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title: The Internet Can't Even Handle This Video of Michelle Obama Rapping About College
description: First Lady Michelle Obama has teamed up with SNL’s Jay Pharoah and College Humor to promote a rap video urging kids to go to college.
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published: '2015-12-10T18:00:50.000Z'
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![151215_ff_flotusvid](https://img.money.com/2015/12/151215_ff_flotusvid.jpg)
*First Lady Michelle Obama*

First Lady Michelle Obama has teamed up with Jay Pharoah of "Saturday Night Live" and [College Humor](http://www.collegehumor.com/video/7035065/go-to-college-music-video-with-first-lady-michelle-obama) to promote a rap video urging kids to go to college, sparking a meme about other #flotusbars. And yes, she actually raps in the video.

"South Side Chicago, we all know / We had to do overtime every night to make it tomorrow," the First Lady raps. (Soak that in for a moment: *The First Lady raps!*) "And everyone could really make their dream true / Hey kid, listening in Michigan that could be you!"

The video includes cameos by a talking portrait of George Washington, as well as a TIME magazine cover! It ends by directing viewers to [BetterMakeRoom.org](https://bettermakeroom.org/our-story), a group that encourages young people to get educations.

Twitter users responded with jokes about other fictional Michelle Obama rap lyrics, tagged with the hashtag [#flotusbars](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23flotusbars&src=typd).

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Watch the video here:

[Watch video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1yAOK0nSb0)

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