[Verse 1]
Here’s what I know
About Michelangelo
He painted on the ceiling
And carved up some stones
He built those beautiful library stairs
And he gave St. Peter a dome
He left Moses sitting in Rome

[Verse 2]
Well, I wonder how I can
Be more like him
But where I see a cracked ceiling
He sees the birth of man
Mama said I aught to sit down
And put together some sort of plan
'Cause that’s how Michelangelo began

[Chorus]
He’d go down to his studio
He’d wait till the ideas flowed
Then he’d take out his hammer and spike
And chip at that marble 'til the marble looked right
Then he’d say, “Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
That’s why they call me Michelangelo!”