Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

The Way You Move

Outkast

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

26

End

159

Internal

27

Multi

111

Slant

13

Chain

Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Verse 2: Big Boi]
The whole room fell silent, the girls all paused✦ with glee
Turning✦ left, turning✦ right, are they looking✦ at me?
Well, I was looking✦ at them, there, there, on the dance floor
Now, they got me in the middle, feeling like a man-whore
'Specially the big girl
Big girls need love, too—no discrimination here, squirrel
So keep your hands off my cheeks
And let me study✦ how you ride the beat, you big freak
Skinny-slim women✦ got the cameltoe within them
You can hump them, lift them, bend them
Give them something to remember
Yell out "Timber!" when you fall through the chop shop
Take a deep breath and exhale✦
Your ex-male-friend✦ boyfriend✦ was boring as hell
But let me listen✦ to the story✦ you tell
And we can make moves like a person in jail – on the low, ho
[Chorus: Sleepy Brown]
I like the way you move
I like the way you move, woo-ooh-ooh✦
I love the way you move
I love the way, I love the way
I love the way you move
I love the way you move, woo-ooh-ooh✦
I love the way you move
I love the way, I love the way
[Bridge: Sleepy Brown]
Hey, baby,✦ girl, don't you stop me
Come on, lady,✦ dance all around me
You (Look so fine) You look so fine (Look so fine)
You driving me (Out of my) out of my mind
(Out my mind) Ooh, baby,✦ if I could
I would just leave with you, baby✦
Oooh, 'cause you light me, and excite✦ me
And you know, you got me, baby,✦ ooh!
[Chorus: Sleepy Brown]
I like the way you move (I like the way you move)
I like the way you move (Ooh, you're so sexy,✦ baby),✦ woo-ooh-ooh✦
I love the way you move
I love the way (Oh, oh), I love the way (Ooh)
I love the way you move (I love the way you move)
I love the way you move (Ooh, you're so sexy,✦ baby),✦ woo-ooh-ooh✦
I love the way you move
I love the way, I love the way
I like the way you move
I like the way you move, woo-ooh-ooh✦
I love the way you move
I love the way, I love the way...

Technical Breakdown

8.3
Multisyllabic Rhymes7.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres6.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm10.0

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity4.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.5

Performance and control

Computed Score8.34

Production

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Big Boi prioritizes rhythmic pocket and cadence-driven charisma over dense metaphorical complexity, utilizing a conversational, bouncy delivery that defines the Southern bounce aesthetic of the early 2000s.

A
7.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
4
Vocabulary
6.5
Wordplay
8.5
Delivery
Conversational cadenceInternal rhyme clustersDynamic vocal projectionDirect audience address
Rhyme Architecture: Predominantly AABB coupled with heavy internal assonance and multisyllabic clusters, emphasizing end-rhyme stability to lock into the 4/4 dance groove.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"ex-male-friend"

① A descriptive reference to the woman's previous romantic partner.② A homophonic play on 'ex-male' (previous male) emphasizing the past tense nature of the partner's status.

"make moves like a person in jail"

① Moving quietly or sneakily in a social context.② A literal reference to the high-security, calculated movements necessitated by a prison environment.

Exceptional rhythmic lock-in with the dance-tempo beat

Confident, charismatic vocal performance that elevates simple lyrical content

Seamless integration of conversational flow into a structured rhyme scheme

Wordplay is primarily anecdotal and observational rather than layered or abstract

Vocabulary and thematic breadth remain firmly within the 'club encounter' trope

Some punchlines (e.g., 'Timber') function more as rhythmic punctuation than lyrical wit

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