Chip On My Shoulder

Song Chip On My Shoulder
Artist Christian Borle
Artist YoungStar
Album Legally Blonde The Musical

Lyrics

[00:05.50] EMMETT:(spoken) Whoa, Elle? What's up, Doc?
[00:13.00] ELLE:Love
[00:14.54] EMMETT:(spoken) Excuse me?
[00:15.57] ELLE:I put my faith in love
[00:17.78] I followed where it led
[00:18.86] EMMETT:(spoken) Love led you here?
[00:20.54] ELLE:To my personal circle of Hell
[00:23.09] It has not worked out well
[00:24.49] I wish that I were dead
[00:26.45] Cause instead of a wedding in love
[00:28.83] I'm flunking out of school
[00:30.12] A total laughing stock
[00:31.87] Someone he and his friends could just mock
[00:34.10] So go on, here's my head
[00:35.39] Just hit it with a rock!
[00:36.30] EMMETT:(spoken) Wait, go back!
[00:39.69] (sung) You came out here to follow a man
[00:42.86] Harvard law was just part of that plan
[00:46.65] Man, what rich romantic planet are you from?
[00:51.00] ELLE:(spoken) Malibu?
[00:52.20] EMMETT:Instead of lying outside by the pool
[00:55.25] You stalk some guy to an ivy league school?
[00:57.62] That's the weirdest reason I have--
[00:59.59] ELLE:(spoken) Oh, why'd you come?
[01:03.32] EMMETT:(spoken) Okay
[01:05.84] (sung) I grew up in the Roxbury slums
[01:08.83] With my mom and a series of bums
[01:10.94] Guys who showed me all the ways a man can fail
[01:15.82] I got through law school by busting my ass
[01:17.97] Worked two jobs in addition to class
[01:20.31] So forgive me for not weeping at your tale
[01:24.11] ELLE:(spoken) Well excuse me,
[01:25.42] just because you've got some kind of chip on your shoulder . . .
[01:28.32] EMMETT:(spoken) You know what? You're right.
[01:30.44] (sung) There's a chip on my shoulder
[01:32.57] And it's big as a boulder
[01:35.07] With the chance I've been given
[01:37.03] I'm gonna be driven as hell
[01:39.50] I'm so close I can taste it
[01:42.35] So I'm not gonna waste it
[01:44.36] Yeah, there's a chip on my shoulder
[01:47.59] You might wanna get one as well
[01:50.77] ELLE:(spoken) I'm sorry, but that sounds highly negative.
[01:53.49] Wait! Two jobs PLUS law school?! How do you do it?
[01:57.62] EMMETT:Well, I don't go to parties a lot
[02:01.23] Not good use of the time that I've got
[02:03.50] Can't spend hours doing my hair and staying in shape
[02:05.79] ELLE:(spoken) I don't spend hours!
[02:07.92] EMMETT:But I know it'll all be worthwhile
[02:09.40] When I win my first lucrative trial
[02:11.66] And buy my mom that great big house out on the cape!
[02:14.92] ELLE:(spoken) Oh, that's so sweet!
[02:16.93] EMMETT:No! That's the chip on my shoulder
[02:19.75] I hugged my mom and told her
[02:21.99] With the chance I've been given
[02:23.97] I'm gonna be driven as hell
[02:26.22] Though I can't take the day off
[02:28.95] I just think of the payoff
[02:30.89] You need a chip on your shoulder
[02:34.46] Little Miss Woods comma Elle
[02:36.58] ELLE:(spoken) I just need to prove to everyone that I'm serious!
[02:39.99] EMMETT:(spoken) What you need is to get to work! Where are your law books?
[02:45.76] ELLE:(spoken) Ummm . . . Well, I know they're here somewhere . . .
[02:50.96] EMMETT:Ya know, this vanity's real picturesque
[02:53.52] But it started its life as a desk
[02:55.78] Clear it off, and find some room for books instead
[02:58.94] ELLE:(spoken) What are you doing?!
[02:59.57] EMMETT:Can you live without this?
[03:01.02] Can you live without that?
[03:02.17] I don't know what this is
[03:03.20] ELLE:(spoken) It's for hair!
[03:03.85] EMMETT:Wear a hat!
[03:04.56] Spend some time improving what's inside your head!
[03:08.69] Out, out, put it in storage, sell it on eBay, leave it behind
[03:12.79] Out, out, what, are you angry?
[03:15.02] Good, so get angry! You may find
[03:17.27] The chip on your shoulder
[03:18.98] ELLE:(spoken) ARGH!
[03:19.75] EMMETT:The room just got colder
[03:21.26] ELLE:(spoken) Hey!
[03:21.99] EMMETT:But with the chance you've been given
[03:23.84] Why are you not driven as hell?!
[03:26.18] There's just no way around it
[03:28.60] You gotta plow through til you've
[03:30.14] ELLE:(spoken) Found it!
[03:33.38] EMMETT:Been reading it hard, I can tell . . .
[03:39.62] CHORUS:Tis a gift to be simple
[03:41.98] Tis a gift to be free
[03:44.21] Hmm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
[03:45.99] ELLE:(spoken) Bye, Warner! Have a great Thanksgiving!
[03:49.15] Say hi to your mom and dad for me! And Grandma Bootsie!
[03:53.79] EMMETT:(spoken) Define malum prohibitum.
[03:55.70] ELLE:(spoken) Malum prohibitum is, ummm . . .
[03:58.70] EMMETT:(spoken) An act prohibited--
[03:59.52] ELLE:(spoken) An act prohibited by law like jaywalking or chewing gum in Singapore.
[04:02.93] EMMETT:(spoken) Therefore malum in se?
[04:04.12] ELLE:(spoken) Is an action. That is evil in itself.
[04:05.85] Assualt, murder, white shoes after labor day.
[04:08.58] EMMETT:(spoken) Good. Where are you going?
[04:11.93] ELLE:(spoken) Home, of course! It's Thanksgiving break, remember?
[04:16.19] EMMETT:(spoken) Interesting
[04:17.03] ELLE:(spoken) What?
[04:18.00] EMMETT:Well, I predict you will probably pass
[04:20.11] ELLE:(spoken) Yes!
[04:20.87] EMMETT:In the bottom percent of your class
[04:22.32] ELLE:(spoken) What?
[04:22.96] EMMETT:If you're going for mediocre, you've done great!
[04:25.89] ELLE:(spoken) That's not fair!
[04:26.87] EMMETT:Look, they laughed at me like they're laughing at you
[04:29.22] We can't win if we don't follow through!
[04:31.49] Might I venture your vacation plans can wait?
[04:35.26] ELLE:(spoken) Why do you always have to be right?
[04:39.15] CHORUS:Glo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ria in excelsis Deo
[04:47.89] ELLE:(spoken) Bye, Warner! Merry Christmas! Enjoy Bayo!
[04:52.91] EMMETT:(spoken) Ho-ho-ho!
[04:54.77] ELLE:(spoken) Emmett!
[04:56.97] EMMETT:(spoken) For you! Not as good as going home for Christmas, but . . .
[05:00.21] ELLE:(spoken) You are too sweet.
[05:02.14] EMMETT:(spoken) It's a real time saver. Shampoo and conditioner in one!
[05:05.96] ELLE:(spoken) Ah! (giggles) Thank you. You are so adorable to think of me.
[05:12.69] WARNER:(spoken) Elle, hey!
[05:14.01] ELLE:(spoken) Warner!
[05:14.62] WARNER:(spoken) Have you seen Vivienne? I've been looking for her everywhere!
[05:16.77] ELLE:(spoken) Yeah . . . I-I mean no.
[05:20.38] WARNER:(spoken) Great! We're gonna miss our flight!
[05:24.00] EMMETT:(spoken)Um, Elle?
[05:27.94] (sung)I don't know if you've noticed before
[05:31.03] But each time Warner walks in the door
[05:33.37] Your IQ goes down to 40, maybe less
[05:38.00] ELLE:(spoken) Huh?
[05:39.45] EMMETT:Though it's hardly my business to say
[05:42.04] Could it be the real thing in your way
[05:44.55] Is the very guy you're trying to impress
[05:49.57] ELLE:Yes! I've been smiling and sweet and thoroughly beaten blowing my chance
[05:55.62] Let's not chase him away
[05:57.66] Let's face him and say
[05:59.00] "Hey punk, let's dance!"
[06:00.28] This chip on my shoulder
[06:02.25] Makes me smarter and bolder
[06:04.43] No more whining or blaming
[06:06.44] I am reclaiming my pride
[06:08.92] Grab that book and let's do this
[06:11.22] Instead of doodling hearts all through this
[06:13.35] Now there's a chip on my shoulder!
[06:16.29] Let's see him knock it aside!
[06:18.55] Chorus:Ah-ah-ah-ah Daughter of Delta Nu
[06:22.74] Show him that you're no fool
[06:25.12] Daughter of Delta Nu
[06:27.48] Go back to school with a big chip on your shoulder!
[06:35.95] WARNER:(spoken) Mr. Ladimer was clearly within his rights to ask for visitation.
[06:39.24] Without his sperm, the child in question wouldn't exist!
[06:41.91] CALLAHAN:(spoken) Now you're thinking like a lawyer!
[06:46.42] Yes, Miss Woods.
[06:48.56] ELLE:(spoken) Mr. Huntington makes an excellent point,
[06:50.64] but did the defendant keep a log of every sperm emission made throughout his life?
[06:56.12] CALLAHAN:(spoken) Interesting. Why do you ask?
[06:58.45] ELLE:(spoken) Well, unless the defendant attempted to contact every sexual encounter to find out if a child resulted from those unions
[07:04.56] he has no parental claim over this child whatsoever
[07:08.57] Why now? Why this sperm?
[07:10.44] CALLAHAN:(spoken) I see your point.
[07:11.34] ELLE:(spoken) And by Mr. Huntington's standards,
[07:13.33] all masturbatory emissions where the sperm was clearly not seeking an egg
[07:18.06] could be called reckless abandonment.
[07:22.67] CALLAHAN:(spoken) Miss Woods, you just won your case.
[07:25.20] ELLE:Ohmigod . . .
[07:26.76] CHORUS:Wait, hold on, we just won the case!
[07:28.57] ELLE:Omigod . . .
[07:29.50] GIRLS:Elle got all up in Warner's face
[07:31.45] ELLE:Omigod . . .
[07:32.12] GIRLS:I am starting to like this place! Yes! Omigod!
[07:36.86] CALLAHAN:(spoken) Miss Woods, excellent work today.
[07:39.85] I assume you're applying for my internship. Do you have a resume?
[07:42.99] ELLE:(spoken) I am one step ahead of you.
[07:44.77] Here you go, and thanks in advance for your consideration.
[07:48.68] CALLAHAN:(spoken) Dear God, it's scented.
[07:50.06] Three months ago, I would have recycled this. Make sure to put it on file
[07:55.79] EMMETT:Guess she got a chip on her shoulder
[07:58.43] Maybe some wise man told her
[08:00.65] With the chance we've been given
[08:02.76] We gotta be driven as hell
[08:04.92] She was something to see there
[08:07.58] I'm just happy I could be there
[08:09.62] First big test and she aced it
[08:12.29] She's so close she can taste it
[08:14.15] She got a chip on her shoulder
[08:17.52] Guess you never can te-e-ell . . .
[08:26.32] With little Miss Woods comma Elle!
[08:28.87] CHORUS:Elle Woods
[08:30.48] Woods comma Elle
[08:31.30] Chip on her shoulder
[08:32.64] Elle Woods
[08:34.65] Woods comma Elle
[08:36.05] Chip on her shoulder
[08:37.25] EMMETT:No you never can tell
[08:37.91] CHORUS:Elle Woods
[08:39.33] Woods comma Elle
[08:40.38] Chip on her shoulder
[08:41.96] ALL:With little Miss Woods comma Elle

Pinyin

[00:05.50] EMMETT: spoken Whoa, Elle? What' s up, Doc?
[00:13.00] ELLE: Love
[00:14.54] EMMETT: spoken Excuse me?
[00:15.57] ELLE: I put my faith in love
[00:17.78] I followed where it led
[00:18.86] EMMETT: spoken Love led you here?
[00:20.54] ELLE: To my personal circle of Hell
[00:23.09] It has not worked out well
[00:24.49] I wish that I were dead
[00:26.45] Cause instead of a wedding in love
[00:28.83] I' m flunking out of school
[00:30.12] A total laughing stock
[00:31.87] Someone he and his friends could just mock
[00:34.10] So go on, here' s my head
[00:35.39] Just hit it with a rock!
[00:36.30] EMMETT: spoken Wait, go back!
[00:39.69] sung You came out here to follow a man
[00:42.86] Harvard law was just part of that plan
[00:46.65] Man, what rich romantic planet are you from?
[00:51.00] ELLE: spoken Malibu?
[00:52.20] EMMETT: Instead of lying outside by the pool
[00:55.25] You stalk some guy to an ivy league school?
[00:57.62] That' s the weirdest reason I have
[00:59.59] ELLE: spoken Oh, why' d you come?
[01:03.32] EMMETT: spoken Okay
[01:05.84] sung I grew up in the Roxbury slums
[01:08.83] With my mom and a series of bums
[01:10.94] Guys who showed me all the ways a man can fail
[01:15.82] I got through law school by busting my ass
[01:17.97] Worked two jobs in addition to class
[01:20.31] So forgive me for not weeping at your tale
[01:24.11] ELLE: spoken Well excuse me,
[01:25.42] just because you' ve got some kind of chip on your shoulder . . .
[01:28.32] EMMETT: spoken You know what? You' re right.
[01:30.44] sung There' s a chip on my shoulder
[01:32.57] And it' s big as a boulder
[01:35.07] With the chance I' ve been given
[01:37.03] I' m gonna be driven as hell
[01:39.50] I' m so close I can taste it
[01:42.35] So I' m not gonna waste it
[01:44.36] Yeah, there' s a chip on my shoulder
[01:47.59] You might wanna get one as well
[01:50.77] ELLE: spoken I' m sorry, but that sounds highly negative.
[01:53.49] Wait! Two jobs PLUS law school?! How do you do it?
[01:57.62] EMMETT: Well, I don' t go to parties a lot
[02:01.23] Not good use of the time that I' ve got
[02:03.50] Can' t spend hours doing my hair and staying in shape
[02:05.79] ELLE: spoken I don' t spend hours!
[02:07.92] EMMETT: But I know it' ll all be worthwhile
[02:09.40] When I win my first lucrative trial
[02:11.66] And buy my mom that great big house out on the cape!
[02:14.92] ELLE: spoken Oh, that' s so sweet!
[02:16.93] EMMETT: No! That' s the chip on my shoulder
[02:19.75] I hugged my mom and told her
[02:21.99] With the chance I' ve been given
[02:23.97] I' m gonna be driven as hell
[02:26.22] Though I can' t take the day off
[02:28.95] I just think of the payoff
[02:30.89] You need a chip on your shoulder
[02:34.46] Little Miss Woods comma Elle
[02:36.58] ELLE: spoken I just need to prove to everyone that I' m serious!
[02:39.99] EMMETT: spoken What you need is to get to work! Where are your law books?
[02:45.76] ELLE: spoken Ummm . . . Well, I know they' re here somewhere . . .
[02:50.96] EMMETT: Ya know, this vanity' s real picturesque
[02:53.52] But it started its life as a desk
[02:55.78] Clear it off, and find some room for books instead
[02:58.94] ELLE: spoken What are you doing?!
[02:59.57] EMMETT: Can you live without this?
[03:01.02] Can you live without that?
[03:02.17] I don' t know what this is
[03:03.20] ELLE: spoken It' s for hair!
[03:03.85] EMMETT: Wear a hat!
[03:04.56] Spend some time improving what' s inside your head!
[03:08.69] Out, out, put it in storage, sell it on eBay, leave it behind
[03:12.79] Out, out, what, are you angry?
[03:15.02] Good, so get angry! You may find
[03:17.27] The chip on your shoulder
[03:18.98] ELLE: spoken ARGH!
[03:19.75] EMMETT: The room just got colder
[03:21.26] ELLE: spoken Hey!
[03:21.99] EMMETT: But with the chance you' ve been given
[03:23.84] Why are you not driven as hell?!
[03:26.18] There' s just no way around it
[03:28.60] You gotta plow through til you' ve
[03:30.14] ELLE: spoken Found it!
[03:33.38] EMMETT: Been reading it hard, I can tell . . .
[03:39.62] CHORUS: Tis a gift to be simple
[03:41.98] Tis a gift to be free
[03:44.21] Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[03:45.99] ELLE: spoken Bye, Warner! Have a great Thanksgiving!
[03:49.15] Say hi to your mom and dad for me! And Grandma Bootsie!
[03:53.79] EMMETT: spoken Define malum prohibitum.
[03:55.70] ELLE: spoken Malum prohibitum is, ummm . . .
[03:58.70] EMMETT: spoken An act prohibited
[03:59.52] ELLE: spoken An act prohibited by law like jaywalking or chewing gum in Singapore.
[04:02.93] EMMETT: spoken Therefore malum in se?
[04:04.12] ELLE: spoken Is an action. That is evil in itself.
[04:05.85] Assualt, murder, white shoes after labor day.
[04:08.58] EMMETT: spoken Good. Where are you going?
[04:11.93] ELLE: spoken Home, of course! It' s Thanksgiving break, remember?
[04:16.19] EMMETT: spoken Interesting
[04:17.03] ELLE: spoken What?
[04:18.00] EMMETT: Well, I predict you will probably pass
[04:20.11] ELLE: spoken Yes!
[04:20.87] EMMETT: In the bottom percent of your class
[04:22.32] ELLE: spoken What?
[04:22.96] EMMETT: If you' re going for mediocre, you' ve done great!
[04:25.89] ELLE: spoken That' s not fair!
[04:26.87] EMMETT: Look, they laughed at me like they' re laughing at you
[04:29.22] We can' t win if we don' t follow through!
[04:31.49] Might I venture your vacation plans can wait?
[04:35.26] ELLE: spoken Why do you always have to be right?
[04:39.15] CHORUS: Gloooooooooooria in excelsis Deo
[04:47.89] ELLE: spoken Bye, Warner! Merry Christmas! Enjoy Bayo!
[04:52.91] EMMETT: spoken Hohoho!
[04:54.77] ELLE: spoken Emmett!
[04:56.97] EMMETT: spoken For you! Not as good as going home for Christmas, but . . .
[05:00.21] ELLE: spoken You are too sweet.
[05:02.14] EMMETT: spoken It' s a real time saver. Shampoo and conditioner in one!
[05:05.96] ELLE: spoken Ah! giggles Thank you. You are so adorable to think of me.
[05:12.69] WARNER: spoken Elle, hey!
[05:14.01] ELLE: spoken Warner!
[05:14.62] WARNER: spoken Have you seen Vivienne? I' ve been looking for her everywhere!
[05:16.77] ELLE: spoken Yeah . . . II mean no.
[05:20.38] WARNER: spoken Great! We' re gonna miss our flight!
[05:24.00] EMMETT: spoken Um, Elle?
[05:27.94] sung I don' t know if you' ve noticed before
[05:31.03] But each time Warner walks in the door
[05:33.37] Your IQ goes down to 40, maybe less
[05:38.00] ELLE: spoken Huh?
[05:39.45] EMMETT: Though it' s hardly my business to say
[05:42.04] Could it be the real thing in your way
[05:44.55] Is the very guy you' re trying to impress
[05:49.57] ELLE: Yes! I' ve been smiling and sweet and thoroughly beaten blowing my chance
[05:55.62] Let' s not chase him away
[05:57.66] Let' s face him and say
[05:59.00] " Hey punk, let' s dance!"
[06:00.28] This chip on my shoulder
[06:02.25] Makes me smarter and bolder
[06:04.43] No more whining or blaming
[06:06.44] I am reclaiming my pride
[06:08.92] Grab that book and let' s do this
[06:11.22] Instead of doodling hearts all through this
[06:13.35] Now there' s a chip on my shoulder!
[06:16.29] Let' s see him knock it aside!
[06:18.55] Chorus: Ahahahah Daughter of Delta Nu
[06:22.74] Show him that you' re no fool
[06:25.12] Daughter of Delta Nu
[06:27.48] Go back to school with a big chip on your shoulder!
[06:35.95] WARNER: spoken Mr. Ladimer was clearly within his rights to ask for visitation.
[06:39.24] Without his sperm, the child in question wouldn' t exist!
[06:41.91] CALLAHAN: spoken Now you' re thinking like a lawyer!
[06:46.42] Yes, Miss Woods.
[06:48.56] ELLE: spoken Mr. Huntington makes an excellent point,
[06:50.64] but did the defendant keep a log of every sperm emission made throughout his life?
[06:56.12] CALLAHAN: spoken Interesting. Why do you ask?
[06:58.45] ELLE: spoken Well, unless the defendant attempted to contact every sexual encounter to find out if a child resulted from those unions
[07:04.56] he has no parental claim over this child whatsoever
[07:08.57] Why now? Why this sperm?
[07:10.44] CALLAHAN: spoken I see your point.
[07:11.34] ELLE: spoken And by Mr. Huntington' s standards,
[07:13.33] all masturbatory emissions where the sperm was clearly not seeking an egg
[07:18.06] could be called reckless abandonment.
[07:22.67] CALLAHAN: spoken Miss Woods, you just won your case.
[07:25.20] ELLE: Ohmigod . . .
[07:26.76] CHORUS: Wait, hold on, we just won the case!
[07:28.57] ELLE: Omigod . . .
[07:29.50] GIRLS: Elle got all up in Warner' s face
[07:31.45] ELLE: Omigod . . .
[07:32.12] GIRLS: I am starting to like this place! Yes! Omigod!
[07:36.86] CALLAHAN: spoken Miss Woods, excellent work today.
[07:39.85] I assume you' re applying for my internship. Do you have a resume?
[07:42.99] ELLE: spoken I am one step ahead of you.
[07:44.77] Here you go, and thanks in advance for your consideration.
[07:48.68] CALLAHAN: spoken Dear God, it' s scented.
[07:50.06] Three months ago, I would have recycled this. Make sure to put it on file
[07:55.79] EMMETT: Guess she got a chip on her shoulder
[07:58.43] Maybe some wise man told her
[08:00.65] With the chance we' ve been given
[08:02.76] We gotta be driven as hell
[08:04.92] She was something to see there
[08:07.58] I' m just happy I could be there
[08:09.62] First big test and she aced it
[08:12.29] She' s so close she can taste it
[08:14.15] She got a chip on her shoulder
[08:17.52] Guess you never can teeell . . .
[08:26.32] With little Miss Woods comma Elle!
[08:28.87] CHORUS: Elle Woods
[08:30.48] Woods comma Elle
[08:31.30] Chip on her shoulder
[08:32.64] Elle Woods
[08:34.65] Woods comma Elle
[08:36.05] Chip on her shoulder
[08:37.25] EMMETT: No you never can tell
[08:37.91] CHORUS: Elle Woods
[08:39.33] Woods comma Elle
[08:40.38] Chip on her shoulder
[08:41.96] ALL: With little Miss Woods comma Elle