Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

GhettoMusick

Outkast

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

27

End

147

Internal

54

Multi

127

Slant

5

Chain

Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Chorus: André 3000, Joi, Myrna Crenshaw & Sleepy Brown]
Find a way to get out, a-without✦ a hit out
You dig in, you dig out, you get out
GhettoMusick✦
GhettoMusick✦
Find a way to get in, to fit in
You get on, you get out, without✦ a doubt
GhettoMusick✦
GhettoMusick✦
[Post-Chorus: Big Boi & Patti LaBelle sample]
I just want you to know how I feel
Feeling✦ good, feeling✦ great
How I feel... oh, I...
Feeling✦ great, feeling✦ good, how are you? (You... you... you...)
I just want you to know how I feel
Feeling✦ good, feeling✦ great
How I feel... oh, I...
Feeling✦ great, feeling✦ good, how are you?
[Verse: Big Boi]
Hot tub, bad to the bone-y,✦ I'm Tony✦
Ask my Grandmama, Edna✦ Mae Kearse, she showed✦ me
How to be the smooth operator,✦ dominator✦
In the state of Georgia,✦ Hip-Hop✦ standard destroyer
Leave a motherfucker open✦ like a foyer
"He from the Dirty"✦ — now here come the paranoia✦
A lawyer✦ couldn't object, or disrespect the technique
Sweat me, wipe off the sweat
Fight off the shit, then flush the waste down
The pipes of my life flow deep into✦ the ground
Find my purpose✦ on the surface of this Earth, this
Planet's standards, trust they have their purpose✦
Campaign in vain for the same lame fame you've obtained✦
You ought to be detained✦
By the Hip-Hop✦ Sheriff, locked✦ up, no possibility
Of getting out, because the shit you make is killin'✦ me
And my ears, and my peers
I hear the end is near – no fear, we disappear✦
Then re-appear✦ again✦ in a fresh new light
I hope it's peaceful and cloudy,✦ 'cause if it's not, we gotta✦ fight, like –
[Pre-Chorus: André 3000]
G-H-E-T-T-O✦ M-U-S-I-C-K, stay down
O-U-T-K-A-S-T, just know that we don't play 'round
If it don't stank like they stank, then they can't swallow that down
Your battleship is sunk, I wish Grandma could see us—
[Chorus: André 3000, Joi, Myrna Crenshaw & Sleepy Brown]
Find a way to get out, a-without✦ a hit out
You dig in, you dig out, you get out
GhettoMusick✦
GhettoMusick✦ (Woo!)
Find a way to get in, to fit in, to get on
To get out, without✦ a doubt
GhettoMusick✦
GhettoMusick✦
[Post-Chorus: Big Boi & Patti LaBelle sample]
I just want you to know how I feel
Feeling✦ good, feeling✦ great
How I feel... oh, I...
Feeling✦ great, feeling✦ good, how are you? (You... you... you...)
I just want you to know how I feel
Feeling✦ good, feeling✦ great
How I feel... oh, I...
Feeling✦ great, feeling✦ good, how are you?

Technical Breakdown

7.4
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 / Rhythm7.0

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity6.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control7.5

Performance and control

Computed Score7.38

Production

— André 3000

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Big Boi utilizes high-velocity rhythmic delivery and confident cultural posturing to maintain the energy of the frenetic production, though the lyricism focuses more on swagger than dense conceptual layering.

B+
8.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
7
Cadence / Flow
6
Vocabulary
6.5
Wordplay
7.5
Delivery
Internal rhyme chainsAssonance-heavy multi-syllabic rhymingCultural signifiersAggressive enjambment
Rhyme Architecture: The verse employs a high-density, internal-rhyme-focused scheme centered on 'o-a' and 'e-a' vowel sounds, maintaining a relentless pace that mirrors the song's electro-funk intensity.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"Leave a motherfucker open like a foyer"

① A literal comparison where a foyer is an open, spacious entrance hall.② A figurative description of an opponent who has been physically or lyrically dismantled, leaving them exposed and vulnerable.

"bad to the bone-y, I'm Tony"

① A reference to the idiomatic expression 'bad to the bone'.② A specific reference to the breakfast cereal mascot Tony the Tiger, implying his 'Grrrreat' status.

Exceptional rhythmic integration with the beat

Confident, high-energy vocal delivery

Effective use of multi-syllabic end-rhymes (operator/dominator/destroyer)

Strong sense of persona and regional pride

Limited semantic depth beyond braggadocio

The 'foyer' metaphor is a standard simile compared to more complex wordplay of the era

Relies heavily on flow and attitude to carry the weight of the bars

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