Monster
All I Know
Killer Mike
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
18
End
149
Internal
112
Multi
281
Slant
7
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[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 Entendres7.0
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 Control7.5
Performance and control
Computed Score7.71
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
Killer Mike utilizes aggressive rhythmic repetition and heavy assonance to underscore systemic critique, prioritizing percussive phonetics over complex metaphor.
B+
9.5
Multisyllabic
8.5
Internal Rhymes
7.5
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
7
Wordplay
7.5
Delivery
AnadiplosisEpistropheInternal Rhyme ChainsPolitical SatireAlliteration
Rhyme Architecture: Mike employs a relentless, percussive AAAA chain focused on the 'u-er' sound, building tension through repetition before shifting to a thematic resolution on the 'America' rhyme.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"terrible miracle"
① The oxymoronic nature of success attained through ethically compromised methods.② A religious allusion to 'signs and wonders' subverted into the harsh reality of urban survival.
"celebrated like Captain America"
① A literal comparison to a cultural icon of American morality.② A scathing critique of American imperialism and the nation's capacity to reward those who commit atrocities under the guise of patriotism.
Exceptional rhythmic drive and cadence control
Strong social commentary delivered with surgical precision
Effective use of repetition to build intensity
High density of internal rhyming
Wordplay is occasionally secondary to the rhythmic pattern
Limited metaphorical variety compared to the technical proficiency of the rhyme scheme
Reliance on stark, direct language limits subtle layerings