My Homies

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 stark, journalistic delivery style to ground incendiary social commentary, leveraging the structural tension between systemic oppression and individual fatalism.

A
7.5
Multisyllabic
8.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
7.5
Wordplay
9
Delivery
Sociopolitical narrative sequencingPolysyllabic internal rhyme chainsStaccato rhythmic punctuationDirect address confrontation
Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AAAA mono-rhyme clusters (e.g., -ation) that anchor the verse, punctuated by aggressive couplet variations that break the established flow to emphasize narrative urgency.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

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

① A commentary on the double standard of white supremacists (David Duke) being armed versus the scrutiny applied to Black individuals owning firearms.② A direct challenge to the listener/critic's hypocrisy regarding the legitimacy of self-defense.

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

① Literal blame placed on Scarface's profession as a 'gangsta rapper' for real-world violence.② A critique of systemic scapegoating, where the 'occupation' (Black life/existence) is treated as a crime by law enforcement.

Commanding vocal presence that adds weight to the lyrics

Strong structural arc transitioning from societal paranoia to personal defiance

Masterful use of internal rhyme to maintain cadence without sacrificing clarity

Occasional reliance on shock imagery that borders on the hyperbolic

Slightly linear narrative structure compared to later stylistic evolutions

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