rhymes.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"David Duke's got a shotgun / So why you get upset cause I got one"

① The literal comparison between a known white supremacist wielding power and the narrator's right to self-defense.② A rhetorical challenge exposing the double standard where state-sanctioned violence is overlooked while black survivalist violence is criminalized.

"Cop gets got, the wanna blame it on my occupation"

① A police officer is killed, and society looks for a culprit.② The state scapegoats the artist's profession (rap music/gangsta rap) as the cause of violence rather than addressing the socio-political reality the music reflects.

Commanding, gritty delivery that perfectly matches the nihilistic tone

Expert use of juxtaposition to highlight institutional hypocrisy

Strong structural arc from political observation to personal defense

High internal rhyme density that keeps the flow driving forward

Some internal logic shifts (David vs. David Duke) require focused listening to avoid confusion

Vocabulary is intentionally utilitarian, lacking some of the complex lyrical flourishes found in more abstract rap

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