--- title: 6th Grader Remixes Tee Grizzley's 'First Day Out' for School description: Watch a motivated 6th grader from Milwaukee Excellence Charter School rap a educational remix of Tee Grizzley's hit song "First Day Out." canonical: https://time.com/4999109/6th-grade-girl-raps-educational-remix-tee-grizzley-first-day-out/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-26T22:00:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:18.831Z og:title: 6th Grader Remixes Tee Grizzley's 'First Day Out' for School og:description: A star in the making og:url: https://time.com/4999109/6th-grade-girl-raps-educational-remix-tee-grizzley-first-day-out/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52df2974fea50aeb/6988e38fcf40a85816c49fa0/6th-grade-girl-remixes-tee-grizzley-first-day-out.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Setting the page on fire with some hard work og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 6th Grader Remixes Tee Grizzley's 'First Day Out' for School twitter:description: A star in the making twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52df2974fea50aeb/6988e38fcf40a85816c49fa0/6th-grade-girl-remixes-tee-grizzley-first-day-out.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Inspirational 6th Grade Girls Created a Viral Remix > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 26, 2017 10:00 PM UTC  Closeup shot of a young man writing on a note pad Closeup shot of a young man writing on a note pad PeopleImages—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 26, 2017 10:00 PM UTC [Tee Grizzley’s](http://time.com/4972743/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-28/) hit “First Day Out,” a narrative about his first day after three years in prison, has earned him [fans in luminaries like LeBron James and Stephen Curry](http://time.com/4880602/steph-curry-does-lebron-james-moves/); now, however, it looks like the track is also being used to celebrate academic excellence. In a video shared by teacher Terrance Sims, a group of sixth graders at Milwaukee Excellence Charter School in Wisconsin remix “First Day Out” into a rap song called “Excellence First,” which champions learning and academic achievement. Two of the students truly shine however, proving themselves to be bona fide MCs in their own right, mastering the verses with the kind of aplomb and flow that should make Grizzley feel like he has some major competition. Memorable bars include “When I’m in class, I’mma give my all/show all my classmates how I really ball” and “In the year 2028, from a college I will graduate.” This isn’t the first time that Sims has used a creative method to get his students excited about learning; earlier this year, he spearheaded a Black History Month project called “Representation Is Key,” which went viral after three of his students flawlessly [recreated the promotional image for _Hidden Figures._](http://time.com/4656626/girls-dress-up-hidden-figures/) Watch “Excellence First” below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4999109/6th-grade-girl-raps-educational-remix-tee-grizzley-first-day-out/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4999109/6th-grade-girl-raps-educational-remix-tee-grizzley-first-day-out/"},"headline":"These Inspirational 6th Grade Girls Created a Viral Remix","datePublished":"2017-10-26T22:00:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:18.831Z","description":"A star in the making","url":"https://time.com/4999109/6th-grade-girl-raps-educational-remix-tee-grizzley-first-day-out/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Education","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52df2974fea50aeb/6988e38fcf40a85816c49fa0/6th-grade-girl-remixes-tee-grizzley-first-day-out.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52df2974fea50aeb/6988e38fcf40a85816c49fa0/6th-grade-girl-remixes-tee-grizzley-first-day-out.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Setting the page on fire with some hard work","caption":"Setting the page on fire with some hard work","creditText":"PeopleImages—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4999109/6th-grade-girl-raps-educational-remix-tee-grizzley-first-day-out/","name":"These Inspirational 6th Grade Girls Created a Viral Remix"}}]}] ```