Songs that address their topics as an intellectual exercise

I'm not sure that topic header really gets across what I'm talking about. I just heard the track below for the first time and it sounded like an discussion topic at a uni bar proposed by a Sociology/Architecture double major. Maybe I read to much into it, but it's nagging my memory I was wondering if there were any others like this lyrically. I can't think of any right now but I'll post if I think of them.