Section.80

Fuck Your Ethnicity

Kendrick Lamar

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

10

End

74

Internal

28

Multi

114

Slant

2

Chain

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[Interlude: Kendrick Lamar]
Reporting live from Planet✦ Terminator X
I saw Martin Luther✦ King with an AK-47
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
Now, I don't give a fuck if you
Black, white, Asian,✦ Hispanic,✦ goddammit✦
That don't mean shit to me
Fuck your ethnicity,✦ nigga✦
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
I'm tired✦ of y'all, 'cause everybody lied to y'all
And you believe✦ it? Recognize them false achievements
It's treason and I'm Tylenol, I knock out when you knock it off
Knock on the doors of opportunity,✦ I'm too involved
I'm no activist, I'm no Einstein
Before✦ calculus, I was kicking✦ that math
Dropping that science like an alchemist and I be kicking✦ that ass
Lyrically, I'm UFC
If a UFO✦ had came for me, I'ma✦ come back with the head of an alien✦
Don't alienate my dreams
Get it right, get a life, I got two
That's a metaphor for the big shit I do
Boy, TMI, TSA, man, I'm fly
Put wings on my back
That a plane or an angel? Both
Like a pilot✦ with a halo,✦ woah
Gross
[Bridge: Kendrick Lamar]
I mean, I've seen so many✦ things come through them, him, her, you, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
I'm just a messenger
Yeah, I know life's✦ a bitch, get the best of her
Put them threes up, they notice✦ that we up
HiiiPower and the power✦ in the people and if they don't believe✦ us
They'll die
Wizard
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
Now, I don't give a fuck if you
Black, white, Asian,✦ Hispanic,✦ goddammit✦
That don't mean shit to me
Fuck your ethnicity,✦ nigga✦

Technical Breakdown

7.2
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 / Rhythm5.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity8.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.0

Performance and control

Computed Score7.20

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Kendrick utilizes high-density internal rhyme chains to anchor aggressive, socio-political commentary, transitioning from technical wordplay into assertive, self-assured rhythmic pockets.

B+
7.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
5.5
Cadence / Flow
8
Vocabulary
7.5
Wordplay
8
Delivery
PolysemyMultisyllabic internal rhyme chainsPhonetic wordplaySyncopated rhythmic delivery
Rhyme Architecture: Kendrick employs a fluid, non-traditional scheme that favors dense internal clusters (e.g., 'lied to y'all', 'recognized', 'false achievements') over rigid end-rhyme structures, effectively using 'treason/Tylenol/knock out' to create rhythmic momentum.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"I'm Tylenol, I knock out when you knock it off"

① A sedative/pain reliever intended to 'put to sleep' or silence the false achievements mentioned previously.② A play on 'knock out' as in a physical altercation, suggesting his lyrical skill is a knockout blow to those who lie.

"Don't alienate my dreams"

① Do not treat my aspirations as foreign, strange, or separate from the collective reality.② Do not push away the 'alien' persona just established in the previous bar regarding the UFO reference, creating a linguistic callback.

"That a plane or an angel? Both"

① Physical elevation; he is 'fly' like an airplane.② Spiritual elevation; he is 'fly' in the sense of divine or transcendental quality, justifying the 'wings on my back' metaphor.

Exceptional density of internal multisyllabics

Strong command of cadence that offsets the lack of conventional end-rhyme resolution

Layered, text-grounded entendres that reinforce the persona of a subversive truth-teller

The density of internal rhyme occasionally causes the semantic clarity of the social commentary to compete with the phonetics

Some punchlines (e.g., TMI/TSA) function more as phonetic play than deep conceptual revelations

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