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"How Bad Can I Be?" is a song from the 2012 animated film The Lorax. It features the Once-ler and his family as he questions how his excessive pollution and deforestation could possibly be wrong when he is making so much money.
It was performed by the Once-Ler's voice actor Ed Helms and a chorus as his family.
How bad can I be?
I'm just doin' what comes naturally
How bad can I be?
I'm just followin' my destiny
How bad can I be?
I'm just doin' what comes naturally
How bad can I be?
How bad can I possibly be?
Well, there's a principle in nature
(Principle in nature)
That almost every creature knows
Called survival of the fittest
(Survival of the fittest)
And check it, this is how it goes:
The animal that wins gotta scratch and fight
And claw and bite and punch
And the animal that doesn't
Well, the animal that doesn't
Winds up someone else's La-la-la-la lunch
(Munch, munch, munch, munch, munch)
I'm just sayin'
How bad can I be?
I'm just doin' what comes naturally
How bad can I be?
I'm just followin' my destiny
How bad can I be?
I'm just doin' what comes naturally
How bad can I be?
How bad can I possibly be?
(Ahhh!)
There's a principle in business
(Principle in business)
That everybody knows is sound
It says the people with the money
(The people with the money)
Make this ever-loving world go 'round
So I'm biggering my company
I'm biggering my factory
I'm biggering my corporate sign
(Bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger)
Everybody out there, you take care of yours
And me? I'll take care of mine, mine, mine, mine, mine
(Shake that bottom line)
Let me hear you say smogulous smoke!
(Smogulous smoke!)
Schloppity-Schlopp!
(Schloppity-Schlopp!)
Complain all you want
It's never ever, ever, ever gonna stop
(Stop!)
Come on! How bad can I possibly be?
How bad can I be?
I'm just building the economy
How bad can I be?
Just look at me petting this puppy
How bad can I be?
A portion of proceeds goes to charity
How bad can I be?
How bad could I possibly be? Let's see!
(How bad can I be?)
(Buy, sell, trade, squash)
All the customers are buying
(How bad can he be?)
(Pork, fat, cut, smash)
And the money is multiplying
(How bad can we be?)
(Gold, yen, mark, pound)
And the PR people are lying
(How bad can I be?)
(Short, coal, oil, war)
And the lawyers are denying
(How bad can I be?)
Who cares if a few trees are dying
(How bad can we be?)
(Pork, fat, cut, smash)
This is all so gratifying
How bad
How bad can this possibly be?
Other Appearances[]
The song was featured on the Dr. Seuss' The Lorax: Original Songs from the Motion Picture album.
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Dr. Seus' The Lorax "How bad can I be?" -Official Hd 1080p-
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
How Bad Can I Be?
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax: Original Songs from the Motion Picture
Covers[]
How Bad Can I Be -- female ver. (from The Lorax) 【covered by Anna】
Annapantsu
HOW BAD CAN I BE - Female Cover - The Lorax - By Lydia the Bard
Lydia the Bard
How Bad Can I Be from The Lorax but the Once-ler is a girl
Elsie Lovelock
【 Loganne 】How Bad Can I Be Cover ⌜ The Lorax ⌟ (Female Ver.)
Loganne
How Bad Can I Be (The Lorax) - Female Ver. - Cover by Chloe
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