Lyrics It Roars - Original Broadway Cast of Mean Girls, Erika Henningsen

It Roars

I’m sixteen living in paradise
With the lions and birds and stuff
But I’m sixteen and it’s not enough
I’m alone, I mean, there’s mom and dad
And the animals we observe
But frankly they’re all on my last nerves
Nobody on the savanna understands
None of my closest friends even has hands
I’ve got dreams exciting me
Like, a fire igniting me
I tried to confide in my lions
But they keep biting me
Did you ever get a feeling
Everybody else is happy
Everybody else has friends
And they’re better friends than yours
It’s a very recent feeling
But it’s running through my body
And it roars
It roars
Bindi, we’ve lost our funding and we’re going to have to back to the US
Maybe I can meet an obese person
It’s going be a difficult adjustment, you’ll have to go to a real school
Mom, I would love that, let’s all try something new
We live in a tent
And adventure is what we do
True
I’ve got no time to cry
I got new things to try
Like, high school, and skateboards and rapping
And Starbucks Venti Chai
Did you ever get a feeling
That a whole new world is waiting
Bringing happiness and friends
To the brave girl who explores
It’s a scary kind of feeling, but it’s so exhilarating
How it roars
It roars
It roars
Okay, maybe they didn’t see me
Staring at their little screens
Plus, it’s crowded
With all those teens
Hi, teens!
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They’re tough.
Challenge accepted
I’m trying to break into a pack
Like baboons, it’s natural they attack
I got to fight for the right to belong, to fit in
Somebody doesn’t fit
They want to be included, like me
So eventually, I’ll win
New kid, ignore her!
I’ll win.
(Just ignore her!)
Do you ever get a feeling?
Everybody wants connection
Yes, I know they have their friends, but what is one friend more
No!
'Cause I know, I know this feeling
We know this feeling
So I brush off their rejection
At our core
Just ignore her
You can’t ignore
Just ignore her
The roar!
(Roar. Roar. Roar. Roar.)
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