Rapping About the Theory of Relativity

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[Verse 1] Last week on my YouTube channel I told my subscribers to pick the topic I said I'd rap about anything I got lots of answers But the most popular answer I got was: Rap about The Theory of Relativity Okay I'm gonna try to make this easy to explain A lot of people treat this topic like a needle in their brain They say, "Oh my god this stuff is so confusing" Well let me fix that for you, baby Mac Lethal is my name Okay, look This is the Universe Where everything happens Every moment, every action Every whole and every fraction Every person, every atom Every person that's named Adam Every galaxy, planet, star Every forwards, every backwards The Universe is made of Space Space is like a fabric... It's empty Literally empty, it's a vacuum The Universe is so big that it's infinite Which means the Universe is so big that you could never reach the end of it But even if you could reach the end of it It's expanding so fucking fast That the future is a moment in the past Which means: we not only have questions that we don't know how to answer We have questions that we don't know how to ask Now wait Don't let that get confusing Just know that everything in existence is moving It's always been moving, It'll always be moving And time is a direction, a dimension, and illusion [Verse 2] The Theory of Relativity Was created by Albert Einstein But let me make something clear to you When you talk about the Theory of Relativity You're not talking about only one theory You're talking about two: There's Special Relativity and General Relativity Both of 'em are amazing Both of 'em need explaining Both of 'em sound like they were written in an alien language So hold up, I'ma say it in laymen's Special Relativity has two main ideas And I'ma break em down without complicated words One: the Law of Physics applies to Every non-accelerating person, place, and thing in the Universe It doesn't matter if you're in a moving or a parked car It doesn't matter if it's a planet or an actual star As long as it's moving at a constant speed The Laws of Physics apply to it, indeed And remember what I said? Everything is moving According to the smartest person ever Isaac Newton "Bro, I'm not moving, I'm right here in one place" "Wrong. You're on Earth, and Earth is moving through space" [Verse 3] Earth is moving relative to the Sun and uh The Sun is moving relative to the Earth and uh They're both moving relative to the Galaxy Which is moving relative to the Universe Now, idea two of Special Relativity states: The Speed of Light always moves at the same speed It don't matter what source it's from It could be coming from an iPhone, or coming from the Sun The light from this flashlight And the light from this light sabre Move at the exact same speed But depending on where you're at in the Universe… And how fast you're moving You might see them differently [Verse 4] This is General Relativity: Let's say Time is a road paved with Space There's no beginning or no ending The Speed of Light is the speed limit And the faster that you move on the road The more the road starts bending Because the faster that an object moves The bigger the object gets The more it pushes Space to slope downward As Time slows down and Gravity gets more dense That's the reason Earth revolves around the Sun The mass from the Sun pushes down Space-Time Earth rides the curvature of the Sun's Gravity But if the Sun was gone, Earth would move in a straight line So in conclusion: Space is the same thing as Time They're not separate, they're intertwined It's a behaviour, an action The movement of atoms Coordinates in the Universe for which things happen You can set two stopwatches to the same time But Gravity could make them both tick at different speeds GPS has to use Relativity to work It's not a hypothesis it's guaranteed [Outro] Okay, I'm gonna end the video now This was a challenge to make — I learned a lot I'm feeling proud Sometimes it's not about the reason, why? Or How? It's simply what the Universe allows