Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman)

Alone

Styles P

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

18

End

134

Internal

49

Multi

146

Slant

5

Chain

Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Hook: Styles P]
{"Alone✦ in the street"} One two three four
5 o'clock in the mornin,✦ you know I'm tryin to see more
{"Alone✦ in the street"} All day, all night
All by myself, you know that I'm all right
{"Alone✦ in the street"} Seven✦ eight nine ten eleven✦
12 PM, you know I'm tryin to get it in
{"Alone✦ in the street"} All day, all night
[Styles P]
Mad live, could learn to bounce out on a bad vibe
Or either✦ keep a gun in your cab ride
Have I thought about✦ my life as a bad guy?
Made a little money✦ sellin✦ rocks that was capsized✦
Robbed✦ a lot of people like I never✦ was baptized✦
Yeah I was a very✦ young teen when I took my shahadah
But got right off my deen when I could book the Ramada✦
Cause I'd rather✦ be a robber✦ or a midnight marauder
There's✦ a part of me that love bein gangster, all of me
I couldn't help but get in the game, the shit was callin✦ me
And I think that I was callin✦ it back
But you can't help but trip when you fall in the trap
If the Lord call, who got the phone for callin✦ him back?
Things are man-made, why don't you tell man to do that?
But he can't, so I'mma✦ stay on the spiritual flack
Cause it's a uphill battle when I'm dealin✦ with that
[Hook]
[Styles P]
Consider✦ this a sermon,✦ start to burnin✦
Never✦ said you was hard, I ain't give you the permit✦
I might think you vermin,✦ better✦ yet vomit✦
Alone✦ in the streets with the gun by the armpit✦
Can't put a shark with a pawn fish, it's conflict
Sorta✦ like mixin✦ boy scouts with the convicts
Somebody✦ gon' pay if somebody✦ gon' play
Cause the streets cold-hearted on a hot summer✦ day
If you gon' rap please stop, run away✦
Go home, flush ya crack then, give ya gun away✦
Cause the rules✦ is written down, in invisible ink
Just consider✦ what the critical think
Don't rat, do your bid in the clink; stand tall lil' boy
Get yourself a shrink if you're feelin✦ you're paranoid
But real talk, fuck jail talk, I know home's✦ sweet
Even✦ locked✦ down in a cage is where your dome be
[Hook] - echoes✦ at the end

Technical Breakdown

7.6
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 / Rhythm7.0

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity7.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control7.0

Performance and control

Computed Score7.57

Production

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Styles P utilizes a gritty, autobiographical narrative that blends street nihilism with spiritual crisis, grounding his wordplay in thematic duality between Islamic identity and criminal necessity.

B+
9.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
7
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
7.5
Wordplay
7
Delivery
Multisyllabic rhyme schemesSpiritual antithesisInternal rhyme densityNarrative retrospection
Rhyme Architecture: The verse relies on a robust AAAA-style multi-rhyme structure, favoring long 'i' and 'a' vowel sounds (vibe/ride/guy/baptized) to maintain a propulsive, gritty flow throughout the narrative arc.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"Made a little money sellin rocks that was capsized"

① Selling crack cocaine that was turned over or measured in small units.② A play on 'capsized' as being overturned or metaphorically sunk, implying the moral sinking of the seller.

"But got right off my deen when I could book the Ramada"

① Abandoning Islamic obligations ('deen') for the secular lifestyle of hotels.② A clever phonetic juxtaposition of the holy month 'Ramadan' with the 'Ramada' hotel brand.

"If the Lord call, who got the phone for callin him back?"

① The impossibility of humans communicating with the divine.② The lack of agency or 'connection' to God due to the speaker's descent into criminal entrapment.

Authentic, weary delivery style

Sophisticated internal rhyming

Compelling transition from street violence to existential inquiry

Occasional rhythmic rigidity

Some metaphors remain surface-level compared to the stronger spiritual inquiries

The hook is simplistic and lacks the lyrical depth of the verses

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