Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Señorita

Outkast

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[Refrain: Debra Killings & Jazzyfatnastees]

La-la-la-la-la-ah-lahh-la-la...^✦

[Verse 2: Big Boi]

See, what if you was a playa? Real playa, not no flaw?

Having^✦ the very^✦ best of life—lobster, steak, and Perignon

Smoking^✦ an ounce a week

And every^✦ single day was personal FreakNik

Tricking^✦ these hoes in Polo^✦ clothes, life as you conceived it

But your conception,^✦ deception^✦

Looking^✦ into^✦ your eyes, I see your weapon and it's depressing

They're digging up in your thighs, leaving^✦ deposits

Keeping your closets open,^✦ knocking your boots and jaws

Hoping^✦ to get you sprung like bail-bonds

Steadily calling me Antwan^✦ 'cause you thinking that you my lady^✦

Bitch, don't play me, 'cause you're janky^✦

I wanted^✦ to hit that ass, but me and the Goodie, we got danky^✦

So thank thee, for running that Southernplayalistic game

You was the only^✦ one to blame, my nigga^✦ don't even^✦ know yo' name

It's a shame, you cockin'^✦ 'em up and fucking a nigga^✦ like 2Pac up (Damn)

I'm leaving^✦ these crows to be

The flowers and wake don't get me, see

I gotta^✦ be feeding my daughter

Teach her to be that Natural Woman^✦ (Right)

She'll be Waiting to Exhale,^✦ while you other^✦ hoes be Dumb And Dumber^✦

Yeah, you know I'm sayin'? (Yeah)

[Refrain: Debra Killings & Jazzyfatnastees]

La-la-la-la-la-ah-lahh-la-la...^✦

[Verse 3: André 3000 & Big Boi]

One, two... yes... un-kay...^✦

Check this out, right here, now...

See, me and ol' girl in the black-on-black 'Lac Northstar

Windows are tinted,^✦ so that no one knows who us are

Talk bad about^✦ her nigga,^✦ guaranteed to snap like bra

Straps, sticking^✦ together like grandma and grandpapa

In this dog-eat-dog world

Kitty^✦ cats be scratching on my furry^✦ coat to curl

Up with me and my bowl of Kibbles 'n Bits, I want to hurl

'Cause most of the girls that we was likin'^✦ in high school, now they dykin'^✦

(Huh-heh-heh...) Nasty^✦ bitch, 'scuse me, Lord

[Verse 4: Big Boi]

Having^✦ no mercy^✦ for the disrespect fair ones^✦

Some–be^✦ hanging around the crew, looking^✦ for funds

Dumb,–deaf, and fine; they be askin'^✦ me all about^✦ mine

"How she do?" and "How she be?"—I know she's sipping that wine

Behind my back, they squawk like vultures^✦

"Off and On" like Trends Of Cultures,^✦ baby^✦

Hey, he–faking it like these sculptured nails

But they can go to Hell and lay with Lucifer

'Cause they burning anyway;^✦ Big Boi use her and abuse^✦ her

[Refrain: Debra Killings & Jazzyfatnastees]

La-la-la-la-la-ah-lahh-la-la...^✦

[Outro: Khujo Goodie sample, scratched by Mr. DJ]

"Tricks holl'rin'^✦ they got rank"

Technical Breakdown

8.3

Multisyllabic Rhymes8.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres7.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm8.5

Flow variation and timing (data-driven)

Vocabulary Complexity7.0

Range and depth of words used (data-driven)

Delivery / Breath Control8.5

Performance and control

Computed Score8.34

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Big Boi utilizes complex Southern vernacular to pivot from a lifestyle aspiration narrative into a sharp critique of transactional relationships, bridging materialistic excess with grounded fatherhood.

8.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

8.5

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

7.5

Wordplay

8.5

Delivery

multisyllabic internal rhyme clustersrhythmic syncopationpop culture juxtapositioncolloquial character development

Rhyme Architecture: Dense, polysyllabic end-rhymes (conceived/deception/depressing/deposits) coupled with heavy internal rhyming (playa/flaw/lobster/steak) that anchors the cadence within the groove.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"Hoping to get you sprung like bail-bonds"

① The slang term 'sprung' meaning to be head-over-heels in love.② The literal action of being released from jail using a bail bond.

"She'll be Waiting to Exhale, while you other hoes be Dumb And Dumber"

① A reference to the film Waiting to Exhale, symbolizing maturity, poise, and independence.② A reference to the film Dumb and Dumber, implying stupidity and lack of self-respect in the partners he is critiquing.

Exceptional rhythmic pocket maintenance

Effective use of Southern regional dialect for character voice

Seamless transition from hedonistic bragging to moral reflection

Clever integration of 90s film and cultural references

The density of internal rhyme occasionally causes minor rhythmic crowding

Some metaphors rely heavily on listener familiarity with the era's regional slang

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