Repetition is used throughout the song to emphasize on their uniqueness. As mentioned before, most of De La Soul’s songs dealt with humor and social commentary. As a result, their public image was taken as hippie style. In order to change this stereotype, De La Soul expresses through “Me, Myself and I” that they are De La Soul, a hip-hop trio, not hippies. They want to tell their audience that they are who they are; their styles might appear similar as hippie style, but similarity does not tie with same. In the song, “It’s just me myself and I” was repeated throughout the song. According to Perry that repetition and was employed “in order to call particular attention to the words or music at that point” (Perry 2004:13). Repetition was commonly
