Lyrical Breakdown of All My Life (In the Ghetto) - A Journey through Words and Rhymes
Welcome to the detailed analysis of "All My Life (In the Ghetto)" on Lazyjot. Here, we unravel the lyrical complexity and artistic brilliance that define this iconic song.
- Lyric Overview: Witness how Jay Rock weaves words into powerful emotions and vivid imagery. From intricate rhyme schemes to compelling storytelling, every line in "All My Life (In the Ghetto)" is a testament to masterful songwriting.
- Rhyme and Rhythm Analysis: Our Lazyjot editor highlights the ingenious use of multi-syllabic rhymes and the rhythm pattern that Jay Rock employs. Understand the construction of each verse and how it contributes to the song's overall impact.
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I was on the block right, wasn't in my right mind
Just a young nigga, hustling, trying to get mine
Movin' with the 9 double M
Niggas like, "You don't really wanna fuck with him"
Yeah, young teenager, infatuated with paper
Yeah I had to get it cause momma, she wasn't able
Black and white TV set, no cable
40's in the fridge, chicken noodles on the table
I wasn't born with a silver spoon
Child of the ghetto, raised of a different tune
Watching Bob Barker in my living room
If the price was right, I could get you a whole living room
Yeah, them was my gutter ways back in the gutter days
No education but the gutter pays, through it all, I came a long way
From selling the yay, fist fights to gun play, back then
Sittin' on the block and I'm doing bad
Dreaming about the things that I never had
Got me thinking to myself I gotta get it man
You can play if you want, I'm gon' get it man
I say, all my life I've known one day eventually, I'll blow
Yeah times is hard as it is
That's why I got guns and my guns got kids
That's why I be going so tough on them hoes
I play my own hand, I don't shuffle or fold
Fuck with a nigga, let go fuck with some hoes
Hear them bitches screaming like they stuck in a hole
I am not a demon but was once a lost soul
Till I found myself a block away from a cross road
I have, outgrown the fishbowl
And I'm on my feet like a fucking insole
Yeah it may hurt like a fucking lymph node
But it's fuck the world like a fucking nympho
And we spend dough cause we make more and I make sure when I say so
It's Jay Rock and Weezy, need I say more?
Clothesline the beat, Ted DiBiase flow, yeah
Sittin' on the block and I'm doing bad
Dreaming about the things that I never had
Got me thinking to myself I gotta get it man
You can play if you want, I'm gon' get it man
I say, all my life I've known one day eventually, I'll blow
Jay Rock, still that same O.G
I ain't trying to see the grave or the penitentary
Everyday living, trying to stay on my feet
Even though a nigga paid but my heart in the streets
See my dogs, I'm a beast, so hard on these beats
So my family can eat, I'll be damned if I see no income
Here come Jay Rock, they know crack music, drug kingpin flow, oh
Kingpin ho, need I say more?
Your family could die, when I say go-go
Green light, green light, what ya green like?
Before ya sign me up, get the scene right
And I just hop in the phantom when I'm feeling nice
Cause driving slow in the Lam', it doesnt seem right
Yeah and I remember them long nights
Living the wrong life but I made that wrong right, Weezy
All the struggling, all it does is keep my hustling, oh my
Sittin' on the block and I'm doing bad
Dreaming about the things that I never had
Got me thinking to myself I gotta get it man
You can play if you want, I'm gon' get it man
I say, all my life I've known one day eventually, I'll blow