Aida - My Strongest Suit

My Strongest Suit from the Broadway musical Aida, with music and lyrics by Tim Rice and Elton John. I do not own anything. All rights belong to Tim Rice, Elton John, and Universal Distribution.
Amneris: Women:
In life one has to face a huge assortment
Of nauseating fads and good advice
There's health and fitness
Diet and deportment
And other pointless forms of sacrifice
Conversation? Wit? I am a doubter
Manners? Charm?
They're no way to impress
So forget the inner me , observe the outer
I am what I wear and how I dress
Oh now I believe in looking
Like my time on earth is cooking
Whether polka dotted
Striped or even checked
With the some glamour guaranteeing
Every fiber on of my being
Is displayed to quite remarkable effect
From your cradle via trousseau Ah
To your deathbed you're on view, so Ah
Never compromise, accept no substitute Ah
I would rather wear a barrel Ah
Than conservative apparel Ah
For my dress has always been Ah
My strongest suit Ah
Overwear
Underwear
Anytime
Anywhere
Staying in or hitting town wards Ooh ooh ooh ah
From the top and working downwards Ooh ooh ooh ah
I ensure that every stitch Ooh ooh ooh ah
Is stitched in time
Whether wig or hat or turban Is stitched in time
Whether clad boudoir or urban Ooh ooh ooh ah
Not to strut your stuff Ooh ooh ooh ah
Outrageously's a crime Ooh ooh ooh ah
Such a crime
And the few who are invited Oooh overwear
To my wardrobe are delighted Oooh underwear
As they wander through my things Oooh anytime
To find en route We're wandering through your things
Ooh negligee
That in negligee or formal Ooh anything but normal normal
I am anything but normal
Ooh ah
For my dress has always been Overwear, underwear
My strongest suit Anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear
Anytime, anywhere
I am what I wear Overwear, underwear
Anytime, anywhere
Overwear,underwear
I said anytime Anytime
Anywhere
Finest
Divinest
So bring me all my finest
Most audacious, my divinest Most revealing most
Most revealing expensive
Most expensive and to boot Most arresting
Most heartstopping
Most arresting Most heart-stoping
Overwear
Most heartstopping Underwear
Most free-flowing Anytime
Most eye-popping
Most arresting Anywhere
Most heart-stopping
Dress has always been
Dress has always been
I am what I wear
My strongest suit
I am what I wear
My strongest suit
I am what I wear
You know that
I am what I wear
Dress has always been
My strongest
Dress has always been My strongest
My strongest My strongest suit
My strongest
My strongest My strongest
My stroooooooooongest suit My strongest
My strongest suit
My strongest suit!

[@flanplan5903]

Fun fact: before this was a stage musical, it was originally almost a Disney animated movie, and then there was talk of a live action movie, with Christina Aguilera as Amneris and Beyoncé as Aida. I really REALLY would like that movie though.

[@kapparhotau181]

Beyonce? WTF! I'm so glad it fell through. I like Beyonce but Aida is not the role for her.

[@PageantExpert]

And this song in particular was actually given to The Spice Girls 😅

[@iammlizzz]

I would have watched that movie if Beyoncé was in it😃

[@samanthaDH]

Beyonce is a beautiful singer but a horrible actress, so glad this didnt happen

[@bootybebouncin]

This song is literally my autobiography, play this at my funeral with a slideshow of me slaying lewks

[@theklav2914]

😂😂😂😂

[@felipegelssis]

Keep'em coming sis

[@ernestreverence4074]

Yassssss!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@keikei3301]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙌🏼

[@dudeitsomar11]

please revive this musical. please.

[@flannerymonaghan-morris1317]

There is talk of them doing a revival or tour, led by one of the original broadway cast members.

[@moonbbe.]

They are reviving it now!!!

[@kapparhotau181]

I saw this in person and this scene was one of my favorites. Lady acted the hell out of this role. "My strongest suit!"

[@KM-ql4eb]

Agreed. This is Sherie Rene Scott I believe her name was. Idina Menzel also was Amneris but her performance was nowhere near as good as this.

[@maicey_t.]

I bet Leslie Kritzer would rock this role. I'd love to hear her rendition of this song especially.

[@meatisadelicacy]

Ugh, what a bop

[@AudreyGalaxy]

This song is awesome and underrated! :D

[@manuelorozco7760]

I agree the song is EPIC although I never seen Aida before

[@abbyclara1579]

I'm dancing too this song for competition dance this year lol! It so far it is really fun!!!

[@yasmineligonde4050]

i have a musical theater dance mad complicated to this song, but I love it.

[@carleymead7185]

I saw this in New York in 2004 with Vanessa Williams... It was.. Amazing

[@manuelorozco7760]

The song sounds like a fashion show done Motown style! Awesome

[@evacritchley1584]

I feel like I am in the show with my earbuds in 😁

[@sophiaholm3538]

This is going to be my solo song this year!!!😄

[@darrylbonner7208]

Good luck

[@bellashonk4649]

This is going to be my Solo song this new year too!

[@darrylbonner7208]

@@bellashonk4649 good luck

[@bumbleBubbleBee224]

OMG SAME!!!❤🎉

[@iselahernandez4028]

Im in a play for this and this is my favorite song and dance of the robe:)

[@wiscoolkids5428]

My school is doing a musical revue this year and I get to sing this song. Just one more month until opening night 😙

[@darrylbonner7208]

How did it go?

[@GrandmaGlitter23]

I'm auditioning for this musical with this song in two days O_O I'm so nervous

[@ButerWarrior44]

what happened?

[@GrandmaGlitter23]

I had a callback for the part of Amneris, but I didn't get it because I was quite a bit younger than everyone else. It's high school, so totally understandable! My senior year I did have to pleasure to be the lead female role of Nina Rosario for In The Heights ☺️

[@therealdeany0769]

@@GrandmaGlitter23 can’t believe you replied after 8 years

[@queenmedesa]

And I love the costumes onstage!

[@WithmeVerissimusWhostoned]

Whoever wrote the lyrics was either high or drunk or both, because a normal 9-to-5 peons don't think like this... I love it

[@meridianoneill3235]

Women: In life one has to face a huge assortment Of nauseating fads and good advice There's health and fitness Diet and deportment And other pointless forms of sacrifice Conversation? Wit? I am a doubter Manners? Charm? They're no way to impress So forget the inner me , observe the outer I am what I wear and how I dress Oh now I believe in looking Like my time on earth is cooking Whether polka dotted Striped or even checked With the some glamour guaranteeing Every fiber on of my being Is displayed to quite remarkable effect From your cradle via trousseau Ah To your deathbed you're on view, so Ah Never compromise, accept no substitute Ah I would rather wear a barrel Ah Than conservative apparel Ah For my dress has always been Ah My strongest suit Ah Overwear Underwear Anytime Anywhere Staying in or hitting town wards Ooh ooh ooh ah From the top and working downwards Ooh ooh ooh ah I ensure that every stitch Ooh ooh ooh ah Is stitched in time Whether wig or hat or turban Is stitched in time Whether clad boudoir or urban Ooh ooh ooh ah Not to strut your stuff Ooh ooh ooh ah Outrageously's a crime Ooh ooh ooh ah Such a crime And the few who are invited Oooh overwear To my wardrobe are delighted Oooh underwear As they wander through my things Oooh anytime To find en route We're wandering through your things Ooh negligee That in negligee or formal Ooh anything but normal normal I am anything but normal Ooh ah For my dress has always been Overwear, underwear My strongest suit Anytime, anywhere Overwear, underwear Anytime, anywhere I am what I wear Overwear, underwear Anytime, anywhere Overwear,underwear I said anytime Anytime Anywhere Finest Divinest So bring me all my finest Most audacious, my divinest Most revealing most Most revealing expensive Most expensive and to boot Most arresting Most heartstopping Most arresting Most heart-stoping Overwear Most heartstopping Underwear Most free-flowing Anytime Most eye-popping Most arresting Anywhere Most heart-stopping Dress has always been Dress has always been I am what I wear My strongest suit I am what I wear My strongest suit I am what I wear You know that I am what I wear Dress has always been My strongest Dress has always been My strongest My strongest My strongest suit My strongest My strongest My strongest My stroooooooooongest suit My strongest My strongest suit My strongest suit!

[@ladisneyprincesse]

I hear some of "Crocodile Rock" in this!

[@theonewhotried9153]

I have to sing this for singing lessons... ooof

[@bootybebouncin]

The One Who Tried good luck girl

[@amyroberts534]

Same!

[@FloridababyJS]

Just did this at my school

[@wrenpalmer2358]

i sing this as a solo in my school musical soon o.O

[@annamarusarz7628]

0:40 dont mind this just a time stamp for when the song starts

[@WithmeVerissimusWhostoned]

oh wow, you're just afraid... aren't you? Scared of the first few verses? haha \o/

[@rachidajad1037]

Im doing a show in my school on this song

[@angry567gmailcom]

I made up a dance to this !! lmao

[@isabelsummers8017]

My sister do this play from her school and she is Aida

[@maddieland1898]

I’m using this as an audition song for Chicago 0:40

[@caitlynn8214]

Seohyun of girls generation brought me here 😍😍😍

[@jannatulferdous6709]

Me too

[@auroraevans5509]

1:46 (just a mark for me so I can listen to my auditon cut)

[@AntonioMartinez-gv4ng]

Does anyone here suggest any one's else versions of this song that were in other people's own play's

[@evacritchley1584]

☺️

[@jordanc6943]

2:54

[@scottcopeland4035]

A mix of Runaround Sue, Dear Future Husband and Dance With Me Tonight

[@derekdunn4771]

this voice actor sounds younger than the actor at my high schools performance of this show

AMNERIS Viver é passar por uma_infinidade De (pe)quenos sacrifí/cios da bele(za) Há die/tas, cirurgi/as, malhação Pro corpo_adquirir certa firme(za) Pra quem quer cau/sar boa impressão() Charme, (simpa)tia, não vão ajudar você Procurar no_interior será em vão() Pois eu sou aqui(lo) que você vê Acredito que na vida, se você_está mal vestida Os de/feitos é_o que o/bservarão E portanto eu me rendo, aos detalhes eu me prendo E me vis/to pra_alcançar a perfeição Pois se desde_o nascimento ao desapa/recimento Sempre haverá um o/bservador Assim cada polegada, deve ser incrementada Ninguém liga pra bele/za_interior MULHERES Pra vestir, pra usar Pra_esconder, pra mostrar AMNERIS (Es)tando em ca/sa ou na rua, a esco/lha é só sua Se você vai suas fa/lhas revelar MULHERES Quer revelar? AMNERIS De peruca_ou de turbante, estou sempre deslumbrante Não esconda se você pode se mostrar MULHERES Vem mostrar AMNERIS Um barril eu / vestiria, mas jamais bi/juteria Pois a moda dito sem tirar nem por MULHERES Dita moda por onde for AMNERIS E por isso eu insisto MULHERES Por favor AMNERIS E com graça eu me visto MULHERES Muita graça AMNERIS Ninguém liga pra bele/za interior MULHERES Pra vestir, pra usar Pra_esconder, pra mostrar Pra vestir, pra usar Pra_esconder, pra mostrar AMNERIS Penso, logo eu visto! Eu sei me vestir pra matar MULHERES Pra vestir, pra usar Pra esconder, pra mostrar Pra vestir, pra usar Pra_esconder, pra mostrar AMNERIS Então traga, o mais rico. MULHERES Rico AMNERIS O mais belo, mais bonito MULHERES Bonito AMNERIS Luxuoso e que seja_arrasador MULHERES Luxuoso e que seja o mais caro AMNERIS Transparente MULHERES O mais raro AMNERIS Imponente AMNERIS O mais fino_estonteante Cativante_impressionante, sim Quem vê a bele/za_interior? MULHERES Eu pen(so) logo_eu visto Eu pen(so) logo_eu visto AMNERIS Interior Eu sei que eu pen(so) logo_eu visto Quem vê a bele/za_interior AMNERIS Então traga, o mais rico. MULHERES Mais rico AMNERIS O mais belo, mais bonito MULHERES Bonito AMNERIS Luxuoso e que seja_arrasador MULHERES Luxuoso e que seja o mais caro AMNERIS O mais caro, transparente O mais raro imponente Quem vê a bele/za_interior MULHERES Eu pen(so) logo_eu visto Eu pen(so) logo_eu visto AMNERIS Interior Eu sei que eu pen(so) logo_eu visto Não irão olhar pra minha Beleza Beleza Beleza Beleza Interior

[@MsOdale7]

No. Lady Gaga is secretly a tribute to this song

[@val5310]

3:26 don’t mind me just putting this here for our dance number

[@cjdub0930]

3:44

[@alexandraperez217]

1:55 time stamp :)

[@bumbleBubbleBee224]

I dod dance and this is my solo song!!!!😁😁😆

[@user-he6fm2gw4v]

It’s my mine too!!!!! 😊

[@nagymaba6694]

0:47

[@mockinjay3rd]

here because of heartthrobanderson

[@myorichann]

Who's here after Seohyun sing this song?

[@zazjudo]

i love how the name of this channel has a grammar error :P it's supposed to be "You're" not "your"!!

[@jetibest]

+SlendyDOESjudo There you have it, now you have to buy a happymeal. Because making a comment about that mistake makes you so sad ;) Hell, reading this comment makes me so sad, everybody gotta buy a happymeal!

[@NotEvenSquidward]

you'refigwen

[@Jst_zirxa0217]

00:40

[@nicole-io4qy]

Who's sing this song in this??

[@HaunaMyKiki]

+nicole 조 Sherie Rene Scott

[@manuelorozco7760]

I saw her cameo in PS I LOVE YOU

[@okay1305]

IM SO NERVOUS TO AUDITION

[@brennatorgesen9113]

Sounds like Dear Future Husband

[@bento_boy3606]

Wtf is this

[@queenmedesa]

Amneri's song

[@TylerCirulnick]

3:07

[@jordyn9481]

4:18

[@julianna.4388]

2:44