Socrates Lyrics: (to "Barbie Girl" tune)
Hey Soc!
Hey Plato!
Do you wanna go
for a walk?
Sure Soc!
Let’s Go!
I am
Socrates! I’ll pester you indeed!
Life in Athens,
yields lots of questions!
I’ll never brush
my hair, ‘cause frankly I don’t care
I’ll make the
case that, your life is vacant!
C’mon Socie,
let’s beat sophists!
I am
Socrates! I’ll lecture you for free!
While not the
wisest, I am enlightened
I’ll never brush
my hair. Let’s question if we care
Life unexamined
is cognitive famine!
I’m an old,
haggard male in a fantasy world
Life is not what
it seems, my darling
You are down in
a cave, break your chains away
Let’s ascend, to
the light, walk with me
(Let’s Stroll) (X 2)
I am
Socrates! You’ll find me walking in
Greece
Part of my
method, is to be intrepid
Come and talk to
me, engage me if you please
To be Socratic,
is so fantastic
(C’mon Socie, Let’s go walking!
Oh-Oh Yeah!) (X 4)
C’mon walk,
let’s all talk, peripatetically
We can get to
the heart of your hardheaded beliefs
C’mon friend,
let’s dig in, what’s your theory again?
Break it down,
let’s expound, pedagogy
(C’mon Socie, Let’s go walking!
Oh-Oh Yeah!) (X 4)
I am Socrates!
Divine emissary
If you seek
virtue, nothing can hurt you
Democracy is
fair, but frankly I don’t care
They didn’t hear
me, now they revere me
I am
Socrates! I’ll pester you indeed
Life in Athens,
yields lots of questions
I’ll never brush
my hair, ‘cause frankly I don’t care
I’ll make the
case that, your life is vacant
(C’mon Socie! Let’s go walking!
Oh-Oh Yeah!) (X 4)
Pyrrho Lyrics: (to Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song)
Now is this a
story all about how
Pyrrho got his
wits all turned around?
Don’t take for
granted
Just sit right
there
And I’ll tell
you about delusion and how you shouldn’t have a care
In Ancient
Greece born and raised
On Elis was
where I tried expanding my ways
No paying taxes
‘cause philosophers are cool
And as a
skeptic, dogma makes me drool
Where a couple
of friends who were nothing but good
Tried looking
out for me any way they could
I looked at one
little cliff, and they got scared!
They said,
“There are rocks at the bottom if you get air!”
I looked up to
the sky and contemplated life
And I said to
myself, “What are things really like?”
I was pondering
what it took to really be happy
And I said “just
forget it” – “worrying would just be crappy!”
I decided firm
beliefs required delusion
And that just to
too much confusion
It was then that
I realized
Nothing really
mattered
And if you fell
off a cliff, would you really get splattered?
Cicero Lyrics: (to "Firework" by Katy Perry)
Do you ever feel
Unoriginal
Just walk in my
shoes
All I do is
write prose
Do you ever feel
That to get
ahead
You must
reproduce
Works from those
who are dead
Do you ever feel
That your
philosophy
Is to compensate
For your
failings politically
Do you know that
there’s
Just no chance
for me
My life’s a
tragedy
I just gotta
Rewrite some
Greek
Philosophy
I aim to please
To boost my self
esteem
‘Cause baby, I
am Cicero
My thoughts
aren’t original
Make them go
“oh, oh, oh”
This guy really
writes great prose (‘ose, ‘ose)
Baby, I am
Cicero
I spread Greek
teachings in Rome
Make them go
“oh, oh, oh”
His philosophy
is so cool (‘ool, ‘ool)
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Philosophy is so
cool (‘ool, ‘ool)
(Repeat 2X)
We should also note what each of us did, I believe that was required.
ReplyDeleteJason - Song lyrics, video performance (dancing?), philosopher research, and vocals.
Jordan - Song lyrics, video performance, philosopher research, and moral support.
Katie - Song lyrics, video performance, philosopher research, vocals, and video editing.
Seta - Song lyrics (not used due to technical difficulties), video performance (really awesome dancing), and philosopher research.
Special thanks to Bruce Vaughn, Jose Mier, Justin Vaughn, Leo Castillo, and Spencer Perry for helping to make the video possible.