La la la la You were the popular one, the popular chick It is what it is, now I'm popular-ish Standing on the field with your pretty pompons Now you're working at the movie selling popular corn I could have been a mess but I never went wrong 'Cause I'm putting down my story in a popular song Uh huh Uh huh I said I'm putting down my story in a popular song My problem, I never was a model, I never was a scholar, But you were always popular, You were singing, all the songs I don't know Now you're in the front row 'Cause my song is popular Popular, I know about popular It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were Popular, I know about popular And all that you have to do, is be true to you That's all you ever need to know So catch up, 'cause you got an awful long way to go So catch up, 'cause you got an awful long way to go Always was on the lookout for someone to hate Picking on me like a dinner plate You'd hit during classes and in between them Dunk me in the toilets now it's you that cleans em' You tried to make me feel bad with the things you do It ain't so funny when the joke's on you Ooh, the joke's on you Got everyone's laughing, got everyone clapping, asking How come you look so cool? 'Cause that's the only thing that I learnt at school, boy Uh huh I said that's the only thing I learnt at school My problem, I never was a model, I never was a scholar, And you were always popular, You were singing, all the songs I don't know Now you're in the front row 'Cause my song is popular Popular I know about popular It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were Popular I know about popular And all that you have to do, is be true to you That's all you ever need to know So catch up, 'cause you got an awful long way to go So catch up, 'cause you got an awful long way to go All you ever need to know You're only ever who you were All you ever need to know You're only ever who you were (that's all you ever need to know) Popular I know about popular It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were Popular I know about popular It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were Popular I know about popular (It's all you ever need to know) And all that you have to do, is be true to you. That's all you ever need to know (It's all you ever need to know)