Once upon a time
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Girl I was just like you
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Never let my extra large
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Largesse shine through
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Hair was brown and nappy
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Never had no fun
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I hid under a bushel
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Which is easier said than done!
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Then one day my grandma
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Who was big and stout
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She said you gotta love yourself
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From inside out
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And just as soon as I learned
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How to strut my funky stuff
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I found out that the world at large
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Can't get enough so...
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Bring on that pecan pie
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Pour some sugar on it
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Sugar don't be shy
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Scoop me up a mess
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Of that chocolate swirl
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Don't be stingy,
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I'm a growing girl
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I offer big love
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With no apology
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How can I deny the world
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The most of me
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I am not afraid
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To throw my weight around
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Pound by pound by pound
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Because I'm
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Big, blonde and beautiful
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There is nothin' 'bout me
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That's unsuitable
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No one wants a meal
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That only offers the least
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When girl we're servin' up
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The whole damn feast
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Slice off a piece
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Of that hog head cheese
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Then take a look inside
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My book of recipes
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Now, don't you sniff around
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For something fluffy and light
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I need a man who brings
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A man-size... Appetite
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I'll use a pinch of sugar
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And a dash of spice
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I'll let ya lick the spoon
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Because it tastes so nice
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I'll keep it in my oven
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'Til it's good and hot
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Keep on stirring til it hits the spot
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Because I'm...
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Big, blonde and beautiful
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And Edna girl, you're lookin' so
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Recruitable
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Why sit in the bleachers
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Timid and afraid
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When Edna,
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You can be your own parade!
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[TRACY:]
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So? How 'bout it, Mama?
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[EDNA:]
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Well, I am big, I am blonde... ish, and if you say
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I'm beautiful, I guess I'm beautiful. OK, I'll do it!
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[ALL:]
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Yeaaa!
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Look out old Baltimore
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We're marching in
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'And we ain't shufflin'
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Through that old back door
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[EDNA:]
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And Tracy, I will join the fight
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If I can keep up this pace
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[WILBUR:]
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And girls, I'll be right at your side
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If I can find some space
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[MOTORMOUTH:]
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So you can
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Hold your head up
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Just as big as ya please
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You know they'll hear me knockin'
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With the two of these!
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[MOTORMOUTH & ENSEMBLE:]
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Tomorrow, side by side
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We'll show the world what's right
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[EDNA:]
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Looks like I'm touchin' up my roots tonight!
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[MOTORMOUTH & ENSEMBLE:]
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Then we'll be
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Big, blonde and beautiful
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It's time to face the fact
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It's irrefutable
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Can't ya hear that rumbling?
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That's our hunger to be free
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It's time to fin'ly taste
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Equality
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[COUNCIL MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS:]
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On mother/daughter day
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Where thin is in,
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We're white as wool
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[MOTORMOUTH:]
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Well ladies, big is back!
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And as for black, it's...
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[MOTORMOUTH & ENSEMBLE:]
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... Beautiful!
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[MOTORMOUTH:]
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All shapes and sizes, follow me
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[EDNA:]
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Let's bust their chops!
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[VELMA:]
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Quick, cali the cops!
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[MOTORMOUTH & PROTESTERS:]
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We're gonna dance our way to victory!
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And get us on TV!
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[PROTESTERS:]
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2... 4... 6... 8... TV'S got to integrate!
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[COUNCIL MEMBERS:]
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Stay away! This isn't Negro Day!
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[Police sirens wail. Whistles blow. As the protesters continue their march, they are loaded into the addy wagon.]
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[MOTORMOUTH:]
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You bet I'm big!
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[EDNA (pulling on Velmas hair):]
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This blond is gray!
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[LINK:]
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Tracy, this was beautiful!
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[MOTORMOUTH:]
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Big, blonde, and beautiful leads the way!
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[ENSEMBLE:]
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No one's getting on TV today!
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Big, Blonde And Beautiful
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| Queen Latifah |
