The Low End Theory

Scenario

A Tribe Called Quest

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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Internal

121

Multi

354

Slant

Chain

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Here we go yo, here we go yo

So what, so what, so what's the scenario?^✦

Here we go yo, here we go yo

So what, so what, so what's the scenario?^✦

Ayo Bo knows this (what?) and Bo knows that (what?)

But Bo don't know jack, 'cause Bo can't rap

Well what do you know, the Di-Dawg, is first up to bat

No batteries included, and no strings attached

No holds barred,^✦ no time for move faking^✦

Gots to get the loot so I can bring home the bacon^✦

Brothers front, they say the Tribe can't flow

But we've been known to do the impossible like Broadway Joe so

Sleep if you want NyQuil^✦ will help you get your Z's, troop

But here's^✦ the real scoop

I'm all that and then some, short, dark and handsome

Bust a nut inside^✦ your eye, to show you where I come from

I'm vexed,^✦ fuming,^✦ I've had it up to here

My days of paying dues are over,^✦ acknowledge me as in there (yeah)

Head for the border,^✦ go get a taco^✦

Watch me wreck it from the jump street, meaning from the get-go^✦

Sit back relax and let yourself go

Don't sweat what you heard, but act like you know

Yes yes y'all (yes y'all)

Who got the vibe? It's the Tribe y'all (Tribe y'all)

Real live y'all (live y'all)

Inside^✦ outside come around^✦

(Who's that?) Brown

Some may, I say, call me Charlie

The word is the herb and I'm deep like Bob Marley^✦

Lay back on the payback, evolve^✦ rotate^✦ the gates^✦

(Contact) Can I get a hit? (Hit)

Boom bip with a brother^✦ named^✦ Tip and we're ready^✦ to flip

East coast stomping,^✦ ripping and romping^✦

New York, North Cak-a-laka, and Compton

Checka-checka-check it out

The loops for the troops, more bounce to the ounce

And wow how now, wow how now brown cow

We're ill 'til the skill gets down

For the flex, next, it's the textbook old to the new

But the rest are doo-doo^✦

From radio,^✦ to the video,^✦ to Arsenio^✦

Tell me, yo, what's the scenario?^✦

Scooby^✦ Doo, whoopie doo

Scenarios, radios,^✦ rates^✦ more than four

Scores^✦ for the smores^✦ that smother^✦ dance floors

Now I go for mine, shades^✦ of sea shore

Ship-shape plush Grape Apes^✦ to play tapes^✦

Papes^✦ make drakes^✦ baked^✦ for the wakes^✦

Of an L, an E-ADER,^✦ simply^✦ just a leader^✦

Bass inner^✦ space means peace see ya later^✦

Later^✦ (later),^✦ later^✦ alligator^✦

Pop blows the weasel^✦ and the herb's the inflator^✦

So yo the D what the O, incorporate^✦ I-N-C into^✦ a flow

Funk flipped flat back first this foul, fight, fight, fight

Laugh yo, how'd that sound? (ooh)

It's a Leader^✦ Quest mission^✦ and we got the goods here (here)

Never^✦ on the left 'cause my right's my good ear (ear)

I could give a damn about^✦ a ill subliminal^✦

Stay away^✦ from crime so I ain't no criminal^✦

I love my young nation,^✦ groovy^✦ sensation^✦

No time for hibernation,^✦ only^✦ elation^✦

Don't ever^✦ try to test, the water^✦ little kid

Yo Mr. Busta^✦ Rhymes,^✦ tell him what I did

I heard you rushed^✦ and rushed,^✦ and attacked

Then they rebuked then you had to smack

Causing rambunction^✦ throughout the sphere

Raise the levels of the boom inside^✦ the ear

You know I did it

So don't violate^✦ or you'll get violated^✦

The Hip-Hop^✦ sound is well agitated^✦

Won't ever^✦ waste no time on the played out ego^✦

So here's^✦ Busta^✦ Rhymes^✦ with the scenario^✦

Watch, as I combine^✦ all the juice from the mind

Heel up, wheel up, bring it back, come rewind^✦

Powerful impact,^✦ boom, from the cannon^✦

Not bragging,^✦ try to read my mind just imagine^✦

Vocabulary's necessary^✦

When digging into^✦ my library^✦

Oh my gosh Oh my gosh

Eating^✦ Ital^✦ Stew like the one Peter^✦ Tosh

Uh Uh Uh All over^✦ the track man

Uh Pardon^✦ me, uh As I come back

As I did it yo I heard you beg your pardon^✦

When I travel^✦ through the town I roll with the squadron

Raow, raow like a dungeon dragon^✦

Change your little drawers 'cause your pants are sagging^✦

Try to step to this, I will twist you in a turban^✦

And have you smelling ripe like some old stale urine^✦

Chickity-choco, the chocolate^✦ chicken

The rear cock diesel,^✦ butt cheeks they were kicking

Yo, bust it out before^✦ the Busta^✦ bust another^✦ rhyme

The rhythm is in sync (uh) the rhymes^✦ are on time (time)

Rippin' up the sound just like Horatio^✦

Observe the vibe and check out the scenario^✦

Here we go yo, here we go yo (yeah, my man, mothafucka) (yo, yo)

So what, so what so what's the scenario?^✦ (check it)

Here we go yo, here we go yo (check-check^✦ it, check-check^✦ it)

So what, so what, so what's the scenario?^✦

Here we go yo, here we go yo

So what, so what, so what's the scenario?^✦

Here we go yo, here we go yo

So what, so what, so what's the scenario?^✦

Technical Breakdown

7.3

Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres5.0

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm8.0

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity5.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.0

Performance and control

Computed Score7.33

Production

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The verse showcases a blend of confident braggadocio and playful boasts, tying in cultural references.

B+

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

Wordplay

Delivery

call and responsecultural referencesmetaphors

Rhyme Architecture: The verse employs a mix of couplets and internal rhymes to create a dynamic flow.

Strong delivery that conveys confidence

Clever cultural references

Smooth internal rhymes

Wordplay feels basic at times

Some lines are slightly clichéd

User Scores

Notes

Epic collaboration with stellar transitions in delivery.