Funeral
Funeral
Lil Wayne
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
32
End
160
Internal
125
Multi
165
Slant
7
Chain
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Welcome✦ to the funeral,✦ yeah
Closed✦ casket✦ as usual✦
Yeah, welcome✦ to the funeral✦
The choir's singin'✦ musicals✦
Kumbaya,✦ it's beautiful✦
I bust in with that Uzi,✦ though
And they look like they saw Lucifer✦
Rrr
Welcome✦ to the funeral✦
We not welcome,✦ we intruded, though
You wanted✦ smoke until✦ you blew the smoke
(Phew)
That's just unexcusable✦
Welcome✦ to the funeral,✦ where we from, we ruin them
We been to quite a few of 'em
The reverend talk, we booin' him
We throw up the Piru✦ at him
Welcome✦ to the funeral,✦ closed✦ casket✦ as usual✦
Soul snatching, that's usual✦
Amen,✦ hallelujah✦ though
Whole family✦ delusional✦
Niggas✦ cryin' like two-year-olds
Bullet✦ holes✦ come through the doors
I just crossed my heart, then I threw a rose
Damn, welcome✦ to your funeral✦
Everybody✦ knew you, bro
Ain't nobody✦ shootin',✦ though
Gotta✦ die to see who you know
Damn, welcome✦ to the funeral✦
Where we from, we ruin them
The preacher preach, we shootin'✦ him
Now we need one for you and him
That's why they should cremate✦ ya
Hope when you die they commemorate✦ you
Life is a movie and it's in theaters
Some of y'alls already went to cable
Get shot from afar, you can get a facial✦
Black gun, chrome gun, interracial
Weed so strong, need ventilation✦
Funeral✦ home need renovation✦
I got your mom's teary-eyed, that's precipitation✦
Nigga,✦ when you died, did your bitch a favor✦
Nigga,✦ we gon' mob like the Genoveses
Nigga,✦ fat mob, I'ma✦ Jenny✦ Craig 'em
Drive-bys✦ in a Winnebago✦
Snipers✦ never✦ hit a baby,✦ crib or cradle
Sit tomatoes✦ on your head and split tomatoes✦
From a hundred✦ feet away,✦ now it's a halo✦
That's tomato✦ sauce, Heinz 57
Catch up, nigga,✦ you behind, where I left you
I hate your bitch, your mom, and your fellas,✦ kids, cousins
Uncles,✦ aunts, and your nephew✦ (Pfft)
Shoot a pussy✦ nigga✦ in the face, closed✦ casket✦
Look his pretty✦ kid in the face, poor bastard
Tears runnin'✦ down his bitch face, romantic
Two straps on me like the old Bo Jacksons (Bah)
In his face, closed✦ casket✦
Send him on the highway to heaven,✦ no traffic
My lil' nigga✦ just caught a body,✦ he ecstatic
He cried tears of joy, then he got 'em tatted✦
Welcome✦ to the funeral,✦ closed✦ casket✦ as usual✦
Whole family✦ delusional✦
Amen,✦ hallelujah✦ though
Choir singing musicals,✦ Kumbaya,✦ it's beautiful✦
I bust in with the Uzi✦ though
They look like they saw Lucifer✦
Yeah, welcome✦ to the funeral✦
Everybody✦ knew you, bro
Ain't nobody✦ shootin'✦ though
That's just unexcusable✦
Damn, welcome✦ to the funeral✦
Where we from, we ruin 'em
I've been to quite a few of them
My nigga,✦ got immune✦ to them
Damn, shoot a pussy✦ nigga✦ in the face, closed✦ casket✦
Huh, huh, bop
Look his pretty✦ kids in the face, poor bastards, goddamn
Drive-bys✦ in a Winnebago✦
Snipers✦ never✦ hit a baby,✦ crib or cradle
Sit tomatoes✦ on your head then split tomatoes✦
From a hundred✦ feet away,✦ now it's a halo✦
In other✦ words, the nigga✦ dead
Technical Breakdown
7.6
Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes8.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres6.5
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm7.5
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity8.0
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control7.0
Performance and control
Computed Score7.64
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
Wayne relies on high-density internal rhyme and consistent thematic imagery, though the lyrical depth remains largely on a surface level of aggressive posturing.
B+
9.5
Multisyllabic
8.5
Internal Rhymes
7.5
Cadence / Flow
8
Vocabulary
6.5
Wordplay
7
Delivery
Assonance-heavy multi-syllabic rhymingInternal rhyme chainsThematic framingRhythmic pauses for emphasis
Rhyme Architecture: Maintains a heavy AAAA-style rhyme scheme centered around the 'u-al' sound (Funeral, usual, musical, beautiful, Lucifer, excusable, delusional, typical), creating a repetitive, chant-like quality that reinforces the funeral theme.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"I bust in with that Uzi, though / And they look like they saw Lucifer"
① The intruders are literally armed with Uzis.② The name Uzi sounds phonetically similar to the start of Lucifer, creating a sonic bridge that likens the rapper's arrival to an infernal visit.
"You wanted smoke until you blew the smoke"
① Seeking conflict or 'smoke' (violence).② The act of exhaling, suggesting the adversary is now dead or paralyzed by fear.
Highly consistent sonic texture
Effective use of the 'funeral' conceit to ground the violent imagery
Strong command of flow and cadence
Lyrical content leans heavily on established tropes
Limited semantic variation outside of the central theme
Punchlines are functional but lack significant narrative payoff