TIP Medley

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TIP Medley - an amusing event that occurred at the end of the West Term I 2011 Talent Show, only to be followed by that term's version of "Doctor, Doctor!", and was very well received by TIPsters and RCs alike.

Famously written and performed for the first time by roommates Taylor Jordan ("TJ") Brantley and Diana Lamaute in West Term I 2011, it was a continuation of their popular TIP parody, "Cool but Nerdy," which was a parody of a parody first performed in West Term 1 2010. With the catchphrase, "We're cool, because we're rapping, but we're nerdy because... we can't!", their antics on stage were both hilarious and rememberable from the previous year, causing some to cheer from the audience. Sung a capella, this song would TIPically have people begin to clap or sing along, sometimes interrupting the singers, but everyone would still have an enjoyable time. With the creation of the TIP Medley, the additional songs acted as a final shout out from Fourth Years TJ and Diana in the hopes that they would never "forget you... Oo, oo, oo!"




(To the tune of Rebecca Black's "Friday")


Seven A.M. waking up in the morning

Gotta wear my lanyard and go outside

Go through the line but then there's a warning

So I'll take cereal cause it's all right

Then it speeds up as we meet in N Quad

Ready to learn as we stand outside

I'm standing there waiting for the TA

Then I see my friends


Talking under this tree

Running playing frisbee

Gotta make my mind up

To whom can I relate?


We're TIPsters, TIPsters

Gotta get down with TIPsters

Everybody's looking forward to classes, classes

TIPsters, TIPsters

Gettin' down with TIPsters

Everybody's looking forward to classes, classes


Studyin', studyin' (yeah)

Studyin', studyin' (nah...)

Fun, fun, fun, fun...

No, no let me show you how it's done


(To the tune of "White and Nerdy")


You see me throwin'

The frisbee

I know they're all thinking I'm too

Cool but nerdy

Think I'm just too cool but nerdy

Think I'm just too cool but nerdy

Can't you see I'm cool but nerdy

Look at me I'm cool but nerdy

I wanna roll with

The sports camps

But so far they all think I'm too

Cool but nerdy

Think I'm just too cool but nerdy

Think I'm just too cool but nerdy

I'm just too cool but nerdy

Really, really cool but nerdy


First in my class here at T-I-P

Got skills, I'm a champ at runnin' from bees

Creepy chester that's my favorite RC

Sam and alicia, you're still cool to me

My lanyard never swings, to the contrary

You'll find it's quite stationary

All the dorm bathrooms here are scary

Got AP books in my library

My Converse are all totally pimped out

Got people begging to check out my laces

Yo, I know Pi to a hundred places

Got great Nikes but lose all the races

I sleep in really late on Sundays

But I'm a whiz at dancing, I can shake for days

Once you see my sweet moves, you're gonna stay amazed

My feet moving so fast it sets the place ablaze

There's no iPod app I haven't run

At UNO, well I'm number one

Do random calculus just for fun

And of course I have a really awesome gangsta bun

SexyBack is my favorite theme song

I sure could kick your butt at a game of ping pong

I'll ace any trivia quiz you bring on

I'm fluent in TIPster as well as Klingon


You see me roll on

The dorm floor

Laughin' my heart out 'cause I'm cool but nerdy

Think I'm just too cool but nerdy

Think I'm just too cool but nerdy

Can't you see I'm cool but nerdy

Look at me I'm cool but nerdy

I'd like to roll with

The sports camps

But oh it's apparent I'm too

Cool but nerdy

Think I'm just too cool but nerdy

Think I'm just too cool but nerdy

I'm just too cool but nerdy

How'd I get so cool but nerdy?


They see me strollin'

They laughin'

And rollin' their eyes 'cause I'm too

Cool but nerdy

Just because I'm cool but nerdy

Just because I'm cool but nerdy

All because I'm cool but nerdy

Holy cow I'm cool but nerdy

Some wanna roll with

The East kids

But oh well it's obvious we're too cool for them

Think we're just too cool for them

Think we're just too cool for them

We're just too cool for them

TIP West twenty-eleven!


Well, I'm still looking forward to classes.


(To the tune of Rebecca Black's "Friday")


Before we were students, students

Now we a-are TIPsters, TIPsters

We-we-we (are) So excited

We (are) so excited

We'll never let this go away


After is the last day

And more time comes after-wards

But I don't want TIP to end


T-I-P, D-U-K-E TIP

So chill under this tree

Playin' frisbee

I'm studyin', talkin'

With my friends I'm walkin'

My friends all my my sides

Passin' by is an RC in front of me

Show my 4th year lanyard happily

Look at me, I'm a TIPster, we're the cool kids

Look at us, we're awesome, look at what we did


We're TIPsters, TIPsters

Gotta get down with TIPsters

Everybody's looking forward to classes, classes

TIPsters, TIPsters

Gettin' down with TIPsters

Everybody's looking forward to classes, classes


Bernie-ing, Bernie-ing (yeah)

Bernie-ing, Bernie-ing (nah)

Fun, fun, fun, fun

I hope that TIP will never end.


I'll always remember everyone and everything that happened here at TIP, and...


(To the tune of Cee Lo Green's "Forget You")


I see you walking around with a green lanyard and I can't

Forget you!

Oo, oo, ooo

I guess my grade makes me say

I must go away but I can't

Forget you!

Or forget this too

If I were a younger TIPster,

I'd still be with ya

Now that sucks a bit (that sucks a bit)

And though there's pain in my chest

I still wish you the best, 'cause I can't

Forget you

Oo, oo, oo!


Join in, fourth years!


I see you walking around with a green lanyard and I can't

Forget you

Oo, oo, ooo

I guess my grade makes me say

I must go away but I can't

Forget you

Or forget this too

If I were a younger TIPster,

I'd still be with ya

Now that sucks a bit (that sucks a bit)

And though there's pain in my chest

I still wish you the best, 'cause I can't

Forget you

Oo, oo, oo!