We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Benjamin Franklin is my BFF

from Dirty Apes Discover Science by funky49

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Full Digital Discography

    5
    releases

    Get all 5 funky49 releases available on Bandcamp and save 5%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Good Man Doing Something, cRUSHed, Dirty Apes Discover Science, Rapbassador, and Starblazer. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $9.49 USD or more (5% OFF)

     

about

Benjamin Franklin is my BFF: It is hard to not give Ben Franklin some brotherly love. BF is my BFF! Samples the John Adams series on HBO. This track was inspired by the dubstep I’ve been listening to recently including mixes from @sli, @kilsaly and @djroborob. The hook is inspired by “Wind It Up” by Mark Pritchard & Om’Mas Keith.

lyrics

A Penny saved is a penny earned
well Benny read and Benny learned
now his face worth a hundered dollars
founding father, ask a hundred scholars
not frightened of Enlightenment
the sky he went with the kite he sent
beat germs with a window open
today we affirm what he was knowing
Renaissance Man - polymath
pleased with reasons to take a bath
SO! fresh SO! clean SO! be impressed
what problems will he tackle next?
big thinker but not an Indian
tho given the title First American
Ben loved ladies all of his life so
hide your girls, hide your wife

Boston born, family not big in the cheese
easy to see, they didn't have means
not a Mister Drummand richie folks
move the world, it takes different strokes
Old Ben, bold in many roles
Paris to Philly streets he strolled know,
had experiments keen observation,
many vocations changes in life station
apprentice runaway to fun away from home
split Mick, he's a rolling stone
England and France, we sent him
Benjamins, Franklins, we spend him
didn't go to college but he started one
didn't have a smile till he farted one
my jams are like almanacs of rap
four nine and Ben, don't take a nap

credits

from Dirty Apes Discover Science, released January 3, 2012

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

funky49 image

funky49 Tampa, Florida

funky49 is a rapper and science enthusiast living in Tampa, FL. He has presented at TEDx, Fermilab, and the National Academy of Sciences. He was named a “Nerdcore Hip-Hop All Star” by Wired magazine. He has performed at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum and geek-friendly concerts such as Nerdapalooza. His album Starblazer is available on iTunes, Amazon and CDBaby. ... more

contact / help

Contact funky49

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this track or account

funky49 recommends:

If you like funky49, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Beans joins the show to discuss his album release, "ZWAARD".

listen now