34 Replies to “Kids From The Ron Clark Academy”

  2. Man, that’s a catchy tune. I need to download it on my iPod.
    Nice to see the white fat kid in there for some racial diversity…

  3. I liked Teddy Roosevelt’s rock video much better. Seriously, this crappola and other U-Tube musicals are sickeningly pathetic.

  4. Gotta love the token white kid.
    But seriously, this tune is pretty awesome!!!
    Congrats to those kids. They did a really good job.
    p.s. On the up side, this song is more objective than the MSM.

  6. My apologizes to Kate, I couldn’t understand a dayyamn thing they said.
    Hmmm, I do rememebr a lil about the Ron Clark Academy if you are a minority you need a VOUCHER to go there.

  7. Oh c’mon; the kids are nicely dressed in school uniforms, taking phys ed., and participating in their National Election. All good.
    But pleeeaaaase don’t let the folks at ‘Dancing With the Stars’ see this video…

  8. These kids are good but I love the send up version by Al Yankovic:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRVi0paZlfI
    Hey girl,
    You know our economy’s in the toilet
    But I’m still going to treat you right
    I said you can have whatever you like (if you like)
    I said you can have whatever you like (if you like) yeah, yeah
    Tater tots, Cold Duck on ice
    And we can clip coupons all night
    And baby you can have whatever you like (if you like)
    I said you can have whatever you like (if you like) yeah, yeah
    Take you out for dinner, anywhere that you please
    Like Burger King or Mickey Ds
    And baby you can have whatever you like (if you like)
    I said you can even have the large fries (large fries) yeah, yeah
    Baby, you should know I am really quite a sweet guy
    When I buy you bathroom tissue I always get the two-ply
    Want it, you can get it, my dear
    I got my Costco membership card right here, yeah
    You like Top Ramen, need Top Ramen
    Got a cupboard full of ’em, I’ll keep ’em coming
    You want it, I got it, go get it, just heat it
    Dump the flavor packet on it and eat it
    Pork and beans and Minute Rice
    And we can play Cribbage all night
    And baby you can have whatever you like (if you like)
    I said you can have whatever you like (if you like) yeah, yeah
    I can take you to the laundromat downtown
    And watch all the clothes go round and round
    And baby we can go wherever you like (if you like)
    I said we can go wherever you like (if you like) yeah, yeah
    Hottest shorty I know, if you had some lipo
    You could be second-runner-up Miss Ohio
    Seven dollar bills rolled
    Up inside my plastic billfold
    Buy you a bagel even if it isn’t day old
    And you never ever gotta wear your sister’s old clothes
    As long as I’m still assistant manager at Kinko’s
    Cut your hair with scissors and a soup bowl
    You ain’t got to pay me, that’s the way that I roll
    My chick can have want she want
    At Wal-mart she can pick out anything she want
    I know girl you ain’t never had a man like that
    Who doesn’t make you buy generic brand like that, Yeah
    You like my Hyundai, see my Hyundai
    I can take you to see your cousin Phil next Sunday
    But that’s kind of far and I’m not made of cash
    Do you think you could chip in for gas?
    Mac and Cheese would be all right
    But let’s send out for pizza tonight
    And you can order any toppings you like (if you like)
    I said you can even have the last slice (the last slice) yeah, yeah
    Ran myself a cable from my neighbor next do’
    Now I can get free HBO
    And baby you can watch whatever you like (if you like)
    I said you can watch whatever you like (if you like) yeah
    And you can always ride the city bus
    Got a stack of tokens just for us
    Yo, my wallet’s fat and full of ones
    It’s all about the Washingtons, that’s right
    You want White Castle, need White Castle
    Long as you got me it won’t be no hassle
    You want it, we’ll get it, just don’t be a hater
    If I grab a bunch of napkins for later
    Thrift store jeans on sale half-price
    The underwear at Goodwill is nice
    And baby you can have whatever you like (if you like)
    I said you can have whatever you like (if you like) yeah, yeah
    Baby, I can give you anything you please
    Even share my government cheese
    And baby you can have as much as you like (if you like)
    I said you can have as much as you like (if you like) yeah, yeah

  11. This is a good thing. The kids are enjoying themselves and the message is reasonably balanced and informative. There is nothing wrong with having fun, it is simply you crotchety old folk who hate rap that would prefer if the song was a spin-off the Stones. Unfortunately, this type of exercise is for young people, and none of them knows or cares who the Stones are, and it defiantly wouldn’t have been fun.

  12. Actually, I loathe rap and hiphop, and I really didn’t see much evidence of that here. The element of anger was missing. I’d say the song style owes more to Gospel singing than anything else.
    I was reminded of that bit in the Blues Brothers movie where Matt Murphy and Aretha Franklin go to and fro in a musical argument about letting him go on the road with the band again. Wonderful stuff.
    This was fun to watch, too.

  13. Indiana Homez, no doubt you forgot to put the word ‘white’ in between crotchety old and folk..
    Rap and hip hop is a devolution of the English language and is enjoyed mostly by those who can only dream of being gunned down in a Compton drive by.

  14. I like the banner in the back round “malaria kills
    send a net. save a life”
    Should read: Greenpeace are baby killers send us DDT.

  15. Gord and Kursk
    You are entitled to your taste in music but save us your bloviating about a topic you have no clue about.

  17. Darn Grant. You beat me to it! I was wondering myself how many of the little darlings would become activists to have DDT re-instated to kill skeeters in Africa,instead of skeeters killing people.

  18. Great video.
    You can vote left, you can vote right.
    You can vote for whoever you like.
    Sure beats some of the brainwash for Obama videos we’ve seen from the left coast.

  19. I like the banner in the back round “malaria kills
    send a net. save a life”
    Should read: Greenpeace are baby killers send us DDT.
    by Grant
    Dang Grant you beat me to it, the banning of DDT has lead to a huge increase in Malaria deaths and the cost to prevent them.

  21. At least the little latino kid at the back shows some diveristy. No need to call the ACLU folks, this video would have recieved just as much attention on CNN if it was a group of white prep school kids. Regardless of the fact that one of the candidates is colored, really.

  22. I also heard:
    Obama on the left, McCain on the right,
    You can vote for whoever you like.
    Refreshing. At first, I thought for sure that they’d be singing for the Obamessiah, but they weren’t: You can vote for whoever you like.
    Yeah!

  23. When do we get the “you can say/write/blog whatever you like without some unelected unaccountable extra-judicial dimwits taking your freedom away” video?
    You say “tar,” I say “feather.”

  28. I jumped on the malaria
    banner because for me it speaks of the injustice that has happened in the third world. I wish we could have used the same tactics that eradicated malaria
    from the first world.
    Malaria is not just a third world disease and it’s not just a tropical disease.
    “Malaria persisted in many parts of Europe until the advent of DDT. One of the last malarious countries in Europe was Holland: the WHO finally declared it malaria-free in 1970”

  29. The nets being given away in this campaign have a natural pesticide woven into them, and that it should last for about 4 years. The wikipedia information on this suggests it is or was the active ingredient in “Raid” insect repellant. It isn’t just nets.
    Although I’d be more comfortable with something a little bit more, um, “effective”.
    Like DDT.
    as for the song and dance, it’s telling that a few of us are surprised to hear a political view that simply supports the voting process.
    as opposed to the Hollywood actors.

  30. Indiana Homez at October 30, 2008 2:13 PM
    Thanks for validating my point about the anger inherent in rap, Sport.

  31. Thank you Hans for that English to English interpretation. ( I gave up trying to understand 1/4 of the way through. Nice though. )

  32. I didn’t realize that recognizing someone’s ignorance regarding a topic was nasty. I didn’t intend to appear “angry”, I was attempting to point out that your generalization was invalid because of your ignorance on the topic. No viciousness or disrespect intended.

  33. By the way, those kids on the video don’t look “angry” to me. It amazes me how you can hold your view when the very video we watched contradicts your very statement.

  34. Holy smoke, Homez, is your reading comprehension that bad? I was saying that I actually liked the singing in the video because it doesn’t equate to what I understand as rap or hip-hop. Sounds more like the call & response style of Gospel singing to me.
    Go back and read my original post again. I said it was “fun”.
    Music is a matter of personal taste. I don’t like rap and/or hip-hop because, mainly, I don’t care for the tone of voice in which it’s usually delivered. You don’t have to agree with me. If you want to prove me wrong, provide some counter-examples.

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