Baba Brinkman - Hypothesis 5 (Evolutionism) lyrics

The scope of evolution is truly amazing It explains so much, from the allure of a beautiful lady To the taste of food, to the roots of human nature But if you think it's just genes duplicating, don't be too hasty The genes inside of us out-competed rival genes And some of them arrived on the scene by violent means But others arrived by designing minds that dream And learn how to settle rivalries using things like rhyme schemes Evolution explains design in nature As the selective retention of blind variation And that's exactly how the mind explores design spaces And when it finds something nice it says “Damn, I'm creative!” So it's time to turn the page on that played out nature Versus nurture debate, ‘cause every urge, every murderous rage Aand every peace-making word that we say Is just the product of one simple process churning away