Editing Devil Without a Cause (section)

===Music and lyrics===
[[File:Run DMC (cropped).png|thumb|The opening line to "[[Bawitdaba]]" paraphrased a line from [[Run-DMC]]'s song "Hit It Run" from the group's 1986 studio album ''[[Raising Hell (album)|Raising Hell]]'' (group pictured). It is a play on the cadence of the line: "'''...cause I'm the King of Rock'''" to "'''My name is Kid Rock'''"]]
"[[Bawitdaba]]" has been described as having a nu metal sound.<ref name=decibel_2015-08-13>{{cite magazine |url=http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2015/8/13/they-did-it-all-for-the-nookie-decibel-explores-the-rise-and-fall-of-nu-metal |title=They Did It All for the Nookie: Decibel Explores the Rise and Fall of Nu-Metal |magazine=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]]|access-date=February 2, 2018|date=August 13, 2015}} (August 13, 2005). Retrieved on September 15, 2015</ref><ref name=PhoenixNews_NuMetal>{{cite web|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/10-nu-metal-songs-that-actually-dont-suck-7339562|title=10 Nu-Metal Songs That Actually Don't Suck|author=Josh Chesler|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> To create the chorus, Kid Rock combined the choruses of [[Busy Bee]]'s "Making Cash Money", [[the Marcels]]' recording of "[[Blue Moon (1934 song)|Blue Moon]]" and the [[Sugar Hill Gang]]'s "[[Rapper's Delight]]" into a "neo-[[Gregorian chant|gregorian]] drone".<ref name=billboard/><ref name=azcentral/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://coldfrontmag.com/song-of-the-week-bawitdaba-by-kid-rock/|title="Bawitdaba" by Kid Rock|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624093303/http://coldfrontmag.com/song-of-the-week-bawitdaba-by-kid-rock/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=RSAlbumGuide>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kid-rock/albumguide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126073430/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/kid-rock/albumguide |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 26, 2011 |title=Kid Rock: Album Guide |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=March 23, 2012}}</ref> The lyrics of the song are dedicated to "chicks with beepers" and the [[I.R.S.]], as well as "all the crackheads, the critics, the cynics / And all my heroes in the methadone clinic."<ref name=NewYorker>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/jia-tolentino/song-of-the-summer-bawitdaba-by-kid-rock|title=Song of the Summer: "Bawitdaba," by Kid Rock|first=Jia|last=Tolentino|author-link=Jia Tolentino|date=August 18, 2016|website=Newyorker.com}}</ref> In the [[demo tape|demo recording]] of the song, Kid Rock shouts, "Now get in the pit and try to kill someone!"<ref name=NewYorker/> On the album version, Kid Rock changed the lyrics, replacing the word "kill" with "love". Regarding the change, Kid Rock told the ''Baltimore Sun'' that he was glad he changed the lyrics, explaining that [[mosh pit]]s are about coexistence.<ref name=NewYorker/>

The [[country rap]]<ref name=cowboysindians/><ref name=billboard/><ref name=AXS>{{cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/the-10-best-kid-rock-songs-29870|title=The 10 best Kid Rock songs|publisher=[[AXS (company)]]|first1=Shawn S.|last1=Lealos|date=November 25, 2014|access-date=February 2, 2018}}</ref> song "[[Cowboy (Kid Rock song)|Cowboy]]" was newly written for the album.<ref name=freepearly/> It is a fusion of hip hop, country music, Southern rock and heavy metal.<ref name=AXS/> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', as well as Kid Rock himself, described the song as a cross between Run DMC and Lynyrd Skynyrd.<ref name=azcentral/><ref name=Billboard>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/kid-rock-songs-best-hits-list-7889963/|title=Kid Rock's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks|magazine=Billboard|date=August 4, 2017|first1=Chuck|last1=Dauphin|access-date=February 2, 2018}}</ref> The instrumentation includes [[Jew's harp]], [[blues]] harmonica and a [[piano]] solo.<ref name=azcentral>{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/08/21/best-kid-rock-singles-bawitdaba-first-kiss/32117495/|title=15 Best Kid Rock singles, from 'Bawitdaba' to 'First Kiss'|website=Amp.azcentral.com}}</ref> The lyrics feature Kid Rock [[rapping]] about moving to California to become a [[pimp]], and start an [[Escort agency|escort service]] "for all the right reasons", located at the top of the [[Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts|Four Seasons]] hotel, as well as getting thrown out of bars and buying a yacht.<ref name=azcentral/><ref name=VillageVoice/>

"I Am the Bullgod", according to [[AXS (company)|AXS]], was a tribute to the band [[Monster Magnet]].<ref name=AXS/> azcentral described the song's style as [[Southern rock]], with elements of [[funk]],<ref name=azcentral/> while ''Billboard'' categorized the song as [[stoner rock]].<ref name=billboard/> The lyrics refer to drinking [[Jim Beam]] [[bourbon whiskey]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSTRE79P67U20111026|title=Kid Rock eyes new album mixing musical styles|newspaper=Reuters|date=October 26, 2011}}</ref> Kid Rock declares that "I am free and I feed on all that is forsaken"<ref name=VillageVoice>{{cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/1999/02/09/straight-out-the-trailer/|title=Straight out the Trailer|first1=Michael|last1=Freedburg|date=February 9, 1999|access-date=February 1, 2018|work=[[The Village Voice]]}}</ref> and that "I never was cool with [[James Dean]]", a reference to the actor who starred in the film that inspired this album's title, ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]''.<ref name=VillageVoice/>

The song "Wasting Time" contains an interpolation of [[Fleetwood Mac]]'s "[[Second Hand News]]".<ref name=MTV/> "Welcome 2 the Party (Ode 2 the Old School)" refers to [[Orson Welles]]' [[Orson Welles Paul Masson adverts|Paul Masson adverts]] with the lyric "I will serve no rhymes before their time".<ref name=Billboard2>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/kid-rock-politics-musical-evolution-senate-run-7872906/|title=Guns, Unions and Globalism: The Evolution of Kid Rock's Musical Populism|magazine=Billboard|first1=Chuck|last1=Eddy|access-date=February 2, 2018|date=July 18, 2017}}</ref> "Where U At Rock?" references philosopher [[Ayn Rand]].<ref name=Billboard2/>

"[[Only God Knows Why]]" is a country [[ballad]], noted for its prominent use of [[Auto-Tune]].<ref name=NuMetalMeltdown/><ref name=billboard/><ref name=azcentral/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGsGRLGxAgoC&q=kid+rock+only+god+knows+why+autotune&pg=PA107|title=Secrets of Recording: Professional Tips, Tools & Techniques|first=Lorne|last=Bregitzer|date=February 2, 2018|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780240811277|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/really-now-whats-so-bad-about-auto-tune-pop/|title=Really Now, What's So Bad About Auto-Tune Pop?|first=Alex|last=Pappademas|date=August 11, 2011}}</ref> The lyrics of "Black Chick, White Guy" deal with Kid Rock's ten-year off-and-on relationship with a classmate named Kelley South Russell, with whom he fathered one child and raised another child from a previous relationship, but broke up with her after finding out that a third child he was raising wasn't his, after which he gained custody of his son, Robert James Ritchie Jr.; these events became the inspiration for this song, which discusses them directly, although Russell denies some of the allegations made against her in the lyrics.<ref name=freepearly/><ref name=heartbreak/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theboot.com/2011/04/25/kid-rock-son-junior/|title=Kid Rock Takes Role of Fatherhood Seriously|website=The Boot}}</ref>