Mousetrap Rap
A student in my Moorpark class is an up-and-coming rap artist. So, since we have been discussing poetry, I encouraged him to rap for us — and I decided to write a rap of my own as well. We were both randomly given the same theme: Mousetrap. Here’s my rap…
Since the day I was born in this ratty old nest
I learned very quick that life is one big test
Crawlin’ through a maze a mouse can go crazy
I’d rather chill with the gerbils, get all fat and lazy.
Loungin’ in their cage, crusin in their hampster ball
Not me, I live behind that nasty brown wall.
Livin’ by myself, you know there woulda been others
But my mama was hungry and devoured my brothers.
Ain’t got no water bottle or any other perk
If I want some cheese than I gotta get to work.
So I wake up in the morning and I sniff into the air,
The only thing to smell is the crumbs beneath a chair.
Then I sense an intensely delicious scented breeze
There’s a fragrance in the air and it smells a lot like cheese.
Oh snap! It might be a trap –
But the pleasure of that treasure, well, it hits me like a slap.
Oh crap, it IS a mousetrap.
It’s right there placed with care at the bottom of the stairs.
I tell myself “NO”, I just gotta go,
But the cheese sees through me like a glass window.
It smells like cheddar, man, what could be better?
No, it smells like swiss – Kraft Macaroni and Bliss.
Oh man I gotta stop this.
It smells like Velveeta, I just gotta eatta!
It smells like provolone, now leave me alone.
That trap’s gotta clap that’ll snap ev’ry bone,
But I’m a gredy little, cheesy little Al Capone.
I bet if I’m slick, if I’ma double fast quick,
I could trigger the trap with a Mickey Mouse trick.
I’ma trigger the trap and grapple the cheese,
Then I’ll nibble away the day with ease.
I’m gonna do it on the count of three,
But first you better all clap along with me.
Oh snap, can you hear me rap?
Oh snap, we’ll I’m gonna trick the trap.
One – Two – Three
Ouch.
Epic fail. I Lost my tail.
