[Intro - lecture hall door slams, fluorescent hum, chalk picked up, extreme staccato percussion enters, heavy 808 drops] 24K 24K 24K 24K Today's topic — why the hell do you keep giving these bastards a pass Not taking attendance, half this room is failing anyway Take notes or don't, I'm gonna say it either way A bad man is just a bad man, 24K [Chant - flat gang chant stamp, call and response, chalkboard tap] A bad man (is just a bad man) Reasons (none) Excuses (none) A bad man is just a bad man [Verse 1 - ULTRA EXTREME FLAT MONOTONE FLOW RAP, bored jaded texture, dark low synth] First, get this one thing nailed into your skull A person is what they did, that's it, don't hand me another line Deep down he's not like that? How the hell would you know You don't even know your own head, now you're reading his soul Telling the guy who got stabbed to listen to the knife's reasons Blood pouring out and you're sitting there discussing the knife's childhood And the backstory always shows up after the fact People pin it on after the damage, that's a novel not a fact One line on the board — a person is what they did This one doesn't erase, memorize it PROFESSOR 24K, no partial credit, if you got it, next chapter [Chant - flat gang chant stamp, call and response, chalkboard tap] A bad man (is just a bad man) Reasons (none) Excuses (none) A bad man is just a bad man [Verse 2 - ULTRA EXTREME FLAT MONOTONE FLOW RAP, paper flip SFX between lines] Look, the guy who's always late Always has a reason, if it's always, that reason is him, that's his identity The guy who's always sorry, if sorry is his catchphrase That's not an apology, that's a greeting, same as hello The guy who hits and cries, if tears count as innocence Crocodiles walk free from cradle to grave, rewrite the whole law book The guy saying I had it hard too, hey everyone has it hard Having it hard doesn't make everyone act like you, that's the answer, check the numbers I gave you this many examples and you're still confused Your eyes aren't bad, they're just closed Skip the eye doctor and wake up, 24K [Chant - flat gang chant stamp, call and response, chalkboard tap] A bad man (is just a bad man) Reasons (none) Excuses (none) A bad man is just a bad man [Verse 3 - ULTRA EXTREME FLAT MONOTONE FLOW RAP, double time same flat tone, five pages torn one by one, chalk scratch on each count] Take notes — five pages of the crap you attach to these guys, tearing them off one at a time Page one, he acted out because he got hurt — hurt is just hurt, it's not a permit to hit people Page two, he grew up like that — plenty of people from the same house don't turn out like him Page three, it was a mistake this time — once is a mistake, three times is a habit, ten times is who he is Page four, he didn't mean it — intent isn't visible, the mark is, the mark is the answer, the rest is alibi Page five, he'll change someday — sure he'll change, but this one only changes for the worse, check the numbers All five pages torn, what's left underneath Nothing's left, just a bad man sitting in a chair Don't stare, make eye contact and you'll start attaching pages again, 24K [Verse 4 - ULTRA EXTREME FLAT MONOTONE FLOW RAP, cold piano stab] Alright, wrapping up, the key point of this lecture — understanding him and giving him a pass are two completely different things You can understand him, but if you stay next to him you're the one getting hit again, that's a fact Not gonna ask why he does it? Ask, sure, but the answer stays the same Write all the papers you want on tiger behavior, the teeth are still attached So don't dig, digging into his backstory only burns your own hours I'll explain it right here from the desk, you just run far away Folding the glasses, coffee went cold ages ago and I'm not refilling Wiping the whole board, except this one line stays up PROFESSOR 24K — if this one made it through your skull, tuition paid off [Final Chant - flat gang chant stamp, full extreme percussion, chalk snaps, abrupt dead stop] A bad man (is just a bad man) Reasons (none) Excuses (none) a bad man is just a bad man, no footnote A bad man is just a bad man Class dismissed, no questions 24K
