Analysis of Light It Up
Yeah, they told me that I “talk white”
Told me that my sound bites
Told me that I would amount to nothin’
that don’t even sound right
‘Cause I don’t play by their rules
And I ain’t livin’ for your approval
You either let the beat run over you
Or let the rhythm move you
Imma say what I gotta say
Do What I was born to do
Break chains that hold me down
Put up a wall, I’m runnin’ through it
My only limitation is a limitless environment
No brakes, boy; no days off; don’t even think about retirement
Fire breathin’, Life given
Lyrics on that nitrous
Never claimed to be the one you’d love -
I ain’t tryin’ to make your hotlist
Only wish I got:
Wish they would try and stop me
You can play the paint and box me out
But no one’s gonna block this
Real short, but I’m quick wit’ it
My bars are long ‘cause I’m quick-witted
Take a phrase and then turn it out
I’ll chop it up and get sick wit’ it
Take a beat and murder it
No grave can hold my body down
Was on that walking dead
And there I laid til I was finally found
Son’s up, new day
Old school in a new way
Strike a match over everything
From California to Broadway
Light it up like the night sky
Jeff Goldblum - too fly
Picture perfect, paid in full
I’m Red nation, 2-ply
I’m the one ya mama warned ya ‘bout
Boogie man from the dirty south
Black, young, gifted, crazy…
Only truth comin’ out my mouth
Only thing I’m bringing is a thesis for the realness
Hot bars for a cold world
So raw; can’t help but feel this
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 111111 1111101110 111011 1111111 011111010 1101011101 1101011 1111101 1111111 111111 11011111 110010101000100 1111111101010100 101110 101110 101110111 1111111 10111 1111011 111010111 1111011 1111111 111111110 10101111 111101111 1010101 11111101 111101 01111111001 1111 110011 1011010 101011 1111011 11011 1001101 11101 101110111 10110101 111010 1011111 1011101010101 111011 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,476 |
Words | 295 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6, 8, 8, 8, 7 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on December 11, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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