This Is Not a Test!
Is This Our Last Time
Missy Elliott
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
23
End
219
Internal
39
Multi
209
Slant
17
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Chorus: Missy Elliott]
I like the first time, I like the first time
I like the first time, I like the first time
I like the first time, talking✦ bout the second✦ time
I like the first time, I like the first time
I like the first time, I like the first time
I like the first time, talking✦ bout the second✦ time
[Verse 3: Missy Elliott]
I remember when we first made love (uh)
It felt so good you made me cry, mm, mm, mm, aha✦
But now you just rush to get it over✦ (come on)
And it don't (uh) feel like the first time (ah)
[Chorus: Missy Elliott]
I like the first time, I like the first time
I like the first time, I like the first time (aha)✦
I like the first time, talking✦ bout the second✦ time (yeah)
I like the first time, I like the first time (uh)
I like the first time, I like the first time (ah, come on)
I like the first time, talking✦ bout the second✦ time (uh)
[Verse 4: Fabolous]
Yeah you probably the first girl I'm sprung on
I'm hung on the spots (yeah)
Put your lips and tongue on, you made me a fan
I took the cards that you dealt and made me a hand, aha✦
It's the feelings that I felt that made me a man, aha✦
Now I'm fighting to get it back like Mike Tyson✦
I wanna✦ grab my helmet✦ and ride but you took my bike license
I just wanna✦ do it like we did it before,✦ uh
Cinderella you was with it before✦ (ooh)
Now when I bring your slipper you act like you don't fit it no more
Like I got it, but I can't get it no more
And I ain't usually a chaser✦ cause write with my pencil
But also✦ know how to use my eraser,✦ yeah
And at the present time I think about✦ the past, uh
Think about✦ yo ass, uh, and can I see it in the future✦
If I see ya I'll salute✦ ya
Cause for your loving✦ I'm a soldier
Mommy,✦ I thought I told ya
[Bridge: Missy Elliott]
Why you dogging me out (aha),✦ is this our last time (uh, uh)
Say it again,✦ why you doggin✦ me out
Oh what shall I do (oh), yeah (mm)
Tell me what I've done to you, oh (come on)
[Break: Missy Elliott]
Yeah, aha,✦ let the beat ride, hah, mm
Then work that, work that, work that, work that, uh
Yeah, hah, let the beat ride, uh
Come on and work that, come on and work that
Come on, come on, sing
[Chorus: Missy Elliott]
I like the first time, I like the first time (come on)
I like the first time, I like the first time (aha)✦
I like the first time, talking✦ bout the second✦ time (whoo)
I like the first time, I like the first time (hah)
I like the first time, I like the first time (yeah)
I like the first time, talking✦ bout the second✦ time (uh, come on)
[Ragtime Interlude: Missy Elliott]
I was chillin by the bar at the club, yeah
Decided just to buy me a drink
Two shots, I was so tore up (Yeah)
I said no more Patron✦ for me
So I crawled to my car
And I turned my radio✦ on
And guess what I heard?
Yo, lemme stop playin with you mothafuckers, drop the beat
Technical Breakdown
7.9
Multisyllabic Rhymes7.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes9.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres6.0
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm10.0
Flow variation and timing (data-driven)
Vocabulary Complexity4.0
Range and depth of words used (data-driven)
Delivery / Breath Control7.0
Performance and control
Computed Score7.92
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
The verse relies on mid-2000s colloquial punchline-rap structures where technicality is secondary to charisma and rhythmic bounce.
B+
7.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
4
Vocabulary
6
Wordplay
7
Delivery
Metaphorical extensionInternal rhyme couplingConversational cadence
Rhyme Architecture: A mix of AABB structures focusing on end-rhyme precision and strong beat placement common in 2000s R&B-crossover rap.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"I took the cards that you dealt and made me a hand"
① Literal acceptance of the romantic situation provided by the partner.② A poker metaphor where 'making a hand' implies converting a random set of cards into a winning or usable combination.
High internal rhyme density
Confident, relaxed delivery
Clear metaphorical mapping
Low lexical diversity
Predictable subject matter
Relies on established tropes of the era