Everybody Knows Me

[Verse 1]

When I first started, making records

They said I'd never do it

I knew I could, but me, I had to prove it to myself

So as I grab the mic on the shelf

I got some help from P and E, and Solo went for sell

Now it starts, so many rappers scream my name out loud

Suckers used to diss me, oh how they love me now

I used to want to cry, they used to diss me like

Friends, girls, even some family members

Would say I would never get off the ground

Now they tell the world my name as I hear my jam Spellbound

Some yell, "Oh, did you hear the new Solo's?

New record was playing on the radio rap show?"

Some that know me, say "Nah, it can't be so"

For the record Kevin Madison, is K-Solo

I worked hard for so long, but people used to tell me

"No one wants to hear your song", though I spoke

And wrote, until I couldn't anymore

Kept rappin' and rhymin' til' my voice got soft

Then it happened, one day I finally seen I got paid

Entertainin' large crowds with the mic on stage

But what bugs me out about suckers who used to diss me

'Cause now I'm makin' records, and everybody knows me

[Bridge]

Now everybody knows me

Now everybody knows me

[Verse 2]

When I went to school, you know I played it cool

I never played sports and I was no teacher's fool

I like this girl a lot 'cause I thought she had charm

But she told me one day, I couldn't take her to the prom

Her moms and dads said I wasn't her daughter's type

It really hurt my feelings black, and got me uptight

Said to myself, why are they treatin' me this way?

Then I got fed up, and Solo said one day

I'll make it with my music, you'll wait and you'll see

You'll be in line, with tickets, waitin' to see me

Preform, all night long as I go through

Song after song after song til' you see that I'm gone

You tell your friends now, K's big now

You like the way you're rappin', entertain the crowd

And you were impressed by the way that I dressed and all

Glitter on my fingers, and chains on my neck

Get off me, girls stop ridin' me

In other words, don't even flip and talk about me

You didn't do it then, so why do it now?

See you yellin' my name, when you see my rock the crowd

And be the girl that gotta get this, pointed at the door

By the bodygaurd, the door where we exit

I can't be with it, I ain't stupid, I had one girlfriend before

But now my best friend is cupid

I ain't goin' for it, so stop callin' me, honey

And tell my so-called friends I ain't got no money

It's tied up, some are locked in a bend

Yo Key, where is everybody goin'? Thanks

For lettin' me know that you're those kind of friends

Who want to hang on when I'm fat, but when I was thin

You weren't around, nowhere to be round

You were with your other crew and posse

On the other side of town

Now you flip and want an autograph from me, see

You used to diss me, now everybody knows me

[Bridge]

Now everybody knows me

Now everybody knows me

[Verse 3]

When I was just a young kid, and I wanted to rap

I got down with this group, who got put on the map

For bein' I was so young, and they were so old

They used to say that I was crazy and a little bit too bold

But I always listened to the group I thank for gettin' down

I even got my man named Jerry J and put him down

But they were jealous, they didn't want me to be the star

They kicked me out the group, and named the group

They would cheese me all the time and say "Solo"

"Did you hear our record without you on the radio?"

I was hurt, what could I say or do, when my best friend

Jerry J betrayed me and stayed with the group

My mom said "Son, you'll make it and you'll see

They'll get nowehere fast, 'cause god don't like ug-uly"

I prayed, and kept my fate crossed

And heard Tommy Boy, had cut this group off

I wasn't happy to hear that, but that goes to show

It happened to them, because they probably dissed Solo

And if they're listenin' to somewhere around me

Fellas, y'all used to diss me, now everybody knows me

There was another in the group besides me

He left, his name was Parrish, from EPMD

Some got pissed 'cause Parrish got paid

And his records went gold in like 30 days

But I wasn't jealous, and I was still gettin' down

His path crossed mine, and Pete put me down

And now I'm makin' records, I mean G's

See? Everybody knows me

[Bridge]

Now everybody knows me

Now everybody knows me

Now everybody knows me

[Outro]

Albee in effect, word up

To the posse and EPMD

My money's all tied up, now ev- now everbody knows me

My money's all tied up, now ev- now everbody knows me

"Yo Solo man, where you goin', man? You're Solo! What's up man?"

Yo, get outta my face, man, or i'll punch you in the artery

It's like that "Aw, it's out!"

My, my, my-my-my-my-my money's all tied up, everybody knows me

My-my-my money's all tied up, everybody knows me

My money's all tied up, everybody knows me

Everybody knows me "Nobody knew you before"

Get the mack all mazed, word up

Everybody knows me