ONCE-LER
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How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just doing what comes naturally-- 
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How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just following my destiny 
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How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just doing what comes naturally 
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How ba-a-a-ad can I be? 
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How bad can I possibly be? 
 
ONCE-LER & (Chorus)
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Well, there's a principle of nature (principle of nature) 
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That almost every creature knows 
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Called survival of the fittest (survival of the fittest) 
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And check it, this is how it goes: 
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The animal that eats gotta scratch, and fight, and claw, and bite, and punch! 
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And the animal that doesn't, well the animal that doesn't 
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Winds up someone else's lu-lu-lu-lu-lunch (munch, munch, munch, munch, munch) 
 
I'm just sayin'! 
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How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just doing what comes naturally-- 
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How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just following my destiny 
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How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just doing what comes naturally 
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How ba-a-a-ad can I be? 
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How bad can I possibly be? 
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There's a principle in business (principle in business) 
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That everybody knows is sound 
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It says the people with the money (people with the money) 
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Make this ever-loving world go 'round; 
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So I'm biggering my company, I'm biggering my factory, I'm biggering my corporate sign! 
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Everybody out there, you take care of yours 
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And me? I'll take care. Of 
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Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine! (Shake that bottom line!) 
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Let me hear you say 'smogulous smoke'! (smogulous smoke!) 
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Schloppity schlop! (schloppity schlop!) 
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Complain all you want, it's never ever, ever, ever gonna stop-- 
 
Come on how bad can I possibly be? 
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How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just building the economy 
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How ba-a-a-ad can I be? Just look at me pettin' this puppy! 
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How ba-a-a-ad can I be? A portion of proceeds goes to charity. 
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How ba-a-a-ad can I be? How bad can I possibly be? Let's see: 
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(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) All the customers are buying! 
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(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) And the money's multiplying! 
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(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) And the PR people are lying! 
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(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) And the lawyers are denying! 
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(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) Who cares if a few trees are dying? 
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(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) This is all so gratifying! 
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How bad... 
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How bad can this possibly be!?