Chip On My Shoulder lyrics

[EMMETT]

Whoa, Elle?

What's up... doc?

[ELLE]

Love

[EMMETT]

Excuse me?

[ELLE]

I put my faith in love

I followed where it led

[EMMETT]

Love led you here?

[ELLE]

To my personal circle of hell

It has not worked out well

I wish that I were dead

'Cause instead of a wedding and love

I'm flunking out of school

A total laughing stock

Someone he and his friends can just mock

So, go on, here's my head

Just hit it with a rock

[EMMETT]

Wait, go back

You came out here to follow a man?

Harvard Law was just part of that plan?

Man, what rich, romantic planet are you from?

[ELLE]

Malibu?

[EMMETT]

Instead of lying outside by the pool

You stalk some guy to an Ivy League school

That's the weirdest reason I have-

[ELLE]

Oh, why'd you come?

[EMMETT]

Okay

I grew up in the Roxbury slums

With my Mom and a series of bums

Guys who showed me all the ways a man can fail

I got through law school by busting my ass

Worked two jobs in addition to class

So forgive me for not weeping at your tale

[ELLE]

Well, excuse me

Just because you've got some kind of chip on your shoulder

[EMMETT]

You know what? You're right

There's a chip on my shoulder

And it's big as a boulder

With the chance I've been given

I'm gonna be driven as hell

I'm so close I can taste it

So I'm not gonna waste it

Yeah, there's a chip on my shoulder

You might wanna get one as well

[ELLE]

I'm sorry, but that sounds highly negative

Wait! Two jobs, plus law school?

How do you do it?

[EMMETT]

Well, I don't go to parties a lot

Not good use of the time that I've got

Can't spend hours doing my hair and staying in shape

[ELLE]

I don't spend hours

[EMMETT]

But I know it'll all be worthwhile

When I win my first lucrative trial

And buy my Mom that great big house out on the cape

[ELLE]

Oh, that's so sweet

[EMMETT]

No, that's the chip on my shoulder

I hugged my Mom and told her

With the chance I've been given

I'm gonna be driven as hell

Though I can't take the day off

I just think of the pay off

You need a chip on your shoulder

Little Miss Woods comma Elle

[ELLE]

I just need to prove to everyone that I'm serious

[EMMETT]

What you need is to get to work

Where are your law books?

[ELLE]

Um, well, I know they're here somewhere

[EMMETT]

You know, this vanity's real picturesque

But it started its life as a desk

Clear it off and find some room for books instead

[ELLE]

What are you doing?

[EMMETT]

Can you live without this?

Can you live without that?

I don't know what this is

[ELLE]

It's for hair

[EMMETT]

Wear a hat

Spend some time improving what's inside your head

Out, out, put it in storage

Sell it on eBay, leave it behind

Out, out, what, are you angry?

Good, so get angry

You may find

The chip on your shoulder

[ELLE]

Ugh!

[EMMETT]

The room just got colder

[ELLE]

Hey!

[EMMETT]

But with the chance you've been given

Why are you not driven as hell?

There's just no way around it

You've gotta plough through 'til you-

[ELLE]

Found it!

[EMMETT]

Been reading it hard, I can tell

[GREEK Chorus]

'Tis a gift to be simple

'Tis a gift to be free

Mmmm

[ELLE]

Bye Warner!

Have a great Thanksgiving

Say hi to your Mom and Dad for me

And Grandma Bootsie

[EMMETT]

Define 'malum prohibitum'

[ELLE]

Malum prohibitum is, um...

[EMMETT]

An act prohib--

[ELLE]

An act prohibited by law

Like jaywalking or chewing gum in Singapore

[EMMETT]

Therefore 'malum in se'...

[ELLE]

Is an action that's evil in itself

Assault, murder, white shoes after labour day

[EMMETT]

Good. Where are you going?

[ELLE]

Home, of course. It's Thanksgiving break, remember?

[EMMETT]

Interesting...

[ELLE]

What?

[EMMETT]

Well, I predict you will probably pass

[ELLE]

Yes!

[EMMETT]

In the bottom percent of your class

[ELLE]

What?

[EMMETT]

If you're going for mediocre, you've done great

[ELLE]

That's not fair

[EMMETT]

Look, they laughed at me like they're laughing at you

We can't win if we don't follow through

Might I venture your vacation plans can wait?

[ELLE]

Why do you always have to be right?

[GREEK Chorus]

Gloria in excelsis deo

[ELLE]

Bye Warner! Merry Christmas! Enjoy Vale!

[EMMETT]

Ho, ho, ho!

[ELLE]

Emmett?

[EMMETT]

For you. Not as good as going home for Christmas, but...

[ELLE]

You are too sweet

[EMMETT]

It's a real time saver: shampoo and conditioner in one!

[ELLE]

Thank you, you are so adorable to think of me

[WARNER]

Elle, hey!

[ELLE]

Warner

[WARNER]

Have you seen Vivienne? I've been looking for her everywhere

[ELLE]

Yeah... I mean, no...

[WARNER]

Great, we're gonna miss our flight

[EMMETT]

Um, Elle?

I don't know if you've noticed before

But each time Warner walks through the door

Your IQ goes down to 40, maybe less

[ELLE]

Huh?

[EMMETT]

Though it's hardly my business to say

Could it be the real thing in your way

Is the very guy you're trying to impress?

[ELLE]

Yes!

I've been smiling and sweet

And thoroughly beat and blowing my chance

Let's not chase him away

Let's face him and say

Hey, punk, let's dance!

This chip on my shoulder

Makes me smarter and bolder

No more whining or blaming

I am re-

[ELLE/GREEK Chorus]

Claiming my pride

[ELLE]

Grab that book and let's do this

Instead of

[ELLE/GREEK Chorus]

Doodling hearts all through this

Now there's a chip on my shoulder

[ELLE]

Let's see him knock it aside

[GREEK Chorus]

Daughter of Delta Nu, show him that you're no fool

Daught of Delta Nu, go back to school

With a big chip on your shoulder

[WARNER]

Mr. Latimer was clearly within his rights to ask for visitation

Without his sperm, the child in question wouldn't exist!

[CALLAHAN]

Now you're thinking like a lawyer

Yes, Ms Woods?

[ELLE]

Mr. Huntington makes an excellent point

But, did the defendant keep a log of every sperm emission made throughout his life?

[CALLAHAN]

Interesting, why do you ask?

[ELLE]

Well, unless the defendant attempted to contact every sexual encounter to find if a child resulted from those unions, he has no parental claim over this child whatsoever

Why now? Why this sperm?

[CALLAHAN]

I see your point

[ELLE]

And, by Mr. Huntington's standard, all masturbatory emissions where the sperm was clearly not seeking an egg could be called... reckless abandonment

[CALLAHAN]

Ms Woods, you just won your case

[ELLE]

Omigod!

[GREEK Chorus]

Wait, hold on, we just won the case

[ELLE]

Omigod!

[GREEK Chorus]

Elle got all up in Warner's face

[ELLE]

Omigod!

[GREEK Chorus]

I am starting to like this place!

Ohmigod!

[CALLAHAN]

Ms. Woods, excellent work today

I assume you're applying for my internship

Do you have a resumé?

[ELLE]

I'm one step ahead of you!

Here you go, and thanks in advance for your consideration

[CALLAHAN]

Dear God, it's scented

Three months ago I would've recycled this

Make sure to put it on file

[EMMETT]

Guess she got a chip on her shoulder

Maybe some wise man told her

With the chance we've been given

We've gotta be driven as hell

She was something to see there

I'm just happy I could be there

First big test and she aced it

She's so close she can taste it

She's got a chip on her shoulder

Guess you never can tell

With little Miss Woods comma Elle

[DELTA NUS:]

Elle Wood

Woods Comma Elle

Chip on her shoulder

[EMMETT:]

You never can tell

[BOTH:]

With little Miss Woods comma Elle

• Artist:Legally Blonde (Musical)