Slightly wry, my "I" put-d-down
(Talkin' bout self-deprecation)
I could spread my wealth around
(Talkin' bout self-abnegation)
Dose myself when I've a cold
(Talkin' bout self-medication)
Take that lash and then auto-scold
(Talkin' bout self-flagellation)

This is my pre- fixation
This is my suf- fixation, baby

My wood I could t-t-t-t-t-ouch all day
(Talkin' self-gratification)
I rob Peter for Paul to pay
(Talkin' bout self-depredation)
Now, I could go for auto-adulation
(Talkin' bout self-approbation)
Though some might call it "self-aggrandization"
(Talk self-actualization)

This is my pre- fixation,
This is my suf- fixation, baby.

I could shoot dope up all day
(Talkin' bout self-penetration)
Or get the whip out, again to flay
(Talkin' self-mortification)
I'll do Machiavellian machinations
(Talkin' bout self-preservation)
To do less in a corporate location?
(Talkin' self-annihilation)

This is my pre- fixation
This is my suf- fixation, baby

Whitman, guy of verse renown
(Talkin' bout self-celebration)
Thoreau in a shack was found
(Talkin' 'bout self-contemplation)
Change my italics to bold
(Talkin' 'bout self-emendation)
Growin' in my armpits is mold
(Talkin' 'bout self-generation)

This is my pre- fixation
This is my suf- fixation, baby