MC Paul Barman - Word Vs. Meaning lyrics

A ma** of Latin words falls on facts like soft snow Blurs outlines, covers details, to make true what's not so The great enemy of clear language is insincerity Beware of thee scholars who use jargon and not clarity George Orwell names names, thinks language Is on the brink due to dictatorships, later quips: A gap between one's real and declared aims Turns one to long words like cuttlefish spurt inks When one admits that nothing's certain one must also discover That some things are much more nearly certain than others It is much more nearly certain that we're here tonight -for example- than that this or that political party is right Certainly there are degrees of certainty Or else one's landed in barren skepticism worthlessly -Bertrand Russell from "Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?" A man whose urban hustle was professor of logic On SNL, Ashlee Simpson appeared with Jude Law But when she tried a new song, her back track cued wrong If she'd only gone with it, she'd have turned false to a real way But the press that built her up had a field day I think if a show has enough spectacle Then maybe pre recorded vocals are permissible Then the show's not about the power of the singer But the sets, cool effects, sight gags she brings with her In these kinds of shows the singer can be replaced- A modular part, like a technician, dancer or face This need not be bad, from a standpoint that's visual The person can be chosen for talents dancing and physical A dark Goth pop spectacle works best with a pale Dark haired waif, who moves in an ethereal manner- A buxom earth mother cast in this role would fail And simply spoil the visual grammar But Ashlee's handlers don't revel in fakes They strive for a pseudo-punk, emoter fronting her mates A manufactured manicured real so when curtain is pulled aside And the fakery revealed there is embarra**ment instead of pride So says david byrne inside his tour diary While he's known for irony When words are revered that's the weapon of oppression Please always question our GOD and democratic elections!