Colin Dodds – Debit Credit Theory (Accounting Rap Song) [HD]

Educational rap for a high school accounting course

Get it on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/debit-credit-theory/id429753271?i=429753324&uo=4

Yo, yo, you wanna be an accountant? Think it over,
It ain’t easy, you might need a four leaf clover.
If you ain’t willing to work hard, then can it –
It’s the most sought after job on this planet.
Now, you tell me you wanna be an impartial judge of my solvency?
Now, you tell me you wanna protect the world from corporate fraudulency?
Now, all that sounds like fun, son, but you gotta walk before you can run.
To know what these numbers mean you gotta know the debit credit theory!

Debits on the left, credits on the right,
Debit left! Credit right! Debit left! Credit right!
For complete satisfaction,
Balance all of your transactions.

So, if you really wanna know, ’bout your cash flow, where your money go?
Then give in to the temptation,
Understand the fundamental accounting equation.
An asset increasing is a debit,
An asset decreasing is a credit.
The reverse is true for liabilities and equity,
If you get this then you get accountancy!

You ain’t born a high roller, gotta work your way up to controller.

Video by: Mike Withers and Colin Dodds
Song by: Colin Dodds
Much thanks to: Mike Withers, Dave, Alex, Besh, Jonathan, Ryan, Sascha, Shannon

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25 Comments
  1. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    @duskull123456789 maybe

  2. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    The Best song I’ve ever heard about accounting. Now if you can come up with a song for Financing Corporations, You will be totally awesome

  3. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    Now get back to work.

  4. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    @duskull123456789 Did you do the dance in class?

  5. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    My friend watched this in her accounting class three times and she told me to check it out…and she was right! I did laugh till I cried lmao

  6. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    HAHAHAHA, OH MY GOD!

  7. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    This song made me want to pull my own hair out!
    DEBITS ON THE LEFT!
    thats all I remember 🙁
    I guess thats why im doing so bad in accounting
    OHHHHHHH WELLLLLLLL
    wait….I REMEMBER
    CREDITS ON THE RIGHT
    SCHULICH HERE I COME!!!!!

  8. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    it makes accounting sound so easy.but theres so much more the those words

  9. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    mr. dodds you are awesome, come visit hamber sometime!

  10. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    i love this

  11. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    nice dance song

  12. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    Ha. Ha. Ha.

  13. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    As an accountant (CFO) with a daughter considering the accounting profession, I LOVE this video!!!!! We are too often viewed as people with pocket pen protectors and duct tape holding our eyewear together but that is OLD school. Thanks for livening up our image.

  14. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    my accounting teacher showed me this today AND made our entire class dance to it….stuck in my head ALL day….

  15. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    i can’t stop watching this! hahah too good!

  16. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    lol my accounting teacher showed us this

  17. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    This is surprisingly catchy for a song created for educational purposes.

  18. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    this song made accounting class less boring 😀

  19. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    I will never look at debits and credits the same way ever again…

  20. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    My accounting teacher showed this vid in today’s lesson. Thanks and greetings from Finland 🙂

  21. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    @AnnX7 which school?

  22. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    lolol chilled chaos

  23. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    This video essentially landed him a job.
    I’m proud to be one of his students for his teacher practicum.

  24. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    and who said accountants were BORING!?!?

  25. Anonymous says:
    Posted November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    lol! my super cool business teacher let us listen to this through our whole class