Bar #34
9 5 . s o u t h
J.Cole
If I'm bettin' on myself, then I'll completely double down If you hated on a nigga, please don't greet me with a pound I be stayin' out the way, but if the beef do come around Could put a M right on your head, you Luigi brother now Trace my steps all in this game, you could see we cover ground Back and forth from NC to New York when Jeezy had the crown Vivid memories, niggas start to squeeze, we duckin' down So many shells left on the ground, it make the Easter Bunny proud
Rhyme Scheme
Compound polysyllabic scheme descending from /iː/ to /ʌ/ to various /aʊ/ closures
Producer Notes
Cole executes a disciplined three-point anchor scheme across the verse, consistently placing a long 'E' sound (Luigi, Jeezy, Easter) and a short 'U' connector (brother, cover, Bunny) before the terminal rhyme. While the end rhymes share the open /aʊ/ vowel, the rapper relies on slant rhyming to bridge distinct consonant closures, treating nasal /n/, plosive /d/, and open endings as interchangeable within the flow.
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