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philosoraptor42I saw this awesome video a fair old while ago (before I saw Arj Barker in the awesome "Flight Of The Conchords"), but it was taken down pretty much everywhere all at once. Anywhere it seems to have appeared again. It's a spoof on Buddhism and it is absolutely f***ing GENIUS! (It seems that it's more fun the more familiar you are with Buddhism. Apparently during the video you can see him turning the Dharma wheel the wrong way. I've put the lyrics below under the cut.
‘Sickest Buddhist’ rap by Arj Barker
Lady friend: Hey baby, where you at?
Arj: I’m still at the ashram.
Lady friend: How's it going?
Arj: It’s going killer. The instructor just told us to do a 45 minute meditation.
Lady friend: really?
Arj: I nailed it in 10!
Lady friend: No way!
Arj: Owned!
I’m the illest Buddhist you’ve seen.
All the ladies wanna meditate with me.
I look so serene when I bust a lotus,
But i don’t have an ego so I wouldn’t even notice.
I think of you before I think of myself.
That’s probably why people think I’m so chill.
But still, I’m hell of intense.
My clothes have little bells and they smell like incense.
It’s so dope when I focus on my breath,
'Cause I floss all the time and I chew big red.
I don’t smoke weed, but I burn sage by the pound.
Wave it all around til the air turns brown.
I’m all krunked up on kombucha and juice.
Never heard of kama sutra? Let me introduce.
Step into my hybrid, we'll head over to my bed.
Sixty-four positions, I think you’re gonna like it.
[CHORUS]
One hand clapping, fuck that Yo. More like the sound of a one-legged standing Ohh!
I’m blowin up the dharma like what! Cause I’m the sickest Buddhist and I’m kickin Buddha butt.
x2
I just went to the class for a laugh
Maybe meet some chicks
But as it comes to pass
I kick ass at this pacifist shit.
Non-attachment I just mastered it.
You don’t believe me? You don’t think I’m peaceful?
Step up to my face and say that bitch.
I’ll non-attach your teeth from your lips.
I practice compassion towards friends and enemies,
but all these motherfuckers trying to hate on my serenity.
[GIRLS]
Hes’ so spiritual.
So unmaterial.
Almost ethereal.
Eats organic cereal.
His aura is so bright.
His chakras are so tight.
His energy is light.
His hair is so right.
He’s so sweet and Buddhist Unh
Is it my Indian roots?
My Guatemalan pair of shoes?
My extensive collection of expensive Tibetan flutes?
I don’t know how or why I’m so zen,
I make the power of now look like the power of then.
To hell with Dr Phil, Oprah and Martha,
I chill with Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra and Siddhartha.
Buddha taught me to be humble and kind,
But I’m so fuckin' present I’m like ahead of my time.
Enlightenment eludes most til they die,
But i opened my third eye on my first try.
Why? I don’t know I guess I’m just the bomb.
When it comes to modesty I got it goin on.
[CHORUS]
Of course, as I've mentioned in the past, Buddhist rapping is not such a big break with tradition anymore.
Another rather insightful piece of religious satire I've seen recently is a BBC tv series called Rev. There's a clip here where a charismatic preacher visits. (It's not like "Vicar of Dibley". It's more like "The Thick Of It" only with clergy rather than politicians.) You may recognise Tom Hollander from the movie "In The Loop" and Olivia Colman from the early series' of "That Mitchell and Webb Look".
‘Sickest Buddhist’ rap by Arj Barker
Lady friend: Hey baby, where you at?
Arj: I’m still at the ashram.
Lady friend: How's it going?
Arj: It’s going killer. The instructor just told us to do a 45 minute meditation.
Lady friend: really?
Arj: I nailed it in 10!
Lady friend: No way!
Arj: Owned!
I’m the illest Buddhist you’ve seen.
All the ladies wanna meditate with me.
I look so serene when I bust a lotus,
But i don’t have an ego so I wouldn’t even notice.
I think of you before I think of myself.
That’s probably why people think I’m so chill.
But still, I’m hell of intense.
My clothes have little bells and they smell like incense.
It’s so dope when I focus on my breath,
'Cause I floss all the time and I chew big red.
I don’t smoke weed, but I burn sage by the pound.
Wave it all around til the air turns brown.
I’m all krunked up on kombucha and juice.
Never heard of kama sutra? Let me introduce.
Step into my hybrid, we'll head over to my bed.
Sixty-four positions, I think you’re gonna like it.
[CHORUS]
One hand clapping, fuck that Yo. More like the sound of a one-legged standing Ohh!
I’m blowin up the dharma like what! Cause I’m the sickest Buddhist and I’m kickin Buddha butt.
x2
I just went to the class for a laugh
Maybe meet some chicks
But as it comes to pass
I kick ass at this pacifist shit.
Non-attachment I just mastered it.
You don’t believe me? You don’t think I’m peaceful?
Step up to my face and say that bitch.
I’ll non-attach your teeth from your lips.
I practice compassion towards friends and enemies,
but all these motherfuckers trying to hate on my serenity.
[GIRLS]
Hes’ so spiritual.
So unmaterial.
Almost ethereal.
Eats organic cereal.
His aura is so bright.
His chakras are so tight.
His energy is light.
His hair is so right.
He’s so sweet and Buddhist Unh
Is it my Indian roots?
My Guatemalan pair of shoes?
My extensive collection of expensive Tibetan flutes?
I don’t know how or why I’m so zen,
I make the power of now look like the power of then.
To hell with Dr Phil, Oprah and Martha,
I chill with Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra and Siddhartha.
Buddha taught me to be humble and kind,
But I’m so fuckin' present I’m like ahead of my time.
Enlightenment eludes most til they die,
But i opened my third eye on my first try.
Why? I don’t know I guess I’m just the bomb.
When it comes to modesty I got it goin on.
[CHORUS]
Of course, as I've mentioned in the past, Buddhist rapping is not such a big break with tradition anymore.
Another rather insightful piece of religious satire I've seen recently is a BBC tv series called Rev. There's a clip here where a charismatic preacher visits. (It's not like "Vicar of Dibley". It's more like "The Thick Of It" only with clergy rather than politicians.) You may recognise Tom Hollander from the movie "In The Loop" and Olivia Colman from the early series' of "That Mitchell and Webb Look".
