Flocabulary's uniqe "Mouth of the Horse" song features 25 American idoms.
The song works as a great teaching tool for ESL / EFL learners as well as students in grades 4-7.

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"The Mouth of the Horse"
American Idioms

Lyrics

We pulled out all the stops, took it up a notch,

Stepped it up, so we're over the top.

I’m married to hip-hop till I die,

so I tied the knot…

You flip-flopped, changed your mind

so you get dropped.       

"Hip-Hop just is so"

That’s nonsense,

stop talking, put a sock in it.

If you don’t have a sock, use a stocking,

We rockin’ it. 

Like a quarry,

a diamond in the rough, no need to worry.

Now you know what’s up.

I’m off the record, off the beat, and off the cuff,

I’m off the top, I’m just making it up,

I’m caught with my pants down,

But my hands are up.

We're in your face like your nose is,

So go slow kids.

When you walk through life,

don’t forget to smell the roses.

And I think that you know this.

 

Whoa, hold your horses.

You call me like a chump ‘cause I’m serving verses?

Y’all know what the mouth of the horse is.

It’s the place where you hear it first kids.

 

It could be raining cats and dogs,

big drops that hit when they fall.

Flocab’ll put the pedal to the metal,

if you meddle with my levels,

I’m gonna stir it up like Steve Biko, never settle.

They say the devil’s in the details,

so if you're making a beat,

never overlook the treble.

I'll be selling this retail,

like Sally at the seashore selling seashells.

Followers ride our coattails,

we cut them off each week like toenails.

Oh yeah, Flocab up on that,

crews who be chewing the fat,

talking bout this and bout that,

oh, now we up on the map.

 

Whoa, hold your horses.

You call me like a chump ‘cause I’m serving verses?

Y’all know what the mouth of the horse is.

It’s the place where you hear it first kids.

 

This is news for all you new crews,

keep your kids close like Kangaroos do.

I could eat a horse, or an animal,

so hungry I can’t stand it though.

I see red when I’m mad like the Red Sea,

Or the color other than blue on your Pepsi,

Who are you to test me?

Hold your horses like a jockey,

cause it’s impossible to stop me…

 

Whoa, hold your horses.

You call me like a chump ‘cause I’m serving verses?

Y’all know what the mouth of the horse is.

It’s the place where you hear it first kids.