I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind
Hard
Killer Mike
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
30
End
189
Internal
82
Multi
233
Slant
6
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Hook]
I'm super✦ clean, I'm super✦ hard
An ultraviolet✦ ray, I shine from afar✦
Bitch, don't you know who we are?
Bitch, don't you know who we are?
I'm super✦ clean, I'm super✦ hard
An ultraviolet✦ ray, I shine from afar✦
Bitch, don't you know who we are?
Bitch, don't you know who we are?
[Verse 2 - MJG]
(Don't you know who I are?)
I'm pimp tight, M-J!
I know mad hating✦
But my infrared beam spot you like a dalmatian✦
My Tuesday ho riding✦ 'round with my Friday✦ bitch
That's what you call teamwork, nigga✦ try this shit
If you a pimp, pimping✦ hard, keep it pimping✦
Working✦ hard hoes and hard-working✦ women✦
I got a Caddy✦ make a nigga✦ want to get a Caddy✦
A Cadillac? Nigga,✦ naw, it's a super✦ Caddy✦
With a super✦ motor, it make it go super✦ fast
Give me all my money✦ bitch ho, do the math
I don't even✦ want half, ho I want it all
Mind, money,✦ heart, soul I'ma✦ sell your drawers
And put your mouth up right, do it, half price
Just right too, half-black and half-white✦
Don't even✦ act shy, ho I know you with it
Do it Vivica✦ Fox did it, reach out and get it
[Hook]
[Verse 3 - 8Ball]
Big Ball, my girl say I got a hustle belly✦
She like to climb on top and ride that roller✦ coaster baby✦
Up and down, round and round, super✦ clean, super✦ mean
Fly like a gulf stream, purple in my bloodstream
A yellow✦ Cindarella cigarillo for my green
Hit the club 30 deep like a football team
Southern rap royalty, hated✦ in the industry
Ghetto✦ superstar, number✦ love for us in the streets
Any✦ city,✦ any✦ town, stick me where the 'hood at
Talking✦ 'bout my life up on this mic that's what I'm good at
Still keep my heat even✦ though I know them boys watching✦
And it ain't never✦ took a lot for me to get it popping✦
I'm dropping✦ shit on niggas✦ talking✦ 'bout they running thangs
I'm hitting evil bitches in the forehead with this game
Lame niggas✦ imitate but they can't do the same
Fuck all haters, go and get your money✦ mayne
[Hook]
[Verse 4 - Killer Mike]
I'm player fly, I'm player fresh
Fresh, dress to impress like when pimps pet the flesh
Animal skins with the men from my toe to chest
Ponyhair, Morris slippers✦ slippers✦ 4X, matching✦ vest
I'm feeling good, I'm looking 'hood
As I watch the world through the Benz logo✦ on the hood
Fly boy, fat boy, fat boy, fly boy
I adore✦ women✦ that's thick like Ki-Toy✦
I'm starting to feel like young Willie Dynamite✦
32 flavours baby:✦ got 'em black, brown, white
Even✦ got an Asian,✦ sex is amazing
Hair to her ass and I think she Malaysian✦
Taking✦ yoga✦ classes, she said when I hit her
The down south dick nearly✦ ripped✦ her and split her
Every✦ time I'm with her it's Grind Time Official
Cause I be like "Uhh" and she be like "Killa..."✦
[Hook]
[Outro]
That there we have it nigga,✦ pimping✦ 101, man
That's right 101 from goddamn rule 1 to rule 3
Hope ya'll soaked✦ this shit up nigga✦
What I want you to do if you didn't understand it cause I was going too fast for you
Cause I do move at a terrific speed of one thousand thirty✦ seven✦ and thirty✦ miles✦ per hour
You back that shit up and slow it down
You might have to screw it nigga✦
Technical Breakdown
7.5
Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes9.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres5.0
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm8.0
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity6.0
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control7.0
Performance and control
Computed Score7.55
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
MJG delivers a rhythmically competent and character-driven performance that relies on Southern pimp-rap tropes and consistent internal rhyme structures rather than complex lyrical abstraction.
B+
9.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
8
Cadence / Flow
6
Vocabulary
5
Wordplay
7
Delivery
Internal rhyme chainsRhythmic syncopationAABB rhyme scheme adaptationCharacter-driven cadence
Rhyme Architecture: The verse utilizes a foundation of AABB end-rhyme couplets heavily augmented by dense internal multisyllabic clusters, focusing on phonemic consistency rather than abstract wordplay.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"infrared beam spot you like a dalmatian"
① The literal red laser sight of a firearm targeting an opponent.② The visual comparison between the pattern of dots created by a laser sight and the spotted coat of a dalmatian dog.
"Working hard hoes and hard-working women"
① The exploitation of sex workers in a pimping context.② A play on the phrase 'hard-working' to contrast literal labor with the specific industry of the persona.
Strong command of flow and pocket placement
Cohesive persona maintenance
High density of internal rhyming
Clear, authoritative vocal delivery
Low metaphorical density
Relies on established genre tropes
Limited linguistic complexity
Lack of multi-layered entendres