Supernova Life Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Back in the day I was a big H cloud
I was really airy, and I wasn't so loud
Momma gave me a p-p chain
Got really hot and nobody to blame
My insides just went insane
I heated up 10 million K
My core began to fuse and I shot gamma rays
C12 shot out every which way
Breaking hydrostatic equilibrium made my day
But then I wouldn't fuse, gravity refused
I got really lonely, I got really fat
I was a red giant, I didn't like that
Lost some weight, got really small
My bud said I was a hot carbon ball
[Verse 2]
My buddy's been talkin but now let me get rockin
It was way back when we were all hydrogen
I was jealous of his p-p chain
Wishing my mom had done the same
He was making helium, but I wasn't feelin him
He began to fuse carbon long before I
I was becoming a red giant when he started to die
He thought it was cool when he started to lose weight
But now he'll see that he's always been second rate
Back in the day I was a big H cloud
I was really airy, and I wasn't so loud
Momma gave me a p-p chain
Got really hot and nobody to blame
My insides just went insane
I heated up 10 million K
My core began to fuse and I shot gamma rays
C12 shot out every which way
Breaking hydrostatic equilibrium made my day
But then I wouldn't fuse, gravity refused
I got really lonely, I got really fat
I was a red giant, I didn't like that
Lost some weight, got really small
My bud said I was a hot carbon ball
[Verse 2]
My buddy's been talkin but now let me get rockin
It was way back when we were all hydrogen
I was jealous of his p-p chain
Wishing my mom had done the same
He was making helium, but I wasn't feelin him
He began to fuse carbon long before I
I was becoming a red giant when he started to die
He thought it was cool when he started to lose weight
But now he'll see that he's always been second rate
[Verse 3]
My friend began to grow, I got really greedy
Taking up my space getting really needy
So I started to steal his stuff
At times I just had to get rough
So then we got into a brawl
Because I wanted to be the bigger ball
As I reached the Chandrasekhar
I was filled with remorse, I had gone too far
When I got to 1.4 solar mass
I knew my time was ending fast
I could not escape my fate
Having already hurt my binary mate
That was when I could not hold on
I had a Supernova type one
[Verse 4]
I got too bloated, my friend had exploded
He vanished from the sky, I simply cannot lie
I was mistaken I had not killed my mate
He came back, sealing my fate
He's back to steal from me now I will never be free
[Hook] x4
Red Giant
White Dwarf
Supernova
Over and over
My friend began to grow, I got really greedy
Taking up my space getting really needy
So I started to steal his stuff
At times I just had to get rough
So then we got into a brawl
Because I wanted to be the bigger ball
As I reached the Chandrasekhar
I was filled with remorse, I had gone too far
When I got to 1.4 solar mass
I knew my time was ending fast
I could not escape my fate
Having already hurt my binary mate
That was when I could not hold on
I had a Supernova type one
[Verse 4]
I got too bloated, my friend had exploded
He vanished from the sky, I simply cannot lie
I was mistaken I had not killed my mate
He came back, sealing my fate
He's back to steal from me now I will never be free
[Hook] x4
Red Giant
White Dwarf
Supernova
Over and over
About
Genius Annotation
This rap was chosen as a finalist in the “High School” category in a science rap contest sponsored by PBS’s NewsHour. The contest was inspired by Rap Genuis’s Science Genius project. Check out the GZA dropping science from his forthcoming album Dark Matter:
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
- 1.What I Do
- 8.-
- 11.Energy Playa
- 12.Supernova Life
- 18.Table Periodic
- 19.Diamonds
- 21.Thesaurus Rex
- 22.Periodic Table
- 23.Space
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