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Business Acumen is for the fun loving, for the self-centered, for the dictatorial... it usurps the place of God. HAVE WE GOT A DEAL FOR YOU. Put on your sunglasses, lay back, and enjoy.

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I had a friend
He was not a good friend
He was more of an acquaintance
He had business acumen
His big sales idea
It was very simple
He would package opinions
And he would sell 'em off retail
It was quite contentious
But still: highly profitable
He made buckets of cash
Now he's dating top models

I knew a lady
She was a good looking lady
She was one of those top models
She had business acumen
She would generate crises
Where no crises existed
And then sell her emotions
To the morally uncertain
She did not go out of her way
To please the costumer
The customer was always wrong
That's what they were paying for

I myself have
A number of ideas
Akin to bottled water
Or online social networking
It's business acumen!
It's not brain surgery
It clears up the skin
And it's good conversation

I sometimes wonder if I have
The needed midas touch
If I should get a haircut
Or maybe consider teaching
You know the subway
It has developed sentience
It is slowing and speeding
Based on what we're all thinking
It is slowing and speeding
Based on what we're all thinking
It is slowing and speeding
Based on what we're all thinking
It is business acumen!
It is living and breathing!
It is no small achievement
It is a mark of excellence!
It is man over superman!
It is barely even human!

Men and women
Separate 'em from the children
Via business acumen
It is like laser surgery
It is like a shot in the dark
It is over before you can catch it
No one can blame you
If you don't understand it

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from The Power of the Crystals, released November 1, 2011
Written by Call/Jones
James Call - vocals, lyrics, keyboards/sequencing
DJ Pu Yi - keyboards
Spencer Chakedis - guitars
David Tirolo - bass
Dan Gottesman - drums
Dave Schnug - sax
Brer Brian - trumpets
Recorded at the Kennel in Brooklyn by James Pertusi
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music

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