It Wasn't Me, It Was The Fame-EPMD

[ti:It Wasn't Me, It Was The Fame] [ar:EPMD] [al:Unfinished Business] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]It Wasn't Me, It Was The Fame - EPMD [00:11.45]As the wind sets the mood it's time to let off [00:14.18]A sucker tried to play me the e I'm not soft [00:17.03]I'm very hardcore droppin bombs like warsaw [00:19.46]It reminds me back in 1984 [00:22.31]When I went to a party with the master plan [00:25.19]To step up and put the mic in my hand [00:27.85]Everybody was there from junior high to high schools [00:30.10] [00:30.63]Dyin to get busy because I knew I had the tools [00:33.50]Then I got the heart and went by the set [00:35.94]I said "yo I wanna rock the set""yeah no sweat" [00:38.59]Kickin rhymes in the place people couldn't take it [00:41.56]The style I flowed the way I shaked and baked it [00:44.61]Later on I made a record and got recognition [00:46.59] [00:47.32]Everybody's jockin now nobody's dissin [00:49.17] [00:49.84]Written and produced by the new rap duo [00:52.64]Yes epmd now I'm known in school [00:55.01]I see the backstabbers and the elderly creature features [00:57.85]That used to diss me when I was tryin to reach the [01:01.00]Tip tip-top and I won't stop [01:03.31]To be the master in the field of hip-hop [01:06.18]I did that and got a name for myself [01:09.00]The image of e and all of my wealth [01:11.42]I see my fake friends but things ain't the same [01:14.13]Oh what a shame I diss em [01:15.88]Who to blame it wasn't me it was the "fame " [01:19.26] [01:21.82]It wasn't me it was the "fame " [01:23.72] [01:28.29]Before I cut records I had dreams of livin large [01:30.80]Earnin crazy cash flow the whole nine yards [01:33.33]But when I told my college friends they kicked back and laughed [01:36.09]Said "you better grab your books and take your behind to class" [01:38.81]They said "you couldn't make a record and expect to get paid [01:41.48]Cause there's too many def rappers in the world today" [01:44.24]I said "yo my name is m d and my style is def" [01:47.08]They said "your name is parrish son you're like all the rest [01:50.04]Frontin you gettin a contract but then you 'fess" [01:52.54]But when you heard my record playin your mouth was wide open [01:55.54]Your head was tilted back that you was almost chokin [01:58.19]But I just lounge and cool with the fellas [02:00.95]Like my roomie d-wade top notch and james ellis [02:03.80]I never hung with girls only one and she was mellow [02:06.55]First name was terry last name romanello [02:09.34]My records started sellin then p withdrew [02:11.82]From the college southern con known as scsu [02:14.48]But when I often go and visit they say "p bust a rhyme" [02:17.35]I shake my head and then chuckle and throw up the peace sign [02:20.21]They wanna feel my gold and sport my rolex [02:22.63]But p reply it's really nothin and don't like to flex [02:25.47]And when I step up on the scene I always hear them whisper [02:28.41]"yo p's not the same did you see him diss you " [02:31.28]I go deep into my thoughts then I questioned my brain [02:33.66]It wasn't me the money or the fortune it was the "fame " [02:38.07] [02:41.13]It wasn't me it was the "fame " [02:44.32] [02:46.71]Oh [02:47.04] [02:47.67]Now you wanna know me before you wasn't speakin [02:50.24]Now you watch yo mtv raps every weekend [02:53.10]Just to see me the e and the p [02:55.78]Coolin out on the scene with fab 5 freddy [02:58.30]Back then you didn't know that I was determined [03:00.71] [03:01.48]To be a def rapper with the name erick sermon [03:03.72] [03:04.33]To be a crowd mover someone that cause trouble [03:06.64]Then I thought and came up with e double [03:09.39]I can't forget how they used to diss [03:12.01]Sayin he can't rap because he talks with a lisp [03:14.88]But I got paid now you feel stupid [03:17.59]Amazed by the style the sound and how we looped it [03:20.66]Now I clock g's trunk jewels and star trims [03:23.25]Cool around town and flex my black benz [03:25.28] [03:25.85]Definitely hooked up with the system that cranks [03:28.42]Livin well off with the in the bank [03:32.58]Epmd is erick parrish makin dollars [03:34.44]Always on tour so you can call us roads/rhodes scholars [03:37.08]You saw me in eighty-seven where have you been because we miss you [03:39.45]I dismissed you it wasn't me who dissed you it was the "fame " [03:43.63] [03:46.76]It wasn't me it was the "fame " [03:49.51] [03:53.15]As I freak a funky style to a funky fresh rhythm [03:55.69]I use my crazy def talent that God has given [03:58.04] [03:58.73]Me to flow slow and still live large [04:01.16]To drop a def lp and catch mc's off guard [04:03.85]Because my friends started buggin we used to cool at the mall [04:06.73]But on the s t the sneak tip they prayed for my downfall [04:09.79]I used to cruise by in my rock and always hear them mumble [04:12.25]"they got lucky on strictly biz but watch the next one crumble" [04:15.18]My father always told me to wisen up son [04:17.58]Cause if you hung with nine broke friends [04:19.38]You're bound to be the 10th one [04:20.86]So I cut my friends off and p went for self [04:22.80] [04:23.55]Me and erick sermon and no one else [04:26.11]Strictly writin def lyrics to my best ability [04:28.58]With the crazy imagination as my only utility [04:31.46]Cause mc's around my way brag how def they are [04:34.07]But now they workin full time and sharin their mom's cars [04:37.04]Always frontin to the girls how hard you can rock [04:39.53]But you leave out how you carpin to go punch the clock [04:42.31]Yeah we came hittin hard so all the talkin had to halt [04:45.23]But don't blame us blame god it's his fault [04:47.95]For assistin us on the mission of a point of no return [04:50.58]To do a crab mc who did not learn [04:53.16]Now when you're hot you're hot and when you're not you're not [04:56.14]And when it comes to funky music the two rock the spot [04:58.72]So next time you see me coolin bite your lip and respect [05:01.43]Between me and you sonny straight up I'm like death [05:04.04]I cooled on the run tour with flavor and chuck [05:06.89]Jazzy jeff and the fresh prince but I guess that was luck [05:09.70]I did shows in crazy countries like europe and france [05:12.39]Copenhagen denmark and amsterdam [05:15.05]I even been to our country that they call africa [05:17.72]Keep your eyes on your girl cause p'll be watchin around the [05:21.26]Tick tick'n yo check out p rippin [05:23.15] [05:23.72]A new way to sway cause brothers keep vickin [05:26.39]Flows and echoes that sound exact [05:28.82]But you're rhymin in circles and you ain't sayin jack [05:31.59]So take it in stride by the way I'm still the same [05:34.63]First name is still parrish sue's my girl nuttin changed [05:37.26]You insist I act funny but who's to blame [05:39.77]It wasn't yo mtv raps the money or soul train [05:42.83]It was the "fame " [05:44.18] [05:47.22]It wasn't me it was the "fame "