The blind stares of a million pairs of third eyesLookin’ hard but they don’t realizeThat they will never seeRealityWho am I? I ain’t nothin’ but a tour guideUsin’ science like an x-ray to see into your mindI’m a voracious reader and a ruthless questionerSo if you hate the way I see things, don’t shoot the messenger!But I’m not gonna lie, I get a personal thrillWhenever I see science get popularizedSo no, I’m not objective; good thing scienceHas a something called a “method” that we can use to cross-referenceAnd acquire knowledge that’s really authenticThat’s how we know the solar system is heliocentricAnd that’s how we know Charles Darwin’s theory was rightAnd every living creature is connected through the tree of lifeYeah, welcome to the future baby, a time when scienceIs even illuminating the roots of human behaviourSo why do fish swim well and birds fly well?For the same reason human beings lie to themselvesYou can’t see me – which means you can’t clock meYou can’t tell which parts of my signal are costlyYou can’t see me – which means you can’t test meYour cheater detection instincts can’t detect meYou can’t see me – I’m the invisible gorillaThe blind spot in your vision that your mind has to fill upYou can’t see me – but if you can’t see meJust imagine what else you can’t seeSo just close your eyes when you listen to rapAnd you’ll find a microcosm of the human mental mapEverything from costly signals to kin selection‘Cause face it, you can’t see your motives with introspectionThat’s simply how the human mind has been designedThat’s why my mom thinks that I’m the greatest rapper aliveThat’s evolution – it’s genetic nepotismAnd yes, rap is a sexually-selected exhibitionThat’s why rappers are so obsessed with fornicatingMaybe high-status males just prefer short-term matingAnd if you don’t think status is real, just think backTo the last time you had a rejection, how did it feel?Whether a job application or a chat with the person next to youHaving status is having people say ‘yes’ to youSo how do I get you to say ‘yes’ to me as a rap guide?Should I get a PhD or swing more to the gangster side?Yeah, you can’t see me – so just close your eyesAnd let my identity be a total surpriseSo you can’t see me – yeah I’m jamming the signalWho cares what I look like? Don’t be so judgmentalYou can’t see me – and what if I claimedThat I was from the streets, just tryin’ to get outta the game?You can’t see me – and what if I saidThat I just freestyle all these lyrics off the top of my head?You can’t see me, so you can’t quite say that I’m lyin’But your mind is calculating to decide if it’s worth replyin'And if you call me a liar, that’s ‘strong reciprocity’Altruistic punishment, sacrificing to stop a cheatAnd if you claim to believe, that’s an early adoptionAnd you get to earn respect if I turn out to be awesomeSee, every time we actively choose, status accruesAnd every choice is a trust that others have a chance to abuseAnd that’s why we inhabit the world of cheater detectionAnd that’s why costly signaling is naturally selected‘Cause every organism only perceives what it needsFor survival and reproduction, like ultraviolet for beesAnd sonar for bats, there’s so much we can’t seeBut the one thing we have evolved to catch is cheats‘Cause people act like cheats to advance their genesWhen means the one place I can’t turn my gaze is: back at meYou can’t see me – or maybe you can, hellI might as well be talkin’ to my damn selfWhen I say you can’t see me – so to the whole human raceYou can pray and meditate until you’re blue in the faceBut you still can’t see me – call me “human nature”Without using evolution as an illuminatorYou can’t see me – it’s an act of defianceAn alliance between rap and rationalism‘Cause only science can see me
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