Lah, lahLah, lah-ah-ah-ah
You were the popular one, the popular chickIt is what it is, now I'm popular-ishStanding on the field with your pretty pom-pomNow you're working at the movie selling popular cornI could have been a mess but I never went wrong'Cause I'm putting down my story in a popular songI said I'm putting down my story in a popular song
My problemI never was a modelI never was a scholarBut you were always popularYou were singing all the songs I don't knowNow you're in the front row'Cause my song is popular
Popular, I know about popularIt's not about who you are or your fancy carYou're only ever who you werePopular, I know about popularAnd all that you have to do is be true to youThat's all you ever need to knowSo catch up'Cause you've got an awful long way to goSo catch up'Cause you've got an awful long way to go
Always on the lookout for someone to hatePicking on me like a dinner plateYou hit during classes, and in between themDunked me in the toilets, now it's you that cleans themYou tried to make me feel bad with the things you doIt ain't so funny when the joke's on youOoh, the joke's on youGot everyone laughing, got everyone clapping, asking"How come you look so cool?"'Cause that's the only thing that I've learned at school, boy (uh huh)I said, that's the only thing that I've learned at school
My problemI never was a modelI never was a scholarBut you were always popularYou were singing all the songs I don't knowNow you're in the front row'Cause my song is popular
Popular, I know about popularIt's not about who you are or your fancy carYou're only ever who you werePopular, I know about popularAnd all that you have to do is be true to youThat's all you ever need to knowSo catch up'Cause you've got an awful long way to goSo catch up'Cause you've got an awful long way to go
It's all you ever need to knowYou're only ever who you were (Yeah baby)It's all you ever need to know (Oh baby)You're only ever who you were (It's all you ever need to know)It's all you ever need to know
Popular, I know about popularIt's not about who you are or your fancy carYou're only ever who you werePopular, I know about popularIt's not about who you are or your fancy carYou're only ever who you werePopular, I know about popularAnd all that you have to do is be true to youThat's all you ever need to know(That's all you ever need to know)