3 Feet High and Rising
Me Myself and I
De La Soul
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
16
End
78
Internal
36
Multi
144
Slant
6
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Dove]
Mirror✦ mirror✦ on the wall
Tell me mirror✦ what is wrong?
Can it be my De La Clothes
Or is it just my De La Soul
What I do ain't make believe
People say I sit and try
But when it comes✦ to being De La
It's just me myself✦ and I
It's just me myself✦ and I (repeat✦ 3x)
[Posdonus]
Now you tease my Plug One style
And my Plug One spectacles
You say Plug One and Two are hippies
No we're not, thats pure Plug Bull
Always✦ pushin that we formed✦ an image✦
There's✦ no need to lie
When it comes✦ to being Plug One
It's just me myself✦ and I
It's just me myself✦ and I (repeat✦ 3X)
[Dove]
Proud, I'm proud of what I am
Poems I speak are Plug Two type
Please oh please let Plug Two be
himself, not what you read or write
Write is wrong when hype is written
on the Soul, De La that is
Style is surely✦ our own thing
Not the false disguise of show-biz
De La Soul is from the soul
And in fact I can't deny✦
Strictly from the Dan called✦ Stuckie
And from me myself✦ and I
It's just me myself✦ and I (repeat✦ 3X)
[Posdonus]
Glory✦ Glory✦ Hallelu
Glory✦ for Plug One and Two
But that glory's✦ been denied✦
By concensing dookie eyes
People think they diss my person
by stating I'm darkly✦ packed✦
I know this so I point at Q-Tip
and he states,✦ "Black is Black"
Mirror✦ mirror✦ on the wall
Shovel chestnuts in my path
Just keep all nuts twistin up
so I don't get an aftermath
But if I do I'll calmly✦ punch them
in the 4th day of July✦
Cause they tried to mess with third degree
That's me myself✦ and I
It's just me myself✦ and I (repeat✦ 3X)
Technical Breakdown
7.6
Multisyllabic Rhymes7.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes8.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres9.4
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm6.5
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity4.5
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control9.2
Performance and control
Computed Score7.60
Production
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