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Check Your Angle

[Intro — robot voice] ROBOT: ANALYSIS COMPLETE. CONFIDENCE: 99.7 PERCENT. [Rapper 1] Of what? ROBOT: …YES. [Beat in] [Verse 1 — Rapper 1] I got a fact in my pocket and a theory in my shoe, Got a beautiful conclusion before the evidence was through. Walked in like, “Everybody, good news— I have personally discovered the correct point of view.” [Rapper 2] From where? [Rapper 1] Right here! [Rapper 3] That explains a lot. I got charts! I got numbers! I got arrows going UP! Got a tiny little sample in a very fancy cup. [Rapper 2] How much ocean in the cup? [Rapper 1] Enough! [Rapper 3] How much ocean? [Rapper 1] SHUT UP. [Hook — all] CHECK YOUR ANGLE! CHECK YOUR FRAME! Same damn picture— different name! YOU SEE THIS! I SEE THAT! ROBOT: INSUFFICIENT CONTEXT. [All] Imagine that! Check your left! Check your right! Everybody’s certain till you change the light! CHECK YOUR ANGLE! DON’T GET MAD! You might be right— [Rapper 3] And still miss half! [Electronic break] RIGHT! WRONG! RIGHT-RIGHT-WRONG! UPDATE— UPDATE— CARRY ON! [Verse 2 — rappers trading] [Rapper 2] I heard what you said, then I heard what you meant, then I heard what I thought that you probably intended. Built a whole little courtroom inside of my head— [Rapper 3] Twelve tiny jurors? [Rapper 2] And unanimous! [Rapper 1] Convenient. [Rapper 2] Indeed. I know your motivation! I can see behind your eyes! [Rapper 3] You can barely find your glasses. [Rapper 2] THAT IS NOT THE POINT, GUYS. ROBOT: INTENT DETECTED. [Rapper 1] Whose? ROBOT: UNKNOWN. [Hook] CHECK YOUR ANGLE! CHECK YOUR FRAME! Same damn picture— different name! YOU SEE ORDER! I SEE MESS! ROBOT: BOTH RESPONSES PASS THE TEST. Check your high! Check your low! Every clean answer got somewhere it won’t go! CHECK YOUR ANGLE! MOVE YOUR HEAD! Truth ain’t dead— [Rapper 1] It’s over there instead! [Breakdown — stripped beat] [Rapper 3] Three people. One room. One thing happens. [Rapper 1] I saw disrespect. [Rapper 2] I saw a mistake. [Rapper 3] I saw somebody who needed a break. [Rapper 1] So who’s right? [Rapper 2] Me. ROBOT: MULTIPLE INTERPRETATIONS DETECTED. [All] NO KIDDING! [Beat explodes] [Final section — rapid trading] [Rapper 1] You got evidence? [Rapper 2] Plenty! [Rapper 3] Different relevance. [Rapper 1] You got confidence? [Rapper 2] Heavy! [Rapper 3] Not the same as evidence. [Rapper 2] Does listening mean surrender? [All] NO! [Rapper 3] Does changing mean you lost? [All] NO! [Rapper 1] Can two people see the same thing— [Rapper 2] And walk away different? ROBOT: ERROR. [Silence] ROBOT: CORRECTION. YES. [Final Hook] CHECK YOUR ANGLE! CHECK YOUR FRAME! Nobody standing in exactly the same place! YOU BRING THIS! I BRING THAT! PUT IT TOGETHER— WHAT DO WE GET? ROBOT: REVISING ANSWER. [All] LOOK AT THAT! Check it once! Check it twice! Certainty’s cheap— perspective has a price! CHECK YOUR ANGLE! LEAVE SOME ROOM! Your perfect answer might be slightly premature! [Rapper 1] Maybe! [Rapper 2] Possibly! [Rapper 3] Could be! ROBOT: CONFIDENCE… [beat stops] …61 PERCENT. [All] NOW WE’RE TALKING! [Outro] SAME FACTS. DIFFERENT RELEVANCE. SAME ROOM. DIFFERENT EVIDENCE. LOOK AGAIN. UPDATE. ROBOT: FINAL ANSWER— [All] NOT SO FAST! [cut]