Shiny (demo) Songtext
von Lin‐Manuel Miranda

Tamatoa hasn′t always been this glam
I was a drab little crab once
Now I know I can be happy as a clown
Because I'm beautiful, baby
Oh, did your daddy say to listen to your heart, be who you are on the inside!?
I need three words to tear his argument apart, "Your daddy lied"

I′d rather be
Shiny
Like a treasure from a sunken pirate wreck
Scrub the deck and make it look
Shiny
And I'll sparkle like a wealthy woman's neck
Just a sec, don′t you know
Fish are dumb, dumb, dumb?
They chase anything that glitters, beginners
Here they come, come, come to the brightest thing that glitters, my dinners
You′re far too hasty (hasty), and you look tasty (tasty)


Wow, little Maui's having trouble with his look
You little semi-demi-mini god
Ouch, what a terrible performance, get the hook, get it
You don′t swing it like you used to Mau
Yet I have to give you credit for my start

And your tattoos on the outside
For just like you I made myself a work of art
I'll never hide, I can′t

I'm too shiny
I′m the sunrise on the surface of the sea
Look at me, you see I'm so shiny
The monsters see my weaponry and flee
C'est la vie, don′t you know
I will shine, shine, shine?
Like a rainbow after showers
Your powers will be mine, mine, mine
They′ll be mourning you for hours
Bring flowers

Call me selfish (selfish)
Call me shellfish (shellfish)


Far from the gods who abandoned you
Chasing the love of these humans
Who made you feel wanted
It's never enough
Love yourself, get your armor up
They can see, your heart is a vacancy

So why not be shiny?
Watch me dazzle like a diamond in the rough
Strut my stuff, my stuff is so shiny
Send your armies but they′ll never be enough
My shell's a tough, Maui man

You could try, try, try
But I hate negotiations, prostrations
You will die, die, die
Never test a big crustacean′s impatience

Unless you have something shiny
Unless you have something shiny