Analysis of Step Off



gravity
homeboy got capped in the knee
out in the streets
let the truth be told
where as years ago
with Grandmaster P
he was born in the gutter
his momma was a whore
selling her junk in the trunk
in back of the liquor store
screaming more more more
raised my his aunt named Mable
feeding her dog Rex underneath the table
as time went by so very fast
having every reason to ask
the spin off the hook was the great climax

in time he learned to relax
to bask in the vast expanse
cause he got the hook up
two turn tables with a mic
sold a lot of  weed to get that sweet
getting he ass kicked in a neighborhood bar
still spinning records the best he can
"Step off" with his reply whenever he was tested
his life reflected a reason to believe in rap
a willingness to achieve
that was until a gang banger put a bullet through his head
shot him dead so they thought
now he was in a hospital bed face full of lead
there he suffered in complete silence
amidst all the pain & violence
tubes in his veins lying there dead
then came a pulse
next a heart beat
his eyes suddenly opened
folks thought he was only joking
came fully to his senses
with eyes twitching

spoke his first words, "Step Off"
then we all knew he was alive and kicking
then he gazed at the streets looking for the one that did this
instead of violence he sought forgiveness even to the thug that struck him down
Master B was right back in the studio
rapping & capping
he found love as a sure fire way to go
that was years ago so today he still preaches to the masses
always teaching on love and his free passes
"Step Off" is still his slogan but he's got a new boss now
can't turn back when your hands on the plow


Scheme AAXXBAXCXCCDDXXE EXXXFXXXXXGXGHHGXFXIXI XIXXBIBJJKK
Poetic Form
Metre 100 111001 1001 10111 11101 11101 1110010 110101 1001001 0110101 10111 1111110 1001101010 11111101 101001011 011011011 0111101 1100101 111011 1110101 101111111 1011100101 110010111 1111010101110 1101001010101 0100101 110101101010111 111111 111001011111 111000110 01101100 10111011 1101 1011 1110010 11111010 1101110 1110 111111 11111101010 11110110101111 01110011010101011111 1011110010 1010 11110110111 1110110111101010 1101101110 11111101110111 111111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,679
Words 340
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 16, 22, 11
Lines Amount 49
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 453
Words per stanza (avg) 111
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Submitted by hitalot on September 15, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:42 min read
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Mario William Vitale

Mario William Vitale is a twentieth century poet. He has developed a style of free verse. Has written over one thousand poems. more…

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