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Kate Ceberano & Her Septet - "I'm Hip" (Live) (1987)
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00:00I'm hip, I'm a square, I'm alert, I'm awake, I'm aware, I'm on top of everything, making the runs, digging the sounds, I read people magazine, yeah I'm hip, I'm hip, I'm in step.
00:28When it was hip to be hip, I'm just hip, I don't know, but I'm a fan, look at me singing, ding, ding, ding, I even call my girlfriend, man, I'm so hip, every Saturday night, with my suit button tied in my swipe up, I'm getting my kicks, digging arty French flicks with my shades on, yeah, cause I'm too much, I'm a gas, I am anything but middle class.
00:56When I hang around the band, pop my thumbs, dig in the drums, squares don't seem to understand why I flip, then I'm hip, like I'm hip.
01:10I'm hip, I'm alive, I enjoy any joint where there's jive, I'm on top of every train, look at me go, vote your door, Vince Jones was my best friend, yeah I'm hip.
01:27I'm hip, but not weird, like you notice I don't wear a beard, beards were in but now they're out, they had their day, now they're past, they just ask me if you're in doubt, cause I'm hip.
01:42Now I'm deep into zen, meditation and macro my eyes, and as soon as I came, I intend to get into no cause, cause I'm cool, as a cook, I'm a cat, I'm a card, I'm a cook, I get so much out of life.
02:01Really I do, scooby doo boo, one more time, play me at the knife, let it rip, I may flip, but I'm hip, ooh I'm hip, yeah I'm hip.
02:15I'm so, scooby doo boo doo, boom doo, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.
02:28Yeah, let's check some piano.

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