Please Listen To My Demo
EPMD Lyrics

Yo whassup P?
The singer greets his friend P and asks him how he's doing.

Yo nuttin man just coolin kick back in the studio wit DJ Scratch And my man Frank B, reminiscin about how we was tryin to shop Our demo and everybody was dishin, you know what I'm sayin?
The singer is relaxing in the studio with his friends and remembers a time when they were trying to get their demo listened to.

Yo P tell em whassup man
The singer asks P to share more of the story about their demo.

We was coolin in my car one day you see Clockin a double nickel on the L-I E When it dawned on us that it was, ten o'clock Turned on the tunes to hear the DJ rock
The artist and his friend were driving on the Long Island Expressway when they realized it was ten o'clock and turned on the radio to enjoy some music.

The hands got to clappin, the fingers start to snappin E and I was coolin, Brooklyn spirits we was snappin In and out of fantasies on how large we can get Corner rocks and Benzes with the ground effect kits
They started to feel good and daydreamed about getting rich and owning fancy cars.

I wanted black, E was on the two-tone Stupid boomin system with the hand-free phone The dream gets better and I would like to go on But I was brought back to reality by a toot of a horn
They discussed what color cars they wanted and the features they desired but were interrupted by a car horn.

Smoke everywhere, oh just what we needed On the way to shop my demo, and the car overheated Feelin real low, low enough to die Holdin up traffic, on the FDR drive
Their car overheated and they were left stranded on the highway, feeling embarrassed and hopeless.

We had to play ourselves, in the fresh dipped gear E Double had to push while MD steered There went our dreams, to cool with golden limos And all we kept sayin was please listen to my demo (listen to my demo)
They had to walk themselves and their gear to the record company, giving up on their dreams of fancy cars and limos.

In the year eighty-seven when we first took off When I jumped on P-6-8 and broke North Walked the big city streets of Manhattan Buildings, the whole nine yards, so enchantin
The artist reminisces about the early days of their career when he and his friend walked through Manhattan and felt enchanted by the city's buildings and energy.

Thinkin if we got a chance, we could rock it Funky fresh demo tape in my pocket We was walkin, and got dissed twice today Then we stopped at 1974 Broadway
They dreamed of success while carrying their demo tape, but were rejected twice before stopping at a particular record company.

We walked in with grins on our chins And P had juice with Mr. Virgil Simms He played the tape and we started to laugh Played (?)
They met a record executive and played their demo for him, feeling confident and amused.

People start to smile inside we buckwhylin Sayin this all started back from freestylin They liked it, and they was very kind But me and P was like, "Yo G, where do we sign?"
The listeners enjoyed their demo and were impressed with their talent.

Went in the backroom, things was luvy duvy Met Ron Resnick, and his partner Juggy Things was cool, as I remembered We signed the dotted line, now we Fresh Record members
They signed a record deal with the help of two executives and became members of Fresh Records.

Had dreams, of fancy cars and limos And all I wanted was somebody, to listen to my demo
Despite their dreams of wealth and luxury, all they wanted was for someone to listen to their demo and acknowledge their talent.