Aesop Rock - Dorks (Lyrics)

[@jacobshellenbarger2751]

Unreal. Simply amazing. No rapper has done so much to improve my vocabulary.

[@TheRealMACA]

Ha!! Great point!

[@sdp4008]

Listening to Aesop w/ the lyrics, makes me realize I need to step up my vocabulary. This guy is obviously super smart, and talented. Great song!

[@Inorganic-Inc]

Pretty sure he gives English Majors a run for their Simoleans and ducats as well.

[@TheBeatMakersGuild]

​@Inorganic-Inc grade 8 education here lol u know the vocabulary chart the meme .. I actually top aesop there and myka 9 I got 9018 unique words in my first 35k words aesop has about 7800 myka 9 has about 9009 aesop is the goat though .

[@richardrooney2348]

This dudes bars are PURE GOLD. Nobody can touch him

[@TheRealMACA]

It's true in my experience so far.

[@jayessm]

Yeah man this dude is something else

[@squirrelmanyt6069]

Aesop doesn't rap. He flows.

[@The_Salty_Siren]

Flux 😍

[@redhotchilifan98]

Never seen anyone more underrated then Aesop

[@messipist]

Not underrated at all, fam. He's just too heavy for the masses. True heads know he's at the top. Plus he's sitting cool with a few mil.

[@TheBeatMakersGuild]

I'm not as good as aesop but my vocabulary is bigger than his .. I got maybe 10 fans

[@ashav3li]

First time hearing Aesop, this is dope asf 💯💎

[@bribates2422]

Aesop is one of the best mcs out there. Glad u joined the club lol.

[@dmtripreport8542]

I'm jealous of the journey you're about to go on

[@ashav3li]

@C05m1c31ement5 my g 🙏

[@FrankFckngWest]

Welcome to the cult lol

[@lyricsanonymous9036]

@Charles Szasz I was blown away when i got into Eye, Sage, and Aes back in 2001. Atmosphere, Illogic, and Brother Ali are also dope

[@quantumwarnke2313]

hes been ignored longer than you have been interested

[@caspertms8543]

maybe y'all been ignoring him.... I been listening since I was a kid. im 33 now😆

[@bluelight809]

Same, he went to my highschool lmao

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

He's a slow burn crawling around the roadwork.

[@dlighted7643]

Been listening to acee about 20 years

[@AlvincoAetherlico]

The fact that some of the repliers don't realize the reference lol..

[@trallilalli]

lising too aesop is like watching a sci-fi mystery. I Love It

[@lalitatay3947]

His lyrics are dope. So unique and so real

[@jortiz200919]

Rappers getting murdered on this track but hits them like a silent super lethal virus. FUCK!

[@PaulBadman]

that first line gives me some serious chills

[@The_Salty_Siren]

The fact that he went on national television & performed once & chose this song just to top tier troll Colbert - EPIC. Go watch the live theatre of jumping jellyfish get confused 😂

[@Infinitespace04]

Word to Daddy Kaine. Not too many rappers, rappers out there. Aesop kills it hard

[@TempestBob]

We let the manticore out, we make the sorcery bark.

[@QueLub]

Seriously thought the lyrics were “we let the manic whore out” for like the first 3 months after this album came out.

[@vinny5638]

@@QueLub Lmao that actually works though "manticore/manic whore" is solid wordplay. You accidentally created a homophone lmao.

[@lottybee]

What does that mean

[@a.j.polderii7021]

The manticore is a mythical beast known for ​eating its enemies whole. Leaving no bone behind. Aesop is warning rappers that he will eat them alive. Every bone @lottybee

[@precisionsignworx8510]

You're a great for this one!

[@Ofdensen]

I love the end. "da da da da da da" lol reminds me of a baby.

[@jamieconway3352]

eventho A.R. is abstract w/his words,... he is also laying down a message that you can pick up if you listen well enuf

[@dontmadder794]

the only reference to Manticore I've ever heard in any type of music....was that barn a library? so many questions

[@outliarpunx8568]

top tune!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tommcg1776]

nas just said something about jay z.....not even compelling melodrama.

[@BeauWolfe]

Pure Odinspeak

[@shiet.-.2765]

I don’t want to live anymore I just want to sleep.

[@michaelmccasland]

shiet .-. Must Not Sleep, Must Warn Others.

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You are male or female?

[@gustavvaip1600]

oh shit, finally

[@scarlettb.5090]

Unicorns

[@gavinlucas1111]

The lyrics from the thumbnail are from defender

[@gunner4126]

Fuckin dudes a genius

[@Inorganic-Inc]

[Verse 1] Question: If I died in my apartment like a rat in a cage Would the neighbors smell the corpse before the cat ate my face? I used to floss the albatross like Daddy Kane with the chain I'm trying to jettison the ballast with the hazardous waste The kid is comfortably numb, routine a tedious crutch Steep in a self-imposed Stockholm and Lima in flux Maybe an occupation popular with demons and ducks Made any mingling akin to being seasoned and stuffed It's a theatre of jumping jellyfish, jealous little sycophants Miserable and flimsy from the skippies to the pissy pants Each one separately convinced They're sketching with Da Vinci's hands Delusion turned the communication to prison camp You fucking dorks ain't a threat to the cause There ain't a lesson we can learn from the ostensibly lost I think it's funny when defendants from identical haunts Step out the tempest, a measure of what the spectrum involves Maybe no one cares Party over here, I'll be over there [Sample: Sweet Tee - On The Smooth Tip] Don't need no help, all by myself [Verse 2] I used to hang around with rappers at the root of the scene It meant a lot to feel the fugitive community breathe Maybe to sentimentalize is to be truly naive I know some shit about your heroes that you wouldn't believe I think we're all a bunch of weirdos on a quest to belong This song's our echolocation up in impregnable fog That's why it's odd to see a pile of imperfections and flaws Ascend a pedestal to patronize the rest of the cogs In a mess of obnoxious fantasy, posturing and pageantry I ain't even mad, I'm impressed, shit it's baffling God almighty, chop an ivory tower to piano keys Play your own dirge on the way to surfing maggot beach You fuckin' dorks ain't a source of the art You can't be cooler than the corners Where you source all your parts The poker-faced, all it takes a couple sordid remarks We let the manticore out, We make the sorcery bark You might also like Rings Aesop Rock Lazy Eye Aesop Rock Molecules Aesop Rock Life is so unfair Party over here, I'll be over there [Sample: Sweet Tee - On The Smooth Tip] Don't need no help, all by myself [Verse 3] I view the rattling of sabers like a show to expose Insecurities exploding in emotional code When braggadocio to go from mostly jokey to gross Corrode a homie 'til his probity is notably ghost Before the hobby was a job, he was a miniature hell You would wobble round your momma like an infant gazelle The disillusionment has truly been a difficult pill But you as anything menacing is a difficult sell In a whistle and bell-o-rama Black mollies that dress up like piranha It's not even compelling melodrama It's a comedy, somebody wanna shop you as a saga I'm very voluntarily persona non grata You fuckin' dorks ain't the leaders we need This ain't the medium for divas out to weasel and breed I'm offin' coffee with the paupers over tea with the queen Don't make him show the regency what disobedient means Heavy load to bear Party over here, I'll be over there [Sample: Sweet Tee - On The Smooth Tip] Don't need no help, all by myself

[@michaels775]

The lyrics in the thumbnail are from a different song, but I went ahead and had another listen to just to double check

[@damorpheus8615]

Only rapper or human being ive ever seen use the word sorcel. Especially appropriately

[@TheBeatMakersGuild]

Can u tell me if I'm intelligent .. I topped aesop rock and myka 9 on the vocabulary chart . I got literal 0 fans though 😂 just plugging myself

[@JohnSteel2973]

💎

[@beri4138]

Fuck now I need a dictionary to actually understand all of this

[@AbrasiousProductions]

Fun fact: I discovered this song because a teacher played this In class

[@thecianinator]

Are they a cool teacher?

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I always liked him

[@LostCause187]

That isn't a fun fact nor is it interesting.. I will file it under who gives a rat's ass

[@AbrasiousProductions]

@@LostCause187 okay jumping jellyfish...

[@QuietClean]

What song are the lyrics in the thumbnail from?

[@lisacornelison4937]

Is he talking about El-P? I heard someone say it

[@breteady2166]

I definitely see it "I know some shit about your heroes that you wouldn't believe." Go watch the Def Jux documentary and you can feel the jealousy from El-P. Listen to Rickety-Rackety afterward and El-P is just so... weak, comparatively. I could certainly see Aes looking on at El-P's "Imperfections and Flaws" and being "Baffled".

[@pts5217]

Killer song. INSANE lyrics. Wish he was coached in the studio bc he keeps dragging behind the beats. The timing lines up great then drags. INFURIATING. So close to a perfect track.

[@chrysathan8356]

probably his style, does it in practically every single song.

[@newyorkpotioncastle]

Yah he always did this

[@purodeathcore]

that’s literally how aesop has always rapped

[@opi8403]

It's done intentionally. The beat is designed to be be off putting, and he uses the excess syllables the same way a child uses a stick to poke someone for attention. It's a tool. He's bringing your attention back to the lyrics. You should take a poetry class. Breaking the math is the easiest way to make someone snap out of autopiloting through the words.

[@playstationskate345]

@@opi8403 goddamn, killed his ass

[@HiIThinkImReal]

NICE.

[@kevinkirkland4577]

Like Eminem, but for men

[@azurejester]

Heh...ngl I like them both but it's almost two entirely different planets

[@PossiblyHysterical]

kirby probably would eat him, wouldnt she

[@Ndeent_o]

Boodork

[@erickibet8227]

shane dawson conspiracy theories

[@Yet.Another.Rapper.KiG.V2]

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