I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind II

Why?

Killer Mike

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

18

End

130

Internal

66

Multi

200

Slant

6

Chain

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Chorus✦ (2x)
(Verse)
I never✦ figured this nigga✦ would pull this shit that he pulled✦
What is strange is the change some niggas✦ go through
When they're locked✦ down and really✦ can't hack it
A motherfucker like me handles a bid like a jacket✦
Strap it on my back, but niggas✦ ain't built like me
And by the end, niggas✦ was like "Yo, why you killed✦ Mike, D?"
Wasn't me, but yeah he had it coming to him
Used✦ to be my dog, so I let my cousin✦ do him
Sent him out of state with like half a brick down to my spot in VA
Cause the money✦ comes✦ quick
Half of that got fucked✦ up before✦ I even✦ got the check in on him (damn)
Mistakes happen✦ so I really✦ wasn't wreckin' on him (damn)
Got him up out of there and sent him down a little further
Ain't heard from him in two months, murder,✦ murder✦
And from the next flight thinking I might have to steal something✦
This hungry✦ shit will make a nigga✦ wanna✦ kill something✦ (come on)
Chorus✦ (2x)
(Verse)
Listen,✦ money✦ is missing and it's hectic (what?)
Found the safe, checked✦ it, shit looks defected✦ (what?)
Just what I expected✦ when I got no word from him
Asked✦ around✦ but ain't nobody✦ heard from him (uh-huh)
But money✦ talks and most niggas✦ is snakes✦
So it wasn't long before✦ his man was ready✦ to take
Me to where he was at, checked✦ my gat, threw in a full clip
Pumped✦ myself up, cause I can't go for that bullshit (come on)
Fuckin'✦ with my last load of cash ain't the issue
It's just real fucked✦ up when your man tries to diss you
Thinkin back for niggas✦ in New York and how they told me so
Now I gots to knock his boots, he owes✦ me dough
Layin' up with a ho, then he hit me with the sob story✦ (come on)
The famous✦ "Oh, you didn't know I got robbed?"✦ story✦ (come on)
Told him "It's me you should be grateful to
Fuck that bitch! Look at what she made you do"
Now there's✦ love lost and a double cross
Pointed at that bitch, turned✦ her brains into✦ sauce
So you wanna✦ be Willy✦ (uh) and talk to me like I'm silly✦ (yeah)
Five bottles of Moët on the floor, boxes✦ of Phillies (uh)
Ten G's in the shoebox under✦ the bed
And for every✦ G I put a fuckin'✦ slug in his head
And from then on, the moral✦ to the story✦ if you missed✦ it
Is the grain will always be there, just never✦ go against it
Repeat✦ 1 (2x)
You cats must not know

Technical Breakdown

7.8
Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

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 Control7.5

Performance and control

Computed Score7.76

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The verse utilizes a narrative-first approach where internal rhyme density serves the story's tension rather than acting as a distraction, maintaining a gritty, grounded realism typical of the mid-2000s Southern storytelling subgenre.

B+
9.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
7.5
Cadence / Flow
7
Vocabulary
6.5
Wordplay
7.5
Delivery
Assonant internal rhyming chainsCinematic narrative progressionCausal link sequencingAggressive prosodic delivery
Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AABB/CCDD couplet-based storytelling, heavily interspersed with multi-syllabic internal rhymes that bridge the gap between end-line cadences.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"handles a bid like a jacket"

① A literal coat worn over the back, suggesting ease and normality.② A prison sentence (a 'bid') is treated as a routine, manageable burden, implying resilience and lack of struggle.

"shit looks defected"

① The physical state of the safe or the money inside is damaged/faulty.② The relationship or the person (the associate) has 'defected' or betrayed the narrator, linking the object's condition to the person's character.

Exceptional rhythmic consistency that facilitates a conversational yet urgent tone

Strong narrative arc that effectively builds from betrayal to violent resolution

High density of internal rhymes that emphasize the narrator's state of mind

Occasional reliance on genre tropes regarding street violence

Some punchlines prioritize narrative bluntness over complex lyrical ambiguity

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