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You were the popular one, the popular chick It is what it is, now I'm popular bitch.
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Standing on the field with your pretty pompons.
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Now you're working at the movie selling popular corn.
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I could have been a mess but I never went wrong.
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Cause I'm putting down my story in a popular song.
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     Said I'm putting down my story in a popular song.

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My problem, I never was a model, I never was a scholar, You were always popular,
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You were singing, all the songs I don't know. 
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Now you're in the front row Cause my song is popular.

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Popular, I know about popular.
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It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were.
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Popular, I know about popular.
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And all that you have to do is be true to you That's all you ever need to know.

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Catch up cause you got an awful long way to go.
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Catch up cause you got an awful long way to go.

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Always on the lookout for someone to hate, Picking on me like a dinner plate.
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I'd hid during classes, and in between them.
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Dunk me in the toilets, now it's you that cleans them.
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You tried to make me feel bad with the shit you do.
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It ain't so funny when the joke's on you.
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Uh, the joke's on you And everyone's laughing, got everyone clapping, asking.
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How come you look so cool? Cause that's the only thing that I've learned at school.
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     So that's the only thing that I've learned at school.

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My problem, I never was a model, I never was a scholar, You were always popular,
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You were singing, all the songs I don't know. 
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Now you're in the front row Cause my song is popular.

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Popular, I know about popular.
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It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were.
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Popular, I know about popular.
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And all that you have to do is be true to you That's all you ever need to know.

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Catch up cause you got an awful long way to go.
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Catch up cause you got an awful long way to go.

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All you ever need to know    You're only ever who you were.
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All you ever need to know    You're only ever who you were.

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Popular, I know about popular.
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It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were.

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Popular, I know about popular.
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It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were.
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Popular, I know about popular.
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And all that you have to do is be true to you That's all you ever need to know.