[music]
“Whoever is lead to believe
that species are mutable,
will do good service
by conscientiously
expressing his conviction,
for only thus
can the load of prejudice
by which this subject
is overwhelmed,
be removed.”
So, what'ch'you know about
Natural Selection?
Go ahead and ask a question
and see where the answer gets you
Try bein’ passive aggressive
or try smashin’ heads in
And see which tactic
brings your plans to fruition
And if you have an explanation in mind,
then you’re wastin’ your time,
‘cause the best watchmaker is blind
It takes a certain base kind
of impatient mind
To explain away nature
with “intelligent design”
But the truth shall set you free
From those useless
superstitious beliefs
In a literal Adam and Eve,
and that Edenic myth
‘Cause their family tree
Is showin some genetic drift
Take it from this bald-headed
non-celibate monk
With the lyrical equivalent
of an elephant’s trunk
It’s time to elevate
your mind-state
And celebrate your kinship
with the primates
The weak and the strong,
who got it goin’ on?
We lived in the dark for so long
The weak and the strong,
Darwin got it goin’ on
Creationism is dead wrong
“The view which
most naturalists entertain…
namely that each species
has been independently created,
is erroneous.”
Okay, it’s time to reveal my identity
I’m the manifestation
of tens of millions of centuries
of sexual selection,
best believe
I’m the best of the best
of the best of the best
Of generations of competitive
pressure genetically
But don’t get upset,
‘cause we’ve got the same pedigree
You and I will find
a common ancestor eventually
If we rewind
geological time regressively
And I could say the same
for this hibiscus tree
And this lizard and this flea
and this sesame seed
And if you still disbelieve
in what your senses perceive
I could even use this rhyme
as a remedy
‘Cause there’s so much variation
in the styles in this industry
And differential survival
when the people listening
Decide what they’re into
and what really isn’t interesting
You could thrive like Timberlake
on a Timberland beat
Or go extinct
like Vanilla Ice and N’Sync
It’s survival of the fittest,
but fitness is a tricky thing
It changes from place to place,
from winter to spring
But the real question
in this social-scientific simile
Is heredity, whether we
inherit our techniques
From our predecessors,
or invent them independently
But then we’re talkin’ memes
and that’s a different thing
Richard Dawkins can I get a
proper definition please?
The weak and the strong,
who got it goin’ on?
We lived in the dark for so long
The weak and the strong,
Darwin got it goin’ on
Creationism is dead wrong
The weak and the strong,
who got it goin’ on?
Whoever leaves the most spawn
The weak and the strong,
Darwin got it goin’ on
Creationism is
erroneous
I hear some people complain, like
“I don’t wanna be an ape!
I never came from monkey DNA!
I believe God made me in a day
Jesus saves!”
Yeah, he’s great,
but stop bein’ afraid
To use the reason “he” gave you
to let science solve
Some giant problems
and find some final results
I think it’s time for y’all
to let your minds evolve
And listen to a different kind of
silent call
The kind that comes from
pine trees and not Pinesol
I’m talkin’ about the mystical vision
that Einstein saw
Wondering at the infinite
depth of divine thought
And realizing that scripture
can never define God
‘Cause if there is a personal God,
then he’s been jerkin’ off
So why would he bother
designing an albatross
when natural selection already
does such an excellent job
Just by balancing
benefits and costs?
I say banish God into the gaps
If he can’t help us
understand the simplest facts
I want a relaxed God
of infinite naps
We’ll be all right without him,
just give us a chance
The weak and the strong,
who got it goin’ on
We lived in the dark for so long
The weak and the strong,
Darwin got it goin’ on
Creationism is dead wrong
The weak and the strong,
who got it goin’ on
Whoever leaves the most spawn
The weak and the strong,
Darwin got it goin’ on
Creationism is dead wrong
See, everybody’s always talkin’ about
“do you believe in evolution?
Do you believe in creation?”
Nobody believes in evolution.
You either understand evolution,
or you don’t.
There’s nothing to believe,
just something to perceive,
feel, experience.
Do you believe in gravity?
C’mon, you can see it
with your own eyes.
You just gotta look.
Look deeper,
deeper than that
Ahh…
