McGill State of Mind Lyrics by Trip Yang

(chorus and bridge adapted from “Empire State of Mind”)

[VERSE 1]Yeah.. I’ll be from that McGill, home of the Redmen

And we got the Martlets, so we fly the furthestI’m the new Shatner, and since I graduated

I could feel my fingers grip, world’s at my finger tips

I used to chill in Burnside, all my paper jam fixersDown in the basement, next to all my neighborsClasses up at Leacock, corner up on Sherbrooke

Catch me on twitter see my pictures in the yearbook

Passing by Desautels, straight off of that intersectLadies lookin’ fresh, cause they always dressed perfect

Me I rep New Jersey, down where the Devils reignNow I’m out the Centre Bell, drinkin’ at the Habs game

Flippin’ through the Daily, the Trib and the HeraldMeet me at the Bookstore, in my new apparel

People this is Trip Yang, measure up my pedigreeTell from my swag [e], that I’m most definitely from

[Chorus:]

From McGill, vibrant campus where dreams are made ofThere's nothin' you can't do

Now you're in McGillThe air will make you feel brand new

Professors inspire youHear it for McGill, McGill,

McGill

[VERSE 2]Meet me at the Gerts Bar, I’ll be by the bartenders

Nondiscrimination, yea that’s what we engenderYou should know I bleed red, but I ain’t a Communist

Equity for everyone, religious or atheist

Welcome to the good life, that’s what Mr. West told meBut he’s talkin’ McGill, ya’ll forget the Windy City

Arts Lounge, Lower Field, now I’m at the Currie GymFrosh Week, Carnival, sleeping in the A.M.

30,000 students, too young to be jaded

City lookin’ pretty, cause we all gon make itAnd we keep it positive, even if the Habs lost

If Harvard’s got their own, then we got Coach Babcock

Three Bares Fountain, drinks on the mountainFloating up on clouds, tell me where the ground isSSMU for my student rights, long live the Arch Café

Long live my student life, I’m from the finest school (that’s)

[Chorus:]From McGill, vibrant campus where dreams are made of

There's nothin' you can't doNow you're in McGill

The air will make you feel brand newProfessors inspire you

Hear it for McGill, McGill,McGill

[VERSE 3]Fridays at Blues Pub, Thursdays at BDA

Singing on Valentine’s, just to help your PDAAnd we international, cause we rep our Greek life

We don’t always sleep right, but we always breathe life

Used to chill in Rez life, now on to the next lifeMarried to ambition, but single when the time’s rightAnd my future shine bright, diploma in the limelight

Success in my foresight, hope y’all can hire right

Science, med progress, you can all thank usTimes Higher rankings, how high can you rank us

Future Time covers, taken from this campusMartlets on the rink, y’all know who the champ is

Used to study condiments, now we runnin’ ParliamentSchool of overachievers, cause we’re self-believers

Rutherford, Penfield – you know all the historyRepresent the future, and we’re claiming victory

[Chorus:]In McGill, vibrant campus where dreams are made of

There's nothin' you can't doNow you're in McGill

The air will make you feel brand newProfessors inspire you

Hear it for McGill, McGill,McGill

[Bridge:]One hand in the air for the alma mater

Downtown, Macdonald, we climbing ladders No school in the world that can compare

Put your lighters in the airEverybody say "yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah"

[Chorus:]In McGill, vibrant campus where dreams are made of

There's nothin' you can't doNow you're in McGill

The air will make you feel brand newProfessors inspire you

Hear it for McGill, McGill,McGill