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Socrates is Dead (Pheado) (feat. P. Riddy)

from Great Book Songs: Volume 2 by Andy Metz

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lyrics

Intro
Great books,
Yo, we back to kick it now,
With the beat from P. Riddy,
It’s time for Pheado.

Chorus
Socrates is dead,
There I said it and I’m glad,
Can’t feel bad, ‘cause,
Socrates is dead,
It took for fuckin’ ever,
Just pull the lever.

Verse
It’s looking like the end of the line, kiddos,
For a while now, Socrates time has whittled,
Down, but it sounds like we’ve reached the nub,
The ships are back and he’s shit out of luck,
So everyone say your goodbyes in this rhyme,
‘Cause this man has done it for the last time,
Here comes the poison, it slowly takes hold,
Can’t feel the legs and now he’s done cold,
Socrates is dead, what have you learned?
Have you been taught valuable lessons or just been burned,
Do you agree that he had reason to live,
And keep on doing the same shit that he did?
Well, I don’t, and I may be an idiot,
But I can’t take another brother saying stupid shit,
Then being shut down with the town as a witness,
Hearing faulty logic, well, here’s the real business.

Chorus
Socrates is dead,
There I said it and I’m glad,
Can’t feel bad, ‘cause,
Socrates is dead,
It took for fuckin’ ever,
Just pull the lever.

Verse
So, is he going to heaven or destined for hell?
Whether good or bad, he did his mission well,
Did he deserve the death penalty, ‘cause his felonies are seldom seen?
And why would you be asking me?
Welcome to the sophist show,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Here’s…
Socrates!
Yeah, that’s what I think, what of it, you posers?
Back for the New Year, still dissing on this ogre,
Who’s older, but not wiser, that miser,
A good person in my mind to despise,
Or think what you want, it’s up to you,
But it’s game over for this old dude,
Left him confused, not speaking truths,
So this is it, now listen up fools.

Chorus
Socrates is dead,
There I said it and I’m glad,
Can’t feel bad, ‘cause,
Socrates is dead,
It took for fuckin’ ever,
Just pull the lever.

Bridge
So we back,
For ’04,
At the S-J-C,
Singing the G-B-S.

Chorus
Socrates is dead,
There I said it and I’m glad,
Can’t feel bad, ‘cause,
Socrates is dead,
It took for fuckin’ ever,
Just pull the lever.
x 2

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from Great Book Songs: Volume 2, released April 1, 2004

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Seattle-born, Chicago-built, and Oakland-based musician, Andy Metz has spent over half his life recording songs that range from earnest to irreverent.

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