Tha Carter V

Open Safe

Lil Wayne

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

End

215

Internal

101

Multi

182

Slant

Chain

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[Verse 2]

When the dick was halfway^✦ in her

Damn, you ain't dead yet? I'm amazed,^✦ nigga^✦ ('Mazed)^✦

Guess what? I'm comin'^✦ back with that gauge, nigga^✦

Leather face, but I’m feeling like suede nigga^✦ (Woo)

Got you dizzy,^✦ turning over^✦ in your grave, nigga^✦ (Grave)

I could shoot this bitch and still drive straight, nigga^✦

Bap, bap, bap, bap, I'm irate,^✦ nigga^✦

5'5" stuntin' like I'm 5'8", nigga^✦ (What?)

Bumbu^✦ out the glass, no chase, nigga^✦ (Bumbu)^✦

Only^✦ smoke on gas, no brakes,^✦ nigga^✦

No brakes,^✦ road rage

My new money^✦ gonna^✦ die of old age

When they shoot, we don't race, we gon' need our own space (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Need a piece of that pie, we gon' need it homemade (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

I be comin'^✦ home late, bad bitch, long face (Yeah)

She do every^✦ single thing but rub me the wrong way

'96 Dom P, I have that with Corn Flakes^✦

And I never^✦ been intrigued by the patterns on snakes^✦

You could dump a dead body,^✦ man, I think I know a place

She gon' suck the prototype then swallow all the proteges, nigga^✦

[Chorus 2]

Lookin'^✦ like a open^✦ safe, nigga^✦ (Safe)

We in this bitch, lookin'^✦ like Miss Oprah's safe, nigga^✦ (We're safe)

My homie caught a whole case (Whole case)

Celebratin' like he got a cold case, nigga^✦ (Oh!)

Whew, wait, nigga^✦

Had to take a smoke break, nigga^✦

A smoke break, nigga^✦ (What?)

[Verse 3]

I stick her hands in the fan blades,^✦ nigga^✦

That's when she told me where her man stayed, nigga^✦

I ran up in that bitch on a rampage, nigga^✦

In the morning, brains in the pancakes,^✦ nigga^✦ (Ayy)

My bitch classy^✦ and she keep her classmates with her

Your bitch ashy^✦ and she keep a ashtray^✦ with her

Had to do it one time for my skate niggas^✦ (Skate)

Skate up on you, blam-blam,^✦ skate away,^✦ nigga^✦ (Blam-blam)^✦

Kick push, that means grind and get paid, nigga^✦ (Paid)

These pay cuts bleed through the Band-Aid, nigga^✦ (Damn)

So walk it like you talk it, sashay,^✦ nigga^✦

Skate up on you, blam-blam,^✦ okay,^✦ nigga^✦

I just left José, nigga,^✦ I just left José, nigga^✦

Federales on my ass, fuckin'^✦ had a boat chase, nigga^✦

They didn't see no face, nigga,^✦ your bitch spent the whole day with us

If she open^✦ her fuckin'^✦ mouth, knock all the white out, no racism

That's cold, homies,^✦ pump that bass, nigga^✦

And sometimes we close the safe, nigga,^✦ but there ain't no code to break niggas^✦

I capitalize off my own mistakes,^✦ you lowercase, nigga^✦

Your bitch cut her legs when they was on my shoulder blades,^✦ nigga^✦

Don't hate (Don't hate), call a ace a ace, nigga^✦

Got Mack with me up in this bitch and a MAC just in case, nigga^✦ (MAC)

I'm a Scarface, nigga,^✦ fuck your human^✦ race, nigga^✦ (Fuck your human^✦ race)

I'm on base, nigga,^✦ yeah, Lil Tunechi safe, nigga^✦ (Safe)

[Chorus 3]

Uh, lookin'^✦ like an open^✦ safe, nigga^✦ (Safe)

We in this bih lookin'^✦ like an open^✦ safe, nigga^✦ (Safe)

Ya, uh, lookin'^✦ like an open^✦ safe, nigga^✦ (Safe)

We in this bih lookin'^✦ like an open^✦ safe, nigga,^✦ yeah

Your ho smilin'^✦ in my face, nigga^✦

She outta^✦ line, she out of place, nigga^✦

I hope that they gon' think that I'ma^✦ have faith in her (Hell no)

Bitch screamed when the dick was halfway^✦ in her

Technical Breakdown

8.9

Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres7.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm10.0

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity6.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.5

Performance and control

Computed Score8.86

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Wayne utilizes a relentless AAAA rhyme scheme centered on the 'ate/afe' sound, demonstrating elite breath control and rhythmic mastery that overcomes a relatively straightforward lyrical content.

A+

9.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

7.5

Wordplay

8.5

Delivery

Monorhyme progressionInternal rhyme densityAggressive vocal inflectionRhythmic syncopation

Rhyme Architecture: A highly dense monorhyme architecture centered on a long-A vowel sound (ate/afe), maintained across almost every bar, creating a percussive, trance-like flow.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"Leather face, but I’m feeling like suede nigga"

① A reference to the 'Leatherface' horror character implies a violent, rough, or cold persona.② Suede represents a soft, luxurious, and smooth texture, contrasting the violent imagery with his current high-status, comfortable financial position.

"My new money gonna die of old age"

① Literal wealth that is so significant it will last for a lifetime.② A play on 'old money' (generational wealth), suggesting he is creating his own legacy that will persist until it becomes 'old' through the passage of time.

"She gon' suck the prototype then swallow all the proteges"

① A sexually explicit metaphor involving the artist as the original (prototype).② A dismissal of his peers or copycats (proteges), suggesting he is the source and they are subordinates who will be consumed or eclipsed by his influence.

Exceptional rhythmic consistency

High-energy, authoritative delivery

Seamless integration of internal rhymes with end rhymes

Cohesive structural focus

Simpler vocabulary compared to peak lyrical complexity

Reliance on shock-value imagery over complex narrative depth

Redundant thematic subject matter

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