What Is Hip?

So you wanna jump out your trick bag and ease on into hip bag

But you ain't just exactly sure what's hip

You started to let your hair grow, spent big bucks to cop your wardrobe

But somehow you know there's much more to the trip

(What is hip?) Tell me, tell me, if you think you know

(What is hip?) If you're really hip, the passing years will show

You want a hip trip, maybe hipper than hip, but what is hip?

You became part of the new breed, been smoking only the best weed

Hanging out on the so-called hippy set

Been seen in all the right places, seen with just the right faces

You should be satisfied, but still it ain't quite right

(What is hip?) Tell me, tell me if you think you know

(What is hip?) If you're really hip, the passing years will show

You want a hip trip, maybe hipper than hip, but what is hip?

Hipness is, ah, what it is

Hipness is, ah, what it is

Hipness is, ah, what it is

And sometimes hipness is what it ain't

Hey

Hey

You done went and found you a guru in an effort to find you a new you

And maybe even managed to raise your conscious level

While you're striving to find the right road, there's one thing you should know

What's hip today might become passé

(What is hip?) Tell me, tell me if you think you know

(What is hip?) If you're really hip, the passing years will show

You want a hip trip, maybe hipper than hip, but what is hip?

Think about it, y'all

(What is hip?) Tell me, tell me if you think you know

(What is hip?) If you're really hip, the passing years will show

(What is hip?) Tell me, tell me if you think you know

(What is hip?) If you're really hip, the passing years will show

(What is hip?) Ah

(What is hip?) Ah, I'd like to know

(What is hip?) Is it in the style of your hair?

(What is hip?) Is it in the clothes that you wear?

(What is hip?) Ah, I'd like to know

(What is hip?) I'd like to know

(What is hip?) What's hip, y'all?

Hey

(What is hip?) Oh

(What is hip?) What's hip, y'all?

(What is hip?) I wanna know

(What is hip?) Ah

(What is hip?) Hey, I wanna know what hipness is