Fight, fight, fight for Washington State, I say no. For too long, we sang a song in which we had to spell out the name of a man who wore a silly wig. I argue that Fetty Wap’s Again is a much more fitting fight song that students would be delighted to sing. Little known fact: The rapper Fetticus Wapito wrote Again about Washington State University. If you listen carefully to the lyrics, it’s quite easy to discern.

“I want you to be mine again, baby, ayy. I know my lifestyle is driving you crazy, ayy I cannot see myself without you.”

This bar represents the struggle many WSU students face to be accepted, acknowledged, and appreciated by the institution they belong to. Fetty Wap sees deep sorrow in how WSU treats students at this time in its history. Like an abusive relationship, we come back each semester to high tuition, poor football, and parking tickets. This actually relates to another gripe that Fetty Wap expresses in the song.

“Girl, I need you baby, girl tell me if you with it yeah, baby, all the bands I’ma spend it.”

This line is about the financial oppression WSU puts upon its students and how we are all too willing to oblige. This is actually a well-known theory in class politics represented in song. Songs are often meant to express the grievances of an oppressed class. That oppressed class being students.

By singing this song at football games, basketball games, and tennis matches, we can form clear class consciousness among the student class. Class consciousness is essential when a large majority of people are being controlled by a small minority (professors, admin, parking patrol).

It’s vital for us as students to form this consciousness through reforming a classic school tradition to adapt to today’s hardships. So, go buy your JBL Bluetooth Speaker and blast it on full volume the next time you’re downing a Fireball shooter at Gesa Field. Sing Fetty Wap loud and proud as a united student section.