Enlightenment Rap (Philosophes / Enlightenment Thinkers / Verlichting)

Francois Voltaire Yung Veezy Bout to lay down another Warm Water Record... Shout out to Mr. Fritts class! Curse that infamy! I was born in Paris named Francois Marie My daddy was a lawyer Straight up bourgeoisie Went to Jesuit school Where I got my education Learned some Latin and Greek and religious information I like empiricism Shouldn’t come as a shock The philosopher I admire Most is John Locke I arrived on the scene At a very dark hour When the church and the state Shared too much power Then I put pen to paper Lit up France like

a fire With my books and my plays And religious satire Criticized authorities but they didn’t wanna listen Duke Orleans locked me up In the Bastille prison Some punk [RADIO EDIT] noble Didn’t wanna fight me Exiled me to England Where religion was free Had a really good time And my English got better Then I published twenty four Philosophical Letters Tolerate all religions Get the church out of the state Cause religion should spread love Not intolerance and hate Emilie du Chatelet She was such a pretty sight We’d discuss Isaac Newton Math and science every night Light it

up now Shining through the darkness With some reason and science We’ll get out of this mess Your faith and traditions Offer nothing to me All I need is a reason I just wanna think freely Let me tell you little something Just in case you didn’t know About another philosophe By the name of Diderot The Encyclopedia He was editor-in-chief With twenty-eight volumes Kinda hard to keep it brief Catherine the Great Like a godmother fairy When she heard that he was broke Up and bought his library He didn’t like to travel But she wanted him to see

her So he took a little trip to the burg of St Peter Of all the governments He liked monarchy the least Hoped to strangle every king With intestines of a priest Just straight up savage Always liked a good hoax Wrote some letters from a nun To his friend as a joke While we’re talking philosophes Don’t forget Montesquieu Was a baron best known For his political views Wrote The Spirit of the Laws Where he made it official Three Branches Legislative Exec and Judicial [Whispers] Light it up now Shining through the darkness With some reason and science

We’ll get out of this mess Your faith and traditions Offer nothing to me All I need is a reason I just wanna think freely In my book Wealth of Nations I explained to all these hoes That wealth should be measured Based on trade – not gold Classical liberal Coming outta Scotland I’ll knock Colbert out With my invisible haaaaand Now, the Prussians got involved In this Englightnment biz My boy Kant’s gonna tell you What Enlightenment is What is Enlightenment? It’s escape from nonage Free your mind that’s been locked In a self-imposed cage Wanna spread Enlightenment? It’s

important that you know That enlightenment requires freedom If it’s gonna grow I’m lucky I’m a subject Of King Frederick the Great He expects us to obey But he’s open to debate That’s nonsense, Kant! Frederick’s nothing but a fake Sucker had me arrested When I tried to make a break False philosopher king Lots of books up on his shelf But at the end of the day He only cares about himself Light it up now Shining through the darkness With some reason and science We’ll get out of this mess Your faith and traditions Offer nothing to me

All I need is a reason I just wanna think freely [Whispers]