Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Humble Mumble

Outkast

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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

8.2

Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres8.0

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 Score8.24

Production

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

André 3000 effectively weaponizes colloquialism and subversion, using a rapid-fire, conversational cadence to pivot between social commentary and personal philosophy, effectively challenging the binary perception of hip-hop listeners.

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

Wordplay

Delivery

Internal slant rhyme chainsDynamic vocal projection shiftsEnjambment-heavy conversational flowPolysyllabic compound rhyming

Rhyme Architecture: The verse utilizes a complex AAAA/BBBB structure interspersed with rapid, internal multisyllabic clusters (Democratic/Republic/fuck it) that stabilize into end-rhyme heavy couplets (organisms/pause it/slower motion).

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"discrima-hate"

① A phonetic play on the word 'discriminate', implying prejudice.② The suffix 'hate' explicitly denotes the speaker's assessment of the critic's negative bias against the genre.

"obsolete is the fist and marches"

① Refers to the historical and physical methods of Civil Rights activism.② A meta-commentary on the evolution of hip-hop from protest music to a global, rapidly shifting industry where traditional static 'fists' lose impact.

"dip in the sauce like mop and bucket"

① Literal imagery of dipping a mop into a bucket for cleaning.② A clever appropriation of 'sauce' as street slang for status or style, implying they are fully immersed in the culture's grit.

Exceptional rhythmic elasticity that manages to make dense multisyllabic structures sound like casual speech.

High-level irony in the subversion of 'Blue-collar scholars' paradigm.

The microscope metaphor serves as a bridge between scientific literalism and social critique.

The 'chicken nugget' simile borders on non-sequitur, though saved by the rhythmic delivery.

Occasional density of internal rhyme slightly obscures the clarity of the broader narrative arc.

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