I been known out in the streets of New York

There's nowhere that I can go in New York and maybe the world that

Somebody would know Melle Mel anywhere in New York

I know everybody

I know businessmen

I know, I know wives, I know

Schoolkids

I know pimps, I know hustlers, I know prostitutes

I know everybody, everybody knows Melle Mel

Because I been around that long

I'm one of the first original rappers that ever said a rhyme

I'm a legend in my own time

And that's not something that I'm saying out of ego

It's the truth, I'm a legend

When you see Melle Mel it's like, it's like seeing Chuck Berry, when you see Melle Mel

It's like seeing Willie Nelson when you see Melle Mel