Verb: That's What's Happening

"Verb: That's What's Happening" is a song in Schoolhouse Rock!, which can be seen in Grammar Rock. The song teaches us about verbs. The song is also famous for bringing us the first animated black superhero, Verb.
==Lyrics==
I get my thing in action
(Verb!)
To be, to see, to feel, to live
(Verb! That's what's happenin')
I put my heart in action
(Verb!)
To run, to go, to get, to give
(Verb! You're what's happenin')
That's where I find satisfaction, yeah!
(Yeah!)
To search, to find, to have, to hold
(Verb! To be bold)
When I use my imagination
(Verb!)
I think, I plot, I plan, I dream
Turning in toward creation
(Verb!)
I make, I write, I dance, I sing
When I'm feeling really active
(Verb!)
I run, I ride, I swim, I fly!
Other times when life is easy
(Oh!)
I rest, I sleep, I sit, I lie
(Verb! That's what's happenin')
I can take a noun and bend it, gimme a noun -
(Bat, boat, rake, and plow)
Make it a verb and really send it!
(Show me how)
Oh, I don't know my own power
(Verb!)
I get my thing in action
(Verb!)
In being,
(Verb!)
In doing,
(Verb!)
In saying...
A verb expresses action, being, or state of being.
(A verb makes a statement!)
Yeah, a verb tells it like it is!
(Verb! That's what's happenin')
I can tell you when it's happening,
(Past, present, future tense)
Ooh! Tell you more about what's happening,
(Say it so it makes some sense)
I can tell you who is happening!
(Verb, you're so intense)
Hey! Every sentence has a subject
(Noun: person, place, or thing)
Find that subject: Where's the action?
(Verb can make a subject sing)
Take the subject: What is it?
(What!)
What's done to it?
(What!)
What does it say?
(Verb, you're what's happenin')
Ooh! I can question like: What is it?
(Verb, you're so demanding)
I can order like: Go get it!
(Verb, you're so commanding)
When I hit I need an object
(Verb, hit! Hit the ball!)
When I see, I see the object
(Do you see that farthest wall?)
If you can see it there, put the ball over the fence, man!
Go ahead on! Yeah, alright. What?! He hit it.
It's goin'... It's goin'... It's gone! (What!)
I get my thing in action
(Verb! That's what's happenin')
Huh! To work,
(Verb!)
To play,
(Verb!)
To live,
(Verb!)
To love...
(Verb!...)
==Gallery==
Schoolhouse Rock Verb- Boy hugs his Mom.jpeg|Tommy hugs his Mother
Verb (That's What's Happening) Easter Egg.png
Verbthatswhatshappening.JPG.jpg
==Trivia==
*Dave Frishberg originally wrote a song titled "World Without Verbs", which would have showcased how there would not be much action without verbs. But when Bob Dorough wrote the action-oriented "Verb: That's What's Happening", Frishberg's song was passed over.
*One of the buildings near the movie theater has the sign "George's Groceries", a reference to producer George Newall.
*Voted #24 on the top 25 favorite Schoolhouse Rock! songs.
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