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Killer Mike

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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Internal

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[Verse 2: Future & Eryn Allen Kane]

Yeah, diamonds shaped^✦ like a tear drop

I got the streets in a headlock

Fly just like a skydiver

Spirit,^✦ I can get man-slaughtered

Suicide door on the Range Rover^✦

Dependin' on the time I was layin' up

I could've been wearin'^✦ an animal^✦

Pull up and get at you in a Lambo^✦

When it gets hard, nigga^✦ took a gamble (Take a gamble)

Tryna^✦ avoid^✦ cameras,^✦ breakin' my heart tryna^✦ avoid^✦ cameras^✦

I keep shit loaded^✦ like a bando^✦ (Loaded^✦ like a bando)^✦

Learned how to turn a trap house to a mansion

Watched me watch the world take my pain and balance^✦ it

It's better^✦ to be an outcast in a world of envious (Oh, yeah)

White socks, FILA^✦ flip flop, Chanel^✦ vintage^✦ 'til infinity^✦

I'ma^✦ live, I'ma^✦ live forever^✦

[Verse 3: Killer Mike]

Music,^✦ computers and robbers and looters^✦

And looters^✦ with shooters,^✦ and shooters^✦ with Rugers^✦

And shooters^✦ with Rugers,^✦ CDs with my tooters^✦

And my tutors taught me a terrible miracle

You can lie, cheat and still kill in America^✦

Be celebrated like Captain^✦ America^✦

Fuck it, I'm with it, let's get it

This nigga^✦ and niggress and Bentley valetin' in Lenox

Man, I'm a villain^✦ with children

So I'm never^✦ chillin', I gotta^✦ make millions^✦

I used^✦ to be dope with the dealin'^✦

But that got a ceilin'^✦ and we know the usual^✦ endin'^✦

And niggas^✦ get rich and go bitch and go fail and go snitch

And then fuck up they family^✦ and friends

Me, I go to Germany, earn me a couple of millions^✦

Return^✦ with a couple of Benzes^✦

Or go to Brazil^✦ and just kick it and chill

'Til I'm over^✦ the hill and still fuckin'^✦ on women^✦

The world got no mercy,^✦ so I had to show 'em

Like Percy^✦ with me, it just can't be no limit^✦

A hundred percentage^✦ authentic, see I got no gimmicks

So I ain't protectin'^✦ no image^✦

My style original, pivotal, it's goin' digital

Niggas^✦ you like is a mimic^✦

I am a menace^✦ that's movin'^✦ on vengeance^✦

I promise my opp that my anger^✦ is endless

It ain't enough that I took out my opp and his block

We burned^✦ down his whole fuckin'^✦ village^✦

Did it with smile, not a grimace

It was my pleasure to see that this fuck nigga^✦ finished

If you get offended, then fuck it, my nigga^✦

I'm with it, I'm hittin',^✦ let's get this shit in it

Back of the club, the immaculate thug

With bottles of bub' and some asses^✦ to rub

Look at me bitch, look at me, look at me bitch

Look at the crook in me bitch

Look at me hit you with crooked D

Now I got you walkin'^✦ crookedly, they should be bookin'^✦ me

They should be bookin'^✦ me, know that they won't

I am Theolonius Monk in a donk

Kickin'^✦ that jazz, collectin'^✦ my bag

I'm talkin'^✦ milli', ain't talkin'^✦ Vanilli

Had to get that hatin'^✦ nigga^✦ from near me

I do not move like a regular^✦ Joe

I am not moved^✦ by no regular^✦ hoe

I do not wish for no regular^✦ life

I did not marry^✦ a regular^✦ wife

You think that I'm losin'?^✦ You smokin'^✦ a pipe

[Outro: Eryn Allen Kane & Future]

I'ma^✦ live, I'ma^✦ live forever^✦

They don't make 'em like this

I'ma^✦ live, I'ma^✦ live forever^✦

Send some security^✦

Standin' in the rain (Just take me away)^✦

Washin'^✦ all my sins (Washin'^✦ all my–)

The streets ain't the same

They spin one time, they'll spin again^✦

I'ma^✦ live, I'ma^✦ live forever^✦

Go make love to an angel^✦

I'ma^✦ live, I'ma^✦ live forever^✦

While the devil^✦ in my head

Devil's in my head

Technical Breakdown

7.7

Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes8.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres6.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm7.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity7.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control7.8

Performance and control

Computed Score7.73

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— André 3000, No I.D., DJ Paul, James Blake, Twhy Xclusive

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Killer Mike utilizes a high-velocity, percussive phonetic layering technique that effectively bridges social commentary with aggressive rhythmic propulsion, though the lyrical complexity is secondary to the sonic force of his internal rhyme strings.

B+

9.5

Multisyllabic

8.5

Internal Rhymes

7.5

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

6.5

Wordplay

7.8

Delivery

AnadiplosisEpistropheAlliterationConsonance-heavy chain rhyming

Rhyme Architecture: The verse employs a high-density, iterative rhyme scheme utilizing 'oo-er' vowel sounds as a foundation, cascading through multi-syllabic clusters that prioritize rhythmic consistency over linear narrative progression.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"tutors taught me a terrible miracle"

① The paradox of achieving success ('miracle') through a life of crime or harsh experiences ('terrible').② The systemic irony where the 'tutors' (the streets or the environment) provide an education that is objectively destructive yet yields 'miraculous' survival.

"Be celebrated like Captain America"

① A literal reference to the comic book hero as a symbol of American virtue.② A scathing critique of American power structures that reward individuals who succeed through corruption, equating their hollow status to the synthetic fame of a superhero.

Exceptional rhythmic integration where the rhyme scheme drives the urgency of the message

Effective use of repetitive phonetic structures to build tension

Sharp socio-political observation delivered with high-impact vocal intensity

Occasional reliance on simpler rhyme patterns to maintain the momentum

The density of the rhyme scheme at times obscures the depth of the social critique

Less focus on multi-layered wordplay compared to the technical proficiency of the cadence

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