So you want to jump out your trick bag
And ease on into a hip bag
But you ain`t just exactly sure what`s hip
So you start to let your hair grow
Spend big bucks to cop you a wardrobe
But somehow you know there`s much more to the trip

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What is hip?
Tell me, tell me if you think you know
What is hip?
If you was really hip
The passing years would show
You into a hip trip
Maybe hipper than hip
But what is hip?

So you became part of the new breed
Been smokin` only the best weed
Been hangin` out on the so-called hippest set
Being seen at all the right places
Being seen with just the right faces
You should be satisfied
Still it ain`t quite right

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Hipness, what it is!
Hipness, what it is!
Hipness, what it is!
And sometimes hipness is
What it ain`t!

You done even went and found you a guru
In your effort to find you a new you
And maybe even managed
To raise your conscious level
As you striving to find the right road
There`s one thing you should know
What`s hip today
Might become passe