3. Emmett Forrest - Chip on My Shoulder

Diva Productions Audition Material for Legally Blonde 2021. Track for Emmett Forrest. Music is Chip on My Shoulder. Please prepare bars 38 to 164 and bars 123 to end - we may ask to hear individual parts and skip dialogue breaks

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EMMETT (spoken) Okay (sung) I grew up in the Roxbury slums With my mom and a series of bums Guys who showed me all the ways a man can fail I got through law school by busting my ass Worked two jobs in addition to class So forgive me for not weeping at your tale ELLE (spoken) Well excuse me, just because you've got some kind of chip on your shoulder . . . EMMETT (spoken) You know what? You're right. (sung) There's a chip on my shoulder And it's big as a boulder With the chance I've been given I'm gonna be driven as hell I'm so close I can taste it So I'm not gonna waste it Yeah, there's a chip on my shoulder You might wanna get one as well ELLE (spoken) I'm sorry, but that sounds highly negative. Wait! Two jobs PLUS law school?! How do you do it? EMMETT Well, I don't go to parties a lot Not good use of the time that I've got Can't spend hours doing my hair and staying in shape ELLE (spoken) I don't spend hours! EMMETT But I know it'll all be worthwhile When I win my first lucrative trial And buy my mom that great big house out on the cape! ELLE (spoken) Oh, that's so sweet! EMMETT No! That's the chip on my shoulder I hugged my mom and told her With the chance I've been given I'm gonna be driven as hell Though I can't take the day off I just think of the payoff You need a chip on your shoulder Little Miss Woods comma Elle ELLE (spoken) I just need to prove to everyone that I'm serious! EMMETT (spoken) What you need is to get to work! Where are your law books? ELLE (spoken) Ummm . . . Well, I know they're here somewhere . . . EMMETT Ya know, this vanity's real picturesque But it started its life as a desk Clear it off, and find some room for books instead ELLE (spoken) What are you doing?! EMMETT Can you live without this? Can you live without that? I don't know what this is ELLE (spoken) It's for hair! EMMETT Wear a hat! Spend some time improving what's inside your head! Out, out, put it in storage, sell it on eBay, leave it behind Out, out, what, are you angry? Good, so get angry! You may find The chip on your shoulder ELLE (spoken) ARGH! EMMETT The room just got colder ELLE (spoken) Hey! EMMETT But with the chance you've been given Why are you not driven as hell?! There's just no way around it You gotta plow through til you've ELLE (spoken) Found it! EMMETT Been reading it hard, I can tell . . . EMMETT Guess she got a chip on her shoulder Maybe some wise man told her With the chance we've been given We gotta be driven as hell She was something to see there I'm just happy I could be there First big test and she aced it She's so close she can taste it She got a chip on her shoulder Guess you never can te-e-ell . . . With little Miss Woods comma Elle! GIRLS Elle Woods Woods comma Elle Chip on her shoulder Elle Woods Woods comma Elle Chip on her shoulder EMMETT No you never can tell GIRLS Elle Woods Woods comma Elle Chip on her shoulder ALL With little Miss Woods comma Elle