[00:00:00] It Wasn't Me It Was The Fame - EPMD [00:00:11] As the wind sets the mood it's time to let off [00:00:14] A sucker tried to play me the e I'm not soft [00:00:17] I'm very hardcore droppin bombs like warsaw [00:00:19] It reminds me back in 1984 [00:00:22] When I went to a party with the master plan [00:00:25] To step up and put the mic in my hand [00:00:27] Everybody was there from junior high to high schools [00:00:30] Dyin to get busy because I knew I had the tools [00:00:33] Then I got the heart and went by the set [00:00:35] I said "yo I wanna rock the set""yeah no sweat" [00:00:38] Kickin rhymes in the place people couldn't take it [00:00:41] The style I flowed the way I shaked and baked it [00:00:44] Later on I made a record and got recognition [00:00:47] Everybody's jockin now nobody's dissin [00:00:49] Written and produced by the new rap duo [00:00:52] Yes epmd now I'm known in school [00:00:55] I see the backstabbers and the elderly creature features [00:00:57] That used to diss me when I was tryin to reach the [00:01:01] Tip tip-top and I won't stop [00:01:03] To be the master in the field of hip-hop [00:01:06] I did that and got a name for myself [00:01:09] The image of e and all of my wealth [00:01:11] I see my fake friends but things ain't the same [00:01:14] Oh what a shame I diss em [00:01:15] Who to blame it wasn't me it was the "fame " [00:01:21] It wasn't me it was the "fame " [00:01:28] Before I cut records I had dreams of livin large [00:01:30] Earnin crazy cash flow the whole nine yards [00:01:33] But when I told my college friends they kicked back and laughed [00:01:36] Said "you better grab your books and take your behind to class" [00:01:38] They said "you couldn't make a record and expect to get paid [00:01:41] Cause there's too many def rappers in the world today" [00:01:44] I said "yo my name is m d and my style is def" [00:01:47] They said "your name is parrish son you're like all the rest [00:01:50] Frontin you gettin a contract but then you 'fess" [00:01:52] But when you heard my record playin your mouth was wide open [00:01:55] Your head was tilted back that you was almost chokin [00:01:58] But I just lounge and cool with the fellas [00:02:00] Like my roomie d-wade top notch and james ellis [00:02:03] I never hung with girls only one and she was mellow [00:02:06] First name was terry last name romanello [00:02:09] My records started sellin then p withdrew [00:02:11] From the college southern con known as scsu [00:02:14] But when I often go and visit they say "p bust a rhyme" [00:02:17] I shake my head and then chuckle and throw up the peace sign [00:02:20] They wanna feel my gold and sport my rolex [00:02:22] But p reply it's really nothin and don't like to flex [00:02:25] And when I step up on the scene I always hear them whisper [00:02:28] "yo p's not the same did you see him diss you " [00:02:31] I go deep into my thoughts then I questioned my brain [00:02:33] It wasn't me the money or the fortune it was the "fame " [00:02:41] It wasn't me it was the "fame " [00:02:46] Oh [00:02:47] Now you wanna know me before you wasn't speakin [00:02:50] Now you watch yo mtv raps every weekend [00:02:53] Just to see me the e and the p [00:02:55] Coolin out on the scene with fab 5 freddy [00:02:58] Back then you didn't know that I was determined [00:03:01] To be a def rapper with the name erick sermon [00:03:04] To be a crowd mover someone that cause trouble [00:03:06] Then I thought and came up with e double [00:03:09] I can't forget how they used to diss [00:03:12] Sayin he can't rap because he talks with a lisp [00:03:14] But I got paid now you feel stupid [00:03:17] Amazed by the style the sound and how we looped it [00:03:20] Now I clock g's trunk jewels and star trims [00:03:23] Cool around town and flex my black benz