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** Also, when Lafayette, Laurens, and Mulligan are introduced in ''Aaron Burr, Sir'', each performs a short rap boasting about why they're great, too, and Lafayette's one explicitly references the song ''C'est Moi'' from ''{{Theatre/Camelot}}'':
-->I came from afar just to say “Bonsoir!”\\
Tell the King “Casse toi!” Who’s the best?\\
''C’est moi!''

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** The melody is also reprised in ''Blow Us All Away'' when Phillip Hamilton raps about how he's following in his father's footsteps:
-->Meet the latest graduate of King's College\\
I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish.\\
The scholars say I got the same virtuosity and brains as my pops\\
The ladies say my brain's not where the resemblance stops!

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* Mac Davis's "It's Hard to Be Humble":
--> Oh, Lord, it's hard to be humble\\
When you're perfect in every way\\
I can't wait to look in the mirror\\
'Cause I get better-lookin' each day\\
To know me is to love me\\
I must be a hell of a man\\
Oh, Lord, it's hard to be humble\\
But I'm doin' the best that I can.

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* In ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', the NominalHero Captain Hammer tries delivering a RousingSpeech in song form with "Everyone's A Hero," which ends up being filled with {{Stealth Insult}}s and comes off more as TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at homeless people and muggles about how they'll never be as great as he is no matter what. Naturally, the audience chews it up save for Penny, though the fact that he openly boasts about sleeping with her in the song probably didn't do him any favors.
--> '''Captain Hammer:''' ''Everyone's a hero in their own way; you, and you, and mostly me, and you.''

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* In ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', the NominalHero Captain Hammer tries delivering a RousingSpeech in song form with "Everyone's A Hero," which ends up being filled with {{Stealth Insult}}s and comes off more as TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at homeless people and muggles about how they'll never be as great as he is no matter what. Naturally, the audience chews it up save for Penny, though the fact that he openly boasts about sleeping with her in the song probably didn't do him any favors.
--> '''Captain Hammer:''' ''Everyone's a hero in their own way; you, and you, and mostly me, and you.''




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* In ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', the NominalHero Captain Hammer tries delivering a RousingSpeech in song form with "Everyone's A Hero," which ends up being filled with {{Stealth Insult}}s and comes off more as TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at homeless people and muggles about how they'll never be as great as he is no matter what. Naturally, the audience chews it up save for Penny, though the fact that he openly boasts about sleeping with her in the song probably didn't do him any favors.
--> '''Captain Hammer:''' ''Everyone's a hero in their own way; you, and you, and mostly me, and you.''

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* In ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', the NominalHero Captain Hammer tries delivering a RousingSpeech in song form with "Everyone's A Hero," which ends up being filled with {{Stealth Insult}}s and comes off more as TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at homeless people and muggles about how they'll never be as great as he is no matter what. Naturally, the audience chews it up save for Penny, though the fact that he openly boasts about sleeping with her in the song probably didn't do him any favors.
--> '''Captain Hammer:''' ''Everyone's a hero in their own way; you, and you, and mostly me, and you.''

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* "Awesome Forces!" by Music/TheAquabats
-->''We are your average ordinary superhuman\\
Punishers of evil rock-and-roll band\\
And we've been designated to save this crazy world\\
We cannot die, for this is our destiny!''
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* Sort of a case with ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'''s Mandatory VillainSong [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNlpuD42_BM Gaston]]. More of a "You are Great" song by Gaston's admirers but he joins in on praising himself partway through.
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Yang's theme song, ''I Burn'', is basically a very long, catchy BadassBoast about [[ActionGirl how she's going to utterly wreck your shit]].

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Yang's theme song, ''I Burn'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XoOt-5pW_Q I Burn]]'', is basically a very long, catchy BadassBoast about [[ActionGirl how she's going to utterly wreck your shit]].
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* Music/{{Queen}} has several songs of this type, such as "Don't Stop Me Now", and notably "Princes of the Universe", which sums up how an Immortal from the ''{{Highlander}}'' saga would think LivingForeverIsAwesome, while also showing Freddie Mercury's apparent attitude toward life.

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* Music/{{Queen}} has several songs of this type, such as "Don't Stop Me Now", and notably "Princes of the Universe", which sums up how an Immortal from the ''{{Highlander}}'' ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' saga would think LivingForeverIsAwesome, while also showing Freddie Mercury's apparent attitude toward life.
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* Theatre/{{Hamilton}} unusually features one for the hero in "My Shot", as Hamilton tries to impress his new revolutionary friends with a combination of boasting, sheer verbal skill and idealistic fervor.

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* Theatre/{{Hamilton}} ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' unusually features one for the hero in "My Shot", as Hamilton tries to impress his new revolutionary friends with a combination of boasting, sheer verbal skill and idealistic fervor.

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* Theatre/{{Hamilton}} unusually features one for the hero in "My Shot", as Hamilton tries to impress his new revolutionary friends with a combination of boasting, sheer verbal skill and idealistic fervor.
-->I'm 'a get a scholarship to King's College.\\
I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish. [...]\\
With every word I drop knowledge!\\
I'm a diamond in the rough, a shining piece of coal\\
tryin' to reach my goal. My power of speech: Unimpeachable!\\
Only nineteen but my mind is older.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode "Bloo Done It", Uncle Pockets has his "Professional Friends Imaginary" song, which everyone actually likes. [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond (Except Bloo.)]]
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* Bender in ''{{Futurama}}'' will often sing songs where the lyrics are a variation of "Bender is great."

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* Bender in ''{{Futurama}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' will often sing songs where the lyrics are a variation of "Bender is great."
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* {{Music/Weird Al Yankovic}}'s "This is the Life"

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* {{Music/Weird Al Yankovic}}'s "This is the Life"Life". "You're Pitiful" is a variant, where the narrator follows "My life is brilliant", with a long TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.



* Music/{{Queen}} has several songs of this type; notably "Princes of the Universe", which sums up the Immortal ethos from the Highlander saga, as well as Freddie Mercury's apparent attitude toward life. "I am immortal! I have inside me blood of kings. I have no rival! No man can be my equal!" And the lyrics, if anything, are understated compared to the music.

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* Music/{{Queen}} has several songs of this type; type, such as "Don't Stop Me Now", and notably "Princes of the Universe", which sums up the how an Immortal ethos from the Highlander saga, as well as ''{{Highlander}}'' saga would think LivingForeverIsAwesome, while also showing Freddie Mercury's apparent attitude toward life. "I am immortal! I have inside me blood of kings. I have no rival! No man can be my equal!" And the lyrics, if anything, are understated compared to the music.
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->''"I've never lost in battle or game; I'm simply the best by far\\
When swords are crossed, 'tis always the same--one blow and au revoir!"''

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->''"I've never lost in battle or game; game;\\
I'm simply the best by far\\
When swords are crossed, 'tis always the same--one same --\\
one
blow and au revoir!"''
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* Miles Gloriosus' song in ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'':

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* Miles Gloriosus' song song, "Bring Me My Bride", in ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'':

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* Part of "Agony" from ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' has Cinderella's prince listing his qualities and his bafflement that she keeps running away from him.
-->''"Am I not considerate, passionate, as kind as I'm handsome, and heir to a throne? "''

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* In ''Theatre/HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying'', one song, "I Believe in You," is sung twice; the first time the main character, J. Pierrepoint Finch, sings it to himself, as a way of bolstering his own confidence.
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* Music/FrankSinatra's legacy is typified by [[Music/MyWay "My Way"]], which is sung from the perspective of an old man as his life draws to a close. The theme of the song is personal integrity; Alas, it has become synonymous with Sinatra's legendary abrasiveness and "[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney take it or leave it]]" attitude (Ironically, even ''he'' thought the ego-stroking lyrics too much). [[Music/SexPistols Sid Vicious]] did a much-acclaimed punk cover of the song.

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* Music/FrankSinatra's legacy is typified by [[Music/MyWay "My Way"]], which is sung from the perspective of an old man as his life draws to a close. The theme of the song is personal integrity; Alas, it has become synonymous with Sinatra's legendary abrasiveness and "[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney take it or leave it]]" attitude (Ironically, even ''he'' thought the ego-stroking lyrics too much). [[Music/SexPistols Sid Vicious]] Music/SidVicious did a much-acclaimed punk cover of the song.
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* [[TheCasanova Adolpho]] gets one of these in ''TheDrowsyChaperone'', fittingly titled "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Adolpho]]".

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* [[TheCasanova Adolpho]] gets one of these in ''TheDrowsyChaperone'', ''Theatre/TheDrowsyChaperone'', fittingly titled "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Adolpho]]".
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* Bender in ''{{Futurama}}'' will often sing songs where the lyrics are a variation of "Bender is great."
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* Music/FrankSinatra's legacy is typified by "My Way", which is sung from the perspective of an old man as his life draws to a close. The theme of the song is personal integrity; Alas, it has become synonymous with Sinatra's legendary abrasiveness and "[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney take it or leave it]]" attitude (Ironically, even ''he'' thought the ego-stroking lyrics too much). [[Music/SexPistols Sid Vicious]] did a much-acclaimed punk cover of the song.

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* Music/FrankSinatra's legacy is typified by [[Music/MyWay "My Way", Way"]], which is sung from the perspective of an old man as his life draws to a close. The theme of the song is personal integrity; Alas, it has become synonymous with Sinatra's legendary abrasiveness and "[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney take it or leave it]]" attitude (Ironically, even ''he'' thought the ego-stroking lyrics too much). [[Music/SexPistols Sid Vicious]] did a much-acclaimed punk cover of the song.
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* "Perfect Isn't Easy", in ''Disney/OliverAndCompany''.

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* "Perfect Isn't Easy", in ''Disney/OliverAndCompany''. A shot of that scene is seen above.
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The I Am Great Song is sung by someone who ''can't'' sing an {{I Want Song}}, because there's nothing left for them to want. Their accomplishments, [[HundredPercentHeroismRating popularity]], and undisputed mastery of their field leave absolutely no need for daily affirmations--but they have them anyway, in musical form. Singing one of these songs [[WishFulfillment feels better than it probably should]].

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The I Am Great Song is sung by someone who ''can't'' sing an {{I Want Song}}, because there's nothing left for them to want. Their accomplishments, [[HundredPercentHeroismRating popularity]], and undisputed mastery [[TheAce mastery]] of their field leave absolutely no need for daily affirmations--but they have them anyway, in musical form. Singing one of these songs [[WishFulfillment feels better than it probably should]].
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* "It's Tough to be a God" in ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'' features one of the protagonists singing about how uncomfortable he is with their accidental (and arguably blasphemous) [[GodGuise position in the native society]], while the other one convinces him to stick with it by pointing out just how sweet life can be for a fake god.
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* The opening song in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', "Perfect World", is all about how Kuzco believes the entire world revolves around him and how he gets everything he wants with zero difficulty. The rest of the film then proceeds to BreakTheHaughty in him.
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* Many, ''many'' modern rap songs are about this or being InDaClub. Quite obvious with rappers like Wiz Kalifa, Flo Rida and Pitbull.

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* Many, ''many'' modern rap songs [[BoastfulRap are about this this]] or being InDaClub. Quite obvious with rappers like Wiz Kalifa, Flo Rida and Pitbull.
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[[quoteright:350:[[Disney/OliverAndCompany http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/perfect_isnt_easy_761.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:This could never be you.]]
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* ''LittlestPetShop2012'' has famous mongoose celebrity Shahrukh sing one about what it's like to be a super-rich film star in the episode "Lights, Camera, Mongoose!"

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* ''LittlestPetShop2012'' ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' has famous mongoose celebrity Shahrukh sing one about what it's like to be a super-rich film star in the episode "Lights, Camera, Mongoose!"

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