Thomas Edison

"No lights, no camera, no sound, see?"

- Thomas Edison Thomas Edison battled Nikola Tesla in Epic Rap Battles of History 30 and is played by Epic Lloyd.

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Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.

Edison is the fourth most prolific inventor in history, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. He is credited with numerous inventions that contributed to mass communication and, in particular, telecommunications. These included a stock ticker, a mechanical vote recorder, a battery for an electric car, electrical power, recorded music and motion pictures.

Verse 1:
Step up, you'll be shocked when I spit and start static

I'll rip your style and add it to my long list of patents

While you were busy digging ditches and burning bridges

I'm popping out inventions, stacking riches, so go back to your pigeons

You're a geek, plagued by OCD

You never had sex, but you sure got screwed by me

I'll crush you Tesla, there is just no putting it gently

I don't alternate my flow, I diss you directly!

Verse 2:

The truth hertz, you're broke and washed up

Don't give a smidgen 'bout your visions if they can't make a buck

I conduct business, understood things you never could

So dope that I even make New Jersey look good

I'm on the record I invented, you got duped, there, I said it

I'll bet you fifty thousand dollars that you'll never forget it

Without me, here's a taste of what this battle will be

No lights, no camera, no sound. See?