Brace yourself, cause this song is coming
Leave it up to me; I'll get the whole cla** humming
My boy Richie D started the meme sensation
Spread from one to the next through the use of imitation
Now, its a form of communication
And its been taking over the entire web nation
Memes got the ethic of a hacker, numbers two and three
Reminding you all that new info should be free
Every Advice Animal picture that you see
Is representin' freedom man, the way its supposed to be
The author is irrelevant, no one really cares
We just want to take the image, copy it and share
While following the notions of Stallman's open software
Embedding social, cultural implications, beware
Now I believed memes were limited to pictures for quite a while
But that's before I read about this video called Gangnam Style
You can argue with that if you're in denial
But memes are way more than media that goes viral
Through the 6 p's videos spread like a disease
Packaging, positioning, participation, the prestige
Positivity, and provoking feelings to such degrees
Kony 2012, lets bring that man to his knees
Damn Daniel's back at it with the white vans
Hide yo kids hide yo wife from the rapist man
Leave Britney Alone cries her biggest fan
Charlie bit my finger off my right hand
She said do it for the Lulz, I said I ain't gonna do it
Some memes go too far, ask Kenny Glenn he been through it
Yet Anonymous took down that boy, he paid for it
Dusty the Cat survived and gained fame for it
Yo, some memes require some prior knowledge
Like the Pepper Spraying Cop, from UC Davis college
Others are just fads like planking on a cottage
People look to post, wanting others to acknowledge
Many times memes represent a political stance
A way to express one's voice or opinions of the ma**
Obama called the GOP the Grumpy Cat and laughed
GW Bush was caught doing a dance
Is the dress blue and black? I think its white and gold
What started as a Tumblr post put the world on hold
Scientific explanations were circulating and told
We all debated our perceptions, and our friends we polled
What we like about memes is the juxtaposition
Of objects, and the way that they're positioned
They each get funnier with repetition
Frozen in motion and then composition
NC lost, Michael Jordans still crying
He never gets a break but Bad Luck Brian still smiling
Condescending Wonka always sighing
Dos Equis so interesting without really trying
A lot of memes we know and love have a global appeal
Describing gender differences and how consumerism's real
Local places personalize memes to fit their spiel
Like the Successful Black Man or Akiva from Israel
Overall you learned that memes are like a hack
You take one's work, you switch the words and send it right back
There are many reasons why memes are so whack
But thankfully they don't come with DDOS attacks