[Intro]
N.C.
Elphie, now that we're friends, I've decided to make you my new project
N.C.
Oh, you really don't have to do that
N.C.
I know!
 
That's what makes me so nice
 
 
[Verse 1]
        
Whenever I see

/        
  someone less

          
 fortunate tha

   
n I
           
And let's face

         
 it, right? Wh

         
o isn't less f

/           
ortunate than 


I?
          
My tender hear

        
t tends to sta

   
rt to bleed
           
And when someo

      
ne needs a mak

#         
eover, I simpl

          
y have to take


 over
         
I know, I know

     
 exactly what 

     
they need
            
And even in yo

   
ur case
          
Though it's th

          
e toughest cas

       
e I've yet to 

face
            
Don't worry, I

           
'm determined 

     
to succeed
      
Follow my lead

 
         
And yes, indee

d
N.C.
You will be, ah
 
 
[Chorus]
       
Popular
              
You're gonna b

    
e popu---lar
          
I'll teach you

          
 the proper pl

          
oys when you t

      
alk to boys
         
Little ways to

         
 flirt and flo

unce, ooh
              
I'll show you 

      
what shoes to 

         
wear, how to f

            
ix your hair
           
Everything tha

        
t really count

s to be
       
Popular
              
I'll help you 

    
be popu--lar
          
You'll hang wi

            
th the right c

         
ohorts, you'll

          
 be good at sp


orts
         
Know the slang

             
 you've got to

 
 know
           
So let's start

              
 'cause you've

     
 got an awfull

            
y   long way t

      
o go
 
 
[Verse 2]
Bb           Bb(G#5)/F    Bb     G(G#5)/F#7
  Don't be offended by my frank analysis
         
Think of it as

              
 personality d

       
ialysis
          
    Now that I

        
've chosen to 

    
become a pal
             
A sister and a

       
dviser, there'

s nobody wiser

Not when it co

mes to
 
 
[Chorus]
      
Popular
             
I know about p

 
opu--lar
          
And with an as

        
sist from me t

           
o be who you'l

  
l be
         
Instead of dre

    
ary who---you-

 
--were
          
Well, are!
             
There's nothin

              
g that can sto

      
p you  from be

            
coming populer

     
... lar
 
 
[Post-Chorus]
      
  La-la, la---

 
-la
          
We're gonna ma

       
ke you pop----

      
--u-lar
 
 
[Bridge]
     
When I see    

    
  depressing c

#/
reatures
      
With unpreposs


essing feature

s
    
I remind    th

     
em on their ow

#  
n behalf to th

ink of
   
Celebrated    

  
heads of state
            
Or especially 

    
great communic

ators
    
 Did they have

    
 brains or kno

wledge?

 Don't make me

 laugh
 
 
[Chorus]
 
They were

Popular

Right!
              
It's all about

  
 popu--lar
             
It's not about

       
 aptitude, it'

            
s the way you'

   
re viewed
         
So it's very  

    
 shrewd   to b

 
e
           
Very, very pop

     
ular like   me

, me
 
 
[Refrain]
            
And though you

    
 protest
           
Your disintere

#
st
     
I know clandes

   
---tine-ly
           
You're gonna g

              
rin and bear i

          
t: your newfou

          
nd popularity
 
(Woo!)
 
 
[Outro]
      
La-la, la-----

la
       
La-la, la-la
      
La-la, ooh
 
You'll be popular
       
   Just not qu

         
ite as popular

       
  as me!