Analysis of Rap is Where it's At



Rap Is Where It's At

jump in the game no here to complain
being busy as a bee in a land of make believe
we shoot for the top but it ends in the flames
let me be the first to explain
I'm staying in the game this is my time
May shoot to the top in my prime or stand in line
Sugar is sweet like honey but I'm going to be the one who brings home the money
Life is funny in its twists and turn one soul soars while the other one burns
we can each learn from our teachers it's not a walk in the park late night double feature
we got to learn to stick close together no matter what the weather
see each of us has a gift we must use or its forgotten
thank God we got to kill that thug Ben Laden
search your heart you got great rhymes inside
don't fall away or try to run away & hide
go slow at first to take up the pace
some folks may think your from outer space
yet what do they know there just jealous you see
many don't even know there A.B.C's
stop spreading the disease it will knock you to you knees
look toward the ocean while you use your magic lotion
take a shot in the dark & someday you will find
you will never be left behind
it all comes down from within deep inside
look at the junkie in the gutter
the mother who doesn't have enough to pay her bills
she turns to cheap thrills to do what she has to do
have we bitten off far more then we could chew
kick it in the shower its your hour of power
in the end you get to make the final decision
it isn't found in some fake front wishing
Rap is where its at your going to make me have a heart attack
the signs are painted all around
listen as you'll hear it's nasty sound


Scheme X AXBAXXCXDDEEFFGGCBXEHHFDXIIDEXXJJ
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 100111101 10101010011101 11101111001 11101101 1100011111 111010111101 101111011101101111010 111001101111101011 1111110101101001111010 11111110101101010 111110111111010 11111111110 111111101 11011111011 111111101 111111101 11111111011 10110111 1100011111111 10101011111010 1010011111 11101101 1111101101 110100010 0101101011101 111111111111 11101111111 1100101110110 0011111010010 1101011110 1111111011110101 01110101 101111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,651
Words 354
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 33
Lines Amount 34
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 652
Words per stanza (avg) 171
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Submitted by hitalot on August 19, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:46 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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