A more accurate sense of what inspires Vivadixie is given by the penultimate track, whose chorus – unusually straightforward for Linkous – repeats "It's a sad and beautiful world".
"The Pyrex is Jewish," offers Wamp Wamp, perplexingly, while another track's chorus swaggers, "Bitch, I'm trill," presumably not a reference to Trill, the Complete Food with Five Seeds and Grains For Your Budgerigar, Cockatiel, Canary or Small Parrot.
Alexis Petridis for The Guardian commended the track's chorus as "hard to dislodge from your brain".
His sister Janet duets with him on the song, and his nephews Taj, TJ, and Taryll collectively known as 3T feature on the track's chorus.
"I'm off the deep end, watch as I dive in / I'll never meet the ground," she belts on the track's chorus.
The title track's chorus features Dre rapping in an intentionally refined cadence, "It's only civilized for us to live our lives / Royal, spoiled, the American way!
Jayson Rodriguez of MTV News felt that Keys "croons" on the track's chorus line, "I'm from Neeeeww Yooooork/These streets will make you feel brand-new/Bright lights will inspire you".
In the track's chorus, she sings about how she wants to be his lover, not someone who has to take care of him, such as a maternal figure.
The idea for the "Witness" video was simple: Call a local primary school, pretend Roots had been a pupil, and organize a sports day to tie in with the track's chorus, "witness the fitness".
After the ladies completed the song, Carey came onto the stage wearing a long silver and black gown, and performed "I'm That Chick" alongside several male dancers, opening the song with a spontaneous a cappella of the track's chorus to positive critical response.
