This is an original song for Mr. Mach's 1st period Chemistry class at Andrew Hill High School, 08-09.
Hope you enjoy it. Please comment!
The Acid & Base Song
Music by: Jonathan Ho
Lyrics by: Jonathan Ho and Araceli Lopez
Verse 1:
Acid:
Being an acid, makes me sour,
And if you have read,
I react with metal, make hydrogen,
And I turn litmus paper red.
Base:
Now Im basic, and Im bitter,
Heres what I do:
Im pretty slippery,
And I turn litmus paper blue.
Pre-Chorus:
We may not like one another,
But we neutralize each other.
And if were equal, we make water.
Chorus:
Acids and Bases, were compounds, listen to me
Dont eat, drink, taste, or touch us, in a laboratory.
-Hey Mr. Mach!
Acids and Bases, whats the point to chemistry?
All we hear all day are your creepy stories.
Verse 2:
Acid:
Arrhenius said,
When we separate in water,
I make hydrogen ions,
and she makes hydroxide ions.
Base:
Bronsted and Lowry
Said it a different way,
He gives H+ ions,
and I accept them, Hey
Pre-Chorus 2:
Hydrogen ions are important,
Because if we lose them,
(JHO) I become conjugate base, (Shelley) and I become (looks at Jonathan) Oh god!
[Chorus]
Break it Down section, JHO rap:
If you wanna see how strong an acid can be,
Look how it ionizes in water, ya see?
The stronger I act, my conjugate gets weaker,
Its the opposite for bases, got it motherf***er?
Dissociation constants can be found with Keq,
And if youre smart, youll take notes on this too:
Ka is the strength of an acid, see?
Kbs the same for base, fosheezy!
Now, lets get back to the song, before I lose my cool.
And pay attention to the Base, fool!
(*piano comes back in)
Verse 3: Base
To identify us,
Take a look at this chart,
Each type of acid and base,
Has its own special part.
Different acids are:
binary, oxy, and carboxylic
Bases have anions and amines,
now isnt that just sick?
Pre-Chorus 3:
To name, just remember this:
-ide to hydro- and ic,
-ate to just ic,
And finally ite to ous
[Chorus]-slow down, key change
Concluding Verse: (tune of Part of That World)-Mr. Mach's favorite song!
Our song is done,
We had some fun
Now, Mr. Mach, dont rain on our sun!
Were asking you,
Please say youll do,
Give us an A
