Shade: The Rusical by RuPaul Lyrics
In the city of drag queens, there's a fine line between being shady and being a lady. This is Penny, which will she choose?
[Courtney Act]
I just got off the bus
I don't drink or eat or cuss
[Bianca Del Rio + Trinity K. Bonet]
You're new in town it's time to knuckle down
Start swimming to the top before you drown
[Courtney]
Who are you?
[Bianca + Trinity (Courtney)]
We are the pageant queens (oh, fancy)
We're elegant machines in gowns
We strut we don't need corny smut
[Darianne Lake + Gia Gunn]
What?
[Bianca + Trinity]
Let's hold back and see which way she leans
[Courtney]
Who are you?
[Darianne + Gia (Courtney)]
We are the comedy queens (oh, cute)
Humor always justifies the means
[Darianne (Gia)]
While she's there telling a joke (look!)
[Gia (Courtney]
I'm right behind you poke (oh!)
[Darianne + Gia (Gia)]
So don't listen to them 'cause there just full of beans (literally!)
[Courtney]
Who's that?
[Bianca]
Wait!
She's the shady queen horrid queen
No one wants to see her
[Trinity]
On her own all alone
No one wants to be her
[Gia]
Listen up pretty pup
[Darianne (Gia + Darianne)]
She's on her way to six feet (underground)
[Bianca}
Yes, and nothing nice
Nothing good ever goes her way, so -
[Trinity]
Miss "Off the Bus"
Stick with us
Even Ru would say so
[Courtney]
Who?
[Trinity, Bianca, Darianne, Gia]
(Gasp)
Rupaul!
[Courtney]
Oh!
[Trinity, Bianca, Darianne, Gia]
Turn around!
We are the better queens
The safer queens, the lighter queens
The brighter queens, the wiser queens
Advisor queens, the ones who you should stick with
[BenDeLaCreme]
Penny, you really wanna be a star?
[Courtney]
Yeah I do!
[Bianca]
No! Don't do it!
[Trinity]
Don't go!
[Gia]
No, girl
[Trinity]
She's got testicles! I've seen them!
[Bianca]
She's a man with one eye no!
[Darienne]
Oh, we're losing her!
[DeLa]
There's a hole in your heart
There'a place in your soul
A passion so strong
It makes your blood boil
All your dreams come alive
All your wishes will grow
If you take a swig of this fish oil
Drink for me!
[Courtney]
Oh, I'd really like to but I shouldn't I-
[DeLa]
Drink for me!
[Courtney]
But I do want to be a big, big star
[DeLa]
Drink for me!
[Other Queens]
Don't do it! Don't do it!
[DeLa]
Drink for me!
[Other Queens]
You'll lose it! You'll lose it!
[Courtney]
Well I'm gonna be the greatest star
And nothing and no one's gonna keep me down
And you, and you, and all of you
I'll make you love me
[Other Queens]
Don't do it! Don't do it!
[Courtney]
Oh I can't get it open
[DeLa]
Here!
[Other Queens]
Don't do it! Don't do it!
[Courtney]
Watch me be your star
Thanks to fish oil, our good little penny became one bad penny. But, she got her fame
[Adore Delano]
Because I'm the biggest star and I'm going far just a miracle in front of you
Oh, and if you don't believe I will show you I'll teach you I'll school you I'll beat you
And punch you and crunch you I'll take you and make you thank me
When you love me
That's how you do it back rolls
Did you see what she said to me! Hack rolls! heard it!
Can you believe, can you believe she even said that yes she really did oh yes she really, really went there
Well I'm not gonna stick around and be a part of her show but you have to! Girl, the paycheck!
Oh, right mhmm
No, I'll never love anyone else like I love myself oh no, no, no, no I'll never love anyone else
Ai dios mio! The's going down! too much fish oil!
Now's our chance!
Watch us rise to the top 'cause we're the fresh fish on the scene we're the new girls in town we're stepping right over this queen she's been throwing some shade and now we don't give a damn take away her fish oil and there ain't nothing left there, man
Woo!
Center stage another chapter time to turn the page
And finally I'm the star no I'm the star! No I'm the star! no girl! (mumbled fighting)
Oh the shade the shade of it all
Look at yourself shady ladies you should be ashamed of what you've become oh, I never thought that you would do this so let me remind you of just one thing
Take each other's hands and come together cause we are each other's family all 2,603,040 sisters this is our land and we are the queens
Time to take a stand and come together (we come together) cause we are each other's family (we're all family) all 2,603,040 sisters (many queens) this is our land and we are the queens
So even if you're a pageant queen or a comedy queen or a fishy queen a shady queen or just a big damn girl we are a family
Back rolls!
[Courtney Act]
I just got off the bus
I don't drink or eat or cuss
[Bianca Del Rio + Trinity K. Bonet]
You're new in town it's time to knuckle down
Start swimming to the top before you drown
[Courtney]
Who are you?
[Bianca + Trinity (Courtney)]
We are the pageant queens (oh, fancy)
We're elegant machines in gowns
We strut we don't need corny smut
[Darianne Lake + Gia Gunn]
What?
[Bianca + Trinity]
Let's hold back and see which way she leans
[Courtney]
Who are you?
[Darianne + Gia (Courtney)]
We are the comedy queens (oh, cute)
Humor always justifies the means
[Darianne (Gia)]
While she's there telling a joke (look!)
[Gia (Courtney]
I'm right behind you poke (oh!)
[Darianne + Gia (Gia)]
So don't listen to them 'cause there just full of beans (literally!)
[Courtney]
Who's that?
[Bianca]
Wait!
She's the shady queen horrid queen
No one wants to see her
[Trinity]
On her own all alone
No one wants to be her
[Gia]
Listen up pretty pup
[Darianne (Gia + Darianne)]
She's on her way to six feet (underground)
[Bianca}
Yes, and nothing nice
Nothing good ever goes her way, so -
[Trinity]
Miss "Off the Bus"
Stick with us
Even Ru would say so
[Courtney]
Who?
[Trinity, Bianca, Darianne, Gia]
(Gasp)
Rupaul!
[Courtney]
Oh!
[Trinity, Bianca, Darianne, Gia]
Turn around!
We are the better queens
The safer queens, the lighter queens
The brighter queens, the wiser queens
Advisor queens, the ones who you should stick with
[BenDeLaCreme]
Penny, you really wanna be a star?
[Courtney]
Yeah I do!
[Bianca]
No! Don't do it!
[Trinity]
Don't go!
[Gia]
No, girl
[Trinity]
She's got testicles! I've seen them!
[Bianca]
She's a man with one eye no!
[Darienne]
Oh, we're losing her!
[DeLa]
There's a hole in your heart
There'a place in your soul
A passion so strong
It makes your blood boil
All your dreams come alive
All your wishes will grow
If you take a swig of this fish oil
Drink for me!
[Courtney]
Oh, I'd really like to but I shouldn't I-
[DeLa]
Drink for me!
[Courtney]
But I do want to be a big, big star
[DeLa]
Drink for me!
[Other Queens]
Don't do it! Don't do it!
[DeLa]
Drink for me!
[Other Queens]
You'll lose it! You'll lose it!
[Courtney]
Well I'm gonna be the greatest star
And nothing and no one's gonna keep me down
And you, and you, and all of you
I'll make you love me
[Other Queens]
Don't do it! Don't do it!
[Courtney]
Oh I can't get it open
[DeLa]
Here!
[Other Queens]
Don't do it! Don't do it!
[Courtney]
Watch me be your star
Thanks to fish oil, our good little penny became one bad penny. But, she got her fame
[Adore Delano]
Because I'm the biggest star and I'm going far just a miracle in front of you
Oh, and if you don't believe I will show you I'll teach you I'll school you I'll beat you
And punch you and crunch you I'll take you and make you thank me
When you love me
That's how you do it back rolls
Did you see what she said to me! Hack rolls! heard it!
Can you believe, can you believe she even said that yes she really did oh yes she really, really went there
Well I'm not gonna stick around and be a part of her show but you have to! Girl, the paycheck!
Oh, right mhmm
No, I'll never love anyone else like I love myself oh no, no, no, no I'll never love anyone else
Ai dios mio! The's going down! too much fish oil!
Now's our chance!
Watch us rise to the top 'cause we're the fresh fish on the scene we're the new girls in town we're stepping right over this queen she's been throwing some shade and now we don't give a damn take away her fish oil and there ain't nothing left there, man
Woo!
Center stage another chapter time to turn the page
And finally I'm the star no I'm the star! No I'm the star! no girl! (mumbled fighting)
Oh the shade the shade of it all
Look at yourself shady ladies you should be ashamed of what you've become oh, I never thought that you would do this so let me remind you of just one thing
Take each other's hands and come together cause we are each other's family all 2,603,040 sisters this is our land and we are the queens
Time to take a stand and come together (we come together) cause we are each other's family (we're all family) all 2,603,040 sisters (many queens) this is our land and we are the queens
So even if you're a pageant queen or a comedy queen or a fishy queen a shady queen or just a big damn girl we are a family
Back rolls!