I Got This

Lyrics

[KATHERINE] (spoken) Mom, your life, is a cakewalk! (sung) I got this I got this I can see what to do for me to be you I got this I'll bake stuff I can fake like I make stuff like you I'll have a laugh Have my coffee half-caff And then yell at the staff On your behalf I got this Yeah, I got this Put a stick up my butt, be quick to say "What? That, not this" I'm perfection I don't need your direction at all Call me a slob Or a slackerish blob I can act like a snob And fool that mob I got this Like it's my job [ELLIE] (spoken) Good. You can see what it means to have a job. I'll go to school (sung) I got this Yeah, I got this Do my hair with some care I'll primp and prepare I got this I'm delighted [KATHERINE] It's not right you're excited for school [ELLIE] Scoff if you may It's a part I can play And it's only a say And so I say I got this Yes, I got this I'll be bright and demure Act right 'til I'm sure They've bought this I'll show you No, nobody will know it's not you Leave it to me 'Cause how hard can this be And such esprit I got this Soon you'll see [ELLIE enters Grover Cleveland High School. It looks nice.] [ELLIE] I think I'm looking forward To my day, to tell the truth A day amid the energy And innocence of youth A thousand fellow students All excited just like me A community of learners Really, how hard could it be? How hard could it be? [The hallway erupts with STUDENTS and TEACHERS in their usual morning frenzy.] [STUDENTS] I got this (I got this) I got this (I got this) I got this (I got... this) I got this (I...) I got this! [ELLIE, spoken] Good morning. Good morning [WELLS, spoken] Hey, here comes the Listmaster! [ADAM emerges from the crowd, a paragon of adorable cool.] [STUDENTS] Adam! Ahhh [ADAM] Now listen up, you hunters Here's the rules and here's the deal The list goes up online at nine And then the hunt's for real Don't schmooze for clues 'Cause I'll refuse I only do what's right 'Cause I'm Listmaster Adam And my word is law tonight [STUDENTS] His word is law tonight [ADAM, STUDENTS] (Yeah) Tonight's the night [STUDENTS] Woo! We got this (We got this) We got this (We got this) And we're ready to roll Not quite in control We got this Listmaster Please talk faster At last the hunt is here [GRETCHEN] Give us the news [PARKER] And a clue to the clues [HANNAH] 'Cause I'll due if I lose [STUDENTS] I swear I will [ADAM] I got this All must chill [ELLIE, spoken] Hannah. I don't "like" him. Do I? [HANNAH, spoken] No You loooooove him [GRETCHEN, spoken] Oh, god, it's Savannah [SAVANNAH] I got this I got this I'm the queen of the hunt You're green, you're a grunt I got this You'll lose girl If you choose to refuse Girl, to see You shouldn't begin With a war you can't win 'Cause I'm smarter than sin I'm rich and I'm thin Savannah [SAVANNAH acquires some backup singers from among the STUDENTS] [STUDENTS] Look out, it's Savannah [SAVANNAH] Vox Humana [STUDENTS] She's our Vox Humana [SAVANNAH] Is the cock of the walk I'm talkin' the top banana [STUDENTS] She's the top banana [SAVANNAH] So trust me [STUDENTS] Uh-oh [SAVANNAH] Watch the hunt end With just me on top [STUDENTS] Top! [SAVANNAH] I never fail No, I always prevail Ask Harvard and Yale [SAVANNAH, STUDENTS] So weep and wail [SAVANNA] I got this [STUDENTS] She's got this [SAVANNAH] Kiss my tail! [SAVANNAH sucker punches ELLIE and exits. The bell rings. STUDENTS run to class.] [ELLIE] I got this I got this [DR. EHRIN, the school counselor, enters. He looks at ELLIE, taps his watch.] [DR. EHRIN] Ellie Blake. Where are you supposed to be right now? [ELLIE] I don't know