Sicker than your average; picture Any artistic practice, with musicians or actors Or visual craftsman; just pick an example And imagine the competitive advantages That would come with recognition if you have the gift Now picture the artist with unlimited cash, and with Picturesque women always givin’ him glances Or, if you’re picturing a woman,...Learn More

Worst comes to worst, my people come first But my tribe lives on every country on earth I’ll do anything to protect them from hurt The human race is what I serve But who are my people? Canadians? Family members? Who knows? Maybe everybody! Some people got good friend; I’ve got disparate friends They live on different ends of earth, but just...Learn More

Yeah, I’m sendin’ this one out to my evolutionary psychology people Yeah, David Buss, Cosmides and Tooby, yeah Geoffrey Miller Yeah, we livin’ this ‘til the day that we die Survival of the fit, only the strong survive There’s a war goin’ on outside no man is safe from You can run but you can’t hide forever If you come to my block, you’ll see some...Learn More

We are made of DNA We are made of DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid is what we are made of We are made of DNA We are made of DNA Strands of double helix Are where all these bodies came from In the story of life on this crazy planet The protagonist isn’t man, no It’s a microscopic information package Called deoxyribonucleic acid The DNA strand has the same...Learn More

I’m a African, I’m a African And I know what’s happenin’ I’m a African, I’m a African Archaeologists know what’s happenin’ You a African? You a African? Do you know what’s happenin’? I’m a African, I’m a African Geneticists know what’s happenin’ No I wasn’t born in Ghana but Africa is my mama ‘Cause that’s where my mama got her mitochondria You...Learn More

So, when I first start writing these evolution raps, about six months ago, Some of the early drafts, they sounded kinda like this: “Yo, yo, the Origin of Species Ain’t no feces, dawg, believe me…” And that’s all I could think of So then I thought, this needs to be re-written And sometimes people ask: “How does your show get written?” Like this:...Learn More

In 1859 Darwin spilled the first splashes Of his universal acid, and the effects were like magic Burning human arrogance into ashes In pretty much the same way that Copernican math did No, the stars don’t shine just to improve the view from earth No, we’re not the centre of the universe No, we weren’t created in the image of Jupiter No, we’re not...Learn More

“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.” Charles Darwin, Origin of Species So what-ch-you know about Natural Selection? Go ahead And ask a question and see where the answer gets...Learn More

[Hook] Artificial selection, it starts with a question How did people ever get cows, chickens and pigs And other animals and plants to act so domestic? We took them from the wild and we bred them, brethren [Verse 1] Welcome to the Charles Darwin Bicentennial So, why does everybody think this guy is so special? Maybe because a man was born two...Learn More

Creationist cousins, they’re my relations, I love ‘em But when they talk about Jesus and Revelations and Judges I’ve gotta take it up with them ‘Cause there’s a better explanation for the place that we come from, okay? Creationist cousins, they’re my relations, I love ‘em But at the dinner table we get on some crazy discussions I’m always...Learn More