PomDP the PhD Rapper - MIT

phdrapper.com | Second single of upcoming "The PhD rapper" by PomDP
Prod. by Har Man
Video Editing by Roll_ing_shutter
Film capture by Lisa Vo, Xander Breg, and Curtis Northcutt, courtesy of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Lyrics:

[intro]
In those times when it feels like we fall apart
We always find a way to put it back together
I came to MIT, I thought I was smart
Then I realized everybody here was so much better
The main thing I learned at MIT was humility
The main thing I found at MIT was the community
I know you probably think that MIT's a university
But when I think of MIT I think of home
We're stronger together than we are alone
Work harder together than we can alone
Run farther together than we run alone
Wait, MIT can rap? Well, you never know
Shout out to the faculty, the researchers, the students, and the hospital
The staff who makes the food we eat, the GRAs, the janitors
The staff who run z-center, the leadership and Rafael Reif
who shines a light on darkest times and writes the best emails

[verse]
I am bright like lightning
I went to MIT to join the ranks of Richard Feynman
I'd love to see the blueprints of the God who designed him
Electromagnetics and quantum physics -- he combined them
When things got hard… "Where's Feynman, find him"
The finest of minds, in a time of decline like
The finest of wines, he was always refining
Dude was the bomb, but you know that redefined him

Only love for Nagasaki
I went to MIT to join the ranks of Noam Chomsky
Academic to the limit, plus some paparazzi
Syntactic or semantic, the champ of linguistic boxing
A proxy for freedom of speech, but some could not see
Brain on max like a pot of hot coffee
Brain on fast like a brand new Kawasaki
I don’t want no friction my life is a game of hockey
Brain on facts, but my biceps floppy
You caught me talking Chomsky the father of
Cognitive linguistics, a baller no ballistics,
100 books prolific, but kept it scientific
A little bit political, but always humanistic

I went to MIT to join the ranks of my advisor
Isaac Chuang, the Kobe Bryant
of quantum computing and ion devices
The mastermind… The Dr. Frankenstein
Who provided me the guidance, Re-wired my mind
Now I'm a rapper and a scientist, the grand design
So it only seems right that I use this last line to say…
"Thank you, Ike"

Let's set a new standard
I went to MIT to join the ranks of Claude Shannon
Who put together algebra and circuits single-handedly, but always candidly
He commanded the digital planet that we demanded
The world that we live in now…. He planned it
Laptops internet Dropbox …. Shannon
Xbox satellites iPods... still Claude Shannon (still Claude Shannon)

I speak with intention
I went to MIT to join the ranks of Patrick Winston
V-SNC
The V stands for Vision
The S stands for Steps
The N did I mention, it stands for News
The C is Contribution
We listened to you Patrick Winston
We loved you, we miss you, we knew when we lost you
that one box of tissues couldn't solve the fact
We didn't just lose you, we lost all your wisdom
Patrick, I wish you had the time to refine your theory that our minds can only process one language at a time
So next time my friend's texting, says he hears me just fine. Nope he's lying

Noam Chomsky
Chomping on bananas
Wondering why nobody even knows who Claude Shannon is
I can't stand for this
I wish MIT faculty were presidential candidates

(Yo what band is this?)
I'm PomDP I got no managers
I'm magnanimous with the candidness
The beat in my head
Like meat in the bread
I'm just making sandwiches
My advantage is
I love challenges
Life's a big ole cookie jar
And I got both my hands in it

[chorus]
I will never stop... even if I feel ill
I will never pop a chill pill
This ill skill, I'm the real deal
I put my brain on the internet, so even when I die, I still will rap
I'm past my past, I wish nobody ill will
Master my craft, this is my "Kill Bill"
Repping my brass rat 'til this lil spill
Turn into a big splash now that's a big deal

I will never stop... even if I feel ill
Ya'll need to take a chill pill
This ill skill, I'm real deal
I put my brain on the internet, so even when I die, I still will rap
I'm past my past, I wish nobody ill will
Master my craft, this is my "Kill Bill"
Repping my brass rat 'til this lil spill
Turn into a big splash and I'm a big deal

[outro]
I gotta get some sleep
Nah man, we gotta go hacking