[spoken intro] They say the truth walks with two legs: mercy and justice. And much like a Jamaican banjo rap song, that's a paradox fool! [crowd laughs and cheers] [banjo lick][turntable] [verse 1][urban rapper] They call me a madman, say I’m so damn unreasonable, why you mad, man? the real madman goes madder than a hatter on reason alone It’s sad you don’t understand that reason needs faith before it unlocks the door for goodness sake’s snowflake ain’t never heard of a paradox before? [pause]] (Can you give me an example?) It’s easy to be heavy, hard to be light (alright alright!) courage is a strong desire to live, inspired by a ready-ness to die (no lie!) The optimist sees green fields; the pessimist sees green flies. the more love is bound, the less it is blind (oh snap you just broke my modernist mind!) The Christian is both worse than he thinks and better than he knows (whoa!) The freedom of art starts with the black and white line that you chose to love anything is to realize it might be lost the solutions of man can’t stand up to the riddles of God! [chorus][bluegrass] Now, this looks like a job for GKC So, get out your copy of Orthodoxy 'Cause we need a little paradoxy 'Cause it feels so empty on your hamster wheel of pure reasoning 'Cause we need a little paradoxicality sprinkled on that circular pizza that you [verse 2][urban rap vocals] You think the eat [verse 2][urban rap vocals] You think the supernatural is superstition, you think it’s insane in the brain But when you take it away the unnatural is all that will remain Mysticism keeps men sane, fairy land protects you from overloading the cosmos all into your brain until CRACK! Your skull’s exploding The heretic clings to one truth while the others all die like neglected pets history repeats itself because the mistakes of the old, the young shall forget The cross, a symbol of defeat, has conquered whole empires and yet the fad of every generation is to circle up and go all in with its deniers [chorus][bluegrass vocals] Now, this looks like a job for GKC So, get out your copy of Orthodoxy 'Cause we need a little paradoxy 'Cause it feels so empty on your hamster wheel of pure reasoning I said This looks like a job for Gilbert Keith So, everybody, open up your Orthodoxy 'Cause we need a little paradoxicality sprinkled on that circular pizza you eatin’ [verse 3][rap vocals] I’m like Mr. Pond I got paradoxic overload You want to see the vastness of the cosmos, fool? Peep into a microscope! (that’s dope) You want to run wild on a rooftop, put some guardrails around each side. democracy trusts the fool just as much as it trusts the wise and if you can’t succeed, you want to suck less. There is nothing that fails like too much success so you’re an optimist, to reality, blind, or a pessimist, no hope to find try chomping down on something more solid with your open mind and if you really want to get lifted up, humility works much better than pride [bridge - fast rapping/chanting] Paradox it up! Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. (paradox!) The Christian ideal hasn't been tried and found wanting; it's been found difficult and left untried. (paradox!) The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason. (paradox!) The cosmos is a living story, not a dead mechanism (paradox!) The cross is the crux. To love anything is to realize it might be lost. (paradox!) A dead thing goes with the stream; a living thing goes upstream like a boss(paradox!) We have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we (paradox!) Every man forgot who he is. The family is the factory of civilization (paradox!) A mystic is a man who refuses to take the universe for granted (paradox!) The more a man knows, the more he knows he doesn't know (paradox!) Freedom is found in chains that bind the soul to virtue (paradox!) Humility lifts a man higher than pride ever could (paradox!) The richest man is he who wants nothing more than what he has (paradox!) The child sees wonders that the wise man has forgot (paradox!) Death is the gate to life everlasting (paradox!) The fool is wise in his folly, foolish in his wisdom is the sage (paradox!) Marriage is the adventure where the adventurer is tamed (paradox!) Progress backward often leads forward (paradox!) Books are dead trees that live forever (paradox!) Death is the gate to life everlasting (paradox!) The fool is wise in his folly, foolish in his wisdom is the sage (paradox!) Marriage is the adventure where the adventurer is tamed (paradox!) Progress backward often leads forward (paradox!) Books are dead trees that live forever (paradox!) [chorus][bluegrass] Now, this looks like a job for GKC So, get out your copy of Orthodoxy 'Cause we need a little paradoxy 'Cause it feels so empty on your hamster wheel of pure reasoning I said This looks like a job for Gilbert Keith So, everybody, open up your Orthodoxy 'Cause we need a little paradoxicality sprinkled on that circular pizza you eatin' [banjo]
