thibodeaux wanted t' try somet'in' new,
he was tired a' livin' in da bayou,
where big ole mosquito feast on his skin,
where 'gator jine him fo' afternoon swims,

he wanna go somewheres where it ain' wet,
perhaps mebbe his clothes will get dry yet,
be one of da few, da proud, da marines,
where he'll learn t' be a man, fit an' lean,

dey sends him down south carolina way,
he gits in trouble de very firs' day,
"whatchu do dat fo', cut off all mah hair?,"
d.i. say, "dropgimmetwenny, righ' dere,"

"TIB-BEE-DEE-UX!!!!" d.i. shout once again,
"dass IT!!" thibodeaux blows up level ten,
"cain't y'all learn to say mah name, TIB-OH-DOUGH!!!!,"
"tib-bee-dee-ux...twenny pushups, let's go,"

thibodeaux runnin', runnin' alla time,
thibodeaux t'inks p.t. should be a crime,
thibodeaux cannot keep his big mout' close',
guys in his platoon want t' punch his nose,

thibodeaux pushin'up more den da res',
thibodeaux is feelin' all kinda stressed,
thibodeaux t'ink da d.i.'s awful mean,
he don' t'ink he's cut t' be a marine,

it seem like dere platoon da worse dey is,
cain't march wort' a dang, d.i.'s sore, gee whiz!
cain't fire dere weapons, fight wort' a flip,
fail da obstickle course, da d.i.'s ripped,

oooooohhh, thibodeaux can see da d.i.'s MAD,
rips 'em one side, t' other, real bad,
"y'all gon' marines, da las' t'ing i do,
cain't y'all hear me? whatsa matter wit' you??,

"y'all are gon' learn t' take orders from me,
y'all can be da bes', y'all work as a team,
how can y'all respect me? don't 'spect yousel',
do y'all t'ink i like to holler an' yell?"

d.i. say, "y'all have been here fo' eight weeks,
fo' mo', ya's done; give y'all's best, all i seek,"
righ' den an' dere, da whole platoon decide,
t' give da ole d.i. somet'in wit' pride,

dey work week after week, bot' day an' nigh',
team week, a-line, crucible, get it righ',
where dere were goofups now were proud marines,
dey did it all, 'cause dey were now a team,

graduation day, da d.i. stood tall,
his platoon da best, da best of dem all,
thibodeaux chosen leader, most improved,
somet'in' da platoon and d.i. approved.