Gettin' Triggy Wit It (WSHS Math Rap Song)

(Parody of Gettin' Jiggy Wit It by Will Smith)
Westerville South High School, Westerville, Ohio

On your mark ready set let's go
Trigonometry pro I know you know
I go psycho when I see a triangle
just can't sit
gotta get triggy wit it
uhh that's it
three angles, three sides
T-R-I-G all up in my eye
SOH-CAH-TOA will tell you where to go
you just gotta know about H, A, and O
everybody lookin' at it
glance at the box
the H-Y-P
is sittin' across
theta-theta is after eta-eta
pencil on it
it's for the look I don't mark it
the side you ain't touching is the O-P-P
makin' it triggy, we want you to see
yo, what's that last side ya say?
it's gotta be the A-D-J
Gettin' Triggy Wit It

(Chorus 4x)
na na na na na na na nana
na na na na nana
Gettin' Triggy Wit It

What, you want to solve with the Trig?
watch your step you might fall
trying to work this gig
Soh Cah-uh Soh Cah-uh, Soh-Cah, Soh-Cah Toa
in the middle of the problem, don't know which one? huh?
You gotta know which angles and sides,
that are missin' and given in the problem, they're the guides
you can come with me, all these problems I've tried!
heard it's hard? well then somebody lied.
It's SOH CAH TOA
Helps you to study so ya Know-a,
When to use each one
If you got the O and H-Y-P
SOH lets you know
sine's the way to go
let's say now you got the HYP
and the A-D-J,
then cosine's the way
yes yes y'all
but there's one more
you got the legs, (no hypotenuse)
that makes its tan
Gettin' Triggy Wit It

(Chorus)

Roll with me right now, if you need a side
You gotta know two things
O.K. let's ride.
You need an angle and one of the sides
Issue is, where does x reside?
You see it up high
That's how you know to multiply
So easy you did it on your own first try
Trig to the maximum, I be askin 'em
How bout the one time when ya gotta use da-vis-ion
Only if X is down below,
X and the angle will switch, ya' know
Last case
its angle finding time
so let's get it
Trust that theta is the goal, get it alone
Calculators will know, when I say go
Take the inverse of the numbers on the right
Hit equals and show it off
Now you got it
Gettin' Triggy Wit It

(Chorus)

[paamiranda]

My teacher literally played this everyday once we started trig in geometry. We started in February and finished in June. That's 4 mos of this song, every other day.

[TaonaJaji]

I am definitely moving to ohio if thats what maths lessons are like

[KonkeyZhong]

I had this played at my mom’s funeral. She would’ve loved it

[indiakiely]

My maths teacher wants to make one of these now... oh dear

[TRENTTHEHOOLiGAN]

The third dude had bars. IM DEAD OMFG 😂😂

[lucyjarosiewicz]

This was awesome. Mad props to those students too.

[GuemJanDiFighting]

this is how my math teacher started our first day of trig
XD
Luv you Mr. BonBon!

[TT-jcqg]

As an adult returning to college after 14 years, not only was this adorable but it helps a lot. Thank you.

[shortsillynerdgirl]

I love how many students got involved in this and actually seemed enthusiastic! Math lovers unite! <3

[samtucker]

this teaches me better than my teacher.. wow.

[jenniferfas]

Thank you for combining music and math together.  Your videos are entertaining and educational.  I have used this video with my Geometry and Pre-Calculus students to introduce the trig functions.  It definitely helps them remember the definitions.

[braedenn.]

Doctor: You have 3 mineuts and 48 seconds life to live.
Me:

[lucas-qpst]

Ayo maths class bring me here big up and blessing, prayers and such to the people who made this video

[anaheramaia]

I'm from New Zealand and my maths teacher showed us this video and all we did was dance on the tables and try sing along with it, lol, very educational indeed.

[jayo]

much props to all of you at WSHS!!! you guys rock (or RAP)!!!! we loved the 'factor' video and this one is great too!! -from Mr. O and his math classes at suns-diamondbacks academy in phoenix, az....

[jonathanturner]

These videos are amazing. I'm a maths teacher from England and I can't wait to show these to my classes next year. Keep them coming :D

[cerulean]

Am showing this to my math class in Dublin, Ireland.
Brilliant!

[cec]

OMGGGG! This is amazing!!! Super hilarious and informative! I am showing this to my geometry students tomorrow! Hope they like it as much as I do!

[dawsonjm]

My math teacher showed me this. Great video, helps me remember what to do.

[CalfordMath]

..So good! I come back to this video all the time. Great collaboration of staff and students. Keep 'em comin!