[Intro: Estelle]
Yeah, yeah, what up? Wah blow
It's your girl, Estelle, yeah
Said we comin' with that real British flow
But Musiq Soulchild, tell 'em kick it more, sing it
Bye-bye-bye, biddy-bye-bye-bye, Biddy-bye-bye-bye, hey
Biddy-bye-bye-bye, biddy-bye-bye-bye, Biddy-bye-bye-bye, hey
Bye-bye-bye, biddy-bye-bye-bye, Biddy-bye-bye-bye, hey
Let me hear you say "whoa" (Whoa), "yeah" (Yeah)
"Whoa" (Whoa), "yeah" (Yeah)
"Whoa" (Yeah), "whoa" (Yeah), "whoa" (Yeah), "whoa" (Yeah)

[Chorus]
I am everyday people
I am everyday people

[Verse 1: Musiq Soulchild & Estelle]
See, I was resting at the park, minding my own (My own)
Business as I kick up the treble tone (The treble tone)
On my radio tape player box, right (Box, right)
Just loud enough so folks could hear it's hype, see
Outta nowhere (Nowhere), comes the woman I'm dating (I'm dating)
Investigation maybe she was demonstrating
But nevertheless, I was pleased (I was pleased)
My day was going great and my soul was at ease
Until a group of brothers (Brothers) started bugging out (Bugging out)
Drinking the 40 ounce (The 40 ounce), going the (hey) route
Disrespecting my Black queen (Black queen)
Holding their crotches and being obscene (Obscene)
At first, I ignored them, 'cause, see, I know the type (I know the type)
They got drunk, they got guns, and yeah, they wanna fight (They wanna fight)
And they see a young couple having a time that's good
So their egos wanna test a brother's manhood
So they came to test me 'cause of my hairdo
And the loud bright colors that I wear (Boom!)
I was a target, 'cause I'm a fashion misfit (Misfit)
And the outfit that I'm wearing, brothers dissing it
Well, I stay calm and hope brothers could leave me be
But they're squeezing parts of my date's anatomy (Anatomy)
Why, Lord, do brothers have to drill me? (Drill me)
'Cause if I start to hit this man, they got to kill me, yeah
[Chorus]
I am everyday people
(Come on, come on)
I am everyday people
(Come on)

[Verse 2: Musiq Soulchild & Estelle]
I told brothers, please, let us pass, friend
I said, please, 'cause I don't like killing Africans
But he wouldn't stop, and I ain't Ice Cube (Who?)
But I had to take the brother out for being rude (Hey)
And like I said before (Said before), I was mad by then (I was mad by then)
It took three or four cops to pull me off of him (They pulled me off of him)
And that's the story, y'all, about a Black man
Acting like brothers and getting stomped by an African, yeah

[Chorus]
I am everyday people
(Come on, come on)
I am everyday people
(Come on)

[Interlude: Estelle]
See the moral of the story is
Everybody needs to change their way of thinking
Being ignorant never got nobody nowhere
It's not even worth it
You know, you know, you know, you know
Hit it
[Refrain]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I

[Chorus]
I am everyday people
(Come on, come on)
I am everyday people
(Come on, alright)

[Outro]
Ayy, alright, come on, come on
Ah, ah, oh I (Ayy)
Ah, ah, oh I (Alright)
Ah, ah, oh I (Come on)
Ah, ah, oh I (Alright)
Ah, ah, oh I (Ayy)
Ah, ah, oh I (Alright)
Ah, ah, oh I (Come on)
Ah, ah, oh I (Come on)
Hey, ho (Ayy)
Hey, ho (Alright)