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Song 2: ABC (Extended Schoolyard Mix)

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[Intro - 1:00](School bell rings. Funky bass and piano riff starts. "A-B-C!", "It's easy as 1-2-3!", "Uh-huh!", "Hoo!")[Verse 1]You went to school to learn, girlThings you never, never knew beforeLike I before E except after CAnd why 2 and 2 makes 4[Verse 2]Now, now, now, I'm gonna teach youAll about love, dear, all about love!Sit yourself down, take a seatAll you gotta do is repeat after me[Chorus]ABC, Easy as 1-2-3Or simple as do-re-miABC, 1-2-3, baby, you and me girl!ABC, Easy as 1-2-3Or simple as do-re-miABC, 1-2-3, baby, you and me![Verse 3]Reading, writing and arithmeticAre the branches of the learning treeBut listen! Without the roots of love every day, girlYour education ain't complete![Instrumental Dance Break - 1:30](Extended groovy piano solo. Funky bass movements. Percussion with tambourines and woodblocks. The brothers shouting "Shake it, shake it, baby!")[Bridge - Part 1]Sit down, girl! I think I love you!No! Get up, girl! Show me what you can do!Shake it, shake it, baby, come on now!Shake it, shake it, baby, oooh-oooh![Bridge - Part 2]1-2-3, you and meA-B-C, you and meDo-re-mi, that's how easy love can be!(Hee-hee! Shamone!)[Chorus - Grand Finale]ABC, Easy as 1-2-3Or simple as do-re-miABC, 1-2-3, baby, you and me girl!(Teach me, teach me!)[Outro - 1:30](Repetitive rhythmic chanting: "A-B-C, 1-2-3, baby you and me!")(Michael ad-libs: "I'm gonna teach you!", "It's easy!", "Yeah, yeah, yeah!")(Fading with the funky piano riff and children's laughter in the background).