Smug

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Strike this little pose Chin up in the air Lips together tightly Nostrils in a flare Now look like you care Ooh, very nice! [Verse 2] Practice in the mirror Brushing back a tear Very sincere A promising career could begin right here at home If you've got that smug That smug [Chorus] Hey mama, hey mama look at what your little babies all have become Hey mama, hey mama, don't it ever make you wish you'd been a nun? Vain and fickle, were we weaned on a pickle? Is it in our blood? Rome is burning, we're here turning smug [Verse 3] Strike another pose Power politics Swallow their conventions Get your power fix We love to mud wrestle We love to be politically Koreshed [Verse 4] Practice that smug Post it like a man One part Master Limbaugh Two parts Madame Streisand Now pretend you're in a band My, my, we're looking smug Very, very, very, very [Chorus] Hey mama, hey mama look at what your little babies all have become Hey mama, hey mama, don't it ever make you wish you'd been a nun? Vain and fickle, were we weaned on a pickle? Is it in our blood? Rome is burning, we're here turning smug [Verse 5] All you smug-starved millions in the thick of the search Welcome to our church Whatcha wanna solve? We can help you evolve From merely self-righteous To perfectly smug [Verse 6] Strike the proud pose of our country-club brethren Friendly as a tomb Fragrant as the bottom of a locker-room broom Now what's the matter? Hey, get off your knees That part don't come 'til later God will not be pleased [Chorus] Hey mama, hey mama look at what your little babies all have become Hey mama, hey mama, don't it ever make you wish you'd been a nun? Vain and fickle, were we weaned on a pickle? Is it in our blood? Rome is burning, we're here turning smug [Chorus] Hey mama, hey mama look at what your little babies all have become Hey mama, hey mama, don't it ever make you wish you'd been a nun? Vain and fickle, were we weaned on a pickle? Is it in our blood? Rome is burning, we're here turning Rome is cooking, my, we're looking smug [Outro: Phil Madeira] I wanna talk today about smug people! They think they're so good. They ain't good! No, they ain't good at all, I tell you what! You wanna be a good man, you look at me! I'm gonna talk to you about humility--'cause I got it! I wanna talk to you about righteousness--'cause I got it! I'm good! I'm humble! I'm better than you! You wanna be a humble man, you look at me, you say, "Brother, how can I be humble?" I don't know how you can be humble! It took me a long time to get this way! But thank God I've arrived! Let's pray