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Scenario

A Tribe Called Quest

Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis

End

189

Internal

106

Multi

261

Slant

Chain

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[Verse 2: Charlie Brown, All]

Yes, yes, y'all! (Yes, y'all!)

Who got the vibe? It's the Tribe, y'all! (Tribe, y'all!), real live, y'all! (Live, y'all!)

Inside,^✦ outside, come around^✦

(Who's that?) Broooown!

So may I say, call me Charlie

The word is the herb and I'm deep like Bob Marley^✦

Lay back on the payback, evolve,^✦ rotate^✦ the gates^✦

Contact!

Can I get a hit? (Hit!) Boom bip

With a brother^✦ named^✦ Tip and we're ready^✦ to flip

East coast stompin', rippin',^✦ and rompin'^✦

New York, North Cak-a-laka, and Compton

Checka-checka-check it out

The loops for the troops, more bounce to the ounce

And wow-how-now-wow, how now, Brown cow?

We're ill 'til the skill gets down for the flex

Next it's the textbook, old to the new

But the rest are doo-doo^✦

From radio^✦ to the video,^✦ to Arsenio^✦

Tell me, yo, what's the scenario?^✦

[Verse 3: Dinco D, All]

(True, blue!) Scooby^✦ Doo, whoopie doo

Scenarios, radios,^✦ rates^✦ more than four

Scores^✦ for the s'mores^✦ that smother^✦ dance floors

Now I go for mine, shades^✦ of sea shore

Ship-shape, crushed grapes,^✦ apes^✦ that play tapes^✦

Papes^✦ make drakes^✦ baked^✦ for the wakes^✦

Of an L-ah, an -eader!^✦ Simply^✦ just a leader^✦

Base in the space means peace, see you later^✦

Later^✦ (Later!)^✦ Later,^✦ alligator

Pop blows the weasel^✦ and the urge to inflate^✦ her

So, yo, the D, what, the O

Incorporated^✦ I-N-C into^✦ a flow

Funk flipped, flat back, first this, foul, fight, fight, fight, laugh

Yo, how'd that sound? (Oooh!)

[Verse 4: Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, All]

It's a Leader-Quest mission^✦ and we got the goods here (Here!)

Never^✦ on the left, 'cause my right's my good ear (Ear!)

I could give a damn about^✦ a ill subliminal^✦

Stay away^✦ from crime, so I ain't no criminal!^✦

I love my young nation,^✦ groovy^✦ sensation^✦

No time for hibernation,^✦ only^✦ elation^✦

Don't ever^✦ try to test the water,^✦ little kid

Yo, Mr. Busta^✦ Rhymes,^✦ tell 'em what I did

I heard you rushed^✦ and rushed^✦ and attacked

Then they rebuked and you had to smack

Causin'^✦ rambunction^✦ throughout the sphere

Raise the levels of the boom inside^✦ the ear (You know I did it)

So don't violate^✦ or you'll get violated^✦

The hip hop sound is well agitated^✦

Won't ever^✦ waste no time on a played out ego^✦

So here's^✦ Busta^✦ Rhymes^✦ with the scenario:^✦

[Verse 5: Busta Rhymes, All]

Watch as I combine^✦ all the juice from the mind

Heel up, wheel up, bring it back, come, rewind^✦

Powerful impact (Boom!) from the cannon!^✦

Not braggin', tryna^✦ read my mind, just imagine^✦

Vocabulary's necessary^✦ when diggin'^✦ into^✦ my library^✦

Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!

Eatin'^✦ Ital^✦ Stew like the one Peter^✦ Tosh, uh

Ugh, ugh, ugh! All over^✦ the track, man

Ugh, pardon^✦ me, ugh! As I come back!

As I did it, yo, I had to beg your pardon^✦

When I travel^✦ through the town, I roll with the squadron

Rawr! Rawr! Like a dungeon dragon^✦

Change your little drawers, 'cause your pants are saggin'^✦

Try to step to this, I will twist you in a turban^✦

And have you smellin' rank like some old, stale urine^✦

Chickity Choco,^✦ the chocolate^✦ chicken

The rear cock diesel,^✦ buttcheeks, they were kickin'^✦

Yo, bust it out before^✦ the Busta^✦ bust another^✦ rhyme

The rhythm is in sync (Uh!), the rhymes^✦ are on time (Time!)

Rippin'^✦ up the sound just like Horatio^✦

Observe the vibe and check out the scenario^✦

[Chorus: All, Busta Rhymes]

Here we go, yo, here we go, yo (Yeah, my man, motherfucker)

So what, so what, so what's the scenario?^✦

Here we go, yo, here we go, yo

So what, so what, so what's the scenario?^✦

Here we go, yo, here we go, yo

So what, so what, so what's the scenario?^✦

Here we go, yo, here we go, yo

So what, so what, so what's the scenario?^✦

Technical Breakdown

8.4

Multisyllabic Rhymes9.5

Complexity of rhyme schemes (data-driven)

Internal Rhymes9.5

Rhymes within a line (data-driven)

Wordplay / Double Entendres6.5

Clever language, metaphors, punchlines

Cadence / Rhythm8.5

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 Score8.36

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Critic Analysis

RAPLEDGER BAROMETER™

The verse functions as a masterclass in rhythmic interaction and call-and-response, prioritizing collective energy and pocket-locking cadence over dense lyrical abstraction.

9.5

Multisyllabic

9.5

Internal Rhymes

8.5

Cadence / Flow

Vocabulary

6.5

Wordplay

Delivery

Aggressive call-and-responseStaccato phrasingMultisyllabic internal chain-linkingPhonetic play

Rhyme Architecture: Highly kinetic AAAA-BBCC scheme featuring dense internal polysyllabic clusters (e.g., stompin/rompin/compton) that serve the rhythmic drive of the boom-bap production.

Verified Doubles & Entendres

"the word is the herb and I'm deep like Bob Marley"

① The speaker's lyrical content is as essential and potent as the herb.② A direct comparison of lyrical profundity ('deep') to the spiritual and cultural weight of Bob Marley.

"more bounce to the ounce"

① A direct reference to Zapp's funk classic 'More Bounce to the Ounce'.② A description of the musical production quality having superior rhythmic density.

"how now, Brown cow"

① An elocutionary exercise used for voice projection.② A self-referential play on the speaker's name, Charlie Brown.

Exceptional rhythmic integration with the beat

High-energy group dynamics

Cohesive phonetic structures that prioritize flow over syntax

Innovative use of internal rhyme density for the era

Literal focus limits depth of subtext

Occasional reliance on nonsensical phonetic filler for rhythm

Vocabularic range is narrower than modern technical standards

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