Give Thanks - Baba Brinkman

First of all, I wanna thank god,

For blessing me to win this award

And for the fans who got my back,

I love y’all, and I thank god for that

You wouldn’t believe what I had to go through

To get here, so let me show you

I came from difficult circumstances,

And that affects a person’s chances

I was really good at school,

Straight A student, I played by the rules

My white middle class parents

Are still married,

I never had a therapist

I never really committed crimes

I mean, I sold a bit of weed sometimes

For pocket money in university

But at twenty one I got my first degree

At twenty four got my masters,

And ever since then I made a living as a rapper

Twelve years no day job

Hence my unshakable faith in god

I mean, talk about a underdog

A middle class, caucasian rapper,

what are the odds?

I would’ve thought Macklemore would have that on lock

For sure, but I guess not

‘Cause somehow I rap for a living

The lord is generous and forgiving

I ain’t even have the X-Factor

Least likely to make it as a rapper

And I rap about science

You can’t explain that without divine guidance

So I dedicate this award

To the lord

Everything happens for a reason

It’s all about what you believe in

And if you got a grievance

The lord works via mysterious events

Everything happens for a reason

It’s all about what you believe in

And if you didn’t win

Well, the lord is mysterious

Actually, I’m a atheist

It’s in my nature to take the piss

Just take «the lord» as a metaphor

For the audience I’m tryin' to get on board

It sometimes seems kinda random

My phantom powers convert you to fandom

So I gotta thank Darwin

He can’t hear this or strike a bargain

But at least he gave us a framework

To understand how the brain works

A person is an intentional agent

With diverse mental representations

We got a brain like a smoke detector

Hyper-vigilant architecture

It goes off when there’s no agents around

Just in case, is that a face in the clouds?

You can’t take it for randomness

Cause if someone is there, that’s a chance you’ll miss

A chance to trade, a chance to mate

A chance to escape

But if nobody’s there, and you feel like there’s gotta be

Well, that’s religiosity

We feel this automatic attitude

An evolved emotion called «gratitude»

You can use it to recruit assistance

But it leads to superstitions

‘Cause sometimes you gotta give thanks

But to who?

I’m drawin' blanks

So I’ll thank this audience listening

For supporting rap with authenticity

And I dedicate this award

To the lord

Everything happens for a reason

It’s all about what you believe in

And if you got a grievance

The lord works via mysterious events

Everything happens for a reason

It’s all about what you believe in

And if you didn’t win

Well, the lord is mysterious