Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
D.E.E.P.
Outkast
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
53
End
443
Internal
111
Multi
344
Slant
20
Chain
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[Chorus: André 3000]
You wanna✦ go deep, I'll take you deep
You know you fucked✦ up when you let my mind creep
Deeper✦ than the page of a book, let me look
You let me hit the stage, now I got my folks hooked✦
Like, deep, you wanna✦ go deep, I'll take you deep
You know you fucked✦ up when you let my mind creep
Deeper✦ than the page of a book, let me look
You let me hit the stage, now I got my folks hooked✦
Like, deep
[Verse 2: Big Boi]
Well, you want me to get deep, well then, I will
What? What will happen✦ if you shoot that nigga✦ and don't kill?
He will come back and return✦ like Lalah✦ Hathaway
Aiming✦ for your skull, yeah, I'm flexing on you that a-way✦
So if you pulling a tool, nigga,✦ you better✦ use it
'Cause if you threaten my life, better✦ believe I'll be a fool with it
I don't take no shit from nobody✦
I gots the Goodie Mo crew right beside✦ of me
Damn, no pain, no gain, so I'ma✦ hurt you
Breaking knees and elbows like I used✦ to break my curfew✦
My mama✦ used✦ to tell me if a nigga✦ ever✦ hit me
Just to pick up the closest thing and knock the living✦ shit out of he
So if you run up, you get done up, I'ma✦ end it
Throw the gun up out the window,✦ see the corner,✦ then I bent it
It's just so simple how we get so deep
Learn a lesson,✦ pick up the album when it hits the streets like
[Chorus: André 3000]
Deep, you wanna✦ go deep, I'll take you deep
You know you fucked✦ up when you let my mind creep
Deeper✦ than the page of a book, let me look
You let me hit the stage, now I got my folks hooked✦
Like, deep, you wanna✦ go deep, I'll take you deep
You know you fucked✦ up when you let my mind creep
Deeper✦ than the page of a book, let me look
You let me hit the stage, now I got my folks hooked✦
Like, deep
[Verse 3: André 3000]
No, I ain't never✦ been pimped✦ by the system,✦ that's because✦ I ain't no slave
Don't be tryin' to sunbathe, never✦ lived✦ off in no cave
Bloody✦ old chap and in this head of mine is full of naps
And the only✦ thing I know is how to fuck and how to rap (Nah)
Y'all think I'm stupid✦ 'cause I shoots 'em up like cupid✦
And if you gave me a basketball, I'd show you how to shoot it
My head's polluted 'cause I'm zooted,✦ bobbin'✦ to the bottom
If a pair of Jordans came out, y'all'd figure✦ that I got 'em
But, no, I don't because✦ I don't be having✦ funds
The gold that I am wearing is really✦ made out of bronze
It weighs a ton and making✦ my neck turn green
And I gots a criminal record✦ that will never✦ come clean
Oh, and it seems that I make babies✦ like a rabbit✦
And then never✦ taking✦ care of them has just become✦ a habit✦
I grab my tablet✦ and get busy✦ with the pen
Y'all could not be just like me if y'all was my twin
So you get mad and try to make me inferior✦
You pissing me off, I'm in that ass like interior✦
Oh, step in my Cadillac, let's ride through the hood
Hey, why don't you roll that window✦ down so you can see it real good?
And take a look at all the pimps and all the pushers and the players
That's living✦ on a wing, thin ice, and a prayer
Oh, and mayor, can I gets a little backup?
Please don't let them Dixie motherfuckers put that flag up
But let me shut up 'cause they say we equal✦
Whenever the fuck our record✦ comes✦ out in 1994
Yeah, yes, sir, it's like that
Gonna✦ take y'all deep, so go back
[Chorus: André 3000]
Deep, you wanna✦ go deep, I'll take you deep
You know you fucked✦ up when you let my mind creep
Deeper✦ than the page of a book, let me look
You let me hit the stage, now I got my folks hooked✦
Like, deep, you wanna✦ go deep, I'll take you deep
You know you fucked✦ up when you let my mind creep
Deeper✦ than the page of a book, let me look
You let me hit the stage, now I got my folks hooked✦
Like
[Verse 4: Big Boi]
I'm getting deeper✦ than that prostitute's vagina✦
And pimping way more hoes than there's✦ peoples out in China✦
I roll that black 'Lac with the crushed velvet✦ interior✦
Niggas try to bite that shit, but their shit is inferior✦
We rolling thick like the Pillsbury Doughboy
And I don't give a damn, motherfucker, 'cause you know why
The Caucus✦ Mountains and the mutant✦ gene
You try to wipe a nigga✦ like me slam up off the scene
You hairy✦ bastard, work a little bit faster✦
Because✦ of the shit that I done been through, I shall never✦ call you master✦
You D-E-V-I-L,✦ the cave is where you dwell
So stay up out the rain, it's beginning to smell like dog, yeah
I wonder✦ how you would be acting✦ if you's in my shoes
You'd probably shit your tight-ass drawers 'cause I got a short-ass fuse
So what do you really✦ wanna✦ do when I get militant?
Thought I was a pimp, flip the script, but you can get with it
They call me Big Boi, I be capping with a big gun
Run up on it if you want it, then you bite the big one, yeah
Uh-huh, yeah, like that, can you deal with it, D-E-V-I-L?✦
[Chorus: André 3000]
Deep, you wanna✦ go deep, I'll take you deep
You know you fucked✦ up when you let my mind creep
Deeper✦ than the page of a book, let me look
You let me hit the stage, now I got my folks hooked✦
Like, deep, you wanna✦ go deep, I'll take you deep
You know you fucked✦ up when you let my mind creep
Deeper✦ than the page of a book, let me look
You let me hit the stage, now I got my folks hooked✦
Like, deep
Technical Breakdown
8.4
Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes9.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres6.5
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm10.0
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity6.0
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control7.5
Performance and control
Computed Score8.41
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
Big Boi adopts a conversational, aggressive cadence that contrasts with the atmospheric, abstract theme of the track, grounding the concept of 'depth' in visceral, street-level realism.
A
8.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
6
Vocabulary
6.5
Wordplay
7.5
Delivery
Multisyllabic enjambmentConversational cadenceInternal rhyme chainingAggressive prosody
Rhyme Architecture: The verse utilizes an AABB and AAAA-influenced structure with heavy internal rhyming on vowel sounds (e.g., 'will', 'kill', 'skill', 'bill' variations), creating a percussive, driving forward momentum.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"return like Lalah Hathaway"
① Reference to the R&B singer Lalah Hathaway② A play on 'La-la' and 'hate-away', implying a sonic or vengeful recurring presence
"Breaking knees and elbows like I used to break my curfew"
① Literal act of physical violence involving joints② Comparison to adolescent rebellion, framing violence as an evolution of breaking rules
Strong rhythmic consistency that stays strictly on the pocket
Aggressive delivery that complements the violent imagery
Effective use of internal rhyme to mask end-line pauses
Lyrical content leans on genre-standard tropes
Lack of complex multi-layered metaphor beyond the central theme
Vocabulary remains relatively functional rather than descriptive