Class
A meeting this morning makes this all relelvant:
MATRON
The whole world’s gone low-brow. Thing’s ain’t what
they used to be.VELMA
They sure ain’t, Mama. They sure ain’t—it’s all gone.(Singing)
Whatever happened to fair dealing?
And pure ethics
And nice manners?
Why is it everyone now is a pain in the ass?
Whatever happened to class?MATRON
Class.
Whatever happened to, “Please, may I?”
And, “Yes, thank you?”
And, “How charming?”
Now, every son of a bitch is a snake in the grass
Whatever happened to class?VELMA AND MATRON
Class!
Ah, there ain’t no gentlemen
To open up the doors
There ain’t no ladies now,
There’s only pigs and whores
And even kids’ll knock ya down
So’s they can pass
Nobody’s got no class!VELMA
Whatever happened to old values?MATRON
And fine morals?VELMA
And good breeding?MATRON
Now, no one even says “oops” when they’re
Passing their gas
Whatever happened to class?VELMA
ClassVELMA AND MATRON
Ah, there ain’t no gentlemen
That’s fit for any use
And any girl’d touch your privates
For a deuceMATRON
And even kids’ll kick your shins and give you sassVELMA
And even kids’ll kick your shins and give you sassVELMA AND MATRON
Nobody’s got no class!VELMA
All you read about today is rape and theftMATRON
Jesus Christ, ain’t there no decency left?VELMA AND MATRON
Nobody’s got no class!MATRON
Everybody you watchVELMA
‘S got his brains in his crotchMATRON
Holy crapVELMA
Holy crapMATRON
What a shameVELMA
What a shameVELMA AND MATRON
What became of class?
