Quiz the Hamster

[KID] Quiz the hamster! (squeak!) Quiz the hamster! (squeak!) Don't just read it — TEACH it back, ya hear? boom-bap, boom-boom-bap I sit Pip down, little fuzzy front row, "Yo Pip — what's two plus three?" He don't know, so —

I say it from MY head — "FIVE!" SQUEAK! Out loud, out my mouth, not a peek at the sheet (hey!) Quizzin' myself, that's the part that's strong — say the answer first, then you carry it along!

[ALL] Quiz the hamster! (squeak-squeak!) Quiz the hamster! (squeak-squeak!) Teach the little guy and it sticks like that! boom! Quiz the hamster! (squeak-squeak!) Quiz the hamster! (squeak-squeak!) Say it out your mouth and your brain holds it down!

[KID] "Pip! Name a planet, c'mon, gimme one — go!" He just wiggle his nose, so I gotta know — "It's MARS!" SQUEAK! poppin' straight out my head, Teachin' a hamster beats re-readin' instead! (uh!)

[ALL] Quiz the hamster! (squeak-squeak!) Quiz the hamster! (squeak-squeak!) Teach the little guy and it sticks like that! boom! Quiz the hamster! (squeak-squeak!) Quiz the hamster! (squeak-squeak!) Say it out your mouth and your brain holds it down!

[KID] Test day, eyes closed — beat switch, slow it down — I see fuzzy little Pip and that SQUEAK-SQUEAK sound, "It's MARS!" (squeak!) "It's FIVE!" — they come back fast and free, 'Cause I taught 'em to a hamster, now they're stuck in ME! SQUEAK!