Monster

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Killer Mike

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Second^✦ City^✦ man, Second^✦ Gangster^✦ Capital of the World

The Co-City^✦ of Gangsterism^✦ (Yup) y'all already^✦ know what it is

If you hollering that gangster^✦ shit and you ain't from L.A. or Chicago^✦

You might be telling a motherfucking^✦ lie, man (You might be lyin')

What's up to the homeboys in Chicago^✦ (Uh huh), what up to the Wild 100's man (Uh huh)

What up to the VL's, the GD's? (Uh huh, south side and west side!)

Man I want to take this time, I'm smokin'^✦

But I'm going to take this time to say free Larry^✦ Hoover^✦ man (Free Hoover!)^✦

Organized this shit like none other^✦ man

Took the Gangster^✦ Discipleism to growth and development (Yes)

That's what the fuck I'm talking^✦ about^✦ man (Free Hoover!)^✦

Can't forget^✦ the Fruit of Islam,^✦ Farrakhan

Putting^✦ it down man (Peace and blessings!) like none other^✦

Stoney^✦ Island,^✦ Mosque Maryam,^✦ I'm in there man (Yup)

I'm in there gettin'^✦ my religion^✦ on man, gettin'^✦ my mind right (Yeah)

A black man can do for self, all the lessons, y'all know what it is, man

What up to the Chi-Town: Twista,^✦ Kanye, Common^✦

Everybody puttin'^✦ it down (Uh huh) Park J

Next city^✦ (Goon squad, what's happenin'?)^✦ Washington,^✦ wild ass D.C. (Washington!)^✦

That's right, nigga,^✦ I said it (I ain't talkin'^✦ 'bout George Bushy)^✦

To them niggas^✦ in the Northwest niggas^✦ in the Northeast^✦ (Uh huh)

Niggas^✦ in the Southeast^✦ (Uh huh), hey man

That's one of them cities^✦ where you go in thinkin'^✦ that shit a motherfucking^✦ game

Thinkin'^✦ that shit all about^✦ some playin' and go going

And they will bust your motherfucking^✦ head (Brrap!)

That's why I fuck with them G's (Brrap!) in that D.C. man

The District of Columbia, no joke, been puttin'^✦ that murder^✦ game down

Fuckin'^✦ with y'all, appreciate y'all listeninship (Jeah), y'all loyalty to your boy (Jeah)

Next city,^✦ New York, New York (It's Brooklyn in the house!)

Big city^✦ of dreams, fucking^✦ with the boy Killer^✦ (What's up with MOP!)

And a few other^✦ things, that's right, New York (Tame!) man

What up to my niggas^✦ in Harlem^✦ (Billy!)^✦ man, fucking^✦ with the Dipset^✦

Them niggas^✦ off Staten^✦ Island^✦

Y'all already^✦ know them niggas^✦ coming^✦ to the party,^✦ dusted^✦

And doin' it like nobody^✦ else do it (Pop pop pop pop pop)

To the originators of this shit, them boys in the Br-Br-Bronx (KRS!)

South South Bronx, y'all already^✦ know it is

The lineage in the Bronx so thorough man, how can you name them all (Name them ALL!)

But I'm gonna^✦ name these two, man, what up to the homeboy^✦ Fat Joe (Terror Squad)

What up to the triple, quadruple, goddamn^✦ octagonal OG (KRS-One!) man

BDP been putting^✦ it down (Ah ah!), my inspiration^✦ to the South Bronx man

My Aunt Bernice in the South Bronx, what's happenin'^✦ girl

Get the fish and chips ready^✦ for when I come back up there man

New York, Queens man, I see you (I see you!) stand on up on it, man (N.O.R.E)

I'm even^✦ down on the lower^✦ east side (Nasir!) buyin' shoes at Nord, holler^✦ at your boy man (Jeah!)

Next city,^✦ man, Detroit,^✦ break out your motherfuckin'^✦ pink gators, Michigan, I'm talkin'^✦ 'bout (On the Mile!)

Never^✦ have I seen playerism^✦ and murderism^✦ stand so strong together^✦ (Jake Bates,^✦ all my Detroit^✦ playas)

What up to homies,^✦ all the Miles^✦ man, the 7 Mile (All my Detroit^✦ playas), the 8 Mile, all the other^✦ Miles^✦

What up to my homeboy^✦ Bizarre, because that's my nigga^✦ for real (CRAZY!)^✦

What up to Big Boy, you know what I'm saying, what up to D12, Em

The whole shady^✦ aftermath movement, I'm fucking^✦ with y'all, Detroit^✦ holdin'^✦ a nigga^✦ down

Fuck around^✦ in Detroit,^✦ talkin'^✦ that bullshit,^✦ you get your ass drug, man

What up to the OG Trick Trick up there, I see you homeboy^✦ (Yup) holler^✦ at your shit man

Y'all 'ready^✦ know, holler^✦ at your boy Killer,^✦ I fuck with you Trick

Fuckin'^✦ with Detroit^✦ hard, man, lovely^✦ ladies^✦ in the D-Town and the Pistons world

Tell me, holler^✦ at the boy (The Fat Killahz, what's up boys), 'KAY, we gonna^✦ do it like this here

Next city,^✦ Dallas^✦ (Dallas!)^✦ Fort Worth (Fort Worth!)

Them DSR boys (Uh huh) goddamn^✦ Big Tuck, Tum Tum (Yeah) Fat Beezy^✦ I see you puttin'^✦ it down, nigga^✦

I'm talkin'^✦ 'bout, this is where I first got fucked^✦ up off lean (First!)

I'm fucking^✦ with Big Mo in the club (High as a mother^✦ fucker!)^✦

I'm thinking it's just some Kool-Aid, I drank that shit and I can't rap (Couldn't come down!)

So what up to all the niggas^✦ in Dallas,^✦ everything^✦ in Dallas^✦ they do big

Booties is big, Rims is big (Uh huh)

Goddamn^✦ Promotions and Marketing on the underground is big (Way big!)

Everything^✦ in Dallas^✦ is big (Cups of lean!)

And if you ain't doing the shit big, you need to get the fuck out (Getthefuckout!)^✦

Dallas^✦ goddamn^✦ got more fat rappers *cough*

Than a goddamn^✦ fat boy (I'm still smokin')^✦ fan club, so you know them niggas^✦ eatin'^✦

I'm still smokin',^✦ so I'm still coughin' (Uh huh)

So you get it, just like I'm doing in here

Dallas^✦ held a nigga^✦ down like they were forced^✦ to do, what up next man?

Goddamn^✦ one of the player capitals of the world man, what's happenin'^✦ San Francisco?

Fillmore^✦ street man (Fillmore^✦ Slim!)

Y'all already^✦ know how them niggas^✦ putting^✦ it down in San Fran' (Yeah!)

I'm fucking^✦ with you hard man

JT the Bigga^✦ Figga^✦ man all them niggas^✦ throughout^✦ the whole Bay Area^✦

I'm talking^✦ about^✦ Vallejo (E-40!) East Palo^✦ Alto,^✦ Oakland (Turf Talk!) puttin'^✦ it down (3X Krazy!)^✦

San Fran' y'all mash with y'all niggas,^✦ so I'm mashin'^✦ with y'all (Spice 1 nigga!)^✦

And I got a back problem so I get a goddamn^✦ prescription^✦

For all the weed I want (Jeaah!) when I'm out that bitch

Next, next city^✦ nigga,^✦ Indianapolis,^✦ Indiana nigga,^✦ that's right

Fuckin'^✦ with my nigga^✦ (It's goin' down!) Edwin^✦ James^✦ up there (E James!)^✦

I already^✦ know Indianapolis^✦ putting^✦ that shit down

Like all the gangster^✦ cities^✦ in the Midwest man (I'm comin'^✦ soon baby!)^✦

They puttin'^✦ that shit down so crucial, so hard

Go up there and fuckin'^✦ 'round if you want to

First of all, them niggas^✦ will jack you for your bitch (Take it)

Jack you for your shit (Yup) leave you in a ditch (Like that)

Indianapolis^✦ hardcore^✦ nigga,^✦ if you don't believe^✦ it?

Read the motherfuckin'^✦ murder^✦ dog and see what them boys talking^✦ about^✦ up there (Okay)^✦

Last city^✦ man, last but not least, city^✦ that held a southern cousin^✦ down like none other^✦

(Went down once, got my dick sucked^✦ twice)

Cleveland motherfucking^✦ Ohio^✦ nigga^✦ that's right

They held me down like they held down the goddamn^✦ Brown

When they didn't have a team nigga^✦ was still rockin'^✦ for 'em (Believe^✦ it man)

So I'm fucking^✦ with them 10 cities^✦ man, we lookin'^✦ to pick up 100 more cities^✦ man (Yuh)

If I ain't named^✦ ya city,^✦ mash with me harder^✦ nigga^✦ (Yuh)

But them is my 10 traps, I'm stayin' down (Jeah)

Killer^✦ Kill (Jeah) Grind time (Jeah) you already^✦ know the Grind Time compilation^✦ (Jeah) comin'^✦ soon

Killer^✦ Mike (Jeah) Ghetto^✦ Extraordinary^✦ August^✦ 30th (Jeah)

The new label Purple Ribbon^✦ (Jeah) jumpin'^✦ off a compilation^✦ in September (Jeah)

Fuck with your boy man (Jeah) fuck with your boy (Jeah)

This tape was made with the specific purpose of endin'^✦ all that bullshit^✦ talk (All the bullshit)^✦

All that bullshit^✦ beef talk (Fuck 'em) all that where he went talk

I'm in your motherfucking^✦ stereo^✦ (Stereo)^✦ ya bitches J-J-Jeah! (Jeah!) J-J-Jeah! (Jeah!)

I'm gonna^✦ end this by sayin' (Mmhmm) respect the motherfuckin'^✦ South (Respec' it)

And free Pimp C (Free Pimp!), get at me nigga^✦ (Free Pimp), free Mac, free Turk nigga,^✦ free goddamn^✦ C Murder^✦ (Yeah)

Bring our people home nigga^✦ (Yeah) y'all already^✦ know what it is J-J-Jeah!

[Outro]

Hey, one more:

The U.S. government has a million^✦ dollar bounty^✦ on the head of Assata^✦ Shakur^✦

Y'all niggas^✦ go on the internet, check that shit out, man

That was Pac aunt, she in exile^✦ right now in Cuba^✦

Don't let them bring our mamas^✦ home man and put her in no cage

Just a little consciousness for all y'all wanna^✦ be rap trap motherfuckers

Get your shit together^✦

'Cause even^✦ if you're a revolutionary^✦ or a dope dealer^✦

Once they get our ass in jail they still call us nigga^✦

So let's take care of one another, holla^✦ at your boy man

Killer,^✦ I'm better^✦ than all these niggas,^✦ yeah

(Trendsetter,^✦ Trendsetter)^✦

Technical Breakdown

8.5

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 / Rhythm10.0

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 Score8.46

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The verse functions more as a performative, rhythmic oratorical address than a lyrical exercise, leveraging conversational cadence and regional shout-outs to build authenticity.

9.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

Wordplay

7.5

Delivery

Conversational cadenceGeographic anchoringVocal layeringRhythmic syncopationStream of consciousness

Rhyme Architecture: Extremely loose, conversational flow that prioritizes the pocket over fixed stanza structures. The rhyme scheme relies on recurring regional signifiers and repeated vocal ad-libs (the 'uh-huh' and 'man' anchors) to maintain momentum.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"I ain't talkin' 'bout George Bushy"

① A clarification that he is referring to the city of Washington, D.C. as a street location, not the political entity of George W. Bush.② A dismissive jab at political figures, distinguishing between the 'real' streets and the superficial nature of political power.

Commanding presence and authoritative vocal tone

Excellent rhythmic management within a conversational structure

Effective use of ad-libs to create a dense, live-session aesthetic

Low density of wordplay/metaphorical complexity

Structure is anecdotal rather than thematic

Over-reliance on shout-outs rather than narrative progression

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