The Raving — verse 9

Tripped me out to hear this strange bird talk so straight up,
The dude had to be jiving—no clue what he said it for;
Every renter in the projects no matter what his dialect
Would never ever suspect he’d see such strangeness by his door—
Dude or dude-ess holding watch at his apartment door,
He say his name was “Nevermore.”