DESCRIPTION:
An ideological rap battle I made for Philosophy class.

Lyrics:
[VERSE 1: PLATO]
Y’all know me P-L-A-T-O
Bout to squash Aristotle like a handful of play-doh
Maybe if he wasn’t distracted by irrelevant
Studies like Biology, Physics, and Rhetoric
He’d do something much more intelligent
Like searching out the forms
or stepping out the cave a bit.
But instead he squanders his days
Slaving away for Alexander the Lame.
Lyceum ain’t got no game
School more useless than a painting-less frame
It’s quite a shame, but who’s to blame?
Aristotle, a liar with his pants aflame.
Though in theory my student,
He never learned jack
Went to prove himself prudent
But took the wrong path.
Perception is meth, math is crack.
They’re addictive and lead down a meaningless track.
I spit that fire,
Set mics ablaze
When Plato rolls through
Step aside or get razed.
I don’t play no games
I came dressed to kill
Just go and ask Phaedo
“Plato was ill.”
Don’t act unfazed
I’ll leave you dazed.
Get rekt Aristotle,
You just got slain.

[VERSE 2: ARISTOTLE]
Oh gods, just stop, you senile man.
Lyceum's interns do more than you can.
The Academy is frail, step up your game plan
Science never fails, and you’re just a con man
I came to destroy make no mistake
Cuz I chop down fakes like a knife through steak
Maybe if you had one bit of sense to make
I’d consider your fallacies theories, mate.
See there is no cave, no powerful ring
No philosopher-kings
No ideal things
You’re delusional Plato,
You’re losing your mind
You’re like a mosquito,
A botherance to mankind
You taught me but the ties are severed
Plato I enjoy your work
Said no one ever
Your style’s past dry
Boring beyond measure
Come to Lyceum, we’ll teach you to write better

PLATO: Hey wait,... you're supposed to be

[VERSE 3: SOCRATES]
Dead? I came back just so I could finish this
I couldn’t resist; you’re both blithering idiots
I’ll start with you Plato, are your theories for serious?
You stole it all from me, and your writing is hideous
Aristotle I must ask you, why so empiricist?
You’re missing the point, Ignoratio de scientist.
You can call me a fool, but you’ll just prove that I’m the wisest
I know I know nothing, and thus I’m the greatest

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