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So many theories of human nature to choose from
So many competing agendas spinning illusions
So many incentives not to let the truth come
Six million ways to lie, choose one
Humans arenât just culture-bearing blank slates
Our psychology has an innate landscape
So donât treat a mountain range like a pancake
Thatâs like tryinâ to stop a bleeder with a band-aid
As a rapper Iâm just tryinâ to get a fan-base
And it wonât happen if I suck like a lamprey
Iâm not a scientist, baby, I just translate
So donât trust me âcause Iâm on a fame campaign
So how does it feel to be classed with other species
Of mammals, and find yourself with an order, family, and genus
Like bats and rhesus monkeys? If your reaction is squeamish
Remember, just âcause I said it, you donât have to believe it
I said âXenophobia can be traced back to diseasesâ
You could say âBut I hate immigrants for good rational reasonsâ
Perhaps then weâve reached an impassable disagreement
But thatâs why the scientific method is genius
Ooh the scientific method, itâs the scientific method
You can try to just reject it and deny that itâs impressive
But youâll find that itâs an excellent device to get your message
Into minds, if you consent to have your hypothesis tested
So if you find evolutionary psych just offensive
You can whine and just try to say âoh, itâs violent and itâs sexistâ
And accuse evolutionists of biasing their efforts
Thatâs called ânon-compliance with the scientific methodâ
You can say my information is wrong, or maybe not
Maybe my interpretation of information is wrong
But câmon, all Iâm really tryinâ to do is make some songs
Iâm just tryinâ to get a whole lot of people singinâ along
Why? âCause I find that when Iâm thinkinâ my thoughts
And verbalizinâ them, when I say it just right they get caught
Up in your mind just like a virus, and since I was the source
You recognize me and thatâs how I get the things that I want
Humans arenât just culture-bearing blank slates
Our psychology has an innate landscape
So donât treat a mountain range like a pancake
Thatâs like tryinâ to stop a bleeder with a band-aid
As a rapper Iâm just tryinâ to get a fan-base
And it wonât happen if I suck like a lamprey
Iâm not a scientist, baby, I just translate
So donât trust me âcause Iâm on a fame campaign
For me the manipulation of words is just a game
But itâs a game thatâs influential in some interesting ways
âCause when I listen to lyricists and hear just what theyâre saying
Itâs like their aim is to infiltrate the filters in my brain
In a way you could say thatâs the definition of âfameâ
Not a physical state, just an impression that remains
Encoded as information in the conscious mental plane
A repetition of a repetition that proliferates
But the pattern of proliferation isnât arbitrary
Itâs an honorary version of Charles Darwinâs theory
Of differential replication, but with your thoughts and queries
âCause when people talk, notice how the uptake varies
So hip-hop songs are domesticated commentaries
That evolve by solving problems in conflict areas
They carry us along, kinda like dromedaries
Domesticated by Arabs in response to water scarcity
All these cultural variants reproduce in our minds
But our minds were designed by evolution to blind us
To the truth if lies help us reproduce and survive
Thatâs why falling out of love is always truly surprising
And thatâs why I love rap, but Iâm a student of science
âCause science is the only system that humans have devised
That lets us step outside of our huge thick biases
And view the world as it is unfalsified
Humans arenât just culture-bearing blank slates
Our psychology has an innate landscape
So donât treat a mountain range like a pancake
Thatâs like tryinâ to stop a bleeder with a band-aid
As a rapper Iâm just tryinâ to get a fan-base
And it wonât happen if I suck like a lamprey
Iâm not a scientist, baby, I just translate
So donât trust me âcause Iâm on a fame campaign
- Album:
- Big Boy In Love
- The Canterbury Tales Remixed
- The Rap Guide to Evolution: Revised
- The Rap Guide to Business - EP
- The Rap Guide to Human Nature
- Rapconteur
- Apocalyptic Utopian Dreams In the Western Wilderness
- The Rap Guide to Evolution
- The Rap Canterbury Tales
- Lit Hop
- Swordplay
- The Rap Guide to Religion
- The Rap Guide to Medicine