This Is Not a Test!
Let Me Fix My Hair
Missy Elliott
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
30
End
141
Internal
68
Multi
173
Slant
24
Chain
Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Hook]
Ooh baby✦ let me fix my weave
Touch me up and let me fix my weave
You could pick me up about✦ a quarter✦ to 3
Before✦ I walk in the club I gotta✦ fix my weave
(Oohwee) Baby✦ fix my weave
Baby✦ baby✦ let me fix my weave
On the highway✦ I do above✦ 90
(woo-woo)✦ pull me over✦ get the fake ID
[Verse 2]
I used✦ to date a guy named✦ Chris
Sloppy✦ with the kiss
But he was good with the tongue
I called✦ him Mr. Young One
Mr. Young One had a big ding-dong
Balls the size of ping-pong
I had him souped✦ like won-ton✦
I put the beat on
And on my ass he skeet on
I put the heat on young gun
Fresh meat he season✦
Yes, yes we used✦ to creep down the beach
He was insane✦ like Rick James✦
And with a mask he's Superfreak
I told him, "Gimme cash to fix my weave
And I don't want no excuses 'bout your baby✦ mommy✦
Cause your child support money✦ don't fix my weave
And you know nigga✦ please me no fuck for free."
[Hook]
Ooh baby✦ let me fix my weave
Touch me up and let me fix my weave
You could pick me up about✦ a quarter✦ to 3
Before✦ I walk in the club I gotta✦ fix my weave
(Oh) Baby✦ fix my weave
Baby✦ baby✦ let me fix my weave
On the highway✦ I do above✦ 90
(woo-woo)✦ pull me over✦ get the fake ID
[Verse 3]
I got a call from Joe
He used✦ to call me J.Lo
Hey-lo,✦ how you doing?
Used✦ to ask who I was screwing
Joe was pursuing
Sex was good all "ooh-in"✦
Moan he was grown
He would fuck me 'til the mo'nin'✦
I used✦ to get vex when he would sex another bitch
Said "Baby✦ don't trip, just like Ben I'm rich"
Jen don't bitch, then Miss don't bitch
Lopez get rich, call me Miss Affleck
I tell him, "Baby✦ I need a new weave
Because my tracks feel whack, I want to hit the party✦
You want to play like Ben then give me your keys
Cause even✦ Jen drive a Benz to go fix a weave."
[Hook]
Ooh baby✦ let me fix my weave
Touch me up and let me fix my weave
You could pick me up about✦ a quarter✦ to 3
Before✦ I walk in the club I gotta✦ fix my weave
(Oh) Baby✦ fix my weave
Baby✦ baby✦ let me fix my weave
On the highway✦ I do above✦ 90
(woo-woo)✦ pull me over✦ get the fake ID
[Outro]
To the heavy✦ weave cities✦
Miami, Jersey,✦ D.C., the Carolinas, Detroit, Louisville, Ohio,✦ to all the
Projects
To the beauty✦ salons,✦ and curling irons✦ stitching in that ? hair
Okay,✦ oohwee yeah fix your weave
Straight up like a perm you heard
Technical Breakdown
8.5
Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5
Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)
Internal Rhymes9.5
Rhymes within a line (data-driven)
Wordplay / Double Entendres5.0
Clever language, metaphors, punchlines
Cadence / Rhythm10.0
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 Score8.49
Production
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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™
The verse relies on high-energy, rhythmic playfulness and audacious internal rhyme chains rather than complex metaphorical density, characteristic of Missy Elliott's signature 'fun-first' lyrical style.
A
8.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
6
Vocabulary
5
Wordplay
8.5
Delivery
Assonance-heavy internal rhyme chainsRhythmic syncopationColloquial hyperbolePop-culture intertextuality
Rhyme Architecture: A dense, fast-paced AAAA-style mono-rhyme scheme centered on long-i and long-o sounds, punctuated by irregular enjambment that forces the listener to keep pace with the cadence.
Verified Doubles & Entendres
"I had him souped like won-ton"
① He was excited or emotionally vulnerable (slang 'souped up').② A literal reference to the broth-based Chinese soup, creating a playful, off-kilter culinary metaphor for his state of mind.
"Fresh meat he season"
① He is a new sexual partner being metaphorically prepared.② A direct play on the word 'season' as both a verb (cooking) and a reference to his youthful, inexperienced status ('fresh meat').
Exceptional rhythmic cadence and flow
Highly memorable, visceral imagery
Consistent, high-energy vocal presence
Low metaphorical depth
Relies on repetitive end-rhyme structures
Lack of complex multi-layered entendres