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London bitches falling down (I got your facial right here)

Picture
hear ye hear ye!
come thou before the committee
all things voiced or reasoned
thought or writ
must put up with our bull shit

Why us?
because we make such a fuss
and cuz we've read something
someone said we should

but please, don't let me be misunderstood
with all of our hands our ass we did find

we inhabit an air so rare and divine
you'll be blessed by our pretense in our lofty shrine

we have the critique boutique
and we're oh so chic
come admire our technique
we run it through the committee
then post in your group and say lookie see
isn't that unique?
got it from someone in Mozambique

No cliche to soil your style
instead we'll launder it through our committee's
mile high pile
they don't have a clue so we pee-yew it
then our monkey see, monkey redo it

so come run our gauntlet of pomposity
we'll make you out to be a curiosity
then we'll blubber all over our selves
when one of our fellows spouts off with their tells

we'll stroke it good, not cuz it is
but because we're really the Wiz
pull back the curtain reveals the biz
after all, we are just a clique
and we don't miss a trick
come witness our shtick
but by this time you might just say suck my…..




Written by Scott Schoffstall
© July 27, 2011
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