Ready to Die

Gimme the Loot

The Notorious B.I.G.

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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248

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[Interlude]

When he's stickin'^✦ you and takin'^✦ all of your money^✦

[Chorus]

Gimme the loot, gimme the loot (I'm a bad, bad, bad)

(What's mines^✦ is mines^✦ and what's yours is mine)

Gimme the loot, gimme the loot (I'm a bad, bad, bad)

(What's mines^✦ is mines^✦ and what's yours is mine)

[Verse 2]

Big up! Big up! It's a stick up! Stick up!

And I'm shootin' niggas^✦ quick if ya hiccup

Don't let me fill my clip up in ya back and headpiece

The opposite of peace, sendin'^✦ mom duke a wreath

You're talkin'^✦ to the robbery expert

Step into^✦ your wake with your blood on my shirt

Don't be a jerk and get smoked^✦ over^✦ bein' resistant^✦

'Cause when I lick shots them shits is persistent

Goodness gracious, the papers

Where the cash at? Where the stash at?

Nigga,^✦ pass that

Before^✦ you get your grave dug from the main thug

Three fifty-seven slug

And my nigga^✦ Biggie got a itchy^✦ one grip

One in the chamber, thirty-two in the clip

Motherfuckers^✦ better^✦ strip, (Yeah, nigga,^✦ peel!)

Before^✦ you find out how blue steel feel

From the Beretta, puttin'^✦ all the holes^✦ in ya sweater

The money-getter, motherfuckers^✦ know the pedi'

Rolex watches^✦ and colorful Swatches^✦

I'm diggin'^✦ in pockets, motherfuckers^✦ can't stop it

Man, niggas^✦ come through, I'm takin'^✦ high school rings too

Bitches get delgnarts for their earrings and bangles

And when I rock her and drop her, I'm taking^✦ her door knockers

And if she's resistant:^✦ blakka,^✦ blakka,^✦ blakka^✦

So go get your man, bitch, he can get robbed,^✦ too

Tell him Biggie took it, what the fuck he gonna^✦ do?

Man I hope apologetic or I'm a have to set it

And if I set it, the cocksucker^✦ won't forget^✦ it

[Interlude]

Hey bitch, hey bitch, gimme your money^✦ bitch (When he's stickin'^✦ you and takin'^✦ all your money)^✦

[Chorus]

Gimme the loot, gimme the loot (I'm a bad, bad, bad)

(What's mines^✦ is mines^✦ and what's yours is mine)

Gimme the loot, gimme the loot (I'm a bad, bad, bad)

(What's mines^✦ is mines^✦ and what's yours is mine)

[Verse 3]

Man listen,^✦ all this walkin'^✦ is hurtin'^✦ my feet

Ooh, money^✦ looks sweet

Where at? In the Isuzu^✦ Jeep

Man, I throw him in the fiend you grab the fucking^✦ cream

And if he start to scream, bom-bom,^✦ have a nice dream

Hold up, he got a fucking^✦ bitch in the car

Fur coats and diamonds, she think she a superstar

Ooh, Biggie let me jack her, I'll kick her in the back

Hit her with the gat

Yo, chill, shorty,^✦ let me do that

Just get the fucking^✦ car keys and cruise up the block

The bitch act shocked getting shot on the spot

Oh shit, the cops

Be cool, fool

They ain't gonna^✦ roll up, all they want is fucking^✦ doughnuts

So why the fuck he keep looking?^✦

I guess to get his life tooken^✦

I just came home, ain't trying to see Central Booking^✦

Oh shit, now he looking^✦ in my face

You better^✦ haul ass 'cause I ain't with no fucking^✦ chase

So lace up your boots, 'cause I'm about^✦ to shoot

A true motherfucker^✦ going out for the loot

[Outro]

Take that motherfuckers^✦

Technical Breakdown

8.8

Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres7.0

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm10.0

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity5.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control9.5

Performance and control

Computed Score8.84

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The verse functions as a masterclass in aggressive, high-velocity narrative delivery, utilizing internal rhyme density and rhythmic shifts to create a palpable sense of tension and immediacy.

A+

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

Wordplay

9.5

Delivery

Aggressive percussive cadenceMultisyllabic internal rhymingCharacter-driven narrative personaStaccato vocal pacing

Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AAAA/BBCC, characterized by rapid-fire end-rhymes (stick up/hiccup/clip up) and dense internal slant rhymes that maintain a relentless momentum.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"The opposite of peace, sendin' mom duke a wreath"

① A direct consequence of the violence is death (the funeral wreath).② A grim play on the word 'peace' vs 'piece' (gun), suggesting that the violent end is the literal cessation of the victim's existence.

"What's mines is mines and what's yours is mine"

① The literal logic of the robber claiming ownership of the victim's property.② A nihilistic philosophy of total appropriation that strips the victim of autonomy before the crime even occurs.

Exceptional rhythmic pocket and breath control

Immersion in character persona

High density of internal rhymes that emphasize the urgency of the heist narrative

Vocabulary relies on genre-specific tropes rather than complex linguistic abstraction

Subtext is narrow, focusing entirely on the immediate action rather than layered introspection

Gimme the Loot

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