[Verse 1]
Hundred eighteen boxes, don't you swallow the whole plate
Kitchen table chemistry, we plating it in eight
Row two starts at lithium, rolling to the neon door
Eight lil' soldiers marching, ain't gotta know no more
Beryllium, boron, carbon holding up the frame
Nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine calling out they name
Chunk it like a chorus, not the whole dang symphony
Six to fifteen at a time, that's the recipe
[Chorus]
Row by row, low and slow, that's the only way it flow
Six to fifteen in the pot, never the whole table hot
Chunk it, stack it, let it set, one lil' shelf at a time
Eighteen rows of kinfolk, learn 'em line by line
[Verse 2]
Row three wake up sodium, stretching out to argon's gate
Magnesium, aluminum, silicon holdin' weight
Phosphorus and sulfur, chlorine ridin' shotgun too
Eight deep in the segment, that's all you gotta chew
Don't go grabbin' potassium 'less row three sit down first
Building block by building block, that's how you quench the thirst
Cram the whole periodic, watch your memory get sick
Slice it like a sandwich, take it brick by brick
[Chorus]
Row by row, low and slow, that's the only way it flow
Six to fifteen in the pot, never the whole table hot
Chunk it, stack it, let it set, one lil' shelf at a time
Eighteen rows of kinfolk, learn 'em line by line
[Verse 3]
Transition metals stretchin' ten wide, scandium to zinc
Split it half in half again, five and five, don't blink
Titanium, vanadium, chromium rollin' deep
Manganese and iron, that's a porch bench, not a heap
Cobalt, nickel, copper closin' out the row
Zinc the caboose rider, watch that segment go
Ten's too heavy for one breath, cut the block in two
Five on the left porch, five more comin' through
[Bridge]
Lanthanides and actinides, pulled down below the floor
Two rows sittin' separate, don't mix 'em with the corps
Fourteen deep on each side, treat 'em like they own lil' song
Chunk the rare earth family, you'll never lead you wrong
Spaced it out on Tuesday, come back Thursday for the rest
Memory ain't a sprint, child, it's a slow simmered test
[Verse 4]
Noble gases closin' every row like a locked back door
Helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon, and more
That's a chunk all by itself, six deep and easy found
Column style or row style, either way you lay it down
Never try the marathon, hundred eighteen in one go
Six to fifteen, steady breathin', that's the tempo, keep it slow
[Chorus]
Row by row, low and slow, that's the only way it flow
Six to fifteen in the pot, never the whole table hot
Chunk it, stack it, let it set, one lil' shelf at a time
Eighteen rows of kinfolk, learn 'em line by line
[Outro]
Row by row, chunk by chunk, that's the method, that's the gold
Six to fifteen at a time, watch the table start to fold
Into your memory, easy, nothin' heavy, nothin' rushed
Low and slow, kinfolk, that's how the whole thing gets hushed