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1. |
Alphabet Soup
02:14
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Can you spell Hip Hop HeadUcatorz?
H – Honesty honed into homophones
Hold back? (Nah) We hold hope for home alones (Jon Corbin)
I – Improvise, incubate, motivate to improve
Ignite imagination, see students in bloom (Chase March)
P – Proper technique, produce perfectly
Purposely punish weak poets I do it personally (Wizekrak)
H – Healthy with the hype To the heights,
We get heated Hip Hop Helps you when you need it (I.Khan)
O – Open to outlook, quite the opposite
The obtuse have opinions and always offer it (Wizekrak)
P – Penning passages with patience
Pursuing proficient pedagogy with every parlance (Chase March)
H – No handmaid, she handmade producing hertz
so dope it hurts, headphones on n got you hearing (The Apologette)
E – Excitedly educate with effervescence
Energy and enthusiasm, that’s the essence (Chase March)
A – Droppin attitude n adjectives
Emcee academics, poetic bars—absent of additives (The Apologette)
D – Rhyme delivery definitely dope
Any defect I dash it, watch it decompose (Wizekrak)
U – Universe Utterings Upstanding
UHaul Underhanded Update Understanding (MikeAll)
C – Cacophonous classrooms cultivate character
Create citizens capable of contributing (Chase March)
A – Abandon trash, take advantage of the planet
We annihilate the atmosphere and we’re awesome at it (Wizekrak)
T – Tossinè truth, teaching no tabulae rasa theories
With that tongue twisting word trigonometry (The Apologette)
O – Opening Optics Order Organization
Optimal Options to Operate Ovation (MikeAll)
R – Recognize rhymes scheme ridiculous
Renovating rules to renew recipients (Jon Corbin)
Z – Zed gen buZZes Zeus w their genius
Zealously Zoom a to Z seiZing Zeniths (MikeAll)
Hip Hop HeadUcatorz to the letter, HipHop HeadUcatorz to the letter
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2. |
Each One Teach One
04:27
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(Chorus)
“Going out in the world to teach knowledge”
“My answers be ample in a packed classroom”
“Don’t be a fool like those that don’t go to school”
“Each one teach one”
[Wizekrak]
Each One Teach One, mind yeh speech son
You wanna write? Grab a dictionary you need one
Unique tongue surplus of flows, no deficit
Won’t put vocal to mic ‘till I perfected it
Project it, clear, master the flow
Retrieved a ball from the roof for the children below
So let's go, start a track, have it done by noon
Catch me freestyling ill from September to June-
[MikeAll]
September thru June blessing the booth
Testers left mute like Teach stepped in the room
Refreshing class like your schedule’s new
True HipHop is a tool to connect with the youth
Represent Special Ed dude “Come on, Let’s Move it”
Use tune as solution not soul pollution
Mike all for the cause of knowledge raising
Each One Teach One Hip Hop Edutainment-
(Chorus)
[Just Sev]
Each One Teach One bunch a teachers in the booth
Spittin lessons so hard I think somebody lost a tooth
Got into the game to start reppin for the youth
But the grind never stops when you're diggin for the Truth
Pick up a shovel so that you can get the scoop
Oblivion is cyclical, takes work to break the loop
Can't believe everything on TV or in books
Cuz many heroes of today were once considered crooks-
[A Cubed]
Feeling overwhelmed, how can we take the helm?
We need working coping strategies to deal with times of stress
Some self-discipline to handle all the tests
Some self-awareness, to access these tools
Without these things, your self treatment is cruel
Without these tools who would want to stay in school
Let’s model chill and avoid dem pills
Purchase some wood and learn how to drill
With education, let’s have our fill
With education, let’s have our fill-
[Tigz]
So here we go! Kickin a flow like spinning BBoys on the floor
It's classic fantastic boombapish beats for the show
So what do you know? I’m used to burning kicks, walls, and pieces,
But without a decent thesis I can’t really do my research.
CHECK IT. It’s not a blessing got me stressing every adolescent.
Thinking about our youth, Represented by some standard testing,
And if you believe that’s good, trust it.
Ya’ll are just a STAR backwards with fire steaming up the bucket. What if?-
(Chorus)
[Jon Corbin]
I wrote a rap for the class that said ‘reach for the stars’
They gasped at the fact that the teacher had bars
I laughed, told the cats that I speak from the heart
And craft the tracks to help em see in the dark
Yeah my light gon’ shine cause we needing a spark
I write my rhymes cause I beef with the charts
I fight this crime by increasing their smarts
Then inspire young minds by releasing my art-
[Chase March]
To lift up and inspire is the greatest mission
The best way to do so is to truly listen
To the voice of the youth they got something to say
Way too smart to learn the old way
As teachers we got to make connections, pay attention
Meet the students where they are
Give them tools to exceed their current reach/
Build the mutual respect or there's nothing you can teach-
(Outro)
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3. |
Bookwormz
03:53
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(Chorus)
I.Khan beats knock like hooks
Hit you in the head w our fav books
I.Khan beats knock like hooks
Hit you in the head w our fav books
(Chase March)
You can read in small sips and large gulps
Choose whatever you want from graphic novels to self help
Tell me your interests, I'll point you in the right direction
I'm a librarian, that's my job, it's in the fine print
So, you gotta "Read for Your Life" and get equipped
For situations you may find yourself in
Get some context to see the bigger picture or zone
And get off your screens unless that's a book on your phone
(Wizekrak)
I.Khan makes beats and me, I spit the verse
Make a joint dope when I insert words
It’s the Gremlim author, I stay out of the light
I don’t read much but I like a story at night
I mean read lyrics when I speak into condensers
And I read graphs and Choose Your Own Adventure
The Road Not Taken flip back a few pages
I cheat with books and I’m cool with the changes
(Chorus)
(the apologette)
Wake up in the mornin' pour my coffee fresh
Crack open the spine turn, sip I’m bless
Love the crisp crunch of the page when I read
Building in my mind those "Glass Menageries"
Blowin' up there canons of irrelevant ages
Lin Manuel reachin' Heights for generations
Callin' for Da Kink from boss Trey Anthony
Cued up with the lines of Hughes and Hansberry
(MikeAll)
“Walk Good Guyana Boy” with my Hip Hopping
True school jool underground “Hobbit"
There and Back Again” cycle can’t stop it
DJs “Lord of the Rings” sharp cuts chop it
Topics fav reads go and glean these
Share Prayer for HipHop like Owen Meaney
HHH freak I.Khan bomb beats
Peep the Rose that Grew from “Scarborough” Concrete
(Chorus)
(Jon Corbin)
A free writer has got no limit, lines are exquisite
Words create worlds it’s a great place to visit
Imma crank it up 451 degrees
It’s the Curious Case of these reading emcees
Read "Brother" while building hearts for the nation
Read "Gutter Child" to spark imagination
And yeah, our love of books can seem so aggressive
But only cause the mind that it builds is impressive
(Just Sev)
Picked up "Ulysses" by James Joyce
Never passed page 3, ok not my first choice
Doesn’t have to be a battle, reading should be fun,
Ever got lost in a story only stopping when you’re done?
Like any good hustler, I got a few books on the go,
I read before bed and when things are moving slow
Read something daily, don’t just burn that clock.
You can gain knowledge anywhere,
Learning never stops
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WIZEKRAK:
Ill drummer drumming
Headucatorz coming through and
If you got dope lyrics you control the movement
If I see something wack in here I remove it
I micromanage tracks and it’s more for my amusement
Rhyme pollutant, stand in the sun, skin translucent
Edit these rhymes/ perfect flows/ make improvements
Careful adjustments/ the same thing I teach my students
My words flow over drum beats like they’re fluids
MIKEALL:
Practice makes improvement
Masters remain students
Map then aim ya movement
Tap in brain stay rooted
Graph strengths then play to it
Hat trick games conclusion
Match stick flame ebullient
HeadUcatorz ain’t truant
TIGZ:
What’s going on?
I hate hearing, sir that I’m already done
And there’s nothing I can do. Why bother? I’m just slow and dumb.
Don’t be rude! Cuz your attitude could smoothen out refinement
Jagged edge catches feelings every time that we ask “why kid?”
Just define it. Or rewind it.
Take a sec to inspect the line quick.
Without edits there’s no credit for Hail Mary Plays to bet with.
So WOoo
Better make that choice and move on
Satisfaction without action is a lasting past abstraction.
What? WOoo
Finalize that choice and move on
And Realize no race was won
Beginning with a false start at the run
CHORUS:
We gets meticulous
This is how we living this
Everyday building the craft to grow giftedness
Meticulous
This is how we living this
Everyday building the craft
Come be our witnesses
SADAT X:
Ay yo, 16 bars, keep the car running
I'm seen in real time
If you don't refine your craft
You in past tense and it'll all come out in the rinse
Why rap if you ain't special
Always being a passenger
Riding shotgun is regular
Me I aspire
Plus my footprints can't be followed
This rap thing is swallowed and regurgitated
And as I previously stated
I wouldn't mind being an architect
But in a sense, I am
You supposed to always spot out a scam
You get nothing for nothing, remember that
When I was first born that first December
My pops told me that
I wear many hats and only write things I witness
Are you for real, yo
Are you getting this?
Don't waste my jewels
Know this and what they teach you in schools
And remember peace is the absence of confusion
I'mma leave this in the air
CHORUS
THE APOLOGETTE:
Call it process, gotta make some progress
Rhymes like a goddess, but wait I digress
Wanna move for success? It’s work I confess
Only way to impress? Gotta strive for finesse
I be writin' n scratchin' n writin' over them
Til the right thoughts n rhymes be flowin’ out my pen
Turn em over my tongue then change ‘em up n then
Spit them words off the page, drop it like a gem
CHASE MARCH:
My first attempt at it was the best it'll ever be
Never gonna top that so I'll quit right now and move on comfortably
Clearly top pedigree don't even try to argue the
Finer facts, time to relax, no looking back, see
I'm not for falling or failing cause that's ridiculous
Except it isn't it's pretty much required
Stoking the fire to make it higher fueled by passion and desire
Never letting anything slow me down and stay defiant
JON CORBIN:
Practice makes perfect? (Nah) Practice makes progress
I might be from Philly cause I’m trying to trust the process
Don’t call me silly ‘cause I keep the rhymes honest
Do whatever it takes to get better that’s who Jon is
After your work pause for self reflection
Better than the last time? That’s more impressive!
Being myself! (All the time) No time for poor impressions
The tortoise always wins in the end - that’s the best win
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5. |
Teaching At Home
03:53
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[Chorus]
The classrooms closed but our minds are free
The C O V I D got we
Teaching at home (3x)
[Tigz]
A-B-C-D-E-F-G C-O-V-I-D got me
Teaching my class behind a glass and a keyboard
Checking each second to minute for any reports.
Are we going back to pens and pencils,
chalks and blackboards?
I’m thinking about passwords
for the router and Google classroom.
No. You got to know we got things in control
When push comes to shove
Teachers we are known for making due with what we got
so what’s the difference with this spot
they really got us in. So let’s begin.
I got nothing but love for the frontline workers
Who put it down for us all. So remember!
Isolation is the option cuz its families we are watching.
So my prayers are for
more than a hundred thousand not forgotten
[MikeAll]
HeadUcatorz stay at home over IKhan beats
Used to write on sheets now type bomb speech
Covid-19 got us living thru screens
Trying to upload hope and stay close remotely
Stroke keyboards building Google classrooms
Paranoid bout Zoom and video chat rooms
Study to know e-learning modes
Yo why don’t every child have device at home
[Wizekrak]
Covid-19 got me teaching at home
Texting the crew about work, gotta reach for the phone
Call me Capone, the OG of this online stuff
I’ve been ahead of the game, I’m quick hard to catch up
And now I’m planning all these lessons online
for the students
They’re all good, but there’s always room for improvement
It’s difficult, I’d rather teach kids in the class
The forecast? Too hard to say when we’ll be back
[the apologette]
This covid isolation got me replaying
Days of normalcy and classroom slaying
Missing them kids while keeping safe from contagion
Working distance learning like Kawhi ball playing
Gotta learn some patience, yo we know this ain’t ideal
Uploading videos with that social appeal
This moment is absurd just like a play by O’Neil
But the crew be holding it down
TO to Sarnia to Peel
[Chase March]
I don't ask my students to do anything I wouldn't
Took plenty of online classes myself, it's not prudent
Not stuck in the classroom though,get comfortable
And prove you can adapt, learn, and grow
Put in the effort to show where you're at
Do things you shouldn't or couldn't while in class
And enjoy the change of routine
Make it your own
Surprise both of us with how this goes
[A Cubed]
Je ne sais pas.
Qu’est-ce que j’en sais moi ?!
The directive is to teach from home,
An Online foray mixed with the use of phone.
Feels like I’m walking this path at night
Without a map nor a flashlight
With some trial and error,
this online learning is gonna take flight
To Covid-19 seems like the best response
On commence la renaissance!
[Just Sev]
When life gives lemons you can still make something sweet
Let me break off some advice as a spit to the beat.
Don’t forget your fitness, find the time to get it in,
Exercising can be hard, it takes work and discipline
First and foremost, be safe and keep your distance,
still so much we can all do for instance;
Walk, skips, squats, dips, knee-high kicks, wall sits,
Russian twists, should all do the trick,
That’s a couple exercises but there’s many more,
Yo, I know you’re bored, you just gotta hit the floor,
you got nothing but time for you to build your core,
you can make a game of it and try to beat your friends score
Your education’s vital but it doesn’t top your health,
Try to keep up with your studies,
but prioritize yourself
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6. |
Recess Break
01:49
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8. |
Mista Dee
03:28
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(Verse 1) [Wizekrak] Stu Dent
Alright….first day of school grab my stuff backpack it
Walk around at recess flashing the Starter jacket
Aircraft design loose leaf manipulated
Launched it during French class got it confiscated
She was ready to destroy no respect for the folds
Didn’t’ have clearance for takeoff I suppose
I was told that French class was no place for aircraft
She ripped it in half now that’s division like math
Alright...why these teachers freaking? Mad theatrics
Doing back flips over this kid’s airborne tactics
Mathematics get the angle right when you kick flip
Off of a desk pull off the complex trick
Now I’m banned from Pleasant View Library stiff sentence
My ill move prevented mefrom coming through the entrance
People always look must be something ‘bout my presence
I should fake sick and avoid the next day’s attendance
(Chorus)
What teachers make comedy gold
With so much drama its pure jokes
What teachers make comedy gold
With so much drama its pure jokes
(Verse 2) [Just Sev] Teacher
Bout to start my lesson, but got bumped and spilt my coffee,
Now my lesson plan wrecked,
so I stepped to print another copy,
was outside my class for only about a minute,
y'all won’t believe what I saw when I came back in it,
I said, “What’s going on, close your mouths and have a seat,
you know the ruckus from this class
is shaking houses down the street?
Now don't even play like none of you are guilty,
I got so much dirt on all of you, man the file's filthy”,
All of sudden I’m feeling sick to the core,
this kid burst in through the door,
threw his Vision on the floor,
started rolling on his board, all civility ignored,
I can’t take this anymore! Back out you go, corridor”
So I stepped outside for a chat one on one,
“You know why you’re here,
so you can stop playing dumb.
I’m snatching your board, and don’t give me that look,
Plus six days detention for the plane Madame took!”
(Chorus)
(Verse 3) [MikeAll] Dent Parents
Dent family to the office not this again
Prays amen consequence circumvents suspension
Partner with a grin loves confrontation
Childhood triggers retaliation
Shaking hands as I say what Stu do
Threw a plane went insane with some skate board moves
Respect Board rules only want a fair chance
Chance for what’s the prob French is a spare class
Just give him a pass trustees a contact
One tap of speed dial I'll put you on blast
Now dear relax no need to do that
Lets have a civil chat where you don’t spaz
Save wrath for our lad address him with madness
Change act fast quick or lack starter jacket
Later for fake hacking not sick just misbehaving
No way you’re missing school is parents vacation
(Chorus)
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9. |
That's Education
01:32
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10. |
June Blues
02:45
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(Verse 1) [Chase March]
Ya know when you get to the end of a good book
not finished yet and don't wanna look
at the pages that's left, kinda got ya shook
everyone else counting down
like they can finally be free
but for ten months this place energized me
it's like I got two homes and I built this one of stone
now it's crumbling, bit by bit
art work comes down, bulletin board displays in disarray
on the last day, when all the students gone
I sit on one of their desks and look around, forlorn
did I do enough to prepare them for the road ahead
should be elated, but there's melancholy instead
some of my peers don't understand, they're flying high
off to sunny destinations
I can't afford a vacation, I'll be working all summer
maybe that's why there's no elation and I'm feeling deflated
(Chorus) [the apologette]
These teacher blues,
Ain’t nothing I can do,
We had a second home now it’s gone
(Verse 2) [Chase March]
Every September's filled with promise and it's so exciting
the first chapter of a good book this year I'm rising
to new heights never to rest on my laurels
and teach the same way
every class is a fresh discovery
and it takes time to reach the point
where communication, trust, and accountability is ingrained
what we had with this one class will never be the same
maybe that's why it's hard parting ways in June
I get what I call the teacher blues
let me try to explain, these kids have been mine day in and day out
for the better part of a year
invested time, thought, and worry over every individual
they probably gave me more than I gave them, reciprocal
summer break, calls it right what we built fades
we can't jump back because we're all on separate paths
when last month we were so in sync that we cruised
and now I'm left with these teacher blues
(Chorus) [the apologette]
These teacher blues,
Ain’t nothing I can do,
We had a second home now it’s gone
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11. |
21 Lavish
02:47
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Hip Hop Headucatorz
The Hip Hop Headucatorz are a group of Ontario Teachers who believe in the use of Hip Hop culture to inspire and engage
students.
The Headucatorz are made up of DJs, producers, emcees, breakers and graffiti artists who are active educators across Southern Ontario.
Members - A-Cubed, Chase March, I.Khan, Jon Corbin, Just Sev. Matt Dee, MikeAll, the apologette, Tigz, and Wizekrak
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