Lyrical Breakdown of Electric Relaxation - A Journey through Words and Rhymes
Welcome to the detailed analysis of "Electric Relaxation" on Lazyjot. Here, we unravel the lyrical complexity and artistic brilliance that define this iconic song.
- Lyric Overview: Witness how A Tribe Called Quest weaves words into powerful emotions and vivid imagery. From intricate rhyme schemes to compelling storytelling, every line in "Electric Relaxation" is a testament to masterful songwriting.
- Rhyme and Rhythm Analysis: Our Lazyjot editor highlights the ingenious use of multi-syllabic rhymes and the rhythm pattern that A Tribe Called Quest employs. Understand the construction of each verse and how it contributes to the song's overall impact.
- Syllable Pattern Insights: Dive deeper into the structural elements of the lyrics. See how the syllable count varies across the song, adding a unique rhythm and flow to A Tribe Called Quest's narrative.
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Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Honey, check it out, you got me mesmerized
With your black hair and fat-ass thighs
Street poetry is my everyday
But yo, I gotta stop when you trot my way
If I was workin’ at the club, you would not pay
Ayo, my man Phife Diggy, he got somethin’ to say
I like ‘em brown, yellow, Puerto Rican or Haitian
Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu Nation
Told you in the jam that we can get down
Now let’s knock the boots like the group H-Town
You got BBD all on your bedroom wall
But I’m above the rim and this is how I ball
A gritty little somethin’ on the New York streets
This is how I represent over this here beat
Talkin’ ‘bout you—
Yo, I took you out
But sex was on my mind for the whole damn route
My mind was in a frenzy and a horny state
But I couldn’t drop dimes ‘cause you couldn’t relate
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down (You couldn’t relate)
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down (You couldn’t relate)
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Stretch out your legs, let me make you bawl
Drive you insane, drive you up the wall
Starin’ at your dome-piece, very strong
Stronger than pride, stronger than Teflon
Take you on the Ave and you buy me links
Now I wanna pound the poontang until it stinks
You can be my mama and I’ll be your boy
Original rude bwoy, never am I coy
You can be a shorty in my ill convoy
Not to come across as a thug or a hood (What?)
But hon’, you got the goods like Madelyne Woods
By the way, my name’s Malik, the Five-Foot Freak
Let’s say we get together by the end of the week?
She simply said, “No,” labeled me a hoe
I said, “How you figure?” “My friends told me so.”
I hate when silly groupies wanna run they yap
Word to God, hon’, I don’t get down like that
I’ll have you weak in the knees that you could hardly speak
Or we could do like Uncle L and swing an ep’ in my Jeep
Keep it on the down, yo, we keep it discrete
See, I’m not the type of kid to have my biz in the streets
If my mom don’t approve, then I’ll just elope
Let me save the little man from inside the boat
Let me hit it from the back, girl, I won’t catch a hernia
Bust off on your couch, now you got Seamen’s Furniture
Shaheed, Phife and the Extra P
Stacy Beadle, PJ, and my man LG
They know the Abstract is really soul on ice
The character is of men, never ever of mice
Shorty, let me tell you ‘bout my only vice
It has to do with lots of lovin’ and it ain’t nothin’ nice
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down (It ain’t nothing nice)
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down (It ain’t nothing nice)
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl, please settle down
Relax yourself, girl—
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Keep bouncing— keep bouncing