Madonna’s less than humble in new song

Madonna believes that if she were a man, she’d be president.

At least that’s what the diva sings in a song that was left off her latest album. “Super Pop” was originally recorded as the 13^th track for Madonna’s "Confessions On A Dance Floor" — but it was kept off and is available for download only to members of her official fan club. Some folks are saying that’s because only Madonna’s fans would forgive her for the less-than-humble lyrics.

In the song, Madonna says that she would always be the top in her field: “If I was a car, I’d be an Aston Martin.” She continues: “If I was a star, I would be who I am today/If I was a fighter, I’d be Cassius Clay/If I was emotion, I would be intense/If I was a man, I would be president.” And she says, if she were president, “I’ll be different.”

Some have defended the rather self-lauding lyrics as ironic or humorous. Not all agree.

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“If you thought the rap in ‘American Life’ [was] painful to the ears,” laments one listener, “wait until you hear this.”

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People are joking that Heath Ledger must be taking charm lessons from fellow Aussie Russell Crowe.

Posing at the New York premiere of “Brokeback Mountain” with girlfriend and the mother of his child Michelle Williams, Ledger told photographers to “say something to make us smile.”

When one lensman piped up that perhaps the twosome could “look as though you like each other,” Ledger let loose with a string of expletives. Ledger grabbed Williams’ hand, called the photographer a “[bleeping] [bleep]hole” and stomped off, according to the Sydney Daily Telegraph.

Earlier this year, the hunky but cranky actor threw eggs at photographers and gave them his middle finger, and cursed and spat at members of the media on the set of his flick “Candy.”

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