Shade: The Rusical - Lucian Piane

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?

I just got off the bus

I don’t drink or eat or cuss

You’re new in town it’s time to knuckle down

Start swimming to the top before you drown

Who are you?

We are the pageant queens (oh, fancy)

We’re elegant machines in gowns

We strut we don’t need corny smut

What?

Let’s hold back and see which way she leans

Who are you?

We are the comedy queens (oh, cute)

Humor always justifies the means

While she’s there telling a joke (look!)

I’m right behind you poke (oh!)

So don’t listen to them 'cause there just full of beans (literally!)

Who’s that?

Wait!

She’s the shady queen horrid queen

No one wants to see her

On her own all alone

No one wants to be her

Listen up pretty pup

She’s on her way to six feet (underground)

[Bianca}​

Yes, and nothing nice

Nothing good ever goes her way, so —

Miss «Off the Bus»

Stick with us

Even Ru would say so

Who?

(Gasp)

Rupaul!

Oh!

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

Penny, you really wanna be a star?

Yeah I do!

No!

Don’t do it!

Don’t go!

No, girl

She’s got testicles!

I’ve seen them!

She’s a man with one eye no!

Oh, we’re losing her!

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!

Oh, I’d really like to but I shouldn’t I-

Drink for me!

But I do want to be a big, big star

Drink for me!

Don’t do it!

Don’t do it!

Drink for me!

You’ll lose it!

You’ll lose it!

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

Don’t do it!

Don’t do it!

Oh I can’t get it open

Here!

Don’t do it!

Don’t do it!

Watch me be your star

Thanks to fish oil, our good little penny became one bad penny.

But,

she got her fame

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

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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

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

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