What’s that on my bike? What’s that on my baby sister’s trike?
That’s not dust, it’s RUST - Didn’t I put oil on it last week?
(Uh actually that was last year) Whatever
That stuff is weak, when I go down the street I squeak
Sounds like birds following me, it’s bothering me
I’ve got to know where the rust came from, where it sprang from
Hold up, let me turn my brain on
Where’d it come from? Iron and oxygen
And what did it become? Iron oxide RUST
Bells are ringing, lights are coming on, fingers snapping
I still don’t get, how did this happen?

Chemical change is the strangest, goes and rearranges all of the molecules

OK stop, take a rest, take a moment for yourself
And take a nice deep breath
OXYGEN the best thing in the air, OXYGEN had to come from somewhere
Check it out, the plants made it, they fabricated it
They took water and carbon dioxide and traded it
They made sugar so they could grow and make the sap flow
And just let the oxygen go – photosynthesis
So where’d it come from? carbon dioxide and water
And what did it become? sugar and oxygen
Again bells are ringing, lights are coming on, fingers snapping
I still don’t get, how did this happen?

Chemical change is the strangest, goes and rearranges all of the molecules

Alright so how about this, if I take my sister’s tricycle
And paint it the color of a strawberry icicle
That’s strange, is that a chemical change?
No son, listen up, don’t let your brain stop
Paint’s just something you drop on top
If the name of the game is a chemical change
I’ve got to say that a coat of paint ain’t
It’s just physical, physical
Alright so if I’m in the classroom, and I spaz
And accidentally drop a glass I need a broom
But the glass is smashed and there’s no going back
And that’s strange, is that a chemical change?
No son, you can smash it, you can crash it
You can throw it in the trash, glass is still glass
It’s just physical, physical

Chemical change is the strangest, goes and rearranges all of the molecules

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Unlock the rocks
Check out the beat in the box
Check out your feet in your socks
Turn the key to the lock
There's three types of rock

Igneous rocks got hot, that's how they start
They're like magma from a boiling pot of hot lava
They spew up from volcanoes, like giants blowing they nose
Or slowly cool down someplace deep underground
Pumice from hot ash, obsidian--black glass
Go and tell your class that it's not my fault
It's basalt, where flowing lava came to a halt

Boom! Igneous rocks, man they're hot

Now you know about the igneous rocks
It like a volcano with a runny nose dripping with snot
But that ain't all yo, there's three types of rock
You've still got two more keys to the lock
So check out the beat in the box
Unlock the rocks

The sedimentaries are just waiting for centuries
Their teeth fall out they need dentures and their hair gets grayer
As they sit at the bottom of the ocean saying prayers
And getting scared, collecting mud in lots of layers
Waiting for the day they rise up and become players
Playing the game, staying the same, say my name
Limestone, sandstone hiding dinosaur bones
And other fossils, everything is possible

Sedimentary, in lots of layers, say it like you care

So that was the sedimentaries, waiting at the bottom of the ocean
Smashed down for hundreds of centuries
Now we've got one more key to the lock, one more type of rock
So we can unlock the rocks

The metamorphic rocks change from one thing to another
Today they're your grandma, tomorrow they're your brother
Or something other, they'll make you cry for your mother
Thinking of the heat and pressure that sticks rocks together
The weight of a mountain would crush you like fruit leather
But those are the breaks, that's what it takes, that's how it makes
Crystals and gems, you can look with your lens
At the quartz or even the diamonds, go tell all your friends about

Metamorphic rocks, the heat and the pressure, they're all stuck together the box full of treasure

So now you've got the metamorphic rocks
They're super hot, and they're smashed flat like a box top
They've got so much heat and pressure, more pain than pleasure
All right now that's three types of rocks
And that's three keys to the lock and you've got the beat in the box
And you're gonna pull up your socks now you can
Unlock the rocks
All right now stop

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It’s Alive! Alive!

All the living things are in Kingdoms with no kings
No queens, no crowns, no thrones, no rings

Kingdom Fungi
In the Fungus Kingdom they absorb energy
from dead things-yum!
From bread mold to tasty mushrums

So you forgot to clean the fridge
Even though your mama told you, she’ll scold you
Leftovers turning funky and old, covered with mold
Since when does pizza need to shave
I’ve got to be brave and learn about these things living among us
Organisms from the kingdom of the fungus
The funky stuff, it’s kind of rough, they can’t get enough
Dead stuff, like fallen trees and cow patties and rotten tangerines
(Ew...) You’re telling me, I think it’s straight up insane
But they absorb energy so they’ve got no cell membranes
Ain’t that strange? It’s as plain as the nose on your face
Like it or not, fungus is all over the place
From the mold in household waste
To the delicious taste of mushrooms on your pizza
To athletes foot on your feet, son
Come on and tell me that don’t make you want to eat some
Yeah, you probably don’t want any
Some fungus has one cell and some of them have many
Alright that’s plenty, give you a penny if you remember any
Of these facts I’ve told about the
Kingdom of the mushrooms and mold

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What’s the matter? solid, liquid, gas
What’s the matter with me? What’s the matter with you?
And what you gonna do? Like Mr. T I pity the fool
Who doesn’t know it’s true
Matter includes air and rocks and me and you
Step up to the plate and take a swing, batter
Check it out, the 3 states of matter

Cool it down now
What’s the matter?
SOLID atoms are moving slow
SOLID they’ve got nowhere to go
SOLID they just can’t flow
Seems like forever, atoms been stuck together
They maintain their shape and their volume remain the same
And stay that way
It never gets old, they keep it cold
Like juice in your freezer or a ring of solid gold
I told you once, now I’m gonna tell you twice
Just think about the way water turns to ice and that’s SOLID...

Heat it up, heat it up, heat it up now
What’s the matter?
LIQUID goes with the flow, never says no
LIQUID always on the go
Pour it in a pan, pour it in your hand, pour it on the floor
It’s not the same shape anymore, it pours
That’s how the liquids go, that’s how they flow
So sit up and act like you know
Pour it in a bottle, pour it in a cup
Tilt it so diagonal’s up, it stays flat on top
That’s what’s up, now pour it in a dish, pour it in a spoon
Atoms in a liquid have room to move around
Pour it on your head, pour it on the ground
It’s only the force of gravity that holds it down and that’s LIQUID...

Heat it up, heat it up, heat it up now
What’s the matter?
GAS atoms move so fast they’re spastic
GAS so catch up before it gets drastic
Boil that kettle and blow up the balloon
Atoms in a gas just fill up the room
Or whatever the place is, they fill up the spaces
Atoms in a gas always win all the races
They even go up your nose so you know what the taste is
Gas is invisible, you barely know it’s there
Except when the wind blows and you feel it in your hair
It’s everywhere, when you light the stove or breathe the air
Ew, methane in your underwear? that’s GAS...

What’s the matter? solid, liquid, gas
Step up to the plate and take a swing, batter
There you’ve got them, the 3 states of matter

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