Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Plato vs Aristotle , by - Rucka Rucka Ali. Release date: 18.07.2020
Age restrictions: 18+
Song language: English
Plato vs Aristotle |
| Graphic rap battle debates of philosophy |
| Plato versus Aristotle |
| Fight |
| Ópa, hárika polý |
| Greetings, I’m the GOAT |
| The patéras of filosofía |
| With the bedsheets for clothes |
| I make philosophy complicated from the very onset |
| Trying to find the Universals, it’s the problem of concepts |
| We want virtue, but where we find it? |
| How could two be one and one, but also be a four divided? |
| I’ve never seen a beautiful but somehow I know it |
| So I must have learned it before I was born which means my soul |
| Is traveling from life to life, which means the body is inferior |
| And true philosophers discover things in their interior |
| I teach it to the little men that live a life pathetic |
| For every word you know someone had to be prophetic |
| A philosopher, a man who goes to heaven slash Hades |
| Closed off to people that indulge in good food and ladies |
| It’s virtuous to stay away from pleasures of the earth |
| Forget the holy ghost, I’m the father of Jesus |
| Christianity’s the product of my philosophic base |
| Western historia wouldn’t stay if I didn’t create |
| The perfect system of questions, what is true? |
| How do I know? |
| What should I do? |
| Who should rule? |
| What’s art? |
| You’re welcome |
| Yo teacher |
| I don’t mean to disrespect you |
| But you’re wrong so much that to ask you a question is to wreck you |
| The fuck is this dimension you get information from? |
| There’s one Reality I’ve been to, this one |
| Let me help you to identify the way to form a Concept |
| The shit ain’t from up in Heaven, it’s intrinsic in the object |
| My mom said do the shit that good dudes do |
| Pretty simple, works for me Papa Plato, how 'bout you? |
| Why can’t I enjoy the life of moderation with my homies? |
| If you know a better life than Eudaimonia then show me |
| And why you act like pleasures of the flesh is so below you? |
| You been known to fondle little boys more than Jared Fogle |
| Oh, we goin' there, teach (what's up) |
| Matter of fact, let’s fast forward to the coming culmination of your thought |
| The glorious Empire of Rome will stumble over and will fall |
| Because of all the mysticism in your dialogues you taught 'em |
| Say hello to a millennium of following the orders of a Pope |
| You could take a bath in Heaven, don’t be asking him for soap |
| Or for more than couple hundred calories to eat a day |
| Ironic Plato’s influence got 'em to kill you if you’re gay |
| I must have had a bit too much wine with my gyro |
| Are you blaming me for all the problems of medieval Europe? |
| Roma was devoured by barbarians and Germans |
| How you pin the fall of Rome on one Greek dead person? |
| You’re jealous, I’m the father of all philosophers |
| And the only work of yours is written my Nicomachus |
| Your own books burned, thrown away, they didn’t need it |
| That doesn’t mean you blame authoritarianism on me then |
| You ever see me force someone to do anything? |
| I just thought you could use a bit of help from a philosopher king |
| Because you’re stupid, it’s not your fault, we all live in a cave |
| Only a few could see the light and show the rest of you the way |
| Up to the real world of forms where everything is perfect |
| All you see is shadows on the wall without us to interpret |
| Admit it, most people can’t think in big ideas |
| What, should we let them be in charge? |
| Yeah, it’s called democracy |
| Man, we got this |
| We got five senses, not fix |
| So where you get this abstract outside the box shit? |
| The world’s here in front of us, your forms sound obnoxious |
| It is what it is, bruh, also known as Logic |
| You gave us the Dark Ages, I gave you science |
| Aquinas had to hide how much he liked me or he’d die |
| They woulda burned him if they knew the extent of my impact |
| I brought Renaissance, Enlightenment, United States, facts |
| You brought the reoccurring trend of Faith in the Supernatural |
| Epic Beef is what you find between yourself and Aristotle |
| It’s just the two of us, Plato, we’re the Terminators battling |
| Across the span of time and we ain’t never gonna squash it nigga, let’s go |
| End battle |
| Pretty good, pretty good… for my student |
| Nah man, your momma’s toga’s pretty good |
| That shit was pure fire |
| Eh not as pure as my Concepts, you’ll get it one day |
| Man, fuck your Concepts |
| Ay, I brought filosofía into the world, I could take it away |
| Man, first you were like Jared, now you sound like Bill Cosby |
| I don’t know who is Bill Cosby |
| He’s this black guy in jail for… |
| Oh, a black man in jail, you’re so specific |
| Man, I’m tryna be pacific but you keep… |