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The College Overload

by David and the 117's

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Packing up my bags and bringing all my stuff Just can’t wait for college and that college study rush All I need to do is get that college crush ‘Cause that is the college life we will describe Gotta put the cup of noodles in the microwave there 2 minutes and 30 seconds is enough time to spare Mac and Cheese is fast and easy Just as the soup It’s all ‘bout that college life that we all go through Besides all the college work that needs to be all done My Friend who is Netflix is all I need for fun Breaking Bad and Walking Dead the drama in my life Like I said, it’s that college life that we described... Gotta put the cup of noodles in the microwave there 2 minutes and 30 seconds is enough time to spare Just as the soup It’s all ‘bout that college life that we all go through
2.
Roomates 02:04
Sometimes I feel hell's not far from here I am living in a trashy atmosphere Piles of garbage and filth surround I'm under siege, it's all collapsing on me Am I the only one who cares They all just sit with empty glares As I run around taking care Of a home I won't even call home This place is messed up - And I am fed up With all their crap and all their lack of any get-up I'm going insane - A single wrapper at a time At this point - I'm done with any kind of trying Because I know - like two steps back for each one forward The fate of this place will never see any change But they just sit there, Sit there playing their games Leaving their trash To go clog up all the drains
3.
There is a campus In the rolling hills of Bothell The students live to learn The Sky is always gray and dreary Weary and draining To attend this utopia gold must flow Straight out of voids in their pockets Faster than rockets The students want to learn But they are unaware of the cost For knowledge does not come free Even the useless dross The college is a business mafia Shaking the students for their last dime Bullies in high school wanted lunch money Bullies in college want the money for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper I had to choose from UW Seattle or Bothell But at UWB the cost was low Who knew I had chosen Al Capone's little bro Tuition's only 12 grand they said Neglecting to say the real cost is 15k On top of that there are these things called fees That take your money like honey from drowsy bees I got a building fee for the building I cant use A technology fee for technology I never see A services and activities fee does that mean I can ski? A sports field fee make it stop is my plea And those are just the ones that I know about Each month all these charges go on my account For me to pay from my closed out account I tried to pay with my credit card online But theres a $220 fee for that The only free way to give them my last nickel is to transfer money from my account to my mom's savings fund then write a check taking money from my mom and hope that it doesn’t get shunned I was finally able to pay for the fees I had already accrued But bullies can be rude And the college will make me do it again in a quarter Im shelling out all this dough for a rolled up piece of paper College runs a masterful caper rhyme The college mafia is making a killing From us poor suckers who have no food to be grilling But the mafia will just keep on billing Even when we are down to our final shilling
4.
The Captain and Jane controls me tonight Welcome to the party life! Once you’re in, you won’t want to leave The air’s so thick you can cut it with a knife Flavored smoke that clouds the room Olympic rings are child’s play Some get lucky when they’re here Hopes just might fade away The little ones are down for the count They try to shout when they need to go out Just me and my mind Just keeping me distraught Contemplation pursues my mind Was this the right choice Am I doomed to fail this grind No ending in site My mind clouded with Smokey thoughts Focus has shifted from turning to learning Partying are the demons that were once in my head Knowledge are the angels that kicked out the dread Schools a place where you’re taught a lesson cause college is my main source of ignition!
5.
Change 03:40
First quarter I came to class enthusiastic, Learning new ideas, allowing interest to brew in all topics. I could feel my mind absorbing the knowledge. Reading of Marx, Freud, and Darwin. I felt immortalized in my thoughts. Silence stood. Before winter fell, My insight to beauty froze. This change is sabotage. Second quarter continues. I contemplate my loss, Going to class, I struggle to find interest. Math is empty, beauty is said to exist within it. But I no longer strive to find it. I know there is potential in me. Yet, I no longer feel it. Like Icarus, I succumbed to the sun. The temperature would rise, with each day’s routine. Math, programming, and musical philosophy. And my wings as inspiration would melt away. But I won’t drown.
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On a map it doesn’t look too far away It’s a trip, but you can do it in a day So I packed it all it only took two bags And I left. Now I’m there in that school that I needed And I already know the zip code And to get to the Thai place take the back road But is this where I want to be really? And this summer is almost over And now its fall and I found a friend Watching Breaking Bad never made me nervous before And this is so good I don’t want it to end And I think that she really likes me But when I test that thought it’s untrue Pushing that feeling further down my throat And I pedal away swearing at you Calling her a whore on my ride back home? And is college home now? It’s where I sleep And the food in the fridge is mine to eat God, I really need to throw out that meat And now fall is almost over So I found out real people exist And those people fill in the blanks I have missed More than anything I ingest Finding these real people saved me Real to me means Doc martens and an arm scar Sleeping in late and fitting seven people in one car Coughing so hard you think you’ll die And not being afraid to be weak and to cry Summer was lonely Autumn was sad Winter I mixed the good with the bad And it’s almost Spring.
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He said the project Is due in three weeks I thought econ was an easy subject I spent my time Watching Let’s eat (grumble grumble) Tick tock the time Two weeks have flown by (oh shoot) Am I doing this right? Is this really correct? I’m not sure what I’m doing (not really sure) But I’ll just keep on typing I’m tiring of reading Wall Street Journal (and new york times!) Budgets, revenues These numbers make me woozy I don't even get the point Of an indifference curve Am I doing this right? Is this really correct? I’m not sure what I’m doing (not really sure) But I’ll just keep on typing I put my papers In a yellow envelope Walked upfront And Finally turned it in (thank goodness)
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Put It Off 02:21
I was given three pages of math And told I should do it or face my teacher’s wrath But now that I’m home it doesn’t feel so urgent It’s not due ‘til Thursday, of that I am certain. So…. I’ll just put it off, put it off For another day I’ll put it off, put it off It’ll be okay And maybe if I put it off It’ll go away – EH! My English teacher gave me a three page paper due tomorrow And not having read the book gives me great sorrow But all my favorite websites just updated So I’ll look at those and later I’ll just fake it And… Right now I’ve been trying to BS through my life And now it’s coming to bit me in the ass I’ve dug a hole to deep for me to climb out of ‘Cause I screwed around for hours and hours and… I just put it off, put it off For another day I put it off, put it off But today is that day And no matter how long I put it off It never went away It never went away I talked to my teachers and got an extension I won’t get full credit but now my attention Is focused on school and… Wait, I want to watch this video. You know what…
9.
I bleed in clichés as they litter the page my grammar is horrible, my spelling worse writing papers tonight just humming away in college so much far to go in college so much I don’t know just on page four with sucky sentence structure and my prose is lackluster writing at 3 am too lazy to cheat wrapping paragraphs up knowing this paper sucks ass with all my ramen gone running on redbull with nothing to eat halfway done in the sophomore slump halfway done hitting that five page bump giving up never felt so sweet as I get some sleep
10.
Going to a career center Filling out some papers Applying for internships In order to search for answers After 18 years it hit me Everything starts coming down like meteorites So many worries I frown Endless thoughts swarm around like a swarm of bees Doctor? Lawyer? Engineer? Salesman? Bob the builder? Yes we can! All these expectations from my parents Make me fret I don't know what to do In order for them and I to be happy Should I just sleep and escape for a little while All of this is so frustrating Firefighter? Garbageman? Mailman? Bob the builder? Yes we can! I'm finding answers Over and over like pressing repeat It's so simple, but yet it isn't Is this the right thing for me Or is it going to end in agony It's a chance I should take Or else I wouldn't get to any place Teacher? Counselor? Coach? Bob the builder? Yes we can! After all the struggles I decided To put all my worries aside All the expectations aside This is my life I should be happy I will do what I want to do And if it ends in vain Then at least I will gain experience Experience that will help me get to where I want to be It's the beginning of my life
11.
It was High School when it was decided and at dinner I said “I wanna be Indiana” and this was the key But all you did was scoff, groan and shake your head Like saying “couldn’t you decide on something else to be?” Wake up Child get your head out of the clouds You need to be more realistic and less like a kid. My Smile faded, my light gone, negativity dumped. With my Head declined my heart had started to pound. Then to make a wound worse you, my family, all laughed! What was so funny about my dream! I thought it was sound! But you father, you stayed silent, and that was worse You just let me be torn down and ruined your philosophy Cause all you did was eat your mac and cheese which made me want to curse Why did you even say, “Go and study something that will makes you happy” And my mother would say, “Study something that would make money” She didn’t want to work old and wanted to retire Ironic since mo’ money was what got herself in the red, how funny! I would help regardless, I ain’t heartless, but I want your support through the mire-Inner You are my family and I want you behind the choice of my career. And I am indecisive as it is, please don’t add to the doubt and fear I have the potential to be anything I want so what to do? But you know through all this squabbling I realized something new That you didn’t see all this passion for my dreams I will make it obvious so support me through the seams And after I change all that you all will see what I see Because college is where my choices will become me.
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Spending all night reading this school book Trying to get a decent score But try to wave goodbye to the doubt Don't look back just follow how you feel Suddenly your eyes will open like a newborn child, Future plans will come to focus you will find desire Don’t let yourself go down easy cause it’ll make you queasy Let the fight guide you home quickly so you take it easy Living in dorms can be a real thrill Sometimes in can be rough Overall it can be really chill Let’s romance your ego for while Suddenly your eyes will open like a newborn child, Future plans will come to focus you will find desire Don’t let yourself go down easy cause it’ll make you queasy Let the fight guide you home quickly so you take it easy
13.
Holding this plan, I better take a seat, ‘cause I really don’t know what to do with it, From side to side I wander, watching numbers and empty turns, Is it something that I dont wanna learn? Feeling anxious, walking, watching, waiting, I need to realize that I should stop debating. Contradiction in my mind, is not that simple to decideeeeeeeeeeeee My hands are covering my eyes, Its a decision to make, Its choosing my path Its Registration! Have a plan, and feel the pain Its hard to concentrate, when taking something I dont need Its Registration! A friend to help the process, you don’t really have to bother The agony wont break the walls, if you make the right call, Feeling powerless, it is arduous ‘cause its the prospective Of all my life writen on a sheet of paper , and not sure about what to do with it. There are no signs of consciousness, but there’s a feel of happiness. My hands are covering my eyes, Its a decision to make, Its choosing my path Its Registration! Have a plan, and feel the pain Its hard to concentrate, when taking something I dont need Its Registration! Ominous pleasure, omminous feel, Its hard to live with, but not impossible to deal, Everything feels far, nothing feels near,
14.
Not so long ago I found my nemesis He acted like a friend in front of my enemies He acted so frivolous And full of authority OOOh, I couldn’t believe his incompetency I told him: Hey you know what I don’t care what you say You can turn around And shove your Phd on your face I just want to live life By doing the right thing I can’t believe you are downsizing me For you are nothing compared to me Until one day He pulled me out of class He called me out loud Called me a “ brat” All due to his paranoic mind I can’t believe this is happening I can’t believe I am unraveling
15.
We are all so pressured to look good and impress our peers Sometimes how people perceive us makes us end up in tears We are going to the mall to buy the newest gear But should we really care how people think? Fashion Pressure Fashion Pressure You shouldn’t care Be yourself Be unique Fashion Pressure Fashion Pressure Be yourself We spend too much money on designer brands Kids are getting shot over some fucking shoes Fashion Pressure Fashion Pressure You shouldn’t care Be yourself Be Unique Fashion Pressure Fashion Pressure Be Yourself
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Truth be told I never expected to grow old The time for college has come And I can no longer run Time to face the music Sure hope that I can use it For me College will help you see More than others make it out to be Some think it’s just for paper But I think it’s something better A place to meet and greet Boy does that sound neat College opportunities Help me gain immunity For luxury means to much to me Can’t go back to the way things used to be Cause I’ve gained more responsibility Cause I’m growing more and more Parents pushing me towards the door College will help me grow Till I’m able to reach my goals Grow some more so I can support my own On this rikedy balance board How much further can I go? College opportunities Help me gain immunity For luxury means to much to me Can’t go back to the way things used to be Cause I’ve gained more responsibility College is a mess I confess same line rhyme Just make sure you get some rest It can be a bore I know But push through to the final test If it can help me I know it can help you too Growing up ain’t such a bad thing Everyone grows up soon So stray my course away from the sun And heads twords the moon I hope I takes me a while to get there For ill be all on my own so soon.
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I could get a scholarship or a grant Let me just preface that I’m not here to rant But I needed a way to get some dough It’s what got me started and kicked off my show I went ahead and got that loan Now I’m in debt and I want to groan Down to the bottom of the ocean Like an anchor in the sea This is where my money is going if I just wait and see Sure I could get a part time job or do an internship Still that’s not enough to prevent this sinking ship Backwards thinking it all makes sense I’ll spend all my money to make some cents Hey trust me it will work out in the end As long as I do well and major in Something where the market is blooming This will make sure my pockets are booming Down to the bottom of the ocean Like an anchor in the sea This is where my money is going if I just wait and see Sure I could get a part time job or do an internship Still that’s not enough to prevent this sinking ship Forget it I’ll live in the here and now Hopefully I’ll stumble upon a cash cow If I don’t that will be okay “College has prepared me” or whatever they say Can anybody really put a prize on knowledge? Sometimes that’s what I fail to acknowledge
18.
Oh I woke up today like a baby born yesterday Ugh if there only was a thug to tug me out of my bed There’s school again today and that’s not ok when its only Tuesday I got no sleep yesterday cause I had to do something called homework all day I still have to drive and I’m afraid ill fall asleep one day and wake back up to my insurance prices being through the roof Maybe I shouldn’t spend so much time playing my lame video games everyday so I don’t end up doing something like procrastinate. Oh school, If only I could make you disappear and never reappear You always give me such a big assignment to do, what am I supposed to do? Maybe you’re giving me a challenge that I really need, but what does it really mean? Oh When I get home I’m always tired, I can never concentrate like a piece of concrete I feel like I’m depressed or my heads about to fall off and go roll down a hill. So I end up taking really long naps, waking up to my mom yelling dinnertime. Then I try to do my homework that’s due tomorrow, but I end up repeating what I did the day before Playing video games till midnight, then starting my homework late at night If only I could conquer this so my daily life would be eat, sleep, conquer, and repeat, Not the eat, sleep, be lazy and repeat!
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I try not to stare, my nervous face focusing on somewhere else I will make the dumbest jokes ever told, I will try to be the coolest guy you ever saw Ill play every song you ask me to play, I will try to be as loud as I can like a baby. But I would never talk to them first because I lack the courage My face tells all, nervous whenever she looks my way, Gotta look away and say something witty Cause there’s a cute girl sitting across the way from me, And ill be looking for her everywhere I be UW1, 2, 3 or maybe even the library but she’s just waiting for me Boy I see you staring, don’t think I cant tell You are trying so hard, but you cant even say well, How can we get to know each other when you don’t even say hello? How can you know how I feel from a distance? Better hurry up boy before I forget about you and someone else Comes and gets me first. Because I cant wait forever God damn, her eyes hurt like fire how, My mind burns with my desire for a girl right now How about that, she got up and walked away without a word to me Guess I was the batter and she struck me out with just one pitch. But you know what, its alright Cause theres a bunch of friends sitting next to me And ill be, hanging out with them everywhere I be, I guess she got away from me. but there or plenty of other fish in the sea
20.
Sophomore year of high school His baby face with indents Appear clearly in my mind Who knew that this boy Would become my kind of guy “I like your Adidas” I had mine on too Those were some of the first words I spoke to you You threw something at me When you sat a few desks behind Immature lower classmen We knew nothing, nothing. Junior year New class, Astronomy Sitting by each other every day, Getting distracted, we’d find a way 50 minutes of fun That’s all it was Pushing the idea of us aside Let’s just stay friends Summer quickly came First time at his house Sitting silent awkwardly He kissed me on the cheek, I kissed him back Like a trust fall Hoping things would turn out for the best So after that day I said yes Senior year was soon over Got into the same college Carpooling together Holding hands in the car Although work piles And we study half the time, There’s still more freedom In college From playing Call of Duty, To watching Grey’s Anatomy, To going to church, To eating dim sum and burritos. Making more memories This wouldn’t have happened If we were in high school Thank you college
21.
Player 03:04
I started college just looking for something to do My buddies said you need someone new Then I met girl number one This is what she said before we were done Boy you’re too loving, too caring and your aren’t player enough. You’re too safe, and no fun and you need to cut loose . We won’t work so let’s just be friends I said forget about it and this where it ends. The first five girls went by real fast I couldn’t believe that it didn’t last They liked me but wouldn’t get tied down We were just friend and I left with a frown So how could I still be here? Could I find a way to steer Do I fallow my heart? Like I did from the start Or do I become the thing I hate? It could be a big mistake But what’s right and what’s wrong is so blurry when you aren’t strong. The next couple girls were more of the same So I decided I’d have to change. My. Game I’d be the heart breaker and the player they want Id not love and not care and just move on But after four girls I saw that this was fake Sneaking out in the morning was a massive mistake So how could I still be here? Could I find a way to steer? Do I fallow my heart? Like I did from the start Or do I become the thing I hate? It could be a big mistake. But what’s right and what’s wrong is so blurry when you aren’t strong. I was done being a player I was done being that guy I was tired of the using an and asking why I said “from this day on I’ll let god decide” I’m done being the leader I’m done being my guide Then I met her: She’s the most beautiful thing that I’ve seen She didn’t party or just hook up the best of 17. I stopped and said Girl you are perfect and make me feel real My heart it loving and open again You have to know I’ve done some things wrong But I couldn’t tell you so I made you this song.
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Relationship 01:20
we sit miles apart staring at the same moon yet it feels worlds apart you shattered my heart like a hammer a vase Broken Heart o Broken Heart How Dare you tear me apart She cheated on me But who cares Who needs best friends anyway And as she smiles and lives life The darker mine gets Her smile is as bright as a million stars Yet her heart is a black hole It’s my time to bid a due As I pull the trigger on my 22 For what is life without love
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Long Haul 05:58
Went from Switzerland to Germany in the blink of an eye A war on two fronts, it was hard to comply Firefight ensues, what’ll I do, gotta make a choice and stick with it through Pick up my weapon, run into the fray, not afraid, making sure I stay Calm Cool and Collected Work and school, started five days apart, now its time for me to start my life Processin’ Plasma, yeah that’s the stuff Looks like apple juice, with all them lipids, Give me that protein, I need a fillin’ Cause all this plasma is on top of me, drowning me 30 minute time limit, seems a lot but it really isn’t, constant problems have arisin From donors to coworkers, from payin’ to cleanin’, so much is happenin its out of control Get home, ten pm, 8 hour day, got my money just to give it all away to the school I love to the school I need Go to bed, wake up just to do it all again in a different place Extra early, 7 AM, pick up my friends to start the day Walk around like a zombie, can’t think straight, sometimes forget breakfast and go the entire day ‘without eatin’ a single thang Get to class, didn’t do the 80 page reading, do my best to (go with the teachin’ but Im a foo’ shouldn’t come to skool) Rushing to keep up, assignment due in 30 min, buddy hey help me I don’t want a bad grade Boy ain’t this the life, a college student at UWB, show my pride with a pin on my backpack Sunday, day of Rest, no rest for me Church in the mornin’ helps me See After that see my friends catch up best I can Tryin’ to be everywhere with everyone Wish I could clone myself like Obama – rumor Then wouldn’t have to worry about School, Work, Family, Religion, I could be in my own little world of fantasy and mischief Live out my life to the fullest, the extreme, do everything I dreamed with nobody to impede Like travel the world, learn Russian, Ukrainian, be a better Christian, play guitar that’s what im sayin’ Instead I’m here all alone it makes me sigh, all these things on my shoulder and I comply No other choice, no other alternatives, I feel like I’m gonna break In two, out the blue, hits me like a caribou Gotta man up, stow my pride, make sure I get out alive Fighting for my life, fighting to survive, no time to get things done but I gotta try Now if I snap like a twig I don’t know what’ll happen, but I’m not willing to take that chance so this is what I’m askin’ Please, Mr. Nixon, can I have some guidance? I feel like I’m in vertigo, too high up You can’t help me with all the problems in my life But Logic, Proofs, Conditional Conjunctional, you the man Make me understand, hold my hand Then send me out, on my way, with a better plan On what to do with my life I crave to be respected, to do things no others do Fight some fires, guard the Nation, save lives as a medical agent But if I can’t handle all that’s thrown at me now How can I ever hope to do all that It discourages me, hurts me, to think like that I hate to see it happen to myself, I’m not the man I was I’m as angry as a Marine, looking for blood - metaphor And my friends get some friendly fire along in the flood How do I stop this mess I still don’t know Maybe I’ll always be searchin for the answer to all this Maybe I’ll never find it and always be in duress But that won’t stop me, I’ll continue on Lets see where this life takes me, I gaze unto the sun
24.
I parked my car in the driveway After a long day from school When I open the front door My dog comes rushing Towards me I went straight to my room I put on pajamas I went to the kitchen And ate some home cook food Home is where love don’t cost a thing Home is the place where I belong It’s where I rest my bones Where I make my bed And where I lay my head After high school, teens go off to college They pack all their belongings, and they leave home But for me, I decided to live at home That long hallway to my room, in that small bedroom Is where I do my homework late at night Home is where love don’t cost a thing Home is the place where I belong It’s where I rest my bones Where I make my bed And where I lay my head To some it might be old Like a classic car But for me home is where All my memories are stored Home is where I spend the first eighteen years of my life
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The almighty college family. Getting people across the oceans and seas. The lovely lions live far away. Assonance Watching your every step in the shade. Once upon a time I live in a big dorm. And everything seem smaller. Apparently they don’t provide TVs Just some lamps and some furniture This is where all friends that live together Hate each other for the rest of their lives Clean the sink, you made a big mess Wipe the water, I almost slipped Do you even laundry bro? La la la la la la la La la la la la la la Why do I live so far away from my house It takes two hours of bus to get here. Don’t you worry about my money. Though the books are a little pricey. Apply and rely on financial aid. How else would you get all these paid Peace and quiet times with my lovely lively lonely laptop light. Spied upon by flappy flocks of crows. What does the crow say? Creepy.

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A collaboration effort between all the students in David Nixons BCUSP 117, Music & Philosophy, to create a unique outlook on the college experience.

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released March 11, 2014

Arieska Akimoto, Shane Albedyll, David Bernal, Wallace Branin, Andrew Carle, Caleb Carolan, Cassandra Chan, Nicholas Chen, Alfredo Cisneros, Tylar Coffman, Fernando Cuevas, Mason Enfinger, Emin Galoostian, Yarelly Gomez, Ruby Heglin, Giorgio Jimenez, Maciej Kostrzewski, Kevin Kuang, Cheyenne Earls, Kan-Fu Lee, Dan Ly, Alex Mackinen, Brandon Renstrom, Amal Samatar, Randolf Serezo, Julian Sison, Vu Tieu, Patrick Vanderknyff, Annie Vo and of course, Professor David Mitsuo Nixon.

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David and the 117's is an amateur group in UW Bothell under the guidance of Professor David Nixon. The Class Album Project goes year by year with new classes adding their individual personas to each album, creating something completely unique every time. ... more

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