Tesuji, Maybe

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Channel: The Official AGA Youtube Channel · 2012 · Entertainment

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Tesuji, Maybe (Sound is low, make sure to turn it up. Clapping gets loud, sorry)
Sung to Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe'. Lyrics modified by Todd Blatt. Song was one of the winners of the 2012 US Go Congress Song and Poetry Competition. Sung by Karoline Li and Samantha Fede.

Lyrics:
I threw a stone on the board 
took out a pro game record
All other studies ignored 
And now I just wanna play

I read the capturing race
played one more stone just in case
Where's a group I ca-an chase?
Oh! There's one I can slay
 
My stones were glowing 
Te-su-jis were flowing
Now my rank's plateauing
How come it's not growing, baby? 

Hey, I'm a 1 kyu, and this is crazy 
I wanna go pro, so teach me maybe 
It's hard to get past shodan, baby 
But here's my kifu, review it maybe? 

Hey, I'm a 1 kyu, and this is crazy 
I wanna go pro, so teach me maybe 
Most corner problems do not faze me
But where's the answer, tesuji maybe?

I took my time with the game 
I still lost it, what a shame 
I've got myself to blame, but that's just how I play 

Hane cut and extend
And weaknesses to-o mend
Many groups to a-attend, but that's just how I play

My stones were glowing 
Te-su-jis were flowing
Now my rank's plateauing
How come it's not growing, baby? 

Hey, I'm a 1 kyu, and this is crazy 
I wanna go pro, so teach me maybe 
It's hard to get past shodan, baby 
But here's my kifu, review it maybe 

Hey, I'm a 1 kyu, and this is crazy 
I wanna go pro, so teach me maybe 
Most corner problems do not faze me
But where's the answer, tesuji maybe 

Before I came to Congress, I played go so bad 
I played go so bad... I played go so, so bad 
Before I came to Congress, I played go so bad 
And you should know that... I played go so, so bad 

It's hard to get past shodan, baby 
But here's my kifu, review it maybe 

Hey, I'm a 1 kyu, and this is crazy 
I wanna go pro, so teach me maybe 
Most corner problems do not faze me 
But where's the answer, tesuji maybe ?

Before I came to Congress, I played go so bad 
I played go so bad... I played go so, so bad 
Before I came to Congress, I played go so bad 
And you should know that 
So teach me maybe

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