Intro
In the beginning, there was confusion,
Well, isn’t this having great power?
No, at least Polus says no.
I say no? I say yes!
And then there was the Mix Master.
Verse
Yo, usually these be directed at a character,
But I find this to be less their fault, so make it clear,
I’m speaking straight to the P to the L-A,
Gettin’ sick of reading the same fools tellin’,
What the average person gets and shits on that idea,
You’re free to disagree, but believe we need some freedom,
Understand the reason, I’ll tell you what I mean, just,
Realize these eyes ain’t looking at a genius,
Socrates? Bitch, please, now get wise,
The snake is the king if he’s fed only mice,
A thousand total morons get played by this guy,
Not brilliant, just kills those half his size,
So this verse, this song is at Plato,
Say no, it’s a word that makes the face glow,
All the victims wishin’ they had nothing to say,
But you know they really don’t ‘cause Plato wrote it that way.
Chorus
You agree that’s true, do you not?
Well, well, I suppose so,
So then this really means that, am I wrong?
I guess, I don’t really know,
So you agree that’s true, do you not?
Well, well, I suppose so,
So then this really means that, am I wrong?
I say, fuck no, that’s enough, Plato.
Verse
You know what I’m talkin’ about, so understand,
Let the man know who I am and do what he can,
Now, I’m angry ‘cause you already got a plan,
And these kids think you’re cool, but they should ban,
Characters like Gorgias and Polus from getting heard,
From gettin’ written ‘cause they sound so absurd,
And Callicles, well, I gave him hope,
But I should’ve recognized that he too was a dope,
He argues that all Socrates does is trick,
Makes him sick, though his mind be quick,
He’s on a roll, but the skull’s too thick,
Let’s the same damn thing occur, victim of the prick,
So I read the process, watch as he tosses,
Definitions assumed to be doomed, he takes losses,
He pauses, but he’s on the same dirt road,
Filled with potholes that he already showed.
Chorus
You agree that’s true, do you not?
Well, well, I suppose so,
So then this really means that, am I wrong?
I guess, I don’t really know,
So you agree that’s true, do you not?
Well, well, I suppose so,
So then this really means that, am I wrong?
I say, fuck no, that’s enough, Plato.
Verse
Brain of Watson, but rhetoric like Sherlock Holmes,
Change the tone, y’all should have known,
Don’t try tell me this what they said,
I know that ain’t true, not even a thread,
I give cred to Socrates for knowing more than most,
But that just shows that the rest is a joke,
I choke every time I hear this shit,
A quick wit gets the kids to quit,
Uh huh, so sick they submit to his every word,
Though they’ve all heard what last occurred,
Gorgias, then Polus, Callicles is the third,
He sees the tricks with his anger spurred,
But with a mind like a bird, he soon forgets,
And Socrates becomes Mix Master Metz,
Disaster threats, ‘cause Cal is going down,
And the crash is heard from all around,
You hear that sound, I heard it too,
Two times, three times, four times though,
Five times you, yes it’s true,
Try to argue, you’re shut down too,
But not from Socrates you lose,
Plato sees it from a different view,
Worships the S the best he can do,
I’ve heard enough, so fuck you.
Bridge
That’s right,
Fuck you,
Come on,
Alright.
Chorus
You agree that’s true, do you not?
Well, well, I suppose so,
So then this really means that, am I wrong?
I guess, I don’t really know,
So you agree that’s true, do you not?
Well, well, I suppose so,
So then this really means that, am I wrong?
I say, fuck no, that’s enough, Plato.
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