"Bad Habits (in Lab)" (Parody of "Magic" by B.o.B. featuring Rivers Cuomo)

"Bad Habits"
(Parody of "Magic" by B.o.B. featuring Rivers Cuomo)

by Nathaniel Krefman

THANK YOU TO THE CAST:
Justin Bosch
Phillip Cleves
Nikki Cong
Carl Ma
Jennifer Padget
Brock Roberts
Alec Sexton
Deborah Thurtle
Oanh Tran
Seychelle Vos

Submission for UC-Berkeley MCB Follies 2010
(UC-Berkeley, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology)

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LYRICS:

[Chorus]
I've got bad habits in me.
Everythin' I touch in lab it turns into mold.
Everybody knows I've got bad habits in me.
When glassware hits the floor, my labmates laughin' at me.
Now everybody wants to change my habits. (I've got bad habits in me.)

[Verse 1]
This trick that I attempt will start a fire.
Pick a day, any day, there ain't a shortcut I won't try.
I'll need a borrow buffer, how 'bout yours with the sodium?
I'll just open it up, and contaminate with it Plasmodium.
I'll have you feelin' irritable, you'll think my skills are terrible,
If pipette skills are heritable, my kids'll be hysterical.
Even ma PI hadda say I got bad habits, and
Anytime he sees an accident, says to me, "Man, what's happenin'?"
What kinda flask you have it in'? Don't you know acid reacts with skin?
You know that I won't ask again. Look what the cat be draggin' in.
I know I'm more Steve Urkle than Steve Chu, "Did I do that?"
So come on down to my bench. I'll let you see my habitat!

[Chorus]
I've got bad habits in me. (I've got bad habits, baby.)
Everythin' I touch in lab it turns into mold. (You know it turns to mold.)
Everybody knows I've got bad habits in me. (I've got bad habits, baby.)
When glassware hits the floor, my labmates laughin' at me. (You know they laughin' at me.)
Now everybody wants to change my habits. (I've got bad habits in me.)

[Verse 2]
Well take a trip right inna my lab. You'll see that I make it my pad.
Sleep on da flo', and I do my minipreps in between naps.
I hit dat bench, den git bored, den I spit inna dat flask,
See, see when I wanna grow shit I go pidda-dat-tat.
I lost my mind somewhere in lab, now I'm findin' it.
I don't know nothin', man. Just trust me, I'm a scientist.
I drop shit like it's hot, touch yo hot plate like it's not,
I'm so careless coming coughin', that you'll culture what I caught.
I break everything, so be careful wit yo heart.
It was a spectacular fail, when I tried joustin' with the cart.
Take it up wit ma people -- I'm just sloppy, I'm not evil.
I'm spillin' everyday, like I'm BP's alter ego.

[Chorus]
I've got bad habits in me. (I've got bad habits, baby.)
Everythin' I touch in lab it turns into mold. (You know it turns to mold.)
Everybody knows I've got bad habits in me. (I've got bad habits, baby.)
When glassware hits the floor, my labmates laughin' at me. (You know they laughin' at me.)
Now everybody wants to change my habits. (I've got bad habits in me.)

I've got bad habits in me.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• humor
• biology
• Berkeley
• science
• lab
• molecular
• comedy
• rap
• hip hop
• nerdy
• geeky
• song
• parody
• MCB Follies
• Magic
• B.o.B.
• Rivers Cuomo
• director

[aiyatuc]

My lab instructor showed us this during pre-lab one day. The entire class died.

[littlehamster83]

Hi

Actually I like the part that u continued to wear that nitrile glove despite that it has torn open when u slipped in your hand..

Everybody in the lab finds short cut sometime in a while. Esp when u just wanna step out of that place.. that happens :)

[sc1rocks]

this is funny! look at 01:46 and pause! hahah

[purity26]

LMAO! Oh man, I bet this guy plays fast and loose with the centrifuge by not balancing it!

[iamthealissa]

LOVE this song! I can't believe it doesn't have more hits!

Really makes me want to be in lab, haha! Lyrics are perfect.

[DarkAngelLights]

I've got the replay button

Everytime I touch that button a song restarts

Everybody knows I've got the replay button

:D

Love the parody, but I would have done it on the replay button ^.^

[legacyspy]

Ha, I like it :)

[americanbiotech]

I'm guessing that he's just pretending to be sloppy so he can get out of "lab duty" this coming thanksgiving weekend. checkout commentary on americanbiotechnologist (dot) com