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Control Systems
Hip-Hop/Rap
Control Systems was released on May 15, 2023 by Lit Fuse Records as a part of the album Rapsode
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AlbumRapsode
Release DateMay 15, 2023
LabelLit Fuse Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM74

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Baba Brinkman
Baba Brinkman
Performer
Isaiah Dunkley
Isaiah Dunkley
Guitar
Sharla Funk
Sharla Funk
Keyboards
Eli Asher
Eli Asher
Horn
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Caruana
Tom Caruana
Songwriter
Isaiah Dunkley
Isaiah Dunkley
Songwriter
Dirk Brinkman
Dirk Brinkman
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tom Caruana
Tom Caruana
Producer

Lyrics

Control system design
All the same tricks of the mind
If my furnace and my thermostat is actin’ erratic
I’ma ask a mechanic to fix it, that has understanding
Of the mechanistic interactions of every part in the whole
And the specific system failure that lost me control
And if my mood is erratic and catchin’ the blues is a habit
And minor triggers seem to move me to panic, I'ma do Psychiatric
Assessment, and if they label it a “major depression”
I’ma conversate with clinicians, and maybe take a prescription
To correct that “chemical imbalance” between my ears
But what I really wanna hear is control system engineers
Explain the tradeoffs built into designing race cars
If you want them to go faster, they’re gonna have to break lots
When they fly off the track. What kind of design flaw is that?
Not a flaw, just a compromise between safe and fast
Control system design, identify the central target
The homeostatic optimum the system is benchmarkin'
Every cell in my body’s got a sense of its margins
A hundred thousand mini control systems in every organ
Quick responses, pushin’ the gains out of the pockets
Positive feedback loops, so easy to overshoot
From blood pressure to temperature, glucose to mood
The optimum depends on what’s been poppin’ with you
What did you eat? What did you see? How far did you run? What did you do?
I’ma get back in the groove when the situation improves
Control system design
Keep it all inside the borderlines
You know them by their polar sides
All the same tricks of the mind
Control system design
Keep it all inside the borderlines
You know them by their polar sides
All the same tricks of the mind
I want to talk to the original design engineer
That put my brain and body together, this arrangement is weird
I’m not talkin’ about a non-existent god with a beard
I’m talkin’ Darwinian selection over millions of years
Each organism adapting to environmental stress
Optimizing behavior to its situational best
And not for the purpose of living life healthy and blessed
The ultimate target was always raw genetic success
Threat assessment, anxiety rises, and that’s adaptive
Even if a threat is imagined, false negatives are disasters
The trigger is tracking an average fitness maximum
With redundancies overlapping, robust is better than accurate
Anxiety and depression, are they diseases or symptoms?
Like physical pain, it depends on the day, depends on the triggers
Relationships catching damage, frustrated ambitions
And trauma, and mismatches from ancient to modern living
Some people have a genetic predisposition to mood swings
It’s not surprising that evolution can’t do some things
Like eliminate all the mutations that cause harm
And protect a modern day brain from false alarms
Natural selection made control systems to keep track
That are naturally fragile to swings of positive feedback
From surges of confidence to falling deep in a morass
Find the high spots in the swamp to creep back
Control system design
Keep it all inside the borderlines
You know them by their polar sides
All the same old tricks of the mind
Control system design
Keep it all inside the borderlines
You know them by their polar sides
All the same old tricks of the mind
Written by: Dirk Brinkman, Isaiah Dunkley, Tom Caruana
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