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Smart Songs - Hip Hop that Teaches!
Lyrics by Shoeless Jeff & Scott Free
Ft. John Della Morte
Beat by Marc Antonio Pritchett
Lyrics:
VERSE 1 --THE MIDWEST:
In the Midwest, see Ohio, Buckeyes are from this
One was Neil Armstrong, capital is Columbus
Humming "Michigan, my Michigan"-state song to sing
Great Lakes do surround it; the state house is in Lansing
In the Hoosier State, Indiana, you can find happiness
500 laps 'round Indianapolis
Badgers burrowed in the Badger State Wisonsin
Have you ever drunk a bunch of milk in Madison
The Illinois, Golden Prairies and Plains yeild:
Beans of soy, wheat and hay in Springfield
Minnesota, over 10,000 lakes in all
Called the North Star State, centered in St. Paul
We go to Iowa, the Hawkeye, 29th to join
Rows of tall corn grow in Des Moines
Ya know Missouri is the Show Me State, a waltz is their diddy Go make your way through the gateway to Jefferson City
The North Dakota state bird, the Western Meadowlark
Watch it peacefully emerge from elms in Bismarck
South Dakota, Mount Rushmore was carved right here
Beware the coyote call Sioux Falls to Pierre
There in Nebraska, it’s so plentiful, the crops aren’t shrinkin’ Huskin' corn in the city named for Abraham Lincoln
Then to Kansas, Sunflower State, come take a peaka
Home on the Range on the plains of Topeka
The Panhandle Oklahoma, the shape, ya know it’s nifty T
he mistletoe grows in Oklahoma City
CHORUS:
Fifty, Fifty States in This Land
Fifty, Fifty Capitals
Fifty, Fifty States in This Land
Something Unique ‘Bout them all
Fifty, Fifty States in This Land
Fifty, Fifty Capitals
Fifty, Fifty States in This Land
Something Unique ‘Bout them all
VERSE 2 --THE WEST:
To the west, Montana, Treasure State, it’s great, I’m tellin’ ya Cause silver and gold were found buried right in Helena
Wyoming known by the Cowboy State-watch them ride, man
When they cross on horse the Great Divide right into Cheyenne
Colorado, you’ll want to remember
Rocky Mountains-Aspen to Denver
Let’s go to the Northwest: Washington peninsula
Seattle Space Needle or a play in Olympia
In Oregon, the Beaver State, went fishin' for salmon
Settlers in wagons took the Oregon Trail on right through Salem
Idaho, the gem state, its deep gorge is noisy
A yell into Hell’s Canyon reaches Boise
In the Gold Rush Californians stackin' up gold,
It's the Golden State, home of Sacramento
Go to the Southwest, in Arizona-see this?
Red desert and the Grand Canyon in Phoenix
“Oh Fair New Mexico,” enchanting land they say
The oldest state capital, known as Santa Fe
Beneath Nevada desert skies, where the stars are pretty
Its always dry, find the sagebrush in Carson City
Utah, the Beehive, the bees all stay busy
Watch the Tabernacle Choir sing in Salt Lake City
Alaska’s vast, it’s is the Last Frontier, did you know?
You can trek the tundra plain all the way to Juneau
Hawaii, Islands where they like to say “aloha” like they knew you Why, you might see a volcano burst outside Honolulu
CHORUS