Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able

Quiet Trip

Black Thought

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

32

End

174

Internal

50

Multi

134

Slant

16

Chain

Rhyme Groups — hover to spotlight
[Chorus: Portugal. The Man & The Last Artful, Dodgr]
Oh my, God, I can't believe✦ my eyes
Wake up everybody✦ you know (We all got away✦ from you)
Come on watch the garden✦ grow (We all got away✦ from you)
I'll see you when you get there
Oh my, God, I can't believe✦ my eyes
Wake up everybody✦ you know (We all got away✦ from you)
Come on watch the garden✦ grow (We all got away✦ from you)
I'll see you when you get there
[Verse 2: Black Thought]
Yo, reminiscin' over✦ old times,✦ sip a little bit of Oban✦
When the wind blow like a land mine, balled up fist now
Who the fuck's this calling on the landline?
Back back like a hair line, I don't really✦ want the air time
I don't wanna✦ smile for the camera,✦ damn, I just wanna✦ see my fam rise
I can feel when a man lies, tryin' to grow old and wise
And I'm still fly like airlines, stay sharp like samurais
Dip low like Cam'ron,✦ Big Show when it's slam time
Word to my nigga✦ Anton✦
Bogarting through this door
Hopin'✦ that it don't get shut
By these police✦ makin'✦ raids on those of us who know what's up
My lil' uzi weighs a ton, man, I truly✦ ain't the one
My lil' junior✦ straight from juvie, make a movie gangster run
Y'all confusin' this here shit with some television drama✦
None of y'all lil' mamas touching Mr. Trotter
Even✦ with that heater,✦ you sweeter than peach cobbler
Real ones✦ out here winnin',✦ you swimmin' in deep agua✦
Click, pow, I'm a rebel✦ just for kicks now
Been down with the get down
You ain't sayin' shit, sit down
This loud, twenty✦ one pound, my town
Man, we it from 'round here
If they 'bout it where you from, then it ain't no different down here, listen✦
[Chorus: Portugal. The Man & The Last Artful, Dodgr]
Oh my, God, I can't believe✦ my eyes
Wake up everybody✦ you know (We all got away✦ from you)
Come on watch the garden✦ grow (We all got away✦ from you)
I'll see you when you get there
Oh my, God, I can't believe✦ my eyes
Wake up everybody✦ you know (We all got away✦ from you)
Come on watch the garden✦ grow (We all got away✦ from you)
I'll see you when you get there
[Outro]
Yeah? Alright, I'll come home
At the end of the day, everybody✦ got good and bad
In every✦ culture, in every✦ race
But you also✦ gotta✦ remember where your people at
'Cause you always should want to love your people unconditionally no matter✦ what​

Technical Breakdown

8.9
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 / Rhythm10.0

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 Score8.88

Production

— Black Thought, Sal Dali, Sean C, Big K.R.I.T., Portugal. The Man

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Critic Analysis
RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

Black Thought demonstrates elite rhythmic agility and internal rhyme density, utilizing standard metaphors to anchor a high-velocity flow that prioritizes sonic cohesion over abstract lyrical complexity.

A+
8.5
Multisyllabic
9.5
Internal Rhymes
10
Cadence / Flow
6
Vocabulary
7.5
Wordplay
9
Delivery
Multisyllabic internal rhyme chainsAssonance-heavy cadencesEnjambment for rhythmic sustainPop-culture referential layering
Rhyme Architecture: Thought employs an intricate AAAA-B-CCCC-B rhyme structure, utilizing 'long-i' assonance (Oban, land mine, landline, hair line, air time, fam rise, man lies, wise, airlines, samurais, slam time) to create a relentless forward momentum that persists across line breaks.
Verified Doubles & Entendres

"Back back like a hair line"

① A command to retreat or move away from the speaker's personal space.② A physical description of receding hair growth, linking the retreat to aging.

"My lil' uzi weighs a ton"

① Reference to the Uzi submachine gun.② A metaphor for the heavy psychological or societal burden carried by the artist and his associates.

"Bogarting through this door"

① Forcing one's way through an entry point.② A reference to 'Bogarting' as taking more than one's fair share or acting with aggressive entitlement, typical of 1970s slang.

Exceptional rhythmic consistency

Dense internal rhyming that elevates the cadence

Dynamic shift between conversational tone and high-intensity narrative

Mastery of breath control through long-chain assonance

Vocabulary relies on relatively common hip-hop tropes compared to his more abstract thematic works

Some metaphors serve the rhythm more than the narrative depth

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