The Benson Basement

I wrote and performed this rap about body composition for my health class. Listen to it here, or just download the MP3.

You can also get an MP3 with just the beats.

Complete lyrics:

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Body composition is a way to see
The makeup of your body’s chemistry
Percentages of all your different components
That is, your muscle, your fat, your bone, it’s
Useful for seein’ how healthy you are
Whether you’re a couch potato or a football star
Now you might think that I’m talkin’ baloney
But this is fo shizzle, so listen up, my homies

Yo, all you fine ladies in the house
If you wanna fit into that cute little blouse
You better keep a relatively low amount of fat
18 to 24 percent is where it’s at
Now what about my brothers? How ’bout watchin’ yo weight?
You wanna make sure you got at least around 8
Your percent fat should be no more than fifteen
So become a mean, lean, weight-loss machine

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Body composition
Pediatrician
Limited edition
Diplomatic mission
Dental technician
Geographic expedition
Infrared emission
Resident physician
Deep sea fishin’
and the Warren Commission

Now all y’alls know it ain’t good to be obese
But you gotta have a little bit of fat, at least
Fat digests vitamins A, E, D, and K
Some of that fat is gonna have to stay.
You see, my dogs, it’s no guarantee
That you’ll be free
From disease, but most doctors agree
You’ll be more healthy
If you keep yo fat to a reasonable degree