Comments on: 2nd Treatise Rap http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:11:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rich http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62947 Rich Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62947 Argh! Close your italics tag! Argh! Close your italics tag!

]]> By: lenin http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62948 lenin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62948 The following in the style of Immortal Technique: You betta watch what tha fuck flies outa ya mouth Or Ima burn your house down with ya tied to ya couch Cos reward and punishment's the only rational way To make a fuckin man do whatever the fuck I say I gotta viewa human nature that's tabula rasa Cos you don't know shit til I make you my masta Separation a powers, got my checks and balances And the Glorious Revolution got me in the palaces And you mystical muthafuckas just look like some phalluses Locke down and cold, murdering all yo fallacies. Empirical truth, mutha, don't ever try to diss me Cos I got rhymes that's colder than Walt Disney My lyrics are like syphallus but harder to catch An if you don't obey my law, then you gettin yo ass capped You gettin locked in the pen fo ten to fifty Monopoly a violence boy, cos you lookin shifty You Hobbesian people swallow like Bambi Woods And you'd never live a day in the projects or the hoods Cos you ignorant about what keeps men from they selfish ways Private property, boy, helps the people get paid. Etc etc etc. The following in the style of Immortal Technique:

You betta watch what tha fuck flies outa ya mouth
Or Ima burn your house down with ya tied to ya couch
Cos reward and punishment’s the only rational way
To make a fuckin man do whatever the fuck I say
I gotta viewa human nature that’s tabula rasa
Cos you don’t know shit til I make you my masta

Separation a powers, got my checks and balances
And the Glorious Revolution got me in the palaces
And you mystical muthafuckas just look like some phalluses
Locke down and cold, murdering all yo fallacies.

Empirical truth, mutha, don’t ever try to diss me
Cos I got rhymes that’s colder than Walt Disney
My lyrics are like syphallus but harder to catch
An if you don’t obey my law, then you gettin yo ass capped
You gettin locked in the pen fo ten to fifty
Monopoly a violence boy, cos you lookin shifty

You Hobbesian people swallow like Bambi Woods
And you’d never live a day in the projects or the hoods
Cos you ignorant about what keeps men from they selfish ways
Private property, boy, helps the people get paid.

Etc etc etc.

]]> By: Timothy Burke http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62949 Timothy Burke Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62949 By: jet http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62950 jet Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62950 Lenin is Straight Outta Compton. IN DUBYA EH! Lenin is Straight Outta Compton. IN DUBYA EH!

]]> By: jet http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62951 jet Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62951 Err, I meant WU TANG FOREVER! Err, I meant WU TANG FOREVER!

]]> By: Matt Weiner http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62952 Matt Weiner Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62952 Of related interest: the <a href="http://sites.gizoogle.com/?url=http://www.constitution.org/jl/2ndtr02.txt" rel="nofollow">Gizoogle</a> version: <blockquote>CHAP. II. Of tha State of Nature. Sec. 4 cuz I put gangsta rap on tha map. TO understand politizzle powa right, n derive it from its original, we mizzy consida, W-H-to-tha-izzat state all men is naturally in, n that is, a state of perfect freedom ta orda they actions, n dispose of they possessions n persons, as they think fizzay witin tha bounds of tha law of nature, witout rhymin' leave, or depend'n upon tha will of any rappa man. A state also of equality, wherein all tha brotha n jurisdizzles is reciprizzles no one hav'n mizzy than shot calla there being nuttin' more evident, thiznan that creatures of tha same species n rizzank, promiscuously born ta all tha same advantages of nature, n tha use of tha same faculties, should also be equal one amongst bitch witout subordinizzles or subjection, unless tha lord n cracka of them all should, by any manifest declarizzles of his W-to-tha-izzill, set one above anotha, n brotha on hizzle by an evident n clear appointment, an undoubted right ta dominion n sovereignty.</blockquote> via <a href="http://pixnaps.blogspot.com/2005/02/gangsta-philosizzle.html" rel="nofollow">Philosophy, etc.</a>, via <a href="http://tar.weatherson.net" rel="nofollow">Brian W.</a> Of related interest: the Gizoogle version:

CHAP. II. Of tha State of Nature. Sec. 4 cuz I put gangsta rap on tha map. TO understand politizzle powa right, n derive it from its original, we mizzy consida, W-H-to-tha-izzat state all men is naturally in, n that is, a state of perfect freedom ta orda they actions, n dispose of they possessions n persons, as they think fizzay witin tha bounds of tha law of nature, witout rhymin’ leave, or depend’n upon tha will of any rappa man. A state also of equality, wherein all tha brotha n jurisdizzles is reciprizzles no one hav’n mizzy than shot calla there being nuttin’ more evident, thiznan that creatures of tha same species n rizzank, promiscuously born ta all tha same advantages of nature, n tha use of tha same faculties, should also be equal one amongst bitch witout subordinizzles or subjection, unless tha lord n cracka of them all should, by any manifest declarizzles of his W-to-tha-izzill, set one above anotha, n brotha on hizzle by an evident n clear appointment, an undoubted right ta dominion n sovereignty.

via Philosophy, etc., via Brian W.

]]> By: scott eric kaufman http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62953 scott eric kaufman Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62953 Anonymous leading British philosophers throw down old school beats and rhymes. Who would've known? Anonymous leading British philosophers throw down old school beats and rhymes. Who would’ve known?

]]> By: scott eric kaufman http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62954 scott eric kaufman Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62954 Anonymous leading British philosophers throw down old school beats and rhymes. Who would've known? Anonymous leading British philosophers throw down old school beats and rhymes. Who would’ve known?

]]> By: G-Do http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62955 G-Do Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62955 Grab your glocks when you see John Locke. Grab your glocks when you see John Locke.

]]> By: Jackmormon http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62956 Jackmormon Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62956 When you be rapping with John Locke, need no plan of attack-- This here ain't no Hobbesian nature, you ain't gonna get whacked-- But we peeps want something more, that's a stone hard fact-- Gotsta optimize our goods with a SOCIAL CONTRACT. When you be rapping with John Locke, need no plan of attack—This here ain’t no Hobbesian nature, you ain’t gonna get whacked—But we peeps want something more, that’s a stone hard fact—Gotsta optimize our goods with a SOCIAL CONTRACT.

]]> By: gordon http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62957 gordon Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62957 Wow! I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it! So do we have enough material for a blockbuster musical? Maybe "The Phantom of the Revolution", starring... well, any suggestions? Wow! I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it! So do we have enough material for a blockbuster musical? Maybe “The Phantom of the Revolution”, starring… well, any suggestions?

]]> By: Jackmormon http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62958 Jackmormon Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62958 That last line doesn't scan so good. But I'm imagining that it leads into the bridge. Or something. That last line doesn’t scan so good. But I’m imagining that it leads into the bridge. Or something.

]]> By: chris http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62959 chris Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62959 OK, now do it by mobile/cellphone. OK, now do it by mobile/cellphone.

]]> By: Scratchings http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62960 Scratchings Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62960 <strong>Don't Believe What You Read in the Blogs!</strong> <strong>Exhibit A:</strong> Turbulent Velvet wants you to believe that he's a Proudhonian mutualist, but he's really a <a href="http://www.ufobreakfast.com/archive/00000368.htm" rel="nofollow">Vaneigem-esque belle-lettrist</a> seeking ... Don’t Believe What You Read in the Blogs!

Exhibit A: Turbulent Velvet wants you to believe that he’s a Proudhonian mutualist, but he’s really a Vaneigem-esque belle-lettrist seeking …

]]> By: Scratchings http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/comment-page-1/#comment-62961 Scratchings Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/03/02/2nd-treatise-rap/#comment-62961 <strong>Don't Believe What You Read in the Blogs!</strong> <strong>Exhibit A:</strong> Turbulent Velvet wants you to believe that he's a Proudhonian mutualist, but he's really a <a href="http://www.ufobreakfast.com/archive/00000368.htm" rel="nofollow">Vaneigem-esque belle-lettrist</a> seeking ... --- Don’t Believe What You Read in the Blogs!

Exhibit A: Turbulent Velvet wants you to believe that he’s a Proudhonian mutualist, but he’s really a Vaneigem-esque belle-lettrist seeking …
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