In 1859 Darwin spilled the first splashes
Of his universal acid, and the effects were like magic
Burning human arrogance into ashes
In exactly 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 so special, and yes, the truth hurts
But that’s how evolution works – once it’s been applied
The acid burns into the superstitious side
Of the human mind, and fills it with light
It even dissolves the original sin of pride
The pride that says: “I’m a special creation
And my creator has given me dominion over nature
And he has the power to replenish his creatures
So if species go extinct, he can recreate them later
And if he doesn’t, well that’s just part of his plan”
Ah, but Darwin’s acid is hard to withstand
It plucks the arrogance deep from within the hearts of man
And teaches us never to build our houses on sand
But instead to try to understand why we’re here
One species among millions in this biosphere
Each with millions of ancestors, whose fighting spirits
Combined to give us this great survival gear
These minds, these limbs, these incredible tools
Perfected by millennia of competitive use
And yes, these attention-seeking genitals too
Without them, these living forms could never improve
It’s such an elegant view, full of breadth and grandeur
And yet, some people react with depression and anger
Like: “It’s so unsympathetic, so viciously random!
What’s the point of compassion, or ethical standards?
If this is just a game that organisms are trapped in
Genetically adapting to environmental factors
Then there’s no responsibility for individual actions!
Where’s the governing dynamic?!?”
Well, once again Darwin gives us some answers
He says yes, everything from violence to violets to viruses
Consists of organisms adapting to environments
If you’re alive, it’s because your ancestors were the best survivalists
They were the finalists in the genetic Olympic Games
Every one of your ancestors lived to reproductive age
And they were all better than their competitors at getting laid
Otherwise, you wouldn’t be sitting here today
There’s something inspirational in this vision of Darwin’s
And it goes like this: organisms – like us – are not isolated
Organisms are part of an environmental mix
So your decisions affect evolution – it isn’t directionless
Now, before you dismiss me as a mad environmentalist
Just try to imagine how natural selection applies
To countries that have industrialized
Companies live and companies die
And when customers buy based on a company’s green plan
That affects the economy, just ask Alan Greenspan
Cultural evolution is ours to reinvent
Wait, can we affect current events? Yes We Can
And when we choose who to sleep with and reproduce
Our sexual choices affect the gene pool
So it’s simple, all we need to do is refuse
To sleep with mean people, and things will improve
Especially women – on you the pressure is greater
‘Cause men will always do what it takes to get into your favour
That’s just in our nature, so if selfish behaviour
Was a sexual graveyard, the effects would be major!
In each of these cases, our intentional efforts
Can play the part of environmental pressures
I can say: “This is a space where a peaceful existence
Will never be threatened by needless aggression”
I can say: “This is an ecosystem where people listen
Where justice increases over egotism
This is a space where religions achieve co-existence
And racism decreases with each coalition”
This is my vision of Darwinism, and how we all factor in
Each of us is a part of the environment; we pass through it
And change it, and affect the way that others adapt to it
And after we get to look back and see how we impacted it
And maybe have a laugh if our sense of humour is still alive
And what did Charles Darwin do? Darwin threw some light
On the origin of mankind, and he left us with skewered pride
But he taught us that, yes, there’s grandeur in this view of life
Darwin's Acid
Baba Brinkman
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A Buck and Change (feat. Erica Dee) Apocalyptic Utopian Dreams In the Western Wilderne... Art of Seduction (feat. Noa Bodner) Artificial Selection Babel Beowulf Black-eyed Peas Blind Faith Conversation Civilized Copyridin' Creationism Is... (Live) Creationist Cousins Creationist Cousins 2.0 Creeper (feat. Tia Brazda) D N A Darwin's Acid 2.0 David Buss Message David Sloan Wilson Message Dead Poets Dead Poets (Bonus Track) Do or Die Don't Sleep With Mean People Dr. Tatiana El Plantador Epilogue Fame In the Brain Fatalist G O C A S E Genesis Gilgamesh Group Selection Group Selection 2.0 Gutter Green (feat. Aaron Nazrul) Human Capital Hypnotize Hypnotize 2.0 Hypothesis 1 (Creationism) Hypothesis 2 (Spiritualism) Hypothesis 3 (Social Constructivism) Hypothesis 4 (Biological Determinism) Hypothesis 5 (Evolutionism) I'm a African I'm A African 2.0 Induction Insomnia Interlude A Interlude B John Deere Green Kalevala Lit - Hop Lotus Eaters Mad Style Disease Mellow Drama Merchant Merchant's Tale Microphone Miller's Prologue Mindstate Mosquito Natural Selection Natural Selection 2.0 No Bugs On Me Nun's Priest Nuts and Bolts Oh No! Olivia Judson Message Pagan Party Paraphrase Pardoner Pardoner's Prologue Parental Investment Performance, Feedback, Revision Performance, Feedback, Revision 2.0 Procrastinator Prologue Requiem for Heaven (feat. Chantel Upshaw) Rhyme Renaissance Prologue Scientist Seduction Seven Veils (feat. Miss Cherry OnTop) Sexual Selection Sexual Selection 2.0 Sexual Selection Theory (Live) Shaman She's Ovulating Short-Term Mating Dance Social Contract Solar Eclipse Step Inside Survival of the Fittest Survival Of The Fittest 2.0 Switch Lanes Symptom Textbook The Evolution of Gayness The Knight's Tale (Scene 1) The Knight's Tale (Scene 2) The Knight's Tale (Scene 3) The Last Days The Miller's Tale The Pardoner's Tale The Planter's Dilemma The Rhyme Renaissance The Road Northwest (feat. Smoky Tiger) The Vortex The Wife of Bath's Tale Toxified Twin Studies Unity of Common Descent (Live) Used To Be The Man Vacuums Valediction (feat. Aaron Nazrul) Walk Like An Amoeba Wannabe G's Wife of Bath Wife of Bath's Prologue Worst Comes to Worst Worst Comes To Worst 2.0 You Can't See Me
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