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Missy Elliott

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[Verse 2]

Feel the boombastic^✦ in ya back, kid

Fifteens putting holes^✦ in ya back, kid

Boom-boom-boom^✦

Boom-boom-boom,^✦ boom-boom-boom,^✦ boom-boom-boom^✦

Don't it sound so fantastic?^✦

My Lamborghini^✦ disappear like Houdini^✦

Two-twenty can't see me, in the bottle like a genie

Teeny-weeny, now hate me like you hate to eat your Wheaties^✦

Now here's^✦ a freebie, I'ma let you see me on TV

Accepting my Emmy^✦ or a Grammy^✦ in Miami

I hit you with the one-two^✦ whammy^✦

Your no-tooth granny^✦ with a hole in her panties^✦

And I don't give a shit if you can't stand me

'Cause I is what I is, and what I am is like my mammy^✦

And I don't mean to sound too petty^✦

But they use to call me fatty^✦ 'til I got with Puff Daddy^✦

[Chorus]

Slide (Slide), slide (Slide)

Dip (Dip), shake (Shake), we gon' do it like this, y'all

Move it all around^✦ (Huh?)

Slide (Slide), slide (Slide)

Dip (Dip), shake (Shake), that's right

Move it all around^✦ (Come on)

Move it all around^✦ (Huh?)

[Verse 3]

My rims keep turnin'^✦ and turnin'^✦

Tires^✦ burnin'^✦ through Queens and Mount Vernon^✦

And, yes, it's my concern that

Your chain Platinum or is it really^✦ Sterling?

I'm old school, I rock a Sherman

From New Jerz heard all the way to Berlin^✦

And that's for certain,^✦ behind^✦ every^✦ curtain^✦

Is a snake bitch lurking and she about to catch a hurtin'^✦

Mr. Mos' on the beats (On the beats)

And Missy^✦ be the beats behind^✦ the beats (Behind^✦ the beats)

My record sales^✦ don't jump or do leaps

And while you sleep I'm on the ground as I creep

She creep, I got Pumas on my feet

Fresh gear every^✦ day, all week

You know I keep it hot for my peeps

Never^✦ cheap, underground like the streets

[Chorus]

Slide (Slide), slide (Slide)

Dip (Dip), shake (Shake), we gon' do it like this, y'all

Move it all around^✦ (Huh?)

Slide (Slide), slide (Slide)

Dip (Dip), shake (Shake), that's right

Move it all around^✦ (Come on)

Move it all around^✦ (Huh?)

Technical Breakdown

8.0

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 / Rhythm8.0

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity6.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.5

Performance and control

Computed Score7.97

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Missy Elliott utilizes a rhythm-first approach, prioritizing percussive phonetics and rapid-fire cadence to create a high-energy sonic experience that compensates for a more simplistic, direct lyrical style.

B+

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

6.5

Wordplay

8.5

Delivery

Percussive OnomatopoeiaInternal Rhyme ChainsVowel AssonanceRhythmic Cadence Swaps

Rhyme Architecture: The verse relies on dense, repetitive AAAA patterns anchored by heavy internal rhyme strings. The structure utilizes a 'build-up' section involving percussive boom-bap mimicking, followed by a transition into long-form rhyming sequences (e.g., Houdini/genie/teeny-weeny/Wheaties/freebie/TV/Miami/whammy).

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"disappear like Houdini"

① Reference to the famous escape artist's vanishing acts.② Refers to the speed of the Lamborghini, making the vehicle physically vanish from the observer's sight.

"in the bottle like a genie"

① A mystical being confined to a lamp/bottle.② The driver is cocooned within the low-profile cabin of the high-speed vehicle, isolated from the outside world.

Exceptional rhythmic delivery and breath control

Innovative use of onomatopoeia to dictate the flow

High density of internal rhymes creating a fluid, addictive cadence

Distinctive, charismatic vocal performance

Lyrical content leans into pop-centric tropes

Low lexical complexity

Some punchlines rely on shock value over intricate wordplay

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