Key: E minor
Verse 1
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You see,
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everybody in the world got a nickname
You may not admit it, but
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You got a nickname
Verse 2
Slim, Red, T.T., Laylee, Dee Dee
Foots, Heads, Face, Eyes
You got a nickname
See, I got a nickname
I wanna tell you about it right here
Verse 3
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My daddy call me Junior
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'Cause I'm named
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after him
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me Screen Bean
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'Cause I'm tall and kind of thin
Verse 4
Just who to blame
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But everybody I know
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Got a nickname, yeah
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Everybody got a nickname
Verse 5
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You may not admit it, wow wow
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But I know it's true
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Every lady I know
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Got a nickname too
Verse 6
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Like Lil Bill and Penny
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Shorter and Skinny Minnie
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Red and Slim
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And all of them
Verse 7
Just who to blame
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Everybody I know
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Got a nickname
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Oh! Everybody got a nickname
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Verse 8
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Once there was a lil old lady, ah- ha
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ow- ow- ow- ow- ow
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She had so many kids
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She didn't know what to do
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Verse 9
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Was so name confused
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To tell who is who
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Verse 10
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I don't know
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But everybody I know
Got a nickname
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(Everybody's got a nickname)
Verse 11
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Everybody's
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got a nickname
(Everybody's got a nickname)
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Well, well, well, well, well
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(Everybody's got a
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nickname)
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Pee- Wee, Poo- poo,
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(Everybody's got a nickname)
(Everybody's got a nickname)
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Well, well, well, Jo- Jo,
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Jabo, Fish and Coco
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(Everybody's got a nickname)
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Slim, Salt, Butter Bone, Fuzz
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Verse 12
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I don't know
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But everybody I know
Got a nickname
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Well, well, well, well, well,
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everybody's got a nickname, yeah
Verse 13
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Leroy Brown from Arkansas
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Everybody called him Itty
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Bitty Spark
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Flat Foot Sam, back in a jam
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Changed his name to Boots
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Was size 18 shoe
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Nicknamed Foots, well, well,
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Verse 14
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I don't know
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But everybody I know
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Got a nickname
(Everybody's got a nickname)
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Well, well, well, got
Verse 15
a nickname
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Pee Wee
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(Everybody's got a
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Laylee and Dee- Dee
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(Everybody's got a
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Babba, Face
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(Everybody's got a
nickname)
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Talkin' 'bout a nickname
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I want everybody get together
Come on, gimme some of
that soul power, now
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Everybody
Outro 1
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