I’m an intellectual badass

Don’t give me none of your backsass

You can offer me assistance

But don’t expect me to always listen

People tellin’ me they don’t like me

But that’s for me to decide so bite me

People tell me to be a believer

And I don’t listen to them either

People tellin’ me to smile

And smell the roses for a while

That’s fine but I’ve got shit to do

So don’t expect me to follow through

Because it’s cold and it is rainy

So that doesn’t exactly sound so brainy

I’m going back inside

To live the life that’s mine

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I’m an intellectual badass

Don’t give me any of your backsass

You can try to give me some advice

But don’t expect me to think twice

I’m strong enough without your help

Because my destiny’s up to myself

But I’ll still be your friend

<end chorus>

If you tell me not to swear

You bet your ass that I won’t care

‘Cause I’m a fighter, not a fencer

So know that I will not be censored

If you believe that there’s a guy

Who controls the world from in the sky

I don’t mean to call you daft

But I may lose myself and start to laugh

I don’t know if you have heard this,

But there’s a thing I’ve found called ‘purpose’

For all the people all around

And not some deity high off the ground

I believe in you and me

And nothing but what I can see

Because the only way to make things possible

Is if we deem ourselves responsible

<Chorus again>

You didn’t even go to college

So how can I invest in your knowledge

If you didn’t invest in it yourself

I think I’ll find somebody else

To do the talking in my life

And guiding myself through the strife

‘Cause if you don’t believe in what you see

Then how can you believe in me

You know a product fails

When they put “premium” on the label

Because if it had something that was actually special

They’d announce that special potential

But people fall for it anyway

And patronize it with the cash they pay

And what’s the difference between that and

Patronizing something you’ve no proof of in your lifespan

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<chorus again>

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Chords:

Bm7 Bm7 F#m7 G6

Bm7 Bm7 F#m7 G6

Bass:

B B F# G

F# F# E D