What Is Hip

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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So you want to jump out your trick bag
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And ease on into a hip bag
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But you ain't just exactly sure what's hip
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So you start to let your hair grow
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Spend big bucks to cop you a wardrobe
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But somehow you know there's much more to the trip

[Chorus 1]
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What is hip?
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Tell me, tell me if you think you know
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What is hip? If you was really hip
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The passing years would show
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You into a hip trip
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Maybe hipper than hip
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But what is hip?
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[Verse 2]
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So you became part of the new breed
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Been smokin' only the best weed
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Been hangin' out on the so-called hippest set
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Being seen at all the right places
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Being seen with just the right faces
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You should be satisfied
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Still it ain't quite right

[Chorus 2]
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What is hip?
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Tell me, tell me if you think you know
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What is hip? If you was really hip
    B9
The passing years would show
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You into a hip trip
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Maybe hipper than hip
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But what is hip?
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[Bridge]
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Hipness, what it is!
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Hipness, what it is!
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Hipness, what it is!
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And sometimes hipness is
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What it ain't!
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[Verse 3]
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You done even went and found you a guru
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In your effort to find you a new you
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And maybe even managed
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To raise your conscious level
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As you striving to find the right road
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There's one thing you should know
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What's hip today
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Might become passe

[Chorus 3]
        E9
What is hip?
                        C9
Tell me, tell me if you think you know
        E9
What is hip? If you was really hip
    B9
The passing years would show
              E9
You into a hip trip
                 F#9
Maybe hipper than hip
            G9
But what is hip?
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[Instrumental]
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[Outro]
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What is hip? Ahhhhhhhhh
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What is hip? I'd like to know
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What is hip? Is it in the style of your hair?
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What is hip? Is it in the clothes that you wear?
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What is hip? I'd like to know
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What is hip? I'd like to know
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What is hip? What is hip y'all? Hey
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What is hip? Hey! Oh
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What is hip? What is hip y'all?
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What is hip? I wanna know
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What is hip? Ahhhhhhh
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What is hip? I wanna know what hipness is

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