In honor of the 44th anniversary of Sesame Street, The Roots and Jimmy Fallon joined the Sesame Street gang to sing “Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street?” Of course they were accompanied by classroom instruments, and Black Thought of The Roots busted some rhymes about the Sesame Street characters, seen below. It’s safe to say this is the most joyful and happy version of this song in…44 extremely happy years!
“OK, you heard about, through word of mouth
Big Bird is out, he’s in the house
He’s turnin’ up, with Snuffleup
They’re really gettin’ their hustle up
They stick together like Velcro
There Grover go, there’s Elmo
And Cookie Monster there, look he likes
To take selfies with his cell phone
They got a homegirl named Abby
Her last name is Cadabby
I showed her my report card
She said, [Abby: Not too shabby!]
They got all types of cool kids there
It’s lots of fun if you live there
One thing I keep forgettin’ about Sesame Street…
How do you get there?”