RATML - Spacetime Chronicles Lyrics

Space and time are not as simple as they seem..

Einstein dropped that General Relativity bomb
Gravity ain't a force, it's spacetime gone wrong
Massive objects warp the fabric, bend that shit
Like how a kingpin's presence makes the whole block shift
The straighter you move, the faster time flies
Like how jail time crawls when you're serving five
But blast off at light speed, time slows to a crawl
Like how a minute with cops feels like f*ck-all
Equivalence principle, gravity's the same as acceleration
Free-falling or pushed, same goddamn sensation
Like jumping off a project roof or getting shanked
In that moment, can't tell if you're pushed or yanked

General Relativity (What?), spacetime's the game (Yeah)
Gravity bends it (How?), nothing's the same (True)
Matter tells space (Tell it), how to curve (Curve)
Space tells matter (What?), how to swerve (Swerve)

Light bends around mass, gravitational lensing
Like how rumors bend 'round truth, shit's intense and
Black holes where gravity's so f*cking strong
Not even light escapes, everything's gone wrong
Event horizon, point of no return
Cross that line, you're done, no lesson to learn
Like crossing that one dealer you don't cross
Beyond that point, consider your ass lost
Time dilation near massive bodies ain't no joke
Mess with a black hole, time's f*cking broke
Satellites gotta adjust, or GPS is whack
Like how you gotta recalibrate when you're back on track

Einstein's equations, complex as f*ck
Describe how spacetime bends, warps, and what
Gravity's geometry, not just some force
In this cosmic hood, it sets the course

General Relativity (What?), spacetime's the game (Yeah)
Gravity bends it (How?), nothing's the same (True)
Matter tells space (Tell it), how to curve (Curve)
Space tells matter (What?), how to swerve (Swerve)

From falling apples to orbiting moons
Spacetime's curved, singing gravity's tunes
Newton's laws? Just a special case
In Einstein's hood, relativity's the base

Frame-dragging, rotating masses twist space
Like how a big player's moves ripple through the place
Gravitational waves, spacetime oscillations
Like how one bust causes hood-wide vibrations
The twin paradox, time ain't the same for all
One stays on Earth, one takes a space joyride, y'all
Returns younger than his brother, ain't that some shit?
Like how jail time ages you, bit by bit
Relativity of simultaneity, events ain't aligned
What's now for you might be past for me, time's unkind
Like how the streets never sleep, always awake
While burbs slumber, unaware of the stakes

General Relativity (What?), spacetime's the game (Yeah)
Gravity bends it (How?), nothing's the same (True)
Matter tells space (Tell it), how to curve (Curve)
Space tells matter (What?), how to swerve (Swerve)

So remember this, as you hustle through spacetime
Gravity's geometry, Einstein's paradigm
RATML out, dropping cosmic knowledge
On these relative streets, we acknowledge