Public Broadcasting Service - Periodic Table Rap lyrics

[Verse 1] Hydrogen is everywhere Dispersed throughout the universe It's inside every one of us It has the smallest nucleus Helium's at number 2 A noble gas it's unsurpa**ed Lithium's in batteries Sitting pretty at number 3 Beryllium is number 4 X-ray window In aeronautics far and wide Boric acid pesticide Carbon's really widespread Charcoal, diamond, pencil lead Anything alive or dead Carbon bonds the most it's said Nitrogen's in cyanide In rocket fuel it is applied Ammonium consists therein And you all know 'bout oxygen Fluorine chillin' in the fridge The most electro-negative Neon lights on Vegas nights Sodium in tasty bites Mobile phone Magnesium Velocipede Aluminum Silicon computer chips Phosphorescent phosphorous! [Hook] Period across, and family down The periodic table is the greatest in town Alkali, Transitions and the Halogens Electronegative bonding Come 'n' take a trip through the elements Take the first step, come on ladies and gents What 'cha gonna do so.... Come and take a drink of my H20 [Verse 2] Sulfur part of acid rain Fireworks and Cellophane Chlorine used for disinfectin' Argon ga**ed that tasty chicken Pota**ium in your banana Calcium ivory piano Scandium in aeroplanes Titanium construction frame Vanadium in your toolbox Chromium plated toasters rock Manganese will cure that rust Iron becomes a steel truss Cobalt in your fancy china Twenty Nickels make a dollar Copper wire, Zinc batteries Some Gallium for LEDs Germanium in camera lenses Arsenic is poisonous Selenium can give you cancer Toxic Bromine's dangerous Krypton k**s your superpowers Rubidium laser cooling towers Strontium in CRT's Yttrium's also in these Zirconium cuts j**elry Niobium in MRI's Molybdenum enrichens soil Technetium, radio-meds! [Hook] [Verse 3] From here on The list gets kind of boring So I'll just do highlights 'Cuz I don't want any snoring Palladium and Silver Both are used in flutes and j**elry Cadmium in batteries power LCD Indium touchscreens Snapple's fruit infused with Tin Wait, you'll get it -- There's that grin Antimony's a flame retardant Iodine's a disinfectant Xenon laser, Cesium clock Tungsten's used in Halogens Osmium's the densest schlock Iridium resists corrosion Platinum and Gold are pretty pricey Mercury thermometers will tell you when it's icy Little Lead figurines are safe from radiation But that trefoil on Polonium is cause of consternation Uranium, Plutonium, the last occurring elements Awww sh- (explosion) One final element is probably worth a mention, that is Mendelevium, it's eponym was Mendeleev, the table was his invention! [Hook X2]