B.o.B - Ted Talk lyrics

The Hang Dynasty

BoB, why the fuck you say the earth was flat?
I mean you threw your whole career away
And than just fade to black?
You just gon' disappear and
Not address the elephant?
Man get back to the elements
This new shit irrelevant
I mean you ain't even gotta ask
You already know
I came across some information and
I wanted to show
I went to Twitter with a picture
Thinking niggas would get it
And then Complex wrote a article
To try to embarrass us
If I knew this shit was gon'
Blow up and ruffle these feathеrs
I would've kept it to myself
Gavе Eric Dubay the credit
Astronauts was talking shit like they
Was tryna pull up
I took a step than looked around
The world was angry as fuck i mean bro
We could've played it off like it
Was all just a joke
When Stephen Colbert invited us should've
Went there and spoke
CBS hold all the traction
Try to give us a show
But no you turned all of that down
'cause you was tryna be woke
First of all, don't call me woke
I seen the shit that was plotting
They put Neil Tyson on TV to
Put a mockery of it, yo
These shows be owned by
Viacom and they friends
Why would I walk into the lion's den
Sit and pretend
Like they ain't threatened by my mind
'cause I ain't gon' comply
I mean if I said the sky was
Purple would've that been such a crime
Charlamagne tha God and Lil Duval
Tried to tarnish my image
Could've just gave me a call
The whole music industry was rooting
For me to fall
Nigga couldn't even go on tour the
Venues wouldn't let me perform
I mean you could've quit while you're ahead
You ain't have to make Flatline
And a part two? You're just
Asking for a bad time
You probably shouldn't said all that
Shit about the holocaust
Well ok, and now the label
Is conspiracy theorist, comma, antisemitic
Well they protesting shows
Colleges canceling shows
Radio stations boycotting and then they
Just pulled all my songs
I ain't mean to 'fend my fans
I was just asking questions
So many people in my ear
Under all types of pressure
Even bla- niggas was mad at
Me for questioning slavery
The Root Magazine told lies on me flagrantly
Bill Nye
Tucker Carlson said you don't even science
How the fuck you gon' smack
Me built like Joe Byron
Tiff, all I asked was why I
Never seen the slave ship
And they turned it into "BoB
Said slavery don't exist"
Yo, they had NASA in my shows
Passing out flyers
CNN sent undercover cops just to inquire

That's that TED talk
Oompa loompa gobledy goop
I pulled up and then I
Just left with your Swoope
Oompa loompa gobledy goop
This is what happen when you try to name
Snort cocaine