Tha Carter II
Get Over
Lil Wayne
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
19
End
232
Internal
125
Multi
241
Slant
7
Chain
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[Chorus: Nikki Jean & Lil Wayne]
Though, though I'm missing✦ you (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(I miss my dawg, I can't believe✦ that it's over)✦
I'll find a way to get through (But I'm a soldier,✦ so I gotta✦ get over)✦
I know livin'✦ without✦ ya is impossible✦ (Can't stay sober,✦ I'm just tryna✦ get over)✦
And I, I know you gon' live on (Real rap for you)
(Man, I miss my dawg, I can't believe✦ that it's over)✦
'Cause you were my brother✦ (My sister,✦ but I'm a soldier,✦ so I gotta✦ get over)✦
And I love ya, and I miss ya, oh-oh✦ (Can't stay sober,✦ I'm just tryna✦ get over)✦
[Verse 2]
And now we smoke kush all day and pop painkillers (Yeah)
Fuck who don't understand it, this what the game did us
This what the streets showed✦ us, this how the block made us
The same block where they layed 'em (Damn)
I pray every✦ time I cross the spot on the pavement, save me
Lord, will I be next for the taking?✦ Take me
I know I'm livin'✦ like I know when I'm comin'✦
But I'm just livin'✦ 'cause I know that it's comin'✦
And the end is comin',✦ but I ain't runnin',✦ I ain't hidin'✦ and duckin'✦
I'm in the middle of a war, I'm alive✦ and love it
I'm just speakin' from the heart of the dyin' public
We still beatin',✦ we gon' rise above✦ it
Though it seem like they cheatin' and we losin'✦
We survive,✦ if nothin'✦
They could never✦ take the stride from struggling
I gotta✦ ride, and sometimes that ride get bloody✦
But I just think about✦ my buddy✦ and go after✦ that money✦
But, uh
[Bridge: Nikki Jean & Lil Wayne]
Oh (Yeah), we gotta✦ get over✦ (Yeah)
We gotta✦ get over,✦ we gotta✦ get over✦ (Yeah)
It's almost✦ over✦ (I said, I said I gotta✦ get over)✦
And we gon' be alright (I gotta✦ get over)✦
('Cause, bitch, I'm a soldier)✦
[Verse 3]
Straight Patrón out the bottle to the head now (Bitch)
We gettin'✦ red now, bitch, my nigga✦ dead now (Bitch)
And all the things I never✦ said, I gotta✦ say it now (Damn)
I shoulda said it then, now I gotta✦ talk to clouds (Damn)
Now I gotta✦ walk around, brim down
Just tryin' to find my way 'til the next day, escape✦
Your birthday✦ could be your death date
So I'm livin'✦ like it was just yesterday,✦ let's pray
Ten fingers together,✦ can't bring 'em together✦
It's murda-murda, I don't think it get better✦
So be a competitor or get out the weather
Me? I got an umbrella and a Beretta (Rah)
I'm just tryin' to make sure my daughter future✦ progressin'
And behind✦ that, I'm shootin' excessive✦ (Bang), trust me (Yeah)
The beautiful dead, we living✦ with the ugly✦
I just tell my pops, "Wait for me, I'm comin'"✦
[Chorus: Nikki Jean & Lil Wayne]
Though, though I'm missing✦ you (Yeah, yeah)
(Man, I miss my dawg, I can't believe✦ that it's over)✦
I'll find a way to get through (But I'm a soldier,✦ so I gotta✦ get over)✦
I know livin'✦ without✦ ya is impossible✦ (Can't stay sober,✦ I'm just tryna✦ get over)✦
And I, I know you gon' live on (They ask me what's wrong)
(Man, I miss my dawg, I can't believe✦ that it's over)✦
'Cause you were my brother✦ (My sister,✦ but I'm a soldier,✦ so I gotta✦ get over)✦
And I love ya, and I miss ya, oh-oh✦ (Can't stay sober,✦ I'm just tryna✦ get over)✦
[Outro]
They ask me why I wear shades at nighttime
(Man, I miss my dawg, I can't believe✦ that it's over)✦
'Cause I don't wanna✦ see nothin'✦ (But I'm a soldier,✦ so I gotta✦ get over)✦
Yeah (Can't stay sober,✦ I'm just tryna✦ get over)✦
Like I said (Man)
Life ain't nothin'✦ but a long extended road, keep drivin'✦
(But I'm a soldier,✦ so I gotta✦ get over)✦
I done passed✦ up plenty✦ people on the side of road, no help
Keep goin', yeah (I'm just tryna✦ get over)✦
Lost a lot of passengers on the ride, kept goin', yep
(But I'm a soldier,✦ so I gotta✦ get—)
Who knows when I'll run outta✦ gas? Yeah (Over)✦
Technical Breakdown
7.7
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 Complexity6.0
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control7.5
Performance and control
Computed Score7.66
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
The verse utilizes raw, cathartic emotional delivery to mask the internal complexity of its multisyllabic rhyme schemes, effectively blending street-level realism with philosophical existentialism.
B+
9.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
7.5
Cadence / Flow
6
Vocabulary
6.5
Wordplay
7.5
Delivery
Multisyllabic chainingEnd-rhyme repetitionAnadiplosisEmotional juxtaposition
Rhyme Architecture: Wayne employs a highly consistent AAAA sequence focused on 'us' and 'ay' vowel sounds, maintaining a relentless internal rhyme cadence that grounds the flow in the streets before expanding into existential anxiety.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"This what the game did us / This what the streets showed us / This how the block made us"
① A literal description of how environment and industry shaped the rapper's identity.② A fatalistic acknowledgement that the 'game' and 'streets' are active agents that have fundamentally altered or destroyed the narrator's state of being.
"I know I'm livin' like I know when I'm comin' / But I'm just livin' 'cause I know that it's comin'"
① Living with the nihilistic certainty of one's own impending death.② The act of existing as a form of defiance against the inevitable end ('it's coming').
Exceptional technical mastery of rhyme density
Compelling transition from personal grief to sociopolitical commentary
Strong command of breath control and pacing
Occasionally reliant on repetitive thematic tropes of the era
Limited vocabulary breadth in favor of phonetic density