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Call of Da Wild

Outkast

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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[Chorus: Cee-Lo Green]

I hear voices^✦ in my head and they keep calling^✦ me

[Verse 2: T-Mo & André 3000]

As I step up, the stage is empty^✦

No words 'cause I serve with my Southern dialect, so I get respect

Don't call me T, it's a T thing with a G swing

Let my nuts hang down to the floor, man

Smokin'^✦ that dank dank, makin'^✦ mics swing

In my 2-8-0 Z, nobody^✦ can see me, cruisin' down the block

Just like I was a squirrel in a world full of nuts

Damn, I'd probably be mad even^✦ if I called^✦ up Uncle Sam

To bring dough to the Goodie Mo-B

T-Mo, Khujo,^✦ Cee-Lo,^✦ J and my homie Brandon B

Don't flex, I'm next, I break necks too

Rollin'^✦ with OutKast, P.A., Goodie Mob for the '94, dude

Ha-ha-ha^✦

Yeah, huh, you know what I'm sayin'? Ha

[Chorus: Cee-Lo Green]

I hear voices^✦ in my head and they keep calling^✦ me

[Verse 3: Big Boi]

Yeah, I'm steady^✦ buckin'^✦ motherfuckers, not duckin'^✦ 'em like duck goose

I'm heavily strapped, yeah, niggas,^✦ squeezin' rhymes^✦ like that noose

Around^✦ your neck, you can't hang with this, see ain't no things to this

I show no pity,^✦ so take off because I's dangerous

I breaks 'em off like I was Beat Street, see, I be breakin'^✦

Speakin'^✦ of breakin',^✦ break on out or get your life taken,^✦ boy

Fuckin'^✦ around^✦ with me will get your cabbage^✦ cut, your wig split

Simply^✦ means I'm bringin' the funk with the hollow^✦ tips

Player shit is how I'm kickin'^✦ it

Comin'^✦ around^✦ the ghetto,^✦ victims soft as a tack on a jackass

So fuck it or flip it, I'll still be a player

Puffy^✦ afro^✦ with nigga^✦ naps off in my hair (Yeah)

Shit, that's simply^✦ how I run my shit and that's how it be

That nigga^✦ B-I-G B-O-I, that be me, yeek

See, I'm a player, got my struggle on

Thinkin' about^✦ the volume^✦ and the thickness^✦ of my bankroll

You see, the cops is in my shit like colon^✦ cancer^✦ (Yeah)

Even^✦ though I never^✦ smoke that shit like (Right), yeah (Yeah)

I give a call of the wild to my niggas^✦ around^✦ the projects

So don't flex or get served^✦ with a popped^✦ neck

Shit, OG, original gangster, not quite

But maybe when I'm locked^✦ up, liftin'^✦ weights, gettin'^✦ swole, right?

Life's^✦ a bitch with a G-string, it's either^✦ in your ass or it ain't

So you can see who can really^✦ hang

But y'all don't wanna^✦ do nothin',^✦ y'all can go to hells

Ain't no players in office^✦ 'cause I'm locked^✦ off in a cell

So can you feel me, nigga?^✦ (No)

[Chorus: Cee-Lo Green]

I hear voices^✦ in my head and they keep calling^✦ me

[Verse 4: Khujo]

Khujo^✦ (Uh)

Comin'^✦ in dope, bring it, I got more problems than the average^✦ Joe (Yeah)

So, bro, don't come 'round me (Uh-huh)^✦ with your flim-flam, hot damn (Ooh)

It's a jack, top of the burbs and my notebook is a bird (Hey)

K's madness into^✦ cappin'^✦

Throw in a few more logs, so my fire lookin'^✦ through the want ads

And only^✦ red hot, desire^✦ in your pot is something wicked^✦

But you can't feel it, stick it up your monkey^✦ ass (Ah)

I could let shit ride in the past, now it's time to blast that ass

Shh, Mr. Knighton, take off your hat

Can't even^✦ my wear my locs in

Demon^✦ eye scopin',^✦ oh, my, peripheral vision^✦ got it

Made you guard, no holds barred^✦

Decisions,^✦ decisions^✦ to make, oops, here comes^✦ the Goodie Mo' crew

And they just might want to battle you

Out with the quickness^✦

The price of livin'^✦ is beginnin' to be a risky^✦ business

Uncaged, Parkay^✦

How do you like the taste of hot butter^✦ meltin'^✦ through your biscuit?

This is your brain on drugs (Yeah), this is your brain

Dope cut niggas^✦ I hang with before^✦ there were apartments

In Chappell Forest, it's gettin'^✦ horrid

The haunted child is on the prowl, yeah

[Outro: Khujo & Cee-Lo Green]

I let out a call to the wild

My niggas^✦ in the '90s (Ha-ha)^✦

For my nigga^✦ ridin',^✦ know what I'm sayin'? Like that

I let out a call to the wild

Say, what you wanna^✦ do 'bout? Barbeque or mildew?^✦ (Yeah)

They keep calling^✦ me

Yeah

Technical Breakdown

8.0

Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres5.0

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm8.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity7.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control7.5

Performance and control

Computed Score7.95

Production

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

An energetic, performance-driven verse that relies heavily on regional cadence and rhythmic bounce rather than dense lyrical abstraction, characteristic of the mid-90s Dungeon Family aesthetic.

B+

9.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

8.5

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

Wordplay

7.5

Delivery

Multisyllabic internal rhyme chainsRegional vernacular emphasisRhythmic pocket manipulationAABB rhyme scheme variation

Rhyme Architecture: The verse employs a consistent AABB structure at the end of lines, heavily bolstered by dense, internal multisyllabic clusters that create a 'swinging' cadence, typical of the Atlanta funk-rap style.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"squirrel in a world full of nuts"

① A literal comparison to the behavior of a squirrel gathering food.② A metaphor for the artist navigating an industry or environment ('the world') populated by erratic or 'crazy' people ('nuts').

High rhythmic consistency and internal rhyme density

Authoritative delivery that elevates simple phrasing

Cohesive regional identity and narrative flow

Limited metaphorical depth

Wordplay is primarily anecdotal rather than conceptual

The payoff regarding Uncle Sam is somewhat underdeveloped

Call of Da Wild

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