Ready to Die

Everyday Struggle

The Notorious B.I.G.

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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[Chorus]

I don't wanna^✦ live no more

Sometimes^✦ I hear death knockin'^✦ at my front door

I'm livin'^✦ every^✦ day like a hustle, another^✦ drug to juggle

Another^✦ day, another^✦ struggle (Right)

I don't wanna^✦ live no more

Sometimes^✦ I hear death knockin'^✦ at my front door

I'm livin'^✦ every^✦ day like a hustle, another^✦ drug to juggle

Another^✦ day, another^✦ struggle (Right)

[Verse 2]

I had the master^✦ plan, I'm in the caravan on my way to Maryland

With my man Two-TECs^✦ to take over^✦ this projects

They call him Two-TECs,^✦ he tote two TECs

And when he start to bust, he like to ask, "Who's next?"

I got my honey^✦ on the Amtrak with the crack

In the crack of her ass, two pounds of hash in the stash

I wait for hon to make some quick cash

I told her she could be lieutenant, bitch got gassed^✦

At last, I'm literally loungin', black

Sittin'^✦ back, countin' double digit^✦ thousand stacks

Had to re-up, see what's up with my peeps

Toyota^✦ deal-athon had it cheap on the Jeeps

See who got smoked,^✦ what rumors was spread

Last I heard I was dead, with six to the head

Then I got the phone call, it couldn't hit me harder^✦

We got infiltrated,^✦ like Nino^✦ at the Carter^✦

Heard TEC got murdered in a town I never^✦ heard of

By some bitch named^✦ Alberta over^✦ nickel-plated^✦ burners

And my bitch swear to God she won't snitch

I told her when she hit the bricks I'll make the hooker^✦ rich

Conspiracy, she'll be home in three

Until then I looks out for the whole family^✦

A true G, that's me, blowin'^✦ like a bubble

In the everyday struggle

[Chorus]

I don't wanna^✦ live no more

Sometimes^✦ I hear death knockin'^✦ at my front door

I'm livin'^✦ every^✦ day like a hustle, another^✦ drug to juggle

Another^✦ day, another^✦ struggle (Right)

I don't wanna^✦ live no more

Sometimes^✦ I hear death knockin'^✦ at my front door

I'm livin'^✦ every^✦ day like a hustle, another^✦ drug to juggle

Another^✦ day, another^✦ struggle (Right)

[Verse 3]

I'm seein' body^✦ after^✦ body^✦ and our mayor Giuliani

Ain't tryin' to see no black man turn to John Gotti

My daughter use a potty^✦ so she's older^✦ now

Educated^✦ street knowledge, I'ma^✦ mold her now

Trick a little dough buyin' young girls fringes^✦

Dealin'^✦ with the dope fiend binges,^✦ seein' syringes^✦

In the veins, hard to explain^✦ how I maintain^✦

The crack smoke make my brain feel so strange

Breakin' days on the set, no sweat

Drunk off Moët, can't bag yet because it's still wet

But when that dry, baggin'^✦ five at a time

I can clock about^✦ nine on the check cashin'^✦ line

I had the first and the third, rehearse, that's my word

Thick in the game, D's knew my first name

Should I quit? Shit no, even^✦ though they had me scared^✦

Yo, they got a eight, I got a TEC with air holes^✦

[Interlude: The Notorious B.I.G. & Puff Daddy]

And that's just how the shit go in the struggle, motherfucker

Hah, come on, what you say?

[Chorus]

I don't wanna^✦ live no more

Sometimes^✦ I hear death knockin'^✦ at my front door

I'm livin'^✦ every^✦ day like a hustle, another^✦ drug to juggle

Another^✦ day, another^✦ struggle (Right)

I don't wanna^✦ live no more

Sometimes^✦ I hear death knockin'^✦ at my front door

I'm livin'^✦ every^✦ day like a hustle, another^✦ drug to juggle

Another^✦ day, another^✦ struggle (Right)

I don't wanna^✦ live no more

Sometimes^✦ I hear death knockin'^✦ at my front door

I'm livin'^✦ every^✦ day like a hustle, another^✦ drug to juggle

Another^✦ day, another^✦ struggle (Right)

I don't wanna^✦ live no more

Sometimes^✦ I hear death knockin'^✦ at my front door

I'm livin'^✦ every^✦ day like a hustle, another^✦ drug to juggle

Another^✦ day, another^✦ struggle (Right)

[Outro: The Notorious B.I.G. & Puff Daddy]

Junior^✦ M.A.F.I.A.^✦ right

Yeah, rock on, woo!

Biggie Smalls, right

Junior^✦ M.A.F.I.A^✦

Technical Breakdown

9.1

Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres7.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm10.0

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 Score9.08

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Biggie utilizes high-velocity internal rhyme schemes paired with grounded, cinematic storytelling that creates a high-stakes, breathless listening experience despite the grounded reality of the subject matter.

A+

9.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

7.5

Wordplay

Delivery

Multisyllabic internal rhyme chainsCinematic narrative pacingPhonetic playColloquial realism

Rhyme Architecture: Highly dense multisyllabic structure primarily utilizing AAAA and AABB internal clusters that sustain momentum across the 16-bar narrative block.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"They call him Two-TECs, he tote two TECs"

① A reference to the character's nickname, derived from his choice of weaponry.② A literal description of his behavior, signifying he carries two TEC-9 submachine guns simultaneously.

"With the crack / In the crack of her ass"

① Refers to the location of the concealed narcotics on the accomplice.② A play on the anatomical slang for the gluteal cleft, emphasizing the brazenness of the smuggling technique.

Exceptional rhythmic pocket and cadence

Masterful use of internal rhymes to drive narrative tension

Conversational yet authoritative vocal delivery

High-level structural consistency

Vocabulary relies heavily on street vernacular, limiting lexical range

Some metaphors are functional rather than intellectually layered

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