Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro – Rhodes + sax] Everywhere I go… Somebody knows my name. But that don’t mean they know me. ⸻ [Verse 1] 🎶 Walk in the room, I hear “there he is,” Everybody smiling like I’m on a list. Shake my hand, pat my back, Ask me where I learned to act like that. They say I’m smooth, they say I’m kind, They say I got an old soul mind. They say I always say the right thing… But they don’t know anything. 🎶 ⸻ [Hook] 🎶 Everybody knows me, But nobody really knows me. They see the man I learned to be… But not what it cost me. Everybody knows me, They all got something to say. But nobody asks how I feel… At the end of the day. 🎶 ⸻ [Verse 2] 🎶 They know I dance, they know I dress, They know I don’t come with no mess. They know I always keep my cool, They know I live by certain rules. But they don’t know I get tired too, They don’t know what I been through. They don’t know what I don’t say… When I go home at the end of the day. 🎶 ⸻ [Hook] 🎶 Everybody knows me, But nobody really knows me. They see the man I learned to be… But not what it cost me. 🎶 ⸻ [Bridge – Soft, emotional] 🎶 Being respected and being known… Ain’t always the same thing. 🎶 ⸻ [Final Verse] 🎶 So I shake hands and I play my part, With a calm face and a careful heart. Cause everybody knows my name… But nobody knows my heart. 🎶 ⸻ [Outro – Sax fading] Yeah… Reputation loud. But the real man… quiet.
Tags
Rhodes keys, upright bass, brushed drums, soft saxophone, jazz guitar, warm organ, background vocals, male
Duration
3:57
Instrumental
No
Created
3/25/2026