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man at the garden

Kendrick Lamar

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

30

End

97

Internal

57

Multi

158

Slant

20

Chain

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[Chorus]
Hmm, I deserve✦ it all
Hmm, I deserve✦ it all (I deserve✦ all these flowers)
All
All
[Verse 2]
'Cause my intentions was pure
Even✦ when you wasn't sure
Even✦ with every✦ allure✦
How much temptation✦ you endured?
You'd probably look for every✦ cure
I said I deserve✦ it all
I'm wakin'✦ up at 6 a.m.
Six miles✦ a day, conditionin' my wind
I said I deserve✦ it all
I'm showin'✦ up as your friend
Tellin'✦ truths better✦ than your next of kin
I said I deserve✦ it all
I never✦ ask for too much credit✦
Seekin'✦ validation✦ just for the aesthetics, bitch
I deserve✦ it all
I see you as a human✦ first
Even✦ when you didn't understand your worth
Bitch, I deserve✦ it all
It's innate✦ to mind my business
Writin'✦ words, tryna✦ elevate these children
That's why I deserve✦ it all
Pray for those who prayed against me
Every✦ reason✦ why my ancestors sent me
Bitch, I deserve✦ it all
[Chorus]
I deserve✦ it all
I deserve✦ it all
All
All
[Verse 3]
Put a smile on my mama✦
Good health and good karma✦
Yeah, she deserves✦ it all
One hundred murals out in Compton
Remember me? I kept my promise
Yeah, we deserve✦ it all
A better✦ life for my daughter
May my son take it further than his father✦
Yeah, he deserves✦ it all
A close relationship with God
Whisper to me every✦ time I close my eyes
He say, "You deserve✦ it all"
Keep these bitch niggas✦ away✦ from me
Keep all my blessings faithfully
Keep my essence contagious,✦ that's okay✦ with me
I burn this bitch down, don't you play with me or stay with me
I'm crashin' out right now, no one's✦ safe with me
I did it with integrity and niggas✦ still try hate on me, just wait and see
More blood be spillin', it's just paint to me
Dangerous✦ me, nothin'✦ changed with me, still got pain in me
Flip a coin, want the shameless me or the famous me?
How annoying, does it angers me to know the lames✦ can speak
On the origins of the game I breathe? That's insane✦ to me
It's important, I deserve✦ it all because it's mine
Tell me why you think you deserve✦ the greatest of all time, motherfucker
[Outro]
I deserve✦ it all
I deserve✦ it all

Technical Breakdown

8.5
Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes8.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres6.5

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 Control8.0

Performance and control

Computed Score8.53

Production

— Sounwave, Jack Antonoff, Craig Balmoris, Tyler Reese Mehlenbacher, M-Tech

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The verse utilizes a hypnotic, repetitive structural motif that allows the speaker to pivot from introspection to aggressive self-assertion, leveraging the refrain as a rhythmic anchor for dense internal rhyming.

A
8.5
Multisyllabic
8.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
6.5
Wordplay
8
Delivery
AnaphoraInternal multisyllabic rhymingStaccato cadence variationCall-and-response rhythmic structure
Rhyme Architecture: The verse employs a consistent AAAA monorhyme setup in the opening (pure/sure/allure/endured/cure) that transitions into a rhythmic pattern of 'refrain-as-bridge' followed by couplets with internal density.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"Conditionin' my wind"

① Physical training to improve lung capacity and cardiovascular endurance for stamina.② A play on 'second wind' or the metaphorical 'wind' of life's direction, suggesting emotional and spiritual preparedness.

"Tellin' truths better than your next of kin"

① The artist provides more honest feedback or moral clarity than one's own family.② A biting critique of the 'yes-man' nature of family or close associates who avoid difficult truths.

"Seekin' validation just for the aesthetics"

① Critiquing the modern compulsion to perform one's life on social media for outward appearance.② A rejection of superficial moral posturing, asserting his actions are rooted in substance rather than image.

Exceptional rhythmic consistency that grounds the listener

Commanding delivery that shifts from conversational to confrontational

Strong structural architecture that uses repetition to build emotional weight

Vocabulary breadth is functional rather than inventive

Lacks the high-level metaphor density found in more conceptual Kendrick tracks

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