Universal Gravitation Lyrics
Isaac Newton wondered 'what keeps earth in its orbit?';
He went outside to think and went into his apple orchard;
An apple fell and hit his head, how could he ignore this?
Then he realized they were caused by the same forces;
This was a problem now that Newton knew that he could tackle;
The sun pulls on the earth just like the earth pulls on the apple;
He went inside his house and started making calculations;
What did he find? Universal gravitation;
Between two objects there's a weak force of attraction;
The force gets stronger as we start to deal with bigger masses;
As the objects move apart then the force decreases;
Isaac Newton showed the world he was a true genius!
So the earth makes the apply fall rapidly;
And the sun pulls the earth around the galaxy;
When you're reaching for the stars don't get mad at me;
Only one thing can hold you down... Gravity
He went outside to think and went into his apple orchard;
An apple fell and hit his head, how could he ignore this?
Then he realized they were caused by the same forces;
This was a problem now that Newton knew that he could tackle;
The sun pulls on the earth just like the earth pulls on the apple;
He went inside his house and started making calculations;
What did he find? Universal gravitation;
Between two objects there's a weak force of attraction;
The force gets stronger as we start to deal with bigger masses;
As the objects move apart then the force decreases;
Isaac Newton showed the world he was a true genius!
So the earth makes the apply fall rapidly;
And the sun pulls the earth around the galaxy;
When you're reaching for the stars don't get mad at me;
Only one thing can hold you down... Gravity
About
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This rap was chosen as a finalist in the “adult” 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:
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- 7.Universal Gravitation
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- 12.Supernova Life
- 18.Table Periodic
- 19.Diamonds
- 21.Thesaurus Rex
- 22.Periodic Table
- 23.Space
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