Analysis

3.14 Apple Pi

Bo Burnham · Bo Burnham

16+
Verdict
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Detailed Analysis

These lyrics are a comedic, self-aware parody of gangsta rap that deliberately subverts expectations with humorous misdirection and wordplay (e.g., 'drive-bys' with newspapers, 'doing Coke' as in diet soda). However, despite the satirical tone, there are several content concerns: (1) The word 'n-word' is used in the opening, which is inappropriate for younger audiences regardless of context. (2) There are multiple sexual references and innuendo, including masturbation ('beat my meat,' 'I think of 20 inch rims when I masturbate'), phallic double entendres ('whip it out... stick it in her eye'), and a reference to a sexual act with a hot dog ('the taste of my weiner'). (3) Drug references are present but are comedically defused (cereal/Life, diet Coke). (4) There is mild political commentary (George Bush, Hitler references). (5) The phrase 'yeast infection' is used. The humor is clearly aimed at an older teen or adult audience that can appreciate the satirical framing. The sexual innuendo and masturbation references are frequent enough to warrant caution for younger teens. The overall tone is playful and non-threatening, and there is no genuine glorification of violence, drugs, or misogyny — in fact, the lyrics explicitly mock those tropes. Still, the cumulative sexual content and racial language push this above a middle-school audience.

Themes
Parody/Satire
Sexual Innuendo
Wordplay/Puns
Drug Reference (Comedic)
Racial Language
Political Commentary

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Lyrics

Let's do it Yo, yo, yo, what's up Word to my n-words Don't got bros, don't hang on the streets I don't beat my hos, I only beat my meat, yeah Don't womanize cause you know it's true that when you look in their eyes you see they're people too Mother effin' suffrage! I said mother effin' suffrage! You know I'm a gangsta, you know I do Coke, but I had to go to diet, cause it burnt my throat. I've been doin' drive-bys all of my life, except the bullets are newspapers, the car is my bike, yeah I said the car is my bike. yo yo 3.14 apple pi, I say I whip it out, I clean it off, I stick it in her eye, and by "it" I mean contact lens. It must have got dirty. yo yo yo 3.14 apple pi, I got rhymes and flows that make Hitler cry. George Bush won't, he'll just yell and rant but he's a presiDONT who ameriCANT. Oh my lord, the kid is on, he is clever, c'mon give it to him. I spit gangsta hymns, cause I'm a gangsta straight, I think of 20 inch rims when I masturbate. We're gonna be late, there's no time to waste, cause the girls that I date, have a particular taste. The taste of my weiner! The taste of my weiner. Yo 3.14 apple pi Why was I born white no one quite knows why, Gansgstas sell their rocks, I got a collection. You couldn't get a rise out of a yeast infection. Ooh, what does that mean? Yeast rises Yo I'm a lyrical heretic, but I'll make you laugh I'll hit you with rhetoric, then I'll cut you in half. I don't need to be a clown, I don't need to be nice, How bout you sit down and I serve you a slice... of my 3.14 apple pi My voice is so smoky it'll make you high... Yo, here's a confession, it's all about me, Here's my impression of a broken jet ski. Pu da da da da da da ... Fill me with gas. I'm a jet ski. Here come the puns Here come the puns Here come the puns Here come the puns All you little thugs wanna mess me with me, know that I've been doin' drugs since the age of 3. I took my cereal, stabbed it open with a knife. Snorted that shit and I got high on Life. Yo A guy asked me for change, saying my mind was too dense. I said you won't make cents if you don't make sense. Oh, look at that. Big finale, let's hit it... You know I flow it and show it, you know that Bo know it, Yo, your lawn I'll mow it and grow it cause he's a sho' poet. Yo my rims be spinning I winning, like Adam I be sinnin'. Potato skinnnin' and knittin' and separate those linens. And in my eyes you see flies, and though you people tries Just to disguise all your lies, but baby I be wise. you know I did it and shit it you brothers couldn't hit it, Then you try to rid it, too late! I already spit it. Patooey I already spit it. I said apple pi.


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Analysis performed on August 14, 2026