This is for my biology class.
Uracil The only nitrogen base for me My dear I still cannot believe that you’re the perfect pair for me You and me, fit so perfectly in the sequence of DNA Of the double helix but I'm so sad when we unwind and we separate Because when the RNA Polymerase comes in We’re so near but we’re far But with ligase glueing we always end together by the end You’re the perfect pair for me mmm guanine, thymine, cytosine, and adenine Uracil the perfect pair for me Sometimes you, Are restricted next to the mRNA And when it pairs with you oh i don’t know what to do but just watch it leave introns but why I don’t need to be mad Because the messenger has some exons and tRNA which has a codon of 3 and an amino acid mmm the mRNA leaves behind the amino acid when it finds a pair just like you and me What I’m trying to say is everything has a pair and when the anticodon finds a messenger it just stops, and forms a polypeptide chain mmm it first starts as initiation, then elongation that’s when hydrogen bonding pairs a tRNA to a mRNA, then termination, that’s when a stop codon is reached, and the protein is set free mmm the Ribosomal Rna has a E and P and S site bidding for an mRNA made up of the pairs of a large and small subunit just like you and me like how thymine is paired with adenine and guanine is paired with cytosine and uracil, the only pair for me
When writing this song, I was studying biology at the same time. In high school, my biology teacher would always but up these random songs about the process of photosynthesis or some other biology concept and even though it was annoying to hear, it was also catchy. I was assigned a project on the process of mitosis and I would have to teach the class the process the best I can in my own style. I didn’t want to do the simple 3D cell project, and I was stumped on ideas. It was the day before the project was done, and I did what I do best, write songs.
Writing the song was pretty easy for me because I had all the information. I knew what happens before cell division, and after cell division and all the other things in between. In this song, there were a lot of technical phrases used. At the same time I was writing this song, I was thinking of making it a love song as well. I wasn’t trying to make the whole song romantic, but I wanted it to be a cute lovely song that explained the process of mitosis.
When I presented this song to the class, I got a lot of positive reactions. The lyrics were displayed on the projector so they saw what I was trying to do. Before I presented the song, I told that them “Uracil” is a play on words for “You’re still.” When I was writing the song, I thought I was so clever for saying that. I was thinking like a rapper, how they do a lot of play on words in their songs. I think my song was effective, because when I was taking an exam, I was just repeating my own lyrics back in my head, making me remember the biology process just like how my teacher showed us those annoying high pitched catchy biology music videos.
I would definitely do this again because I think it helped me in my studies. If I were to write another song, it would probably be about school topics. I’m not much of a write when it comes to love songs or heartbreak songs because my lyrics are cliche or cheesy.
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