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'I know that I know nothing'

Words supposedly said by Socrates

We're not sure that's what he said 

We can't ask him cause he's dead

Why did he say such a thing?

Maybe it happened one day

He ran out of things to say 

And rather be quiet

He said those words

It could've happened just that way

Socrates, he was a riot 

How does Socrates know he knows nothing?

What does it even mean?

It's known as a paradox 

Something that makes no sense on its face

But when you examine it

It turns out to be true

Or it may just to you 

I know a paradox

They only take Medicare

They don't really care

What makes it worse is 

They're always fighting with the nurses 

Socrates was put on trial

They said he was corrupting Greek youth

I don't mean girls I mean the boys and

For that they made him drink the poison 

That's the truth 

Socrates said another thing supposedly 

'The unexamined life is not worth living'

I can't be so forgiving 

This is how he made a living?

By saying this crazy stuff?

Think that I have had enough