Educational rap cover of "Thru It All" by Wintertime Xi. Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to this instrumental and lyrical structure.

Lyrics:
Nitrogen in the soil.

Nitrogen is in soil,
Nitrogen in the air,
Nitrogen is in protein,
Nitrogen is everywhere.

If we can learn to limit it,
Then our future will be more than lit.
We need to fix our nitrogen use,
So that the earth doesn’t get abuse.

Nitrogen-nitrogen in the air,
Can’t be used, we need it to share
Either through high-energy (lightning) formation,
Or biological nitrogen fixation.

After nitrogen reaches the ground,
There are many processes to be found.
Small microbes are there to amonify,
Then bacteria starts to nitrify.

Plants then can assimilate,
Letting animals grab a plate.
They excrete every now and then,
Repeating the N cycle again. 

Nitrogen equals productivity,
Engages in nourishing activity,
It’s needed to maintain the population,
Without it, there’ll be starvation.

Nitrogen is in soil,
Nitrogen in the air,
Nitrogen is in protein,
Nitrogen is everywhere.

If we can learn to limit it,
Then our future will be more than lit.
We need to fix our nitrogen use,
So that the earth doesn’t get abuse.

Nitrogen is in soil,
Nitrogen in the air,
Nitrogen is in protein,
Nitrogen is everywhere.

If we can learn to limit it,
Then our future will be more than lit.
We need to fix our nitrogen use,
So that the earth doesn’t get abuse.

Humans bring nitrogen excess,
Through the Haber-Bosch process,
As well as legume cultivation,
And fossil fuel combustion.

This creates many negative outcomes,
Acid rain; lakes might need a Tums.
Ozone hole from stratospheric depletion.
Fish may die from eutrophication.

Don’t forget about coastal dead zones,
And temperatures hotter than massage stones.
Nitrous oxide may be used as a laughing gas,
But you won’t be laughing when you find out it’s a greenhouse gas.

Here are some things we can do,
Not overconsume and waste food.
Rely on cleaner energy sources, 
Maybe even use carriages and horses.

Nitrogen is in soil,
Nitrogen in the air,
Nitrogen is in protein,
Nitrogen is everywhere.

If we can learn to limit it,
Then our future will be more than lit.
We need to fix our nitrogen use,
So that the earth doesn’t get abuse.

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