Capital Punishment
Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)
Big Pun
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
16
End
181
Internal
56
Multi
179
Slant
8
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Chorus: Rakim & Inspectah Deck]
I wake you up, and as I stare in your face you seem stunned✦
Remember✦ me, the one you got the technique from?
I wake you up, and as I stare in your face you seem stunned✦
Remember✦ me, the one you got your freestyle from?
I wake you up, and as I stare in your face you seem stunned✦
Remember✦ Deck, I told y'all, Protect Ya Neck
[Post-Chorus: Inspectah Deck]
(Fake one) I, Rebel✦ INS, your highness
[Verse 2: Inspectah Deck]
Fake one, take one
No ultimatum, face one, there's✦ no escape✦ from
Straight from the Grain come the great one
My blade swung, decapitate✦ your snake head, slit your snake tongue
Make one false maneuver, you a mystery
Unsolved,✦ the mob that revolves automatically✦ involved✦
Musclebound✦ sounds surround✦ commercial thugs
Rock turtledove Bowery✦ suits and purple gloves✦
Me and you can have some fun, make it a blast
You couldn't take the impact with steel shoulder pads
Blood for blood, veteran covered in mud
Wounded in the midst of war, still tradin'✦ slugs, gettin'✦ major love
Way above✦ you newcomers
I come thunderin' with the heat of two summers
When I enter✦ the zone, move mountains with the presence alone✦
Before✦ the words rip through the microphone
Chrome-dipped lyrics✦ are known to split stone
You private✦ eyes home in but can't seem to clone
[Chorus: Rakim & Big Pun]
I wake you up, and as I stare in your face you seem stunned✦
Remember✦ Pun, the one you bit your whole shit from?
I wake you up, and as I stare in your face you seem stunned✦
Remember✦ Pun, I snatched away✦ the moon and blew away✦ the sun
I wake you up and as I stare in your face you seem stunned✦
Remember✦ Pun, the one with over✦ a thousand guns
[Post-Chorus: Rakim & Big Pun]
You start to suffer✦
(Yo) Punisher's✦ ready✦
[Verse 3: Big Pun]
Prodigy, Deck and me, QB (Shaolin) and Bronx trilogy
Lyrically✦ hazardous for your wealth, swing on your royalties
Foil your plans, boil your grams, take your shine
Fold all your hands, spoil your mans, make him mine
Take all you made, call you gay on Hot 97
Drop by your dwellin', got the nueve right behind✦ your melon✦
Ain't no tellin'✦ when the bullet's behind✦ the trigger
I do it to live niggas and Pulitzer Prize winners
You wouldn't survive, nigga,✦ if I chose you
Froze you from ear to ear, showin'✦ your whole vocal
Who told you you could roll through?
My lyrics✦ practically✦ rose you from the grave like The Crows do
I told you a long time ago,✦ don't ever✦ fuck me
'Cause if I leave you half dead, consider yourself very✦ lucky✦
Very✦ ugly✦ from the face up, leave you laced up
Joey Krillz, Pros', Cuban✦ Link, Triple Seis, what?
[Outro]
Soon you start to suffer✦
The RZA
The Inspectah Deck
Yo, it's the P
The Punisher's✦ ready✦
Technical Breakdown
8.5
Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes9.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres8.0
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm8.5
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 Score8.52
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
Inspectah Deck demonstrates elite technical control, utilizing dense internal rhyme chains and rhythmic fluidity to assert lyrical dominance, effectively bridging the gap between '90s battle-rap bravado and advanced prosodic architecture.
A
8.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
8.5
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
8
Wordplay
9
Delivery
Multisyllabic internal rhymingAssonance-heavy cadencesConsonant clustersDynamic rhythmic shifts
Rhyme Architecture: The verse relies on a high-density, rapidly cycling internal rhyme scheme, primarily utilizing 'a-e' and 'u-uh' vowel sounds, shifting into multi-syllabic patterns (maneuver/mystery/discovery/revolves) that sustain momentum through the mid-section.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"make it a blast / You couldn't take the impact with steel shoulder pads"
① A reference to physical violence and the kinetic energy of a collision.② A double entendre on football terminology ('blast' play, 'impact' force, 'shoulder pads') framing his rap style as a heavy-hitting, physical sport.
"I come thunderin' with the heat of two summers"
① An allusion to the intensity of his lyrical output and stage presence.② A play on 'heat' representing both physical temperature (summers) and firearm weaponry, common in 1990s New York lyricism.
Exceptional rhythmic pocket adherence
High density of internal rhymes per measure
Strong vocal presence and authoritative tone
Consistent thematic coherence
Some imagery relies on conventional 'battle rap' tropes
Occasional reliance on abstract aggression over narrative depth