Flocabulary

Flocabulary is an online learning platform that delivers educational hip-hop songs and videos to students in grades K-12. Founded in 2004, Flocabulary is now used in over 15,000 schools and reaches a weekly audience of 5 million students. Our mission is to motivate kids and help them reach their full academic potential, not only by raising test scores but by fostering a love of learning in every child.
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                                        THE LAST 18 YEARS IN RAP

Flocabulary... 18 Years in Rap...
For the High School Grads...

In 1994 - 4 million babies are born
In America. Let’s see what else was going on.
Nelson Mandela's elected in South Africa,
End of apartheid, spectacular.

95 - OJ's acquitted in LA,
OKC is bombed by McVeigh.
Israel gives back land to Palestinians,
"Toy Story," it makes a couple million.

96 - We cloned a sheep named Dolly,
Collecting Pokémon is a new hobby.
That’s the year that you could die from beef,
Whether it’s rap related or Mad Cow Disease.
Tupac dies, and in...

97 - Biggie,
So does Princess Diana, that's a pity.
Mother Teresa is RIP,
But NASA lands on Mars that’s totally sweet.

98 - Google gives us search every day,
Matthew Shepard gets killed 'cause he was gay.

99 - School shooting at Columbine,
Clinton gets acquitted, even though we caught him lying.

Some were scared of Y2K,
But we partied all night for a brand new day.
Oh hey, Bush barely beats Gore,
In fact, it’s decided by the Supreme Court.

2001 - Yeah, we’re on our science,
Map the genome, iPod arrives.
But America changed the hour,
When the two planes hit the two towers.
We invade Afghanistan, hunting Al Qaeda,
But Bin Laden won’t get found 'til later.

02 - Bush names an evil axis, lowers taxes,
American Idol smashes.

03 - Start of the the Iraq War,
Columbia explodes, death in Darfur.
Biggest US minority is now Latin,
Ask my primo, Pixar finds Nemo.

04 - W. wins four more,
Tsunami waves kill when they hit the shore.
Red Sox win, they reverse the curse,
And Facebook's started by a couple of nerds.

05 - Hurricane Katrina has no love,
The Pope dies, baseballers are on drugs,

06 - Nintendo’s "Wii," what’s next?
Saddam Hussein, he gets put to death.

07 - iPhone drops, yeah I cop it,
We see the crisis in the housing market.
But we have the first female speaker of the House,
Every year new barriers for women break down.

08 - Another barrier down, that’s evident,
Obama is the first black president.
Michael Phelps dominates the pool,
The economy tanks, banks act the fool.

09 - Stimulus, water on the moon,
RIP MJ, he is gone too soon.

2010 - Oil spill, that’s crazy,
Earthquakes in Chile and Haiti.
But some lives are saved, the miners freed!
I bet fresh air never smelled so sweet.

2011 - Occupy Wall Street,
We find Bin Laden, put his body in the sea.
Europe debt crisis is tough for the Greeks,
Steve Jobs dies, he’s resting in peace.

This year - Trayvon Martin is killed,
Tebowmania, Linsanity it’s real.

3.2 million high school graduates,
I hope you’re looking at the present, and you're grabbing it,
'Cause time passes in the blink of an eye,
When you look ahead, don’t forget to look behind...It's Flocab