TIP Medley
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!