The Spark - GZA/Genius

From the mind, thought produced a speck of light

It was infinitely hot, so extremely bright

Within the center of this great shining

There was enormous energy — it was expanding in great timing

Within this fireball was all of space

Special place with information encased

One of infinite beginnings this cosmic clock was ticking

And allowed space to float while it was spinning

All that you see around us

Sun, the Moon and stars — millions of worlds that astound us

The universe in size is hard to fathom

When composed in a region small as a single atom

One billionth the size the point of a pen

Microscopic, on a macro level within

And unfurled the swirling cloud of light

A star city, a galaxy, with all its might

Within the blinking of an eye expanded beyond comprehension

Then a fraction of a second a new dimension

At a marble size but very unstable

In time it would come with the periodic table

Space was expanding faster than light speed

Moving at the speed only thought can exceed

A picosecond after The Big Bang, music of the spheres

Before the ears, the universes now sang

Small enough to fit in your hand, a nanosecond later

It was the size of Mars and becoming greater

Fraction of the second later — 80 times the size of Earth

Fastest growing infant since its time of birth

Step into a world of black holes, quasars

Galaxies, supernovas, bright stars

A spectrum of light beams

Images beyond your wildest dreams

Still expanding but it didn’t contain matter

Just pure energy that was spinning within the batter

But mass and energy are interchangeable

Convert those particles, not to name a few

Matter and antimatter, the arch-rival

Met, obliterated each other for survival

A war zone, a battle to the death

But as long as there’s life and breath there’s one remaining left

But an imbalance caused particles to vibrate

Away from the galactic center at high rates

So fast becoming a liquid

And it would be 300,000 years before it dripped it

Despite being perfect, it was in turmoil

Then it would fall back under pressure, recoil

Subatomic particles smashed into each other

Continuous energy years before discovered

Then it slowed down and began to bond

Creating atoms — building blocks of matter and beyond

It was now eight times the size of the solar system

Distance, thorough measurements, I enlist them

Sixty billion miles in diameter

Temperature of seventeen trillion Fahrenheit to damage ya

And it was only a millionth of a second old

And it would be another million years before turning cold

Step into a world of black holes, quasars

Galaxies, supernovas, bright stars

A spectrum of light beams

Images beyond your wildest dreams