Life After Death
Long Kiss Goodnight
The Notorious B.I.G.
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
52
End
250
Internal
73
Multi
236
Slant
18
Chain
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[Interlude 1: Puff Daddy]
Now, we don't give a fuck
We just absolutely don't give a fuck
Because
There ain't no motherfuckin'✦ love here
There ain't no love here, you know, we just
We just gon' keep doin' what we do
We gon' keep fuckin'✦ you up
I'ma✦ keep stompin' your motherfuckin'✦ head in, you fucking✦ bitch
C'mon
[Chorus: The Notorious B.I.G.]
Time, time for you to die
As I kiss yo' ass goodnight✦
Time, time for you to die
As I kiss yo' ass goodnight✦
[Verse 2: The Notorious B.I.G.]
Uh! I'm flamin'✦ gats, aimin'✦ at
These fuckin'✦ maniacs, put my name in raps
What part the game is that? Like they hustle backwards
I smoke Backwoods and Dutchies, you can't touch me (What?)
Try to rush me, slugs go touchy-touchy
You're bleedin' lovely,✦ with yo' spirit✦ above✦ me
Or beneath me (Uh), your whole life you live sneaky✦
Now you rest eternally sleepy,✦ you burn when you creep me
Rest where the worms and the weak be
My nine flies, baptize rap guys
With the Holy✦ Ghost (Uh-huh), I put holes✦ in most
You hold your toast shaky,✦ slippin', tryna✦ break me
Look what you made me do, brains blew (Uh)
My team in the marine-blue Six Coupé (What?)
Skied it out (What?), weeded✦ out, cleanin' out (Uh)
The block for distances, givin'✦ long kisses,✦ bitch!
[Interlude 2: Puff Daddy]
Only✦ I can do now
Is say a prayer for you, you know
That's only✦ thing I can do, is to pray for your mind
'Cause
See, your mind is in control✦ of your heart
When it's supposed✦ to be the other✦ way around
Your heart is supposed✦ be in control✦ of your mind
So now, I have no feelings for you
You have made me cold
[Chorus: The Notorious B.I.G.]
Time, time for you to die
As I kiss yo' ass goodnight✦
Time, time for you to die
As I kiss yo' ass goodnight✦
[Verse 3: The Notorious B.I.G.]
Frank White the menacin', Chron-Chron's the medicine✦
I got the lettuce and you turn green like cucumber skin
Got the new Hummer✦ in the summer✦ when
I was the newcomer then, drugs and MAC-10's
Hugs from fake friends, make ends, they hate you (Uh)
Be broke, girls won't date you
That's why I relate✦ to, choke yo' ass out 'til your face blue
Make you open✦ the safe too
No matter✦ how you call it (How you call it), this brolic alcoholic (What?)
Like his weed greened out, like his brick solid✦
Distribute to kids who take heart like Valentine✦
Drink Ballantine✦ all the time
Slugs hit your chest, tap your spine, flatline✦
Heard through the grapevine,✦ you got fucked✦ four times✦
Damn, that three-to-nine✦ fucked✦ you up for real though, sling steel slow
As for remorse, we feel no
[Chorus: The Notorious B.I.G.]
Time, time for you to die
As I kiss yo' ass goodnight✦
Time, time for you to die
As I kiss yo' ass goodnight✦
Time, time for you to die
As I kiss yo' ass goodnight✦
Time, time for you to die
As I kiss yo' ass goodnight✦
Time, time for you to die
As I kiss yo' ass goodnight✦
Time, time for you to die
As I kiss yo' ass goodnight✦
[Outro: Puff Daddy]
See, the fucked✦ up thing is that I love you
You know what I'm saying?
It's just in my nature✦ to love you
I can't hate you
'Cause its not in my nature✦ to hate you
You know, I don't know
Maybe I'm a different type of individual
But you have me on a line
And there's✦ a thin line between love and hate
And God forbid✦ I cross that line
'Cause I'm not gon' give a fuck
I'm telling you right motherfucking✦ now
The shit that y'all done started
Is never✦ gonna✦ stop!
We are never✦ gonna✦ stop!
And we're not talking✦ about✦ no other✦ rappers
We're talking✦ about✦ you, motherfucker!
You know who I'm talking✦ to
We comin'✦ for you
We comin'✦ for you
Hahahaha
It's gon' feel so good
I'ma✦ make you love me baby,✦ baby✦
Technical Breakdown
8.9
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 / Rhythm10.0
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity6.0
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control9.5
Performance and control
Computed Score8.89
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
Biggie utilizes aggressive, percussive phonetic layering and internal rhyme density to establish a menacing, authoritative persona, transcending standard gangsta rap tropes through rhythmic fluidity.
A+
7.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
6
Vocabulary
7.5
Wordplay
9.5
Delivery
Multisyllabic internal rhyme chainsStaccato flow shiftsPhonetic mirroringDynamic vocal projection
Rhyme Architecture: Dense, fast-paced multisyllabic scheme focusing on end-line rhyme-linkages (gats/aimin'/maniacs/names/raps) that bleed into internal triplets (smoke/Backwoods/Dutchies/touch/rush/slugs/touchy).
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"What part the game is that? Like they hustle backwards"
① A rhetorical critique of rivals acting against their own interests.② A play on the inability of the competition to gain ground, moving in reverse while B.I.G. progresses.
"slugs go touchy-touchy"
① Onomatopoeic description of bullets making contact with the skin.② A dark, ironic euphemism contrasting the violent impact of weaponry with the innocuous nature of the phrase 'touchy-touchy'.
Unmatched rhythmic pocket placement
High-density internal rhyme structures
Compelling, aggressive vocal delivery
Superior flow control
Vocabulary is relatively standard for the genre
Thematic content leans heavily into established 90s tropes