Stankonia

Humble Mumble

Outkast

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

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[Chorus: André 3000 & Erykah Badu]

Humble as a mumble in the jungles^✦

Of shouts and screams

That's the way the cracker^✦ crumbles^✦

So I guess I've got to re-route^✦ my dreams

Humble as a mumble in the jungles^✦

Of shouts and screams

That's the way the cracker^✦ crumbles^✦

So I guess I've got to re-route^✦ my dreams

[Verse 2: Andre 3000]

Yeah, too Democratic, Republic, fuck it

We chicken nugget,^✦ we dip in the sauce like mop and bucket^✦

Blue-collar scholars, who'll take your dolla,^✦ and wipe my ass with it

You living^✦ for the lotto,^✦ never^✦ hit it

I met a critic, I made her shit her draws

She said she thought Hip-Hop^✦ was only^✦ guns and alcohol

I said "Oh hell naw! But yet, it's that too

You can't discrima-hate 'cause you done read a book or two

What if I looked at you in a microscope, saw all the dirty^✦ organisms

Living^✦ in your closet,^✦ would I stop and would I pause it?" Whoo

To put that bitch in slower^✦ motion,^✦ got the potion^✦ and the antidote

And a quote for collision,^✦ the decision^✦

Is do you want to live, or wanna^✦ exist?^✦

The game changes every^✦ day, so obsolete is the fist and marches

Speeches only^✦ reaches those who already know about^✦ it

This is how we go about^✦ it

[Chorus: André 3000 & Erykah Badu]

Humble as a mumble in the jungles^✦

Of shouts and screams

That's the way the cracker^✦ crumbles^✦

So I guess I've got to re-route^✦ my dreams

Humble as a mumble in the jungles^✦

Of shouts and screams

That's the way the cracker^✦ crumbles^✦

So I guess I've got to re-route^✦ my dreams

[Verse 3: Erykah Badu]

I'm wild, just like a rock, a stone, a tree

And I'm free, just like the wind, the breeze that blows

And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain

And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky

And I'll surely^✦ die, just like a flower^✦ plucked and dragged away^✦

And thrown away^✦

And then one day, it turns to clay

It blows away,^✦ it finds a ray, it finds its way

And there it lays, until the rain and sun

Then I breathe, just like the wind, the breeze that blows

And I grow, just like a baby^✦ breastfeeding

And it's beautiful, that's life and that's life (Ahhhh)

And that's life and that's life

[Chorus: André 3000 & Erykah Badu]

Humble as a mumble in the jungles^✦

Of shouts and screams

That's the way the cracker^✦ crumbles^✦

So I guess I've got to re-route^✦ my dreams

Humble as a mumble in the jungles^✦

Of shouts and screams

That's the way the cracker^✦ crumbles^✦

So I guess I've got to re-route^✦ my dreams

[Outro: André 3000]

Humble as a mumble in the jungles^✦

Of shouts and screams

That's the way the cracker^✦ crumbles^✦

So I guess I've gotta^✦ re-route^✦ my dreams

Y'all can't harm me, it's over^✦

Shh, hush

Technical Breakdown

8.3

Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres8.5

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 Control9.0

Performance and control

Computed Score8.30

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

André 3000 displays peak-era lyrical dexterity, utilizing rapid-fire multi-syllabic internal rhyming to critique cultural homogenization and the superficiality of music criticism.

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

8.5

Wordplay

Delivery

Multi-syllabic internal rhymingPhonetic playRhetorical questioningMetaphorical juxtapositionVocal register shifting

Rhyme Architecture: Highly dense, complex internal multi-syllabic patterns (e.g., Democratic/Republic/fuck it/chicken nugget/bucket) interspersed with sudden rhythmic pivots.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"discrima-hate"

① Discriminate: to make unjust or prejudicial distinctions in the treatment of different categories of people.② Hate: to intensely dislike or disparage, specifically focusing on the bias the critic holds toward the genre.

"dip in the sauce like mop and bucket"

① A literal reference to dipping chicken nuggets into sauce.② A metaphor for the commodification of the artist, being 'soaked' or controlled by industry institutions as if being cleaned or managed by a mop/bucket system.

"obsolete is the fist and marches"

① The physical act of protesting and fighting is no longer effective.② A challenge to the listener to move beyond traditional, static forms of social protest toward a more modern, adaptive, and strategic way of existing ('live' vs 'exist').

Exceptional rhythmic elasticity

High-density internal rhyme chains

Sharply articulated social commentary

Subversive approach to persona and critic interaction

Occasional density makes individual lines difficult to parse on first listen

The rapid-fire pace occasionally risks burying the punchline delivery

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