Lyrics: Rap #3

Another day, another rap.

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I’m the God of War like Ares, can’t approximate me with a Taylor Saries cuz I can’t be derived, make so much green I’m a bowl of chives, wit so sharp it’s like diamond knives, got so many plaques I got gingivitis, at the top like the Pope but not so pious

You’re a waste of style and oxygen, my waste is fertile like an ox, I gen’erate an oxidized state cuz I’m straight fire, not content with a quiet ascent, I’ll invent and augment this rap and when it gets sent world joy gets saved by fifteen percent like a Geico ad, and I'm so badass call me prostate cancer, I'm a blank Scantron cuz I need no answers.

I got no doubts about my self-worth, I’m the tallest mountain, I’ve been countin’ since birth, I’m an endless fountain of mirth with a number of fans equal to the population of earth

My rhymes never tarnish, they’re varnished like a lacquer, I’m what Rodgers is to the Packers, I’ll delete you like a common factor, give a mean performance like a hostile actor, the cost’ll factor in your fiscal year, I’m being crystal clear, I’m on a different tier, my lips appear to be an agent o’ God, a more ruthless Ahmadinejad, but the people love me, and it’s hard to blame ‘em when my face is so lovely.

You’re out back with a couple of beers, I’m workin’ so hard my blood sweat and tears could sate a sadist for a thousand years

My ragin’ brays assuage caged-in creatures, like a male Snow White with more Asian features, you're an old headline cuz you're an agin’ feature, I’m an amazin’ teacher, attract every soul from the field to the bleachers with my outsized boasts, I capsized boats when I was’ baptized in the revenue stream, I’m tellin’ you please, if you block my way pray I stay away cuz, hey I’m cray, I slay all day, I’ll spay a neighbor’s fav’rite mangy stray to make ‘em pay for a rayless day of grey, and they may say it was a strange behavior, but I’m Wei the Savior, holy like Saint Xavier, and I’m ‘ growing so exponentially, my sole superior is the future me.

He found only silence

His mouth contorted, searching for something to say, something meaningful to add. He found only silence

He yearned for it, anything even remotely interesting to share. He looked for it in every sliver and crevasse of his consciousness. His fervor oozed through every pore upon his skin; his desperation refracted through every bead of sweat upon his brow. He begged his mind to think of anything of value he could contribute -- anything at all.

He plunged into the depths of his creativity, and he found nothing there.

On Immigration

On July 23, 2018, I became a United States citizen. This occasion has caused me to ponder the issues of citizenship and immigration in greater detail.

In the wake of my new citizenship, someone asked me, "Now that you've gone through the whole process, how do you feel about people coming over here illegally?" I responded noncommittally due to timing issues, but my real answer is this: Illegal immigrants are some of the people who've suffered most, who are most desperate, most hardworking -- and for these reasons, they are some of the people who most deserve our compassion.

On a fundamental philosophical level, I reject the concept of nations entirely. The specific sovereign governments and borders on Earth today have little concern for human well-being; they are historical artifacts based on arbitrary geographical features, backwards violence, or pure happenstance. The more we discover about the nature of reality, the more the morally and socially questionable borders become.

Astronomy, for instance, has shown us our insignificance in the universe. There is a deep existential futility in trying to delineate the exact boundary between between two specks of land on a hardly larger speck of dust, floating through a cold and endless cosmos. Meanwhile, biology has revealed our deep genetic ties to one another. We are, in a very real sense, all members of one big evolutionary family; be we from Uganda or Peru, our common heritage is encoded in every cell of our body. And with the advent of commercial air travel and the Internet, all the places on this once-vast globe are suddenly much closer together.

These scientific advancements allow us to transcend our ugly tribal history. The perspective they provide is clear: We are all citizens of a global community, we are far more alike than we are different, and we are far better working together than apart. With our knowledge, it is no longer justifiable for us to cling to the in-group/out-group mentality of our evolutionary past. Consequently, my most moral scenario is one in which "immigration" as a concept becomes obsolete because we all consider ourselves members of the single, united nation of Earth.

Though this philosophical position may not be feasible right now, it's still important. It is the lens through which I view topics pertaining to immigration. I support most steps that can peacefully move us toward a more cooperative, cosmopolitan, global society, and away from borders, tribalism, and nationalism. Immigration is not easy; this is something I know firsthand. I want to live in a world where it is.