Paradise

LL Cool J

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[Chorus: Amerie & LL Cool J]

If you need me, baby,^✦ I'm for real

The rest of your life, I'll take you to paradise^✦

(Paradise^✦ is very^✦ nice)

If you want it, baby,^✦ just be real

The rest of your life, I'll take you to paradise^✦ (Uh, uh)

I'm gonna^✦ give-a-you^✦ all my love, yeah

[Verse 2: LL Cool J]

Next phase is this

Black sand, Tahiti, ten days to reminisce

God's my witness (Uh)

I paid the price for paradise,^✦ so I'm livin'^✦ this

I never^✦ limit^✦ myself, the L's fearless

Lay back while I illuminate the darkness

Like it smooth, don't cha?

Make it move, won't cha? Think I won't?

Take you to your peak, I know them other^✦ cats don't

And it won't stop, this is beyond paper^✦

First I get your mind right, then I might drape ya

Never^✦ pimpin',^✦ raise my girls well

Young thoroughbreds get schooled by Uncle L-L

C-double, L tattooed on the bubble

I lay the mink down, let you walk over^✦ a puddle

True love is so rare

But don't you worry,^✦ I ain't goin' nowhere

[Chorus: Amerie & LL Cool J]

If you need me, baby,^✦ I'm for real

The rest of your life, I'll take you to paradise^✦

(Paradise^✦ is very^✦ nice)

If you want it, baby,^✦ just be real

The rest of your life, I'll take you to paradise^✦ (Uh, uh)

I'm gonna^✦ give-a-you^✦ all my love, yeah

[Interlude: Amerie]

Trust me, trust me, trust me, baby^✦

Rest of your life, I'll take you to paradise^✦

I'll take you to paradise,^✦ oooohh

So won't you try me, try me, try, this, lady^✦

Rest of your life I'll take you to paradise^✦

I'm gonna^✦ give-a-you^✦ all my love, yeah

[Verse 3: LL Cool J]

Belly^✦ to belly,^✦ one hand on the jelly^✦

At the telly^✦ on the celly;^✦ get that money,^✦ Elle

Please believe^✦ it, if the mind can conceive it

Then the man can achieve^✦ it; you gotta^✦ breathe it

And I breathe deep, I'm one with the universe

Minimum, ten percent go to God first

Lay back, baby,^✦ close your eyes

Ice on the pinky^✦ finger^✦ froze your thighs

So much shade, baby,^✦ the waterbed fries

Walk around nude in the suite yellin',^✦ "Recognize!"^✦

Do your dance, baby,^✦ pour me a glass

It feels so good to have the world in a smash

Touch it, why don't cha? (Ohh)

Touch it, why don't cha? (Ayy)

Touch it, why don't cha? (Mmm)

Hey, girl—aw, girl!

Hey girl, I wanna^✦ rock your world

[Chorus: Amerie & LL Cool J]

If you need me, baby,^✦ I'm for real

The rest of your life, I'll take you to paradise^✦

(Paradise^✦ is very^✦ nice)

If you want it, baby,^✦ just be real

The rest of your life, I'll take you to paradise^✦ (Uh, uh)

I'm gonna^✦ give-a-you^✦ all my love, yeah

[Interlude: Amerie]

Trust me, trust me, trust me, baby^✦

Rest of your life, I'll take you to paradise^✦

I'll take you to paradise,^✦ oooohh

So won't you try me, try me, try, this, lady^✦

Rest of your life I'll take you to paradise^✦

I'm gonna^✦ give-a-you^✦ all my love, yeah

[Outro: LL Cool J & Amerie]

Yeah, yeah, gotta^✦ keep your eyes on the prize, baby^✦

Sky's the limit^✦

If you can see it, you can be it

Ha ha, it's on you, word up

Everybody, put your hands in the air

It's high time, baby^✦

One love, one God, recognize,^✦ uh

If you need me, just call me

Said if you want me, just be for real

And if you like me, come and talk to me

And if you want me, tell me how you feel

If you need me, baby,^✦ I'm for real

The rest of your life, I'll take you to paradise^✦

(Paradise^✦ is very^✦ nice)

If you want it, baby,^✦ just be real—

Technical Breakdown

8.0

Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres5.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm9.0

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 Score7.96

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

LL Cool J utilizes his established veteran persona to balance high-gloss romantic imagery with rhythmic confidence, though the lyricism remains grounded in accessible, persona-driven charisma rather than complex metaphorical density.

B+

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

5.5

Wordplay

7.5

Delivery

Internal rhyme chainingAssonance-based flow shiftsPersona-driven braggadocioMultisyllabic cadence

Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AABB or AAAA rhyming structures built on consistent multis (e.g., 'paradise'/'reminisce'/'witness'/'livin' this'), favoring rhythm and flow over complex internal syntax.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"I paid the price for paradise"

① Literal financial payment for an expensive vacation in Tahiti.② The metaphorical cost (struggle/effort) LL invested in his career to earn his current luxurious status.

"Young thoroughbreds get schooled by Uncle L-L"

① Refers to guiding young women in the context of the song's courtship theme.② Self-referential meta-commentary on his status as a veteran 'OG' of hip-hop teaching the next generation.

Excellent rhythmic pocket and confident, relaxed delivery

Strong integration of persona-led charisma

Fluid, rhythmic transitions between bars

Relies on standard romantic tropes of the era

Lack of deep multi-layered lyrical density

Wordplay is functional rather than inventive

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