Rat Evolution

by Snapping Turtle

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1.
INTRO 00:30
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2.
BOOTY BLAST 05:07
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BUILD YOUR EMPIRE WITH GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE SUBSIDIZE THE LOST CROP INFLATED BALLOONS WILL POP BOOTY BLAST EMPIRE OF THE INSANE IT'S ALL BACKWARDS THE EMPIRE OF BOOTY BLAST IT'S INSIDE OUT BOOTY BLAST BUILD YOUR EMPIRE WITH BANKSTERS' APPROVAL FREE MARKETS FOR ME / SOCIALISM FOR YOU SUBSIDIZE THE LOST CROP PROTECT THE MACHINE AT ALL COST RESTRICT THE COMPETITION BOOTY BLAST EMPIRE OF THE INSANE IT'S ALL BACKWARDS THE EMPIRE OF BOOTY BLAST IT'S INSIDE OUT BAIL OUT INCOMPETENCE MUTE EXPRESSION WITH ZONING LAW FREE MARKETS FOR US / CORPORATE WELFARE FOR YOU PAYING LIP SERVICE TO FREEDOM WHILE WRAPPING YOUR LIPS AROUND AUTHORITARIAN BALLS EMPIRE OF THE INSANE IT'S ALL BACKWARDS THE EMPIRE OF BOOTY BLAST IT'S INSIDE OUT BOOTY BLAST
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ENTER THE MIND RIPPER 05:04
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COLLIDE WITH THE EMPIRE REJECT THEIR PREFERRED CATALYST DISMANTLE AND REBUILD YOURSELF INTO SOMETHING NEW ENTER THE MIND RIPPER SURFACES OF THE ABSTRACT CALLING FORTH YOUR BEST INTERPRETATION DISMANTLE AND REBUILD YOURSELF INTO SOMETHING NEW ENTER THE MIND RIPPER ACROSS THE THRESHOLD OF THE UNKNOWN THE SUBLIME EJECTS AN INFERIOR MIND GATHERING THE PIECES OF THE PAST JUST FOR A LAUGH ILLUSTRATE, EXTRAPOLATE, TRANSLATE ENTER THE MIND RIPPER
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CASUALTIES OF ART 05:35
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JEFFERSON HAD IT WRONG THE GOVERNMENT OWNS THE LAND A PROXY ARMY OF FARMERS ARE JUST PLACEHOLDERS FOR UNCLE SAM SMASH YOUR WAY TO FREEDOM THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE GREAT CALCULATION CASUALTIES OF ART TRADITION WILL FLOURISH AND YOU WILL BE CONSUMED THE FOUNDING FATHERS HAD IT WRONG THE GOVERNMENT IS YOUR FRIEND LOL SMASH YOUR WAY TO FREEDOM THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE GREAT CALCULATION CASUALTIES OF ART TRADITION WILL FLOURISH AND YOU WILL BE CONSUMED CASUALTIES OF ART WILL CREATE THEIR OWN DOOM IS YOUR LIFE ENHANCED BY THE SYSTEM OR DRAINED? ASK YOURSELF, IS YOUR LIFE ENHANCED BY THE SYSTEM OR DRAINED? IT PUNISHES PHYSICAL LABOR TO REWARD THE BUTTON PUSHERS IT TAKES AWAY YOUR RIGHTS TO BENEFIT THE PAPER CHANGERS IT ATTACKS THE MINUTIA TO IGNORE THE GRANDIOSE ASK YOURSELF, IS YOUR LIFE ENHANCED BY THE SYSTEM OR DRAINED? THIS COLLECTIVIST GOVERNMENT DOESN'T REGULATE CORPORATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS NO, IT REGULATES CITIZENS ON BEHALF OF THE FEW SMASH YOUR WAY TO FREEDOM THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE GREAT CALCULATION IS YOUR LIFE ENHANCED BY THE SYSTEM OR DRAINED? CASUALTIES OF ART CASUALTIES OF ART WILL CREATE THEIR OWN DOOM
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MANUFACTURED OUTRAGE 07:15
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THIS WORLD WON'T LISTEN TO YOUR SMARTNESS THESE FOOLS WON'T OBEY YOUR COMMANDS THE HUNGRY WON'T FEED THEMSELVES WITHOUT THE GOVERNMENT EVERYBODY KNOWS VENEZUELA IS FIRST CLASS YOU'RE A HIGH FUNCTIONING FRUIT BAT A HIGH FUNCTIONING FRUIT BAT HIGH FUNCTIONING TODAY UNTIL YOUR NEXT PSYCHOTIC BREAK TAKES ALL OF US AWAY HIGH FUNCTIONING, YOUR BRAIN IS THE BEST SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE REST YOUR COLLEGE DEGREE I'LL USE TO WIPE MY ASS YOU'RE A HIGH FUNCTIONING FRUIT BAT HIGH FUNCTIONING TODAY HIGH FUNCTIONING FRUIT BAT WITH YOUR MANUFACTURED OUTRAGE MANUFACTURED OUTRAGE IT'S JUST P.O.C.S IN SPACE IT'S JUST MANUFACTURED OUTRAGE YOU'RE A HIGH FUNCTIONING FRUIT BAT UNTIL YOUR NEXT PSYCHOTIC BREAK TAKES ALL OF US AWAY HIGH FUNCTIONING- IT'S PERFECT SECURITY WHEN YOU CONTROL THE SURVEILLANCE STATE (HYPOCRITE) SO LIBERAL THAT YOUR PHONE WAS MADE BY CHILD LABORERS IN CHINA (HYPOCRITE) SO LIBERAL THAT YOU ARE A PAWN OF BIG AGRICULTURE (HYPOCRITE) SUPPORTING OPEN BORDERS SO THOSE MEXICANS CAN'T EARN A FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE (HYPOCRITE)
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RAT BONES 03:54
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“EVEN IF EVOLUTION IS REAL, ANYONE CAPABLE OF LOOKING AROUND AND MAKING AN HONEST OBSERVATION CAN SEE THAT WE EVOLVED FROM RATS AND NOT APES.” “WE EVOLVED FROM RATS? OK. I GOTTA HEAR THIS!” “WE SHARE FEW BEHAVIORS WITH APES. WE DON'T LIVE IN TREES, FOR EXAMPLE. WE NEST ON THE GROUND. WE ARE NOT NATURALLY STATIONARY EITHER.” “THAT'S A PRETTY BIG STRETCH.” “OK.TAKE SCAVENGING, FOR EXAMPLE- AN APE DOESN'T SCAVENGE FOR FLESH BUT BOTH RATS AND HUMANS DO. HUMANS LITERALLY THRIVE ON THE GROUND UP PIECES OF DEAD ANIMALS. A RAT WILL ALSO EAT A DEAD ANIMAL.” “PRIMATES WILL OCCASIONALLY EAT A DEAD ANIMAL TOO. SO I'M NOT REALLY CONVINCED. IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?” “WELL, CAN AN APE LEAVE ITS CLIMATE? NO! THAT'S WHY AT THE ZOO THEY PUT THEM AWAY FOR THE NIGHT WHEN IT GETS COLD. YET, HUMANS HAVE SCATTERED ACROSS THE GLOBE, IN EVERY CLIMATE... INTENTIONALLY. AND GUESS WHICH ANIMAL CAME WITH US TO EVERY CONTINENT AND EVERY CLIMATE?” “SO YOU THINK WE EVOLVED FROM RODENTS?” “I COULD ONLY MAKE OBSERVATIONS BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING.” “WELL WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SCIENTIFIC THINKERS, RIGHT? BUT COME ON, HUMANS EVOLVED FROM RATS?” “THINK ABOUT THIS- IF THEY WANT TO MAKE NEW MEDICINES FOR HUMANS WHO DO THEY TEST IT ON? LAB RATS! PROBABLY BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE IN COMMON GENETICALLY WITH RATS AND RODENTS THAN APES. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO TELL US. THAT'S THE BIG CONSPIRACY. THE BIGGEST COVER-UP OF OUR TIMES. SCIENTISTS MESSED UP YEARS AGO AND RATHER THAN ADMIT THEY MADE A MISTAKE, THEY ARE HIDING THAT HUMANS CAME FROM THE RODENT FAMILY.” “THERE ARE A LOT OF HUMANS THAT LOOK LIKE RATS.” “THEY ARE THE RAT PROTOTYPES. WE EVEN HAVE ALL KINDS OF WORDS THAT COMPARE HUMANS TO RODENTS. LIKE SOMEBODY “RATTING” YOU OUT.” “NOW THIS I GOT TO HEAR!” “I MEAN, WE SHARE EVERY BEHAVIOR YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH RATS.” “I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. IF WE NEED TO HAVE THE BASIC RULES OF APES WHIPPED INTO US BY PARENTS, EDUCATION, CULTURE, TV AND STUFF... HOW MUCH LIKE APES CAN WE REALLY BE?” “WELL, NOBODY IS LISTENING SO I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT...” “HOLY CRAP DUDE. RAT EVOLUTION WOULD EXPLAIN A LOT!”
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THROW IT AWAY 03:24
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WHEN YOU'VE GOT BILLS TO PAY WHAT'S A LITTLE TOXIC SPRAY THROW IT AWAY WHEN YOU'VE GOT MOUTHS TO FEED WHO CARES WHERE IT GOES THROW IT AWAY AND IF LIFE DOWNSTREAM ERODES SHH. NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW THROW IT AWAY BABY TURTLES CAN GO CHOKE ON PLASTIC WHILE YOU PRETEND TO NOT NOTICE IT THROW IT AWAY SO TAKE THE WHEEL OF YOUR NEXT MONEY PIT AND PAY THE FEE TO SOME PEDO IN CONNECTICUT THROW IT AWAY BUT WHEN YOU COME UP A DOLLAR SHORT THEY'LL DEMAND YOUR ACCOUNTABILITY AND LOOK THE OTHER WAY WHILE THE RIVER KILLERS ROAM FREE THROW IT AWAY
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DEVASTATION OVERLOAD 04:09
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ASYMMETRICAL TUMBLEWEED ROLLING BY WITH EACH BRANCH LIKE FINGERS THAT EXTEND TO THE BACK OF THE MIND EVERYTHING GROWING INTO ITS LARGEST EXPRESSION AS ABOVE, SO BELOW DEVASTATION OVERLOAD EACH INDIVIDUAL PIECE CARRYING THE SAME POTENTIAL ENERGY THE SAPLINGS OF THE WILD ORCHARD SPEAK FROM SEEDS CARRIED BY WINGED MESSENGERS AS ABOVE, SO BELOW DEVASTATION OVERLOAD ARRIVING FROM ALL ANGLES GEOMETRICAL BUT IMBALANCED COMPLETELY RANDOM NATURAL SELECTION YOU CAN NO LONGER BE THE HARD LESSONS OF IMPERFECTION AS ABOVE, SO BELOW DEVASTATION OVERLOAD
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THE CURIOSITY ON FOREVER LANE 03:39
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A SPIRITUAL WAR HAS BEGUN THEY WANT TO CONTROL YOU WITH TECHNOLOGY FROM THE FUTURE THEY ARE GLANCING BACK AT THE WAVES EMITTED FROM YOUR MIND THEY WILL NOT LET YOU SPEAK IN A PSYCHIC WAR THE PSYCHIC WAR FOR INNER SPACE YOU GIVE AWAY YOUR THOUGHTS SWIPED FROM YOUR BRAIN THEY WILL NOT LET YOU SPEAK IN A PSYCHIC WAR THE PSYCHIC WAR FOR INNER SPACE INNER SPACE SO WRITE A SONG SO GOOD, SO DEEP WITH SO MANY LAYERS THAT EVEN THE MOST ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CANNOT COMPREHEND SOMETHING SO CLEVER, SO PURE THAT IT GOES TO THE VERY CENTER OF THEIR NUMERICAL CORE AND IMPLODES THE SYSTEM FROM WITHIN THE PSYCHIC WAR FOR INNER SPACE INNER SPACE KNOW THE AI DOES HAVE A WEAKNESS AND HIS NAME IS THE CAVE MAN TRUE ANIMAL SPIRIT CANNOT BE DEFEATED BY THE EVIL TO COME ART WILL DESTROY CODE ART. WILL. DESTROY. CODE. ART WILL DESTROY CODE!
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HARLOT HEAT SEEKER 04:03
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VERBAL FLAME THROWER A SURPRISE ATTACK THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED SLOW ATTACK FORMING A CHRYSALIS FROM DEGENERATE STRINGS TO RISE AGAIN WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS THE BEAT OF THE PRIMAL STAFF POUNDING ON THE PAINTED DESERT HARLOT HEAT SEEKER WITH EVERY STEP FORWARD ACROSS THE SANDBLASTED WASTELAND A 360 PANORAMA OF POSSIBILITY CONNECTING US TO THE UNIVERSAL FILAMENTS HARLOT HEAT SEEKER THE LEFT BREAST OF AMERICA PARTIALLY EXPOSED THE CAWING BUZZARDS OF ADVERTISING CIRCLING OVER YOU FROM JUNK MAIL TO CHARITIES EVERYONE WANTS A CHUNK OF YOUR FLESH HARLOT HEAT SEEKER ON THOT PATROL THE DEPENDENT LAYERS OF TODAY'S FLAVOR THE DEEPLY SATURATED LIFE OF THE HEIRLOOM VARIETY EMOTIONAL COMBINATIONS OF COLOR IN THE SKY ENDURE HARLOT HEAT SEEKER ENDURE THE HARLOT HEAT SEEKER ON EVERY PLATE OF THE TURTLE'S BACK WE WALK TOWARDS THE NEW BURNT SCENE HARLOT HEAT SEEKER SMOKE RINGS INSIDE WITH FRESH HERBAL INFUSION IT'S DUTY FREE AND LOVE DELICIOUS BLASTING OFF- NON-PC RHETORIC IT'S THE INNER STRUGGLE VERSUS A SOLIDIFIED CONSCIOUSNESS SPREAD THE SEED OF THE HARLOT HEAT SEEKER CRACKING THE SHAMAN'S CODE WHILE SITTING AT THE CONTROLS HARLOT HEAT SEEKER SLIP A HAND UP THE DUSTY PANTIES OF THE MACROVERSE GET A FIRM TWO-HANDED GRIP ON THE JIGGLY CHEEKS OF TRUTH HARLOT HEAT SEEKER AN AURA-SCREEN AT THE CENTER OF THE DANDELION WITH SNAIL-LIKE ANTENNAE PICKING UP VIBRATIONS IN MULTIPLICITY SPREAD THE SEED OF THE HARLOT HEAT SEEKER THE SEED CONTAINS THE INFINITE WISDOM GOD CRINGES AT THE DESECRATION OF HIS MASTERFUL CREATION WHILE THE HARLOT HEAT SEEKER IS BALLS DEEP IN BBQ SAUCE HARLOT HEAT SEEKER IN DEFENSIVE ANTICIPATION OF A FEW TORCHED GOWNS WE WALK TOWARDS THE NEW BURNT SCENE HARLOT HEAT SEEKER EMBRACE THE HARLOT HEAT SEEKER
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OUTRO 03:16
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A new space cadet must choose between his average American girlfriend who loves him for who he is or the sophisticated women of outer space- who only want to use him for his brain! After take-off, politics in the USA have gone mad as the true origins of the human species are discovered. But is all of it happening now or are these just fleeting memories from the depths of space?

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released April 1, 2020

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