as the wind sets the mood it s time to let off a sucker tried to play me the e i m not soft i m very hardcore droppin bombs like warsaw it reminds me back in 1984 when i went to a party with the master plan to step up and put the mic in my hand everybody was there from junior high to high schools dyin to get busy because i knew i had the tools then i got the heart and went by the set i said yo i wanna rock the set yeah no sweat kickin rhymes in the place people couldn t take it the style i flowed the way i shaked and baked it later on i made a record and got recognition everybody s jockin now nobody s dissin written and produced by the new rap duo yes epmd now i m known in school i see the backstabbers and the elderly creature features that used to diss me when i was tryin to reach the tip tip top and i won t stop to be the master in the field of hip hop i did that and got a name for myself the image of e and all of my wealth i see my fake friends but things ain t the same oh what a shame i diss em who to blame it wasn t me it was the fame it wasn t me it was the fame before i cut records i had dreams of living large earnin crazy cash flow the whole nine yards but when i told my college friends they kicked back and laughed said you better grab your books and take your behind to class they said you couldn t make a record and expect to get paid cause there s too many def rappers in the world today i said yo my name is m d and my style is def they said your name is parrish son you re like all the rest frontin you gettin a contract but then you fess but when you heard my record playin your mouth was wide open your head was tilted back that you was almost chokin but i just lounge and cool with the fellas like my roomie d wade top notch and james ellis i never hung with girls only one and she was mellow first name was terry last name romanello my records started sellin then p withdrew from the college southern con known as scsu but when i often go and visit they say p bust a rhyme i shake my head and then chuckle and throw up the peace sign they wanna feel my gold and sport my rolex but p reply it s really nothin and don t like to flex and when i step up on the scene i always hear them whisper yo p s not the same did you see him diss you i go deep into my thoughts then i questioned my brain it wasn t me the money or the fortune it was the fame  it wasn t me it was the fame oh now you wanna know me before you wasn t speakin now you watch yo mtv raps every weekend just to see me the e and the p coolin out on the scene with fab 5 freddy back then you didn t know that i was determined to be a def rapper with the name erick sermon to be a crowd mover someone that cause trouble then i thought and came up with e double i can t forget how they used to diss sayin he can t rap because he talks with a lisp but i got paid now you feel stupid amazed by the style the sound and how we looped it now i clock g s trunk jewels and star trims cool around town and flex my black benz definitely hooked up with the system that cranks living well off with dinero in the bank epmd is erick parrish making dollars always on tour so you can call us rhodes scholars you saw me in 87 where have you been because we miss you i dismissed you it wasn t me who dissed you it was the fame it wasn t me it was the fame as i freak a funky style to a funky fresh rhythm i use my crazy def talent that god has given me to flow slow and still live large to drop a def lp and catch mcs off guard because my friends started buggin we used to cool at the mall but on the s t the sneak tip they pray for my downfall i used to cruise by in my rock and always hear them mumble they got lucky on strictly biz but watch the next one crumble my father always told me to wisen up son cause if you hung with nine broke friends you re bound to be the tenth one so i cut my friends off and p went for self me and erick sermon and no one else strictly writin def to my best ability with the crazy imagination as my only utility cause mc s around my way brag how def they are but now they workin fulltime and sharin their mom s cars always frontin to the girls how hard you can rock but you leave out how you carpool to go punch the clock yeah we came hittin hard so all the talkin had to halt but don t blame us blame god it s his fault for assistin us on the mission of a point of no return to do a crab mc who did not learn now when you re hot you re hot and when you re not you re not and when it comes to funky music the two rock the spot so next time you see me coolin bite your lip and respect between me and you sonny straight up i m like death i cooled on the run tour with flavor and chuck jazzy jeff and the fresh prince but i guess that was luck i did shows in crazy countries like europe and france copenhagen denmark and amsterdam i even been to our country that they call africa keep your eyes on your girl cause p ll be watchin around the tick tick n yo check out p rippin a new way to sway cause brothers keep vickin flows and echoes that sound exact but you re rhymin in circles and you ain t sayin jack so take it in stride by the way i m still the same first name is still parrish sue s my girl nothing changed you insist i act funny but who s to blame it wasn t yo mtv raps the money or soul train it was the fame it wasn t me it was the fame dj scratch cuts up fame 1