True Facts - Dan Bull

Did you know that in the world

There are nearly half a million facts?

But the average person only knows about a quarter of them

So, like some sort of gay conversion therapist DJ

I’m going to try set the record straight

Ladies and gentledudes (Hi)

May you consent, approve and let me choose

A few selected truths

With which to lecture you and set to music

I was sent to do this by Skull and Pat

A couple of lovely chaps who produce some other nerdy rap

Fact: Michael Jackson wasn’t actually black

He was Latvian and just happened to look like that

Fact: The planet isn’t flat or round, it’s a rugby ball

In feet and inches Peter Dinklage is bloody tall

Vikings never wore helmets with horns

They never even wore pants or trousers at all

They came from Asia, invaded Scandinavia

Where they introduced the craze of ladies having labia

You probably may have been taught the periodic table

It was made by a carpenter from periodic maple

Plus there’s periodic place mats and periodic cutlery

Arranged by periodic maids and periodic butlers

Each chemical element is the size of a pelican

That’s so tiny that it defies any measurement

Fact: The oldest skeleton that’s ever been discovered

Was a hundred and eleven, someone left it in a cupboard

Fact: No John Lennon song’s ever been covered

They were lost in the wash and have never been recovered

He was in a heavy metal band called The Beatles

Then he met Paul McCartney and formed The Eagles

Their biggest ever hit was Hotel Rwanda

A motown anthem about smoking ganja

Fact: A goat’s antlers are made out of bone cancer

«Hello, ho» is the phrase you’d say when the phone answered

I’m so proud of everything I get right

There’s no doubt 'cause I read it on a website

There are five directions: North, south, left, right (yeah)

And I’m only as good at rapping as the next guy (hah)

You need to move back (why?)

'Cause these are true facts

I’ve never found it too taxing to remove a screw cap (hah)

You need to move back (why?)

'Cause these are true facts

Catholic priests haven’t been accused of doing lewd acts (hoo)

You need to move back (why?)

'Cause these are true facts

Dr. Dre basically invented Boom Bap (swoo)

You need to move back (why?)

'Cause these are true facts (look)

Rest in peace to Big Narstie and 2Pac

Both killed in a hit and run, a different one

By the same bullet fired out of this specific gun

There isn’t such a thing as an effective vaccination

You’ll definitely go deaf from excessive masturbation (fact)

The human foreskin can be stretched enough to be a sleeping bag

Keeping tabs on eating habits guarantees a decent shag (ah)

This track’s a live performance, but there’s some streaming lag

Poland stole and revolved the pole that holds the Indonesian flag

Youtubers who do pranks are humorous and need thanks

The reason being there’s huge demand for even deeper cheeky bants

It’s ethical and legal, there’s nothing they leave to chance

I’m not rapping this track while wearing geeky pants

Each grand piano has just a hundred keys

Eighty eight above and then another dozen underneath

It plays a special scale that only the deaf can tell

And the letters of the notes are engraved and etched in braille

Gucci and Chanel used to be free 'cause they wouldn’t sell

People used to have to fetch their internet from a well

A wooden bucket full of someone else’s e-mail

Encrypted hieroglyphically to hide the detail

Fact: The Egyptians were the first to use emojis (fact)

Filthy Frank plays a new character, this dude Joji (fact)

Each Disney movie’s rooted in a true story (fact)

Bambi was banned in Banbury for being too gory (fact)

Jeremy Corbyn thought of forming a new Tory party to restore the Caucasian race

to glory

Fact: Stephen Frye doesn’t even like Hugh Laurie

Fact: You will only reproduce if you do doggie

Humans don’t actually have five senses

We can psychically detect what a twat Mike Pence is

Harvey Weinstein never acts licentious

It’s just another actress trying to gaslight friendships (what)

Hey, there’s no such thing as fake news, it’s all true

It’s against the law to misinform, I assure you

The core use of a Tide pod’s for food

Disagree?

No need to call me, I’ll call you (uh)

You need to move back (why?)

'Cause these are true facts

A screwdriver to the ear will remove the loose wax (chllp)

You need to move back (why?)

'Cause these are true facts

No hispanic person’s ever take afternoon naps (hola)

You need to move back (why?)

'Cause these are true facts

A sort of faded shade of puce is the new black (oh)

You need to move back (why?)

'Cause these are true facts

Don’t bother trying to improve, it doesn’t do jack

And that’s the truth (the truth)

You know it’s the truth (the truth)

Because I spelled the word «truth» with a capital T