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Can't Get Right

Scarface

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

22

End

115

Internal

35

Multi

164

Slant

9

Chain

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[Verse 2: Scarface]
I lay in bed lookin✦ up at the ceiling
As the fan turns in a circle, thinkin 'bout my evil✦
CNN on my TV, bombs in the skies
Over✦ Baghdad they fight but they don't know why
What they said about✦ Hussein, was a God damn lie
Raised✦ a war against a religion for oil, don't lie
I seen, kids from the hood livin✦ like they gon' die
With the mindset of be broke or let's go get high
With the people livin✦ so crazy✦ how we gon' get by
Gasoline five dollars, how the fuck we gon' drive?
Can't afford✦ to fill our prescriptions so we all gon' die
CVS is slangin dope on every✦ block worldwide
Since Pfizer✦ been had the dope game on fire
Then it's only✦ right for one nigga✦ to go get mine huh
If they injured how they gon' survive?✦
If they stuck at the bottom how the fuck they gon' ride?
[Chorus: Bilal]
I made it over✦ to dry land
But still wound up sinkin✦ in quicksand
I'm tryin Lord, I just can't get right
Paid the bills on Monday✦
Even✦ went to church on Sunday✦
But I, but I, but I just can't get right
[Verse 3: Scarface]
Ain't life a muh'fucker, first you think you got it, then it
All falls apart✦ in front your eyes, try to stop it, but it's
Part of the plan that was written by the man
Got me down on my knees and my hands, prayin
Forgive✦ me Lord, thank the Lord I'm alive✦
Cause I'm knowin✦ deep down I coulda✦ died
I shed too many✦ tears lost too many✦ peers
In the grave or the penitentiary facin✦ 20 years
Pourin✦ beers on the corner,✦ cause Frankie told me look at California
I was high livin✦ blind to the fact that they sold us out
America the Beautiful, there's✦ a funeral
On every✦ day of the month, tryin to get our knees up
Huh, it's another chance under✦ these circumstances
My people ain't advancin, but if we pray
Maybe we'll get to live our lives✦ in the sun
'stead of livin✦ on the blocks dyin young, here I come

Technical Breakdown

8.5
Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres7.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm9.0

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 Score8.52

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Scarface utilizes a grounded, observational narrative style that bridges socio-political commentary with personal existential dread, maintaining a high level of rhythmic consistency that frames systemic struggle as an inescapable cycle.

A
8.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
9
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
7.5
Wordplay
8.5
Delivery
AABB rhyme progression with long-vowel focusSocio-political metaphor mappingInternalized cadence shiftsSystemic parallelism
Rhyme Architecture: The verse utilizes a consistent AAAA/BBBB terminal rhyme structure anchored in the 'i' phoneme (ceiling, evil, skies, why, lie, die, high, by, drive, die, worldwide, fire, survive, ride), creating a claustrophobic, repetitive effect that mirrors the themes of stagnation and inescapable cycles.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"CVS is slangin dope on every block worldwide"

① The pharmacy retail chain is selling pharmaceutical medication as a legitimate business.② A critique comparing the mass distribution of prescription drugs by corporations to the illegal street-level distribution of narcotics.

"Since Pfizer been had the dope game on fire"

① The pharmaceutical company is highly successful and dominant in the industry.② An ironic comparison characterizing a legitimate pharmaceutical giant as the primary 'drug kingpin' controlling the global supply.

"If they injured how they gon' survive?"

① A literal question regarding the survival of people in war-torn regions like Iraq.② A metaphorical rhetorical question applied to the impoverished class struggling to survive economic injury.

High degree of rhythmic pocket locking

Strong thematic cohesion between personal struggle and global politics

Authentic, weary delivery style

Masterful use of repetition as a rhetorical device

Vocabulary relies on repetitive phonemes which limits lexical variety

Limited use of complex figurative imagery beyond direct observation

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