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Are you paying attention? Well you better be,
Lady Liberty is opening her crown,
For July 4th, man that should be fun,
It’s been closed since 9/11/2001.
Wait – She was a gift from France,
Does that make her French at all?
Everybody when [...]
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TGIF did you know that?
Its official – The F stands for Flocab.
This just in-
No need to panic but,
There’s been a surge in students going to Canada,
Could it be due to our economy.
It gets pretty cold yo,
But it’s where [...]
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Hello World – the date is May first,
And I’ve brought news from my day to day search.
Shall we talk about the swine flu?
People wanna know,
Look how long the line grew.
We’re not sure if its a pandemic,
Obama [...]
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Every day is Earth Day,
Mother Earth’s telling us,
Please don’t hurt me.
The EPA confirmed that greenhouse gasses,
Are bad for our health as well as for the atmos.
Well that’s just some pretty bad news,
Like the possibility forms [...]
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Ayo! Its halfway through April,
And there’s plenty of news laying on the table.
Worldwide there’s violence in Thailand,
Bad enough to cancel the summit they decided.
They had riots – there was frustration,
With the meeting of the Southeast Asian nations.
Up next [...]
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Wherever you are yo,
Put good thoughts in the air for Fargo.
Hard flooding and they had a snowstorm,
When it all goes wrong though.
You gotta go on.
So Obama freed cash up,
For the disaster.
Then jetted overseas to [...]
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Listen up – ya might be concerned with this,
North Korea ’s holding 2 US journalists.
And we hope they don’t get hurt,
One of the ladies even used to be on this network.
While we’re in Asia [...]
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You have a giant thumb, I see you like to text,
But I text a lot too, so I might be next,
I might confess I once drove and texted,
But some teens want to make that so I’d get arrested,
“License, registration, [...]
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Now for the week the word is unemployment,
People can’t work and you know they ain’t enjoying it.
12 million they say with no jobs today,
That’s about the size of New York & LA.
Hey – bet they got jobs at the Box [...]
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Alright, I’mma try to keep it brief,
I’ve brought news from the education chief.
He said he wants to make the school year longer,
To make your brains stronger,
There’s something to ponder.
Wonder when [...]
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This week Obama gave a speech and people clapped,
Did he win an Oscar? No, it wasn’t that.
But he [...]
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Mr. Obama got his stimulus passed
And you know they’re talking [...]
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This week was stimulating, [...]
The new president’s first 10 days:
Barack’s got a lot goin on, OK?
Starting off, he signed his first bill into law,
Guaranteeing fair pay equally for all.
His economic stimulus plan passed the House,
But every Republican tried to vote it out.
But it’s cool, Obama wasn’t gonna trip,
But he got mad about them Wall Street bonuses.
When companies are cutting [...]
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First of all, I want to thank all the people,
I’m living proof that we are all equal.
MLK had a dream, here’s the sequel,
We need to believe, it’s simple.
First I’ma make the government more see-through,
Transparent so you can see what we do.
We’re closing [...]
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Tuesday, Obama takes the oath of office,
Yeah, he’s trying to bring some hope now in the darkest
Times ‘cause retail sales were off the target.
Fewer people bought Wii’s and HDTV’s.
Bush had his final news conference,
Said he shouldn’t have hung that banner that said “Mission Accomplished.”
The governor of Illinois is getting [...]
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It’s the Week in Rap, the Week in Rap,
This is Flocab, walkin’ off the beaten path.
It’s the Week in Rap, the Week in Rap,
See the news keeps movin’ so we’re keepin’ track.
First off, Barack Obama dropped his energy plan,
With a green emphasis, [...]
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Knee-deep in the holiday season,
And if you got a job then you’re probably breathing
A sigh of relief when
The layoffs have been so frequent.
Unemployment has reached a peak,
When you listen to The Week in Rap, we’ve got news.
Apparently, President Bush can dodge shoes,
And he’s quick – yep, homie’s got moves,
And [...]
This week, the Governor of Illinois was (bad),
Greedy, he needed more money, so (bad).
It’s illegal, but he tried to sell a senate seat,
Is he sorry? Well, he better be.
The Dude had money, but he wanted even more,
Said if you pay me, then you could be a Senator.
Blagojevich, yeah he was up to something,
And Illinois’s already [...]
More people having tough times finding a job,
7% unemployed and times are hard.
It’s a recession, the economy is shrinking,
Like, my Hamilton just turned into a Lincoln.
American Car Makers, they needed some more paper,
Came to Congress like, “Save us we’re sinking,
We’ll cut our pay to a dollar a year,“
But it’s unclear if Congress will even bother [...]
The Week in Rap is on hiatus this week, but we hope you enjoy this story that CBS News put together a few weeks ago.
We’ll be back next week with a brand new installment.
November 21st, 2008 - The Week in Rap
Now this is dedicated to the victims,
Of the California wildfires and its um,
Difficult to fathom.
So many homes,
In Orange County, Sylmar, and Montecito - gone.
And put yo seatbelt on,
It’s Flocabulary warning you,
They’ve been burning down the rainforests of Borneo.
And you may think I’m kinda corny so,
Let’s talk about the [...]
November 14th, 2008 - The Week in Rap
There’s a lot of news this fall,
Flocab running through the first few that we saw.
Planet Earth’s residents expect,
A lot from the next US President elect.
Obviously over sovereignty and foreign policy,
Leaders are calling him to tell him how it ought to be.
And it’s hard when supremacists are plotting,
It’s sad [...]
November 7th, 2008 - Special Election Edition of the Week in Rap
America just shocked the globe,
Believed in a dream, you ba-rocked the vote.
Yes, U.S., you just did the impossible,
It’s unstoppable.
Obama, the White House resident,
He’s the 44th American President.
But he’s not the President yet,
He’s got to wait to January 20th,
Vacation? He’s not having it,
He’s like a [...]
October 31st, 2008 - The Week in Rap
The tension we’re kept in – the last days before the election -
So everybody vote, no exception.
Barack got a whole 30-minute TV show,
An infomercial he rehearsed for the people.
McCain and some others say it’s over the top,
But in a week we’ll see who voted or not.
And the polls show, [...]
October 25th, 2008 - The Week in Rap
My friend broke it down when he called me up,
Said “There’s a pirate showdown near Somalia.”
This ship got hijacked by these pirates,
They want 20 million bucks, and why’s that?
They think the ship they stole is like a bank,
Cha-ching, Cuz it’s carrying missiles and tanks.
Plus they got 20 hostages [...]
October 18th, 2008 - The Week in Rap
It was the final debate!
It was the final debate!
McCain came with lightning and some thunder,
But the real star? That was Joe the plumber.
A regular joe six pack who told Obama,
I don’t want to pay high taxes, can you fix that?
I worked hard my whole life, didn’t sit back,
Then [...]
October 10th, 2008 - The Week in Rap
A Debate,
Debate.
Delivered from the town hall,
The middle of a global economic downfall.
Where the polls say Barack got it with a clean sweep,
While McCain stays showing he’s holding a mean streak.
Like I’m this one,
And he’s that one.
And negative was the people’s reaction.
If we happened to notice the Dow Jones [...]
October 3rd, 2008 - The Week in Rap
Y’all act like you never seen a VP debate,
By the time they took the stage, people couldn’t even wait.
Joe Biden’s not dumb, I mean the dude can think,
But in the past, that man has said some stupid things.
Those things, I really wasn’t feeling them,
Like every 7-11 is probably [...]
September 26th, 2008 - The Week in Rap
In the middle of a 700 billion dollar rescue,
Neither party seems to agree what is the best move,
And its stressful.
Bush announces it’s the brink of collapse,
The economy is sinking, your tax
Is how they wanna save the day.
So McCain says – Hey!
Imma suspend my campaign, let’s wait,
And hold up [...]
September 19th, 2008. Petty politics, crashing markets and much more on this inaugural Week in Rap.
When you put lipstick on your pig,
does it look like a hockey mom,
the hot girl you want to ask to the prom,
does it look like a pit bull with glasses,
it looks like this campaign was distracted,
until Monday when Wall Street [...]
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Are you paying attention? Well you better be,
Lady Liberty is opening her crown,
For July 4th, man that should be fun,
It’s been closed since 9/11/2001.
Wait – She was a gift from France,
Does that make her French at all?
Everybody when you see her say “ooh la la,”
Ooh la la - It’s that statue of liberty – ooh la la.
Now, the Hubble telescope was in trouble,
So they launched some astronauts up on the double.
To fix it, and make it thirty times stronger,
“Those space pics were bomb! Now they’ll be bomb-er!”
Bush used to say to Americans, if you’re buying heroin,
Then you’re like a terrorist.
’Cause the Taliban are growing drugs in Afghanistan,
You can see that, you don’t need a cameraman.
But are those poppies popping up in Pakistan?
Is the Taliban creeping in and packaging?
Those are some rough roads to be traveling,
So just a few people know what’s happening.
What else? The reporter in Iran was released,
Unharmed, that’s a relief.
Back home, um things seem funny to me,
Arizona State wouldn’t give Obama a degree.
He told their graduates, think not of thyself,
Think of the other people who are needing your help.
Oh, the other night he played comedian,
For the press and members of the media.
He told jokes all night on and on
About Michelle’s
Second amendment right to bear arms.
Cheerios has been making serious claims,
That it would lower your cholesterol if eaten for days.
So the new people at the FDA,
Told ‘em that that is something that they just can’t say.
Imagine if cereals made untested claims:
“This one will expand your brain,”
“Eat this one and look like Giselle,”
I bet that one would fly off the shelf.
Week in Rap coming to you so respect yourself,
Eat Flocab cereal, it’s good for your health.
We took the news, we’ve been rapping it up,
Week in Rap, Flocab, we’ll be back in the fall!
May 15th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
i will miss watching the week in rap peace
May 18th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
i like when the statue of liberty is moving
May 18th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
who is president Obama talking to?
May 19th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
SUP my hommeeezz.. i love rhymes bout current events, FOSHIZ. ur beats are so fresh ive seen them in the produce aisle at krogers!!!!! Learning is so gnarly!!!!!!!!!
May 21st, 2009 at 11:10 am
THE WEEKEN RAP IS COOL BECAUSEI LIKE WHEN THE LIBERTY DANCE
May 21st, 2009 at 11:12 am
he raps about current events. They got some good beats on them songs. He talks about some important things happening in the world. He is a good rapper.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:42 am
the week in rap is cool because it talks about events that currently happened.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:43 am
I like the statue of liberty and he talks about things that happen around the world and also did not know that the statue of liberty was close ever since 9-11-01
May 21st, 2009 at 11:44 am
the rap talks about liberty justice and and they talks
about how things are bad right now.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:44 am
I like the statue of liberty and he talks about things that happen around the world and also did not know that the statue of liberty was close ever since 9-11-01 and it the words goes together when he talk about the world
May 21st, 2009 at 11:46 am
Not a so bad rap.It ok and pretty funny though.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:48 am
stuff aroud the world happing in the planet of earth to much
May 21st, 2009 at 11:50 am
That was a nice little thing that you got going on keep up the good work
May 21st, 2009 at 11:54 am
I think the rap talks about how all the landmarks and symbols in america stand for a certain cause and why some commercial broadcasts shouldn’t be portraying wrong information.
May 21st, 2009 at 12:04 pm
I like how you find a new way to tell the about whats really going on in the world.And its cool for kids to be able to come on this web site to fouond out whats really going on in this world. But the rap is about liberty of justcieand and about events that are going on in the world.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:17 am
that was great and i watch it every friday
May 31st, 2009 at 9:25 am
I miss the week in rap! I can’t wait for FALL!
June 4th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Why stop till summer? I think i get it. You probibly want to let people play. I understand.
June 6th, 2009 at 9:35 am
i cant wait till the fall!! i wanna watch them! lol you should make a summer one too. well anyway bye!
June 9th, 2009 at 11:42 am
sorry im on constantly and the videos rock!