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What the Heck I Gotta Do Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

21 Chump Street: The Musical

2014

[NARRATOR]
The plan was called Operation D-Minus. And one of the schools included in the plan was Park Vista Community High School, where a kid named Justin Laboy—
[JUSTIN]
That's me
[NARRATOR]
—an 18-year-old honor roll student—
[JUSTIN]
I get straight A's, man
[NARRATOR]
—was in the last semester of his senior year. Justin could hardly believe his luck when a very pretty girl showed up
[JUSTIN]
Naomi!
[NARRATOR]
In not one but two of his classes
[STUDENTS]
Naomi!
[NARRATOR]
She sat in front of him. He switched seats
[STUDENTS]
Naomi!
[NARRATOR]
The last name she used was—
[STUDENTS]
Rodriguez
[NARRATOR]
Justin, what drew you to Naomi initially?
[JUSTIN]
Man, she used to fall asleep in class
She was a light-skinneded Puerto Rican-Dominican—
Long hair, mature in the body like woah
[STUDENTS]
Like, woah
[JUSTIN]
That's not the only reason I liked her, though
She said she moved with her mother to Florida from New York
[STUDENTS]
Where dreams are made
[JUSTIN]
Well, so did I. So I said, hi
She seemed mature, and I talked more
[STUDENTS]
More, more, more!
[JUSTIN]
And I was like, what the heck I gotta do to be with you?
[STUDENTS]
What the heck I gotta do?
[JUSTIN]
What the heck I gotta do to be with you?
[STUDENTS]
What the heck I gotta do?
[JUSTIN]
Who do I have to be for you to be with me?
[NARRATOR]
You told her all this in class?
[JUSTIN]
Yeah. Well, I texted her! Y'know, I was like, what the heck I gotta do to be with you?
[STUDENTS]
L-O-L-O-L-O-L!
[JUSTIN]
What the heck I gotta do to be with you?
[STUDENTS]
R-O-F-L-O-L!
[JUSTIN]
Who do I have to be for you to be with me?
[NAOMI]
Smiley face
[JUSTIN]
Yes! Next thing you know, we're texting day and night. I trust her right away
[STUDENTS]
Like, woah!
[JUSTIN]
Hey, yo. I never met anyone like her, bro. Yo, she listens to all my problems. I let her copy all my homework. And then I lay it all on the line. And she was like—
[STUDENTS]
No, no—
[JUSTIN]
No! She didn't say no exactly. I don't know
[STUDENTS]
No, no, no, no!
[JUSTIN]
Yeah, I was surprised. I'm a pretty great guy
[STUDENTS]
So? So?
[JUSTIN]
So, I decided I needed to step my game up
[STUDENTS]
Oh, oh, oh, oh
[JUSTIN]
It's too late to be shy. And so I got in front of the whole class one day, and serenaded her. I was like, what the heck I gotta do to be with you?
[STUDENTS]
What the heck I gotta do?
[JUSTIN]
What the heck I gotta do to be with you?
[STUDENTS]
What the heck I gotta do?
[JUSTIN]
Who do I have to be for you to go to prom with me!
[NARRATOR]
You asked her to the prom?
[JUSTIN]
Yeah! I danced and everything
[STUDENTS]
Naomi!
[JUSTIN]
Naomi! I know there's a reason you were transferred here to me
[STUDENTS]
Naomi!
[STUDENTS]
Naomi! I know there's a reason this isn't luck, it's destiny
[STUDENTS]
Naomi!
[JUSTIN]
Naomi! You know me! Will you go to prom with me?
[NAOMI]
I'll think about it
[STUDENTS]
She'll think about it. She'll think about it. She'll think about it. She'll think about
[JUSTIN]
She said she'd think about it
[STUDENTS]
She'll think about it
[JUSTIN]
She'll think about it
[STUDENTS]
Think about it
[JUSTIN]
She'll think about it
[STUDENTS]
She'll think about it. She'll think about it
[JUSTIN]
Yes!
Credits
Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda

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