“Back That Math Up” Lyrics

Jerome A. White, Peter Wenstrup, Matthew Owen, Christian Hayes
song/animation completed 2/2/2014 (Super Bowl Sunday)

So I’m tryna teach some Math yeah, in my class yeah
You sittin in the back yeah, just relaxin
Pedigree is lackin, that’s a fact yeah
Rest of us be addin, you just subtractin
Girlies giggle cuz you actin kinda wacky
You think you gonna pass yeah, that’s a laugh yeah
Your work is kinda stank yeah, mind is blank yeah
No gas in the tank yeah, lookin janky
You be actin cynical, that’s typical
Need to flip like a reciprocal, get the goal
This ain’t no way to live yeah, just a kid yeah
Got more to give yeah, slope positive yeah
It’s time to train your brain right, Math game tight
Intelligence you claim right, make it rain right
College comin fast yeah, here’s your chance yeah
It’s time to show you bad yeah, so you can brag yeah

[Chorus]
Kid you kinda smart, won’t you back that Math up
You’s a bright numbercruncher, won’t you back that Math up
Always show your work when you back that Math up
Boy, who is you playin wit? Back that Math up
Kid you kinda smart, won’t you back that Math up
You’s a bright numbercruncher, won’t you back that Math up
Always show your work when you back that Math up
Girl, who is you playin wit? Back that Math up

I know I’m kinda smart so imma back that Math up
Sittin in second block, when I back that Math up
If you never pay attention you ain’t never gonna pass dude
I’m positively sure, like absolute value
I keep my back up batteries for my fiya scientific
Four triple As homie to be specific
I’m finding all these Xs coulda sworn I was a pirate
Dividin out all the pis, you thought I was on a diet
Math is the bee’s knees don’t knock it till you try it
Findin sine and tangent son, you can cosine it
Nah I’m loving the way that the parabola sit on that graph
English teachers throwin me essays, I’d rather do Math
Equations, formulas, rules, sinking in my mind like sand
First I bounce a biggity bounce it then I raise my hand

[Chorus]

You know I can’t stand it, Math bandit
Just canned it, don’t use his grand wit
See you acin classes, skillz so nasty
Want a pat on the back cuz you fastest
I see you so precocious, be ferocious
Stretch yo brain like Yao Ming in a toe touch
AMC you bossin, practice all spring
Do it e’ry night like a dentist be flossin
See a place to go? Do some mo’
Next level like Nintendo #Mario
Now geometry that, 3-D that
Be the Math g the Math g to wear the champ’s hat

[Chorus]

Now now now now now
After you pick it up, then stop
Then wha-wha-what, solve solve it like it’s hot
Now after you back it up, then stop
Now wha-wha-wha-what drop it in the box
Now solve it like it’s hot, solve solve it like it’s hot
Q.E.D. then you drop it in the box
Solve it like it’s hot, solve solve it like it’s hot
drop it in the box, drop drop it in the box