From Alma Mater Vol. 1: The Midwest. Available Now!

*Ohio University*

These words can be found on the marker at the Ohio University Class Gateway:
“Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.”
Well,
God knows that it is necessary to find happiness.
And the promise of our college experience isn’t dependent on the government and is not limited to just our education.
We encourage all graduating high-school seniors to come to Athens.
Our generation has been called the Voices of Promise,
So believe when we tell you your life will forever be changed.
But these moments won’t last forever.

So our mortality conflicts with our morality.

Now let’s party.

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Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
These college girls—They Gett’nit.
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
The A-Town is Gett’nit.

Ohio is Gett’nit,
This is the Dream—
Go Get It,
We got Red Bricks, Green & White Cliques,
The A-Team—
We in it.
The Marchin’ Band—They gett’nit,
The most exciting band
In the business,
Lead the visitors to the Bursar’s cuz
They ’bout to get
The Business.
The Baker Center—
We in it.
Convocation Center—
We in it.
You the losing team,
We the winning team,
Check the final score:
YOU FINISHED.

Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
The A-Team is gett’nit.

Oh-Hi-Oh is gett’nit.
The Bobcats—
We in this.
We got the Athens pubs
The other schools are scrubs
The Party Lists:
We Win It.
Courtside—
We in it.
Lucky’s—
We in it.
If you think ya’ll can run with The Bobcats, then homie
Check yo’ fitness.
This party’s off the limits.
No cutoffs—
No Limits.
We stick together like Pawpurr’s flo’
Make me a Black Widow then po’ fo’ mo’,
Buzzed Up to Fucked Up then to Union
&
Hit the flo’.
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Biggest parties ever,
Call Guinness…
Wait, put that chick on hold, stud, first finish up yo’
Guinness!
Then top it all come Halloween
The world’s wildest block
YOU WITNESSED.

Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
The A-Team is gett’nit.
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—Let’s Get It.

Mill Fest—
We at it.
Palmer Fest—
Back at it.
What would be your school’s biggest party
Is to us
Just a Habit.
Bobcats—We At It,
Five-0—They’ve had it,
Tried to hose us down,
Can’t hold us down,
Fuck a violation—
Notepad it.
There’s a Palmer fire so let’s smoke now,
It’s about to
Go Down,
And you can take that pint down
if you old enough to
Vote Now.
We hotter than O’Betty,
And our grub is the best,
Eatin’ GoodFella’s, Big Mamma’s, then Mike’s Dogs: #Fest
Then it’s sex in apartments and all our dorm rooms—
#@*!Fest
In the Spring Time it’s the best time for the best fest:
#Fest
It’s mud, music, water guns, beach balls and alcohol,
Got Natural Light we on a Natural High no last call—
Drunk Fest.
It’s past 3:00 and we still ain’t finished,
You hear about
Ohio U,
and all our parties but
WE LIVE THIS.

Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
The A-Team is gett’nit.
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Live This.
After all the parties we’ll hold the diploma, sayin’, “Mom and Pop,
I Got It!”
And when you graduate you must go to Broney’s on Saturdays,
You Got It?

Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
The A-Team—We in it.
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Live This.

We live it up loud up in Athens, Ohio.
We live it up now cuz we ain’t promised tomorrow.
#Getit

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