Released on YouTube in 2008 to promote Lin Manuel’s new musical “In the Heights”, “Heights Cool Musical Too” is a parody of “Bet On It” from the film, “High School Musical 2” (see original below).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kze5Eo39lzA
Everybody's always talkin' at me
Everybody's tryin' to get in my head
I wanna listen to my own heart talkin'
I need to finish In the Heights instead
Did you ever
Close a show to put it back on
Did you ever
Get on a stage and wanna get off?
Did you ever
Dance around the park and let it all go?
Did you make a video
Instead of writing your show?
I like to dance a lot
That's who I am
The ladies think I'm hot
Check out my tan!
Will I be In the Heights
You know you can
Bet on it, bet on it, bet on it, bet on it (Bet on me)
And *In The Heights* is gonna
Be on Broadway
I wanna plug the show
Today is the day!
Am I the type of guy who seems kinda gay
Bet on it, bet on it, bet on it, bet on it
Oh, hold up
Give me room to think
Bring it on down
Hi my name is Lin Miranda
I know you don't know who I am but I
Wore these pants and I'm willin' to dance
Like an idiot if ya just gimme the chance
To just plug my show and reach the people
Bust my flow cuz the flow is lethal
It's called In the Heights and life is sweet yo
It helps that I get to kiss Karen Olivo
Eight times a week, yo
The beat's goin' but we keep goin' cuz we know
We movin' and provin' to Michael Riedel
We can have a hit show about Latino people
Who wake up at my Bodega
And sorry "Mr. Kenny Ortega"
You better tell Zac Efron that he gotta get off
Because he's never gonna look like Jonathan Groff
Woo, damn he's so cute
Heh, okay, I'm sorry but it's true
Don't look in his eyes you'll get taken in
You'll be breakin' in to Spring Awakenin'
And that High School Musical's rakin' it in
It was paper thin, but they made it again
I'm facin' the end of this song the hard way
Is this what it takes just to make it to Broadway?!
Heights Cool Musical Too was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Heights Cool Musical Too was produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Lin-Manuel Miranda released Heights Cool Musical Too on Fri Sep 28 2007.