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True Dat (Interlude)

Outkast

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

6

End

36

Internal

27

Multi

112

Slant

2

Chain

Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Big Rube:]
Operating under✦ the crooked American system too long
OutKast,✦ pronounced outcast
Adjective meaning homeless, or unaccepted✦ in society
But let's look deeper✦ than that
Are you an OutKast?✦
If you understand✦ and feel the basic✦ principles and
Fundamental truths contained within✦ this music,✦ you probably✦ are
If you think it's all about✦ pimpin'✦ hoes and slamming Cadillac do's
You probably✦ a cracker,✦ or a nigga that think he a cracker✦
Or maybe just don't understand✦
An OutKast✦ is someone who is not considered to be part of the normal✦ world
He is looked at differently
He is not accepted✦ because of his clothes, his hair
His occupation, his beliefs or his skin color
Now look at yourself, are you an OutKast?✦ I know I am
As a matter✦ of fact, fuck being anything else
It's only✦ so much time left in this crazy✦ world
Wake up niggas and realize what's going on around you
Poisoning of the food and water✦
Tampering✦ of cigarettes
Disease engineering✦ control over✦ your life
Take back your existence or die like a punk
This is Big Rube, sayin' right on to the real, and death to the fakers
Peace out

Technical Breakdown

7.0
Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes8.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres5.0

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm5.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity8.5

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.0

Performance and control

Computed Score6.99

Production

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Big Rube provides a socio-political manifesto that functions as a structural anchor for the album, moving from linguistic definition to urgent cultural critique.

B
8.5
Multisyllabic
8.5
Internal Rhymes
5.5
Cadence / Flow
8.5
Vocabulary
5
Wordplay
8
Delivery
spoken word manifestodidactic tonethematic recontextualizationdirect audience address
Rhyme Architecture: Primarily prose-based spoken word with incidental internal slant rhymes and rhythmic phrasal repetition rather than a formal end-rhyme structure.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"OutKast, pronounced outcast"

① The group's proper noun name② The dictionary definition of a social pariah or unaccepted individual

High-impact authoritative delivery

Strong thematic cohesion

Effective redefinition of the group's namesake

Urgent social commentary

Lack of dense poetic rhyme schemes

Minimal metaphorical complexity

Relies on direct exposition over lyrical wordplay

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