Baba Brinkman - Natural Selection lyrics

"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 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
To explain away nature with "intelligent
But the truth shall set you free
From those useless superstitious, beliefs
In a, 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"
Charles Darwin, Origin of Species

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
Then 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
It changes from place to place
And 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
Especially when natural selection does
Such an excellent job
Just by balancing benefit's 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