My Homies

Mind Playin' Tricks '94

Scarface

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

15

End

106

Internal

26

Multi

157

Slant

5

Chain

Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Verse 2]
Dear diary✦ I'm havin'✦ a little problem with my mind state
How many✦ bullets would it take to change my mind? Wait
Sometimes I want to end it but I don't though
They tell me see my pastor but I don't go
'Cause they all be on this one street
So I take it on myself to thank him one deep
And give my money✦ to the most needy,✦ uh
And never✦ put it in the hands of the most greedy✦
'Cause their puttin'✦ a price tag on a man's word
And it's a fashion show, so the men flirt
The world is endin'✦ so they try to make us switch fast
And they openin'✦ up these churches for some quick cash
And usin'✦ the money✦ for they new cribs
While Brother Johnson just got kicked✦ out where he lived✦
I follow✦ no man, 'cause man be phoney✦
[Chorus]
My mind was playin' tricks on me
Uh
My mind was playin' tricks on me
Yeah
[Verse 3]
Day by day it's more impossible to cope
I feel like I'm the one that's doin' dope
Can't seem to keep my mind on a steady✦ track
I'm all about✦ gettin'✦ mine, so I study✦ that
But it seems they want to get me
So I try to keep my 9mm with me
Just in case they want to see a homies✦ head blown
But I gotta stay around✦ to see my kids grown
I finally found a woman✦ who could deal with me
Back then I had a girl who wasn't real with me
And now she's back with her old lady✦
And now I got it goin' on and they sure hate me
Now I'm a goner✦ and she's a loner✦
Ha ha ha, yeah, her mind was playin' tricks on her
[Outro]
One time for your motherfuckin' mind
Uh
Bringin' it back like this here
1-9-9-1 all the way to the 1-9-9-4 when they call me 'Face
Yeah
My mind was playin' tricks on me

Technical Breakdown

7.6
Multisyllabic Rhymes7.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres7.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm6.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity7.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.5

Performance and control

Computed Score7.56

Production

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Scarface utilizes a confessional, stream-of-consciousness narrative style that masks technical complexity beneath a facade of raw, unpolished psychological distress, grounding the listener in his subjective reality.

B+
7.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
6.5
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
7.5
Wordplay
8.5
Delivery
Internal rhyme clustersConfessional narrative structureEpistolary framingSociopolitical critique through personal anxiety
Rhyme Architecture: The verse relies heavily on AABB-adjacent couplets with highly dense internal rhyming strings, utilizing slant rhymes to maintain a conversational, frantic tone appropriate for the song's subject matter.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"How many bullets would it take to change my mind?"

① A literal query about the lethal force required to end his life.② A play on the phrase 'change my mind' (alter an opinion) applied to the extreme, violent context of his mental instability.

"And it's a fashion show, so the men flirt"

① A commentary on the performative vanity of church leadership.② A sonic play on 'men of the cloth' (church leaders) morphed into 'men flirt' to emphasize their shift from spirituality to superficiality.

Visceral, authentic delivery

Sophisticated use of the 'diary' trope to anchor the psychological state

Excellent pacing that mirrors the onset of paranoia

Subversive social commentary that feels organic to the character's internal monologue

Some rhyme pairings are functionally utilitarian to facilitate the narrative flow

Lack of complex metaphors beyond direct societal observation

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