Culture Book 2014
Our Story DoSomething.org makes the world suck less. One of the largest orgs for young people and social change, our 2.7 million members tackle campaigns that impact every cause, from poverty to violence to the environment to literally everything else. Any cause, anytime, anywhere. *mic drop*
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REASONS TO WORK AT DOSOMETHING
1. We’ve got history 2. We have a kickass staff 3. We love our interns 4. We work hard, but play harder 5. We have a cool crib 6. We’re around the world 7. We make campaigns that are big, loud, and easy 8. We’re here for teens 9. We have the inside scoop 10. We know all the cool people 11. We’re blowing up
1 WE’VE GOT HISTORY
Big Stuff 1993 We were co-founded by actor and all around good guy, Andrew Shue.
So dream y 2008 We expanded our network to mobile membership connectivity through SMS with Mobile Commons.
1995 This is what our site looked like. Yikes!
2003 CEO and Chief Old Person, Nancy Lublin, was one of two employees!
2014 We turned 21.
2013 We launched a subsidiary strategy agency, TMI, to show other brands how to kill it like DoSomething.org
#Flawless
2014 2013 Our fearless leader, Nancy Lublin, launched Crisis Text Line (CTL), the first free, 24/7 text line for teens.
We relaunched our site. It now looks like THIS!
2 WE HAVE A KICKASS STAFF
2014 Staff
AARON BERNEKING
AARON SCHACHTER
ALYSHA BOLOGNO
Campaigns Associate Physical and Mental Health
Senior Software Engineer
Mobile Engagement Manager
ALYSSA RUDERMAN
ANDREA GAITHER
APRIL WRIGHT
Campaigns Manager Sex, Violence, & Relationships
Software Engineer
Director International Programs
ARIA FINGER
BARRY CLARK
BAYLEE GREENBERG
COO
Director Technical Product
Business Development Manager
BEN KASSOY
BRYCE MATHIAS
CALVIN STOWELL
Managing Editor
Digital Content Associate
Director Digital & Content
CHLOE LEE
CHRIS HARBUR
COLLEEN WORMSLEY
Marketing Manager
Campaigns Outreach Associate
Marketing Associate
CRYSTAL BELL
DARREN LEE
DARREN MASTROPAOLO
Creative Director
Back-end Engineer
Business Development Manager
2014 Staff
DAVE DELUCA
DAVE FURNES
DIEGO LORENZO
Head of Campaigns
Senior Software Engineer
Software Engineer
GLEB BOUNDIN
HILARY GRIDLEY
JEFF BLADT
Tech Wizard
Campaigns Manager Environment & Animal Welfare
Chief Data Officer
JONATHAN UY
JOSH CUSANO
JULIE LORCH
Mobile Developer
Data Scientist
Head of UX
KATIE RADFORD
KELLIE WAGNER
KENIA BAUMGARTEN
Head of Fun
Member Experience Associate
Director of Finance
KERI GOFF
LIZ EDDY
Photo & Design Manager
Manager Special Projects
UX Designer
MARAH LIDEY
MATT HOLFORD
MICAH NELSON
Director Mobile Product & Messaging
CTO
International Associate
LUKE PATTON
2014 Staff
MIKE FANTINI
MORGAN RICH
MUNEER PANJWANI
Head of Product
Software Engineer
Business Development Manager
NAMI MODY
NANCY LUBLIN
Campaigns Associate Poverty, Homelessness, & International
CEO
RITIKA KAUSHAL
SARAH PIPER-GOLDBERG
TONG XIANG
Finance/HR Associate
Campaigns Manager Discrimination & Bullying
Junior Software Engineer
NAOMI HIRABAYASHI CMO
2014 TMI Staff
ARIA FINGER
GREG THOMAS
LISA BOYD
President
Lead Strategist
Senior Strategist
ELLIE ZEITLIN
LIZZY DIVINE
GREG PERLSTEIN
Program Strategist
Associate Strategist
Director of Business Development
We asked the staff... WHAT’S THE NERDIEST THING YOU DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME?
IF YOU COULD BE NANCY FOR A DAY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
GLEB BOUNDIN
LISA BOYD
Read poetry, build servers, and design video games
Have lunch with Chelsea Clinton
NAOMI HIRABAYASHI
CHRIS HARBUR
Watch really bad movies like Piranha 3D
Hack her Twitter and get her followers
LIZ EDDY
GREG THOMAS
Read and research Japanesse nuclear history
Order Varsano’s
NANCY LUBLIN
GREG PERLSTEIN
We’ve had this year’s Comic-con and Halloween outfits planned since April.
Make Toto Tuesdays last all day, no exceptions
We asked the staff... WHAT IS YOUR SECRET TALENT?
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DOSOMETHING.ORG STAT?
LIZZY DIVINE
MUNEER PANJWANI
I can read minds
We’re the only org using SMS to activate millions of young people to do social good.
NAMI MODY
COLLEEN WORMSLEY
Winning things on the radio
We have over 2.6 million members!
KELLIE WAGNER I can speak to animals. They don’t always speak back
DARREN MASTROPAOLO We clothe 1/2 of the youth homeless population in the US year after year.
MICAH NELSON A quarter of our staff are former interns
We asked the staff... WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CAMPAIGN AND WHY?
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE A KID?
CALVIN STOWELL
KENIA BAUMGARTEN
Teens For Jeans, it’s our biggest and
A singing, dancing, ice skating ballerina
incredibly impactful
KATIE RADFORD
BRYCE MATHIAS
Give a Spit. Lives saved. Holy Cow
Like every superhero
RITIKA KAUSHAL Birthday Mail, because who doesn’t like
DAVE FURNES
A DoSomething.org employee
to get birthday cards on their birthday
ARIA FINGER
LUKE PATTON
Comeback Clothes. I love that we grew
A magician
impact by 340% in just 9 weeks
Staff Retreat The DoSomething.org staff isn’t a group of people stuck together in an office, tolerating each other for 40 hours a week. We’re a close and creative staff who truly listen and care for one another and for a week each year, that’s what we do. Staff Retreat gives us unlimited access to pick each other’s brains, spawning innovative new ideas for the organization and helping us bond as the family we are. We laugh, we cry, and we come up with ideas for how to make DoSomething.org better.
3 WE LOVE OUR INTERNS
2014 Summer Interns In the summer, spring, and fall we hire paid interns to come into our office and gain valuable work experience in the not for profit world and help out a ton. This summer we had 25 full-time interns! Our biggest class to date. They got to know what it’s like to work in a fun and young office environment, so we asked them what exactly is the best part about working in this office! Here’s what they said:
KERSTIN GROOP
DIEGO VICENTE
People. Meeting people in and out of office and recognizing a world of their unique perspectives.
My job is to break stuff, need I say more?
NICOLE JAVORSKY
SRIKAR GUDIPATI
I love the casual office culture because i can work comfortably and get to know interns and
The fact that DoSomething.org allowed a high
staff easier (plus sitting on a bouncy ball all day).
schooler to do a college internship!
JESS COLEMAN My favorite thing has been being around such ambitious and determined interns.
DIANE ZMIRICH Being around people who are so passionate about what they do has been inspiring. I’ve learned a lot while also having a great time.
DANIEL SHELLEY
MEG KIRBY
It’s literally like no other job out there. One whole day is devoted to a scavenger hunt and
I’ve been able to work on projects that actually make an impact on the organization. I’ve
there’s so many office events. And you don’t have to get anyone coffee.
learned a lot and have met amazing people.
DOMINICK RECCKIO CHRIS TRAN Being surrounded by so many innovative and creative folks. I’ve learned more here than I
When I walk through the door, and see the DS logo, I know that I am about to have a great day.
have in college.
RAFI STRAUSS
DANIEL MOSESSON
Interacting with the awesome interns and staff, in a relaxed but challenging environment.
Finding a problem that majorly affects the organization, building a solution and making an impact.
ARIEL SCOTT-DICKER Feeling like I’ve been here for years.
EMILY SCHNEE I love how much responsibility and freedom we get to work on our own work as well as assisting others. And of course, I love all the
ASHLEY SONSON My favorite thing about working here this summer has been...meeting such inspirational and positive people.
LAURA CLEVENGER The people, culture, Varsano’s chocolate, summer Fridays, all-intern meetings, flash mobs, innovation meetings, and Varsano’s chocolate.
interns and staff.
EMILY DICUS
JANICE TSAI
Who else gets paid to post on Pinterest and Tumblr? Being around awesome people in NYC isn’t too bad either.
All of the wacky and insightful conversations with other interns over baked-potato dinners, frozen treats, Thai curries, and every other food under the sun. We’re a chatty and gastronomic bunch - the best combination!
STEVEN HARTWIG
JOE KENT
SAWYER SMITH
Writing cool software and having fun doing it.
The staff. Enough said.
RICKY NEAL
RAMNEET SACHDEV
My favorite thing about working at DoSomething this summer was the fact that my work directly impacts the organization!
The opportunity to QB important company-wide projects makes me feel like an actual asset.
The people- the sense of family, the culture, innovation meetings, failfest, DOSA Thursdays.
Ariel Scott-Dicker
Mobile Engagement Intern
Meg Kirby
Content Intern
Chris Tran
Digital Engagement Intern
Emily Dicus Digital Content Intern
Samvitha Ram
TMI Strategy Intern
Laura Clevenger TMI Strategy Intern
Rafi Strauss Web Developer Intern
Steven Hartwig IT Inetn
Diego Vicente QA Intern
Skrikar Gudipati Web Developer Intern
Joe Kent
Web Developer Intern
Daniel Mosesson Data Intern
Ashley Sonson Finance / HR Intern
Dominick Recckio
Business Development Intern
Melanie Chaite
Special Projects Intern
Kerstin Groop
Business Development Intern
Janice Tsai International Intern
Sawyer Smith Video Intern
Diane Zmirich Marketing Intern
Daniel Shelley
Graphic Design Intern
Ricky Neal Education Campaign Intern
Jess Coleman Poverty, Homelessness, & Inernational Campaign Intern
Ramneet Sachdev Bullying & Discrimunation Campaign Intern
Emily Schnee
Sex, Violence, & Relationships Campaign Intern
Nicole Javorsky
Animal Welfare & Envirornment Campaign Intern
High School Interns Much like we do with our college intern program, we have high school interns in our office year round. Not only do they bring fun energy to the DoSomething.org headquarters, but they also help us connect directly to our member base. A special thanks to all of the high school interns that helped us out this summer
Anna Ayres-Brown Brittany Bing Emily Simens Eric McKoy Gabriel Broshy Gloranny Rodriguez Isa Kivlighan Jazmin Kay Kelly Song Kyle Ratner
Michael Borger Michelle Vera Milena Almetica Olivia Davis Pauline Guerra Pema Namseling Shivani Mandavilli Tony Zheng Yvette Calunsod
4 WE WORK HARD, BUT PLAY HARDER
Kickball Our summers are packed with all sorts of awesome, out-of-office events. One of the best parts of a DoSomething.org summer is our weekly kickball games with other New York City organizations we love. The staff and interns united for a (mostly) friendly game of kickball dressed in our custom matching t-shirts. Win or lose, it’s always a great time. (But to be honest, we always win.)
Spirit Days Being the coolest not-for-profit means we also have to dress the part. This summer, we repped our colleges, celebrated Halloween in June, matched outfits with our office twins, had a battle of the patterns and even created a Pride Rainbow. Look how colorful we are!
Bake Offs Besides young people and social change, something else we take seriously at DoSomething.org is snack-time. We hold bake-offs every week to put our staff and interns’ baking abilities to the test. Some of our favorite themes have been: Secret Family Recipes, Mini Treats, and a good ol’ fashioned Guac Off. If you don’t snag ‘em before lunchtime, you’ll be lucky to even have crumbs. They’re that good.
Scavenger Hunt We love our interns. We love them so much that every summer we spend an entire day sending them all over to NYC. Our staff comes up with over 150 tasks as they visit all of our BFFs - tasks range from writing embarrassing TMIs in the park to doing a flash mob on the sidewalk. It’s pretty intense.
e out m a c 3 Team won d n a p on to ts for h g i r g braggin mmer. the su
Task 32 Ph otoshop a sunset in to a picture of y ou and a board memb er
WE HAVE A COOL CRIB
We ca n’t withou party disco t a ball
In 2012, we moved from our old office in Union Square to our new shiny one in the Flatiron District. We’ve got a spacious kitchen, an in-office gym, and conference rooms named after superheroes’ lairs (important things go down in the Batcave!). Our wide, open space is perfect for collaboration, sharing ideas, and a good ol’ scooter race Who can’t love working in a place with scooters, a disco ball, pac man, and a popcorn machine?! (Answer: No one.) Whenever anyone launches a new product, campaign, or project, they get to ring our huge gong in the middle of the office and share their accomplishments with the whole team. It’s an awesome way to not only celebrate each other but also make sure we’re totally transparent across teams when there are exciting new things happening. The entire back wall in our office is covered in cork for us to post our accomplishments, inspirations, to share stuff our members do, and an entire section is dedicated to the cool things we’re doing with SMS..
KATIE RADFORD
Having an open office space makes total sense for our work style. We’re super collaborative and are always bouncing ideas off of each other which is so easy to do with no walls to get in our way.
6 WE’RE AROUND THE WORLD
Sabbatical After working at DoSomething.org for two years, staff members get a special treat: a 4 week paid sabbatical to volunteer anywhere in the world. New York is pretty sweet, but there are all kinds of awesome places out there for staff members to visit and make an impact. We send them off in hopes that they’ll come back with an incredible volunteer experience under their belt and some inspiring stories to tell.
ALYSHA BOLOGNO
I went to Asunciòn, Paraguay to work with SOMOSGAY. I wanted to go somewhere I’ve never been before, and didn’t know much about. But, it was important for me to go somewhere where I had some connection with a person so I wasn’t completely clueless. SOMOSGAY works on gaining visibility for the LGBT community in an effort to bring equal rights to Paraguay. I helped create a strategy to mobilize their members using Whatsapp. Almost everyone in Paraguay owns a smartphone, and uses Whatsapp as their main communication. They’ll now be able to use my strategy and best practices to send members updates and increase the number of people attending their events.
Wishlist Bali Malawi Iceland Argentina New Zealand South Africa Indonesia India South America Spain Portugal Ecudor Congo
International Space Station China Southeast Asia The Galapagos Lebanon Norway Chile Australia New Guinea Central America Nigeria Brazil
International Responding to the demand of young people around the world and other organizations passionate about young people, DoSomething.org created an International Affiliate program. The International program is a partner network of organizations across the world that are activating young people around causes they care about. Each DoSomething affiliate program operates as a franchise and runs 3 to 4 country-wide campaigns a year. Together the network offers best practices, . Our current affiliates are in Botswana, Canada, Congo (DRC), Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria and the UK. We expect to be in 10 countries by 2015, so keep an eye out!
Affiliates
BOTSWANA
CANADA
CONGO
GHANA
INDONESIA
KENYA
NIGERIA
UNITED KINGDOM
International Space Station
DS AFFILIATE PAST SABBATICAL
WISHLIST
7 WE MAKE CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE BIG, LOUD, & EASY
Campaigns Our 2.7 million members tackle campaigns that impact causes ranging from homelessness to the environment. DoSomething.org campaigns are fun and creative ways for young people to serve their communities in a way that doesn’t require an old person, a car, or money. This year we are launching 200 campaigns to give our members more ways to take action for causes they care about. Here’s a glimpse of the awesome stuff young people are doing with our campaigns:
THUMB WARS We sent 79,898 thumb socks last year for members to give to friends and family to fight texting and driving.
PREGNANCY TEXT Talking about teen pregnancy is one of the best ways to prevent it. Over 150k young people started the conversation by impregnating 155,365 of their friend’s phones with text babies.
t to Shoutou e d Olivia Wil
COMEBACK CLOTHES Our members ran drives in their schools and communities to collect unwanted clothes that would otherwise be trashed and dropped them off at H&M stores around the country to be recycled. 340k pounds of clothes were recycled!
TEENS FOR JEANS Members have collected 4.3 million pairs of jeans since 2007 for teens experiencing homelessness.
up Girl gro y rmon Fifth Ha little just a helped
BULLY TEXT Dealing with bullies can be tough, but with Bully Text member were able to educate their friends about bystander intervention. 292,506 members played The Bully Text.
PB&JAM SLAM Members collected and donated (lots!) of peanut butter. Packed with protein, long-lasting, and positively delish, PB is a hit with food banks. 79,430 food itens were donated.
MIND ON MY MONEY This campaign gave our members a fun and relevant way to teach their friends about personal finance. 42,357 members participated and 2,773 schools got involved.
8 WE’RE HERE FOR TEENS
Crisis Text Line It all started with a heart wrenching text and a simple idea. After DoSomething received a text reading “He won’t stop raping me. He told me not to tell anyone. Its my dad. r u there?,” CEO Nancy Lubin realized the need and lifesaving potential of a texting hotline - and in August 2013, CTL was born. Now Crisis Text Line (CTL) has evolved into a revolutionary initiative and in its first year, reached all 50 states. Crisis Text Line serves young people in any type of crisis, providing them access to free, 24/7, emotional support and information they need via the medium they already use and trust: text.
HOW IT WORKS Volunteer counselors use our web-based platform to answer text messages from young people (13-25) reaching out to CTL for help. We provide emotional support to young people who are dealing with a wide range of issues– bullying, self harm, suicidal thoughts, and more. A live, trained specialist receives the text and responds quickly. The specialist helps the teen stay safe and healthy with effective, secure counseling and referrals through text message using CTL’s platform.
IN IT’S FIRST YEAR CTL Received over 2.8 million messages Had over 60,000 conversations with young people in crisis Had over 200 volunteers apply Became the largest provider of SMS based care
2014 Staff
JEN CHIOU
BOB FILBIN
Executive Director
Chief Data Scientist
CHRIS JOHNSON
MEG ROSE
EVP of Engineering
Community Engagement Manager
9 WE HAVE THE INSIDE SCOOP
TMI Here at DoSomething.org, we know young people. In 2013, we launched TMI – the first strategy agency that focuses exclusively on helping clients activate young people and create social impact. After all, over 21 years DoSomething.org has become a leader in tech, millennials, and impact. For-profit companies and other not-for-profits have begged us to share our data and insights about how young people think, how to use tech to reach them, and how to motivate them to take action for causes they care about. Now we do just that--for a good cause. One hundred percent of TMI’s profits go back to DoSomething.org to fuel its awesomeness.
TMIagency.org
@TMI_agency
WHAT IS ONE THING MOST ORGANIZATIONS DON’T KNOW ABOUT MILLENNIALS?
ARIA FINGER
GREG PERLSTEIN
LISA BOYD
They’re diverse, and I don’t just mean in terms of race. They’re not a monolith. They have a huge variety of opinions, attitudes, and ways of using technology.
Millennials aren’t willing to wait around for “their turn.” They’re making change happen right now. There’s no such thing as too young or too inexperienced. When young people are inspired to take action, they do it.
There’s a whole new category of celebs that appeal to young people. You think teenagers love Brad Pitt? Not anymore! They much prefer Ryan Beatty or iJustine.
LIZZY DIVINE
GREG THOMAS
Millennials don’t want to be slacktivists. They will do more than just click a button if you give them creative ways to make true impact.
Despite all of their social sharing, millennials care a lot about privacy.
10 WE KNOW ALL THE COOL PEOPLE
Corporate Partners Our corporate partners don’t just pay us to do good stuff. They do it with us. We genuinely love and appreciate these folks. Together, we’re scaling up to make sure we’re staying true to our motto: any cause, anytime, anywhere.
Together, we’re connecting young people with older adults. With help from Meals on Wheels, our Love Letters campaign sent over 251,262 handmade cards to seniors nationwide.
Texting and driving kills. So we called Sprint to do something about it. They picked up our call and together we launched Thumb Wars, a quirky campaign that makes it easy for young people to talk to each other the dangers of texting and driving.
Our fav airlines gets us where we need to go (plus entertains us with our own PSAs) - what could be better?
We team up to collect jeans for homeless youth, clothing half of all youth experience homelessness in the country.
A long term partner, we’ve done it all together from supporting young social entrepreneurs to connecting young people with local veterans.
We’ve teamed up with H&M to help young people recycle clothes. See you later, landfills!
Thanks to our friends at Google, we’re sharing our data learnings and opening our platform to user generated content. Stay tuned...
Together, we’re creating a movement of financially savvy young people by asking: what’s the craziest thing you’ve done to save money? (But really...we want to know!)
Innovation is at the heart of DoSomething. It’s no surprise that we’d team up with one of the most innovative companies to allow members to give us their campaign ideas. Toyota helped us bring 7 member-created campaigns to life - a first for our org.
Our Awesome Board They’re sort of like owners, but instead of cutting up the profits (there are none), they give us advice, support, money, and their first-born child. We meet as a group at least four times a year. And we email, call, and Facebook with them in between meetings. LARRY BERG
ICEMA GIBBS
TODOR TASHEV
Apollo
JetBlue
Omidyar Network
STEVE BUFFONE
REID HOFFMAN
DARRYL WASH
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Ascend Ventures
MATT DIAMOND
KIM KADLEC
Defy Media
AOL
JOHN FAUCHER
RAJ KAPOOR
JPMorgan Chase
fitmob & Snapfish
Celebrities We Love
FIFTH HARMONY
OLIVIA WILDE
RYAN BEATY
#ImABoss
Comeback Clothes
Spring Event Performer
11 WE’RE BLOWING UP
opular p t s o The m text are we names aria! M d n a Juan
SMS Young people text...and we’re texting back! Our 1.8 million mobile members complete and report back on campaigns just through their phones. And we’ve personally responded to over 480,000 messages. Be on the lookout as we launch multi-player SMS gaming!
Campaigns Our new focus is just creating campaigns that help young people take action in their communities -- no matter what causes they’re interested in. What does this mean? We’re rolling out 200 campaigns this year!
We’re pretty social Wherever young people are, we’re there too. You can find us on Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Google+ and Kik. And taking selfies on Snapchat. And hashtagging away on Instagram and Twitter. We’re, like, everywhere. (Our CEO tweets. For real.)
apchat n s n o Find us mething” o at “dos
www.facebook.com/dosomething
@DoSomething
@DoSomething
Glossary 38383
INNOVATION MEETING
The DoSomething.org mobile number (text us, maybe?)
Wednesday morning meeting where staff members present new big ideas
CALL TO ACTION
OLD PEOPLE
What we ask of our members; each campaign has one with steps toward success. Never reqiores a car, cash monies, or an old person
THE PENGUIN
Anyone older than 25.
A stuffed penguin awarded to the staff member
CAUSE-Y
each week who has done a kickass job.
Relating to or having to do with a cause that we care about.
“PICS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN” What we say to get members to report back
CELEB-WRANGLING Reaching out to, acquiring, and confirming celebrities for our campaigns, programs, events, and initiatives.
DO-ER
PSA A public service announcement, or an “ad” for one of our campaigns, usually featuring a celeb or two. Check out www.youtube.com/dosomething1 to see them.
Young person who takes action in their community/on causes they care about.
STAFF MEETING
FIGHT FOR THE USER
Every Wednesday, each staff member shares (1) an accomplishment of the week; (2) a goal; and (3) a request of the staff.
It’s the writing on the wall (above the Fortress of Solitude); a reminder that our members are the reason we work here and, ergo, their experiece should be our main focus.
THE GONG On the Fight For The User Wall, to be struck any time we launch a new campaign or want to celebrate other big wins.
SUMMER FRIDAYS On all Fridays between Memorial Day and Labor Day, the office closes at 1:00 PM.
TOTO TUESDAY The beloved day of the week when, once the clock strikes 5, staff members and interns listen to (and belt out) Toto’s hit single, “Africa” .
Toto Tuesday Check out www.DoSomething.org/Toto-Africa
LYRICS I hear the drums echoing tonight But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation She’s coming in 12:30 flight The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation I stopped an old man along the way, Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies He turned to me as if to say, Hurry boy, It’s waiting there for you It’s gonna take a lot to take me away from you There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do I bless the rains down in Africa Gonna take some time to do the things we never have The wild dogs cry out in the night As they grow restless longing for some solitary company I know that I must do what’s right As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti I seek to cure what’s deep inside, frightened of this thing that I’ve become It’s gonna take a lot to take me away from you There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do I bless the rains down in Africa Gonna take some time to do the things we never have Hurry boy, she’s waiting there for you It’s gonna take a lot to take me away from you There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do I bless the rains down in Africa, I bless the rains down in Africa I bless the rains down in Africa, I bless the rains down in Africa I bless the rains down in Africa Gonna take some time to do the things we never have
*mic drop*