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Artist: Ed Helms
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How Bad Can I Be?
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How Bad Can I Be?
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How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just doin' what comes naturally
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just following my destiny
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just doin' what comes naturally
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? How bad can I possibly be?
Well, there's a principle of nature (principal of nature)
That almost every creature knows
Called survival of the fittest (survival of the fittest)
And check it, this is how it goes:
The animal that wins gotta scratch and fight and claw and bite and punch!
And the animal that doesn't (well the animal that doesn't) winds up
Someone else's lu-lu-lu-lu-unch! (Munch, munch, munch, munch, munch!)
I'm just saying!
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just doin' what comes naturally
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just following my destiny
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just doin' what comes naturally
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? How bad can I possibly be?
Well, there's a principle in business (principal in business)
That everybody knows is sound
It's says the people with the money (people with the money)
Makes this ever-lovin' world go round!
So I'm biggering my company, I'm biggering my factory, I'm biggering my corporate sing!
Everybody out there take care if yours and me?
I'll take care of mine, mine, mine, mine, mine! (Shake that bottom line!)
Let me hear you say 'smogulous smoke' (smogulous smoke)
Schloppity schlop (schloppity schlop)
Complain all you want, it's never ever, ever, ever gonna stop (stop!)
Come on, how bad can I possibly be?
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just building the economy
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? Just look at me pettin' this puppy
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? A portion of proceeds goes to charity!
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? How bad can I possibly be? Let's see!
All the customers are buying!
(How ba-a-a-ad can he be?) All the money's multiplying!
(How ba-a-a-ad can he be?) And the PR people are lying!
(How ba-a-a-ad can he be?) And the lawyers are denying!
(How ba-a-a-ad can he be?) Who cares if a few trees are dying?
(How ba-a-a-ad can he be?) This is all so gratifying!
How bad? How bad can this possibly be?!
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